7.  I  have  sent  you  also  other  books  which  you  did  not
ask,  that  I  might  not  rigidly  restrict  myself  to  what  you
asked : — my  works  on  Faith  in  Tilings  Unseen,  on  Patience,  on
Continence,  on  Providence,  and  a  large  work  on  Faith,  Hope,
and  Charity.  If,  while  you  are  in  Africa,  you  shall  read  all
these,  either  send  your  opinion  of  them  to  me,  or  let  it  be
sent  to  some  place  whence  it  may  be  sent  us  by  my  lord  and
brother  Aurelius,  though  wherever  you  shall  be  we  hope  to  have
letters  from  you ;  and  do  you  expect  letters  from  us  as  long
as  we  are  able.  I  most  gratefully  received  the  things  you
sent  to  me,  in  which  you  deigned  to  aid  me  both  in  regard  to
my  bodily  health,2  since  you  desire  me  to  be  free  from  the
hindrance  of  sickness  in  devoting  my  time  to  God,  and  in
regard  to  my  library,  that  I  may  have  the  means  to  procure
new  books  and  repair  the  old.  May  God  recompense  you,
both  in  the  present  life  and  in  that  to  come,  with  those  favours
which  He  has  prepared  for  such  as  He  has  willed  you  to  be.
I  request  you  now  to  salute  again  for  me,  as  before,  the  pledge
of  peace  entrusted  to  you,  very  dear  to  both  of  us.
1  1  Tim.  ii.  2.
2  The  reference  is  to  some  medicines  sent  by  Darius,  and  mentioned  by  him
in  the  end  of  his  letters.
444  LETTERS  OF  ST.  AUGUSTINE.  [LET.  CCXXXII.
FOURTH  DIVISION.
