{"query": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_09_027: What answer I made", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_a43d95aeec20", "title": "Augustine, Confessions §aug_conf_11_014: See, I answer him that asketh, \"What did God before He made heaven and earth?...", "shelf": "classics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "See, I answer him that asketh, \"What did God before He made heaven and earth?\" I answer not as one is said to have done merrily (eluding the pressure of the question), \"He was preparing hell (saith he", "authority_tier": "father", "source": "Augustine, Confessions (c. 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