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contrary_a vice_n to_o the_o end_n that_o the_o loathsomeness_n thereof_o be_v well_o regard_v the_o other_o may_v be_v find_v more_o agreeable_a lie_n so_o have_v we_o of_o purpose_n discourse_v of_o the_o truth_n before_o we_o come_v to_o show_v the_o vice_n of_o lie_v the_o which_o we_o may_v define_v by_o a_o contrary_a signification_n unto_o the_o truth_n when_o one_o speak_v of_o thing_n uncertain_a contrary_a to_o that_o which_o one_o know_v make_v they_o seem_v other_o than_o they_o be_v s._n augustin_n write_v to_o consentius_n that_o it_o be_v a_o false_a signification_n of_o speech_n with_o a_o will_v to_o deceive_v and_o when_o one_o speak_v more_o or_o less_o than_o be_v in_o deed_n it_o be_v a_o member_n of_o injustice_n turn_v topsy_n turuie_o all_o humane_a society_n and_o the_o amity_n due_a unto_o our_o neighbour_n for_o since_o that_o speech_n be_v give_v unto_o we_o to_o make_v manifest_a what_o we_o think_v and_o to_o instruct_v his_o understanding_n of_o who_o 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because_o he_o speak_v one_o thing_n and_o do_v a_o other_o and_o for_o very_o good_a respect_n sundry_a of_o the_o ancient_a doctor_n have_v write_v that_o the_o truth_n be_v deprave_a there_o be_v engender_v a_o infinite_a number_n of_o absurdity_n socrates_n heresy_n schism_n and_o contention_n and_o socrates_n be_v wont_a to_o say_v that_o it_o proceed_v from_o a_o good_a will_n to_o enforce_v itself_o to_o remove_v the_o foolish_a opinion_n of_o man_n and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o possible_a for_o he_o to_o approve_v a_o lie_n nor_o to_o dissemble_v the_o truth_n and_o homer_n write_v of_o the_o great_a and_o valiant_a captain_n achilles_n that_o he_o do_v more_o hate_n and_o abhor_v lie_v achilles_n than_o hell_n or_o death_n and_o it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o old_a and_o new_a testament_n that_o god_n do_v abhor_v all_o lie_a and_o that_o the_o true_a be_v gracious_a in_o his_o sight_n yea_o that_o a_o thief_n be_v better_a than_o a_o man_n that_o be_v accustom_v to_o lie_v and_o lie_v be_v contrary_a to_o nature_n aid_v by_o reason_n and_o servant_n or_o handmaid_n to_o the_o truth_n it_o be_v write_v in_o leviticus_fw-la 16.11_o you_o shall_v not_o steal_v neither_o deal_n false_o neither_o lie_v one_o to_o another_o chap._n xxvii_o the_o effect_n of_o lie_v lie_v philo_z in_o his_o first_o book_n of_o the_o contemplative_a life_n set_v down_o all_o kind_n of_o wickedness_n to_o proceed_v from_o lie_v as_o all_o good_a do_v from_o the_o truth_n and_o if_o we_o well_o consider_v the_o cause_n of_o the_o sedition_n trouble_n heresy_n and_o quarrel_n which_o alter_v whole_a estate_n public_a quiet_a and_o man_n conversation_n we_o shall_v find_v all_o to_o proceed_v from_o the_o infect_a fountain_n of_o lie_v and_o that_o achab_n and_o the_o most_o part_n of_o the_o king_n of_o israel_n the_o emperor_n nero_n commodus_n maximinus_n julius_n valentinus_n and_o sundry_a other_o as_o well_o of_o old_a time_n as_o of_o we_o have_v thereby_o be_v ruyne_v 13.4_o 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