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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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