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lie_n be_v so_o hateful_a to_o man_n that_o stand_v upon_o point_n of_o honour_n that_o it_o can_v be_v expiate_v without_o a_o stab_n lie_v take_v all_o credit_n away_o from_o the_o liar_n that_o he_o be_v not_o believe_v when_o he_o speak_v truth_n it_o break_v off_o all_o societe_fw-fr and_o communion_n between_o man_n and_o man_n which_o be_v ground_v on_o truth_n a_o liar_n be_v injurious_a to_o god_n the_o author_n of_o truth_n to_o his_o neighbour_n to_o who_o he_o ought_v to_o speak_v truth_n and_o to_o his_o speech_n which_o ought_v to_o be_v consonant_a to_o his_o mind_n 53_o we_o be_v not_o bind_v at_o all_o time_n to_o speak_v all_o the_o truth_n or_o any_o part_n thereof_o when_o neither_o justice_n charity_n nor_o piety_n do_v require_v it_o yet_o we_o must_v beware_v of_o jesuitical_a equivocation_n or_o mental_a reservation_n which_o be_v indeed_o plain_o lie_v they_o utter_v that_o which_o be_v false_a and_o this_o be_v a_o material_a lie_n and_o that_o which_o they_o 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