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it_o the_o parson_n mitig._n cap._n 11._o sect_n 9_o lessius_fw-la de_fw-la jure_fw-la &_o justit_fw-la cap._n 42._o dub_v 9_o sanctius_n select_a disput._n 46._o p._n 330._o and_o therefore_o father_n garnet_n give_v it_o under_o his_o hand_n that_o every_o speech_n which_o by_o equivocation_n may_v be_v save_v from_o a_o lie_n the_o same_o speech_n may_v without_o perjury_n be_v confirm_v by_o a_o oath_n or_o by_o any_o other_o way_n though_o it_o be_v by_o receive_v the_o sacrament_n see_v casanbons_n epist._n ad_fw-la front_n duc._n p._n 202._o the_o second_o thing_n i_o will_v premise_v be_v this_o that_o howsoever_o a_o matter_n may_v be_v unlawful_a and_o sinful_a if_o measure_v with_o respect_n to_o the_o rule_n it_o be_v nevertheless_o safe_a in_o the_o practic_n and_o may_v be_v do_v without_o sin_n if_o it_o be_v but_o justify_v or_o countenance_v by_o the_o opinion_n of_o one_o doctor_n and_o this_o they_o style_v the_o doctrine_n of_o probability_n avow_v that_o 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