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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 gehazi_n the_o servant_n of_o elisha_n be_v strike_v with_o a_o leprosy_n ananias_n &_o saphira_n fall_v down_o dead_a haman_n be_v hang_v on_o the_o tree_n he_o have_v prepare_v for_o mardocheus_n the_o hand_n of_o jeroboam_fw-la be_v dry_v up_o croesus_n king_n of_o lydia_n drive_v away_o solon_n reject_v the_o truth_n he_o have_v tell_v he_o croesus_n which_o for_o all_o that_o afterwards_o save_v his_o life_n and_o dionysius_n the_o tyrant_n of_o sicil_n not_o be_v able_a to_o make_v his_o profit_n of_o that_o which_o plato_n have_v declare_v unto_o he_o dionysius_n nor_o to_o wash_v away_o the_o stain_n of_o tyranny_n be_v constrain_v in_o his_o banishment_n to_o confess_v that_o that_o which_o he_o have_v hear_v of_o plato_n make_v he_o the_o better_a able_a to_o carry_v so_o great_a a_o change_n 39.20_o through_o a_o lie_n joseph_n be_v cast_v in_o prison_n and_o s._n chrysostom_n send_v into_o banishment_n and_o a_o infinite_a number_n of_o other_o holy_a and_o great_a personage_n have_v be_v marvellous_o afflict_v and_o many_o realm_n and_o common_a wealth_n have_v even_o have_v the_o very_a beginning_n of_o their_o ruin_n from_o thence_o chrysostome_n the_o say_a chrysostom_n in_o the_o 28._o homely_a upon_o john_n say_v that_o nothing_o be_v so_o unfirme_v or_o unconstant_a as_o lie_v for_o what_o aid_n or_o pillar_n so_o ever_o it_o can_v come_v by_o it_o weaken_v so_o as_o it_o cause_v it_o to_o fall_v of_o itself_o chap._n 28._o the_o punishment_n of_o lie_v it_o be_v write_v in_o the_o proverb_n 20.25_o he_o that_o speak_v lie_n shall_v not_o escape_v and_o in_o the_o book_n of_o wisdom_n the_o mouth_n that_o speak_v lie_n slay_v the_o soul_n and_o in_o ecclesiasticus_fw-la the_o condition_n of_o liar_n be_v unhonest_a egyptian_n and_o their_o shame_n be_v ever_o with_o they_o
the_o egyptian_n ordain_v death_n itself_o for_o a_o punishment_n to_o perjure_a person_n and_o to_o such_o as_o declare_v not_o the_o very_a truth_n in_o their_o declaration_n which_o of_o necessity_n each_o one_o be_v to_o make_v yearly_a both_o touch_v his_o name_n and_o the_o mean_n he_o have_v to_o nourish_v his_o family_n the_o scythian_n and_o garamanthes_n follow_v the_o same_o law_n indian_n and_o there_o be_v he_o condemn_v that_o have_v prognosticate_v any_o false_a thing_n to_o come_v the_o persian_n and_o indian_n deprive_v he_o of_o all_o honour_n and_o far_a speech_n which_o lie_v the_o gimnosophiste_n chaldean_n bar_v they_o all_o company_n &_o dignity_n &_o condemn_v to_o remain_v in_o perpetual_a darkness_n without_o speak_v nestorius_n and_o nicephorus_n recite_v how_o the_o very_a worm_n do_v eat_v the_o tongue_n of_o the_o cosener_n nestorius_n in_o his_o life_n time_n pologne_n monstrelet_n write_v of_o popiel_n k._n of_o pologne_n who_o have_v ever_o this_o word_n in_o his_o mouth_n if_o it_o be_v not_o true_a i_o will_v the_o rat_n may_v eat_v i_o that_o he_o be_v so_o assail_v by_o rat_n in_o a_o banquet_n that_o neither_o his_o guard_n nor_o fire_n nor_o water_n can_v preserve_v he_o from_o they_o other_o do_v assure_v we_o that_o a_o archbishop_n of_o magence_n die_v of_o the_o like_a death_n 9.21_o k._n artexerxes_n make_v one_o of_o his_o soldier_n tongue_n to_o be_v nail_v with_o iij_o nail_n that_o have_v make_v a_o lie_n the_o law_n of_o solon_n impose_v great_a pain_n upon_o such_o cebalus_n &_o for_o that_o cause_n do_v the_o gabaonite_n lose_v their_o liberty_n the_o emperor_n trajan_n surname_v the_o good_a prince_n take_v away_o from_o the_o son_n of_o cebalus_n the_o kingdom_n of_o dace_n which_o we_o term_v at_o this_o day_n transiluania_n &_o valachia_n only_o because_o he_o catch_v he_o in_o a_o lie_n &_o tell_v he_o that_o rome_n the_o mother_n of_o truth_n can_v not_o permit_v a_o liar_n to_o possess_v a_o kingdom_n 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chap._n xxix_o that_o the_o perjure_a and_o blasphemer_n be_v detestable_a liar_n and_o the_o pain_n for_o they_o cicero_n be_v of_o opinion_n that_o there_o be_v no_o difference_n between_o the_o liar_n and_o the_o perjure_a person_n and_o that_o god_n have_v ordain_v to_o each_o like_a punishment_n and_o that_o he_o which_o be_v accustom_v to_o lie_v do_v easy_o perjure_v himself_o the_o which_o opinion_n sundry_a doctor_n of_o the_o church_n have_v in_o like_a sort_n hold_v other_o notwithstanding_o have_v think_v that_o they_o have_v offend_v more_o deep_o which_o abuse_v the_o name_n of_o god_n to_o confirm_v their_o lie_v the_o which_o sort_n of_o people_n deserve_a death_n by_o the_o law_n of_o plato_n &_o egypt_n as_o committer_n of_o sacrilege_n and_o the_o prophet_n ezechiel_n call_v it_o the_o profane_v of_o the_o name_n of_o god_n &_o the_o spoil_v he_o of_o his_o truth_n chrysostom_n he_o say_v also_o that_o he_o which_o despise_v his_o oath_n shall_v never_o escape_v and_o it_o be_v write_v in_o ecclesiasticus_fw-la that_o a_o man_n that_o use_v much_o swear_v be_v fill_v with_o wickedness_n and_o the_o plague_n shall_v never_o go_v from_o his_o house_n saint_n chrisostom_n make_v sundry_a homily_n &_o sermon_n to_o the_o end_n we_o shall_v hate_v &_o leave_v all_o oath_n &_o that_o there_o may_v never_o be_v among_o man_n follow_v the_o commandment_n of_o our_o saviour_n but_o yea_o yea_o &_o nay_o nay_o without_o blaspheme_v the_o name_n of_o god_n by_o swear_v and_o he_o great_o marvel_v to_o see_v we_o so_o ready_a to_o obey_v the_o law_n &_o ordinance_n of_o prince_n albeit_o they_o be_v very_o hard_a &_o unreasonable_a &_o that_o of_o god_n commandment_n so_o express_o give_v unto_o we_o not_o to_o swear_v at_o all_o legibus_fw-la we_o make_v so_o little_a account_n whereof_o also_o plato_n great_o complain_v and_o that_o man_n cover_v themselves_o with_o a_o lewd_a custom_n which_o every_o man_n ought_v to_o enforce_v himself_o utter_o to_o 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