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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 we_o speak_v it_o be_v a_o foul_a fault_n to_o abuse_v it_o and_o to_o behave_v ourselves_o in_o other_o sort_n towards_o our_o neighbour_n than_o we_o willing_o will_v he_o shall_v towards_o we_o for_o as_o much_o as_o he_o which_o desire_v and_o expect_v from_o we_o the_o truth_n be_v deceive_v and_o lead_v into_o a_o error_n and_o have_v afterwards_o in_o time_n discover_v the_o lie_n credit_n he_o will_v no_o more_o believe_v we_o and_o we_o shall_v lose_v the_o mean_n to_o be_v able_a to_o instruct_v for_o ever_o for_o liar_n only_o gain_v this_o that_o albeit_o they_o say_v and_o speak_v the_o truth_n yet_o shall_v they_o never_o be_v believe_v and_o in_o the_o holy_a scripture_n idolatry_n hypocrisy_n superstition_n false_a weight_n false_a measure_n and_o all_o cosinage_n be_v call_v lie_v to_o the_o end_n that_o by_o so_o disform_v a_o name_n we_o shall_v the_o rather_o eschew_v they_o the_o liar_n be_v detest_v of_o god_n and_o call_v double_a of_o heart_n and_o tongue_n 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 cirus_n in_o like_a sort_n tell_v the_o k._n of_o armenia_n that_o be_v be_v most_o manifest_a cyrus_n a_o lie_n be_v not_o capable_a of_o pardon_n as_o xenophon_n write_v in_o his_o 3._o book_n of_o his_o pedia_fw-la alexander_n after_o that_o one_o have_v red_a unto_o alexander_n the_o great_a a_o history_n out_o of_o aristobulus_n wherein_o he_o have_v intermingle_v certain_a counterfeit_a praise_n he_o fling_v the_o book_n into_o the_o river_n say_v the_o say_a writer_n deserve_v to_o have_v be_v fling_v in_o himself_o because_o man_n ought_v to_o study_v to_o search_v out_o the_o truth_n without_o which_o nothing_o can_v be_v well_o do_v &_o that_o it_o be_v a_o shame_n &_o great_a damage_n when_o a_o lie_n shall_v put_v good_a word_n out_o of_o credit_n and_o he_o find_v fault_n with_o another_o when_o he_o compare_v he_o to_o hercules_n if_o he_o have_v in_o this_o sort_n remain_v all_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o life_n &_o that_o prosperity_n &_o flattery_n have_v not_o render_v himself_o more_o insolent_a he_o have_v be_v worthy_a of_o much_o great_a honour_n i_o can_v here_o very_o well_o allege_v how_o in_o almanie_n the_o lie_n have_v be_v always_o extreme_o hate_v &_o shun_v as_o it_o be_v a_o plague_n &_o bastard_n can_v never_o obtain_v the_o prize_n of_o any_o ocupation_n whatsoever_o nor_o take_v degree_n in_o any_o art_n or_o science_n 23.2_o as_o also_o in_o the_o old_a testament_n they_o be_v exclude_v both_o out_o of_o the_o church_n &_o sanctuary_n for_o they_o be_v ever_o in_o doubt_n which_o of_o the_o sundry_a minion_n that_n their_o mother_n entertain_v be_v their_o father_n for_o this_o cause_n philo_n alexandrin_n compare_v those_o with_o idolater_n who_o through_o ignorance_n of_o their_o creator_n and_o his_o bounty_n call_v upon_o many_o &_o declare_v that_o a_o multitude_n as_o much_o to_o say_v as_o a_o plurality_n of_o god_n be_v very_a atheism_n &_o the_o ground_n of_o lie_v banish_v for_o ever_o from_o thence_o life_n everlasting_a 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 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