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the_o pursuit_n of_o the_o one_o and_o so_o cold_a in_o the_o other_o wherefore_o either_o seem_v to_o be_v as_o thou_o be_v or_o be_v as_o thou_o will_v seem_v either_o have_v a_o care_n and_o conscience_n that_o thou_o make_v not_o a_o lie_n or_o be_v content_a that_o a_o man_n call_v a_o spade_n a_o spade_n a_o liar_n a_o liar_n this_o vice_n of_o all_o other_o be_v so_o universal_o spread_v over_o the_o face_n of_o the_o world_n not_o only_o among_o servant_n but_o all_o sort_n of_o man_n that_o what_o our_o prophet_n speak_v in_o his_o haste_n i_o say_v in_o my_o haste_n all_o man_n be_v liar_n psalm_n 106._o 10_o that_o the_o apostle_n speak_v advise_o rom._n 3._o 4_o let_v god_n be_v true_a and_o every_o man_n a_o liar_n but_o we_o must_v know_v it_o be_v one_o thing_n to_o lie_v and_o another_o to_o make_v a_o trade_n or_o custom_n of_o lie_v one_o thing_n to_o slip_v into_o it_o unaware_o another_o deliberate_o to_o forge_v and_o conceive_v it_o and_o which_o be_v worse_o to_o 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in_o such_o a_o dead_a work_n for_o to_o grant_v that_o the_o thing_n which_o they_o speak_v be_v true_a yet_o they_o can_v deny_v but_o they_o speak_v it_o with_o a_o intent_n to_o deceive_v and_o then_o linguam_fw-la ream_n facit_fw-la mens_fw-la rea_fw-la it_o be_v a_o guilty_a mind_n that_o make_v a_o guilty_a tongue_n according_a to_o that_o of_o augustine_n exit_fw-la animi_fw-la svi_fw-la sententia_fw-la non_fw-la ex_fw-la rerum_fw-la ipsarum_fw-la veritate_fw-la aut_fw-la falsitate_fw-la mentiens_fw-la aut_fw-la non_fw-la mentiens_fw-la iudicandus_fw-la est_fw-la a_o liar_n be_v to_o be_v judge_v not_o so_o much_o by_o the_o truth_n and_o falsehood_n of_o thing_n as_o by_o the_o purpose_n and_o intent_n of_o his_o mind_n it_o matter_n not_o then_o whether_o my_o lie_n be_v iocosum_fw-la only_o for_o sport_n and_o merriment_n or_o officiosum_fw-la for_o the_o pretend_a good_a of_o some_o without_o the_o hurt_n of_o any_o or_o malitiosum_fw-la out_o of_o a_o mischievous_a 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