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Against Lying

Introduction

Section 1. A great deal for me to read hast thou sentà

Section 2. Perceivest thou not how much this reasoning aideth the very persons whom as greatà

Section 3. Which sentence dishonoreth the holy Martyrs, nay rather taketh away holy martyrdoms altogether.à

Section 4. Of lies are many sorts, which indeed allà

Section 13. Or haply is it so, that he who plots in this way to findà

Section 14. Wherefore, that which is written, |Who speaketh the truth in his heartà

Section 15. And as for that saying of the Apostleà

Section 16. For there were even in the Apostles' times some who preached the truth notà

Section 19. Some man will say, |So then any thief whatever is to be accounted equalà

Section 21. If then to sin, that others may not commit a worse sinà

Section 22. And to holy David indeed it might more justly be saidà

Section 24. Touching Jacob, however, that which he did at his mother's biddingà

Section 25. Nor have I undertaken that in the present discourseà

Section 27. There are some things of this sort even of our Saviour in the Gospelà

Section 28. Hence is also that which thou hast mentioned that they speak ofà

Section 29. Because, therefore, lying heretics find not in the books of the New Testament anyà

Section 32. But, as for that which is written, that God did good to the Hebrewà

Section 33. It remains then that we understand as concerning those womenà

Section 34. But some man will say, Would then those midwives and Rahab have done betterà

Section 35. Since these things are so, because it were too long to treat thoroughly ofà

Section 37. Add to this, and here is cause to cry out more piteouslyà

Section 38. But infirmity pleadeth its part, and with favor of the crowds proclaims itself toà

Section 40. But sometimes a peril to eternal salvation itself is put forth against usà

Section 41. Either then we are to eschew lies by right doingà

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