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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