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And this was the occasion of deceiving human life: for men serving either their affection, or their kings, gave the incommunicable name to stones and wood.
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And it was not enough for them to err about the knowledge of God, but whereas they lived in a great war of ignorance, they call so many and so great evils peace.
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For either they sacrifice their own children, or use hidden sacrifices, or keep watches full of madness,
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So that now they neither keep life, nor marriage undefiled, but one killeth another through envy, or grieveth him by adultery:
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And all things are mingled together, blood, murder, theft and dissimulation, corruption and unfaithfulness, tumults and perjury, disquieting of the good,
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Forgetfulness of God, defiling of souls, changing of nature, disorder in marriage, and the irregularity of adultery and uncleaness.
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For the worship of abominable idols is the cause, and the beginning and end of all evil.
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For either they are mad when they are merry: or they prophesy lies, or they live unjustly, or easily forswear themselves.
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For whilst they trust in idols, which are without life, though they swear amiss, they look not to be hurt.
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But for two things they shall be justly punished, because they have thought not well of God, giving heed to idols, and have sworn unjustly, in guile despising justice.
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For it is not the power of them, by whom they swear, but the just vengeance of sinners always punisheth the transgression of the unjust.