LXVIIII. De poeniientia hominum mendacium.
LXVIIII. De poeniientia hominum mendacium.
Therefore, those who labor in deceit, if they turn away from the aforementioned evil spirits and the snares of this vice, should afflict themselves with fasting, scourging, and sackcloth for a long time as a judgment upon themselves. But those who want to abolish the lies of oaths and perjuries should impose on themselves harsher punishments, such as fasting and the severity of scourges, along with the roughness of their garments, for long periods.
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Unde homines qui fallaciae insudant, si praefatos malignos spiritus et cniciatus vitii hujus abhorruerint, jejuniis et flagellis ac cilicio per longa tempora secundura judicium judicis sui se affligant.
Qui autem mendacia juramentorum et perjuriorum abolere voluerint, acriores castigationes, jejuniorum et verberum H asperitatem indumentorum per longa tempora sibi imponant.
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