, says he,
to Sail, but it is not necessary for me to Live
: Every Man should say to himself, with the same Spirit, It is my Duty to speak Truth, tho' it is not my Duty to be in an Office. One of the Fathers hath carried this Point so high, as to declare,
He would not tell a Lie, tho' he were sure to gain Heaven by it
. However extravagant such a Protestation may appear, every one will own, that a Man may say very reasonably,
He would not tell a Lie, if he were sure to gain Hell by it
; or, if you have a mind to soften the Expression, that he would not tell a Lie to gain any Temporal Reward by it, when he should run the hazard of losing much more than it was possible for him to gain.
O.