Let us cleave, therefore, to those who cultivate peace with godliness, and not to those who hypocritically profess to desire it. For [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, “This people honoureth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.”1 And again: “They bless with their mouth, but curse with their heart.”2 And again it saith, “They loved Him with their mouth, and lied to Him with their
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