seem lawful for the accused to defend himself with calumnies. Objection 3: Further, it is written ( Prov. 14:16 ): "A wise man feareth and declineth from evil, the fool leapeth over and is confident." Now what is done wisely is no sin. Therefore no matter how a man declines from…

either as regards himself, or as regards the progress he may cause in others. Hence it is written ( Prov. 14:16 ): "A wise man feareth and declineth from evil." Reply to Objection 3: Temporal goods are to be despised as hindering us from loving and serving God, and on the same sc…

menda. Scriptum est enim: Sunt viae, quae videntur homini rectae, quarum finis ad inferna deducit (Prov. XIV, 16) . Pro quo vitando periculo beatus Joannes nos admonet dicens: Probate spiritus, si ex Deo sunt (I Joan. IV) . Quis autem probare potest, si ex Deo sunt spiritus, ni…