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(b) There is positive concealment of the truth, when one gives a replyin language that is obscure to the listener or obscure in itself. , the terms used areunfit for polite society, or the story is very detailed, or sin isboasted about, or the conversation is prolonged). 23, 24), that inspiredwriters pray God to punish the wicked (Psalms xviii, xxxiv, lxviii,cviii, lxxviii, cxxxvi; Jeremias, xi. , homicide or sacrilege), is a disputed question (see 1502).

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