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 1 6 |    Shall that, then, make it lawful for us also to marry without
 2 7 |    we think that what is not lawful for priests is lawful for
 3 7 |    not lawful for priests is lawful for laics. Are not even
 4 8 |      THAT SECOND MARRIAGE IS LAWFUL, YET ALL THINGS LAWFUL ARE
 5 8 |    IS LAWFUL, YET ALL THINGS LAWFUL ARE NOT EXPEDIENT.~Let it
 6 8 |    repetition of marriage is lawful, if everything which is
 7 8 |       if everything which is lawful is good. The same apostle
 8 8 |    exclaims: "All things are lawful, but all are not profitable."
 9 8 |      make for salvation are "lawful," it follows that even things
10 8 |      which are not good are "lawful." But what will it be your
11 8 | which is good because it is "lawful," or that which is so be
12 8 |  good" it is not said "it is lawful;" inasmuch as "good" does
13 8 |    pass that "all things are lawful, but not all are expedient,"
14 12|    think to us it is no more lawful to hurt (a child) in process