Book, Chapter

 1 I, 2 |       grounds of so great a truth lie concealed.~Boso. Suffer
 2 I, 6 |        you dread or hope for, all lie subject to his will, whom
 3 I, 2 |          it. For if God wishes to lie, we must not conclude that
 4 I, 2 |      conclude that it is right to lie, but rather that he is not
 5 I, 2 |          no will can ever wish to lie, unless truth in it is impaired,
 6 I, 2 |           said: "If God wishes to lie," the meaning is simply
 7 I, 2 |         such as that he wishes to lie;" and, therefore, it does
 8 II, 0|          of Christ, that he could lie, so long as we understand,
 9 II, 0|           And, since he could not lie unwillingly and could not
10 II, 0| unwillingly and could not wish to lie, none the less can it be
11 II, 0|         be said that he could not lie. So in this way it is both
12 II, 0|       that he could and could not lie.~Boso. Now let us return
13 II, 4|          patience, for all things lie in subjection to his power,
14 II, 5|           as true, for God cannot lie, and all he does must be
15 II, 6|   convince me that deeper reasons lie concealed in this matter,
16 II, 7|         question whether he would lie, that there were two senses
17 II, 7|        though having the power to lie, he was so constituted by
18 II, 7|          nature as not to wish to lie, and, therefore, deserved
19 II, 7|    respects similar, the power to lie and the power to preserve
20 II, 7|        life. For, if he wished to lie, he would of course be able
21 II, 7|           think that he could not lie, or that his death was necessary,
22 II, 8|         utter truth, and never to lie, we only mean that such
23 II, 8|        from the truth, or utter a lie. When, then, we say that
24 II, 8|         power if he could wish to lie, or deceive, or change his