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That the sacrament of faith must not be profaned.

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50.  That the sacrament of faith must not be profaned.

In Solomon, in the Proverbs: “Say not anything in the ears of a foolish man; lest, when he hears it, he may mock at thy wise words.”4435 Also in the Gospel according to Matthew: “Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before the swine, lest perchance they trample them down with their feet, and turn again and crush you.”4436

Footnotes

  1. 4435

    Prov. xxiii. 9.

  2. 4436

    Matt. vii. 6.