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But he accounted our life to be a game, and our lifetime a festival for profit; for, he says, one must get gain however one can, even if it is by evil.
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Verse 12. Evil. This is the maxim of worldlings. Calmet.—Virtus post nummos. Hor. i. ep. 1.—Our occupations are like those of children. They presently perish, or we must quit them. Saint John Chrysostom hom. xlvii. ad Pop.—We must strive to act our part well. Libertines deem this life a comedy, and represent religion as an imposition. Calmet.—They are like atheists, as they leave the true God, who seek gain by idols. Worthington.
Some authorities read they accounted.
Or, way of life
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