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Dijon 7th Oct. 1849
AUTUMNAL JOURNEY 1849.
Truth. Passages respecting it in Proverbs: may be topically
arranged thus.
1. God’s Love of Truth: and Hatred of Lying.
Among the Seven things which are abomination unto
God, VI 17 the Second is "the Lying Tongue", and the
5th the False witness that speaketh lies: Now I
imagine the first of these to be spoken of Falsehood
generally: and the Second more especially of False
preaching: in which sense if the word Witness be
generally understood, it will give peculiar force to
many passages of Proverbs. Vid below II.
Again, XII 22 "Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord
but they that deal truly are his delight:" Ah, if one
could but feel, ever so little, what i[r]t was to be a
Delight of God.
II. The Saving of Souls by Speaking Truth: thus 14 25
"A true witness delivereth souls: but a false witness
speaketh lies." Probably there is a meaning of the
same kind in 12, 17 He that speakeath truth showeth
forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit:
which is either comparatively a meaningless verse, or
one pregnant with exceeding meaning: as that he who
preaches truly, shows forth Christ’s righteousness, but
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