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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 : & Hatred of Lying.
                                                                      		Among the Seven Things which are abominations 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 it 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 speaketh
                                                                      		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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