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Q. meaning of.  A false witness shall perish . but the man that       
heareth speaketh constantly .  21. 28  So.  A False witness shall     		he who witnesses falsely, man’s own : Thus connecting itself
not be unpunished .  and he that speaketh lies shall perish . twice :  19. 5, 9.		with the passages referring to the third subject
                                                                      	III.	The purging of iniquity by truth.  "By mercy and truth
                                                                      		iniquity is  purged." 16. 6.  ie . by neither disguising it .
                                                                      		nor treating it as unpardonable:  Q. if 10. 18, "he
                                                                      		that hideth hatred with lying lips - is a fool," other-
                                                                      		wise obscure, may be at all understood in this sense .
                                                                      		The connection of mercy with truth is constant :  so 20. 28.
                                                                      		as coming from the heaven and earth in Ps. 85. 10. 11.
                                                                      		so Ps. 99. 14.
                                                                      	IV.	The Perpetuity of Truth.  The life of truth shall be established
                                                                      		for ever:  but a lying tongue is but for a moment, 12. 19.
                                                                      		That I might make them know the certainty of the words of
                                                                      		truth: 22. 21.  So after Isaiah has spoken of the Precious
                                                                      		cornerstone"  Judgment also will I lay to the line, and
                                                                      		righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep  away
                                                                      		the refuge of lies. 28. 17.  Referring to the stability of Thrones
                                                                      		this subject is connected with the 5th.
                                                                      	V.	The Kingliness of Truth.  Excellent speech becometh not a
                                                                      		fool, much less do lying lips a prince . 17. 7.  Mercy and
                                                                      		truth preserve the King. 20. 28.

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