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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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(2.) There is a bearing False Witness against another: i. e. When we accuse another in open Court falsely. This is to imitate the Devil, who is the Accuser of the Brethren. Tho the Devil is no Adulterer, yet he is a False Witness. Solomon saith, Prov. 25.18. A Man that beareth false Witness against his Neighbour, is a Hammer and a Sword. In his Face he is hardened like an Hammer, he cannot blush, he cares not what Lie he witnesseth to. And he is a Sword: His Tongue is a Sword to wound him he witnesseth against in his Goods or Life. Thus 1 Kings 21.13. There came in two men, Children of Belial, and witnessed against Naboth, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the King: And their Witness took away his Life. The Queen of Persia being sick, the Magicians accused two Godly Virgins, that they had by Charms procured the Queens Sickness; whereupon she caused these Virgins to be sawn asunder. A False Witness doth pervert the place of Judicature: He corrupts the Jury; his bearing False Witness makes them give in a false Verdict: And he corrupts the Judge, by making him pronounce a wrong Sentence, and cause the Innocent to suffer. Vengeance will find out the False Witness. Prov. 19.5. A False Witness shall not be unpunished. Deut. 19.18, 19. If the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his Brother, then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his Brother: i. e. If he had thought to have taken away his Life, his own Life shall go for it.
(2.) There is a bearing False Witness against another: i. e. When we accuse another in open Court falsly. This is to imitate the Devil, who is the Accuser of the Brethren. Tho the Devil is no Adulterer, yet he is a False Witness. Solomon saith, Prov. 25.18. A Man that beareth false Witness against his Neighbour, is a Hammer and a Sword. In his Face he is hardned like an Hammer, he cannot blush, he cares not what Lie he witnesseth to. And he is a Sword: His Tongue is a Sword to wound him he witnesseth against in his Goods or Life. Thus