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<p>Here, 1. The sin condemned is <i>bearing false witness against our neighbour</i>, either in judgment or in common conversation, contrary to the law of the ninth commandment. 2. That which it is here condemned for is the mischievousness of it; it is in its power to ruin not only mens reputation, but their lives, estates, families, all that is dear to them. A false testimony is every thing that is dangerous; it <i>is a maul</i> (or <i>club</i> to knock a mans brains out with), a flail, which there is no fence against; it is <i>a sword</i> to wound near at hand and a <i>sharp arrow</i> to wound at a distance; we have therefore need to pray, <i>Deliver my soul, O Lord! from lying lips</i>, <a class="bibleref" title="Ps.120.2" href="/passage/?search=Ps.120.2">Ps. 120:2</a>.</p>