Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Truth is Truth

"Hereupon St Paul saith, that a 'spiritual man judgeth all things,' 1 Cor 2:15, that appertain to him, and is judged of none that are of inferior rank, because they want (lack) spiritual light and sight to judge; yet this sort of men will be judging, 'speaking ill of what they know not,' 2 Peter 2:12; they step from ignorance to prejudice and rash censure, without taking right judgement in their way, and therefore their judgement comes to nothing.

Truth is truth, and error, error, and that which is unlawful is unlawful, whether men think so or no. God hath put an eternal difference betwixt light and darkness, good and ill, which no creature's conceit can alter, and therefore no man's judgement is measure of things further than it agrees to truth stamped upon things themselves by God." [3]

[3] The Works of Richard Sibbes, Volume 1,Richard Sibbes, Banner of Truth Trust, 2001 (Originally published 1862-64), p 80-81.

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