Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 2 Complete John Calvin
JOHN CALVIN
to publish what was concealed, and thus by exposure to drive to despair those who would else have been corrigible.
Supplement to the Ninth Commandment
Deuteronomy 19:16-21
Deuteronomy 19
Deuteronomy 19:16-21
16. If a false witness rise up against any man, to testify against him that which is wrong;
16. Quum steterit testis mendax contra aliquem, ut testificetur contra eum verbum perversum:
17. Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges which shall be in those days:
17. Tunc stabunt duo illi homines quibus est lis, coram Jehova, id est coram sacerdotibus et judicibus qui fuerint in diebus illis.
18. And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
18. Et inquirent judices diligenter, et si testis ille est testis mendax, mendacium testificatus est contra fratrem suum:
19. Then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you.
19. Facietis ei, quemadmodum cogitavit facere fratri suo, et auferes malum e medio tui.
20. And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
20. Et qui remanserint, audient ac timebunt, nec addent facere ultra malum simile huic in medio tui.