Charles H. Spurgeon on Psalms 89:14
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Psalms89:14
Mercy and truth shall go before thy face. Note —
1. Mercy is said to go before the face of God, because God sends mercy before judgment, that he might find less to punish: so Bellarmine.
2. That God permits not his face to be seen before He has forgiven our sins through mercy: so Rickelius.
3. That no one comes to the knowledge of God, but he who has obtained mercy beforehand.
4. That God comes to no one unless His grace go before Him. ...Truth goes before the face of God, because God keeps it ever before his eyes, to mould his actions thereby. Pindar calls truth yugatera Dios the daughter of God. Epaminoudas the Theban general, cultivated truth so studiously, that he is reported never to have spoken a falsehood even in jest. In the courts of kings this is a rare virtue. —Le Blanc.
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