John Trapp on Proverbs 14:25

Verſ. 25. A true witneſs delivereth ſouls] Or lives that lye at ſtake. Hee that helps the truth in ſuch a neceſſity, doth a worthy work. To walk about with ſlanders, is to ſhed blood, Ezek. 22.9. Way was made to that bloody French maſſacre, by falſe reports caſt abroad by the Fryar-lyars, that the Proteſtants under pretence of Religion, met by night that they might feed daintily, and then lye together promiſcuouſly. He that hath a mind to hang his Dog, (ſaith the French Proverb) will firſt give out that hee is run mad.John 8.48. The Devil was firſt a lyar, and then a murtherer from the beginning.