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Pro_11:9 An hypocrite with [his] mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered.
Ver. 9. An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth.] That is, The flatterer, slanderer, evil counsellor, but especially the heretic, as the Valentinians, qui artificium habuerunt, quo prius persuaderent quam docerent, {a} by their Pythanology. "By good words and fair speeches they deceive the hearts of the simple." {Rom_16:18} They bring men into the lion’s mouth, as that old seducer did, by telling them of an angel that spoke to them, and so make prize of them, {Col_2:8} and "drag disciples after them." {Act_20:30}
But through knowledge shall the just be delivered.] He is too wise to be flattered, and too knowing to be plucked away with the error of the wicked. {1Pe_3:17-18} Zanchius was set upon by Socinus, but the heretic lost his labour. {b} Wherefore add to your virtue knowledge, {2Pe_1:5} and have your senses exercised to discern good and evil. {Heb_5:14}
{a} Tertullian.
{b} Zanch., Misc.