Hey Everyone!
In light of all the talk about the latest prediction from Harold Camping, I was reading this article by Richard Baxter which shed some important truths concerning how we speak of even the most evil men. This question and answer from Richard Baxter’s article stood out to me the most. Enjoy!
“What if it be one whose honour and credit countenanceth an ill cause, and his dishonour would disable him to do hurt?
Answer. You may not belie* the devil, nor wrong the worst man that is, though under pretense of doing good; God needeth not malice, nor calumnies, nor injustice to his glory: it is an ill cause that cannot be maintained without such means as these. And when the matter is true, you must have a call to speak it, and you must speak it justly, without unrighteous aggravations, or hiding the better part, which should make the case and person better understood.
(* belie means to give a false representation; to misrepresent.)
There is a time and due manner, in which that man's crimes and just dishonour may be published, whose false reputation injureth the truth. But yet I must say, that a great deal of villainy and slander is committed upon this plausible pretense; and that there is scarce a more common cloak for the most inhuman lies and calumnies.”
The whole article is really, really good and I highly recommend it. If you are interested in reading the whole thing, here is the link…
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