And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.
Ver. 10. Whither have ye made a road?] Or, Whether have ye made, &c.
Against the south of Judah.] This was either a flat lie, or a foul equivocation, much misbecoming such a man's mouth. The infirmities of God's children never appear but in their tentations. David knew that
“ Nihil est vigilantius aure tyranni. ” - Juvenal.
But that should not have made him thus to lie and dissemble: as the Priscillianists did of old, and the Jesuits do still, with their detestable equivocations, and mental reservations, which they teach and defend ad consolationem afflictorum Catholicorum (their own words) et omnium piorum instructionem, for the comfort of poor afflicted Catholics, and the instruction of all godly persons. a That subtle answer of Tarlton, bishop of Winchester, is well known, Edwardum occidere nolito timere bonum est. David had chosen the way of truth, Psa 119:30 and yet otherwhiles he deviated.
a Garnes. Blackwell.