And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that [is] in thine heart; for the LORD [is] with thee.
Ver. 3. And Nathan said.] Ex proprio sensu, out of his private opinion, and not by divine revelation. Good men, then, may be out in matters of religion, as here both David and Nathan were; neither is it safe to pin our faith on another man's sleeve - for who knoweth whither he may carry it? - but to "prove all things," and to "hold fast only that which is good." 1Th 5:21 Nathan himself was here too well persuaded of David, as if he had been infallible: and why? For the Lord is with thee. What? always, and in all things? No, nor with any man in this life, surely. Nimis augusta res est nuspiam errare. Nathan shall see and say ere long, that he was mistaken. It is with us while here, as it was once with Peter, we walk one step and sink another.