For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner?
Ver. 7. For if the truth of God] Here the former objection is repeated, explicated, and more fully answered, that every mouth might be stopped. Ferunt ranas lampade supra lacum, in quo tumultuantur, appensa, illius fulgore repercussas conticescere. (Lomelius.) So gainsayers are silenced, when the truth is thoroughly cleared.