The silent mouth and sealed lip surpass the rest.
Then boast not, brother; whatsoever thou hast done,
God knows thy merits; will requite them every one.
The sun requires no other witness but his face.
Man has a greater. God’s his witness. Vast the grace!145
If I proclaim it not, how many are prepared
To witness to each fact! God, angels, men, full wared.
“God will bear witness, angels, and all they who’ve known,”[396]
That: “Lord there is no other, save th’ Eternal One.”[397]
When God himself our witness is, who’ll angels need,