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29 And his fellow-ſervant fell down at his feet, and beſought him, ſaying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. :
20 And he would not : but went and caft him into priſon, till he ſhould pay the debt. |
31 So when his fellow-ſervants ſaw what was done, they were very ſorry, and came and rold unto their lord all that was done. ;
22 Then his lord, after that he had called him, fxid unto him , O thou wicked ſervant, 1 torgave thee all that debt, becauſe thou defiredſt me : _
23 Shouldſt not thou alſo have had compathon on thy fellow-ſervant, even as I had pity on thee?
24 And his lord was wroth , and delivered him to the tormenters, till he ſhould pay all that was due
unto him. | 35 * So likewiſe ſhall my heavenly Father do.
alſo unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their treſpaſſes.
All theſe Verſes ( except the laſt ) are bur a Parable, which
( as I hefore ſhewed) 1s a Similitude brought from the uſual ations of Men , and made uſe of to open or apply ſome Spirt- cual Docrine. The main Scope, or the Propoſition of Truth, which our Saviour deſigns to open , or preſs, is thar which 15 firſt and principally to be conſidered, and intended : Thar, as I before thewed , is ro be known , either by the particular Ex- lication given by our Saviour , or by what went immediately Kofore, or tollowerh immediately afrer. The Scope of this Pa- 7able is plainly expreſs'd , wer. 35. So alſo ſhall my Heavenly Fa- ther d) unto you , if you from your Hearts forgive not every one his Brother their Treſp.zſes. Nor is it obſcurely hinted ro us in what went before , where our Saviour was inſtruting Peter in rhe creat Dury of Frgiving Men their Treſpaſſes : This being agreed, 4s we uſe to ſay, that Similitudes run not on four Feet , fo we are nor to expe, thar all the ARions of Men mentioned in the Parable, ſhould be anſwered by ſome Correſpondent Attons of God ; as Similitudes always halt, fo never more than when by them, God's Acons are expreſſed, and repreſented ro us. The main Points which this Patable inſtruQterh us in, are; I. That it is our Duty , eſpecially theirs who have received Forgiveneſs from God, to Firgive their Brethren. 2. That if they do not, they may juſtly queſtion , whether God hath Firgiven them , and expect the ſame Severity gom Him , which they ſhew unto their Brethren. Theſe being the main things for Inſtruction, in which this Parable is brought , and which we ought chietly ro eye as the chings taught us by this Parable; nothing hindrerh, bur that it may alſo inſtru& us in ſome other things , rho* we cannot raiſe a Propoſition of Truth , from every Branch of the Parable, and ſome things be put in according to the Paſſions, and uſual Dealings of Men, which poſſibly are in them unrightes Actions, and may follow from their ungoverned Paffions, which will by no means azrece to the Pure and Holy Nature of God. I will tirſt open ſuch Terms in the Parable, as may be leſs intelligible 20 Vulgar Readers. [ The Kingdom of Heaven. | My Admini- fration of my Kingdom: I am come to purchaſe Remiſſion of Sins , end to diſpenſe out Remiſſim of Sins to thoſe who are :ndebted to the Juſtice of my Father , bur in the Application of my Blood to Men and Women for the: Remiſſion of their Sins , both my Father and my Self will do as a King, that took Account of his Servants, &c, Men muſt look for Pardon from my Father, and Benefit from Me as their Redeemer , upon the following Terms: Chap. 6. 15. | Ten thouſand wyrned, A certain, for an uncertain Number ; a very great Sum, Thoſe who have computed it, ſay it amounteth to a Milliom, and Eight Hundred, Seventy-five Thwſand Pounds. | He commanded him to be fold, and hs Wife and Children, and all he had, ) A thing which our Law will not ſuffer, bur in ute amoneft other Nations, and amongſt the 7ews in particular, as may be learned from 2 King. 4.1. | And he delivered him to the Tormenters; | That 15, to the Keepers of the Priſon , fo rhe next Words teach us , and the Greek Word often fienifierh no more , tho? it doth indeed ſometimes; | An Hundred Pence , ver, 28. | figni- fierh a ſmall Sum, hardly exceeding in our Money Fifty Sh1l- linzs, This Parable excellently inſtrufterh us in theſe Truths : 1. That as Men by the Law ot Nature, and God, and the Laws ot Men, may be Debtors to Us, to our Reputation, to our Eitate; fo we are all Debtors, to the Glory, Honour , and Ju- filice of God. 2. Thar ir is a vaſt Debt we owe to God's Ho- nour and Juftice ; ro which no Debt owing by any to us, can bear any Proportion. 3. Thar we have nothing to pay to God, in
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ful] Satistation of us. 5. That God for Chriſt's fake , upon our App:ications to him tor Mercy will forgive us our Debts, 6. That were not fo ready to forgive our Erethren their lictle Injuries, as God 1s to forgive us. 7. That our Difficulty ro forgive our Brethren, atrer God's Eiberalicy in forgiving us, is a great Charge, or will be a great Charpe againſt us in the Court of Heaven, 8. Thar we ought to ſer before us God's Compaſ- 11990 rowards us, and tree Love in fcrgiving us, potently to m2ove us to forgive thoſe who have done us Injury, and to for- give chem out of that Conſideration, 9. That we ought from cur Hearts-to forgive Men their Treſpaſſes; that 1s, fo as not ro Hate them, bear them any Grudge, or Malice, feck any private Revenze upon them, nor publick Satisfaction beyond what they are able to give , but be ready to do them what common Offices of Kindneſs, in their Straits, are in our Power. 10. That the nor doing of £115, will be an 1! Eyidence to our Souls thas God
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