day, what a spirit of child-like dependence does the Lord both demand and beget! Fifth Petition: 12. And forgive us our debts. A vitally important view of sin this—as an offence against God demanding reparation to His dishonoured claims upon our absolute subjection. As the debtor in the creditor’s hands, so is the sinner in the hands of God. This idea of sin had indeed come up before in this Discourse—in the warning to agree with our adversary quickly, in case of sentence being passed upon us, adjudging
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