A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer

1. There is required an Acknowledgement of the Debt. God stands upon it, that his Justice may be owned with a due sense, according to the Tenor of the first Covenant: For though the ⟨p. 354⟩Satisfaction be made by another, and that by a Surety of God's providing; yet God will have the Creature know they are under so heavy a Debt, that he will have them feel it in Brokenness of Heart; not know it only in a general Conviction, but confess our Sins; 1 John 1. 9. If we confess our Sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our Sins. When we come with true Remorse, and confess we have offended so just, so holy, so merciful a Father, it must be grievous to us in the remembrance of it. You must not only confess Sin as a Wrong, but as a Debt: Sin hath wronged God, and it is also a Debt binding you over to a Punishment we could never endure, nor make God any Satisfaction for. Therefore David when he would have God's Bond crossed and cancelled, see how he pleads; Psal. 51. 2, 3. O Lord, blot out mine Offences, for I acknowledge my Transgressions; and my Sin is ever before me. Blot it out, for I acknowledge it; (that is) I submit to thy instituted Course; I submit to the Justice of the first Covenant.

1. There is required an Acknowledgment of the Debt. God stands upon it, that his Justice may be owned with a due sense, according to the Tenor of the first Covenant: For though the ⟨p. 354⟩Satisfaction be made by another, and that by a Surety of God's providing; yet God will have the Creature know they are under so heavy a Debt, that he will have them feel it in Brokenness of Heart; not know it only in a general Conviction, but confess our Sins; 1 Iohn 1. 9. If we confess our Sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our Sins. When we come with true Remorse, and confess we have offended so just, so holy, so merciful a Father, it must be grievous to us in the remembrance of it. You must not only confess Sin as a Wrong, but as a Debt: Sin hath wronged God, and it is also a Debt binding you over to a Punishment we could never indure, nor make God any Satifaction for. Therefore David when he would have God's Bond crossed and cancell'd, see how he pleads;