A51845:929
A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer
A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer by ... Thomas Manton.
London: printed by J.D., 1684
AN EXPOSITION OF THE Lord's-Prayer. › As we forgive our Debtors.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Use. 3. It showeth that we need not fear the Censures of Men, nor the Hatred of the Ungodly; for 'tis God pardoneth, and who can condemn? God will not ask their Vote and Suffrage who shall ⟨p. 396⟩be accepted to Life, and who not, 1 Cor. 4. 3. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of Mans Judgment, &c. A Man must expect Censure that will be faithful to God; but if he acquit us, it is no matter what our guilty Fellow-Creatures say.
Vse. 3. It sheweth that we need not fear the Censures of Men, nor the Hatred of the Ungodly; for 'tis God pardoneth, and who can condemn? God will not ask their Vote and Suffrage who shall ⟨p. 396⟩be accepted to Life, and who not, 1 Cor. 4. 3. But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of Mans Iudgment, &c. A Man must expect Censure that will be faithful to God; but if he acquit us, it is no matter what our guilty Fellow-Creatures say.
Use. 4• Is Comfort to broken-hearted Sinners; to those that need and desire Pardon. 'Tis well for them that God doth not put them off to others, but reserveth this power of pardoning Sins to himself.
Vse. 4• Is Comfort to broken-hearted Sinners; to those that need and desire Pardon. 'Tis well for them that God doth not put them off to others, but reserveth this power of pardoning Sins to himself.