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356 The fifth petition expounded. Pharifees conceit was, that ifa man did fwear by the '^ temple or the altar,that it was nothing; but if he did fwear by the gold of the temple, or the gift upon the altar, that then he was a debtour, o1.ei,,i. So in Luke 13. thofe whom Chrifl in the fecond verfe calle th fi nners,a,,,y- ,A0i,in the fourth verfe he calleth 4,o, debtours. So in this chapter our Saviour Pet- ting down a proof of the reafon of this petition, for éstítNaa faith.,269wájrviAd]a, V. 14,I5 . But moil plain- ly in Luke i i . 4. where the words of this petition are thus fet down , Kw ripes »/17 a 5 áaS7ias wi', And forgive us our fins, for we alfa forgive wuvñ 4ci.ov7, );627 every one that is in debt to us, that is, which hath offended us. The rearm Now the reafon why Pinnes are called debts is, be- why firmes caufe for our finnes we ow unifhment: For as a are called p debts. man having entred into bonds to perform fuch and fuch covenants, or elfe to incurre the forfaiture and penalty conteined in the obligation, is fubjed to the forfaiture jibe perform not the covenant; fo we being bound by moil lirait obligations to per- form obedience to all the commandments ofGod, or elfe to incurre the penalty comnprifed in thelaw, which is the obligation or handwriting that is againfl us, Col. 2. 14. are fubjel to the penalty, that is, the fearful! curfe of God both in this life and in the world to come if we perform not the cove- nants. For as in the law there are two things; r. præceptum, commanding or forbidding, and a. fan- tio,threatning punifhment againfl the tranfgreffion of the precept: fo in every finne there are two things anfwerable ; àYO a, the fault tranfgrefling the law,