Ten thousand talents
Our trespasses. The word properly signifies our debts. Thus our sins are frequently represented in Scripture. Every sin lays us under a fresh debt to God, to whom we already owe, as it were, ten thousand talents (Matthew 18:24). What then can we answer when he shall say, Pay me what you owe (Matthew 18:28)? We are utterly insolvent. We have nothing to pay. We have wasted all our substance. Therefore if he deals with us according to the rigor of his law, if he exacts what he justly may, he must command us to be bound hand and foot and delivered over to the tormentors (Matthew 18:34).
1771 text
Our trespasses. The word properly signifies our debts. Thus our sins are frequently represented in scripture: every sin laying us under a fresh debt to God; to whom we already owe, as it were, ten thousand talents. What then can we answer when he shall say, Pay me that thou owest? We are utterly insolvent: we have nothing to pay: We have wasted all our substance. Therefore if he deal with us according to the rigour of his law, if he exact what he justly may, he must command us to be bound hand and foot, and delivered over to the tormentors.
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Sermon 26 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:1-15.
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