Luke 11:4 And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation… 1. First, of them that shift the guilt of their sins upon Adam, and allege original corruption for an excuse of their transgressions. 2. But now, in the next place, if we cannot shift our sins upon Adam and that original weakness which we derived from his loins, we may perhaps upon the serpent, upon the devil. 3. We come now to the last complaint; which is most unjust of all, as being put up against the justice and goodness of God, "who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not" (James 1:5). 4. And now, in the last place, as they are only ours, so they are fully and totally ours; and if we strive to make a defalcation, we add unto their bulk, and make them more mountainous than before. And as we do minuendo numerum augere, "by seeking to make our sins fewer than they are, sin more, and so increase their number"; so, by attempting to make them less, we make them greater. (A. Farindon.) Parallel Verses KJV: And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. |
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