Pretences for not Forgiving
W. Gouge. 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. He that hath wronged me is a base fellow. What more base to thee, than thou art to God? 2. The wrong done is unsufferable. What! more unsufferable than thy sins against God? 3. It is not the first time that he hath wronged me. Didst thou never but once sin against God? 4. He may wrong me again and again if I put it up. Why dost thou think so uncharitably of thy brother? But mayest thou not sin again and again against God? 5. It beseemeth not my place and honour to put up wrongs. Is God so accounted for bearing with sins? If God do thus, why art thou so much incensed with wrath, when any doth any wrong to thee? Thou shouldest rather behold thyself, how thou hast carried thyself against God. If anything will make thee forgive, surely this will. (W. Gouge.) 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. WEB: Forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. Bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.'"