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God is this Creditor; He trusts us with His goods; what we have we have from Him to use.

1. How many daily spend of God's stock and store. Neither man nor beast (for the use of man), but daily receive from His hand, and seek to be further trusted (Psalm 104:27). It would undo the richest man that ever was to have so many in his debt at once.

2. Think how prodigal and expensive men are in spending on God's stock; how prodigal of His mercy, patience, goodness, &c. (Romans 2:4, 5). How lavish are men of the time lent, of health, wealth, &c. (Luke 15.). Look but on the life of some one sinner, and judge of the rest (Hosea 12:1; Jeremiah 20:7).

3. Consider we with ourselves how long God hath forborne and been out of purse.

4. Add to all God's bounty and liberality — which is renewed to us daily — He is as willing still to lend us, as if we had paid Him in all, and owed Him not a groat.

5. In all our wants and needs, from hence we have direction to whom to go a-borrowing.

(1) He is a bountiful Creditor, and no needy one; better provided than any other. He hath for our need, and always is at home.

(2) He stands not upon any great security; He is willing to take our words, our promises, for the payment (Genesis 28:20; 1 Samuel 1:11; Matthew 18:26, 27). Only He expects that we should be just of our words, that we may be again trusted (Ecclesiastes 5:4),

(3) Though we borrow of him to-day, yet if we stand in need of Him to-morrow, as questionless we shall, and desire to be further trusted, He will be willing to pleasure us, especially when He sees we employ those talents well wherewith He hath betrusted us.

(N. Rogers.)

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KJV: There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty.

WEB: "A certain lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty.