126. What is the fifth petition?
“And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors” that is, be pleased, for the sake of Christ's blood, not to impute to us miserable sinners our manifold transgressions, nor the evil which always cleaves to us;[1] as we also find this witness of Thy grace in us, that it is our full purpose heartily to forgive our neighbor.[2]
[1]Ps. 51:1-4; 143:2; I Jn. 2:1-2. [2]Mt. 6:14-15; Ps. 51:5-7; *Eph. 1:7.
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