Religion

Matthew 18: Master, Thou didst the same by me

by Charles Wesley 1707–1788

From Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures (1762) · Osborn ed., vol. 10 (1871)

Religion

Master, Thou didst the same by me.

When at Thy feet I lay;
Thy grace forgave, and set me free,
And left me nought to pay:
The full discharge of all my debt
I thankfully receive,
And thus my fellow-servants treat,
And thus like Thee forgive.
4.72. The same servant ivcnt out, and found one, & c. — xviii. 2B.
An hundred pence! how small the debt,
(How slight the injury,)
Against ten thousand talents set
But now remitted me!
The pardon I from Christ receive
Still may I bear in mind,
And gladly for His sake forgive
The wrongs of all mankind.

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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 18: Master, Thou didst the same by me.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4351/.

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Wesley, Charles. “Matthew 18: Master, Thou didst the same by me.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_c/4351/.

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