Owe no man anything
We are not forbidden in this command, first, to provide things honest in the sight of all men (Romans 12:17), to provide that with which we may render to all their due, whatever they can justly demand of us. So far from it that we are taught of God to owe no man anything (Romans 13:8). We ought therefore to use all diligence in our calling in order to owe no man anything, this being no other than a plain law of common justice, which our Lord came not to destroy but to fulfill (Matthew 5:17).
1771 text
We are not forbidden in this command, first, to provide things honest in the sight of all men, to provide wherewith we may render unto all their due, whatsoever they can justly demand of us. So far from it, that we are taught of God, to owe no man any thing. We ought therefore to use all diligence in our calling, in order to owe no man any thing: this being no other than a plain law of common justice, which our Lord came not to destroy but to fulfil.
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Catalogue & scope
Sermon 28 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:19-23.
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