81. He who owes a debt to God has more help
towards payment than he who is indebted to man. Man requires
money for money, and this is not always at the debtor’s
command. God demands the affection of the heart, which is in our
own power. No one who owes a debt to God is poor, except one who
has made himself poor. And even if he have nothing to sell, yet
has he wherewith to pay. Prayer, fasting, and tears are the
resources of an honest debtor, and much more abundant than if one from
the price of his estate offered money without faith.