{"number":138,"question":"Wherefore is Prayer necessary for Christians?","answer":"Because it is the chief part of that thankfulness which God requireth of us, and also because God giveth them only his Grace and Holy Spirit, who with unfeigned gronings beg them continually of him and yeild him thanks for them.","segments":[{"text":"Because it is the chief part of that thankfulness which God requireth of us, and also because God giveth them only his Grace and Holy Spirit, who with unfeigned gronings beg them continually of him and yeild him thanks for them.","proofs":["Matthew 7:7–8","Luke 11:9,13","Matthew 13:12","Psalm 50:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 7:7–8","osis":["Matt.7.7-Matt.7.8"]},{"printed":"Luke 11:9,13","osis":["Luke.11.9","Luke.11.13"]},{"printed":"Matthew 13:12","osis":["Matt.13.12"]},{"printed":"Psalm 50:15","osis":["Ps.50.15"]}],"note":null}],"section":6,"relations":{"aoc1680-modernized":["138"],"heidelberg":["116"]},"diffs":[{"source":"heidelberg","type":"earlier","segments":[{"text":"that","position":null},{"text":"giveth them only","position":null},{"text":"unfeigned gronings beg them","position":null},{"text":"yeild him thanks","position":null}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}