{"number":120,"question":"Why hath Christ commanded us to address God thus: “Our Father?”","answer":"That immediately, in the very beginning of our prayer, he might excite in us a child-like reverence for, and confidence in God, which are the foundation of our prayer: namely, that God has become our Father in Christ, and will much less deny us what we ask of him in true faith, than our parents will refuse us earthly things.","segments":[{"text":"That immediately, in the very beginning of our prayer, he might excite in us a child-like reverence for, and confidence in God, which are the foundation of our prayer: namely, that God has become our Father in Christ,","proofs":["Matthew 6:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 6:9","osis":["Matt.6.9"]}],"note":null},{"text":"and will much less deny us what we ask of him in true faith, than our parents will refuse us earthly things.","proofs":["Matthew 7:9–11","Luke 11:11","Isaiah 49:15"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 7:9–11","osis":["Matt.7.9-Matt.7.11"]},{"printed":"Luke 11:11","osis":["Luke.11.11"]},{"printed":"Isaiah 49:15","osis":["Isa.49.15"]}],"note":null}],"section":46,"relations":{"aoc1680":["143"]},"diffs":[{"source":"aoc1680","type":"later","segments":[{"text":"immediately,","position":null},{"text":"our","position":1},{"text":"excite","position":null},{"text":"child-like","position":null},{"text":"for,","position":null},{"text":"in","position":5},{"text":"are","position":1},{"text":"namely,","position":null},{"text":"has become","position":null},{"text":"in Christ,","position":null},{"text":"what","position":null},{"text":"in","position":7},{"text":"will refuse","position":null}]}],"page":null,"leaf":null}