{"number":100,"title":"What doth the Preface of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?","part":null,"questions":[100],"paragraphs":[],"clauses":[],"items":[{"question":"What doth the Preface of the Lord’s Prayer teach us?","answer":"The Preface of the Lord’s Prayer, which is, [Our Father which art in Heaven,] teacheth us to draw near to God with all Holy Reverence and Confidence, as Children to a Father, able and ready to help us, and that we should pray with and for others.","segments":[{"text":"The Preface of the Lord’s Prayer, which is, [Our Father which art in Heaven,] teacheth us to draw near to God with all Holy Reverence and Confidence, as Children to a Father, able and ready to help us, and that we should pray with and for others.","proofs":[],"refs":[],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is God our Father?","answer":"Yes. Doubtless thou art our Father,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Doubtless thou art our Father,","proofs":["Isaiah 63:16"],"refs":[{"printed":"Isaiah 63:16","osis":["Isa.63.16"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Doth he appoint us to call him so?","answer":"Yes. Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, my Father, thou art the guide of my Youth?","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, my Father, thou art the guide of my Youth?","proofs":["Jeremiah 3:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Jeremiah 3:4","osis":["Jer.3.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is he our Father by Creation?","answer":"Yes. Have we not all one Father? Hath not one God created us?","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Have we not all one Father? Hath not one God created us?","proofs":["Malachi 2:10"],"refs":[{"printed":"Malachi 2:10","osis":["Mal.2.10"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And by Redemption?","answer":"Yes. Is not he thy Father that hath bought thee,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Is not he thy Father that hath bought thee,","proofs":["Deuteronomy 32:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Deuteronomy 32:6","osis":["Deut.32.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And by Adoption?","answer":"Yes. I will be a Father to them,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. I will be a Father to them,","proofs":["2 Corinthians 6:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 6:18","osis":["2Cor.6.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is God a Wise Father?","answer":"Yes. The Father of Lights,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. The Father of Lights,","proofs":["James 1:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"James 1:17","osis":["Jas.1.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is he a Gracious Father?","answer":"Yes. The Father of Mercies,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. The Father of Mercies,","proofs":["2 Corinthians 1:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"2 Corinthians 1:3","osis":["2Cor.1.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is he our Soul’s Father?","answer":"Yes. The Father of Spirits,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. The Father of Spirits,","proofs":["Hebrews 12:9"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hebrews 12:9","osis":["Heb.12.9"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is he the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ?","answer":"Yes. I bow my Knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. I bow my Knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,","proofs":["Ephesians 3:14"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 3:14","osis":["Eph.3.14"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is he in him our Father?","answer":"Yes. I ascend to my Father, and your Father,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. I ascend to my Father, and your Father,","proofs":["John 20:17"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 20:17","osis":["John.20.17"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Are we in Prayer to call God Father?","answer":"Yes. Crying, Abba, Father,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Crying, Abba, Father,","proofs":["Galatians 4:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Galatians 4:6","osis":["Gal.4.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And to eye him as a Father?","answer":"Yes. I will arise and go to my Father, and say unto him, Father,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. I will arise and go to my Father, and say unto him, Father,","proofs":["Luke 15:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Luke 15:18","osis":["Luke.15.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"And is this comfortable in Prayer?","answer":"Yes. For with thee the Fatherless findeth Mercy,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For with thee the Fatherless findeth Mercy,","proofs":["Hosea 14:3"],"refs":[{"printed":"Hosea 14:3","osis":["Hos.14.3"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Is God our Father in Heaven?","answer":"Yes. For the Lord’s Throne is in Heaven,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For the Lord’s Throne is in Heaven,","proofs":["Psalm 11:4"],"refs":[{"printed":"Psalm 11:4","osis":["Ps.11.4"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Is Heaven a high Place?","answer":"Yes. And we must lift up our Hearts with our Hands to God in the Heavens,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. And we must lift up our Hearts with our Hands to God in the Heavens,","proofs":["Lamentations 3:41"],"refs":[{"printed":"Lamentations 3:41","osis":["Lam.3.41"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it a Holy Place?","answer":"Yes. And we must lift up Holy Hands,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. And we must lift up Holy Hands,","proofs":["1 Timothy 2:8"],"refs":[{"printed":"1 Timothy 2:8","osis":["1Tim.2.8"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it a Place of Prospect?","answer":"Yes. And therefore our Father sees in Secret,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. And therefore our Father sees in Secret,","proofs":["Matthew 6:6"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 6:6","osis":["Matt.6.6"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is it a Place of Power?","answer":"Yes. And therefore he is able to do above all that we ask or think,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. And therefore he is able to do above all that we ask or think,","proofs":["Ephesians 3:20"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 3:20","osis":["Eph.3.20"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Ought we therefore to pray with Reverence?","answer":"Yes. For God is in Heaven, and we upon Earth,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For God is in Heaven, and we upon Earth,","proofs":["Ecclesiastes 5:2"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ecclesiastes 5:2","osis":["Eccl.5.2"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"And with Holy Confidence?","answer":"Yes. For we have boldness, and access with Confidence,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For we have boldness, and access with Confidence,","proofs":["Ephesians 3:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 3:12","osis":["Eph.3.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"For is God a Father that is able to help us?","answer":"Yes. My Father is greater than all,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. My Father is greater than all,","proofs":["John 10:29"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 10:29","osis":["John.10.29"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Doth he know our Wants?","answer":"Yes. Your Heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these Things,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. Your Heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these Things,","proofs":["Matthew 6:32"],"refs":[{"printed":"Matthew 6:32","osis":["Matt.6.32"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]},{"question":"Is he willing to Help?","answer":"Yes. For the Father himself loveth you,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. For the Father himself loveth you,","proofs":["John 16:27"],"refs":[{"printed":"John 16:27","osis":["John.16.27"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]},{"question":"Must we pray with others?","answer":"Yes. There were many gather’d together praying,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. There were many gather’d together praying,","proofs":["Acts 12:12"],"refs":[{"printed":"Acts 12:12","osis":["Acts.12.12"]}],"note":null}],"items":[{"question":"Must we pray for others?","answer":"Yes. We must make Supplication for all Saints,","segments":[{"text":"Yes. We must make Supplication for all Saints,","proofs":["Ephesians 6:18"],"refs":[{"printed":"Ephesians 6:18","osis":["Eph.6.18"]}],"note":null}],"items":[]}]}]}],"text":null}