Melville Divinity Hall
Q. 189

What doth the preface of the Lord’s prayer teach us?

Text: Orthodox Presbyterian Church text, with WLC 109 restored to the 1647 wording · Read it at the source

The preface of the Lord’s prayer (contained in these words, Our Father which art in heaven) teacheth us, when we pray, to draw near to God with confidence of his fatherly goodness, and our interest therein; with reverence, and all other childlike dispositions, heavenly affections, and due apprehensions of his sovereign power, majesty, and gracious condescension: as also, to pray with and for others.