Westminister Shorter Catechism
Q. 105.) What do we pray for in the fifth petition?
A. 105.) In the fifth petition (which is, And forgive us our debts, as we forgive
our debtors)(1) we pray, That God, for Christ's sake, would freely pardon all our sins;(2)
which we are the rather encouraged to ask, because by his grace we are enabled from
the heart to forgive others.(3)
(1) Matthew 6:12;
(2) Psalm 51:1-2, 7, 9; Daniel 9:17-19;
(3) Luke 11:4; Matthew 18:35;