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The fixth petition expounded. for us, we are prone to finne, naturally drinking in finne like water, Job. 15.16. and weak to refill. And therefore feeing our fight is not with fief)) li and blond, but with principalities and powers, with worldly go- b ernours of the darkne ffe of this world, with fpirituall wickedneffe in high places ,therefore we are to fland upon our guard, to take unto us the armour of God, and efpecially by prayer to flee unto the Lord, that he would eftablilh us by his free Spirit, that we may be able to (land a ainfl the artifq- ciall and cunning a faults ofthe devil, phef. 6. i I, 12, &C. latter But let us come unto the words: Wherein the The lathe petition is firft propounded, and afterwards ex- petition ex pounded. For when we defire that the Lord pounaethetiie would not lead us into tentation, we do not defire former - not to be tempted, but when we are tempted to be deliveredfrom evil, that we quail not in the tentati- on. And fo our Saviour prayeth John 17. i 5. I do not pray that thou fbouldit take them out of the world, but that thou wouldfl keep them from evil. Therefore thefe two branches are not to be diftinguifhed in- to two petitions, as the adverfative particle But fheweth. For he doth not fay, Lead us not into ten - tation ;and deliver us from evil; but thus, Lead us not into tentation; but deliver us from evil; in the former part fetting down our requeft negatively, in the lat- ter affirmatively: as if we fhould fay, O Lord, do not thou give us over to the tempter,nor leave as to our flues; but with tentation give an iffue, that we be not overcome in the tentation, but prefervedand delivered from evil. But we are fiat to expound the words feverally,, 393