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414 Howe we mull pray againfl the tentations he will give unto us his fan6tifying fpirit, not onely to fight againft the fled) , but alfo to mortifre our earthly members , Col.3.5. as our inordinate affeéi- ons and evil concupifcence ; and to crucifie the flefb with the lulls thereof, Gal. 5. 24. and that being re- newed by his fpirit, we may no longer be carnali men but ( irituall, walking not after the flefb but after the f irit, Rom.8. i. How we 2. As touching the world ; We alfo pray, That mull pray we may not be carried away with the world or againft the tentations of overcome thereby, but that by faith we may overcome the world. the world, 'John 5.4. And whereas the world is faid to tempt in refpet either of the men or the things in the world: and whereas the men tempt ei- ther to evil of punifhment and danger by captious queftions,or to evil offinne;either by bad fpeeches, enticing, incenfing, counfelling; or lewd examples: We therefore againft their captions delire the fpirit of wifdome,that we be not infnared ; and againft their offenfes and fcandals either in word or deed, conftancy & perfeverance, that we do not (tumble or fall, nor be conformed to the world, Rom.' 2.2. As for the things of the world, they are either the de- fires thereof, or the terrours and cro(fes. In re- fpea of the defires of the world, which are the lull of the flefh, the lull of the eyes , and the pride of life, z.John z.16. the world is Paid efpecially to tempt; they being the baits of finne and fnares of the devil. Againft thefe we pray , That we may have grace from above to renounce all worldly lulls, Tit. z . r z . to be wained from the world, to ufe it acs though we ufd it not, i . Cor.7.3 1. to be crucified to the world and the world