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4 i6 How we tnufl pray againfl the tentations as our deliverance therefrom may ífand with Gods glory and our good; and laftly, from the corruption of finne it Pelf; in regard whereof we defire the Lord would endue us more and more with the Spi. rit of fanaification,applying unto us the merits and efficacy of Chri ffs death to mortifie our finne, and of his refurrehion to reffore us to newneffe of life; wherein we are to proceed from faith to faith, and from one meafure of grace to a greater, untill we come to a perfeéf man in Chriff. And as there are two degrees of our deliverance from thefe our fpirituall enemies : the one begun and imperfe61, by fanOification in this life;the other full and perfeé in the life to come, which is our full redemption and glorification: So we pray, not one - ly that we may be freed from our corruptions in part, but alfo may be fully conformed to the glori- ous image of the Sonne of Gods and therefore pray that we may be delivered from every evil thing, and be prefirved to his heavenly kingdome, a . Tim. 4. 1 S. whereby it appeareth,that as in the fifth petition we defired pardon of finne and juflification by faith; fo here we crave ftrength againff finne, & freedome from the corruption , and fandfification by Gods Spirit, and finally the end of our faith, which is the fal- vation of our fouls : For when we pray to be deliver- ed from evil, we defire deliverance alfo from hell, and confequently falvation in heaven. That we Now as thefe graces are to be asked in fervencie ü thefe ab ra- and affeEfion fo alto in aífurance of faith that we fo ces in Ali- íhall be heard. For as the Apoffle James chap. ran ceof 6. teacheth,If any man defire rrifdomeof God, wife - faith. ly