And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil

And, Lord, forasmuch as there is in us a bent to backslide from thee, so that when our sins are forgiven, we are ready to return again to folly, we pray that thou wilt not only forgive us our debts, but take care of us that we may not offend any | more. Lord, lead us not into temptation. We know that no man can say when he is tempted, that he is tempted of God, for God tempteth not any man; but we know that God is able to make all grace abound towards us, and to keep us from falling, and present us faultless. We therefore pray that thou wilt never give us up to our own heart’s lusts, to walk in our own counsels, but restrain Satan, that roaring lion that goes about seek-

M4 ae ing whom he may devour; and grant that we may not be ignorant of his devices. O let not Satan have us to sift us as wheat: or however, let not our faith fail. Let not the messengers of Satan be permitted to buffet us; but if they be, let thy grace be sufficient for us, that where we are weak, there we may be strong, and may be more than conquerors through him that loved us. And the God of peace tread Satan under our feet, and do it shortly. And since we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities andpowers, and the rulers of the darkness of this world, let us be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Hos 13:14. Ps 85:8. Job 34:32. Jamesi. 13. 2 Cor 9:8. Jude 1:24. Ps 81:12. 1 Pet 5:8. 2 Cor 2:11. Luke 22:31, 32. 2 Cor 12:7, 9, 10. Rom 8:37. Rom 16:20. Eph 6:10, 12.

Lord, grant that we may never enter into temptation, but having prayed, may set a watch, and let thy wise and good providence so order all our affairs and all events that are concerning us, that no temptation may take us but such as is common to men, and that we may never be tempted above what we are able -to discern, resist, and overcome through the gra¢e of God. Lord, do not lay any stumbling-blocks before us, that we should fall upon them and perish. Let nothing be an occasion of falling to us, but give us that great peace which they have that love thy law, whom nothing shall offend. Matt 26:41. Neh 4:9. 1 Cor 10:31. Jer 6:21. Rom 14:13. Ps 119:165.

And lead us, we pray thee, into all truth; lead us in thy truth, and teach us, for thou art the God of our salvation. Show us thy ways, O God, and teach us thy paths, the paths of righteousness: O lead us in those paths for thy name’s sake, that so we may be led beside the still waters. John 16:18. Ps 25:4; xxiii:

And deliver us, we pray thee, from the evil one; keep us that the wicked one touch us not, that he sow not his tares in the field of our hearts, that we be not ensnared by his wiles, or wounded by his fiery darts; let the word of God abide in us, that we may be strong, and may overcome the wicked one. 1 John 5:18. Matt 13:25. Eph 6:11, 16. 1 John 2:14.

Deliver us from every evil thing, we pray, that we may do no evil: O deliver us from every evil work, save us from our sins, redeem us from all iniquity, especially the sin that doth most easily beset us: hide pride from us ; remove from us the way of lying; let us not eat of sinners’ dainties : incline our hearts to thy testimonies, and not to covetousness; and keep us that we never speak unadyisedly with our lips. But especially keep back thy servants from presumptuous sins ; let them not have dominion over us. 2 Cor 13:7. 2 Tim 4:18. Matt 1:21. Titus 2:14. Heb 12:1. Job 33:17. Ps 119:29; Ps 141:4; Ps 119:36; evi. oo) xix Rw

Preserve us, we pray thee, that no evil thing may befall us, and keep us from evil, that it may not hurt us. O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee, from those that rise up against them, show us thy marvellous loving-kindness, and keep us as the apple of thine eye, hide us under the shadow of thy wings. Keep that which we commit unto thee. Thou that hast delivered, dost deliver, and we trust and pray, that thou wilt yet deliver us, wilt deliver us from all our fears. O make us to dwell safely, and grant that we may be quiet from the fear of evil. And bring us safe at last to thy holy mountain, where there is no pricking brier, or grieving thorn, nothing to hurt or destroy. Ps 91:10. 1 Chr 4:10. Ps 17:7, 8. 2 Tim 1:12. 2 Cor 1:10. Ps 34:4. Prov 1:33. Ezek 28:24. Isa 11:9.

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Henry’s text is in the public domain. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, No. 265 Chestnut Street. Undated, about 1840 to 1860. The preface is dated Chester, March 25, 1710. From the Internet Archive scan. The KJV text is in the public domain.