An Orthodox Catechism

    The Summe of Christian Religion (1587), Zacharias Ursinus

    Question 127

    THE THIRD PART OF MANS THANKFVLNES

    1. What is the sixt petition?

      Lead vs not into temptation: but deliuer vs from euil: that is, because wee our selues are so feeble & weak by nature, that wee cannot stand so much as one moment or instant; and our most deadlie enemies, ; satan the ; world, and our own flesh, doe incessantlie oppugne and assault vs: vpholde thou vs, and establish and strengthen vs by the might of they spirit, that we maie not in this spiritual combate ; yeeld as vanquished, but may so long stoutly withstand them, vntil at length wee ; get the ful and perfect victorie. ;