In the sixth petition (which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,)¹ acknowledging, that the most wise, righteous, and gracious God, for divers holy and just ends, may so order things, that we may be assaulted, foiled, and for a time led captive by temptations;² that Satan,³ the world,⁴ and the flesh, are ready powerfully to draw us aside, and ensnare us;⁵ and that we, even after the pardon of our sins, by reason of our corruption,⁶ weakness, and want of watchfulness,⁷ are not only subject to be tempted, and forward to expose ourselves unto temptations,⁸ but also of ourselves unable and unwilling to resist them, to recover out of them, and to improve them;⁹ and worthy to be left under the power of them:[10] we pray, that God would so overrule the world and all in it,[11] subdue the flesh,[12] and restrain Satan,[13] order all things,[14] bestow and bless all means of grace,[15] and quicken us to watchfulness in the use of them, that we and all his people may by his providence be kept from being tempted to sin;[16] or, if tempted, that by his Spirit we may be powerfully supported and enabled to stand in the hour of temptation;[17] or when fallen, raised again and recovered out of it,[18] and have a sanctified use and improvement thereof:[19] that our sanctification and salvation may be perfected,[20] Satan trodden under our feet,[21] and we fully freed from sin, temptation, and all evil, forever.[22]