Verse 13
13. Lead us not into temptation Bring us not into trials that may endanger our souls. This prayer is, however, to be uttered with submission to whatever trials of our virtue God pleases. And hence our Lord immediately adds, deliver us from evil as much as to say, If thou dost lead us into dangers to our virtue, give us strength to overcome.
The evil here named does not mean simply the Evil One; but all evil, including all sin and hell as well as the devil.
All this prayer and submission we offer to thee, O God, for thine is every supreme excellence; namely, the wide kingdom of the world, the absolute power over it, and the glory of all thine own attributes, of all thy vast monarchy, and of all its grand events and results. Amen So let it be. It has the entire consent of our own hearts.
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