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The Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechism
The confession of faith ; and, The larger and shorter catechism first agreed upon by the Westminster Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and now approved by the General Assembly of the kirk of Scotland to be a part of uniformity in religion between the kirks of Christ in the three kingdoms.
Edinbourg: printed by George Swinton and Thomas Brown, 1671
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Q. 195. What do we pray for in the sixth Petition?
A▪ In the sixth Petition [which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil d] acknowledging that the most wise righteous and gracious God for divers holy and just ends may so order things, that we may be assaulted, and for a time led captive by temptationse, that Satanf, the worldg, and the flesh are ready powerfully to draw us aside and ensnare ush; & that we, even after the pardon of our sins, by reason of our corruptioni, weakness, and want of watchfulnessk, are not only subject to be tempted, & forward to expose our selves unto temptationsl, but also of our selves unable & unwilling to resist them, to recover out of them and to improve themm, and worthy to be left under the power of themn we pray that God would so over-rule the world and al• in ito