Westminster Larger Catechism

In the sixth petition, (which is, And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil,¹²⁷³) 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;¹²⁷⁴ that Satan,¹²⁷⁵ the world,¹²⁷⁶ and the flesh, are ready powerfully to draw us aside, and ensnare us;¹²⁷⁷ and that we, even after the pardon of our sins, by reason of our corruption,¹²⁷⁸ weakness, and want of watchfulness,¹²⁷⁹ are not only subject to be tempted, and forward to expose ourselves unto temptations,¹²⁸⁰ but also of ourselves unable and unwilling to resist them, to recover out of them, and to improve them;¹²⁸¹ and worthy to be left under the power of them:¹²⁸² we pray, that God would so overrule the world and all in it,¹²⁸³ subdue the flesh,¹²⁸⁴ and restrain Satan,¹²⁸⁵ order all things,¹²⁸⁶ bestow and bless all means of grace,¹²⁸⁷ 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;¹²⁸⁸ or, if tempted, that by his Spirit we may be powerfully supported and enabled to stand in the hour of temptation;¹²⁸⁹ or when fallen, raised again and recovered out of it,¹²⁹⁰ and have a sanctified use and improvement thereof:¹²⁹¹ that our sanctification and salvation may be perfected,¹²⁹² Satan trodden under our feet,¹²⁹³ and we fully freed from sin, temptation, and all evil, forever.¹²⁹⁴