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Cyprian of Carthage
Catena Aurea · Matthäusevangelium 6
Mt 6, 13English original
And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. Amen.
(Tr. vii. 18.) After all these preceding petitions at the conclusion of the prayer comes a sentence, comprising shortly and collectively the whole of our petitions and desires. For there remains nothing beyond for us to ask for, after petition made for God’s protection from evil; for that gained, we stand secure and safe against all things that the Devil and the world work against us. What fear hath he from this life, who has God through life for his guardian?