to do all things in him who strengthens us.
7. But deliver us from evil.
We adore thee, most gracious Father, because thou only art good, and the chief good of man. We beseech thee, therefore, by the merits, prayers, and patronage of all the saints, thy elect, who now reign with thee in heaven, that, as thou hast delivered them out of this corruption of the flesh, in which is the source of all malice, and out of this world, which is wholly set upon evil, and from Satan, who is the instigator to evil, and brought them where they are now free from all evil, and in the happy enjoyment of all good, which is thyself; so we too may be delivered from all evils and miseries, and at length associated with thy elect, where, with them, we may obtain thee, the chief and only good, and praise thee for ever in the company of thy saints. Amen.
Conclude with the prayer with which the Church closes the Lord’s Prayer, and is here particularly appropriate.
Deliver us, O Lord, we beseech thee, from all evils, past, present, and to come; and, by the intercession of the blessed and glorious Mary, the ever-virgin mother of God, with thy blessed apostles, Peter and Paul and Andrew, and all the saints, favourably grant us peace in our days, that, by thy merciful assistance, we may ever be free from sin, and safe from all disturbance. Through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
CHAPTER V.
LITANY OF THE SAINTS IN VERSE,
With Hymns, in which are briefly comprehended the praises of different Saints.
Father! Creator! God most high!
Maker of all in earth and sky, Thou God of love and majesty;
Oh, save thy creature, I implore,
For whom thim own-begotten wore forsake,
The weeds of frail humanity.
O Jesu! thou didst heaven forsake,
On thee our human flesh to take,
And pour thy blood on Calvary.
Whatever stain of sinful clay
