Ein einfeltige weyse zu betten für einen gutten freundt

fresh, fervent, and diligent in your word and service, so that we do not become secure, lazy, and sluggish, as if we now had everything. In this way, the grim Devil might not sneak up on us and overtake us, and take your dear word away from us again, or create discord and rotten sects or factions among us, or otherwise lead us into sin and shame, both spiritually and physically. Instead, give us through your Spirit wisdom and strength, so that we may resist him like knights and keep the victory. Amen.

The Seventh Petition.

( But deliver us from evil ) and say: Oh dear Lord God Father, this wretched life is indeed so full of misery and misfortune, so much danger and insecurity, so full of unfaithfulness and wickedness ( as Saint