This then is our plea: Not to be vanquished, overwhelmed by temptations. But by the Lord... See More’s power to stand unmoved against all hostile powers attacking us. This it is not to succumb to temptations. Our plea: received into His care and safekeeping, secure in His protection, grant us victoriously to endure, sin, death, the gates of hell, the devil’s whole kingdom. So it is to be “freed from the evil one.” Mark this clearly: Not in our power is it for us to engage in combat that great warrior the devil or bear alone the force of his onslaught. Otherwise, pointless it would be to ask God what already we have in ourselves. Those who, self-assured, ready themselves for combat, know not their ferocious, well-equipped adversary. As from the jaws of a mad and raging lion, we seek now to be freed from his power. If the Lord did not snatch us from the midst of death, we would by his fangs and claws immediately be torn to pieces. Swallowed down his throat. Still we know if the Lord is with us, if He fights for us while we keep still, in His might we shall do mightily. Let others trust in their free choice, their own capacities–For us, enough it is to stand, be strong, in God’s power alone. From “The Piety of John Calvin”