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Mob names the three Diſcip'es, Ch.14. v.33,34+ And he taketh
wich tim Peter, and James, and John, and began to be ſore amazed,
wid $3 be tory hozuy, And ſaith unto them, ty Soul 3s exceeding for- roxfil wnto Death « Tarry ye here, and Watch. The three BOG. of bis Tr.amftiiuration, Chap. 17. 1. he takes alſo ro be irneſs . his Az:1v, { He began to be Sorrowful, and very Heavy. ] The Vs ” 5 in the Greek are expreſſive of the greateſt Sorrow 1magina le, which he furchcr exprefleth!, v. 33. ſaying, [My Soul is exceeding ryan ful unto Death. \ This was not wholly, his <a bes hp Death, for he [aid down hu Life, 71 _ _ ir Fom him; nor yet, 79 conſider how his Diſciples would be - t'; but in the Senſe he had of the Wrath of God due to Man for - wi:ich he now felr, bearing our Sins. So as this Was part, 9 2 grear part of his Suffering, as appears by kis tollowing _ Prayers for the patſing away of that Cup, his near x as It oo Drops of Blood, Luk. 22. 44. The Angels coming aB | min __ unto him, Luk. 22. 43. Luke ſaith, he was 11 an Ag, WIUC ſizrifcth a great inward Contli&.
29 And he went a little further, and £1] on his face * and prayed, ſaying, O my Father 11 l be polible, let this cup paſs from me, nevertheleſs not as I will, but as thou «1/7.
Mark faith, He went foward @ little, and fell on the Ground, _ Prayed, that if it were poſſible, the Hour might paſs from him. Anc hs ſaid, Abba Father ! All things are poſſtble unto thee, tuke oo this Cup from me: Nevertheleſs, not what I will, but what thou wilt, Ch. 14. 35, 35. Luke ſaith, He was withdrawn from them
abut a Stmnes caft, and kneeled down, and Prayed, ſaying, Father if
ha be willing, remove this Cup from me : Nevertheleſs, not my Will, a be FI Here are wo diſtin& Forms of Words, bur all azrecing in one and the ſame Senſe. Matthew ſaith, He went .t little further, and fell on his Face, and Prayed, He at his firſt Motion carried bur three with him: Peter, Fames, and 7Fohbn, now he leaves chem, bur nor tar, Luke faich, about a Stones Caf, Fervent Prayer loves Privacy, and Chriſt by this teacheth us, that ſecret Prayer is our Duty. [ He fell on his Face, ] Luke faith, He kneeied; he poſſibly ar firſt Kneeled, then fell on his Eic2: Weread in Scripture of Sitting, Standing, Kneeling, and Proftr.ztion uſed in Prazzr, the frit and laſt rarely: Standing and Kneeling were the moſt ordinary Poſtures. David prayed fitting ?n his Houſe, 2 Sam. 7. 18. Abraham fell on his Face, Gen. 17.17. So did AT/es and Aon, Numb. 16. 22, 45. Proftration was ordi- narily uſed in grear Paſſions, hardly otherwiſe in Prayer. | Say- inz, O my Father, if it poſſible, let this Cup paſs from me + Never- theleſs, not as .T will, but as thou wilt.) Mark firſt tells us the Sum of his Prayer, then faith, he faid, Abba Father ! All things are poſſible unto thee : Take away this Cup from me : Never theleſs, mt what Twill, but what thou wilt. Luke faith, he ſaid, If thou be willing, remove this Cup from me : Nevertheleſs, not my Will, but thine be dane. Lube's, If thou be willing, expounds Matthew's, If it be poſſible. A thing in it ſelf may be poſſible, which conſidered in irs Circumſtances, is not fo; thus = it 151n Mark) All things are to God prſible, bur yer it is not potſible for God co alter any thing which he hath decreed, or faid ſhall comero paſs, becauſe God is not as Man : On? that can Lye, or Repent, Bur it will be Objeted. Did not Christ knw, that it was not poſſible * Did nor he himſelf, v. 54. ſay, Thus it muſt be. lanſwer, Ir is one thing what he knew, as he was God, and of Councel with the Father; and arcr1er thing what he Prayed for, as Man : Befides, our Sa- viour's laying, Tf it be poſſible, doth not ſuppoſe that he knew ir was poſſible : Ir ſignifierh no more than this, Father, my Humane Nature hath an Averfion from this heavy ſtroke, fo as 1f it were poſſible, ir craves of rhee a Diſcharge from rhis Curſe ; | Never- theleſs, not my Will, but thine be ws The firſt Clauſe is bur the Expretſion of the natural (bur nor ſinful) Infirmity of his Fleſh: The latter a perfe Refignation of his Will co God, In the &rit, he tells his Facher, what his natural Fleſh would crave, if it mighr conſiſt with rhe Will of God. In the fecond, he begs that what- ſoever his Fleſh craved, yer the Will of God might be done. And herein he ſers us a perfe&t Partern for our Prayers tor deliverance from Temporal Evils, viz. With a Submitſion ro the Will of God. By this our Saviour doth nor declare himſelf ignorant, or incertain of the Divine Will: Only, as tho' the Perſon that died was God-man, yer the Humane Nature only died: So, tho* the Perſon that prayed was God-11an,yert he only prayed, as he was Man,
40 And he cometh unto the diſciples, and findeth them aſicep, and faith untoPeter, What, could yenot waich with me one hour ?
43 Warch.and pray, that ye enter not into temptati- on: The ſpirit indeed zs willing, butthe fleſh zs weak.
2. hath the ſame, Ch, 14. 37,38. Luke hath nothing of our 2aviour's going the ſecond, or third time; bur kath ſome other Patlages, wc: we ſhall confider by and by, and telleth us bur cnie, Of his Anding the Diſciples aſleep, which we ſhall alfo take notice of, 12 ther Order, Whetier Chriſt came this firſt cime, oniy to Peicr, and 7ams, and John, whom he had left nearer to i:m, or ro rhe other erght, lete ar a further diſtance, I cannot de- t::7mine, bur think the firſt moſt probable : {He ſaith unto Peter, ad lot Fames and John, What could ye not Watch with me one #:4r © | You Peter, that cven now werrt ſo reſolute for me, and you 7.25 and Fohn, that rold me, ou could Drink of the Cup wheicof T Drank, and be B:iprized with the Baptiſm I ſhould be Bap- iinod with, ht? Do you taine the firſt time? [Watch and Pray, et ou enter not into Temptation.) Here he calls them to a greater IWztching, ſpiritual Watching, 1n Oppoſition ro Security, that they mite not tall under cheir Femprations. By watching, he dire- cierh them to the uie of ſuch Means as were within their Power to nie; by adding, Pray, he lets them know, thar it was not in their Power to ſtand withour God's Help and Affiftance, which muſt be obtained by Prayer, and upon their Praying, ſhould nor be Cenied thein, | The Spiris indeed is Willing, but the Fleſh is Weak. ]
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