.chap. 1. sea. 4· JLootung unto jjeft\.S·· Book IV.. 345 - [ · 11 · 0 this Garden that his enemies miohnhe more eafily find him our.;, dle, e peoa y tnt .• b · · ct· b J ~ C'"·n . 1i Evan~elift tells us, that rlus Gl!"den wasa plac.e often frequcillC .. Y e .use ,_.,!~'' ;.._ ~ • that 'fudM, which betrayedhim, kpewtheplace,_ for (efu; oftenttfrJCJ rr{ortedthzthe-rrrJthPU. John '•· '' D iji · 1 • fure then he went not thither to lude lumfdf, btit r.ather to expofe hunfelf; 1 c•p " ' d .a. I · · TJ· and like a no91e Champion, to appear firft in the Jield, an to expeL, liS en~m~es• .. m~ it appears to all the world, that Chrift's death was volunta.ry , . He pourea, forth ,hf4 . foul zmto death (faith the Prophet) he gave himfelf for our fins (fa)th the,A,p.qHle)·_t)ay.J Ha. 53• u. himfelf tells us there"ore doth mry Father loveme becaufe T laidi/o;vn_i!'ly life-: ;no ma.n ta~ GJ aht. '· 4· o ' J ' f 'f h I . d ' d. I h . 0 IHO.I]I• kph it from me, bm I lay it down o my fel ; I ave p•wer to ay <t O\vn, ..an ·.. _ave ' power to tak§ it up again. But I wtll not Hay you at the D<1or; let us follow Glu;i1}tnt9 the Garden, and obfervc his Prayer and hts Suffermgs there•. S ~ C T. IV. :... ~ ~ Of the Prayer that Chrift there m-rde. J. Ef.u entring the Garden, he left his Difciples at the entrance of it,_ calling with i1im .Peter, James and [ohn ; they only faw his transfiguration, the earneft of his future Glory, and therefore his pleafure was, that they only lhould fee of how great glory he would difrobe himfelf, even for- our fakes.- ln,the garden we may obferve, firfi h1s Prayer, and fecondly his Paffion. . . I. He betakes himfelf to his great Antidote,which, himfelf,the great Phylitian of our fouls, prefcribed to all the world; be prayes to his heavenly Father ; be kneels down, and not only fo, but fall>flat upon the ground ; l1e prayes with an intention great as hisforrow, and yet with a fubmiffion fuready, as if the Gup had been the moll: indiffe- . rent thing in the world. The Form of his Prayer ran thus, 0 my Father, if it bepojfi- MJt, 16 • 39• ble, let th:5 Cup pafs from me, neverthelefs not tU I will, bm tU thou wilt. In this Prayer obferve we thefe Particulars : I. The perfon to whom he prayes, 0 my Father. 2 . Thematterr.rwhich he prayes; Letthu Cup pafs from me. 3· The Limitation of this Prayer ; If it be po[fible, and if it be thy will, · I. For the Perfontowhomheprayes; itishis Father: As ChrHl prayed not in his Godhead, but according to his Manhood, fo neither prayed he to himfelf as God; 'but to the Father, the firfi perfon of the Godhead: Hence fome obferve, that as the :Father fometimes faying, This is my Beloved Son,he fpake not to himfclf,but to the Son; fo the Son ufually faying, 0 my Father, he prayes not tohimfelf, but to the Fa– ther. 2. For the Matter of his Prayer: Let this Cllf' pafs from me : Some interpret thus; * fJ.!!oddicit, Let this Cup pafs by me, Oh that I might not taj/e it ! But others thus ; Let this Cup pafs transfer cali– from me; though I mujl tajle it, yet Oh that I may not be* too long, or tedioujly annoyed ""'~11111 a me, by it! That which leads unto this !all: interpretation is that of the Apofile, Cbrift in the ::;~"~~1·~;~· dayesof hi< jlejh offeredup Pr~tyers and Supplications with ftrong cries and tearr unto him hi ; nifi enim that 1v.u ab/• to fave him from death, and he WM heard in that which he feared, Heb.5·7 ~ advm:rit , How was he he~rd ? not in the removal o~ the Cup ; for he drank it ~p all: ~ut in re- t:;;:J:''{edft~ fpeCI: of the tedtous annoyance_, or po¥fomng of _the Cup, for though 1.t made htm fweat ~"t quod pr&– drops of bloud, though 1t gnevcd bun, and pamed !urn, and made h1m cry out, My ttrit, nee in– G_od, my God,. why haft thou forfak§n we.? ifhough it caft him into a Jleep, and laid ta!lum tfl, nee him dead m his Grave, and there fealed him for a time. yet prefenrly within the fpace ptrmanens; fc of for~y hours, or tber.eabours, he revived, and awak~ried as a Lion out of Jleep, or ;~ty:!'d/":'ras aGtant refrdhed with wine; and fo it patTed fro111 him, as he prayed, in avery lhort tentat'f:ne~ em time, and by that ll10n and momentany death, he purchafed to his people everla!ling flagitat pe!/i. Life. S1c Dwrufius . 3: ~or the Limitation of his Prayer ; .If/it bepo!fible, if !t bethy will; He kn?ws_what ~:r·~~~inIS Ius Fatherswtll, and he prayes accordtngly, and is wtlhng to fubmJt Unto It : 1f the 5 pa!Jing of the Cttp be accordtng to the !all: interpretation, we lhall need none of thefe many dlihnchons to reconcile the will of God and Chrifl:: !fit be pojfible, fignifies t~leearne!lnefs of the Prayer : and if it be thy will, the fubm1f110n of Chri!l unto his Fat ler; the ~ray~r 1s n,_orr but fweet : How many things needful to a Prayer do we find ~oncenrred tn thts one mflance? Here is Humility of Spirit, Lowlinefs of Deporimenr, mporrunttyof Defire, a Fervent Hearr, a Law!ul Matter, an4 a Refignation to tl1e will
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