-----------------~--------- Chap.x.Seet.4 5 52- Book lV. £ut others thus, let this cup paf{eJrom me; though I m11ft tttfte it, yet oh that I may not be* t6o long, or tedioujly an- * ~od dicit, trarufcr calicem noyed by it! That which leads unto this !aft interifrum arne, non hoc eff, non adv~· pretation is that of the Apoftle C hrsift in the daryes · ._,. ~ n'm advcncrzt • 11/atm; r: "'I' e 1 .• r.d jicr·; of his fiefo offered up prayers, and[Hpplicatisnrwith tratu1errz nonpottrl•; ,. · ft d h' IJUOd preterit nee intaelum eft, rong cryes an teares unto zm, that was able to 71cc permanc;s; fie J«lr-~tor levi· Jave himfrom death,and he was heard in that which t~r invader.tcm tcnt.lll011Cmfia· hefellred,Heb.)·7· Howwashe heard? notin gttat peUi. Sic. d. H b the removal of the cup, for he drank it up all· but Dioni!ius Alexan 110115 ' c · in refped: of the tedious annoyance, or poyf~ning ~'7' ofthe cup; for though it made him fweat drops t·. of blood, though it grieved him, and payned him, and made him cry out, c..MJ God, my God, why haft thou forfttk..en 'me? though it caft him into a fieep, and layd him dead in his grave, and there fealed him for a time, yet prefe'lt!y within the fpace of fourty hours or there abouts, he revived, and awakned as a lyon out of · ficep,'or as a Gyan~ refrefhed with wi.ne, and fo' it pafft'tl from him as he prayed ma very fhort ttme, and by that 1hort, and momentany death, he purchafed to his people everlafiing life. 3· For the limitation of his prayer, ifit be poffible, if it be thy will· he knows what is his Fathers will, and he prayes accordingly, and is willing to fubmit unto it; if the paffing of the cup be according to the !aft interpretation, we {hall need none ofthofe many diftinchons to reconcile the will ofGod, and Chrift: if it • be pof!ible, Ggnifies the earnefrnelfe of the prayer; and if it be thy will, the fubmiffion ofChrifi unto his Father; the prayer is fhort but fweet; how many things needful to a. prayer do we finde concentred in this one infiance? here is humility of fpirit, lowlineffe of deportment, importunityofdeGre, a fervent hcarr, a lawful matter, and a refignation to the will of God. Some think this the molt fervent prayer that ever Chrifi made on earth, if it be poffible, 0 if it be p~ffib!~ , let this cstp paf[efrom me; and I think i.t was the gre<1tefi dcreliction, ·and iubmiifion to the will ofGo<i that ever was found upon the earth, for whether the cup might paffe or not yaffe, he leaves it to his Father, ne'i.lerthelef{e, not as I will,b>tt as thou wilr, q. d. though in this cup are many ingredients, it is full red, and hath in it many dregs, and I know I muft ddnk, and fuck out the very utmoft dreg, yet whether it fhall palfe
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