22 The Life of GOD (as his btoody fiveat, an0 the fore amaze– ment and jorro7JJ ·which he prof'cifed, do abundantly declare); yet did he entirely fubn1it to that fevere difpenfation of pro– vidence, and willingly acquicfccd in it. And he prayed to God, that if' it were p~fjible (or as one of the Evangeliits hath it, if !Je ·were 'willing) that cup f7:. ~£!.h! be remo7.Jed; yet he gently added, Neverthe– lejs, no-t my 'wilt, but .thiJte be done. Of what firange i1nportance are the exprcf– fions, John xii. 2 7·? . where be firfi ac– knowledgeth the anguifh of his fpirit, Now is my foul truubled; which would feen1 to produce a kind of demur, And . what jhall I jay? and then he goes to de- · precate his fuiferings, }~ather firue -me fr )m tbis hour; whieh he had no fooner uttered, but he doth as it were,. on fccond thoughts, rec ::d it, in thefe words; But fir this cauje rarne I into the 7JJorld; and concludes, Father g·lorifj thy 12c1me. Now, we n1uft not look on this as any levity, or blameable weaknefs in the bleifed J e– fus. He knew all along what he was to fuffer, and did moft refolutely undergo it. But it thews us the unconceivable 'veight and pre!fure that he was to bear ; which, being fo affliCting, and contrary to nature, he could not think 6f without terror: yet
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