S. LUK. xxii. 42.

Nevertheless, not my Will, but
Thine be done.

I. OBSERVATION.

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HRIST Himfelf, as our Surety, had a
bitter Cup to drink.

1. From Men.

1. Reproach, Ifa. liii. 3, 4. S. Matt. xxvii.

29.

2. Scourging, S. Mar. XV. 15.

3. Death, Phil. ii. 8.

2. From GOD.

1. The withdrawing the Light of His Coun-
tenance, S. Matt. xxvii. 46.

2. The Sense of His Wrath due to our Sins,
S. Luk. xxii. 44. Rev. xix. 15.

USE.

Hence fee,

1. The dreadful Nature and Confequences
of Sin, 2 Cor. v. 21.

2. The Juftice of GOD, Exod. xxxiv. 7.
3. The Difficulty of Man's Redemption,
1 S. Pet. i. 18, 19.

4. The Love of GOD and Christ, S. Joh.
XV. 13. Rom. v. 8.

5. GOD fees Sin in His own Children,
Exod. iv. 14.

6. CHRIST is acquainted with Grief, and
knows what it is to be in Trouble, Ifa.
liii. 3. Hebr. iv. 15.

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7. Afflictions are fanctify'd to the Elect in the Person of Christ.

8. Hence learn the doleful Estate of Sinners in the World to come, S. Luk. xxiii. 31. 1 S. Pet. iv. 17, 18.

9. Wherefore bewail and and abhor Sin, Job xlii. 5, 6.

10. Never think any thing too much for Christ, Phil. iii. 8.

11. Murmur not at Afflictions.

12. Believe in Chrift for the Pardon of Sin.

II. OBSERVATION.

Christ, as Man, was averse from Sufferings. 1. In Chrift were two Natures, Isa. vii. 14. 1. Divine, 1 S. Joh. v. 20.

2. Humane, 1 Tim. ii. 5.

2. These two Natures were united in one Perfon, ibid.

3. Hence are the Properties of the One, fometimes attributed to the Other, Act. xx. 28.

4. But yet the Acts of each are diftinctly to be confider'd: Some things He did as GOD, fome as Man, others as God-Man.

5. This Averfness from Suffering proceeded not from,

1. His Divine Nature.

2. Nor from Him as God-Man.

3. But as meer Man.

6. This Averfnefs did not argue any Sinfulnefs, but only the natural Infirmity of the humane Nature, Hebr. iv. 15.

7. It argues alfo the Purity of His humane Nature, in that it abhorr'd to lie under the Wrath of GOD.

USE.

Obferve,

1. Chrift was truly Man, 1 Tim. ii. 5. 2. That His Sufferings were real Sufferings, Ifa. liii. S. Luk. xxiv. 46.

3. That it is no Sin, but our Duty to fear the Displeasure of GOD, Hebr. x. 31. Jer. V. 22.

That Chrift's Sufferings were the greatest piece of Self-denial in the World, Phil. ii. 6, 7, 8.

5. That we also, in Imitation of Christ, are to deny ourselves any Thing for the Glory of GOD, S. Matt. xvi. 24.

1. Our Honours, Phil. ii. 6, 7.

2.

3.

For,

Pleafures, Lam. i. 12.
Profits.

1. Not to deny ourselves, is to deny GOD, Phil. iii. 19.

2. The more we gratify ourselves, the
more we deftroy ourfelves, Hof.xiii.9.
3. We cannot deny ourselves so much for
Christ, as Chrift hath done for us.
4. The more we deny ourselves now, the
more happy we shall be hereafter.

III. OBSERVATION.

Chrift in His Agonies addreffeth Himself to GOD, as His Father.

1. Chrift was God-Man.

2. And the Son of GOD in both Natures, S. Luk. i. 35.

3. His Divinity, at present, was hid from the Senfe of His Humanity, S. Matt. xxvii. 46.

4. Yet ftill He apprehended Himself as Innocent in His own Perfon, S. Job. iii. 5.

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5. Hence

5. Hence He still retains a Senfe of His Relation to GOD, as He was Man, S. Matt. xxvii. 46.

6. This Senfe, of GOD being His Father, emboldens Him to pray, S. Matt. xi. 25. S. Luk. xxiii. 34, 46. S. Joh. xvii. 1, 5, 24.

7. His Prayer is, Remove this Cup, S. Luk. xxii. 42.

Where obferve,

1. The Senfe of GOD's Wrath is unfupportable to humane Nature in its best Eftate, S. Joh. xii. 27.

2. No Trouble fo great, but we are to believe that GOD can remove it, S. Mar. xiv. 36.

3. In Prayer, as we are to believe the Power, fo we are to fubmit to the Will of GOD.

USES.

Learn in your Afflictions,

1. To keep a clear Evidence of your Relation to GOD.

2. Pray to Him.

1. If you fear Trouble, to prevent it, Pfal. cxix. 39.

2. If you feel it,

1. To fanctify it, Hebr. xii. 6, 7, 8, 9.
1. By deadening your Hearts to the
World, Pfal. cxix. 67.

2. By quickening your Repentance,
2 Chron. xxxii. 25, 26.

3. By mortifying your Sins, Job xxxvi. 8,9, 10. Ifa. xxvii. 9.

4. By improving your Graces, Rom. v,

1. Faith,

3.

1. Faith. 2. Fear. 3. Love. 4. Heavenly-mindednefs. 5. Thank

fulness.

5. Stirring you up to Duty.

2. To ftrengthen us for it, S. Luk. xxii.
43.

3. To remove it, 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9.
Learn to fubmit to GOD's Will.

IV. OBSERVATION.

We are to fubmit our Wills to the Will of GOD; or the Will of Man is to fubmit to the Will of GOD.

1. What is the Will of Man? It is a Faculty of the Soul; whereby,

1. He choofeth Good, Ifa. vii. 15.

2. He refufeth Evil when apprehended.
To the First belongs, Love, Hope, Defire, Joy.
To the Second; Hatred, Fear, Deteftation,
Grief, Anger.

2. What is the Will of GOD?

A Property in GOD, whereby we apprehend Him, as willing Good and refufing Evil: It is,

1. His fecret, Deut. xxix. 29. A&t. i. 7. 1 S.Pet. iii. 17.

2. His reveal'd Will, wherein He discovers

to us,

1. What He wills Man to do.

1. By implanting the Knowledge of it in our Hearts, Rom. ii. 15.

2. By His written Word, 2 Tim. iii. 16. 3. By His immediate Revelations, Gen. xxii. 1, 2.

2. What He wills Himself to do.

Reveal'd,

1. Extraordinarily.