...not as I will, but as thou wilt." Ver. 42 : " He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done." Luke, ch. xxii. ver. 32 : " But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not," &c....

...Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me ; nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. — O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy wi(l be done. (26 Mt. 39, 42.) 20. I low did his disciples act when he was taken by his. enemies ?...

...and the thing which ye would ye do not." " He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. And he came and found them asleep again, for their eyes were heavy. And he left them,...

...mentioning. The first three evangelists record what is called <iur Saviour's agony, ie his devotion in the garden immediately before he was apprehended...the cup might pass from him." This is the particular netaphor which they all ascribe to him. Samt Matthew adds, " O my Father, if this cup may not §ass...

...Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.- O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done." Thus Christ himself solemnly declares, that it was nothing but self-denial, which moved...

...52. 8 Ch. xviii. 34; xix. 11. » Ch. xviii. 23. 10 Ch. xxiii. 28. Saviour's agony, ie his devotion in the garden immediately before he was apprehended:...particular metaphor which they all ascribe to him. St. Matthew adds, " O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me except I drink it, thy will...

...always in perfect submjjtti0n to the divine will and sovereign pleasure. Our Saviour prayed thus : — " O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done." In no other way are we warranted to expect answers to prayer. The apostle John says,...

...pray, lest they entered into temptation, " He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, Thy will be done ! And he left them and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words."...

...spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O My Father, if this cup may not pass away from Me, except I drink it, Thy will be done. And He came and found them asleep again : for their eyes were heavy. And He left them,...

...advert to his earnest supplication, that " this cup might pass" from him ; and Matthew adds his words, " O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done :" ch. xxvi, 42. Johu is silent on this point of the history ; but, in describing the...