...second petition is mor& remarkable (verse 42.) "He went away again the second time, and prnyed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me except I drink it, thy will be done." In this we perceive a state of perfect resigna^tion to the will of his Father : —...

...not what I will, but what thou wilt. (Mat.) 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 back and found them asleep again. And he left them, and went away again,...

...deed is willing, but the flesh is weak. He went away again the second 42 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 43 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. John is silent on this point of the history ; but in describing the scene...

...willing, hut the flesh ít weak. d 42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, О my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will he done. / 43 And he came and found them asleep again : for their eyes were heavy. 44 And he left...

...Divine will, and his readiness to fulfil the purposes of his mission, he made use of these words: "0 my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done." Agreeably to his own practice, he taught his disciples, " Pray to thy Father, which...

...mentioning. The first three evangelists record what is called our 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...

...gives of this second prayer. Matth. xxvi. 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." He speaks as one that now had had an intimation, since he prayed before, that it was...

...neverthe" less, not as I will, but as thou wilt!" And SE»M, iv.] a pattern of renewed nature. 77 again ; " O my Father, if this cup may not pass " away from me except I drink it, thy will be " done1 !" Poverty ol spirit then, humility of heart in all its branches, was one ingredient...

...gives of this second prayer. Matth. xxvi. 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." He speaks as one that now had had an intimation, since he prayed before, that it was...