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of the door , while he went into pray ; only he took wi $ him Peter , and James , and John , who had been witnsg $£ s pf his transfiguration on the mount , But , ah ! how different a spectacle were they now to behold from that illustrious display of his heavenly majesty and glory .
When he was advanced a little way into the garden , he began to be sorrowful and very heavy , or in great distress , Mark expresseth it—to be sore amazed and very heavy . The appearance of his countenance , and every action deiioted a violent agitation of body and mind . And he said
to the three apostles , My soul is exceeding sorrowful , everi mato death : i . e . I suffer an inward anguish and distress , that very nearly overpowers and extinguisheth all the functions of animal life : tarry ye here and watch with rae /* He then went a little further , and fell on his faee , and
pray&J , saying ; $ f O my Fathfer , if it be possible , let this cup pass from me : nevertheless , not as I will , but as thou wilt . " Or , asSt . Mark . " He prayed , that , if it were possible ^ the hour might pass from him . And he said , Abba , Father , all things are possible unto thee , take away this cup from me . Nevertheless , not what I will , but what thou wilt /*
Or , as St . Luke . . ^ Father , if thou be willing , remove this cup from me : nevertheless , not my will , but thine be done /* Having offered up this prayer to his Father ,. he returned to his disciples , and found them asleep , aiid with affectionate earnestness thus rebuked theni ^ especially Peter , who but an hour or two before had declared so warmly his
determined attachment to him , and resolution never to deny him , though he should die with him . " What , could ye not \ vateh with me one hour ? " Or , as St . Mark hath it : < c Simon , sleepest ihont Couldest not than watch one hour ? ** He adds : " Watch and prayj lest ye enter into temptation ; i * e . ' be overcoine by \ t :
He found by experience , that it was an hour of temp ^ tation , or trial , indeed ; severely , such to himself . Perhaps , his dependance Qnf ^ nd res ignation to the will of his Father had ne ^ er suffered such an attack before . Possibly , they 4 id not afterwairds endure so hard a struggle uncler the pains of the cross and in the agonies of creath , as tliey did now vinder the present violent perturbation of his bodily
frame , and the agony of his spirit consequent thereon . H ^ t knew also , that his disciples woiilcl be exposed to a very severe and similar trial or their duty , fidelity and trust in poid " . ' and in himself ; and therefpr ^ h $ s 6 repeatedly and
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S 74 Our Lord ' s Ago %% y in the Garden .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1807, page 374, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2382/page/34/
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