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frame to its wonted strength and proper state ; and , n& doubt , that would immediately cause the perturbatioiv and distress of his mind to cease ^ dnd piit all ehtl to
fheteoaptation * It is itrue St . Luke pi aceth the incident bf the appearance ^ of the angel to strengthen him immediately after his first address to his Father , and before the account he giveS of his agonjr and bloody sweat * But it appears plain from the nature of the things ,- that the agony could not come on after the angel had strengthened him , but must have happened be- " fore ; otherwise , his strengthening had no effect ; since ,
inthat case , the most violent symptoms of his disorder arid debility came on afterwards ; whieh cannot be supposed . Besides , it is very plain , that St . Luke did hot intend to be perfectly accurate in placing the several incidents herfei
cords exactly according to the order in which they happiened . For he takes no notice at all of pur Lord ' s returning to the disciples till he comes to the close of his account ; and there he says that when he rose upfrom prayer , and was come to his disciples , he found them steeping for sorrow , and said unto th ear , * Why sleep ye ? Rise and pray , lest ye enter into temptation /* \ yhereas , it appears from St . Mathewy who is much more exact in
observing the order of the incidents , that this reproof and charge were given after his first prayer , and at his first return to them . At his second he said nothing to them : at his third , when the agony and temptation were over , he ' saul * ^ Sleep on now and take your rest : behold , the hour & at handj and the son of man is betrayed irito the hands of sinners . Rise , let us be going ; bfehold , be is at hand that < toth betray me . ^ * ' ¦ *
Perhaps , some persons may be inclined to a ^ k : Why did not our Saviour , by his own miraculous power preserve , or deliver himself from these grievous and agonizing sufferings which he endured in the garden : but the ministry ot an angel from heaven must be employed to strengthen him ? But , rnay not a like question be asked with equal reason , concerning all the natural inconveniences and bodily
sufferings he endvtred through his life and at his death ? However , to such inquiries it is sufficient to repfy , that it was his duty , and uniform determined purpose to support eveTy thing , whifch the will of his Father appointed to httn v and laid upon him .- This suffering in the garden he cansidered , and called a cup which ^ the Father had ptit hito
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Our Lord's Agony in the Garden . 377
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1807, page 377, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2382/page/37/
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