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possible unto thee , " &c . Thus should we not fail to do binder all our afflictions . We should ever keep in remembrance ^ Jay claim to , and plead , our relation to God as our Father- 1 his wilt tend both to reconcile us to our afflictions , by convinci n g us , that they are the appointments of a Father ^ who means us well and intends our good , even in the severest trials . It will also be well pleasing to him , and recommend us to his favour , as shewing a proper filial spirit of confidence in him ., even when his hand is heavy upon us .
Observe also , how our Lord pleads the all-sufficient power of God to save him . " Abba , Father , all things are possible unto thee , " When we suffer affliction , we are apt to indulge a desponding spirit , and to conlude , that there remains no possibility of remedy- Perhaps , indeed , no prospects of relief from men ,
or remedy irom natural causes may appear ; yet , let v \ s remember , with our Lord in his agony , that all things are possible to * our heavenly Father , and , with him likewise , let us not fail to pray earnestly for the deliverance we want . He who heareth the cries of the inferior animals , when they seek their meat from God , will not neglect the requests of his own children . He encourageth , he requires our prayers on these occasions . ' " Call upon me in the day of trouble , I will deliver thee , and thou shalt glorify me . " He commands us to cast our care on himself , with assurance that he careth for us : to be anxious about nothing ,, ' bvit in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving , to let our requests be known unto God * , Let
us . neglect , or fail to improve this important privilege ., But then , let us observe further , with what perfect submission and resignation our blessed Lord preferred his request to his Father for deliverance : u Nevertheless ., not rpy will , but thine be done . " Here , especially , let us be particularly careful to imitate him . It is most meet we should do so ^ because , God , whose wisdom is unerring , knows infinite } }' better than we , what is fit and proper to be done , and at what season . If it be fit
that our requests should be granted , he will grant them : if not , then it is fit that he should not grant them , stndthat we should be submissive and patient in bearing what he sees needful to inflict . Oh that we could acquire more of this spirit ! Let us endeavour to get it wrought into the real disposition of our hearts , and not content ourselves with adopting decent modes of expression with our lips . Observe further : That our Lord was not answered at his first petition , nor at his second , and therefore at his third he thus absolutely resigned T himself to the will of God . " O my Father , — - ^
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4 JM Our Loy ^ d ' s Agony in the Garden .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1807, page 490, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2384/page/38/
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