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me also in glory ; for ' ^ where I am , there shall also my servant be ; if any man . serve-me ? faithfully , " him will my Father , honour , ' * ver . 26 . He goes on in verse 27 : I will not , however , disown the innocent sensibilities of the human heart under the
expectation of sufferings and death so near approaching , although I am fully assured of their glorious consequences . Yourselves also will experience the same sensibilities , when you shall come into a like situation 3 learn therefore from me how to bear and conquer them ,, with integrity inviolate , and
duty unbetrayed . 1 will not , therefore , dissemble to you , that " now is my soul troubled" with the apprehension of the approaching hour . " What then shall I say" to Him , who is the all-sufficient refuge in trouble ? Shall I say , " Father , save me from this hour , "
preserve me from impending sufferings and death ? Such indeed are the petitions weak nature dictates in these circumstances ; but this is not suitable to my character , or to the divine purposes concerning me ; for u for this cause came I unto this hour , " that the kingdom of God in the conversion
of the world might be promoted , and the Son of Man glorified : wherefore , as more consonant to my own character and the divine appointments , I rather pray , " Father , glorify thy name , " ver . 27 ; may thy perfections be more illustriously manifested , thy supreme authority more universally owned and submitted to , and the
interests of' thy kingdom more extensively promoted in every way which thou seest proper , even should it be by my sufferings and death . This is my supreme desire and most ardent petition , with regard to the events before me .
Immediately upon his offering this petition , a loud and audible voice from heaven replied , "I have both glorified it , and will glorify it again , " ver . 28 . This voice so sudden and unexpected , though heard by every one , was not equally apprehended by all ; some ,
too much startled to distinguish intelligible sounds , imagined that it thundered only ; others of calmer spirits heard , and understood , and their opinion ^ ' , that " an angel spake to him , * ver- 29 .. As soon as the people wert a little recovered from their aur *
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prise and alarm , our Lord proceeds , yeri , SO , to ex plain the design of this extraordinary incident : !* This voice came not because of me , ' on my account , or for my satisfaction ; I was fully assured of the certainty of what the voice declared ; " but for your sakes , " that you might be assured that I always . speak and act under the direction of God .
Animated by this fresh attestation from heaven , he proceeds in the 81 st verse to foretel triumphantly what that success would be : that there should be a great crisis or change in the moral world , in consequence of
his own sufferings and death . " Now * ( i . e . very soon there will be- —the thing is as certain as if it were already done ; in which sense we find the word now used in many places ) '' now is the judgment [ ytpicrig ] of this world ;" the moral world , is come to a crisis or
trial , and a great change will be made from its present state . God will not any longer wink at the times of ignorance , but will openly take cognizance of the state of mankind 5 he will
effectually promulgate his will and the terms of salvation , by the Redeemer whom he hath sent ; will condemn wickedness , rescue mankind from slavery , and assert his own rightful dominion over all < men , for the
everlasting salvation of those who . will obey him , and to render inexcusable those who shall persist to rebel against the light of truth and the offers of his grace . He adds " now shall the prince of this world be cast out ; " by which expression he undoubtedly means Satan , or , the dominion and power of sin . He uses the same expression
in the same sense , chapter xiv . 30 , an <} xvi . 1 J . But in what sense does he mean that the prince of this world should be cast out ? Certainly he does not mean that all manner of wickedness should be wholly suppressed and abolished ; for this was never found to be verified : nor have we any
reason to expect it in this world of imperfection . JJut our Lord is here speaking of what was shortly to take place . In what , then , was the dominion and power of sin mo $ t conspicuously manifested at that time in the world ? Certainly in that idolatry , and its consequent corruptions , at that time so universally practised among
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Biblical Criticism ** -On John xii . SI , 32 . 267
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1818, page 267, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2475/page/43/
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