Luke:22:40-46
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Saying ,
Father ,
if thou wilt ,
take away this cuppe from mee :
neuerthelesse ,
not my will ,
but thine be done .
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And there appeared an Angell vnto him from heauen ,
comforting him .
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And being in an (
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This agony shows that Christ struggled hard and was in great distress :
for Christ struggled hard not only with the fears of death as other men do (
for in this regard many martyrs might seem more constant then Christ ),
but also with the fearful judgment of his angry Father ,
which is the most fearful thing in the world :
and this was because he took the burden of all our sins upon himself .(:
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agony he prayed more earnestly :
and his sweat was as it were great These do not only show that Christ was true man ,
but also other things which the godly have to consider of ,
in which the secret of the redemption of all mankind is contained in the Son of God when he debased himself to the state of a servant :
such things as these no man can sufficiently declare .
drops of blood falling down to the ground .
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And he said vnto them ,
Why sleepe ye ?
rise and pray ,
least ye enter into tentation .