1Fourthly, Consider the respect and relation Christ stands in towards God the Father, And then you will still say, his prayer is of great concernment to […], Now his relation is, the only Son of God, and dearly beloved by him, This is my well-beloved Son in whom I am well-pleased, Mat. 3.17. So that his prayers are heard unquestionably upon a twofold ground, the one of justice because infinite in worth, the other of love because the only begotten Son; This Heb. 5.7. He is said, while he prayed, to be heard in what he feared, and Joh. 11.12. Christ thanks the Father that he heard him always, and often doth he profess ⟨p. 11⟩that the Father loveth him the Son, and that the Father and the Son are one. This also is very comfortable to meditate upon, Thou hast the prayer of him who is the only begotten of the Father, whom the Father heareth always, and to whom he denieth nothing, if we are able to say, Lord, this is not my prayer only, This is not my desire only, but its the request of Christ so beloved of thee, then thou mayest justly believe thou shalt be accepted of; O Lord, though I have no loveliness, no comeliness, yet Christ hath; Some have doubted whether Christ was heard in every thing he prayed for,2 and they instance in his prayer, that the cup might pass from him, but that was only conditional▪ If it be thy will, and therefore he added, Not my will but thine be done; That which he absolutely prayed for, was Gods support and preservation of him, as also the raising him out of the grave. That which seemeth to have great difficulty is his prayer, Luke 23.34. Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do, but of the efficacy of this we need not doubt of, because the Pharisees and others they sinned against their knowledge and conscience, and for such Christ prayed not, but others that knew not what they did, many of them were converted afterwards, and did believe in him, whom they had pierced, so that we need not doubt of speeding, when we bring Christ with us. Hence Joh. 16.24. Whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my Name, he will give it you; If we were to draw nigh in our Name, If we did appear in our own Name, we might justly look for anger in stead of mercy, but God is not angry with Christ, he doth not frown upon Christ.
1Fourthly, Consider the respect and relation Christ stands in towards God the Father, And then you will still say, his praier is of great concernment to 〈…〉, Now his relation is, the only Son of God, and dearly beloved by him, This is my well-beloved Son in whom I am well-pleased, Mat. 3.17. So that his praiers are heard unquestionably upon a twofold ground, the one of justice because infinite in worth, the other of love because the only begotten Son; This Heb. 5.7. He is said, while he praied, to be heard in what he feared, and Joh. 11.12. Christ thanks the Father that he heard him alwaies, and often doth he professe ⟨p. 11⟩that the Father loveth him the Sonne, and that the Father and the Son are one. This also is very comfortable to meditate upon, Thou hast the praier of him who is the only begotten of the Father, whom the Father heareth alwaies, and to whom he denieth nothing, if we are able to say, Lord, this is not my praier only, This is not my desire only, but its the request of Christ so beloved of thee, then thou maist justly beleeve thou shalt be accepted of; O Lord, though I have no lovelinesse, no comelinesse, yet Christ hath; Some have doubted whether Christ was heard in every thing he praied for,2 and they instance in his praier, that the cup might passe from him, but that was only conditionall▪ If it be thy will, and therefore he added, Not my will but thine be done; That which he absolutely praied for, was Gods support and preservation of him, as also the raising him out of the grave. That which seemeth to have gteat difficulty is his praier, Luke 23.34. Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do, but of the efficacy of this we need not doubt of, because the Pharisees and others they sinned against their knowledge and conscience, and for such Christ praied not, but others that knew not what they did, many of them were converted afterwards, and did beleeve in him, whom they had pierced, so that we need not doubt of speeding, when we bring Christ with us. Hence Joh. 16.24. Whatsoever you shall ask the Father in my Name, he will give it you; If we were to draw nigh in our Name, If we did appear in our own Name, we might justly look for anger in stead of mercy, but God is not angry with Christ, he doth not frown upon Christ.
- 1IV. His relation to God the Father.
- 2Whether Christ was heard in every thing he prayed for, or no.Whether Christ was heard in every thing he praied for, or no.
