A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…

I shall speak but very little of the words as they do refer to Christ: he tells us where his Father was with him, he did not leave him alone in all the troubles and difficulties that he met withal in the finishing the great work of mans Redemption; still God was with him: It is true, there was a time when Christ was without the sensible manifestation of his Fathers presence, when he cried out, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why, but yet even then in truth and in reality his Father did not leave him; for though he had not the evidences of his Fathers presence, yet he had the influences of his Fathers presence. It would take up much time to show you how in all particulars the Father was present with Christ; I will only speak this one word, and instance in this one thing, Gods assisting presence was always with him, both in his active, and also in his passive obedience; and indeed he had that work to do, and those miseries to suffer, that if God had left him, if he had not been mightily assisted by the Divine Nature, Christ as mere man, could neither have done, nor have suffered what he did; but the Father was with him, and to support him, Isa. 42.1. Behold my servant whom I uphold. You shall find that Christ did act faith upon this, in Isai. 50.7. The Lord God will help me, therefore shall I not be confounded, vers 9. The Lord will help me. So to the same effect is Psal. 16.9. And you shall find this made good to him in Scripture, in his greatest necessities.

I shall speak but very little of the words as they do refer to Christ: he tells us where his Father was with him, he did not leave him alone in all the troubles and difficulties that he met withal in the finishing the great work of mans Redemption; still God was with him: It is true, there was a time when Christ was without the sensible manifestation of his Fathers presence, when he cryed out, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Why, but yet even then in truth and in reality his Father did not leave him; for though he had not the evidences of his Fathers presence, yet he had the influences of his Fathers presence. It would take up much time to shew you how in all particulars the Father was present with Christ; I will onely speak this one word, and instance in this one thing, Gods assisting presence was always with him, both in his active, and also in his passive obedience; and indeed he had that work to do, and those miseries to suffer, that if God had left him, if he had not been mightily assisted by the Divine Nature, Christ as meer man, could neither have done, nor have suffered what he did; but the Father was with him, and to support him,