The first and last of these Particulars, ye have fully declared by the same word, as used upon the like occasion. When our Saviour was to enter into his Agony in the Garden, a little before he was betrayed, he prayed more earnestly, says the Text; If it be possible, let this Cup pass; and in the close, ends and issues all with this subjection, Not as I will, but as thou wilt, Marth. 26.39. that is, according to the Rules of Nature, and Reason, I would choose, and do desire mine own preservation, as man: yet as Mediator, having undertaken the Redemption of mine, I submit my Will and Prayers to thy good pleasure, and purpose. And for the Second Particular, it's thus also plain: Because his Prayer is one part of his Priestly Office, and of that Intercession, which he makes for his redeemed ones: and that appears amongst other things, in this; As he purchased, so in a righteous way he may obtain, the performance of all that good from the Father in the behalf of his; That they may be with them, and happy in them for ever, Isa. 53.11. He shall see the travel of his Soul, he shall see the fruit of his dying and praying, the bringing of his unto God the Father into Heaven, and their blessedness there. And this our Saviour doth not as man only, but as God-man, the Mediator of his Elect, as he voluntarily submitted to the place of a Surety, and became a Servant for our sakes, and so less than the Father, John 14.30. The Father is greater than I. Look as his Complaint, so his Prayer, may be conceived, as issuing and proceeding from the same ground. But when he complains, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? he was not forsaken of God, by the withdrawing of the sense and sweetness of his Favour, as man only, but as Surety; therefore as Mediator, and therefore so he prayed, and so was heard then, and now also heard and accepted of God the Father.
The first and last of these Particulars, ye have fully declared by the same word, as used upon the like occasion. When our Savior was to enter into his Agony in the Garden, a little before he was betrayed, he prayed more earnestly, saies the Text; If it be possible, let this Cup pass; and in the close, ends and issues al with this subjection, Not as I will, but as thou wilt, Marth. 26.39. that is, according to the Rules of Nature, and Reason, I would chuse, and do desire mine own preservation, as man: yet as Mediator, having undertaken the Redemption of mine, I submit my Wil and Prayers to thy good pleasure, and purpose. And for the Second Particular, it's thus also plain: Because his Prayer is one part of his Priestly Office, and of that Intercession, which he makes for his redeemed ones: and that appears amongst other things, in this; As he purchased, so in a righteous way he may obtain, the performance of al that good from the Father in the behalf of his; That they may be with them, and happy in them for ever, Isa. 53.11. He shal see the travel of his Soul, he shal see the fruit of his dying and praying, the bringing of his unto God the Father into Heaven, and their blessedness there. And this our Savior doth not as man only, but as God-man, the Mediator of his Elect, as he voluntarily submitted to the place of a Surety, and became a Servant for our sakes, and so less than the Father, John 14.30. The Father is greater than I. Look as his Complaint, so his Prayer, may be conceived, as issuing and proceeding from the same ground. But when he complains, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? he was not forsaken of God, by the withdrawing of the sence and sweetness of his Favor, as man only, but as Surety; therefore as Mediator, and therefore so he prayed, and so was heard then, and now also heard and accepted of God the Father.
