Sermons preached

Obj. You will say, Christ desires it to pass: Mat. 26. 39. Father, if it be possible, let this Cup pass from me. How could Christ make an Offer of Prayers repugnant to God's Will and Purpose? He knew it was the Will of his Father that he should suffer many things and be slain, and had rebuked Peter resisting the Soldiers. The Cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? Joh. 18. 11.

Obj. You will say, Christ desires it to pass: Mat. 26. 39. Father, if it be possible, let this Cup pass from me. How could Christ make an Offer of Prayers repugnant to God's Will and Purpose? He knew it was the Will of his Father that he should suffer many things and be slain, and had rebuked Peter resisting the Souldiers. The Cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? Joh. 18. 11.

Many Answers may be given for the clearing of this Matter.

1. We must know, contrary to the Monothelites, That there was a double Will in Christ, as there was a double Nature, Divine, and Humane. These are not contrary, but yet ⟨p. 281⟩distinct. The Divine Nature would, because it was necessary to our Redemption. The Human Nature was to show a reasonable Aversation of what was destructive to it; and yet the Human Nature did not contradict the Will of God, because he did it not absolutely, but only conditionally, Father, if it be possible.