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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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(2.) Christ prays for nothing but what his Father hath a mind to grant. There is but One Will between Christ and his Father: Christ prays, Sanctify them through ⟨p. 105⟩thy Truth; and this is the will of God, even your sanctification, 1 Thess. 4.3. so then, if Christ prays for nothing, but what God the Father hath a mind to grant, then he is like to speed.
(2.) Christ prays for nothing but what his Father hath a mind to grant. There is but One Will between Christ and his Father: Christ prays, Sanctifie them through ⟨p. 105⟩thy Truth; and this is the will of God, even your sanctification, 1 Thess. 4.3. so then, if Christ prays for nothing, but what God the Father hath a mind to grant, then he is like to speed.
(3.) Christ prays for nothing but what he hath power to give. What he prays for as he is Man, that he hath power to give as he is God, John 17.24. Father, I will—Father, there he prays as Man; I will, there he gives as God. This is a great comfort to a Believer, when his Prayer is weak, and he can hardly pray for himself, Christs Prayer in Heaven is mighty and powerful▪ Though God may refuse Prayer as it comes from us, yet not as it comes from Christ.
(3.) Christ prays for nothing but what he hath power to give. What he prays for as he is Man, that he hath power to give as he is God, Iohn 17.24