23 I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that thou haft fent me, and haft loved them, as thou haft loved me.

24 Father, I will that they alfo whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory which thou haft given me for thou lovedft me before the foundation of the world.

25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee; but I have known thee, and thefe

hereafter believe on me thro their preaching to them, that they may be in all things unanimous. As I intirely acquiefce in thy Commands, and thou ratifieft all my Actions, fo alfo may they be one with us by a perfect compliance with the Laws of the Kingdom of Heaven. Hereby they may convert many to a Belief of my being fent by thee, when they observe the Lives of my Difciples exactly correfpond with the Doctrin they are to propagate. For this purpose I have furnish'd 'em with the like power of working Miracles, which thou haft confer'd on me, that they may be all acted by the felf-fame Spirit, and be unanimous as I have bin with thee.

I have given them the fame Authority I receiv'd from thee, that we may be all of one mind, and men may thereby fee I was indeed fent by thee, and that thou haft loved them as thou haft hitherto loved me. My earneft defire is, that these my Apoftles, and the reft of my Difciples, may after death be with me in the fame Seats of Happiness, that they may behold the Honors thou haft conferred on me, according to the love thou hadft for me before the creation of the World. O righteous Father, altho moft men are ignorant of Will, yet I have bin made throughly acquainted with it, and have reveal'd it to my eleven Apostles, who are firmly per

fuaded

31 Then faith Jefus

27 And Jefus faith

unto them, All ye shall unto them, All be offended because of ye fhall be offended me this night for it because of me this

fuaded thou didst fend me, and that the way to Happiness is to obey the Precepts I have deliver'd to them. For I have declared what it is thou expecteft from Men, and will continue to manifeft it to them, that by their Obedience they may gain thy favour as I have done, and that I may continue my affection for them, and bestow on them the Rewards thou haft treafur'd up for them that truly love thee.

CHA P. LXII.

Jefus paffes over the Brook Cedron, and goes to the Garden of Gethsemane. He foretels his being feiz'd that night; has a grievous agony at the apprehenfion of his approaching Death; is feiz'd by the Guard, Judas being at the head of them. Peter cuts off the Ear of a Servant of the High Priest. Jesus rebukes him for that rafh token of his Zeal, and heals the wound; is led away, and carried before the High Priests. Peter thrice difowns his being acquainted with him, and afterwards bewails his fault with many Tears. Mean while Jefus owns his being the Meffiah before the Sanhedrim, who thereupon condemn him.

HAVING thus fpoke, he departed with his Apoftles, and paffed over the Brook Cedron, defigning to go the Garden on the other fide. Upon the way he faid unto them, This night you will all forfake me, that the words of the Prophet Zacha

sff

35 Peter faid unto 31 But he spake the him, Though I fhould more vehemently, If die with thee, yet will I fhould die with thee, I not deny thee. Like- I will not deny thee in wife alfo faid all the any wife. Likewife difciples. alfo faid they all.

LUKE.

CHAP. XXII.

36 Then cometh 32 And they came 40 And when he Jefus with them unto to a place which was was at the place, he a place called Gethfe- named Gethsemane; faid unto them,

mane, and faith unto and he faith to his

the difciples, Sit ye difciples, Sit ye here,

Here, while I go and while I thall pray.

pray yonder.

JOHN.

Zachariah may be fulfilled, chap. 13. 7. I will fmite the Shepherd, and the Sheep' hall be difperfed. For I fhall be put to death, but will fhortly after rife, and go before you into Galilee. Peter replied, Tho all the reft should forfake thee, yet will I conftantly adhere unto thee.

Fefes put him in mind, that he had already foretold him, that that very Night before the Cock crew twice, he would thrice deny his being his Difciple. But faid Peter, Were I to fuffer death together with thee, yet would I not deny thee: and the fame Proteftations made thie reft of the Apoftles. In the mean while they arrive at the Garden of Gethsemane, which being entred, Jefus order'd the Apoftles to tarry in a certain place while he retir'd for a while to pray, advising 'em to

recom

MATTHEW.

CHAP. XXVI.

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37 And he took

MARK.

CHAP. XIV.

33 And he taketh

with him Peter, and with him Peter, and
the two fons of Zebe- James, and John, and
dee, and began to be began to be fore ama-
forrowful, and very zed, and to be very
heavy.
heavy,

38 Then faith he 34 And faith unto
unto them, My foul them, My foul is ex-
is exceeding forrow- ceeding forrowful unto
ful, even unto death: death: tarry ye here,
tarry ye here, and and watch.
watch with me.

39 And he went a 35 And he went forlittle further, and tell ward a little, and fell on his face, and prayed, on the ground, and prayed,

that if it were poffible the hour might pass from him.

faying, O my Father, 36 And he faid, if it be poffible, let Abba, Father, all this cup pafs from me: things are poffible unnevertheless, not as I to thee, take away this

will, but as thou wilt. cup from me: nevertheless,not what I will,

but what thou wilt. 泞

42 Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.

43 And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven,

ftrengthening him.

44 And being in an agony, he prayed more

JOHN.

recommend themselves to God by Prayer, that he might not fuffer them to have too fevere a Trial of their Conftancy. Nevertheless having commanded Peter and the two Sonsof Zebedee to go along with him, he began to be extremely forrowful and melancholy at the apprehenfion of the Torments he was to endure within a few hours; telling his Apoftles, that he was in a perfect Agony, and commanding them to tarry with him, and watch. Then being withdrawn from them about a stone's throw, and proftrating himself upon the Ground, he cried out in a loud voice: O Father Almighty, thou art able if thou wilt to remove the Indignities and cruel Death I fhortly expect to fuffer; nevertheless if thy Eternal Wisdom has unalterably decreed my Doom, I intirely refign up my felf to thy difpofal. Being in this Agony, an Angel came down from Heaven, and comforted him; and the more he was opprefs'd with forrow, the more earnestly he had Sff 2

recourfe

and faith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?

41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation:

the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

42 He went away again the fecond time, and prayed, faying, O my Father, if this cup may not pafs from me, except I drink it, thy will be. done.

37 And he cometh, and findeth them fleeping,

and faith unto Peter, Simon, fleepeft thou? couldft not thou watch one hour?

great drops of blood
falling down to the
ground.

45 And when he
rofe up from prayer,
and was come to his
difciples, he found
them fleeping
for forrow,

46 And faid unto
them, Why fleep ye?

40 And when he

43 And he came. and found them afleep returned, he found

recourfe to God by Prayer: and fo great was his Anguifh, that the Sweat run down his Body as if it had bin drops of Blood falling to the ground. Afterwards hé arofe, and returning to his Apoftles, found them in a profound Sleep, which fometimes fucceeds an intenfe grief and melancholy. Jefus beholding them, thus awakened them: Peter, and you the Sons of Zebedee, do ye now fleep? Am I fo little regarded by you, that you cannot watch for one hour with me in my Affliction? Arife, and pray to God that he fuffer you not to be overwhelmed in the Trial which will fhortly be made of your Conftancy and Fidelity: For tho you are fufficiently fatisfied it is your Duty to be inflexibly conftant in your Profeffion of being my Difciples, yet fuch is the frail nature of Men as fcarce to be able to withstand the fhock, when difturb'd by fear, or any other paffion; in fuch cafes they are easily apt to give ground, and defpond.

Jefus having thus admonilh'd them, retir'd a fecond time from his Apoftles, and put forth the fame Petitions to God, and being return'd, he found his Apoftles

faft