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    was lie saved ? From the approaching death oa the cross ? By no means . Therefore it was not this death from which he prayed to be saved ; but from some other death ; even that which was that moment attacking him , and under the grasp and power whereof he felt himself sinking . From this indeed he was saved , for an angel was commissioned from heaven to remove itf and to strengthen him . As what I have now offered is , I apprehend , in some measure a new attempt to clear up this affecting and difficult passage of the gospel history , I would propose it with all possible

    submission to the judgments of the considerate , who love and pursue scripture knowledge . If it be thought to place this transaction in a light , that renders the whole consistent with our Lord ' s general character , and consequently , to do him any honour , and

    afford believers in . him any satisfaction ^ I shall rejoice in having proposed it . Allow me further to suggest briefly , a few practical reflections on this part of our Lord ' s history . First : From hence we inav derive great consolation and

    sunpart under all our afflictions , and particularly under bodily infirmities and sufferings , by considering , that our great high-priest who is ascended up into heaven , and now appeareth in the presence of God for us , is not one who cannot be touched with a feeling of our infirmities , since he was in all points tempted , or tried , like as we are , yet without sin . , Forasmuch , as we are partakers of flesh and blood , he himself also took part in the same , and shared in all the sufferings and sorrows we endure ; he knows , therefore , how to pity and help us . Especially , they who through bodily infirmities suffer the unknown and inexpressible distresses of a disturbed and sorrowful spirit , may draw

    some comfort and relief from this thought , that their Saviour and future Judge tasted all the bitterness of this cup of anguish in a much higher degree than themselves : he , therefore , will abundantly pity , and make every proper allowance for them . He is not unacquainted with the sensations of a heart agitated with fear , distress and anxiety ; and he will not break the bruised reed , nor quench the smoaking flax : on the contrary , he will

    heal the broken in heart , and bind up their wounds . Secondly , We may derive from the example of Christ on this occasion very useful directions for our own conduct under all

    afflictions , and particularly under bodily sufferings . Observe with what peculiar earnestness and emphasis he flies to God in this dreadful hour , and claims his relation to him , as his Father . " O my Father , " &cc . and again , " Abba , Father , all things are

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1807, page 489, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2384/page/37/