...profess to believe; who was patient and unwearied in fulfilling all righteousness, whose meat was to do the will of him that sent him and to finish his work d. And now- that he has accomplished that important work for which he came into the world, in " John...

...Behold I come, fays he, to do thy will, o God ! Yea, thy law is within my heart." He reckoned it " his meat and his drink to do the will of him that fent him, and to finifh his work." It was his pleafure, his delight, to fulfil the defigns of divine...

...fumptuous entertainment ; for fhe knew his happinefs did not confift in luxurious eating and drinking : it was his meat and his drink to do -the, *will of his Father ; and as for the fuftenance of his body, plain food was moft acceptable to him. Re was hot...

...this time, probably, the people of the city coming in crowds to meet Jefus, and as he had laid that it was his meat and his drink to do the •will of him that Out him, he faw before him an abundant harveft or prorifion of food of this kind, in doing the will...

...beheld his glory, though it was the glory of the only-begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. It was his meat and his drink to do the will of him that sent him, and to fiuish his work , and the offer of the kingdoms of this world and all their glory had no influence...

...a cordial compliance with the will of his Father. To do so was indeed his delight. His meat was to do the will of him that sent him and to finish his work. There were striking vicissitudes in his trials and sufferings. He did not at all times feel the cup...

...never departed from it. He fulfilled all righteousness, and it was to him as his meat and diink to do the will of Him that sent him, and to finish his work. He al?o submitted cheerfully to every humiliation appointed for,him. He endured poverty with perfect...

...but without the least approach to ostentation, said of himself; (John iv. 34.) that " his meat was to do the will of him that sent him, and to finish his work." His life and all his powers were devoted to save mankind ; to deliver them from the miseries of a worldly...

...; and thus it is now, Christ our priest delighted in the redemption of our souls ; his meat was to do the will of him that sent him, and to finish his work. The royal priesthood, as Peter calls us, and all who are invited and effectually called to the heavenly...

...sumptuous entertainment ; for she knew his happiness did not consist in luxurious eating and drinking : it was his meat and his drink to do the will of his Father ; and as for the sustenance of his body, plain food was most acceptable to him. He was not...