...himself; — an everlasting spirit, which came forth from God, and was sent down into an house of clay, not to do his own will, but the will of Him that sent him. He knows the world ; — the place in which he is to pass a few days or years, not as an inhabitant,...

...connected with human salvation ; and1 tb these objects alone, lie would sacredly apply them ; for ' he came not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him.' He did this, we may suppose, in foresight of the trials to which his followers, particularly the apostles,...

...doth and will act in heaven till the day of judgment, by commission, and according to instructions. He came not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him ; in which he not only is our Saviour, but " hath left us an example that we should follow his steps."...

...God. Having assumed the form of a servant, he reckoned not that he had any will of his own : — he came not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him, — " Not my will, but thine be done," were his submissive accents. He was patient. He meekly endured...

...and mission of his life upon the earth. On another occasion, lie is represented as saying, that he came not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him. So here, when he was about to perform one of those miracles of healing, which so remarkably distinguished...

...his sufferings : the victory of the Divine will is recorded (" thy will be done") to prove that he " e poo Luke xxii. 44, shews a still deeper suffering; for, " being in an agony, he prayed more earnestly :...

...himself: an everlasting spirit, which came forth from God, and was sent down into an house of clay, not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him. He knows the world : the place in which he is to pass -a few days or years, not as an inhabitant, but...

...His habitual ultimate aim or end, was to do the will of God. " He came down from Heaven," said he, " not to do his own will but the will of Him that sent Him." John, 6 : 38. "It was His meat to do the will of Him that sent Him." John, 4 : 34 ; 5 : 30. As we resemble...

...our adorable Redeemer has set us an example ; for, as our Mediator, he declares, that He did not come to do His own will, but the will of Him that sent him. " The wisdom of God," " in whose presence no flesh shall glory," is in a mystery : and the natural...

...heirs, we must be coheirs with Christ ; if sons, we must be brethren to the only-begotten: but being he came not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him, he acknowledged no fraternity but with such as do the same ; as he hath said, " Whosoever shall do...