...the world, (said Jesus to his Apostles) even so send I you into the world ;" and how was that ? He came not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him ; he " went about doing good;" he endured every temporal privation for our sake ; and even so his disciples...

...glorify their Heavenly Father as the willing and obedient disciples of Him, who came into the world "not to do his own will, but the will of Him that sent Him." nature XXZ. OH PUBLIC WORSHIP. What is here presented to the reader on the subject of Public Worship,...

...messenger of God,f he who, having assumed the form of a servant, was obedient to God even unto death,f who came, not to do his own will, but the will of him who had sent him,§ might not receive this appellation ; since he was strictly that which the appellation...

...nature, as very man, glorified his heavenly Father, by shewing perfect obedience and holiness, doing not his own will, but the will of him that sent him ; and this done, he appeals to his Father, saying, " Now, O Father, glorify me with thine ownself with the...

...hates the least possible share of his time and strength ; it was indeed the zealous service of a son, who came not to do his own will, but the will of the Father who sent him. What a lesson is this for all of us, — T speak not only of the younger ones...

...into subjection to the mind of Christ. In this he was pre-eminently a follower of his divine Lord, who came not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him. Having obtained this most valuable trait of character, he was prepared for all the reverses he might...

...to show how it is, that the reason why the Lord casteth not out him that cometh to Him is, that He came, not to do His own will, but the will of Him that sent Him. "But this" saith he, •' is the will of Him that sent me, that of all that He hath given me, 1 should...

...his favour and incurring ! his displeasure. He who walks by faith j and not by sight, looking to him who came, not to do his own will, but the will of Him who sent him, of him who was despised and afflicted, and had not where to lay his head, will not extravagantly...

...own wills, where is our submission ? If we seek to do and to have what ice please, how do we follow Christ, who came not to do his own will, but the will of God. Let us then faithfully examine ourselves. Do we, indeed, cheerfully resign the dearest wish of...

...those things that are pleasing to God,? This is the very thing that Christ claims to himself. " He came not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him." Are angels never weary of their work ? Then Christ fainted not, even under the heaviest burdens, nor...