...task, ' in whom alone the Father was well pleased ;' Matt. iii. 13. Hence he professeth that ' he came not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him;' John vi.38. Yea, that it was 'his meat and drink to do his Father's will, and to finish his work ;' John...

...the covenant. The Father laid the foundation of his own glory ; the Son comes, and professes he came not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him ; and promises to send the Holy Ghost to do his will, to accomplish all the concerns of the covenant...

...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."...

...lot. His strength at more than fourscore years, was not labour and sorrow. He, to the last, sought ' not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him, He soared above that harmless wish which the generality of mankind indulge, To crown a youth of labour...

...by the dignity of his person he were free, yet being in the form df a servant, did " not seek, nor do his own will, but the will of him that sent him." (John v. 30, and vi. S8) I shall follow him as an example : for what he commands us to do, to the doing thereof,...

...only for others, cared only for others, thought only of others, and acted only for others. He came, "not to do His own will, but the will of Him that sent Him " : and He that sent Him was His own internal Divine love, which He called, and which was, His Father;...

...dear father, if the three persons in the Trinity have one mind and will, how could Christ say he came not to do his own will, but the will of Him that sent him ? "I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which sent me." He was speaking of a will which...

...happiness, by means, directly contrary to our will and inclination. Even the captain of our salvation " came not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him." So must we " deny ourselves" or be denied our gratifications, and subjected to punishment. " and take...

...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,...

...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."...