compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. MATT. xiv. 14.

198. And he [Jesus] went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. MATT. XXVI. 39.

199. He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. MATT. XXVI. 42.

200. And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. MATT. xxvi. 44.

201. And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. But when he had

turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of MARK viii. 31-33.

men.

202. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.

LUKE iv. 17-19: see also No. 143.

203. Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me.

LUKE vii. 22, 23.

204. And he spake a parable unto them

to this end, that men ought always to pray,

and not to faint.

LUKE Xviii. 1.

205. Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. JOHN xiv. 1.

206. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. JOHN XVI. 33.

207. Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? JOHN Xviii. 11.

208. After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. JOHN xix. 28.

209. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.

JOHN XIX. 30.

210., We must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. ACTS xiv. 22.

211. The Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. ACTS XX. 23, 24.

212. When he [the apostle Paul] would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done. ACTS xxi. 14.

213. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. ROM. V. 3-5.

214. I reckon that the sufferings of this

present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.

Ron. viii. 1618.

215. And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his ROM. viii. 28.

purpose.

216. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?-Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Ron. viii. 3539

217. Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer. Rom. xii. 12.