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Rh “My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death.” They speak of his agony, that the most inexpressible torment of mind: “And being, in agony.” They speak of his fears “He was heard in that he feared.” [sic] They speak of his cries, and his tears: “He offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears.” They speak of the prodigious effects his agony had upon, his body: “His sweat was as it were great drops of blood.” They speak of the desire he had to withdraw from his, sufferings for a timeː “Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me.”

They who are acquainted with the style of the holy Evangelists, know how remarkable they are for simplicity of narrative. They make use of no oratorical arts to interest the passions of their readers, they effect no threatenings or embellishments of cloquence, but place the plain action before our view, devoid of all ornament whatever. Historians contemporary to the events which they record, and who beheld the actions which they describe, usually give free vent to their passions in relating the occurrences of their history, and enter with the zeal of parties upon the various subjects which engage their attention. The sacred writers, on the other hand, lay aside every thing that looks like passion or party zeal; they relate events not like men who are interested in the facts which