...difciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat ? 34 Jefus faith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that fent me, and to finifh his work. Mean while his Difciples return'd from the Town, and wonder'd to find him dif' courting with a Woman...

...Difcourfe with the Woman of Samaria, and defired him to eat; he replies, / have Meat to eat 'which ye know not of: My Meat is to do the Will of him that fent me, and to finijh his Work. I do not live by Bread alone. My firft Concern is to do my Duty. This was to do Good...

...and urged him to eat ; he took that Occafion to make that remarkable Declaration to them, My Meat is to do the Will of him that fent me, and to finifh his Work, John iv. 34. than which Words nothing could be more ftrongly expreffive of his Affiduity and Diligence,...

...of Chrift, and is a rare pattern for believers imitation, John ir. 32, 34. " But he faid unto them, I have meat " to eat that ye know not of, my meat is to do the will of " himthat fent me, and to frnifli his work." The delights of Chrift were all in heaven. The Son...

...together. Chap. iv. verf. 34. Jefus, in anfwer to his difciples, touching his eating, fays, " My meat is to " do the will of him that fent me, and to " finifh bis work." Chap. v. verf. 19. Je~ Jus, in anfwer to the Jews, who accufed him of breaking the Sabbath...

...thofe things that pleafe the Father. — I have kept the Father's commandment. — My meat and drink is to do the will of him that fent me, and to finifh his work, &c." — and 'with many paflages in the cxix. Pfalm; as verfes 14, 15, 16. " I have rejoiced in the...

...returned and requcfted him to take fbme refrefliment, what was his reply ? * A. I have meatTO «at that ye know not of. My meat is to do the will of him that fent me, and to finifti his work.' It is pity the author would have been induced to add a cou. pie of poems at the...

...conception of fpiritual things.. To correct their miftake, he then, declared more explicitly,. " My meat is to do the will of him that fent me, and to finifh his work." Forefeeing that he fhould have a multitude of converts among the Samaritans, he rejoiced, and called...

...counfels ; nor will he refufe it to fuch as feek it faithfully. "34. Jefus faith unto them, My meat is " to do the will of Him that fent me, and ** to finifh his work." Our blelfed Lord, without any reproof for their dulnefs of comprehenfion, and having compaflion on...

...could not have declared, with truth, my meat and drink [ie my choice, my appetite, -my defire] is, to do the will of him that fent me, and to finifh his work -j — 2. Though he % could not avoid being put to * I never knew more than one Arminian, who was fo...