...entertainment ; for fhe knew his happinefs did not confift in luxurious eating and drinking : it was his meat and his drink to do -the, *will of his Father ; and as for the fuftenance of his body, plain food was moft acceptable to him. Re was hot willing that any...

...the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith.' Like his divine Master, he finds it his meat and his drink to do the will of his heavenly Father. But were he to do all that is commanded, or that inclination or gratitude might prompt...

...entertainment ; for she knew his happiness did not consist in luxurious eating and drinking : it was his meat and his drink to do the will of his Father ; and as for the sustenance of his body, plain food was most acceptable to him. He was not willing that any...

...shame. ' He came irjto the world, not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him: and it was his meat and his drink to do the will of his Father, who is in heaven.' Since the Father had laid on him the iniquities of us all, and gave him to be a...

...pass by the prophets, let us look at the Lord — " He went about doing good," and could say it was his meat and his drink to do the will of his Father. The energy of Peter and the apostles is conspicuous ; Paul was " in labours more abundant." In more...

...the greatest part of his time was thus fully employed. He continually went about doing good, making it his meat and his drink to do the will of his heavenly Father. If, now, our Lord had passed three or four years in this manner, and the twelve apostles...

...acts, but settled habits. Like his adorable Master, he will continually go about doing good. It will be his meat and his drink to do the will of his Father which is in heaven. This is, or ought to be, the character of every converted Minister. And what spectacle...

...the mediatorial character of the Son of God. His was a life of the most strenuous exertion; it was his meat, and his drink to do the will of his Father. His, too, was a life of the most unparalleled suffering. He was emphatically "a man of sorrow, and...

...obeying and fulfilling the law, that he thus left the world and returned to the Father. Because it was his meat and his drink to do the will of his Father, therefore the divine love became the flesh, and divine truth the blood of his humanity. Therefore,...

...the mediatorial character of the Son of God. His was a life of the most strenuous exertion; it was his meat and his drink to do the will of his Father. His, too, was a life of the most unparalleled suffering. He was emphatically " a man of sorrow, and...