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In other words, what did Christ mean when He said in the Garden of
Gethsemane: "Let this chalice pass from Me"?[1533]
Reply. It means that then His prayer expressed to God the affection
of His sensible nature, and in this His prayer was for our
instruction in three things: (1) to show that He assumed a truly
human nature with all its natural affections: (2) to show that we
are permitted in accordance with our natural affection to request
something conditionally from God; (3) to show that a man ought to
subject his own affections to the divine will. Hence He said:
"Nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt."[1534]
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