Dr Martin Luther's HousePostil Author:Martin Luther Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: FIRST PASSION-SERMON. The Occurrences At The Mount Of Olives. Mattii. 26, 36-46 Then cometh Jesus with them unto A place called Gethsemane, and s.iith unto... more » the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebe- dee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith He unto them, Mr soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death : tarry ye here, and watch with me. And He went a little further, and fell on His fate, and prayed, saying, 0 my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as Thou wilt. And He co;ueth unto the disciples, and fiadelh them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter Dot into temptation : the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, 0 my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, Thy will be done. And He came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. And He left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. Then comcth He to His disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man ia betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going : behold, he is at haud that doth betray me. is a beautiful narrative, and presents the true beginning of the sufferings of our Lord Jesus. It is profitable both for doctrine, showing how our Lord conducted Himself in His sufferings, and for consolation in the anguish of sin and an evil conscience. The scholastics disputed much and diffusely about the events here narrated. It is, indeed, no trifling matter that such great fear, trembling and anguish should take posse...« less