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3._o how_o as_o a_o priest_n he_o offer_v sacrifice_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o the_o people_n which_o he_o do_v both_o in_o the_o garden_n and_o upon_o the_o cross_n s._n luke_n show_v it_o more_o ample_o than_o any_o of_o all_o the_o evangelist_n for_o though_o s._n matthew_n and_o s._n mark_n do_v tell_v we_o that_o he_o be_v in_o heaviness_n or_o exceed_v sorrowful_a isaia_n matth._n 26.38_o mar_n 14.35_o aristotle_n sect_n 11._o probl_a 30._o et_fw-la basil_n in_o c._n 17._o isaia_n when_o he_o come_v to_o the_o garden_n yet_o s._n luke_n express_v the_o matter_n more_o full_o and_o more_o lively_a then_o both_o of_o they_o for_o he_o faith_n that_o he_o fall_v into_o a_o sweat_a agony_n that_o be_v a_o perplex_a fear_n of_o one_o that_o be_v enter_v into_o a_o grievous_a conflict_n as_o both_o aristotle_n and_o saint_n basil_n testify_v and_o such_o a_o perplex_a fear_n be_v a_o most_o acceptable_a sacrifice_n in_o the_o sight_n of_o god_n as_o the_o prophet_n say_v 51.17_o ps_n 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