...to her, that Qi) JJ)f l;nem not what Jhc asked, when fhe defired that her twt Sons mi<rht fit, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left in the Kingdom of Heaven, was to inrtruct us ; that we muit be lubmitted unto the Will of God in every...

...greateft. And the two Sons of Zebedee in particular petitioned their JLord, That they ipight fit, the one on his right Hand, and the other on his left, in his Kingdom ; At which the Ten were moved with Indignation. And iho' our Lord, on purpofe to difcountenance and...

...the Meaning of that Requeft of the Mother of ZEBEDEE'S Children, that the one dfher Sons might Jit, one on his Right Hand, and the other on his Left, in his Kingdom. They were led away with the common prevailing Notion. When, therefore, they faw him crucified, their...

...efourfahaiion. 283 of James and John made it her folemn requeft to our Saviour, that her two fons might Jit, one on his right hand, and the other on his left, in his kingdom. And though he had told his difciples jaft before, that he muft go up to Jerufalem, and fuffer many...

...mother of Zebedee's children which came to defire of JESUS CHRIST, that her two fons might fit down, the one on his right hand, and the other on his left in his kingdom ; but St. Mark tells us (¿), that the fons themfelves made this requeft. Thefe two accounts are no...

...garden. Three times we hear in the Gofpels the DISC. beloved Difciple reproved by his Mafter, __^1, to fhew us that whom the Lord loveth he chafteneth...fhould efteem it fufficient to be exalted, like their blefTed Mafter, in heaven, after the work was done. Thus the two young candidates for promotion flood...

...glorious. • When James and John, the fons of Zebedee, made requeft of Chrift that they might fit the one on his right hand, and the other on his left in his glory, their requeft and faith were well received, although they did not gain an abfolute promife of...

...mode of expression in Christ's answer to the two brethren, who solicited the honour of sitting the one on his right hand, and the other on his left in his kingdom. His construction is this ; " To ait on my right hand and on my left, ie promotion to temporal honours,...

...fault with, though he rejects the matter of her petition, ' to ' grant that her two sons might sit, the one on his ' right hand, and the other on his left, in his king' dom * ;' in allusion, no doubt, from a Jewish believer, to that inviting particular which she...

...to the partial requeft of the mother of James and John, that her two children might be feated, the one on his right hand and the other on his left(/'), in the principal pofts of dignity and power : what would have been the effect but to nourifh arrogance...