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The advocateship of Jesus Christ clearly explained, and largely improved, for the benefit of…
The advocateship of Jesus Christ clearly explained, and largely improved, for the benefit of all believers by John Bunyan ...
London: printed for Dorman Newman, 1688
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Now, our Advocate having thus established, by the Law of Heaven, his Plea with God, for us, against our Accuser, there is way made for him to proceed, upon a Foundation that cannot be shaken: Wherefore he proceedeth in his Plea, and further urges against this Accuser of the Brethren,
Secondly, God's Interest in this People, and prayeth that God would remember that. The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee. True, the Church, the Saints, are despicable in the World, wherefore Men do think to tread them down. The Saints are also weak in Grace, but have Corruptions, that are strong, and therefore Satan, the God of this World, doth think to tread them down: But the ⟨p. 40⟩Saints have a God, the living, the eternal God, and therefore, they shall not be trodden down: Yea, They shall be holden up; for God is able to make them stand, Rom. 14.4.
Secondly, God's Interest in this People, and prayeth that God would remember that. The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; the Lord that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee. True, the Church, the Saints, are despicable in the World, wherefore Men do think to tread them down. The Saints are also weak in Grace, but have Corruptions, that are strong, and therefore Satan, the God of this World, doth think to tread them down: But the ⟨p. 40⟩Saints have a God, the living, the eternal God, and therefore, they shall not be troden down: Yea, They shall be holden up; for God is able to make them stand, Rom. 14.4.