The advocateship of Jesus Christ clearly explained, and largely improved, for the benefit of…

I cannot lose a Hand, I cannot lose a Foot, cannot lose a Finger: Why, Saints are Christ's Members, his Members are of himself. With what Strength of Argument would a Man plead the Necessariness of his Members to him, and the Unnaturalness of his Adversary in seeking the Destruction of his Members, and the Deformity of his Body. Yea, a Man would shuck, and cringe, and weep, and entreat, and make Demurs and Halts, and Delays to a thousand Years (if possible) before he would lose his Members, or any one of them.

I cannot lose a Hand, I cannot lose a Foot, cannot lose a Finger: Why, Saints are Christ's Members, his Members are of himself. With what Strength of Argument would a Man plead the Necessaryness of his Members to him, and the Vnnaturalness of his Adversary in seeking the Destruction of his Members, and the Deformity of his Body. Yea, a Man would shuck, and cringe, and weep, and intreat, and make Demurrs and Halts, and Delays to a thousand Years (if possible) before he would lose his Members, or any one of them.

But I say, how would he plead, and Advocate it, for his Members, if Judge, and Law, and Reason, and Equity were all on his side; and if by the Adversary there could be nothing urged, but that against which the Advocate had long before made Provision for the effectual Overthrow thereof? And all this is true as to the Case that lies before us.

Thus we see what Strength there lieth in this second Argument that our Advocate bringeth for us against the Enemy. They are his Flesh and Bones, his Members: He cannot spare them: He cannot spare this, because; nor that, because; nor another because; nor any because they are his Members. As such they are lovely to him, as such they are useful to him, as such they are an Ornament to him: Yea, tho in themselves they are feeble, weak, and through Infirmity much disabled from doing as they should. Thus If any Man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ he righteous. But,