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

For the first of these, That this Office of Christ as an Advocate, differeth from that of a Priest. That he is a Priest, a Priest for ever, I heartily acknowledge: But that his Priesthood and Advocateship should be one and the self-same Office, I cannot believe.

1. Because they differ in Name. We may as well say a Father, as such, is a Son; or, That Father, and Son is the self same Relation; as, say a Priest and an Advocate, as to Office, are but one and the same thing. They differ in Name as much as Priest and Sacrifice ⟨p. 66⟩do. A Priest is one, and a Sacrifice is another; and tho Christ is Priest, and Sacrifice too; yet as a Priest he is not a Sacrifice, nor as a Sacrifice, a Priest.

2. As they differ in Name, so they differ in the Nature of Office. A Priest is to slay a Sacrifice, an Advocate is to plead a Cause. A Priest is to offer his Sacrifice, to the end, that by the Merit thereof, he may appease: An Advocate is to plead, to plead according to Law. A Priest is to make Intercession by Virtue of his Sacrifice, an Advocate is to plead Law, because Amends is made.