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

First, more generally. They are all the truly Gracious; those that are the Children by Adoption: And this the Text affirmeth; I write unto you, little Children, that you sin not: And if any Man sin, we have on Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. They are then the Children, the Children by Adoption, that are the Persons concerned in the Advocateship of Jesus Christ. The Priesthood of Christ extendeth it self to the whole Body of the Elect; but the Advocateship of Christ doth not so, this is further cleared, by this Apostle, and that in this very Text, if you consider, what immediately follows. We have an Advocate, says he, and he is also the Propitiation for our Sins. He is our Advocate and also our Priest. As an Advocate, ours only; but as a Propitiation, not ours only, but also for the Sins of the whole World; to be sure, for the Elect throughout the World, and they that will extend i• further, let them.

First, more generally. They are all the truly Gracious; those that are the Children by Adoption: And this the Text affirmeth; I wri•e unto you, little Children, that you sin not: And if any Man sin, we have on Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. They are then the Children, the Children by Adoption, that are the Persons concerned in the Advocateship of Jesus Christ. The Priesthood of Christ extendeth it self to the whole Body of the Elect; but the Advocateship of Christ doth not so, this is further cleared, by this Apostle, and that in this very Text, if you consider, what immediately follows. We have an Advocate, says he, and he is also the Propitiation for our Sins. He is our Advocate and also our Priest. As an Advocate, ours only; but as a Propitiation, not ours only, but also for the Sins of the whole World; to be sure, for the Elect throughout the World, and they that will extend i• further, let them.

And I say again, had he not intended that there should have been a straighter Limit put to the Advocateship of Christ, than he would have us put to his Priestly Office, What needed he, when he speaketh of the Propitiation which relates to Christ as Priest, have added, And not for ours only? As an Advocate then, he engageth for us that are Children; and as a Priest too, he hath appeased God's