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

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 ⟨p. 70⟩Wrath for our Sins. But, as an Advocate, his Offices are confined to the Children only, but as a Priest he is not so. He is the Propitiation for our Sins, and not for ours only. The Sense therefore of the Apostle should, I think, be this: That Christ, as a Priest, hath offered a Propitiatory Sacrifice for all; but, as an Advocate, he pleadeth only for the Children. Children, we have an Advocate to our selves, and he is also our Priest; but as he is a Priest, he is not ours only, but maketh, as such, amends for all that shall be saved. The Elect therefore have the Lord Jesus for their Advocate then and only then when they are, by calling, put among the Children, because as Advocate he is peculiarly the Children's. My little Children we have an Advocate.

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 ingageth for us that are Children; and as a Priest too, he hath appeased God's ⟨p. 70⟩Wrath for our Sins. But, as an Advocate, his Offices are confined to the Children only, but as a Priest he is not so. He is the Propitiation for our Sins, and not for ours only. The Sense therefore of the Apostle should, I think, be this: That Christ, as a Priest, hath offered a Propitiatory Sacrifice for all; but, as an Advocate, he pleadeth only for the Children. Children, we have an Advocate to our selves, and he is also our Priest; but as he is a Priest, he is not ours only, but maketh, as such, amends for all that shall be saved. The Elect therefore have the Lord Jesus for their Advocate then and only then when they are, by calling, put among the Children, because as Advocate he is peculiarly the Childrens. My little Children we have an Advocate.