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

First, Since then the Children have Christ for their Advocate; art thou a Child? Art thou begotten of God by his Word? Jam. 1.18. Hast thou in thee the Spirit of Adoption? Gal. 4.6. Canst thou in Faith, say, Father, Father, to God? Then is Christ thy Advocate. Thine Advocate, Now to appear in the Presence of God for thee, Heb. 9.24. To appear there, and to plead there, in the Face of the Court of Heaven for thee: To plead there against thine Adversary, whose Accusations are dreadful, whose Subtlety is great, whose Malice is inconceivable, and whose Rage intolerable: To plead there before a just God, a righteous God a Sin revenging God: Before whose Face thou wouldst die, if thou wast to show thy self, and, at his Bar to plead thine own Cause. But,

First, Since then the Children have Christ for their Advocate; art thou a Child? Art thou begotten of God by his Word? Jam. 1.18. Hast thou in thee the Spirit of Adoption? Gal. 4.6. Can'st thou in Faith, say, Father, Father, to God? Then is Christ thy Advocate. Thine Advocate, Now to appear in the Presence of God for thee, Heb. 9.24. To appear there, and to plead there, in the Face of the Court of Heaven for thee: To plead there against thine Adversary, whose Accusations are dreadful, whose Subtilty is great, whose Malice is inconceivable, and whose Rage intolerable: To plead there before a just God, a righteous God a Sin revenging God: Before whose Face thou wouldst die, if thou wast to shew thy self, and, at his Bar to plead thine own Cause. But,

Secondly, There is a difference in Children, some are bigger than some: There are Children, and little Children. My little Children I write unto you. Little Children. Some of the little Children can neither say Father, nor so much as know that they themselves are Children.