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

3. Christ offereth no new Sacrifice for the Salvation of these his People; for, being raised from the Dead, he dies no more, Rom 6.9. So then, if Saints sin they must be saved (if saved at all) by Virtue of the Offering already offered; and if so, then all Christ's Pleas, as an Advocate, are grounded upon that one Offering which before, as a Priest, he presented God with, for the taking away of Sin. So then, Christians live upon this old Stock, their Transgressions are forgiven for the Sake of the Worth, that yet God finds in the Offering that Christ hath offered. And all Christ's Pleadings, as an Advocate, are grounded upon the Sufficiency, and Worth of that one Sacrifice. I mean all his Pleadings with his Father, as to the Charge, which the Accuser brings in against them. For, tho thou art a Man of Infirmity, and so incident to nothing, as to stumble and fall, if Grace doth not prevent (and it always preventeth not;) yet the Value and Worth of the Price that was once paid for thee, is not yet worn out, and Christ, as an Advocate, still pleadeth (as Occasion is given) that, with Success, to thy Salvation. And this Privilege they have who indeed have Christ for their Advocate. And I put it here in the first Place, ⟨p. 99⟩because all other do depend upon it.

Priv. 2. Secondly, Thine Advocate, as he pleadeth a Price already paid, so, and therefore, he pleads for himself as for thee. We are all concerned in one bottom; if he sinks we sink, if we sink he sinks. Give me leave to make out my meaning.

1. Christ pleads the Value and Virtue of the Price of his Blood and Sacrifice for us: And admit of this horrible Supposition, a little for Argument's Sake, That tho Christ pleads the Worth of what, as Priest, he offereth, yet, the Soul, for whom he so pleads, perishes eternally. Now where lieth the Fault? In Sin; you say true; but it is, because there was more Virtue in Sin to damn, than there was in the Blood pleaded by Christ, to save: For he pleaded his Merit, he put it into the Balance against Sin, but Sin hath weighed down the Soul of the Sinner to Hell, notwithstanding the Weight of Merit that he did put in against it. Now, what's the Result but that the Advocate goes down, as well as we, we to Hell, and he in Esteem? Wherefore, I say, he is concerned with us, his Credit, his Honour, his Glory, and Renown, flies all away, if those, for whom he pleads, as an Advocate, perish for want of Worth, in his Sacrifice pleaded: But shall this ever be said of Christ, or will it be