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

Indeed when God admits not, when Christ wills not to be an Advocate, and when Satan is bid stand at the right Hand of one accused, Psal. 109.6, 7. to enforce, by pleading against him, the things charged on him by the Law; then he can prevail, prevail for-ever ⟨p. 109⟩against such a wretched one: But, when Christ stands up to plead, when Christ espouses this or that Man's Cause; then Satan must retreat, then he must go down. And this necessarily flows from the Text, we have an Advocate, a prevailing one, one that never lost Cause, one that always puts the Children's Enemy to the rout before the Judgment seat of God. This therefore is another Privilege that they have, who have Jesus Christ for their Advocate: Their Enemy must needs be overthrown, because both Law and Justice is on the other side.

Indeed when God admits not, when Christ wills not to be an Advocate, and when Satan is bid stand at the right Hand of one accused, Psal. 109.6, 7. to inforce, by pleading against him, the things charged on him by the Law; then he can prevail, prevail for-ever ⟨p. 109⟩against such a wretched one: But, when Christ stands up to plead, when Christ espouses this or that Man's Cause; then Satan must retreat, then he must go down. And this necessarily flows from the Text, we have an Advocate, a prevailing one, one that never lost Cause, one that always puts the Childrens Enemy to the rout before the Judgmentseat of God. This therefore is another Privilege that they have, who have Jesus Christ for their Advocate: Their Enemy must n•eds be overthrown, because both Law and Justice is on the other side.

Priv. 5. Fifthly, Thine Advocate has pity for thee, and great Indignation against thine Accuser: And these are two excellent things. When a Lawyer hath pity for a Man, whose Cause he pleadeth, it will engage him much; but when he has Indignation also against the Man's Accuser, this will yet engage him more. Now, Christ has both these, and that not of Humour, but by Grace, and Justice; Grace to us, and Justice to our Accuser. He came down from Heaven that he might be a Priest, and returned thither again, to be Priest and Advocate for his: And in both these Offices, he levelleth his whole Force and Power against thine Accuser. For this Cause was the Son of God manifest, that he might destroy the Works of the Devil,