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Priv. 6. Sixthly, As thine Advocate, so thy Judge holdeth thine Accuser for his Enemy also. For it is not of Love to Righteousness and Justice that Satan accuseth us to God, but that he may destroy the Workmanship of God. Wherefore he also fighteth against God, when he accuseth the Children. And this thy Father knows right well: He must therefore needs distinguish between the Charge, and the Mind that brings it: Specially when what is charged upon us is under the gracious Promise of a Pardon (as I have showed it is.) Shall not the Judge then hear his Son, (for our Advocate is his Son) in the Cause of one that he favours, and that he justly can against an Enemy, who seeks his Dishonour, and the Destruction of his eternal Designs of Grace?

Priv. 6. Sixthly, As thine Advocate, so thy Judge holdeth thine Accuser for his Enemy also. For it is not of Love to Righteousness and Justice that Satan accuseth us to God, but that he may destroy the Workmanship of God. Wherefore he also fighteth against God, when he accuseth the Children. And this thy Father knows right well: He must therefore needs distinguish between the Charge, and the Mind that brings it: Specially when what is charged upon us is under the gracious Promise of a Pardon (as I have shewed it is.) Shall not the Judge then hear his Son, (for our Advocate is his Son) in the Cause of one that he favours, and that he justly can against an Enemy, who seeks his Dishonour, and the Destruction of his eternal Designs of Grace?

A Mention of the Judges Son, goes far with Country-men, and great striving there is, with them, who have great Enemies and bad Causes, to get the Judges Son to plead; promising themselves that the Judge is as ⟨p. 112⟩like to hear him, and to yield a Verdict to his Plea, as to any other Lawyer. But what now shall we say concerning our Judge's Son, who takes part, not only with his Children, but with him, and with Law and Justice, in pleading against our Accuser? Yea, what shall we say when both Judge, and Advocate and Law are all bent to make our Persons stand and escape, whatever, and how truly soever the Charge and Accusation is, by which we are assaulted of the Devil. And yet, all this is true, wherefore here is another Privilege of them that have Jesus for their Advocate.