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

2. The Study of this Truth will give thee ground to take Courage to contend with the Devil concerning the largeness of Grace, by Faith; since thy Advocate is contending for thee against him at the Bar of God. 'Tis a great Encouragement to a Man to ho•d up his Head in the Country, when he knows he has a special Friend at the Court. Why our Advocate is a Friend at Court, a Friend there ready to give the onset to Satan come he when he will. We have an Advocate with the Father. An Advocate, or one to plead against Satan for us.

2. The Study of this Truth will give thee ground to take Courage to contend with the Devil concerning the largeness of Grace, by Faith; since thy Advocate is contending for thee against him at the Bar of God. 'Tis a great Encouragement to a Man to ho•d up his Head in the Country, when he knows he has a special Friend at the Court. Why our Advocate is a Friend at Court, a Friend there ready to give the onset to Satan come he when he will. We have an Advoca•e with the Father. An Advocate, or one to plead against Satan for us.

3. This Consideration will yield Relief when by Satan's abuse of some other of the Offices of Christ, thy Faith is discouraged and made afraid. ⟨p. 170⟩Christ as a Prophet pronounces many a dreadful Sentence against Sin, and Christ as a King is of Power to execute them: And Satan as an Enemy has Subtlety enough to abuse both these to the almost utter Overthrow of the Faith of the Children of God. But what will he do with him as he is an Advocate: Will he urge that he will plead against us? He cannot, he has no such Office. Will he plead against thee with his great Power? No, but he would put Strength into thee, Job 23.3, 4, 5, 6. Wherefore Satan doth all he may to keep thee ignorant of this Office, for he knows, that as Advocate when he is so apprehended, the Saints are greatly relieved by him, even by a believing thought of that Office.