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

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.

3. This Consideration will yield Relif when by Satan's •buse of some other of the Offices of Christ, thy Faith is discou•aged 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 Subtilty 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.