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

Now that he should become an Advocate, that he should embrace such an Employ as this of his Advocateship, let this be a wonderment and so be accounted. But let us come to the fourth Use.

Now that he should become an Advocate, that he should embrace such an Imploy as this of his Advocateship, let this be a wonderment and so be accounted. But let us come to the fourth Use.

Use 4. Fourthly, Is it so, is Jesus Christ the Saviour also become our Advocate? Then let us labour to make that Improvement of this Doctrine as tendeth to strengthen our Graces, and us in the management of them. Indeed this should be the Use that we should make of all the Offices of Christ, but let us at this time concern our s•lves about this. Let, I say, the poor Christian thus expostulate with himself.

Vse 4. Fourthly, Is it so, is Jesus Christ the Saviour also become our Advocate? Then let us labor to make that Improvement of this Doctrine as tendeth to strengthen our Graces, and us in the management of them. Indeed this should be the Use that we should make of all the Offices of Christ, but let us at this time concern our s•lves about this. Let, I say, the poor Christian thus expostulate with himself.

1. Is Christ Jesus the Lord mine Advocate with the Father? Then awake, my Faith, and shake thy self like a Giant: Stir up thy self and be not faint: Christ is the Advocate ⟨p. 183⟩of his People, and pleadeth the Cause of the poor and needy. And as for Sin which is one great stumble to thine actings, O my Faith, Christ has not only died for that as a Sacrifice, nor only carried his Sacrifice unto the Father into the holiest of all; but is there to manage that Offering as an Advocate, pleading the efficacy and Worth thereof, before God against the Devil for us.