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

Thus, I say, we should strengthen our Faith, for Faith has to do, not only with the Word, but also with the Offices of Christ. Besides, considering how many the Assaults are that are made upon our Faith, we find all little enough to support it against all the Wiles of the Devil.

Christians too little concern themselves, as I have said with the Offices of Jesus Christ, and therefore their Knowledge of him is so little, and their Faith in him so weak. We are bid to have our Conversation in Heaven, and then a Man so hath, when he is there in his Spirit by Faith observing how the Lord Jesus doth exercise his Offices there for him. Let us often by Faith go to the Bar of God, there to hear our Advocate plead our Cause, we should often have our Faith to God's Judgment-seat, because we are concerned there. There we are accused of the Devil, there we have our Crimes laid open, and there we have ⟨p. 184⟩our Advocate to plead. And this is suggested in the Text, for it saith, we have an Advocate with the Father. Therefore thither our Faith should go for help and relief in the Day of our straits. I say we should have our Faith to God's Judgment-Seat and show it there by the Glass of our Text what Satan is doing against, and the Lord Jesus for our Souls: we should also show it how the Lord Jesus carries away every Cause from the Devil, and from before the Judgment-Seat, to the Comfort of the Children, the Joy of Angels, and the Shame of the Enemy. This would strengthen, and support our Faith indeed: And would make us more able than for the most part we are to apply the Grace of God to our selves. And hereafter to give more strong Repulses to Satan. 'Tis easy with a Man, when he knows that his Advocate has overthrown his Enemy, at the King's Bench Bar, or Court of common Pleas, less to fear him the next time he sees him, and more boldly to answer him when he reneweth his Threats upon him. Let Faith then be strengthened from its being exercised about the Advocateship of Jesus Christ.

Christians too little concern themselves, as I have said with the Offices of Jesus Christ, and therefore their Knowledge of him is so little, and their Faith in him so weak. We are bid to have our Conversation in Heaven, and then a Man so hath, when he is there in his Spirit by Faith observing how the Lord Jesus doth exercise his Offices there for him. Let us often by Faith go to the Bar of God, there to hear our Advocate plead our Cause, we should often have our Faith to God's Judgment-seat, because we are concerned there. There we are accused of the Devil, there we have our Crimes laid open, and there we have