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

So that I say the Knowledge of the Ad••cateship of Christ is very useful to strengthen ⟨p. 186⟩then our Graces, and as of Graces in genera• so of Faith and Prayer in particular. Wherefore our Wisdom is so to improve this Doctrine that Prayer may be strengthened thereby.

Thirdly, As we should make use of thi• Doctrine to strengthen Faith and Prayer So we should make use of it to keep us humbl• For the more Offices Christ executeth for u• with the Father, the greater Sign that we a•• bad: And the more we see our badness th• more humble should we be. Christ gave fo• us the Price of Blood, but that is not […] Christ as a Captain has conquered Death an• the Grave for us, but that is not all. Chri•• as a Priest intercedes for us in Heaven, […] that is not all: Sin is still in us, and with u• and mixes it self with what-ever we do whether what we do be religious or civi• For not only our Prayers and our Sermon our Hearings, and Preaching and so; […] our Houses, our Shops, our Trades and […] Beds are all polluted with Sin. Nor do•• the Devil, our Night and Day Adversa•• forbear to tell our bad Deeds to our Fath•• urging that we might forever be disinherit• for this. But what should we now do if […] had not an Advocate? Yea, if we had not […] who would plead in Forma Pauperis; yea we had not one that could prevail, and […]