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The advocateship of Jesus Christ clearly explained, and largely improved, for the benefit of…
The advocateship of Jesus Christ clearly explained, and largely improved, for the benefit of all believers by John Bunyan ...
London: printed for Dorman Newman, 1688
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Indeed Christ by some of his Offices is concerned for the Elect, before by some of them he is. But such shall have the Blessing of them all before they come to Glory. Nor hath a Man ground to say Christ is here or there mine, before he hath ground to say he also is mine Advocate. Tho that Office of his as has been already showed stands in the last place and comes in as a Reserve. But can any imagine that Christ will pray for them as Priest, for whom he will not plead as Advocate? Or that he will speak for them, to God for whom he will not plead against the Devil? No, no; they are his own that he loveth to the end, Joh. 13. to the end of their Lives, to the end of their Sins, to the ⟨p. 206⟩end of their Temptations, to the end of their Fears and of the Exercise of the Rage and Malice of Satan against them. To the end may also be understood, even until he had given them the Profit and Benefit of all his Offices in their due Exercise and Administration: But I say, what is all this to them that have him not for their Advocate?
Indeed Christ by some of his Offices is concerned for the Elect, before by some of them he is. But such shall have the Blessing of them all before they come to Glory. Nor hath a Man ground to say Christ is here or there mine, before he hath ground to say he also is mine Advocate. Tho that Office of his as has been already shewed stands in the last place and comes in as a Reserve. But can any imagine that Christ will pray for them as Priest, for whom he will not plead as Advocate? Or that he will speak for them, to God for whom he will not plead against the Devil? No, no; they are his own that he loveth to the end, Joh. 13. to the end of their Lives, to the end of their Sins, to the ⟨p. 206⟩end of their Temptations, to the end of their Fears and of the Exercise of the Rage and Malice of Satan against them. To the end may also be understood, even until he had given them the Profit and Benefit of all his Offices in their due Exercise and Administration: But I say, what is all this to them that have him not for their Advocate?