Christ inviting sinners to come to him for rest

Thirdly, Another help to the Soul that is under spiritual desertions is this, the soul in this case is to exercise Faith upon Christ, as an advocate, that is at the right hand of the Father to plead the cause of his people. That Scripture you have often named to you, in 1 John, 2.1. If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father. Christ is at the right hand of the Father as an advocate for you, as we showed when we spake of the Rest of the soul from the guilt of sin: So now when thou hast not the sense of the Love of God to thee, exercise thy Faith upon Christ, that he is at the right Hand of the Father to plead for poor sinners. In Jer. 50.34. Saith the Text there. Their Redeemer is strong, the Lord of Hosts is his name, he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give Rest to the Land. It is true, this is meant literally, of an outward Rest unto the people of God, to deliver them from the Captivity of Babylon, and here is a promise, that the redeemer is strong, and the Lord of hosts, that he shall throughly plead their cause; they were carried into Babylon, and they were scorned, and contemned, and despised, and they said, where is their Lord of hosts? Now here is a promise, that their redeemer will come, and that he shall throughly plead their cause, and give them rest in their land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. This promise we are to make use of in regard of our outward troubles at this day, in regard of our adversaries, and though the Lord let them prevail sometimes, yet the Lord hath showed himself at hand to plead his cause and no question he hath throughly pleaded the cause of his people, when the adversaries began to lift up their hands against them, when they insulted in regard of the late blow that God gave us, the Lord hath begun already to give them a blow, and I hope we shall hear further of it. But now that which is true here literally, is true spiritually, the Lord will redeem them from spiritual captivity, and this redeemer is the Lord of hosts, he will give them rest, he ⟨p. 376⟩is at the right hand of the Father throughly to plead the cause of his poor Servants; when accusation comes up to the Father against the Soul, then the Lord Christ stands at the right hand of the Father, and throughly pleads their cause.

Thirdly, Another help to the Soul that is under spiritual desertions is this, the soul in this case is to exercise Faith upon Christ, as an advocate, that is at the right hand of the Father to plead the cause of his people. That Scripture you have often named to you, in