A65285:834
A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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3. Christ by his Intercession calls for an Acquittance; Lord, let the sinner be absolved from guilt; and in this sense Christ is called an Advocate, 1 John 2.1. He requires that the Sinner be set free in the Court. An Advocate differs much from an Orator; an Orator useth Rhetoric to persuade and entreat the Judge to show Mercy to another: but an Advocate tells the Judge what is Law: thus Christ appears in Heaven as an Advocate, he represents what is Law. When God's Justice opens the Debt-Book, Christ opens the Law-Book: Lord, saith he, thou art a just God, and will not be pacified without Blood, lo here, the Blood is shed, therefore in Justice give me a Discharge for these distressed Creatures. 'Tis equal that the Law being satisfied, the Sinner should be acquitted. And upon Christ's Plea, God sets his hand to the Sinner's Pardon.
3. Christ by his Intercession calls for an Acquittance; Lord, let the sinner be absolved from guilt; and in this sence Christ is called an Advocate, 1 Iohn 2.1. He requires that the Sinner be set free in the Court. An Advocate differs much from an Orator; an Orator useth Rhetorick to perswade and entreat the Judge to shew Mercy to another: but an Advocate tells the Judge what is Law: thus Christ appears in Heaven as an Advocate, he represents what is Law. When God's Justice opens the Debt-Book, Christ opens the Law-Book: Lord, saith he, thou art a just God, and will not be pacified without Blood, lo here, the Blood is shed, therefore in Justice give me a Discharge for these distressed Creatures. 'Tis equal that the Law being satisfied, the Sinner should be acquitted. And upon Christ's Plea, God sets his hand to the Sinner's Pardon.
Quest. In what manner Christ intercedes?
Quest. In what manner Christ interceeds?