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Advocate, and thou ſhalt find him Jeſus Chriſt the righteous, 1 John ii.3. In all doubting fears, ſtorms of conſcience, look at Chriſt continually; do not argue it with ſatan, he deſires no better, bid him go to Chriſt, and he will anſwer him: it is his office to be ou Advocate, i John ii. I. his office to anſwer law as our Surety, Heb.vii.22- his office to anſfwer juſtice, as our Mediator, Gal. iii. 20.
1 Tim. ii. 5. and he is ſworn to that office, heb. vii. 20, 21. Put Chriſt upon it. If thou wilt do any thing thyſelf, as to ſatiſfaction for ſin, thou renounced Chriſt the righteous, who was made ſin for thee, 2 Cor.22, Satan may alledge, and corrupt ſcripture, but he cannot anſwer ſcripture. It is Chriſt’s word of mighty authority; Chriſt's foiled ſatan with it, Matth. iv. 10. In all the ſcripture there is not an ill word againſt a poor ſinner, ſtripped of ſelf-righteouſueſs:
Way, it plainly points out this man to be the subject of the grace of the goſpel, and none elſe, Believe but Chriſt s willingneſs, and that will make thee willing. If thou finded thou canſt not believe, remember it is Chriſt’s work to make thee believe; put him upon it, he “works to will and to do of his good pleaſure, Phil. ii. 13. Mourn for thy un-
