Chap.' 6. AnExpofitionupon the Book of JOB. -sreri.I, 39z Lord ofHofts, hom long, wilt thou not have mercy on Jerufaleen, and on the Cities of Judah againft which thou haft had indigna- tion there threefcore andtenyears. And as Chrift pleads for thewhole Church, fo forevery par- ticular memberof the Church, and that ado under a twofold notion. He is Advocate, firft, to take away our fins ; If any man fin (faith the Apoftle n, r Epift. z, a. ) we have an "advocate with the Father, 3efus Chrift the righteous, &c. Secondly, Chrift is an Advocate for us with the Father in our fufferings and trouble, to get them taken off from us, or fant`ified to us. Doubtlefs Jobmade ufe of Chrift continu ally as an Advocate, to take offthe guilt of fin; yet here he makes ufe of Chrift as an Advocate to get off his fufferings, efpeciaily thefe misjudgingsof his Friends, who deeply cenin- red and afperfed him, becaufe of his fufferings ; yea a Believer makes ufe of Chrift as an Advocate, to get any good thing , whether little or great, whether for foul or for body, as much as he doth for the removing ofany evill, whether of fin or. trouble. Secondly, Obferve: TheDoarine ofa Mediator between GodandMain was known and believed in the World, long before Chrift came into the World Many faw Chrift by Faith before he was feen in the flefh Faith is thefubftance of thingshoped for, the evidence of things not feen (Heb,t t . r.) And as it is the evidence of things, foof perlons that are not Peen. Chrift tells the Jews (John 8. 56.) Your Father Abraham rejo}ced tofee myday; andhe fan, it and was glad : And when the Jews quarrelled at this, Thou art notyet fifty years old, and haft thou Peen Abraham? Jefus Paid unto them, Verily, verily, Ifay untoyou, before Abrahamwas, I am. As Abraham law his day by Faith, fo David injpirit ça' him Lord, Mat 22.43. And as theft perfons, with all the'lioly Elders law Chrill by Faith in the prornife, fo the whole Cere- monial Law was a reprefentationofChrift to Faith by fenfe á Every (lain Sacrifice (peaks the death orChrift,and the fprink- ling of that blood, the fprinkling of their confciences and ours for the remiflîon offins : Yea, They did all eat .tbe famefpiritual meat (that is, the fame which we now eat) anddid all drinkthe fame fpiritual drink; for they drank of that fpiritual Rock that
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