1Cltlnttttau ~tttr~' · 7.9 ·4. Improve yo1:1r Advocate, Job. 14:.13. Whatfoever you ~sk..in mY. nawe, that, will! do :. .To ask any thing .. in htsname ts not,rudel y,cuftomanl y, or corrtplenlen– rally to r;ond~de with, ~hefe w~rds' Th:oHgh [efus Chrifo our Lord, &c. but,tn confidettceof hts ment arJd interceffi.on to call uponour heavenly !~ther,as D4niel pleads, fer the Lords Jak..e,Dan.9. I 7.For,fince the Fall, none.can come immediately to God but through a Me– rliator;nor are we to fetc:h a compafsby the groundlefs invocation of Saints and Angels: I h~pe you pave otherwife learned Chrift ~I am·moft afraid in the pra– Aick part., tHat, in parricul~r a(ts Car leaO:) preCious · Souls are in danger to mifcarry, efpecially in Clofet.. :Prayer~; 'vhen a Chriftian is got a~one,and there finds ~ fweet galeqf the bleffed ~piri~, helping his heart to mourn for fin,bewail his rD:ifery, plead for mercy, and giving.God the glory due unto his name ; oh then he Q_?es away much iatis&~d., and God muft needs ac~ept hts perfon andhear hisPrayer : Why fo? Why,hehatlt found abundant affitl:ance, meltings, quicknings, and · · inlargetn~nts 1 AlasSirs, where is Chrifl:all thiswhile?. I am afraid your advocate isquireforgotten,your furety fet afide as a poo~ infignificant Cypher : And tell me, foul,thou that boafteft thus of 1 thy inlargements; darefl: thou appear before an holy God in thete rotten ~ rags ?' Supp~fe thy rags be Velvet, they are but rags fiill,and are..ro~ fcanc .a gar1nent for thy naked fouJ;thou~ome~ to \unlock the ear of God, and open his bean with ~- I . wrong key; weare accepted only in the Beloved, and not becauie weare inhuged: 'Iis true,evangelical af– fifl:ance 111~Y b,eafign ·of acceptance~ but 'ris no caufe ~hereof: No,n·o,our perfons and prayers are ownedon– ~y upon the account 'ofour furety and intercelfour:Out dear Lord Jefus, who dyed for us, he fits in the Court 9fHeaven as our Advocate, toplead for us, and fhal~ Yfenot iQt,ploy o'lr J\d~oc~e,and find him work? fhOJi
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