C H R I S T AN A D V 0 C A T E. Whofe Senfe-refrejhing Fragrancy does yield Perfttmes, enriching the enamell'd Field: Sweet'ning the ambient Air, to entertain With balmy Odors, the invading 'Irain Of jlanting Gallants: Does to each di)lribute A lovely Nofegay, as a vernal 'tribute. Yet 'tis but fading: With the Sun's up-rife Unfolds its Bud, and in the Ev'ning dies. What jha!l we fay to this illujfrious Bud, 'this Rofe of Sharon! L anguage never cou'd Exprefs its Glories, Glories that excel!! In Beauty peerlefs, ttncompar'd in Smell! No JVIyrrh, no CaJ!ia, nor the choice Perfumes Of bruifed Spice, or Oriental Gums, Breathe equal Sweetnefs! All the Flowers that be '1influr'd with Nature's rich Embroidery, Yield him the chief Pre-eminence: 'Ihen let Each Soul make hajfe our Sharon's Rofe to get. In him is L ife, we perijh if we tajfe not : In him are Joys, eternal Joys that wajfe not. C H R I 8 T AN A D V 0 C A T E. Book II. We have an /ldvoca~e with the Father, Jefus Chri)l the Righteous, I John ii. 2. ADVOCATE, in the Greek (11apa>-"n7~) is one called or retained to fpeak or plead for them who have IndiCtments again!{ them, or orherwife were impleaded in any Court of Judicature, and intreated to favor another in Judgment, an lnrerceffor. ADVOCATE. L A,_ N Advocate is, or ought to -'- be a wife and learned Perfan, in a Court of Judicature, be– caufe enrrull:ed with weightyCaufes. 1!. Advocacy is a relative Of– fice, vne related to a Judge and Court of Judicature. IIL An Advocate belongs to the Law, which is to be his Rule, in all his Practice. IV. An Advocate is legally call– ed and appointed to his Place and Office. V. An Advacate undertakes Caufes when they are brought to him. PARALLEL. I. CHRIST is a wife and learned Perfon, In whom are all the 'freafures of Wifdom and Kno:oledge, Col. ii. 3· '!he L ord God ha·ving given him the 'fongue of the Learmd, &c. !fa. 1. 4· 1[. The Lord Jefus is related to God, and the high Court of Heaven, the Man that is God's Fellow, Zech. xiii. 7· ~be Man of his Right-hand, madejfrong for himfelf, Pfal. lxxx. I7· . Ill. J elt1S Chrill: was born and conll:ituted un– der the Law, Gal. iv. 4· and made it his Rule in all Ca!es, would not vary in the leall: from what God had required or enjoined therein. IV. Jefus Chrift took not this Place and Office upon himfelf, but was called and appointed to it by God, as Aaron was to the Priejfhood, Heb. v. 4· V. Chrift doth undertake Caufes for any, if they come tO him : If any Nian fin , we have an Advocate with the Father, ]efus Chri)l, the Righ– teous ; who is the Propitiation for our Sins, and not fer ours ono·, butfor tbe Sins of the whole World, I John ii. 1, 2. VI. An Advocate pleads all VI. The L ord J efus pleads all Caufes that he Caufes that he undertakes; for he undertakes, did it when here on Earth, Holy Fa– undenakes them to that very End. ther keep, through thine own__Name, thofe whom thou haft givw me, Jobn xvu. 6, 11. &c. 'lhtne tbey were, &c. tbey have kept thy Word. Father forgive them, they know not what they do, Luke xxiii. 34· VIL An Advocate !Jndertakes VII Chrift knows the W eight of every one's the ·weight of a Caufe, and knows Caufe, and knows how far it will go if well ma– naged t
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