by how mucâ— God hath called his Son to Offices and Placeâ— of trust by so much he hath heaped Dignitieâ— upon him 'T is said of Mordecai That he waâ— next to the King Ahasuerus And what then Why then the Greatness of Mordecai his higâ— Advance must be written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia Esth. 10.1 2 3. to the end his Fame might not be buried nor forgot but remembred and talked of in Generations to come Why my Brethren God hath exalted Jesus of Nazareth Hath made him the only great one having given him a Name above every Name A Name did I say a Name and Glory beyond all Names and above all Names aâ— doth witness both his being set above all and the many Offices which he executeth for God on behalf of his People 'T is counted no little Addition to Honour when Men are not only made near to the King but also intrusted with most if not almost with all the most weighty Affairs of the Kingdom Why this is the Dignity of Christ he is 't is true the natural Son of God and so high and one that abounds with Honour but this is not all God has conferred upon him as Man all the high and most mighty Honours of Heaven He hath made him Lord Mediator betwixt him and the World. This in general And particularly he hath called him to be his high Priest forever Heb. 7.21 22 23 24. and hath sworn he shall not be changed for another he hath accepted of his Offering once forever counting that there is wholly enough in what he did once to perfect forever them that are sanctified to wit set apart to Glory Heb. 10.11 12 13. He is Captain General of all the Forces that God hath in Heaven and Earth the King and Commander of his People Chap. 9.25 26. He is Lord of all and made Head over all things to the Church Eph. 1.22 and is our Advocate with the Father O the Exaltation of Jesus Christ Let Christians therefore in the first Place consider this Nor can it but be profitable to them if withal they consider that all this Trust and Honour is put and conferred upon him in Relation to the Advantage and Advancement of Christians If Christians do but consider the nearness that is 'twixt Christ and them and withal consider how he is exalted it must needs be matter of Comfort to them He is my Flesh and my Bone that is exalted it is my Friend and Brother that is thus set up and preferred 'T was something to the Jews when Mordecai was exalted to Honour they had thereby Ground to rejoice and be glad for that one of themselves was made the Lord Chief by the King and the great Governour of the Land for the good of his Kindred True when a Man thinks of Christ as severed from him he sees but little to his Comfort in Christ's Exaltation but when he looks upon Christ and can say my Saviour my Priest or the chief Bishop of my Soul then he will see much in his being thus promoted to Honour Consider then of the Glories to which God has exalted our Saviour in that he hath made him so high 'T is comely also when thou speakest of him that thou name his Name with some additional Title thereby to call thy Mind to the Remembrance and so to the greater Reverence of the Person of thy Jesus As our Lord Jesus our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ the Apostle and High Priest of our Profession Christ Jesus 2 Pet. 2. 20. Heb. 3.1 c. Men write themselves by their Titles As John Earl of such a Place Anthony Earl of such a Place and Thomas Lord c. 'T is common also to call Men in great Places by their Titles rather than by their Names yea it also pleases such great ones well As my Lord High Chancellor of England my Lord Privy-Seal my Lord high Admiral c. And thus should Christians make mention of Jesus Christ our Lord adding to his Name some of his Titles of Honour specially since all Places of Trust and Titles of Honour conferred on him are of special Favour to us I did use to be much taken with one Sect of Christians for that it was usually their way when they made mention of the Name of Jesus to call him The blessed King of Glory Christians should do thus 't would do them good For why doth the Holy Ghost think you give him all these Titles but that we should call him by them and so make mention of him one to another For the very calling of him by this or that Title or Name belonging to this or that Office of his giveth us Occasion not only to think of him as exercising that Office but to enquire by the Word by Meditation and one of another what there is in that Office and what by his exercising of that the Lord Jesus profiteth his Church How will Men stand for that Honour that by Superiors is given to them expecting and using all things to wit Actions and Carriages so as that thereby their Grandure may be maintained And saith Christ ye call me Master and Lord and ye say well for so I am Joh. 13.13 Christ Jesus our Lord would have us exercise our selves in the Knowledge of his glorious Offices and Relative Titles because of the Advantage that we get by the Knowledge of them and the Reverence of and Love to him that they beget in our Hearts The Disciple saith the Text whom Jesus loved said unto Peter It is the Lord. And when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord He girt his Fishers Coat unto him for he was naked and did cast himself into the Sea And the other Disciples came in a little Ship to wit to Shore to wait upon their Lord Chap. 21. The very naming of him under the Title of Lord bowed their Hearts forthwith to come with Joint-readiness to wait upon him Let this also learn us to distinguish Christs Offices aâ—d Titles not to confound them For he exerciseth those Offices and beareth those Titles for great Reason and to our Commodity Every Circumstance relating both to Christ's Humiliation and Exaltation ought to 〈◊〉 duly weighed by us because of that Myâ—â—ery of God and of Man's Redemption that 〈◊〉 wrapt up therein For as there was not a â—â—in nor a loop nor a tack in the Tabernacle â—ut had in it an use of Instruction to the Chilâ—ren of Israel so there is not any part wheâ—her more near or more remote to Christ's â—uffering and Exaltation but is could we â—et into it full of spiritual Advantage to us To instance the Matter that came out of Christ's Side a thing little taken Notice of either by Preachers or Hearers and yet John makes it one of the Witnesses of the Truth â—f our Redemption and a Confirmation of â—he Certainty of that Record that God to the World hath given of the Sufficiency that is
Salvation if Men be denyed an Advocate to plead their Cause with God. Nor can any Advocate save Jesus Christ the righteous avail any thing at all Because there is none appointed but him to that Work and therefore not to be admitted to enter a Plea for their Client at the Bar of God. Obj. But some may say there is God's Grace the Promise Christ's Blood and his second Part of Priesthood now in Heaven Can none of these severally nor all of them jointly save a Man from Hell unless Christ also become our Advocate Answer All these his Advocates Office not excluded are few enough and little enough to save the Saints from Hell For the righteous shall scarcely be saved 1 Pet. 4.18 There must then be the Promise God's Grace Christ's Blood and him to advocate too or we cannot be saved What 's the Promise without God's Grace and what 's that Grace without a Promise to bestow it on us I say what Benefit have we thereby Besides if the Promise and God's Grace without Christ's Blood would have saved us wherefore then did Christ die Yea and again I say if all these without his being for us an Advocate would have delivered us from all those Disadvantages that our Sins and Infirmities would bring us to and into surely in vain and to no purpose was Jesus made an Advocate But Soul there is need of all and therefore be not thou offended that the Lord Jesus is of the Father made so much to his but rather admire and wonder that the Father and the Son should be so concerned with so sorry â— lump of Dust and ashes as thou art And I say again be confounded to think that Sin should be a thing so horrible of Power to pollute to captivate and detain us from God that without all this ado I would speak with Reverence of God and his Wisdom we cannot be delivered from the everlasting Destruction that it hath brought upon on the Children of Men. But I say what is this to them that are not admitted to a Privilege in the Advocates Office of Christ Whether he is an Advocate or no the Case to them is the same True Christ as a Saviour is not divided He that hath him not in all shall have him in none at all of his Offices in a saving manner Therefore he for whom he is not an Advocate he is nothing as to eternal Life Indeed Christ by some of his Offices is concerned for the Elect before by some of them he is But such shall have the Blessing of them all before they come to Glory Nor hath a Man ground to say Christ is here or there mine before he hath ground to say he also is mine Advocate Tho that Office of his as has been already shewed stands in the last place and comes in as a Reserve But can any imagine that Christ will pray for them as Priest for whom he will not plead as Advocate Or that he will speak for them to God for whom he will not plead against the Devil No no they are his own that he loveth to the end Joh. 13. to the end of their Lives to the end of their Sins to the end of their Temptations to the end of their Fears and of the Exercise of the Rage and Malice of Satan against them To the end may also be understood even until he had given them the Profit and Benefit of all his Offices in their due Exercise and Administration But I say what is all this to them that have him not for their Advocate You may remember that I have already told you that there are several who have not the Lord Jesus for their Advocate To wit those that are still in their Sins pursuing of their Lusts those that are ashamed of him before Men and those that are never otherwise but lukewarm in their Profession And let us now for a Conclusion make further enquiry into this matter Is it likely that those should have the Lord Jesus for their Advocate to plead their Cause who despise and reject his Person his Word and Ways Or those either who aâ—e so far off from Sense of and Shame for Sin that it is the only thing they hug and embrace True he pleadeth the Cause of his People both with the Father and against the Devil and all the World besides but open Profaneness Shame of good and without Heart or Warmth in Religion are no Characters of his People It is irrational to think that Christ is an Advocate for or that he pleadeth the Cause of such who in the self same Hour and before his Enemies are throwing dirt in his Face by their profane Mouths and unsanctified Lives and Conversations If he pleads as an Advocate for any he must plead against Satan for them and so consequently must have some special bottom to ground his Plea upon I say a bottom better than that upon which the carnal Man stands Which bottom is either some special Relation that this Man stands in to God or some special Law he hath Privilege by That he may have some ground for an Appeal if need be to the Justice and Righteousness of God But none of these things belong to them that are dead in Trespasses and Sins They stand in no special Relation to God they are not privileged by the Law of Grace Obj. But doth not Christ as Advocate plead for his Elect tho not called as yet Answ. He died â—or all his Elect he prayeth for all his Elect as a Priest But as an Advocate he pleadeth only for the Children the called only Satan objecteth not against God's Election for he knows it not But be objecteth against the called to wit whether he be truly godly or no Job 1.9 10. 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