days; and let him be filled with holy blushing, but let him not
forsake his Advocate.

If thy foot slippeth, if it slippeth greatly, then know thou it will
not be long before a bill be in heaven preferred against thee by the
accuser of the brethren; wherefore then thou must have recourse to
Christ as advocate, to plead before God thy Judge against the devil
thine adversary for thee. And as to the badness of thy cause, let
nothing move thee save to humility and self-abasement, for Christ is
glorified by being concerned for thee; yea, the angels will shout
aloud to see him bring thee off. For what greater glory can we
conceive Christ to obtain as advocate, than to bring off his people
when they have sinned, notwithstanding Satan's so charging of them
as he doth?

He gloried when he was going to the cross to die; he went up with a
shout and the sound of a trumpet to make intercession for us; and
shall we think that by his being an advocate he receives no
additional glory?

Christ, when he pleads as an advocate for his people in the presence
of God against Satan, can plead those very weaknesses of his people
for which Satan would have them damned, for their relief and
advantage. "Is not this a brand plucked out of the fire?" This is
part of the plea of our Advocate against Satan, for his servant
Joshua, when he said, "The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan." Zech. 13: 2.
Now, to be a brand plucked out of the fire, is to be a
saint--impatient, weakened, defiled, and made imperfect by sin. This
then is the next plea of our goodly Advocate for us: "O Satan, this
is a brand plucked out of the fire." As if he should say, "Thou