I do therefore infer from hence, that if he that pleadeth his own good doing for personal acceptance with God be thus miserable, then he that teacheth men so to do is much more miserable.
When he pleadeth with God, he pleadeth so; and when he pleadeth against Satan, he pleadeth so; and how he pleadeth with God when he dealeth with law and justice I have showed you.
But Christ cannot say thus when he pleadethfor us at God's bar; nor is our present senselessness and unconcernedness about his pleading but an aggravation to our sin.
He died for 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.
The priesthood of Christ extendeth itself to the whole of God's elect, whether called or in their sins; but Christ, as Advocate, pleadeth only for the children.
I say, as he pleads against the adversary, so he enlargeth himself with arguments over and besides those which he pleadeth with God his Father.
For Christ as an Advocate pleadeth for justice, justice to himself; and this saint is of himself-a member of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.
O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Wherefore, when Satan accuseth them before God, Christ, as he pleadeth his own worth and merit, pleadeth also against him, that interest that God has in them.
As he pleadeth by himself alone, and nowhere else but in the court of heaven with the Father, so as he pleadeth with the Father for us, he observeth this rule- (1.
God is; he pleadeth with them his blood and sufferings against their obstinate unkindness; and yet they feel not.
He pleadeth christian liberty to entice to sin, especially to sensuality.
He pleadeth the necessity of wife, children, estate, life, &c.
Hear how God pleadeth his own cause with an unkind, unthankful people, Mic.
Imitate the most powerful preacher that ever thou wast acquainted with: and just as he pleadeth the case with his hearers, and urgeth the truth and duty on them, by reason and importunity, so do thou in secret with thyself.
We'll follow where He leadeth, We'll pasture where He feedeth, We'll yield to Him who pleadeth From on high.
King is on high; He pleadeth for us on His throne in the sky.
Bellarmine,(991) indeed, pleadeth for the utility of ceremonies, as things belonging to the conservation of religion.
Thereafter he pleadeth thus, and we with him: “What signs see men in us of pride and contempt?
And yet He pleadeth for you, whereof your letter (though too, too full of jealousy) is a proof.
I know that he pleadeth with his harlot-mother for her apostasy.
The great Advocate pleadeth hard for you; be upon the Advocate's side, O poor feared client of Christ!
And do not these deceivers see, that their reason pleadeth as strongly that priests and prelates themselves should never read the Scripture (and consequently that it should be banished out of the world)?
I do therefore infer from hence, that if he that pleadeth his own good doing for personal acceptance with God, be thus miserable; then he that teacheth men so to do, is much more miserable.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pleadeth" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
