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10 Chriſt, a God reconciled in Chriſt, a God upon a mercy-ſeat, ſprinkled with the blood of Chriſt.

2. It is called the throne of divine glory, Jer. xiv. 21. 'Do not diſgrace the throne of thy glory; remember, break not covenant with us.' The prophet there ſpeaks of the temple, and the ark in it, the ſymbol of God's preſence; which was typical of Chriſt, in whom the covenant of grace ſtands faſt: and ſo it is called the throne of glory, becauſe all the glory of God ſhines about the throne. As the grace of God is the glory of God, ſo all the glory of God ſhines in the face of Jeſus Chriſt: therefore,

3. It is called a throne of divine holineſs, Pſal. xlvii. 8, God ſitteth upon the throne of his holineſs. Holineſs becomes his houſe, holineſs becomes his throne, and holineſs is his throne; there is nothing there, but the holy God, the holy Lamb, the holy throne; and they that are about it cry, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hoſts, Iſa. vi. 3.

4. It is called the throne of his juſtice, Pſal. lxxxix. 14. 'Juſtice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne. And Pſal. xcvii. 2. Clouds and darkneſs are round about him, yet righteouſneſs and judgment are the habitation of his throne.' His glorious and holy throne of grace ſtands firm upon the baſe and foundation of juſtice ſatisfied for the ſinner, and judgment execute againſt ſin, in the blood of the Lamb that is in the midſt of the throne. It is therefore no hindrance or impediment to our acceſs to the throne of grace, that it is alſo a throne of juſtice; but rather a furtherance and encouragement, becauſe there 'grace reigns through righteouſneſs unto eternal life by Jeſus Chriſt,' Rom. v. 21. And, ſince grace reigns there through juſtice-ſatisfying righteouſneſs,