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Rh why then, there God may with honour meet with ſinners, and there ſinners may with hope draw near to God. —This is the throne of God and of the Lamb.

2dly, Why it is called a throne? The place, in the midſt whereof the Lamb is, is called a throne, on theſe accounts;

1. A throne is a place of powerful and majeſtic glory, honour, and dignity. Jeſus Chriſt, the Lamb, is ſet in the midſt of this place, crowned with glory and honour, Heb. ii. 9. His Father hath crowned him King there, ſaying, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.

2. A throne is a place of power and authority: Chriſt the Lamb, is ſet in the midſt of this throne; for, 'All power in heaven and earth is given to him,' Matth. xxviii. 18. All judgment is committed to him; and the government is upon his shoulders.

3. A throne is a place of height and eminency. Chriſt the Lamb, is in the midſt of this place, Isa. vi. 7. I ſaw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.' His Father hath ſet him on the higheſt throne; he hath highly exalted him, and given him a name above every name.'

4. A throne is a place of plenty; thence the royal bounty is communicated. Chriſt, the Lamb, is in the midſt of this place; hence it is ſaid, Col. i. 19. 'It pleaſed the Father that in him ſhould fulneſs dwell;' and again, 'In him are hid all the treaſures of wiſdom and knowledge, all the treaſures of grace: and out of his fulneſs we all receive, and grace for grace,' John i. 6.

5. A throne is a place of beauty as well as bounty; is a beautiful and ſplendid place. And to ſee the Lamb in the midſt of the throne, is to ſee the King