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Rh LORDS;' and the rather that it is a ſcarlet robe, a veſture dipt in blood, Rev. xix. 13, 16. to ſhow, that it is the worthy Lamb that was ſlain that is in the midſt of the throne.

3. That the Lamb is in the midſt of the throne, imports, I think, the perfection of his mediation, and exactneſs thereof. O but this part of the throne be fit for him, and he fit for it! It well becomes him to be there; he is the middle perſon between the Father and the Holy Ghoſt, and the middle perſon between God and man; and it well becomes him to have the middle part of the throne. The Mediator and midsman having the midſt of the throne, it ſays, he is a perfect Mediator, a merciful and faithful High prieſt, Heb. ii. 17. faithful to God, and merciful to man; true to both parties, between whom he ſtands in the midſt of the throne.

4. That the Lamb is in the midſt of the throne, imports the beautiful order and equity of his adminiſtration. As the government is upon his ſhoulders, ſo 'It will be a juſt, righteous, and equal government, Behold a King ſhall reign in righteouſneſs; even the man that ſhall be a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempeſt, Iſa. xxxii. 1, 2. With righteouſneſs ſhall he judge the poor, and and reprove with equity, for the meek of the earth. Righteouſneſs ſhall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulneſs the girdle of his reins,' Iſa. xi. 4, 5. His adminiſtration ſhall be ſo righteous and equal, that none ſhall have occaſion to complain that he hath gone too far, either to the right-hand or to the left-hand of the throne: no; he will for ever keep the midſt of the throne; and his government, like his covenant, will be well-ordered in all things.

5. That the Lamb is in the midſt of the throne, imports the acceſſibleneſs of the throne of God on