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Rh that cometh, I will in no ways caſt out.

6. That the Lamb is in the midſt of the throne imports, that the Lamb is the centre of all the glory that ſurrounds and encompaſſes the throne of God, or the throne of grace. —He is the centre of divine fulneſs, and of all the glorious perfections of God; for, in him dwells all the fulneſs of the Godhead bodily, Col. ii. 9. Every attribute of God ſhines gloriouſly in the face of Jeſus Chriſt. —He is the centre of all divine truth; and we cannot know any precious goſpel truths, or myſteries, in a ſaving and ſatisfying manner, unleſs we know the truth as it is in Jeſus, Eph.iv. 21. —He is the centre of all divine promiſes, being the centre of the covenant of grace, in whom it ſtands faſt, and in whom all the promises are, yea and amen, to the glory of God, 2 Cor. i. 20. —He is the centre of all divine bleſſings; for, God bleſſes us with all ſpiritual bleſſings in heavenly places, only in Chriſt, Eph. i. 3. —He is the centre of all divine grace; for, it is out of his fulneſs that we receive and grace for grace, John i. 16. —He is the centre of all divine comfort; for, he is the conſolation of Iſrael, and he is 'anointed with the oil of joy and gladneſs above his fellows, Pſal. xlv. 7. that he may anoint with the ſame oil, and bring his people to fellowſhip with him in the ſame Spirit of joy and conſolation, according to their meaſure. —He is the centre of all ſaving offices: being, as a Prophet, the wiſdom of God, for our illumination; as a Prieſt, the righteouſneſs of God, for our juſtification; and, as a King, the power of God, for our ſanctification. —He is the centre of all ſweet relations; the Saviour, the Surety, the head, the huſband, the all and in all of his people; their light and life, and ſtrength, and righteouſneſs, and rock, and refuge, and portion. —He is the centrical place,