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Rh cannot possibly fail and miſcarry, by giving too much, or too little: being in the middle of the throne, and the middle person between God and man, to communicate, what is ſuitable for God to give, and ſuitable for man to have, no more and no leſs does he communicate, becauſe he is the Lamb in the midſt of the throne. And, indeed, as a key is ſuited to a lock, so is Chriſt's fulneſs to our wants. We are diſeaſed, he is a phyſician; we are loſt, he is a Saviour; we are debtors, he is a ſurety; we are dead, he is life; we are blind, he is eye-ſalve; we are naked, he is clothing; we are troubled, he is reſt; are we bewildered? he is a guide: are we in danger? he is a guard: are we benighted? he is a ſun: are we aſſaulted? he is a ſhield. —Who in heaven or earth can thus ſupply our wants, heal our wounds, bear our burdens, ſweeten our afflictions, ſubdue our enemies, as Chriſt? O ſuitable feeding to the ſoul is here in all caſes!

6. It muſt be joyful feeding and proviſion that comes from the Lamb in the midſt of the throne; for the throne is a place of joy and triumph. Here muſt be the choiceſt cheer, amidſt the choiceſt company, God, and Chriſt, and angels, and ſaints. There is as much ſweetneſs in Chriſt, as there is fulneſs and ſuitableneſs: he is the fountain of ſweetneſs; his mouth is moſt ſweet, his preſence is moſt ſweet, his fruits are moſt ſweet; I ſat down under his ſhadow with great delight, ſays the church, and his fruit was ſweet to my taſte, Song ii. 3. Here are the ſweet rivers of living waters, that drive away all death and ſorrow, as it follows here in the text.

7. It muſt be free proviſion and feeding that comes from the Lamb in the midſt of the throne. There is nothing to pay about a throne; this would be a diſgrace and diſparagement to the prince that