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26 put ſo much honour upon, and that as our Redeemer and kinſman!

6. Hence learn, that the throne of God needs not be terrible to us, ſince the Lamb, the meek Lamb, is in the midſt of the throne; ſinners need not fear to go to the throne of God as long as the Lamb is there. If unbelief look toward the throne, it views it only as it is the throne of God, and ſo fills the ſoul with ſlavish fear, and frightful apprehenſions: but true faith views it as the throne of God and of the Lamb; and the view of the Lamb in the midſt of the throne, raiſes ſome joy, hope, and pleaſure in the midſt of the heart. Why, there is meekneſs, as well as majeſty: grace, as well as grandeur, about the throne, becauſe the Lamb is there.

7. Hence we may learn what ground there is to expect the great God to be preſent in the midſt of us this day, becauſe the Lamb is in the midſt of the throne. We would have no ground to expect that God would be with us on the footſtool, if Chriſt were not with God upon the throne. Chriſt promised, upon his aſcending to the throne, that he would be with his people, ſaying, Lo, I am with you always; Mat. xxviii. 20. He promiſed, when he went up to the throne, he would ſend down his Spirit, If I go away, I will ſend him, John xvi. 8. Therefore, if he be, by his Spirit, in the midſt of us this day, it is becauſe he is in the midſt of the throne. It is eaſy for him to be both ſitting gloriouſly in the midſt of the throne, and at the ſame time walking graciouſly in the midſt of the golden candle-ſticks, Rev. ii. 1. He is both the bleſt Λογος, the word of God; and the bleſt Immanuel, God with us. The ſeven ſpirits are ſaid to be before the throne. The Spirit of God is one, but his gifts, operations, and