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Rh influences are various: and the Lamb, that is in the midſt of the throne, hath the Spirit to give; and, having ſaid that he will ſend him, O let us look to the throne, and thence expect the Spirit, according to his word.

8. Hence we may learn what is the mark of a worthy communicant, namely, if he be a true believer of this doctrine, that the Lamb is in the midſt of the throne. Let a man examine himſelf upon this, and ſo let him eat. I aſk not if you ſay you believe, or think you believe; but I call and injoin you, try if you truly believe that the Lamb is in the midſt of the throne. For helping you to this ſearch, you may conſider two things, namely, what view you have of this truth, and what virtue you find in it.

(1.) What view have you of this truth? If you truly believe it, then you view it with approbation. Is your heart ſatiſfied that the Lamb is in the midſt of the throne? Do you cordially approve of the Father's ſetting him ſo high? Did it ever fill your heart with joy and ſatisfaction, and with ſome ſecret pleaſure and exultation, that God hath put ſuch honour upon Jeſus? And have you received this truth in the love of it, and in the ſweetneſs of it? O did ever your heart leap as it were within you to think that the throne of God is alſo the throne of the Lamb, and ſo a throne open to you to come boldly unto by the blood of the Lamb, that encircles the throne like a rainbow? How does your heart ſtand affected to this truth? With the heart man believes unto righteouſneſs, Rom. x. 10.

(2.) What virtue have you found in this truth for leading you to enthrone Chriſt, as the Father hath done? As the Father hath ſet the Lamb in the midſt of the throne of glory; ſo have you ſet