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32 match? O here is the King of kings; the Lamb it the midſt of the throne; the head of all principalities and powers.

2. Are you for a rich and opulent match? Here is the Lamb in the midſt of the throne, in whom are hid unſearchable riches, and all the fulneſs of the Godhead; everlaſting treaſures of grace and glory.

3. Are you for a bountiful match? O there is none like the Lamb in the midſt of the throne for a generous ſpirit, willing and ready to lay out all his riches, that out of his fulneſs ye may receive and grace for grace.

4. Are you for a beautiful match? Behold the Lamb in the midſt of the throne, the King in his beauty; he is white and ruddy, and altogether lovely: no wonder, for he is the brightneſs of the Father's glory; all the glory of God ſhines in his face. Some of God's glory in the works of creation, the ſun, moon, and ſtars; ſome of it in the work of providence: but all the glory of God is here. He is the temple of God, and there doth beauty ſhine, Pſal. xcvi. 6.

5. Are you for a loving, as well as a lovely match? Behold, the Lamb that is in the midſt of the throne is a mirror of love, without all dimenſion: 'O the heighth and depth, the length and breadth of his love!' He loved and prayed for his enemies that murdered him; and how then muſt he love his friends that will match with him? Again,

6. Are you for a beloved match, who is valued and eſteemed of all whoſe love and eſteem is worth the regarding? O! the Lamb in the midſt of the throne is beloved of all the holy angels, they admire and adore him; he is beloved of all the ſaints in heaven and earth, they ſay, This is our beloved; he is beloved of God the Father, who ſays, 'This