for, God ſhall wipe away all tears from their eyes; that is, all their griefs and ſorrows shall be ſwallowed up with the fulneſs of joy and conſolation that ſhall be abundantly allowed them. The commencement of this joy is even here, amidſt all the troubles and trials of the militant ſaints; 'For behold, ſays God, I create Jeruſalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy; and the voice of weeping ſhall be no more heard, Iſa. lxv. 18. And hence they are ſometimes filled with joy and peace in believing; yea, with joy unſpeakable and full of glory.'
It is the firſt part of this laſt verſe that I have eſpecially my eye upon; particularly, that deſcription of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt, which the comments, I have conſulted, paſs over more ſlightly than I expected, namely, The Lamb which is in the midſt of the throne, Where we have our Lord Jeſus deſcribed, 1. From his meekneſs and humility; therefore he is called the Lamb. 2. From his majesty and authority; he is the Lamb in the midst of the throne. What benefits accrues to his church, from his meek and majeſtic government, follows in the reſt of the verſe, which, if I have time, I may a little inſiſt upon. But what I eſpecially propoſe to ſpeak to, as the Lord may aſſiſt, is, From the ſweet account given us here of our Lord Jeſus. And this we ſhall eſſay in the following doctrinal propoſition.
Observ. That our Lord Jeſus Chriſt is the Lamb in the midſt of the throne of God.
And, as the Pſalmist says, Pſal. cxxi. 1. 'I will lift mine eyes unto the hills, from whence comes my help;' so let us lift our eyes to the throne, from whence comes our food to-day: and we may the more readily and joyfully do ſo, that the Lamb is in the midſt of the throne, to be
