your ſtore, but that ye may have it all before your hand! The Lamb that is in the midſt of the throne lives for ever there to feed; he lives for ever to make interceſſion; he lives for ever to make proviſion: they have everlaſting food, who have the Lamb that is in the midſt of the throne to feed them. —Thus you ſee what ſort of feeding is to be had under the throne of the Lamb, and who it is that muſt cover our table this day, even the Lamb in the midſt of the throne; he hath mounted the throne, to be a feeder, and to let down bleſſings to the footſtool.
VI. The last thing propoſed was the application. Is it ſo, that our Lord Jeſus is the Lamb in the midſt of the throne? Hence we may infer theſe following particulars.
1. Surely we need not be aſhamed of a crucified Chriſt, nor our Chriſtian paſſover this day, the Lamb that was ſacrificed for us. Since now the Lamb is upon the throne, and in the midſt of the throne, the ſhame and reproach of the croſs is wiped away, with the glory and ſplendor of the throne. We need not be aſhamed of the croſs of Chriſt, who is now in the midſt of the throne. Let none despiſe thoſe that eſpouſe the cauſe and intereſt of the Lamb, whatever hardſhips they may be brought under before courts, councils, and judicatories on earth: they need not be aſhamed to go forth unto him, without the camp, bearing his reproach. The great apostle Paul ſays, God forbid I ſhould glory, ſave in the croſs of our Lord Jeſus Chriſt. O believer, it is our greateſt glory to be bearing his croſs, who is now wearing the crown; to be followers of the Lamb that is in the midſt of the throne.
2. Hence we may learn, that the church of God is ſafe, ſince the Lamb that is their head is in the
