the Nature and Caufes ofit. .- 119 riceivePower,and Riches, and TFtfdom, mzdStrtttgth, and Honour,and Gtory,a1td Ble.f{tn,g.And every Creature which is i1z Hea·vtn, and on the E~zrth, mzd u11der the E _zrth, a1zd Juch as are in the Sea, and all that are itt them, h~tzrc( I, J'a.J'i11g, Bte(/tnt?, Ho1tour,Giory and Power 6e unto htm t!Jat jitteth upon. th~ Throne, and_ unto the Lani6 for ever and ever. And the four Be.:zflsrlid, Amen. And the four and twenf)•Etdersfelt down andlf'or}hipped him thut livethfor ever and e'ver. The efpecial 0/Jje[/ ofDivine Adoration, the Motives unto it, and the Nature of it, or what it confifl:eth in, are tiere declared. The 0/Jje[/ of it is Chrifr, not Jeparate!J, but diflin[/ly from th~ Father,- andjoynt~ with him. And he is propofed, ( 1.) As l~avingful_filled the work ofhis Mediation in his In– carnatiod 'and Oblation; as a Lam/Jflai;t. (2.) In his glorious Exaltatio~, in the midfl of the Throne ofGod. The principal, thing that the Heathen of Old 'obferved concerningChri- – frian Religlon, was that in it, Praifes werefung, to Cbrifi as unto God. The Motives unto this Adorati.on are the unfpeakable Benefits which we receive -!?y his Mediation; Thou art wor– tf.J)•,for thou waft flain, andha]f redeemedus unto God, &c. , Hereon thefame Glory, thefame Honour is afcribed unto him as unto God the Father; Blej/ing,, Honour, Glory and Power,be unt0 him that fits on the Throne,and unto the Lamb • tor ever and ever. ' The Nature of this A-doration is defcribed to conliG: in three things. ( I.) Sole~n Proflration. And the four living, Creatures fa id, Amen . And the four ·and twenty Elders fell down and tYorjhipped him that liveth for ever and ever. Soalfo is it defcribed, chap. 4- ro, I I. (2.) In the A(cription of al!Divine Honour andGlory, as is at large expreifed, ver. I I)
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