;tìtSt. V.] THE WYLATH OF THE LAMB. 419 day of divine indignation in so eminent a manner, that all the tremendous desolations of kingdoms and people, from the creation of the world to the consummation of all things, shall be but as shadows of that day f terror and vengeance. I shall therefore consider these words, a`: present, as they contain a solemn representation of that last glori- ous and dreadful day; and here I shall enquire particu- lady, I. Who are the persons, whose aspect and appearance shall then be so dreadful tQ sinners. II. How comes the wrath, which discovers itself, at that time, to be so formidable; and, III. How vain will all the shifts and hopes of sinners be, in that dreadful day, to avoid the wrath and ven- geance. First, Who are the persons that appear clothed in so much terror ? Answer. It is he that sits -upon the throne and the Lamb: It is God, the Father of all, the great and al- mighty Creator, the supreme Lord and Governor of the world, and the Lamb of God, that is, our Lord Jesus Christ his Son, dwelling in human nature, to whom. the judgment of the world is committed, and by whom the Fatherwill introduce the terrible and the illustrious scenes of that day, and manage the important and eternal af- fairs of it. It is by these names, that the apostle John, in this prophetical book, describes God the Father, and his Son Jesus, Rev. iv. 10. and V. 6 -13. If it be enquired, why God the Father is described as the person sitting on the throne, this is plainly agree- able to the other representations of him, throughout the scripture ; where he is described as first and supreme, in authority, as sitting on the throne of majesty on high, as denoting and commissioning the Lord Jesus, his well- beloved Son, to act for him, and as placing him on his throne to execute his works of mercy or vengeance; Rev. iii. 21. " He that overcometh shall sit down with me on my throne, saith our Saviour, even as I have overcome, and!r.am set down with the Father on his throne." John v. 22-27. " The Father has committed all judgment into the hands of the Son." It is true, the E 2
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