DISC. VT.] THE ATONEMENT OF CHRIST MANIFESTED. 799 throne," after his resurrection, andhis entrance into glory in heaven ;' Rev. v. G. that there might be an everlasting emblem, and monument, or memorial, of the Lamb slain before the face of God, for all the blessed designs which God had in his view for, the salvation of his people, through all the ages of mankind, ever since sin entered into the world, even to the end of time, and the consum- mation of all things : That by this vision there might be before the eyes of God a perpetual appearance of this foundation of our pardon of sin, the justification of our persons through the blood ofChrist, and our acceptance with God in the heavenly world. And who can tell, or who can conceive, how many and how various were the blessed andglorious ends that God designed, and actually attained by this representation ? DISCOURSE VI. THE ATONEMENT OF CHRIST MANIFESTED. nay. xiii. 8. and v. 6. Of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. In the midst of the thronestood a Lamb as it had been slain. THE SECOND PART. TAUS far have we considered what are the transactions of God in which he might have a regard to the sacrifice of Christ, represented so early as before the foundation of the world. In the next place, I proceed to consider-what divine lessons of instruction, or consolation, may be derived from this vision of the " Lamb, as it had been slain," appearing " in the midst of the throne ;" Rev. v. 6. And among these we may number such as follow : 1st Lesson. There is herebyan information given to the inhabitants of the heavenly world, that Jesus, the Son of God, who was made man, has redeemed . many from among the children of men, to be a praise unto o4
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