DISCOURSE VI. The early Appointment of the Atonement of Christ manifested. Rev. xüi. 8. andv. lì.ß-0f the Lamb slainfrom the foundation of the world. In the midst of the throne--stood a Lamb as it had been slain. THE SECOND PART. THUS 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 visionof the Lamb, as it had been slain, appearing in the midst of the throne ; Rev. xiii. 6. And among these we may number such as follow : 1. There is hereby an information given to the inhabitants of the heavenly world, that Jesus, the Son of God, who was made man, has redeemedmany from among the children of men, to be a praise unto him, andhis glory, ih all ages to come. There is an enquiry ; Rev. vii. 13. " What are these which are ar- rayed in white robes, and whence came they ?" To this we an- swer, as in that text, verse 14. " These are they which came out of great tribulation." Or we may give the same Answer as Zeba and Zalmunna answered to Gideon, when they were asked ; Judges viii. 18, 19. " What manner of men were they whomye sled* at Tabor 1" And they answered, " As thou art, so were they; each one resembledthe children of a king. And he said, they were my brethren, even the sons of my mother." Each of them are the brethren of our Lord Jesus Christ, born ofwomen, and exposed to " great tribulations ;" but " they have all washed their robes, and made them white, in the blood of the Lamb : And therefore they are like the angelsof heaven, who stand round the throne," in the glorious services for which they were prepared, in the court of our blessed Redeemer, each of them the image of the first-born Son of God, and reconciled to God theFather by his blood, and shall dwell there for ever with him. A glorious Reconciler, and a divine atonement, and happy souls who are partakers of it ! 2. The Lamb, as it had been slain, appears there as a divine Mediator, and is a memorial of the everlasting virtue,
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