, and treads them in the wine-press of his wrath without the
city; therefore rejoice, all ye whose garments are made white in the blood
of the Lamb, for his throne shall not terrify you, because of the Judge
that sits thereon: for he is thy brother, thy Advocate, and thy Saviour. O
blessed for evermore is the soul of the righteous, and of such as are
reconciled with the great God, before he come to sit on this throne.

Now, I said, it was _great_ in respect of him that sits thereon; _next_,
in respect of them that stand about it. Ye see a judge has his assizers
that sit in judgment with him, and consent to his sentence; so this great
Judge has his assizers, for there is not one of his angels shall be left
in heaven, but all shall stand about this throne, and all the saints on
earth shall be caught up in the air, and they shall all have thrones set
about his throne. O the fairest parliament that ever was in the world! O!
behold the King crowned with many crowns, standing in the midst, and all
the King's servants with their crowns on their heads, and also the saints
with palms in their hands, sitting on thrones about that throne.

_Thirdly_, Great is this throne, because great is the number of persons
that shall be there. All men and women in the world must be judged here;
there is never a reprobate that ever took life, but he shall be judged
here, and all the elect and saints of God shall be judged here also, (so
fair is this parliament,) six thousand years' generations shall all stand
there, waiting to receive an eternal and final judgment.

_Last_ of all, _Great_ is this throne, because great shall be the judgment
that shall come forth from this throne. Lords of the Session think their
judgments great; but come out here, and see to whom the new city Jerusalem
in heaven shall be given, and who shall be cast into the lake of fire.
Now, compare all these together, and see if this throne be not great;
great is he that sits on the throne, even the Prince of life, and God of
glory, and the Judge of all the world; great is his synod, even all the
elect angels and saints, from the beginning of the world to the end of the
world; for ye that are in Christ shall be glorified in the clouds, and the
sight of your glory shall aggravate the torment of the reprobates, because
they might have had it, and would not take it; and then you shall rule
them with a rod of iron, and as a potter's vessel they shall be broken;
and great is the n