An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

A Throne is a Seat Royal, the Seat of Majesty; A Throne is a seat exalted above other seats, as the person sitting upon it is exalted above other persons. Solomon made him a great Throne of Ivory, and the Throne had six steps, (1 Kings 10 18.) God is represented sitting upon a Throne, and there receiving honour from all that were before him, (Rev. 4.2, 9.) The whole Heaven is called the Throne of God, and the earth his footstool, (Isa. 66.1.) because as Heaven is high above all, so there are the fullest manifestations of the greatness and glory of God. And because Thrones note power and dignity, therefore the Angels (who among all mere creatures excel in power and dignity,) a•e called Thrones, (Col. 1.16.) So then, to be with Kings on the Throne, that is, to be near them, and much accepted by them, is a very great honour; and that is the least here intended. But to be Kings on the Throne, is the greatest worldly honour; and possibly so much is here intended the righteous, while Elihu saith, But with Kings are they upon the Throne.

A Throne is a Seat Royal, the Seat of Majesty; A Throne is a seat exalted above other seats, as the person sitting upon it is exalted above other persons. Solomon made him a great Throne of Ivory, and the Throne had six steps, (1 Kings 10 18.) God is represented sitting upon a Throne, and there receiving honour from all that were before him, (Rev. 4.2, 9.) The whole Heaven is called the Throne of God, and the earth his footstoole, (Isa. 66.1.) because as Heaven is high above all, so there are the fullest manifestations of the greatness and glory of God. And because Thrones note power and dignity, therefore the Angels (who among all meer creatures excell in power and dignity,) a•e called Thrones, (