88 I ~ .. ,/ The Parable of the Ten Virgins, CHAP. XIV. Shews that the Grace of()fie perfon will not advantage another that wants Grace himfelf; and that the befl Chri.ftians cannot difpenft Grace to tbofe tbtli want it. VERsE 9· But.tlie wife anjwtred, Jaying, Not fo, lefo there he not enough for fls andyou; /Jut go ye rather to them that feU, ttnd/Juy for 1our (elves. SECT. I• • Erein is fer down the Anfwer of the wife to the Requelt of rhe foolitb Virgins. This Anfwer of rhe wife Virgins contains two rhings. Firfl, A denial, together wirh rhe reafon of itl which is a check ro rheir folly. Secondly Their counfel and advicedirecring them to the remedy,ifthere be any which mighr fupply rhem with oyl; Go tothemthllt fall-and huy for your [elves. The Spirir.of 'Grace comes nor fo li?htly by: You would have ir given,; no, you mufl: buy ir; you would hav.:: us help you; no, there I ~~~~~e rs appointed for ro fell ir you ; away t6 rhem before the :5ridegroom I-: N ot fo J They are ~vords Inferred in the Engfifh Text, not fo in rhe Original ; bur yer they are fafely pur in , parrly becaufe they are intended direCI:- Iy in rhe flrengrh of rheir reafon, and involved therein, implied thereby; parrlybecaufe rhey do more clearly exprefs the meaning of rhe words, and give· rt eir fenfe more diflinctly. i. Lejlthcre he not enoug~ for us ~nd for }'OU l What did rhe foolilh now look ro works of fupererogmon and prayers ofSamts, and rhe rreafury ofrhe Churches holinefs and Indulgencies ? furely no,for rhefe were Virgins,had efcaped rhe pollution of Anrichrifl, and rheygo for rhis nor ro Po?itb Treafur~rs,but unto rhem that are wife ; neither is it likely that Chrifl:'s coming could awaken th!:n'i 6ut of their f ·curiry to fall to grofs Popery fo fuddenly,whiles theJ.wereThe Companion ~ anJ Imitators of the wife, and therefore this is nor the mean- , irtg, as fome have ~refled the words, and fo make the Anfwer _of the wife to be a Protefl;lnt Anfwer ro a PopiJ},Petition, and therefore bid them ;,._ . go
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