114 The P ara.ble ofthe Ten Virginr, !. ----~~--------~----~~----~--~------- Vfe 3· tlfe 4· Chrifi feen !mmedia'r~ly, then look ~ot for your ~vide,:cc from fuch 'lcri- \ ptures; bur 1f mherw1f~, rben own hts love here tf he !peaks.. It ;s true, ir 1 would b~ a fvveetth!t!g 1f that day would come; yet as Chnl! fa•d ro T/..;b"'·"' ~ fo fay I ro you, Blejjed are they which have nQf fmz <md let be!it vcd; a."Jd therefore when ever rh~ Lord dorh th is, Grit or Iall; bear his voyce, and b::- lieve his word. Do not fay you fee nothing in yom feives ; iuppol~ a woman fbould make a march by love and confenr, rhough hardly ; il1e did huh him, bur he was fo mighty asro prevail for her goodwill, and now n,~ is c<:>rll.- forted ; and another ihould come and fay to her, Ho.v eo you how rhis! Why 'thus he fought me, rhus I concluded wirh him , and fo tixt : 'Tis 110 march; Why? Youmufifee_no confem, no love no imbracings, 0-c. would nor fuch aone be counted a deceiver? 3 Tim+~· Of Terrur; Wha~will become of you that refufe the Lords kindnefs n01v, that regard not the Bndegrooms voyce, that refufe robe!!owyour b~arrsupon the Lord. ! he ihall never be aBridegroom to you at this day, when orhers 1 meet him in the clouds, &c, Now you fee Sainrs abfent from rhe Lord, roor , and mean, and queflion the Lords love ro them; but rhen alliha 'l b~ feen, l and all this you ihalllofe, Joh.3.32. No man receivetb his teftimMy, &c. you I that never mourned as widovvswithout him, never felt r.eed of his love, wh'lt wilf:become of you at this day ! Of Confolation. to all thofe tha~ be efpoufed, and c~ntraaed to the Lord, who have chore htm, who have gtven themfelves to h1m, who look now ne> further bur content themfelves in him, or have a frame of heart fo to eo though fears keep them from polfeffion of him ; Oh Chri{t ihall come as thy Husband at that day. Many Chnfiians fear this day, and hence do not fenlibly I love, nor long for this day, bein& under the whip conrinually of fears, and I quefiionina their eftare ; bur why do you fear, when the Lord fhall c<me tU a Bridegroo~! Ifa.54. 4> S· why d11H fear, himfelf rhe Judgefoho!J, when be is thy Husband! thy chains and debts, and fins, when the Judge is thy HMband! thy accufers or enemies, when the Lord is thy HuJbrmd! You iho11ld , rather Iona for this day, anti rejoyce in ir, becaufe now comes your full Re- i demption °from all finnes, all forrows; the coming of a Husband is I fweer. Firfi, Though the people of Coo have weaknelf~s and wants, the Lord hnh 1 none. , ! Secondly, Though they muf.l: part for a little while, rhe Lord is ever wirh 1 thee. . t Thirdly, Though they cannot help our of al_l evil, yet rhe tord Jdus_mL. 1 Ohtheyihould rejoyce, thatwhenhecomeshkeaJudge, and ~11 the w•dred i ihall melt lil\e wax before his prefence, and burn up before htm, Ob yer, a Husband to thee! · SECT. III. ' " ob;eff.IF I ~{pew this ! f ' eAnfw. Yes, you know it; but rh~re b~ fome rqings th.lt are falf.: : ObjecHons againfi it : as, . ! ObJeCt. 1. BeciUI[e tf.e Lml u fuch a ffranger, and the Lordab:ents hw.- ! felf fo much. : A,(•.Isi
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