•~o I The Parable ofthe Ten Pirgins~ ~---- !!!~~l!~tt~§.l~!~~lt!~!!!!~!~~~~~l~!~l~ TTTf~:~fJ'Tftn~Tff'=TflafJ':fJlfJI~ CHAP. XVIII. I / Shews that Chrift will not tarry whe~ oni:e his time is come ; and the folly offuch whofe WQr~ is .then to do; and thdt the ble!Jedneft of Saints conjips in immediate communion with Cbrift. SECT. I• • He coming of Chrifi; we have heard is fet forth fitll froJl1 ~he rim~ pf i.t, 'Viz., j4fl ~heri when th'efooii!h wenc to ~ y: Co~id ~ot rhi: ;L9r~ (4 pattr;,nt and long fuffenng, tmy a lmle wbtle longer for them? efpeciallyfeeing they went not about any 'tin· ful wpr~, but we~ uling the means to get that 'grace now wh!ch . . their veffels wer~rempty of b-~ore? N o,but ~h~ ):.orcj deals with • allmen, efpeci;l1y ~h~t live uricjer the means, as he did wlrh thefe fdb!i.{h _Yir~~n~. ' , .· . r ' . Ohfervation, . . -:r;hat jlS \30~ if 1o"g-fu_ffering towards meQ; whiles through ignorance ofrheir fpmtual wants and fecumy of neart they have no hearts (0 ufe the me~ns for fupply. So ifonce his time oiforbearance be {Jept out,be will not tarry one rft(;_ ~ent longer; even when men are molt diligent in the ufe of means for fp~· , ntual fupplies; when Chrifl batlu h~:art to help, many peopl>; have none either to fee their wants, or feek for help; when men have hearts thus ro do, rhen Chrifl harh none, becaufe his time of tarrying is our ; when men are worH and mofl fecure, Chrifls door is open ro them many rimes; when men are belt and indeed awakened, C!Jrilts heart and door is !hut againH tilem, as · it was here ; for what are th:= belt endeavors of fooliih Virgins ? what ex- -'!:,llency is there in them, rhat the Lord of glory fhould flay their leifure,after long neglett of himfelf, arid lofs of preciou-s time ? ttj'e S E C T. ti. BE fure you fleep not out rhe day time of Grace ; efpecially you. , I. That knowyouwant oyl in yourveffels, and Grace inyourhe~rts, and mercy to your fouls, and think I would not die yet for a world. . z, .You that being afleep with thefe fool ifh Virgins, dream you are riG!!, and ~-~'------ - -- -·--
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