The Parable of the Ten fl irginr, \ fenrly, I have Jived lonz ~~irhour God ·ar.d Chrili in rhe world, and dye I mull: lhorrly, and what will become of me rben.r But you have fiepr quiedy enough in rhe' nighr, and fung care away, and c:a!t feare away in rhe day ; and rhy heart never had one houres fir of lhakingand w;:mbling arererniry ~ocome, w~e':ir.isrhe narureof rruefear, ever ro have rhe eye upon l'lhar n . feares , nil it 1s taken away ; and if difficultyatrendrhe fame,roremovelt ;.1t cannotbe quiet, but will cryfor help, if pollibly help may be had ; rhts you never did: No , rhou never hadtl: fo much as thefe foolil11 Virgins , viz:.. to be awakened at all , hilt a fpirit of Qumber barb been upon thee ; God bath given thee eyes , bur rhou canH not fee ; eares, and rhou canl.l not here; Thou fayfl (it may be)rhat thou doll hope thou art prepared ; alas., thou hall not a Virgins name , much lefs nature, nor doll not deferve It nettber ; thou halt nor forfaken thy loofe company , .nor yet come to the company of the wife , r.eirher dofl: rhou defire ir, or think iliy fdf unworthy of ir; thy Lamp is our; nay, rhou never hadl.l any light at all, never mad'H profellion at all, as of one ready for Chri!l ; but 0 poore wreE<;h, all is yet ro do with thee 1 if fo, then remember that if thou diel.l now; thou l11alt never have communion with J efus- Chrifl in glory. · o·o ~7----:------;-...--:-=--~::-:-- SECT. IV. - Objett. wHat ifi"btWI notf .: ' . _ .AnfW", I know it is the mifery of men ; they can make nothing of this till they feele it : Bur rwo rhings I will fay. t • . Do bur confider what if thou lhouldfl be deprived of the light of the Sun; nay, only of bread, only thatone creature, and have cloarhs, Sun, Friends, all other ble!fJDgs bur that'; would ir not be a wo wirh awimefs, would it nor cur a mans heart to heare him cry , Bread , bread , a little bread for the Lords fake, to fave my life! there is but a drop of the fweetnefs of ChriH in that. Oh what a mifery will it be ro pine away , and familli under wrath in chaines of darknefs, and to cry , Oh a little refrelbing ftom the prefence of Chritt, and canfl: not get ir, but to live ever tormented without that, wfien rhy foul !hall cry, Lord, thus long have I been rarmenred without rliee, till my fpirits are weary, and my heart faint; Now, 0 now a little macy, --on no. . · • 1.. That thou~h thou fecit it 20 great inauer tobe feparated from Chri!l 1 now , yet when tbe heavens lhall be in a fl.aming fi~ , and the earth lhall give up the dead thar be in ir, :-and Chtitl fhall appeare inln'finite glory\ admired of Angels, bleffed of Saints, Crowned of God, comforting his EleCt, Come, oh come ye /J!ej{,'d; then youlha.Jl think this feparation famething. oh that you would now. go home and mourn , and . lpok up t'o the 1 Lotd, that he would make rhee ready-a Velfel ·of honour , and acknowledge ' it's righteous with him,jf he lh9~l<;i rtever .do.ir. SECT.
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