g62 c .J quof F24; Tecad4, A Commentaryupon the GofJel Çhap. a5. fo`1oí5g toprefl'e the fame truths, till they read in their hearers ve- ry vifage that they relent and relifh them.- Unto ten virgins] Virgins without number, Cant.6.8. pro-, fenoursat large, good and bad, one with another. Which took their lamps] The Marini ties of Marriage were anciently, performed and celebrated by night, Lnikt 2.35. Phi. tarch.Problem. and the bridegrom brought to his lodging by the; virgins, bearing burning lamps before him, Verfe a. Five Were fiiolilh ] That is, forme werewife, and fouie others foolilh, and thefe laft ufually the muff, imprudent, impro_, vident, afterwitted, oculus habentes in occipitio, that forefee not a following mifchief, but come in with their fools, Had I with their Si prafciviffem as the Lion in the fable. The Spa-. niards fay of the Tortngals that they are pocos y ftcor, Few and foolith. But of foolith virgins, that is of profligateprofef fours, that have no more then an outfide, there are not a few, but more then a good many in all places,Cant.6.8,9. Verte 3. Took, their lamps, and took, no oyle] Empty casks, barren figtrees, pretenders only to the power of godlineflè : of whom it may be laid, as Livy faith of the Athenians, that they waged warre againf} Philip the father of Perfiacs Kingof Mace- donia (fo thefe againff the devill the .World and the fiefh,) literis verbi/ , quibrtc ß1ia valent. Thefe carry Vriah's letters about them deffrudory to themfclves. For if Religion be not good, why do they proffffe it ? If it be, why do they not praftifèit? To fuch it may fitly be laid, as Archidamau to his fon, raflily con- ¡lifting with the enemy without fufficìent ftrength, Aut viribus adde, nutanimis adime, fo either adde prac`fife, or leaveprofeflî- on : And as Alexander, having a fouldier of his own name, and this fouldier being a coward, hecame to him and Paid, either leave off the name ofAlexander, or be valiant : fo let thefe Nominals, either lay by their lamps or take oilewith them. Verfe 4. But the Wife took bile] That is, trae faith in their hearts, which as oile, is fpredding, foftning, fuppling, finking. Citrif} putteth not upon his a wafhy colour of profefíion ( a blockwood blew) but he dyeth them in grain, with true grace andholineffe. Verfe S. While the bridegrom tarried] Tarryhe doth. r. To exercifeour patience. a. Toeneager our defires. 3-. That his ele& maybe allgathered. 4. That the myffery of iniquity may befull- filled,
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