Chap.25. according to St M A T T x E V v. 563 filled. ;.That the prophecies maybeaccomplifhed,&c, They all flumbred] Thewife ones alto flept, but their hearts waked, they flept but half-flepp, they napped and nodded, they Canr,S a. flept with open eyes, as the lion cloth, the fpirit was willing to wake, but the fl'efh was weak, and over- wayed it : They flumbred but it was by candle-light, they had their lamps burning by them, which the foolifh had not. Verfe 6. There Was a cry made] By the trumpet of the Arch- Raid ail Arcb. angel, and the voiceof God, fay tome Interpreters : and Hierom a,ngeti vaera reports it for an Apoflalicall tradition, that Chrift (hail come at refer:rur. P rcr, midnight. But of that home no man knoweth, faith the Judge `ne ten. himfclf. Others there are that expound this cry, ofthe Preaching. of the Gofpel, according to that voice of thecryer, Prepareye the way of the Lord, &c. Matth.3. And here- - clamesut Ste.ntora vincas,Cryaloud, (fare not, &c. Verfe7. And trimmed their lamps] The foolifi, allo made a fair flourilh, andheld thetnfclves, haply, in cafe 'good enough for heaven ; deceiving their own hearts, or rather deceived by them, whiles they utc fallacious ar.d fpecious (ophifines, .m.í.26. to make the mfelves beleeve their peny tobegood filver, when asit is nothing better then a flip. Verfe 8. Our lamps aregox out ] They were not lighted lamps, ut !parks of their own tinderboxes; phantailicall fire, an ignis fatuus, apainted fiame,which neither heats nor lights. The glow- worm kerns tohaveboth heat and light, but couch ir, and it hath neither. Alchyrny gold .may teem brighter and 'Letter then true gold, but it can neither palle the feventh fire, not comfòrt the heart as a cordiali: fó here. A man may live by a form, but he cannot.dye by it. They chat kindle a fire, but not ofGods Tanta- aty, and cptnpafic themfelves about with fpecious (parks, they, may walk here for a while in the light of their fire, and in the (parks that they have kindled. But when all's done, this is all they {hall have of Gods hand,- they (hall lye donoz i (d.row, Verle 9. Leff therebe not eroasgh, &c. ] The beft have nought to fpare, what ever Papills fancy of the Church- treafúry. the righteous is fcarcely rived ; at death he findes all he could do lit- tle enough : thoughhe began betome, and betirred hitn(elf tohis 4 ix7-svc-ícL tatmoff, hard and fcarcegets he to heaven, though he bath inftaotr, ly fervedGod day and night ( A?f.Z6.7.) with a kinde ofexcenfi- ova arld vcherrerey. 0o 4 But
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