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A49289	An alarm to slumbring Christians, or the parable of the wise and foolish virgins and of the talents, sheep and goats; being a plain and practical exposition of the whole XXV chapter of St. Matthews gospel, calling upon all professors to a strict and constant watchfulness, lest their Lord at his certain and second coming, find them not ready, but with their lamps gone out. By Samuel Loveday	Loveday, Samuel, 1619-1677.; Gosnold, John, 1625?-1678.	1675 (1675)	Wing L3231; ESTC R216910	188,072	322

th● Night as in 1 Thess 5.2 For your seives knn● perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as 〈◊〉 T●ief in the Night so in 2 Pet. 3.10 But the d●● of the Lord will come as a Thief in the Night 〈◊〉 the which the Heavens shall pass away with a gre●● noise and the clements shall melt with forvent hea● the earth also and the works that are therein shall 〈◊〉 burnt up the middle of the Night is a sad time 〈◊〉 be d●sturbed it was an argument sufficient to hinder the mans rising to supply his Friend with Loaves Luk. 11.7 it was Midnight so that Christs coming at Midnight implies three things First He cometh when Persons least look for him the Virgins did not look for Christ at that season and yet Christ chuseth that time to come in as is plain from Math. 24.43 But know this that if the good man of the House had known in what watch the Thief would come he would have watched and would not have suffered his House to be broken up Therefore be you ready for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man cometh so likewise in Luk. 12.4 you have the same words Be ye therefore ready also for the Son of Man cometh in an hour that ye think not also in Mark 13.33 Take ye heed Watch and pray for ye know not when the time is it is foretold to be in such a juncture of time as you may further read in 1 Thess 5.3 For when they shall say peace and safety then suddain destruction cometh upon them as Travail upon a Woman with Child and they shall not escape Secondly When Christ is said to come at Midnight it implies a very dark time as to a Vision Micah 3.6 Therefore Night shall be upon you that ye shall not have a Vision and it shall be dark unto you that ye shall not divine and the Sun shall go down over the Prophets and the day shall be dark over them Thirdly A troublesome time a time of great distress and dark dispensations as in Amos 8.9 And it shall come to pass in that day saith the Lord God that I will cause the Sun to go down at Noon-day and I will darken the earth in the clear da● and further in Luk. 21.25 26 27. And there shall be signs in the Sun and in the Moon and in the Stars and upon the earth destress of Nations with perplexity the Sea and the ●av●s roaring Mens hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth for the powers of Heaven shal● be shaken And then shall they s●e the Son of Man coming in a Cloud with power and great glory Is i● true then that Christ thus cometh what may be the Use of this Doctrin Use Then give not way to spiritual sleep though in the Night nay though Midnight forasmuch as Christ may come in that hour we know not whether he may come at Midnight cock-crowing or dawning of the day it is natural for Persons to sleep in the Night one would think but in this sense we must have a care of giving way to this sleep though in the Night Christ was offended at his Disciples that they were asleep though in the Night at that time when he was to be betrayed see Math. 26.42 And he came and found them asleep again for their eyes were heavy The Second Use Oh what a dreadful time will that be to wicked men Enemies to Christ considered with this circumstance of time Condemned persons amongst us have a Bell rung at midnight the night before Execution and how sad and amazing is this to those concerned alarms of War or fire is dreadful in the night especially at midnight remember Christs coming is at midnight The Third thing to be spoken unto is the relation that Christ appropriates to himself and that is a Bridegroom the Bridegroom cometh not now the Lord cometh though that is true I shall but touch this head because I have spoken to it before yet I will speak a few words with respect to himself First he cometh transcendently glorious in his apparel Bridegrooms used to be adorned as in Isaiah 62.10 I will greatly rejoyce in the Lord my Soul shall be joyful in my God for he hath cloathed me with the Garments of Salvation he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments and as a Bride adorneth her self with Jewels Secondly Even as a Bridegroom he cometh with his heart and face filled with tender affections and conjugal love with arms open to receive his dearest spouse Thirdly He cometh with his heart and face filled with wrath and revenge to those that have been her Enemi●● who have wronged her in his absence see that Eminent place Isaiah 34.8 For it is the day of the Lords vengeance and the year of recomp●nce for the controversie of Sion Also Zech. 2.8 For thus saith the ●●●d of Hosts After the Glory hath he sent me unto the Nations which spo●le● you for he that tou●heth you toucheth the apple of his eye this he will do because those that touch his spouse touch the appl● of his eye Vse What may we gather from hence that Christ in his second coming thus cometh as a Bridegroom to his Saints and people First Then the spouse of Christ hath no cause to be afraid of Christs second coming the true spouse of Christ may say of him in his appearance as the Isaiah 25.9 And it shall be said in that day loe this is our God we have waited for him and he will save us this is the Lord we have waited for him we will be glad and rejoyce in his Salvation From this ground it ariseth that the Primitive Saints are so desirously waiting for Christ as in 1 Cor. 1.7 So that ye came behind in no gift waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ Also 1 Thess 1.10 And to wait for his Son from Heaven whom he raised from the dead even Jesus who delivereth us from the wrath 〈◊〉 come So Rev. 22.20 He which testifieth the● things saith Surely I come quickly Amen even 〈◊〉 come Lord Jesus And farther the Spouse in the Canticles prayeth earnestly for it as you may see i● Solomons Song 8.14 Make hast my beloved a●● be thou like to a Roe or to a young Hart upon the Mountains of Spices The Second Vse To those who are intereste● in Christ upon certain grounds thus as a Bridegroom let them be found praying for his coming though a● midnight good news is welcome at midnight 〈◊〉 dear Friend is welcome at midnight when an Enemy is unwelcome at midday A woman that hath a good and loving Husband who hath been gon a long Voyage for her good to make provision for her she will be glad to arise at midnight to let him in a● this is true in Christ his death his going away as well as his return is for

Paul's exhortation to the Church of t●e Corinthians 2 Epist 13.5 Examine your selves whether you be in the faith prove your own selves ●now ye not that Jesus Christ is in you except you be Reprobates try whether the root of the matter be in you try by these Rules First Hast thou a true love to Christ in all duties of obedience unto him as 1 John 5.4 his Commandments are not grievous Secondly Art thou afflicted at thy coolings and straglings of heart as well as sins of life so that thou canst not rest in that condition Thirdly Thou mayest know it by the bowing of thy heart to God in every dispensation whether affliction or prosperity both draweth to God it did so with David Fourthly Thou hast a clean heart no sin lodgeth there the pure in heart shall see God We come now to the fifth verse While the Bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and stept in this Verse we have contained a Prophetical relation of the state and condition of the many Prefessors or Virgins in the interval of time between the general going forth to meet the Bridegroom and his real and absolute Coming called here the Bridegroomes tarrying that is tarried longer then they expected they all slumbered and slept there had been a great noise of Christs second coming a little before whereupon many went out to meet him and they waited a while and he came not whereupon they laid down again neglected their watch and fell asleep It hath been much the case of the Christians in England but according to my promise I shall be brief in the prosecution of this Chapter I shall open the words and so proceed to those Doctrines observable Here are four words to be opened First Who is his Bridegroom Secondly What or when is the time of their tarrying Thirdly Who are the all here Fourthly What is this slumbring and sleeping First By Bridegroom here must needs be understood to be Jesus Christ it is so understood in the scope of this Parable and other Scriptures Secondly This tarrying must be understood tarrying according to our apprehension and not only doth the slothful Servant and those Virgins and those Mockers spoken of in 2 Pet. 3.8 Judg Christ to tarry or delay but we may see that the true Spouse of Christ apprehends no less as we may perceive by the scope of Solomons Song Thirdly By all I answ By all must be understood both wise and foolish those that had Oyl as well as those that had none as well those that had it in their Vessels as the rest only there is a difference between a poor and a rich man sleeping a rich man as we may say can better bear it though the wise sleep yet they have a stock though they sleep yet their heart is awake as in Cant. 5.2 Fourthly What is this slumbring and sleeping Answ It cannot be intended a natural sleep but this sleeping beareth a clear resemblance with natural sleep a Spiritual sleeping is a general ceasing from all action and motion while the Bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and slept we have three Doctrines in these words First That Jesus Christ in his second coming cometh under the consideration and relation of a Bridegroom to his Church and people Secondly That Jesus Christ the Churches Bridegroom seemeth in her apprehension to be slow in his motion in his second coming Thirdly That the great prevailing evil in the latter days amongst the highest Professors is slumbring and sleeping a drowsie frame attends Professors in the latter days The first Doctrin That Jesus Christ in his second coming comes to his Church and people as ● Bridegroom in the management of which Doctrin I shall endeavour these four things First Prove this Doctrin from other Scriptures Secondly Shew you what is wrapt up under this consideration and relation to the Spouse of Christ Thirdly Lay down some discovering Characters of those Persons who may comfortably expect Christ as their Bridegroom Fourthly apply the whole First That Christ shall come as a Bridegroom to his Church and people is prophesied of and held out in Scriptures elsewhere see Isaiah 62.5 For as a young man marryeth a Virgin so shall thy Sons marry thee and as the Bridegroom rejoyceth over the Brîde so shall thy God rejoyce over thee that is say some thy Ministers or thy Magistrates shall marry thee to God our old reading is this so shall God marry himself to thy Sons and if we mind the scope it cannot intend no less see the next words as the Bridegroom rejoyceth over the Bride so shall thy God rejoyce over thee the State of the Church is a State of Marriage this may some say was as to the State of the Jews in their return I answ It is more general See what the Apostle St. Paul saith in 2 Cor. 11.2 For I am jealous over you with Godly jealousie for I have espoused you to one Husband that I might present you a chast Virgin to Christ so also in the 5.30 we have the same relation owned to them and this is plain Revel 10.7 Let us be glad and rejoyce and give honour to him for the Marriage of the Lamb is come and his wife hath made her self ready so also see the Verses after the Text. Secondly But what doth this relation carry in it to the Saints who are concerned in it first in general it must needs be a very blessed day suppose it a day when a poor Drudge or Slave were to be Married to a Gentleman of a vast Estate with dear love and affections on his side nay to a Prince doth not the thoughts of such a change with such advancement raise and satisfie her concerned nay ravish her heart with unspeakable joy it breaks her sleep what more particularly is contained in this consideration there are in this Marriage six priviledges which must needs render it a most blessed state to the true Spouse of Christ First It is a day of clearing all doubts dissolving all fears of breaking off or miscarriages or disappointments we know according to the metaphor in wooing time there remains abundance of uncertainty in the state If a Virgin have a good proffer or one commeth to gain her love yet how often doth breaches happen in that state nay some after they are made sure as we call it leave each other and if they are worth having w●at fears and doubts possesseth the heart thereupon Oh! how fearful is the woman that he should take distast and leave her insomuch as those who look on or themselves cannot tell whether it will be a Match or no now therefore there is no way to secure all but by Marriage that puts all out of doubt so in this Case this day of Christs second coming to such as are sincere it dissolveth all their doubts and fears and according to the worthiness of the Match so are these fears desires and satisfactions augmented this Marriage day must needs be a day of blessed

it is usual so to do now is Christ and thou contracted thou art in a hopeful way then to Marriage thou art the person that Christ comes to as a Bridegroom his coming is thy marriage-Marriage-day Fourthly Such as have experience here of a constant intercourse between Christ and them at a distance Letters use to pass between lovers between Espousals and Marriage there use to pass Letters of intimate love and affections heart loves out goings there is a communion in Spirit in Prayer Reading Hearing in Ordinances that was St. Johns state 1 John 1.4 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you that ye may have fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ Those that are sure to each other do not use to cease writing to each other or visiting till Marriage day and thy thoughts have been runing out after him as his after thee Fifthly Such as may expect Christ as a Bridegroom are such as look and long for his coming for this Marriage day as in Heb. 9.28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin to salvation So also the Spouse of Christ Cant. 8.14 Make hast my beloved and be thou like to a young Hart upon the Mountains of Spices so saith John Revel 22.20 Surely I come quickly Amen Even so come Lord Jesus Sixthly Such as are preparing and making ready for such a marriage g●tting Garments sutable is it like that a poor Maid can be married to a Prince in her old and own cloaths no Christ will have those that he is married to to have all new as in Rev. 19.8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine Linnen clean and white for the clean Linnen is the righteousness of Saints The Vse I have two words from hence First To those who are yet in their sins and not engaged in their affections our work is to woo for Christ as in 2 Cor. 5.20 Now then we are Embassaedors for Christ as though God did besech you we pray you in Christs stead be you reconciled to God Oh Christ is willing to treat with you about this matter be not discouraged by reason of your meanness for Christ is willing to be at all the Charge to fit you for this Marriage Oh come poor sinner treat with Christ and close in with him that you may not perish The second Vse Art thou espoused Oh admire at this great condescension to accept of thee in such an estate Secondly Have a care of doing any thing to disoblige him or displease him who is so worthy of thee Thirdly Be filled with joy in believing and hope of this day Fourthly Make all ready Garments Oyl Vessels we now proceed to the second Doctrin Second Doctrin which is this That the second coming of Christ is attended with seeming delays or long tarryings this is supposed or taken for granted in the Text some are of opinion that this tarrying is the time between the first and second Coming or his Ascention and second Coming others the time of espousal and marriage or rather after conversion to Christs second coming but if we well weigh and consider the Context the Verses going before it appeareth otherwise and that it relates to that time immediately before Christs second coming when those signs shall appear that are to precede his second coming according to the 24 Chap. of Mathew Then shall this Emblem be and it must be supposed that before this eminent and remarkable passage shall appear there will be many alarms and a great noise of it as have been some years since in England now this tarrying must intend the time beyond this general expectation of him now the slowness of motion in this his coming occcasions this Language of tarrying it is said Math. 25.19 after a long time the Lord of those Servants cometh and rec●oneth with them and so i● Luk. 20.9 it is said of Christ in the Parable that he went into a far Country for along time hereupon the sl●thful Servant saith my Lord delayeth his second coming Luk 12.45 and from this ground ariseth those Mockers in 2 Pet. 3.4 wher● is the promise of his coming for since the Fathe● fell asleep all things continue as they were from the creation It seemed so long that it had been talked of and yet not come that they were ready to think it would never be Objection but some may say how can this tarring or slowness in Christs coming answer to those many Scriptures and Similitudes that we used to set forth the suddenness and speediness of Christ coming we have it three or four times said behold I come quickly and in Heb. 10.37 For yet a little while and he that shall come will come and will not tarry And the second coming of Christ is compared to things that come suddenly as Noahs Flood Travail upon a woman with Child to Lightning to a Theif in the night I Answer in these Scriptures and Similitudes is intended Christs speedy coming when he is upon his march as for instance Noahs Flood did not come suddenly considered from the first threarning for they had a 120 years warning yet it come suddenly at the present upon the World when they were secure not expecting of it so Travail upon a woman with Child she hath eight or nine months time to know it yet it comes suddenly when it doth come the Surprize is suddenly so when Christ cometh it is as a sudden surprizal see 1 Thessal 5.3 When they shall say peace and safety then cometh sudden destruction Lightning is sudden in its act so is a Theif there is a tarrying and not tarrying as in Hab. 2 3. For the Vision is yet for an appointed tim● but at the end it shall speak and not lie though it tarry wait for it because it will surely come it will not tarry from which place we may note these things First That Visions are apt to tarry Secondly That by the Vision tarrying Persons are apt to be weary of waiting Thirdly That when they come they come speedily It further app●ars that Christ in his second coming cometh not so soon as look'd for by ●he expectations and disappointments that attended the Primitive Saints 1 Cor. 1.7 So that ye came behind in no gift waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ so in 1 Thes 1.10 They were set to wait for Gods Son from Heaven and St. Paul Prayed for them that they might patiently wait for Christ as in the 2 Thes 3.5 Yet these Saints are dead before Christ came But suppose this question be ask'd why Christ seems so slack in his second coming that it hath been spoken of in all ●●ges not only before he went away but before he was Born St. Peter answers the question fully with changing the term slack into long-suffering as in 2 Peter 3.9 The