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A second volume of sermons preached by the late reverend and learned Thomas Manton…
A second volume of sermons preached by the late reverend and learned Thomas Manton in two parts : the first containing XXVII sermons on the twenty fifth chapter of St. Matthew, XLV on the seventeenth chapter of St. John, and XXIV on the sixth chapter of the Epistle of the Romans : Part II, containing XLV sermons on the eighth chapter of the Epistle to the Romans, and XL on the fifth chapter of the second Epistle to the Corinthians : with alphabetical tables to each chapter, of the principal matters therein contained.
London: printed by J. Astwood for Jonathan Robinson, 1684
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
SERMON V.
MATTH. XXV. v. 5, 6. While the Bridegroom tarried, &c. And at Midnight there was a Cry made, Behold the Bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him.
MATTH. XXV. v. 5, 6. While the Bridegroom tarryed, &c. And at Midnight there was a Cry made, Behold the Bridegrom cometh, go ye out to meet him.
There is one Clause in the former Verse, that remaineth undiscussed, The Bridegroom tarried, which I shall speak to in this Verse.
THere is one Clause in the former Verse, that remaineth undiscussed, The Bridegroom tarryed, which I shall speak to in this Verse.
Where Observe, 1. The Time, at Midnight. 2. The Means of awakening the sleepy Virgins, There was a cry made. 3. The Matter of the Cry, the unexpected coming of the Bridegroom, Behold, the Bridegroom cometh. 4. An Excitement to their Duty, Go ye out to meet him: Still, the allusion is carried on to the matter from whence this Parable is taken: There were Virgins with the Bridegroom, and Virgins with the Bride; and that the Bridegroom might be received with esteem, and attended with all respect, some of them were to go before and raise the Cry in season, to bring the Virgins forth to meet him. So here, Christ sends a cry before him to admonish and exhort the Church to prepare and meet him.