The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened and Applied

2. A man in sleep fears no evil until it be upon him, awakening of him; so this is another ingredient into carnal security, though sin lies upon them, they fea• not till evil comes; as Joseph • brethren, though warning is given them, they fear not: Like them in the days of Noah and Lot. And hence Job 21. 9. their houses are free from fear; the misery for the same sin is lighted upon another; yet the secure soul fears not, as in Belshazzar, Dan. 5. 22.

2. A man in sleep fears no evill until it be upon him, awakening of him; so this is another ingredient into carnal security, though sin lies upon them, they fea• not till evil comes; as Ioseph • brethren, though warning is given them, they fear not: Like them in the days of Noah and Lot. And hence Iob 21. 9. their houses are free from fear; the misery for the same sin is lighted upon another; yet the secure soul fears not, as in Belshazar, Dan. 5. 22.

3. In sleep all the senses are bound up, the outward senses especially, the ⟨p. 3⟩eye watcheth not, the ear hears not, the tongue tastes not, the body feels not; to this is an ingredient of carnal security, it binds up all the senses, as it did the Prophet Jonah his in the storm; when misery was upon him, he heard not, he saw not, he felt not; so when misery, outward or spiritual, is upon a man, he that had quick senses before, his eye sees not, watcheth not; Christians neglect their watchfulness for their friends, the Lord, and his Spirit, and coming; no watch against their enemies that daily besiege them; the ear hears not the voice of the Ministry, the voice of Providences, the voice of the spirit within; the soul smells not, tastes not the sweet of any promise, any Ordinance, no nor of the grace of the Lord himself; hence it commends them nor; nay the soul feels nothing, no evil, no good the Lord doth him; that look as the Lord there said,