The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened and Applied

Secondly, This is but a carnal knowledge which letter and fancy beget, 1 Cor. 2. 14. He cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned.

Secondly, This is but a carnal knowledg which letter and fancy beget, 1 Cor. 2. 14. He cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned.

Thirdly, 'Tis a dead Knowledge, or will be dead and unsavoury; and hence many that know much of Christ, feed on their lusts and Dunghill delights, because their Knowledge feeds them not, fills them not, as fancies do not feed.

Thirdly, 'Tis a dead Knowledg, or will be dead and unsavory; and hence many that know much of Christ, feed on their lusts and Dunghill delights, because their Knowledg feeds them not, fills them not, as fancies do not feed.

Fourthly, 'Tis a false Knowledge, for give a blind man a description of the Sun, or a tasteless man of honey, he may set up a false Image and deceive himself, and so doth this. Many set up a false Image of Christ, and trust to that. Or as in the description of another Country, when he sees it, then he sees he was deceived: so Saints see they were deceived, and saw not Christ, nor Sin, nor God; and so shall men in He•• see; hence Isai. 6. 9. In seeing they see not: how came that to ass? they did see, but saw not really.

Fourthly, 'Tis a f•lse Knowledg, for give a blind man a description of the Sun, or a taeless man of honey, he may set up a false Image and deceive himself, and so doth this. Many set up a false Image of Christ, and trust to that. Or as in the description of another Country, when he sees it, then he sees he was deceived: so Saints see they were deceived, and saw not Christ, nor Sin, nor God; and so shall men in He see; hence