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Christs coming opened in a sermon before the honourable house of commons in Margaret's…
Christs coming opened in a sermon before the honourable house of commons in Margaret's Westminster, May 17, 1648 being the day appointed for Thanksgiving for the great Victory in Wales / by William Bridge ...
London: printed for Peter Cole, 1648
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
First, If ye look into this parable, ye may observe a most desperate sleep is to come upon all professors, immediately before the coming, the great coming of Christ. I call that desperate sleep, which is universal; this Parable falls upon the Churches; Then shall the Kingdom of Heaven, (not the Kingdom of the world) be like to ten Virgins; and those ten shall be all asleep, good and bad. And says our Saviour in another place, Nevertheless, when the son of man comes, shall he find Faith on earth? Again, I call that a desperate sleep, which shall be in the face of light. Its an hard thing to sleep, whilst a candle is held unto ones ⟨p. 21⟩eyes; and in the time before Christ comes, much light and truth shall break out, as Antichristian error goes off; and yet, even then, good and bad shall fall asleep.
First, If ye looke into this parable, ye may observe a most desperate sleepe is to come upon all prosessors, immediately before the coming, the great coming of Christ. I call that desperate sleepe, which is universall; this Parable fals upon the Churches; Then shall the Kingdome of Heaven, (not the Kingdome of the world) be like to ten Virgins; and those ten shall be all asleepe, good and bad. And sayes our Saviour in another place, Neverthelesse, when the son of man comes, shall he find Faith on earth? Againe, I call that a desperate sleepe, which shall be in the face of light. Its an hard thing to sleepe, whilst a candle is held unto ones ⟨p. 21⟩eyes; and in the time before Christ comes, much light and truth shall breake out, as Antichristian errour goes off; and yet, even then, good and bad shall fall asleepe.
I call that desperate, (again) which shall be in the midst of trouble. Its an hard thing for a man to sleep when he is pinched and stricken; in the times before Christ and when he comes, men shall be smiting their fellow servants; and yet, even the smitten shall be asleep. Oh! what desperate sleeping times shall the latter times be! have we not all cause then for to watch and pray?