Christs coming opened in a sermon before the honourable house of commons in Margaret's…

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?

I call that desperate, (againe) which shall be in the midst of trouble. Its an hard thing for a man to sleepe when he is pincht 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 asleepe. Oh! what desperate sleeping times shall the latter times be! have we not all cause then for to watch and pray?

Again secondly, §2If ye look into this Scripture or Parable, ye find that those who fall asleep immediately before the coming of Christ, shall never wake again till Christ come. And they all slept (says the text of the ten Virgins) and waked not till the Bridegroom came.

Againe secondly, §2If ye looke into this Scripture or Parable, ye find that those who fall asleepe immediately before the coming of Christ, shall never wake again till Christ come. And they all slept (sayes the text of the ten Virgins) and waked not till the Bridegroome came.

Now if a man be very sleepy, and you come to him, and say, Sir, take heed of sleeping, for if you do fall asleep, you will never wake again, will he not take heed of sleeping? thus it shall be with the sleepers of this latter time; at other times men shall sleep and wake, and wake and sleep; but if men fall asleep, into a spiritual sleep immediately before the coming of Jesus Christ, they shall sleep till he comes, and shall be waked no more but by his coming: Oh! Lord, who would not watch and pray, least he enter into temptation!