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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
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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.
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!
Now if a man be very sleepy, and you come to him, and say, Sir, take heed of sleeping, for if you do fall asleepe, 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 sleepe and wake, and wake and sleepe; but if men fall asseepe, into a spirituall sleepe immediately before the coming of Jesus Christ, they shall sleepe till he comes, and shall be wake't no more but by his coming: Oh! Lord, who would not watch and pray, least he enter into temptation!
Thirdly, If ye observe this Parable, ye shall find, §3that there are two sorts of sleepers, and accordingly two events of their sleeping.
Thirdly, If ye observe this Parable, ye shall finde, §3that there are two sorts of sleepers, and accordingly two events of their sleeping.
Some slept (as the wise Virgins) but did keep their oil, their oil not spent; these when the Bridegroom came, entered with him into his joy.