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The midnight cry a sermon preached on the parable of the ten virgins / by J.M ...
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Mason, John, 1646?-1694.
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them R. M. Newly Printed PRactical Discourses concerning Death and Heaven discovering the great Necessity of speedy Preparation for Death the Danger of neglecting or delaying Such Preparations with Reasons and Arguments to enforce the practice of it and Directions for the right Management thereof Also the Excellency Glory and Happiness of Heaven opened and explained as the Portion of all true Believers after Death with Motives and Encouragements unto all Christians to secure to themselves an Interest therein Sold by Nathaniel Ranew at the King ' s-Arms in St. Paul ' s Church-yard A SERMON On St. MAT. 25. 1 2 to 13. Then shall the Kingdom of Heaven be likened to ten Virgins which took their Lamps and went forth to meet the Bridegroom And five of them were wise and five were foolish They that were foolish took their Lamps and took no Oil with them But the wise took Oil in their Vessels with their Lamps While the Bridegroom tarried they all slumber'd and slept And at Midnight there was a Cry made Behold the Bridegroom cometh go you out to meet him Then all those Virgins arose and trimmed their Lamps And the foolish said unto the Wise Give us of your Oil for our Lamps are gone out But the wise answered saying Not so lest there be not enough for us and you but go you rather to them that sell and buy for your selves And whilst they went to buy the Bridegroom came and they that were ready went in with him to the Marriage and the Door was shut Afterward came also the other Virgins saying Lord Lord open to us But he answered and said Verily I say unto you I know you not Watch therefore for ye know neither the Day nor the Hour wherein the Son of Man cometh HERE is an awful Parable and it is Christ's Parable and surely you should very much desire that none of you nor yours should be of these foolish Virgins The Door is shut some shut in and some shut out either you will be shut in or out It mightily concerns us all And if we would know the meaning we must have our Saviour's Key Ver. 13. Watch therefore for you know neither the Day nor the Hour when the Son of Man cometh Quest. The great Question is What is meant by the coming of the Son of Man Answ. 1. In the first place when any one dieth the Son of Man cometh to that Man The Body's Dying-day is the Soul's Dooms-day There is a particular Judgment and then the Soul is either shut into Heaven or shut out of Heaven The Parable may be applied to this and this agrees with other Scriptures And the Doctrine raised from it is That Death to a Saint is the Soul's Marriage to Christ and to a Sinner is the Soul 's everlasting Divorce from Christ. 2. The Son of Man cometh to judg the Quick and the Dead It is an Article of our Belief that we must adhere to There will be a Separation the Sheep aud the Goats parted These shall go away into everlasting Punishment cry to God that it may not be your Portion nor the Portion of your Children but the Righteous into Life Eternal 3. But the proper immediate Sense is seen by the Context You often read of the Coming of the Son of Man in the foregoing Chapter and the Discourse is continued in this Chapter St. Mat. 24 27. So shall the Coming of the Son of Man be Ver. 30. They shall see the Son of Man come in the Clouds Ver. 37. 39. You have the same words Ver. 42 44. You know not what Hour the Son of Man cometh Still the Question is What the meaning of this should be These things are spoken in the Answer to the Disciples Question Ver. 3. Tell us when shall these things be and what shall be the Sign of thy Coming and of the End of the World Here are three Questions 1. When shall these things be viz. When there shall not be left one Stone upon another in the Temple 2. What is the Sign of thy Coming What is the Sign of the End of the World Our Saviour answers to these three Questions distinctly He speaks to the Destruction of Jerusalem from ver 4 to v. 27. Then to the Signs of his Coming ver 27. this is carried on throughout that Chapter and a great way into this 25th especially as far as this Parable goes For in the Application ver 13. he is upon the same Subject viz. The Coming of the Son of Man Then in the Conclusion he speaks to the End of the World But of what sort of Coming of the Son of Man is it You must compare Text with Text and Place with Place Turn to Daniel 7. there you read of the Coming of the Son of Man and I remember not whether the Phrase be used in the Old Testament before this place Ver. 13. I saw in the Night-Visions one like the Son of Man came in the Clouds of Heaven He appeared to Daniel as the Son of Man and he appeared coming in the Clouds of Heaven Compare this with Mat. 24. 30. And they shall see the Son of Man coming in the Clouds of Heaven Now go on in Daniel He came to the Ancient of Days i.e. to God the Father And there was given him Dominion and Glory and a Kingdom that all People Nations and Languages should serve him His Dominion is an Everlasting Dominion which shall not pass away Here is one like the Son of Man that receives a Kingdom This must be in this World for in the End of the World the Son gives up the Kingdom to the Father 1 Cor. 15. 24. Christ has a Kingdom in this World and all People Nations and Languages serve him That as all People Nations and Languages serv'd Nebuchadnezzar c. so now the People of several Countries shall serve Christ. His Dominion is an Everlasting Dominion his Dominion such as shall never pass away i.e. not as other Kingdoms have done before He had shewn how the Babylonian Persian c. Kingdoms past away but this Kingdom doth not pass away Now see Rev. 11. 15. The seventh Angel sounded and there were great Voices in Heaven saying The Kingdoms of this World are become the Kingdoms of the Lord and of his Christ. The Kingdoms of the World are not in this special sense the Kingdoms of Christ now but they become so when the seventh Angel sound i.e. When the Times of the Gentiles shall be fulfilled Christ will have a Kingdom in this World As the Lord liveth he will reign here upon the Earth and his Enemies shall be slain before him He will cut his way through to his Kingdom by slaying Millions of Blasphemers Swearers Sabbath-breakers c. Here are Thunders and Ligtnings and a great Earthquake such as was not since Men were upon the Earth so mighty an Earthquake and so great Rev. 16. 18. Such a Change as never was before If thou art a Swearer a Drunkard a Devil