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A49289	An alarm to slumbring Christians, or the parable of the wise and foolish virgins and of the talents, sheep and goats; being a plain and practical exposition of the whole XXV chapter of St. Matthews gospel, calling upon all professors to a strict and constant watchfulness, lest their Lord at his certain and second coming, find them not ready, but with their lamps gone out. By Samuel Loveday	Loveday, Samuel, 1619-1677.; Gosnold, John, 1625?-1678.	1675 (1675)	Wing L3231; ESTC R216910	188,072	322

to proceed therefore I shall touch them very briefly 1. That Christ in this his Day is a King will be easily granted the Prophecies are full to that purpose Psal 2. My King Psal 21. Psal 24. Isa 32.12 Zech. 9. chap. 14.9 Matth. 22. the King came in to see the guests And this is considerable that Christ is not then an ordinary King but a Monarchical King over all the Earth Zech. 14.5 He shall reign from Sea to Sea from the River to the end of the Earth Prophecy and Promise Isa 53.12 Greatest strength Rev. 17. chap. 19. King of Kings and Lord of Lords not only King of Saints but King of Nations There are two things considerable in this Royalty of Christ 1. His Imme● Power 2. His transcendent Glory 1. His b● mense Power as you have it before He is a M● narchical King having 〈◊〉 Power in Heav●● a●● Earth given him by his Father at his Resurrect●● and now actually received into Po●ession in this h● season Power over D●vils over Men all must 〈◊〉 to him in Heaven and in Earth 2dly 〈◊〉 this 〈◊〉 Christ shall have transcendent Glory Solomon 〈◊〉 his Glory was but a weak Type o● Christs ●●●ry therefore it is prophesied Isa 33. the Righteous she see the King in his Glory Psal 24. I shall speak a word or two by way of Application to this Part and first to them on the right hand th● Flock of Christ by way of Admiration Will n●● this be a choice and unspeakable Priviledge to a p●● soul to enjoy a smile an amicable loving Countenan● and Respect full Satisfaction from Him when He● in this Immense Power and transcendent Glory what think you of it But 2dly a word to those on the left hand O● the D●ead the Terror that will be in a frown in a sharp rebuke with●ire and wrath in the face from Christ in that day it struck the man dumb the first word Mat. 22. Consider of that also 3dly These things being so is it not all our concerns to make peace with him in time whilst he is a Lamb before this day come Kiss the Son I must but touch them Part 2. That God the Father is the great Agent in Mant Salvation These are the blessed of the Father unto whom Christ ●ere speaks Christ doth but confirm what was done before by the Father unto whom he here speaks That the Father is the great Agent and first mover in mans eternal Salvation is plain if we observe these 〈◊〉 in circumstances 1. He promos●th Christ to come and that freely Gen. 3. as we find in the Prep●ers all along 2. He gives and sends Christ John 3.17 He so loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son Gal. 4. God sent his Son 3. The Father invites and draws to Christ John 6.44 None come to him except the Father draw him 4. The Father sends the Spirit Act. 1. it is the promise of the Father as also Joh. 14.26 the Comforter whom the Father will send 5. The Father converts and begets Ephes 1. 6. The Father makes fit and prepares for Glory makes meet for the Inheritance Ephes 1.12 13. 7. He is said to save us mans Salvation is attributed to him Tit. 3.4 2 Tim. 1 9. who hath saved us 8. The Father gives the Kingdom even this reward in the Text according to Luke 12.32 Fear not little Flock it is your Fathers good pleasure to give you the Kingdom And all this God doth from the root of render love dwelling in him therefore saith Christ John 16.27 For the Father himself loveth you Vse 1. O then what an unspeakable unimaginable Love doth appear from God to man to these Considerations and the time of it doth much aggravate it according to Rom. 5. When we were enemies It might well be said o● John that God is Love 2. If this he so then men are taught unto whom to attribute their Salvation not to themselves We say with Paul Eph. 2.8 9. We are saved by Grace by the gift of God not of Works The Scriptures are full to this purpose see unto whom the Apostle a tributes his Salvation Eph. 1.3 Blessed be the G● and Father who hath blessed us So Col. 1.3 We gi●● thanks to the God and Father of Jesus Christ for 〈◊〉 hope of Glory 2 Thes 2.13 We are bound to ble● God who hath from the beginning chosen you 1 Pet. 1.3 Blessed be the God and Father of our L●● Jesus Christ who according to his abundant Mercy ha● begotten us Part 3. That Christ in his Appellations and Congratulations to the Righteous doth manifest much sweetxess a●● fulness of affection Christ crowns his Saints wid alacrity and cheerfulness as we have heard in the explication The Antients are of opinion that whe● the Salutation was given by Laban to Isaac's Servant and from Abimelech to Isaac and in such cases it was exprest with much alacrity and smiling loving appearance And that our Lord doth manifest in these words much affection we need not question who went so readily and freely to die for them and whose love conveyed him forth with such strong desires to sup with them before he went John 13.1 Having loved his own he loved them unto death Luk. 22.15 with desire The consideration of this his love manifested in his going away may easily satisfie us that in this his coming again there will be an amicable joyful meeting therefore this coming of his is set out by a Marriage in this Chapter which is a loving and joyful meeting We have a precious Prophesie relating to this day Heb. 3.17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty he will save he will rejoyce over thee with joy he will vest in his love he will joy over thee with singing The like Prophesie we have Esa 53.11 He shall see the gravel of his soul and shall be satisfied or as the words may be read Joyfully refresht So the word is used Job 38.27 as rain refresh the Earth making it look merrily And this appearance of Christ doth well suit with what Christ promises Luk. 12.37 He will come forth and serve them as Bridegrooms used to do in some Countries Christ is the Patron of the Saints Crown and doth it Joyfully The reason why Christ doth so j●yfully crown his righteous Servants is 1st The sweetness and goodness of his Nature who though they receive all from him yet loves them for his own Graces 2dly From that sympathy that is between Christ and those that are righteous Psal 11. the Righteous Lord loveth Righteousness This consideration may inform us of that unspeakable difference which shall be in this day between the face of Christ towards the wicked and the righteous he speaks to the one in his wrath Psal 2. and to the other in his loving-kindness Oh the face of Christ will be set against the wicked he will in that day despise their image Psal 73.20 3dly This should provoke the Righteous to

it is usual so to do now is Christ and thou contracted thou art in a hopeful way then to Marriage thou art the person that Christ comes to as a Bridegroom his coming is thy Marriage-day Fourthly Such as have experience here of a constant intercourse between Christ and them at a distance Letters use to pass between lovers between Espousals and Marriage there use to pass Letters of intimate love and affections heart loves out goings there is a communion in Spirit in Prayer Reading Hearing in Ordinances that was St. Johns state 1 John 1.4 That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you that ye may have fellowship with us and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ Those that are sure to each other do not use to cease writing to each other or visiting till Marriage day and thy thoughts have been runing out after him as his after thee Fifthly Such as may expect Christ as a Bridegroom are such as look and long for his coming for this Marriage day as in Heb. 9.28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin to salvation So also the Spouse of Christ Cant. 8.14 Make hast my beloved and be thou like to a young Hart upon the Mountains of Spices so saith John Revel 22.20 Surely I come quickly Amen Even so come Lord Jesus Sixthly Such as are preparing and making ready for such a marriage g●tting Garments sutable is it like that a poor Maid can be married to a Prince in her old and own cloaths no Christ will have those that he is married to to have all new as in Rev. 19.8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine Linnen clean and white for the clean Linnen is the righteousness of Saints The Vse I have two words from hence First To those who are yet in their sins and not engaged in their affections our work is to woo for Christ as in 2 Cor. 5.20 Now then we are Embassaedors for Christ as though God did besech you we pray you in Christs stead be you reconciled to God Oh Christ is willing to treat with you about this matter be not discouraged by reason of your meanness for Christ is willing to be at all the Charge to fit you for this Marriage Oh come poor sinner treat with Christ and close in with him that you may not perish The second Vse Art thou espoused Oh admire at this great condescension to accept of thee in such an estate Secondly Have a care of doing any thing to disoblige him or displease him who is so worthy of thee Thirdly Be filled with joy in believing and hope of this day Fourthly Make all ready Garments Oyl Vessels we now proceed to the second Doctrin Second Doctrin which is this That the second coming of Christ is attended with seeming delays or long tarryings this is supposed or taken for granted in the Text some are of opinion that this tarrying is the time between the first and second Coming or his Ascention and second Coming others the time of espousal and marriage or rather after conversion to Christs second coming but if we well weigh and consider the Context the Verses going before it appeareth otherwise and that it relates to that time immediately before Christs second coming when those signs shall appear that are to precede his second coming according to the 24 Chap. of Mathew Then shall this Emblem be and it must be supposed that before this eminent and remarkable passage shall appear there will be many alarms and a great noise of it as have been some years since in England now this tarrying must intend the time beyond this general expectation of him now the slowness of motion in this his coming occcasions this Language of tarrying it is said Math. 25.19 after a long time the Lord of those Servants cometh and rec●oneth with them and so i● Luk. 20.9 it is said of Christ in the Parable that he went into a far Country for along time hereupon the sl●thful Servant saith my Lord delayeth his second coming Luk 12.45 and from this ground ariseth those Mockers in 2 Pet. 3.4 wher● is the promise of his coming for since the Fathe● fell asleep all things continue as they were from the creation It seemed so long that it had been talked of and yet not come that they were ready to think it would never be Objection but some may say how can this tarring or slowness in Christs coming answer to those many Scriptures and Similitudes that we used to set forth the suddenness and speediness of Christ coming we have it three or four times said behold I come quickly and in Heb. 10.37 For yet a little while and he that shall come will come and will not tarry And the second coming of Christ is compared to things that come suddenly as Noahs Flood Travail upon a woman with Child to Lightning to a Theif in the night I Answer in these Scriptures and Similitudes is intended Christs speedy coming when he is upon his march as for instance Noahs Flood did not come suddenly considered from the first threarning for they had a 120 years warning yet it come suddenly at the present upon the World when they were secure not expecting of it so Travail upon a woman with Child she hath eight or nine months time to know it yet it comes suddenly when it doth come the Surprize is suddenly so when Christ cometh it is as a sudden surprizal see 1 Thessal 5.3 When they shall say peace and safety then cometh sudden destruction Lightning is sudden in its act so is a Theif there is a tarrying and not tarrying as in Hab. 2 3. For the Vision is yet for an appointed tim● but at the end it shall speak and not lie though it tarry wait for it because it will surely come it will not tarry from which place we may note these things First That Visions are apt to tarry Secondly That by the Vision tarrying Persons are apt to be weary of waiting Thirdly That when they come they come speedily It further app●ars that Christ in his second coming cometh not so soon as look'd for by ●he expectations and disappointments that attended the Primitive Saints 1 Cor. 1.7 So that ye came behind in no gift waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ so in 1 Thes 1.10 They were set to wait for Gods Son from Heaven and St. Paul Prayed for them that they might patiently wait for Christ as in the 2 Thes 3.5 Yet these Saints are dead before Christ came But suppose this question be ask'd why Christ seems so slack in his second coming that it hath been spoken of in all ●●ges not only before he went away but before he was Born St. Peter answers the question fully with changing the term slack into long-suffering as in 2 Peter 3.9 The

hath to him shall be given Luk. 8.18 To him that hath shall be given Luk. 19.26 Unto every one that hath shall be given This is God's standing Rule both here and hereafter Whatsoever the Evangelists leave out they will not leave out this passage which is so considerable Therefore our Lord saith Joh. 7. He that doth my Will shall know of my Doctrine according to this Rule But the Jews were short here they would not improve but bauk'd their own Knowledge and Reason and so deserv'd to be blinded Use What a door is here opened in this for Industry To him that hath shall be given that as that puts forward by way of unprovement what he hath by this means a little knowledg shall be made a great deal and rewarded as a great deal If we do but endeavour to improve that little knowledge we have it will be made more Apollo who knew but in part Act. 18. concerning Christ Jesus being willing to be instructed came to know more perfectly How have we seen the truth of this in our days How have some from small gifts come to great increase here and th●s shall be but a weak glympse of what shall be hereafter to those whom Christ shall find faithful in that day We have a Proverb amongst men that he that hath enough shall have more It is certainly true in this case when Christ speaks of rewarding he Faithful He speaks under a fourfold gradation Luke 6.38 He shall have good measure pressed down shaken regether and running ever to set out the abundant reward upon the duty of Charity and Alms. 6. The sixt Part is the certainty of the contrary That non-improvement of what we have ushereth in poverty and indigency Seem all the forenamed places and you never find the promise to Industry but you find in the same place a threatning to the Nonimprover Take from him is Christ's determination This shall be the great aggravation of all unbelievers and unworthy walkers that they have and have not improved Take from him that he hath But some will object he had it not really because Luke 8.18 saith he seemed 〈…〉 so that it was but a supposed not a real Talent Ans This is but one place of the five that reads so and the vulgar Latin reads thinks he hath which must respect his improvement not his stock he think● he hath that he hath not and so finds disappointment This Consideration tends to the same end with the former to provoke Industry and Improvement of what we have 7. That Christ's proceeding with his own in Judg●ment will be with violence and detestation Cast him out Christ's day of Grace Favour and Lamb-like Meekness then is over according to the Prophesie of Isaiah chap. 42.13 See how severe the Sentence i● upon him that had not the Wedding-garment it is the day of Christ's Wrath and it will appear there shall not be the least dram of Favour then in Christ's Face no not to those nearly related to Him in Profession if they have not been faithful Consider this all that are Professors 8. It is highly displeasing to Christ when we are not profitable to our selves The great love God bears to his creature makes Him afford him great means to deliver him from wrath to come Now when they slight this means it highly provokes God Take notice of that severe word of Christ Joh. 3.36 He that believes not on the Son the wrath of God abideth on him whereas if he had not believed that eternal profit had been his own See the tender love of God to his creature that is angry at the unbelief and disobedience of man not because he wrongs Him but his own Soul 9. Utter Darkness is the state of the Devil and wicked men See Jude v. 6. compared with ver 13. the same punishment the Devil is reserved unto is that which the slothful and wicked Servant shall have But I shall speak more fully to this afterwards 10. The exquisitness and extremity of the torments of wicked men shall not only occasion inward sorrow but ●utward dolour it shall be exprest by Envy Rage gnashing of teeth weeping crying howling with great noise as those in Glory shall sing for joy Isa 65.14 so they shall how● for sorrow and vexation of spirit But according to my promise I have but touched these because I shall afterward meet with some of them again Now I have done with the 30th verse The Parable of the Sheep Goats We now proceed to ver 31. When the Son of man shall come in his Glory and all his holy Angels with him then shall he sit upon the Throne of his Glory There is very little variation in the reading of these words only the Vulgar Latin reads And when but generally they are read as here without that particle and some do make the whole from ver 13. to this 31 an entire Paragraph and a Parenthesis a digression from the business in hand But I see no cause why it should be taken so I understand the whole of this Chapter to contain three Parables all tending to set forth the just righteous and severe proceedings with good and bad Professors or Church-members and that at His second Coming the Church shall contain good and bad in it hath been largely proved It was Christ's manner of proceeding to bring several Parables to illustrate one and the same thing as you may see Luke 15 we have there as here three Parables to set forth the same thing the lost Groat and the lost Sheep and Prodigal and all to set out the lost estate of a sinner and the desire after and rejoycing of God in his return So we have here Christians set forth by wise and foolish Virgins by faithful and idle and slothful Servants by Sheep a● Goats We have in this latter part of this Chapter fre● ver 31 to the end our Lord set forth under the 〈◊〉 militude of a Shepherd and a Flock a Shepherd 〈◊〉 his strict observation and inspection that he w●● make into good and bad Church-members whos● Erasmus saith are mixed together in the Church 〈◊〉 then And it is no new thing for God's People 〈◊〉 be compared to Sheep both in the Old as wel as N●● Testament we find it See Ezek. 34. God's ancu●● People set forth by Sheep and Goats in one Fold ver 17 18. God sets out his People in Scripture b● clean beasts not unclean The Goat was a clea● creature and allowed for Sacrifice a Kid of th● Goats was as acceptable as a Lamb of the flock b● when God will set forth wicked men He speaks o● them under the similitude of Lions Wolves Dog● and such-like unclean Beasts But I come to the words We may sum up the whole of these verses into these four Parts or Heads 1. We have a description of the great Glory Splendor Throne Royalty and Attendance of JESUS CHRIST in his second Appearance and Coming 2. We have the great

Congression or gathering that will be unto Him and before His Throne a this His second Coming exprest by a figure All Nations 3. We have the curious and exact Segregation and strict Division that CHRIST will make of this vast number into two Parts Sheep and Goats 4. We have the Examination Tryal and final Sentence upon both Numbers according to their Works That which lieth first in order before us is the first of these Heads which is a third Relation of Christ's second Coming We had two before in this Chapter first His Coming under the capacity of a Bridegroom Secondly as a Lord or Nobleman and here as a glorious King on his Throne Now we have in this Relation of Christ's second Coming four Circumstances considerable 1. The Capacity that He then comes in which is as Son of man 2. The Glory He shall come in here called emphatically His Glory 3. The great Attendants He shall have in this day all the Holy Angels 4. That in this Appearance of His He shall place Himself upon a Glorious Throne Of these briefly in order 1. He comes as Son of man which is not an empty Epithet Jesus Christ is near an hundred times in Scripture stiled Son of man not half so many Son of God and as often is this title applied to him upon his second Coming as upon any other account See Mat. 16.27 28. Luke 18. chap. 19. chap. 22. 21.27 36 and many times more So it is plain that when Christ comes again He comes as Son of Man That Jesus Christ shall assume this N●me with respect to this day of His Coming is so plain that it is needless to multiply Scriptures to prove it But that which will be more needful to insist upon is to enquire Why it may be thought he doth so often render himself under this capacity First He is stiled Son of man to shew the property and reality of his Person Son of Man and Man is the same That He shall come as a Man in this day see Act. 17.31 He shall judge the World by that Man whom he hath appointed Here he is called a Man who in our Text is called Son of Man Christ would have us know that in all His O●●ices to us ward He is and acts in them as the Son of Man as a Man in his Preaching and Conversing on Earth In His Death a Man In His Resurrection a real Man Act. 24. Feel me saith Christ a Spirit hath not flesh and bones as ye see me have Joh. 20. Act. 7.56 Stephen saw Him so I see the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God in His Mediatorship 1 Tim. 2.5 There is one Mediator the man Christ Jesus In His coming again He is a real Man therefore it is recorded as to His Coming Rev. 1.7 Every Eye shal see Him So that He may well by himself be stiled Man or Son of Man So Daniel fore●aw Him in a Vision of His second Coming Dan. 7.13 He shal appear as the Son of Man that is real substantial Man 2dly He is called Son of Man to set out the foundation of his Exaltation which was founded in his great Humility For Son of Man is a title of dim●●t on a lessening title an ●p●het to set ou● Meanness Lowness That it is often used see Num. 23.19 God is not a Man that he should lie where it is used by way of dimmution So it is used Job 26.6 Son of man which is a worm So Psal 8. Wh● is Man or the Son of Man Ezekiel is near an hundred times called the Son of Man and as the judgment of the Learned is it was to humble him Ezekiel was a Man wrapt up in the Visions of God and he might be apt to think of himself above a Man he lived so much in Heaven as that he might be ready to think he was above the Earth and not of the Earth therefore God in this stile minds him often of his original Son of Man It is recorded of some proud men who would derive their pedegree from the Gods or from the Stars as Alexander the Great would be called the Son of Jupiter the Son of the Sun he did think it below him to be call'd Son of Man In our Lord 's stiling himself Son of Man He bears in his mind his former low estate which gave Him a right to this his Glory as the Apostle in Phil. 2.5 lays the foundation of Christ's Glory in his Humiliation and we have an eminent place to this purpose Joh 5.27 And ●ath given him Authority to execute Judgment because he is the Son of Man This gives Him right to this his Glory 3dly Son of Man to set out the suitableness of Christ to have converse and followship with Men which makes society with Him very desirous and the contrary very burdensom Therefore Israel begg'd of God not to speak Himself in his Glory but to speak unto them by a Man like themselves and it was reckoned a mercy to them when God did so condescend to them in it Deut. 11. We are Sons of Men therefore cannot be capable of communion with the Son of God 4thly Son of Man to shew that he shall be glorisied in the same body that he suffered in as his visage was more marred than any Isa 52. so his visage shall be more glorious Christ shall have a glorious Body Phil. 3. this was figured out in the Transfiguration Mat. 16. 5thly Son of Man as he is the second Adam so called 1 Cor. 15. By Man came Death by Man came the Resurrection of the Dead Christ triumphs and is victorious conquers and recovers all that the first man lost These Circumstances considered it is not an empty title when Christ calleth himself in his second Coming Son of Man The use of this Consideration Use Doth Christ appear as Son of Man or real Man● Then this may serve for instruction against those va●● and airy imaginary Conceits as to Christ's Coming Many that conceit his coming only in the Spirit an● invisible do not take notice that he is Son of Man i● this his glorious Coming This Doctrine however understood in our dayes is a feeding nourishing Doctrine Christ teacheth his Disciples to eat ha● Flesh and drink his Blood Joh. 6.51 to 58. which in effect is to have our Faith conversant upon the reality of Christ that he had Flesh and Blood as we Qu. But how doth this nourish I ans It informs us and satisfieth us that Christ took and carries our nature on him Heb. 2.16 17. See how the Apostle applies this Consideration as nourishment to the Hebrew-Church 2. Christ by this assuming our Nature puts himself into a capacity to be a Sacrifice for us as St. Peter speaks 1 Pet. 2.24 He bare our sins in his own Body on the Tree Heb. 10. A Body hast thou prepared me Christ overcame as Son of Man both the World and the Devil This may be a ground