...they sitting at a considerable distance from them. HARMER, vol. ii. p. 431. note. No. 418. — xxv. 6. And at midnight there was a cry made, behold, the bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him.'} It was the custom among the ancient Greeks to conduct the new married couple home with...

...are not in vain, but. that God will crown them with pardon, favor, and happiness eternal. Matth. xxv. 6. And at midnight there was .a cry made; behold, the bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him. A terrible voice to all such, as shall meet him, not as a bridegroom, but as an inexorable...

...usual number C 1 ThM8. T. 0. meet • the bridegroom. zb And five of them were r wise, five were r iolden that they should not know him. '7 And he said unto them, What manner of : * but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 6 While the bridegroom * tarried, c they...

...indeed, many of them are but false and hypocritical, which will appear in the issue. XXV. 3, 5, 6, 8 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them. W hile the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made,...

...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...

...them -were -wise, and jive -were foolish. 3. They that ivere foolish, took their lamps, and took ns oil <with them : 4>. But the -wise took oil in their vessels with their fampt. In the parable, five of the virgins, who thus waited for the bridegroom, were so foolish as...

...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 : While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made,...

...Watson's Theological Tracts, and will amply compensate the reader for his attention to it. 327. Matt. xxv. 4. But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. Chardin observes, that in many parts of the east, and in particular in the Indies, instead of torches...

...which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 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 slumbered...

...grant we may be found among this number. Amen. THE FOOLISH VIRGINS DESCRIBED. SERMON II. MATTHEW xxv. 3. " They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them." GOME time ago I gave you a discourse upon the wise virgins, and now I will endeavour to give you a...