while the bridegroom tarried] Christs coming must be expected, though he come not so soon as we would have him. they all slumbered] Good men may sometimes be somewhat more negligent then at other times; but they always keep a good conscience, and an heart prepared, in some good measure, to receive Christ, Son 5:2. Their security is but of infirmity, and their estate was made sure before. Whereas, bad men have but the lamp of profession, and want the oil of piety, Tim. 3. 5. that is, the power of it.