A59665:105
The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened and Applied
The parable of the ten virgins opened & applied being the substance of divers sermons on Matth. 25, I-13 wherein the difference between the sincere Christian and the ... hypocrite ... are clearly discovered ... / by Thomas Shepherd ; now published from the authors own notes ... by Jonathan Mitchell ... Tho. Shepherd, son to the reverend author ...The parable of the ten virgins opened & applied being the substance of divers sermons on Matth. 25, I-13 wherein the difference between the sincere Christian and the ... hypocrite ... are clearly discovered ... / by Thomas Shephard ; now published from the authours own notes ... by Jonathan Mitchell ... Tho. Shephard, son to the reverend author ...
London: printed by J. Hayes for John Rothwell, 1660
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.
SECT. IV.
1 The heart must be divorced from Lusts after, and pleasures in any creature; for proof, we must know this:
1 THe heart must be divorced from Lusts after, and pleasures in any creature; for proof, we must know this:
1. The soul of every man must have something to quiet and comfort it like the stomach, it's death and hell to want it (as the Israelites in the wilderness:) hence it must have it.
1. The soul of every man must have something to quiet and comfort it like the stomack, it's death and hell to want it (as the Israelites in the wildernesse:) hence it must have it.
2. That there is nothing that can comfort the thirsty heart, but 'tis either in the spring, or cistern, fountain, or bottles, either in God, or in the creature.