A59665:1069
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.
2. You will seek him with your whole heart, so that 'tis the Lord only that the heart is bound for, Psal. 119. 2. Phil. 3. 12. The feeling of the Lords power and eternal life, and that not only while means last, but when in want of, and banished from means: As David forgets his Crown and Kingdom, and saith, Psal. 27. 4. One thing I have desired. Hence Hezekiah had a promise of life, and going to Gods House when recovered, It was not life he minded so much as this, What is the sign that I shall go to the House of the Lord? Hence Saints though they neglect sometimes, yet as a Ship driven back by neglecting winds, or as a Tradesman he is altogether for his gain, yet proves an ill husband sometimes, but when he hath felt his losses he falls to his losses he falls to his trade again: So here, like Merchants seeking pearls, &c. Matth. 13. 45. Let this comfort you, though you find nothing, yet Saints are a generation of Seekers, finding time is not come, yet certainly you shall come to your end at last. You have no lappings for the sores of your sloth, but opening them before the Lord, the Lord will heal and help in time.
2. You will seek him with your whole heart, so that 'tis the Lord only that the heart is bound for, Psal. 119. 2. Phil. 3. 12. The feeling of the Lords power and eternal life, and that not only while means last, but when in want of, and banisht from means: As David forgets his Crown and Kingdom, and saith, Psal. 27. 4. One thing I have desired. Hence Hezekiah had a promise of life, and going to Gods House when recovered, It was not life he minded so much as this, What is the sign that I shall go to the House of the Lord? Hence Saints though they neglect sometimes, yet as a Ship driven back by neglecting winds, or as a Tradesman he is altogether for his gain, yet proves an ill husband sometimes, but when he hath felt his losses he falls to his losses he falls to his trade again: So here, like Merchants seeking pearls, &c.