The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened and Applied

4. A heart that never felt the bitterness and bondage of […] as the greatest evil. Take a man full of fears of wrath; on now assurance is his chiefest good, and he will account it so; but if ever God did load the Soul with […] ècontra, you will account ⟨p. 181⟩of deliverance from this highly, nay a promise he will do it is sweet but to be feeling those sinews of sin crack; oh its the joy of Heaven that now sills that heart! The greatest evil in Gods eyes is sin; the greatest good we have is redemption from it by a mighty hand: now not so much as to account of this highly, this is hard. Thus I have left these things to be thought of, I cannot avoid it, it lies in my text; and the rather, because of that Scripture abused, If any say, l•e here is Christ, or there, believe it not. i. e. by signs: or in a wilderness, i. e. in a sorrowful estate, of in the privy chambers in frames of heart, believe it not neither. Take heed you do not wrest Scripture• thus; It's said, Esau hated Jacob for the blessing, Gen. 27. 41. This Spirit of Grace is the blessing which Saints account as the evidence of the •••rest love; to separate from Churches, from Messengers of God, for this will yield you sorrow enough one day. I tell you, you shall not be found fighters against men, but against God, and the Spirit of his Grace, and the Life of him who live• in Heaven for us. Take heed you forget not oil in your Vessels.

4. A heart that never felt the bitterness and bondage of 〈…〉 as the greatest evil. Take a man full of fears of wrath; on now assurance is his chiefest good, and he will account it so; but if ever God did load the Soul with 〈…〉 ècontra, you will account ⟨p. 181⟩of deliverance from this highly, nay a promise he will do it is sweet but to be feeling those sinews of sin crack; oh its the joy of Heaven that now sils that heart! The greatest evil in Gods eyes is sin; the geatest good we have is redemption from it by a mighty hand: now not so much as to account of this highly, this is hard. Thus I have left these things to be thought of, I cannot avoid it, it lies in my text; and the rather, because of that Scripture abused, If any say, le here is Christ, or there, believe it not. i. e. by signes: or in a wildernesse, i. e. in a sorrowfull estate, of in the privy chambers in frames of heart, believe it not neither. Take heed you do not wrest Scripture thus; I'ts said, Esau hated Iacob for the blessing,