A59665:1249
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.
1. Set the Lord Jesus in all his Glory before you.1 There is that excellency of the knowledge of Christs Person, that it makes us be and live like him, and according to the propinquity of our souls and eyes to Christ, so we are like him, As tis with the Sun, when it is gone from the earth, there are not so much as leaves on the Trees, yet when it returns, the Trees bring forth fruit. Or as 'tis in Heaven, 1 John 3. 2. so in this life, when we see him in a Glass, 1 Cor. 3. 18. That look as 'tis with an ambitious man, when he is in the presence of men he will manifest all his excellency, nothing shall be done to gain discredit. So if the Lord and his life be your excellency, when you see Christ, you will approve your selves to him. See him therefore beholding and accepting; and that Grace you would put forth, see it in him: 'tis strange to see what a stream of spirit comes sometimes this way.
1. Set the Lord Jesus in all his Glory before you.1 There is that excellency of the knowledge of Christs Person, that it makes us be and live like him, and according to the propinquity of our souls and eyes to Christ, so we are like him, As •tis with the Sun, when it is gone from the earth, there are not so much as leaves on the Trees, yet when it returns, the Trees bring forth fruit. Or as 'tis in Heaven, 1 Iohn 3. 2. so in this life, when we see him in a Glasse, 1 Cor. 3. 18. That look as 'tis with an ambitious man, when he is in the presence of men he will manifest all his excellency, nothing shall be done to gain discredit. So if the Lord and his life be your excellency, when you see Christ, you will approve your selves to him. See him therefore beholding and accepting; and that Grace you would put forth, see it in him: 'tis strange to see what a stream of spirit comes somtimes this way.