A59665:1341
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.
IV. I add, he esteems him thus,
1. As his present good; so that if the Lord doth withdraw or deny himself, now unto him no•hing in this world can for the present quiet him, Jer. 50. 4, 5. Hence those in their judgments acknowledge Christ the greatest good, and when they are dying, and see he will be so at last day, yet now for the present a little more liberty in sin, sloth, lust, honour, gain, Lots, large accommodations are […]. You never saw him. Oh vile world! the Lord will one day condemn […] out of thine own mouth; thy own will was more dear to thee than his; this worlds ease better than his peace, &c. When you […] on your Death-beds, you esteem him then. Why? Because serves your turn then: Hence before you did not.
1. As his present good; so that if the Lord doth withdraw or deny himself, now unto him no•hing in this world can for the present quiet him, Ier. 50. 4, 5. Hence those in their judgments acknowledge Christ the greatest good, and when they are dying, and see he will be so at last day, yet now for the present a little more liberty in sin, sloath, lust, honour, gain, Lots, large accomodations are 〈…〉. You never saw him. Oh vile world! the Lord will one day condemn 〈…〉 out of thine own mouth; thy own will was more dear to thee than his; this worlds ease better than his peace, &c. When you 〈…〉 on your Death-beds, you esteem him then. Why? Because serves your turn then: Hence before you did not.