A59665:1380
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.
3. In regard else a man can receive nothing from the Lord, Jer. 29. 12, 13. As 'tis with Conduit-Pipes, let them be laid, but not reach the Conduit head, no water can come to that Family; so here: And this is the reason why men live, and pray, and receive nothing, their hearts reach not hither: Mens hearts reach but half way to Christ: Tell me else, did you ever not receive?
3. In regard else a man can receive nothing from the Lord, Ier. 29. 12, 13. As 'tis with Conduit-Pipes, let them be laid, but not reach the Conduit head, no water can come to that Family; so here: And this is the reason why men live, and pray, and receive nothing, their hearts reach not hither: Mens hearts reach but half way to Christ: Tell me else, did you ever not receive?
4. Because else 'tis indeed no coming to him, but a leaning on him or toward him. So as 'tis with trees, if not cut off quite, or not pulled up quite by the roots, they cannot be set in another Orchard, if the tree be left with never so little twigs in the ground, so here: Nay the Lord accounts this worse than if a man had not come at all, Jer. 3. 10. The Lord abhors a double heart, that Judas -like forsakes all for the Lord, but then loves the Lord and the Bag too. You are not the Lords. As it was with that man that quarrelled about the tree, it leaned over the Pales, but the root being found to be there, his it was: So though he lean on Christ, he is none of his.
4. Because else 'tis indeed no coming to him, but a leaning on him or toward him. So as 'tis with trees, if not cut off quite, or not pulled up quite by the roots, they cannot be set in another Orchard, if the tree be left with never so little twigs in the ground, so here: Nay the Lord accounts this worse than if a man had not come at all,