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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.
the whole heart returns not until a mans will resolves by being […] with a necessity of a return and staying there. Now therefore the Spirit of God puts the soul upon a necessity of returning to the Lord, that when the heart •aith, It cannot be that ever your heart should be better, or the Lord help; it must be saith the soul again, and it is so, I am not able to bear this evil, for mercy must help, and Spirit must draw, and hence the soul must come, Psal. 42. 7, 8. The soul thinks mercy can and is willing, but will it? Why the Lord commands it, when one way calls in for another, mercy must step in, and hence my prayer is to thee. Now this necessity of return to the Lord ⟨p. 213⟩appears chiefly in breaking down all oppo••tions against its return; which are four.
the whole heart returns not until a mans will resolves by being 〈…〉 with a necessity of a return and staying there. Now therefore the Spirit of God puts the soul upon a necessity of returning to the Lord, that when the heart •aith, It cannot be that ever your heart should be better, or the Lord help; it must be saith the soul again, and it is so, I am not able to bear this evil, for mercy must help, and Spirit must draw, and hence the soul must come, Psal. 42. 7, 8. The soul thinks mercy can and is willing, but will it? Why the Lord commands it, when one waye calls in for another, mercy must step in, and hence my prayer is to thee. Now this necessity of return to the Lord ⟨p. 213⟩appears chiefly in breaking down all oppo••tions against its return; which are four.