A59665:1419
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. Hence when they think the Lord is provoked that he cannot save, then he is in the midst of his people, Jer. 14. 11. Why art thou as a man astonied that cannot save?
3. Hence when they think the Lord is provoked that he cannot save, then he is in the midst of his people, Ier. 14. 11. Why art thou as a man astonied that cannot save?
4. Hence at the end of life, all the ways of God have been peace, and all ou• ways, though sorrowful, though evil, turned for good; as in Jonah his depart ing; and by miseries we are yet humbled; something the Lord is doing now for Eternity, Micah 7. 8. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light unto me.
4. Hence at the end of life, all the waies of God have been peace, and all ou• waies, though sorrowful, though evil, turned for good; as in Ionas his depar• ing; and by miseries we are yet humbled; somthing the Lord is doing now for Eternity, Micah 7. 8. Though I sit in darknesse, the Lord will be a light unto me.
5. Hence when the heart and strength fail, and Faith is failing, and the heart feels nothing but pain, yet the Lord then keeps, and this is comfort, Psal. 63. 26.