The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened and Applied

3. It carries the soul through all difficulties with power and delight, Prov. 10. 29. The way of the Lord is strength to the righteous, and joy. ••om. 7. 22. I do delight in the law of God in the […] man. Other Nations walk in the Name of their Gods, we in ours, Micah 4. 5. As when wealth or honour is a mans utmost end, with what violence are men carried to it; and hence a man thinks he hath never such ⟨p. 219⟩good days as then when he can do much for the Lord; and hence when any duty is to be done, when fearful to do it, or loth to perform it, when the heart is dead, yet beholding it with a spiritual eye, that this gives Jehovah honour, oh this carries the soul headlong even into miseries, Not my will, […] be done. This easeth the heart, even in the belly of Hell, and in times of the deepest desertion.

3. It carries the soul thorow all difficulties with power and delight, Prov. 10. 29. The way of the Lord is strength to the righteous, and joy. ••om. 7. 22. I do delight in the law of God in the 〈…〉 man. Other Nations walk in the Name of their Gods, we in ours, Micah 4. 5. As when wealth or honour is a mans utmost end, with what violence are men carried to it; and hence a man thinks he hath never such ⟨p. 219⟩good days as then when he can do much for the Lord; and hence when any duty is to be done, when fearful to do it, or loth to perform it, when the heart is dead, yet beholding it with a spiritual eye, that this gives Ie••vah honour, oh this carries the soul headlong even into miseries, Not my will, 〈…〉 be done. This easeth the heart, even in the belly of Hell, and in times of the deepest desertion.