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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.
To this Sanctification all the Saints do come, every one in their measure; and if ever the soul tasted the Lords love, or ever was humbled with the bitterness of sin, the first voice and main care is; Lord, What […] th•u have me to do? Nay, though no assurance, and it cannot joy in the Lords love, yet it will in the Lords will; and hence when it hath fall assurance, yet finding such a vile heart, if God should give it heaven with such a heart it would be death▪ And hence when he thinks of going to Hell, yet there (saith he) let me•blesse thee▪
To this Sanctification all the Saints do come, every one in their measure; and if ever the soul tasted the Lords love, or ever was humbled with the bitterness of sin, the first voice and main care is; Lord, What 〈…〉 th•u have me to do? Nay, though no assurance, and it cannot joy in the Lords love, yet it will in the Lords will; and hence when it hath fall assurance, yet finding such a vile heart, if God should give it heaven with such a heart it would be death▪ And hence when he thinks of going to Hell, yet there (saith he) let me•blesse thee▪
This Sanctification all unsound hearts do want; much Reformation, much affection, many duties, but their end is not changed, though their lives be, and hearts seem to be.