A59665:1479
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.
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And then, 3. King of Jerusalem, the last and least, He is that house and home of his people, whether in fleeting or settled condition, from one generation to another, Psel. ••. 1. So that the Prophet finding this to be most true, I say, stands astonished at men; and because men had deaf ears here, and their bellies could not hear, he cries to the Heavens to be astonished at this, Jer. 2. 12, 13. This wine the Lord puts under his Lock and Key; 'Tis not to be found in earth, in Church-Liberties, you may soon see this Temple not one stone left upon another, nor in Heaven simply, nor in Fellowship of Angels; only 'tis in the Lord, drawing nigh to the soul in these, and drawing the soul at last near to himself by these.
And then, 3. King of Ierusalem, the last and least, He is that house and home of his people, whether in fleeting or setled condition, from one generation to another, Psel. ••. 1. So that the Prophet finding this to be most true, I say, stands astonished at men; and because men had deaf ears here, and their bellies could not hear, he cries to the Heavens to be astonished at this, Ier. 2. 12, 13. This wine the Lord puts under his Lock and Key; 'Tis not to be found in earth, in Church-Liberties, you may soon see this Temple not one stone left upon another, nor in Heaven simply, nor in Fellowship of Angels; onely 'tis in the Lord, drawing nigh to the soul in these, and drawing the soul at last near to himself by these.