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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.
1. He reveals the good they are to enjoy in another world, in its full proportion, viz. what is the riches of the inheritance of the Saints, Eph. 1. 17, 18. For no good satisfies till 'tis known in its greatness, though yet there be degrees of this. For we shall see many Christians have assurance, where is the joy of it? No• affected with it, because he knows not what it is at that time. At another time his heart is above all the world, because he sees what is that Glory the Saints […], and that he hath it, it swallows him up and confounds him. Why me Lo•d! And this is the reason why the Saints doubt, whom the Lord hath loosened from their lusts and all things here. What so vile, and all that […] ▪ And this the reason why when doubting, so that there is nothing in this […] that doth quiet them, nothing from God that doth ease them, yet their hearts are sweetly eased: Their desires are after him, and their delights in his company, better go to Hell thus than in my sins; and the thoughts of the Lord are sweet, because he hath and doth secretly fill their hearts. Something they have or do see in him, Isa. 26. 8. And hence is the reason of the sorrows of them, when their hearts are worst, now though they have the world, yet are not at rest, because they have and do see something of this.
1. He reveals the good they are to enjoy in another world, in its full proportion, viz. what is the riches of the inheritance of the Saints, Eph. 1. 17, 18. For no good satisfies till 'tis known in its greatness, though yet there be degrees of this. For we shall see many Christians have assurance, where is the joy of it? No• affected with it, because he knowes not what it is at that time. At another time his heart is above all the world, because he sees what is that Glory the Saints 〈…〉, and that he hath it, it swallows him up and confounds him. Why me Lo•d! And this is the reason why the Saints doubt, whom the Lord hath loosned from their lusts and all things here. What so vile, and all that And this the reason why when doubting, so that there is nothing in this that doth quiet them, nothing from God that doth ease them, yet their hearts are sweetly eased: Their desires are after him, and their delights in his company, better go to Hell thus than in my sins; and the thoughts of the Lord are sweet, because he hath and doth secretly fill their hearts. Somthing they have or do see in him,