A59665:1490
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
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2. The rest and peace the Saints have, 'tis not only from God, but in him. 'Tis with the soul as with a Malefactor imprisoned and condemned, the Jailer comes and tells him that he hath his pardon here brought him from the King; How shall it be proved whether it be a device of his own Brain or no? Why if it be of the Jailers own devising, he will never lead him before the face of the King, but from him he shall be carried: But if the Messenger carry him before the King, and sets him down before him, and as it was with Joseph, his Prison garments are put off, and he stands before the King, and glories in his presence, now 'tis […]. So many have peace, and Satan sets them at liberty, but carries them from God. But when there is a witness of peace from him, and then you stand before him, now 'tis from Heaven, Psal. 36. 7, 8. There is peace from him and […] in him, Psal. 37. 4. Delight thy self in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thy heart. When 'tis thus, all you desire is granted.
2. The rest and peace the Saints have, 'tis not only from God, but in him. 'Tis with the soul as with a Malefactor imprisoned and condemned, the Jaylor comes and tells him that he hath his pardon here brought him from the King; How shall it be proved whether it be a device of his own Brain or no? Why if it be of the Jaylors own devising, he will never lead him before the face of the King, but from him he shall be carried: But if the Messenger carry him before the King, and sets him down before him, and as it was with Ioseph, his Prisongarments are put off, and he stands before the King, and glories in his presence, now 'tis 〈…〉. So many have peace, and Satan sets them at liberty, but carries them from God. But when there is a witness of peace from him, and then you stand before him, now 'tis from Heaven, Psal. 36. 7, 8. There is peace from him and 〈…〉 in him, Psal. 37. 4. Delight thy self in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires of thy heart. When 'tis thus, all you desire is granted.