A59665:1491
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.
3. The peace the Saints have both from God and in God, fills them with everlasting content and peace, Rom. 15. 13. Isa. 11. 9. Filled with the Knowledge of the Lord at the waters cover the Sea. The earth is the rest of the waters, and the waters fill all its empty place: So 'tis here, the soul is the rest of the Lord, Isa. 11. 10. and he fills their empty hearts. A Malefactor may dream •e is before the King, when he hath his Fetters on his legs; but his dream feeds him not, but when he awakes, he is hungry: And so 'tis with many a carnal heart that is in a dream for a time, but he meets not with eternal satisfaction, Psal. 65. 4. & Psal. 90. 14. And hence men after they have had their peace, grow more bold to sin, and more impenitent in sin, and more worldly than ever before, because they have not everlasting joy; as those, Isa. 35. 10. Everlasting joys shall be upon their head (whereas a carnal heart hath soon enough of God) not everlasting, without intermission of joy, for they must have their rights and tears, as well as their days and joys; but everlasting, without decay of joy; that though they have their tears, yet God wipes them away; there is nothing else, their joy, their peace, and so their hearts are for ever satisfied here. As Christ, when he knew it was finished, now he gave up the Ghost, so when the oul •inds he is come, now it dies to the world, and makes its perpetual abode in him. Others will have their Carrion, and their stolen waters, how clean soever they […] their mouths.
3. The peace the Saints have both from God and in God, fills them with everlasting content and peace, Rom. 15. 13. Isa. 11. 9