A59665:1499
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.
No,1 never as carnal mens are, Tit. 2. 12. For Gods Grace that hath appeared to them, teacheth them to deny worldly lusts, as we deny children their asking. They may greedily carry the soul by fits from the Lord, but he denies them their fill in any Creature, and calls them all to come up hither. He denies them as we do Beggars entrance, and if they do enter, he denies them lodging, they shall not have good looks from them. Every vile heart hath either a proud, or worldly, or covetous heart, and these lusts being urgent and entreating long, he cannot deny them the best room he has. Oh 'tis the woe of men they cannot but do thus.
No,1 never as carnal mens are, Tit. 2. 12. For Gods Grace that hath appeared to them, teacheth them to deny worldly lusts, as we deny children their asking. They may greedily carry the soul by fits from the Lord, but he denies them their fill in any Creature, and calls them all to come up hither. He denies them as we do Beggars entrance, and if they do enter, he denies them lodging, they shall not have good looks from them. Every vile heart hath either a proud, or worldly, or covetous heart, and these lusts being urgent and entreiting long, he cannot deny them the best room he has. Oh 'tis the woe of men they cannot but do thus.
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But thus you see this world is cast out, and Glory comes in to all Saints: Oh this world is the cause of all sin!