A59665:1513
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.
Consider if once you get this it will never die,1 it shall increase exceedingly: Its a treasure you cannot part withal, that you shall never grow poor with; but Luke 8. 18. From him that hath not, shall be taken away that which he seemed to have. Oh many a one saith, I fear I shall fall at last, and I find my heart so soon cooled; Oh get this, nothing shall quench it again! If you say I cannot keep it, I say it shall keep you, Prov. 2. 10, 11. Not when you have Christ and Spirit, and grace in your head, nor in your Conscience to give you peace, but in your heart; and when nothing is sweet but that, nothing lies between your heart and that; it shall now preserve and keep thee, it shall follow thee, fill thee, seal thee, live with thee, go to heaven with thee, &c. Mark this you feeble ones.
Consider if once you get this it will never die,1 it shall increase exceedingly: Its a treasure you cannot part withal, that you shall never grow poor with; but Luke 8. 18. From him that hath not, shall be taken away that which he seemed to have. Oh many a one saith, I fear I shall fall at last, and I finde my heart so soon cooled; Oh get this, nothing shall quench it again! If you say I cannot keep it, I say it shall keep you, Prov. 2. 10, 11. Not when you have Christ and Spirit, and grace in your head, nor in your Conscience to give you peace, but in your heart; and when nothing is sweet but that, nothing lies between your heart and that; it shall now preserve and keep thee, it shall follow thee, fill thee, seal thee, live with thee, go to heaven with thee, &c. Mark this you feeble ones.
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