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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.
Oh consider what a •ad thing it will be to thy heart to miss of,1 and lose the Lord at last; The servants in Isaac's Family did not mourn so much as Esau when the blessing was gone. Why? They never had hope of it, never were nee• it. He was so long in the field that the blessing was gone before he came, and he sold it away for a trifle: So them that never came so near the Lord and his blessing, never will have such sorrow, especially to think I sold it away for a trifle: O thought Esa• that I had come a little sooner, &c. When Saul went to Gilgal to sacrifice, 1 Sam. 13. 10. He staid seven days, and then sacrificed before the Lord, but then his doom was passed by God: And its said presently Samuel came, Oh if he had staid a little longer! So you will one day think, I sought and waited but forsook the Lord. Oh had I waited one day more I had been well. This is the reason why the Hypocrites portion is heaviest in Hell.
Oh consider what a •ad thing it will be to thy heart to miss of,1 and lose the Lord at last; The servants in Isaac's Family did not mourn so much as Esan when the blessing was gone. Why? They never had hope of it, never were nee• it. He was so long in the field that the blessing was gone before he came, and he sold it away for a trifle: So them that never came so neer the Lord and his blessing, never will have such sorrow, especially to think I sold it away for a trifle: O thought Esa• that I had come a little sooner, &c. When Saul went to Gilgal to sacrifice, 1 Sam. 13. 10. He staid seven days, and then sacrificed before the Lord, but then his doom was passed by God: And its said presently Samvel came, Oh if he had staid a little longer! So you will one day think, I sought and waited but forsook the Lord. Oh had I waited one day more I had been well. This is the reason why the Hypocrites portion is heaviest in Hell.