A59665:1540
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.
The seed that is cast into the earth,1 first dies, and then lives and grows; so no sooner doth the Lord fill his Saints, but there is much self-confidence on it, and resting in it, hence it dies, yet it lives and grows again. And hence the Lord keeps his people poor & sensible of their own weakness as long as they live; but if it quite dies and withers, they were never the Lords, nor never had •ne Dram of Grace, 1 John 2. 19. If it be taken away, he did but seem to have it. All fleshly excellencies in men, as common gifts be, do wither, Isa. 40. 6, 7. All Flesh is grass: But Plants in Gods Orchard never lose their greenness, though Plants and Flowers in the field may, Psal. 1. 3. Whose leaf shall not wither.
The seed that is cast into the earth,1 first dies, and then lives and growes; so no sooner doth the Lord fill his Saints, but there is much self-confidence on it, and resting in it, hence it dies, yet it lives and grows again. And hence the Lord keeps his people poor & sensible of their own weakness as long as they live; but if it quite dies and withers, they were never the Lords, nor never had •ne Dram of Grace, 1 Iohn 2. 19. If it be taken away, he did but seem to have it. All fleshly excellencies in men, as common gifts be, do wither, Isa. 40. 6, 7. All Flesh is grass: But Plants in Gods Orchard never lose their greenness, though Plants and Flowe•s in the field may, Psal. 1. 3. Whose leaf shall not wither.
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