A59665:1555
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.
Now there are two sorts of Apostates: 1. Open in mens life, whose falls are like the falls of a mighty tree, it falls with noise, and breaks down all the under-wood: So their falls make a noise in all the Country where they lived, and by their falls some are sadded, others offended and damned. 2. Secret, when men are Apostates in heart, Prov. 14. 14. which have chosen some sinful ways, Jer. 3. When 'tis with men as it was with Saul, there is no commendation of him but this, that he was higher by the head and shoulders then any of ⟨p. 233⟩Israel: So 'tis with these, in outward profession higher than others, but their oil is spent.
Now there are two sorts of Apostates: 1. Open in mens life, whose falls are like the falls of a mighty tree, it falls with noise, and breaks down all the under-wood: So their falls make a noise in all the Country where they lived, and by their falls some are sadded, others offended and damned. 2. Secret, when men are Apostates in heart, Prov. 14. 14. which have chosen some sinful ways, Ier. 3. When 'tis with men as it was with Saul, there is no commendation of him but this, that he was higher by the head and shoulders then any of ⟨p. 233⟩Israel: So 'tis with these, in outward profession higher than others, but their oyle is spent.
But do not many of the Saints fall openly and secretly?1
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