A59665:1565
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.
2. When the Lord is ready to depart from the soul. Sometime Saints do not melt at love, but the Lord departs, now this recovers them. As a man that hath a friend, though they grow weary of their company, and they begin to carry away divers things, yet when they come to take their leave indeed, now they recover, and they cannot part now. Like Joseph and his Brethren, they can neither of them part. Nicodemus and Joseph cannot contain, but cleave to Christ, when most forsaken. David, when God hides his face, is troubled, Psal. 30. 7. 'Tis with […] as with sick folks, when their sickness and sores come to their height, now they break and recover, Hos. 5. 15. But if Gods departing from thee makes thee more vile, it makes thee apostatize from him. 'Tis certain thou hadst never life then. This is a Sauls brand, 1 Sam. 28. He forsakes the Lord, and goes to • Witch. Never saw you yet a Gracious heart, but the Lord made extremity ⟨p. 235⟩fetch him in. And no surer sign of an ungracious heart, than to have this blast him and drive him from the Lord, Mal. 3. 14. A man hath Gods Ordinances, he finds no profit, no God, no Christ, his affection is lost, and now he forsakes the Lord. Oh when Christ is a rock of offence, woe, woe, woe to that soul! Now thou hast neither Summer nor Winter-fruit. Oh look to thy fall here!
2. When the Lord is ready to depart from the soul. Somtime Saints do not melt at love, but the Lord departs, now this recovers them. As a man that hath a friend, though they grow weary of their company, and they begin to carry away divers things, yet when they come to take their leave indeed, now they recover, and they cannot part now. Like Ioseph and his Brethren, they can neither of them part. Nicode••us and Ioseph cannot contain, but cleave to Christ, when most forsaken. David, when God hides his face, is troubled,