A59665:1589
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.
1. You bring an ill report and name upon God, Jer. 2. 5. What iniquity have you found in me. If a Country be well reported of, its no matter if some others bring an ill name on it, Wise men will not believe them: But for the searchers of Canaan to bring an ill report of Canaan, this is sad.
1. You bring an ill report and name upon God, Ier. 2. 5. What iniquity have you found in me. If a Country be well reported of, its no matter if some others bring an ill name on it, Wise men will not beleeve them: But for the searchers of Canaan to bring an ill report of Canaan, this is sad.
2. Thou hast lost all thy prayers, all thy profession, nay better never to have known these ways, 2 Pet. 2. 21. then to forsake the Lord.
2. Thou hast lost all thy prayers, all thy profession, nay better never to have known these wayes, 2 Pet. 2. 21. then to forsake the Lord.
3. No mens misery is so great, Jude 13, 14. the blackness of darkness is for such. Search your selves, you may secretly depart, when you are turning to the Lord ; as a Snail round about the wheel, the wheel moves it, but it moves a contrary motion of its own from the wheel: Therefore begin again. Oh but will the Lord receive me? Who knows but he may? And heal your back slidings,