A59665:1597
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.
SECT. I.
Matth. 25. 5. Whilst the Bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
IN this Parable were noted two things; First, The Churches preparation to meet Christ from vers. 1. to 5.
Secondly, The Bridegrooms coming out to meet them, from vers. 5. to 12.
In this second part, which now we are to open, three things are to be attended unto;
1. The delay of Christs coming, or the long-suffering of Christ before he come, vers. 5.