A59665:1604
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.
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.
2. The preparation he makes for his coming, a little before it, from verse 6. to vers. 10. by an awakening cry, which makes all the Virgins look about them.
3. The coming it self; where those that were ready, were with joy let in; and those that were unready were with shame shut out.
3. The coming it self; where those that were ready, were with ioy let in; and those that were unready were with shame shut out.