A59665:1608
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
Part 2 › Chapter 1 › Section 1 › 1. The delay of Christs coming.
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. The delay of Christs coming.
Whence note First, What happened in the interim of his delay, and that is Carnal Security, expressed and set out from the lowest and highest degree of it. 1. They Slumbered; i. e. fell a nodding or winking, as the word most properly signifies. 2. They Slept; i. e. now they were buried in their sleep, overcome by it.
Secondly, Upon whom these sleeps and slumbers fell; and that is, They All slumbered and slept; i. e. though for a time they were both awake, yet good and bad, wise and foolish fell into this senseless and stupid, dull and dead, sluggish and sleepy condition.
Secondly, Upon whom these sleeps and slumbers fell; and that is, They All slumbered and slept; i. e. though for a time they were both awake, yet good and bad, wise and foolish fell into this senceless and stupid, dull and dead, sluggish and sleepy condition.
Observ. I. That in the last days Carnal Security either is or will be the universal sin of Virgin Churches.