A59665:1613
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. II.
Observ. I. That in the last days Carnal Security either is or will be the universal •in of Virgin Churches: When the Churches are purged from the gross pollutions of the world, and Antichristian fornications and bondage, then either there is or will be general Security: For these Virgins, when they first made profession of their Virginity by their burning lamps, were for a time all awakened, but at last they all slumbered and slept: This is the temper of the body of the Churches.
Observ. I. THat in the last days Carnal Secutrity either is or will be the universal •in of Virgin Churches: When the Churches are purged from the gross pollutions of the world, and Antichristian fornications and bondage, then either there is or will be general Security: For these Virgins, when they first made profession of their Virginity by their burning lamps, were for a time all awakened, but at last they all slumbered and slept: This is the temper of the body of the Churches.
Matth. 24. 38. As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the days of the coming of the Son of man.