A59665:1617
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.
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.
Luk. 18. 8. When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith in the earth? i. e. an awakening faith.
Hence the Lord forewarns his people of this, Deut. 6. 12. When thou comest to such a land, beware lest thou forget the Lord thy God.
Quest. But what is this their general Security?
Answ. Look as it is in our ordinary sleep, so it is in this general Security: There are these six things in it.