A59665:1624
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.
3. In sleep all the senses are bound up, the outward senses especially, the ⟨p. 3⟩eye watcheth not, the ear hears not, the tongue tastes not, the body feels not; to this is an ingredient of carnal security, it binds up all the senses, as it did the Prophet Jonah his in the storm; when misery was upon him, he heard not, he saw not, he felt not; so when misery, outward or spiritual, is upon a man, he that had quick senses before, his eye sees not, watcheth not; Christians neglect their watchfulness for their friends, the Lord, and his Spirit, and coming; no• watch against their enemies that daily besiege them; the ear hears not the voice of the Ministry, the voice of Providences, the voice of the spirit within; the soul smells not, tastes not the sweet of any promise, any Ordinance, no nor of the grace of the Lord himself; hence it commends them nor; nay the soul feels nothing, no evil, no good the Lord doth him; that look as the Lord there said, Isa. 29. 9, 10. The Lord hath poured upon you a spirit of sleep, and hath closed your eyes; so the Lord closeth up all the senses, that a man is now stupid, when he is fallen asleep in security.
3. In sleep all the sences are bound up, the outward sences especially, the ⟨p. 3⟩eye watcheth not, the ear hears not, the tongue tastes not, the body feels not; to this is an ingredient of carnal security, it binds up all the sences, as it did the Prophet Ionah his in the storm; when misery was upon him, he heard not, he saw not, he felt not; so when misery, outward or spiritual, is upon a man, he that had quick sences before, his eye sees not, watcheth not; Christians neglect their watchfulness for their friends, the Lord, and his Spirit, and coming; no• watch against their enemies that daily besiege them; the ear hears not the voice of the Ministry, the voyce of Providences, the voyce of the spirit within; the soul smels not, tastes not the sweet of any promise, any Ordinance, no nor of the grace of the Lord himself; hence it commends them nor; nay the soul feels nothing, no evil, no good the Lord doth him; that look as the Lord there said,