A59665:1628
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. III.
WE shall now show the Reasons why Virgin Churches in the last days are or will be overcome by security.
WE shall now shew the Reasons why Virgin Churches in the last days are or will be overcome by security.
First, Because that in Virgin Churches there are the strongest provocations to this sin:1 Which are chiefly three.
- 1Reason. 1.
1. Rest and places of peace, and freedom from hard bondage; Jacob may sleep with his stone under his head, but much more easily under his own Vine and Fig trees. A man may be secure in the times of trouble, but much more in times of peace, when we have our beds made soft for us, and easy pillows. Friends can boldly desire us to rest, where there is lodgings for us: The world thrusts us out of lodging: While the prick is at the breast the Nightingale awakes and sings, but when that is taken away it sleeps in the day. In times of