A59665:1641
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. Have you not forgot your God, and forgot your work also? the business for which you made this great undertaking? Psal. 106. 12. When they were saved from the Sea they soon forgot the Lord: Hath not the Lord by a stretched out arm brought thee and thine through seas and dangers, and delivered you wonderfully? are not all his kindnesses forgotten? all your promises forgotten? When the Lord had brought the Israelites out of their captivity, and some hopeful beginnings were, they came for the Temple; the dust was precious, but Gods house did lie waste, Hag. 1. 5, 6. Consider your ways; no man prospered scarce in his estate; God did blow upon their corn because they forgot their end. What was your end of coming hither? the Ordinances of God, the presence of God; and oh one day there better than a thousand elsewhere; hath it been so? No, but as it is vers. 9. Every man turns to his own house: Every man for himself, to their own house, lot, accommodation, provision for children; and in the mean while the Lords house lies waste, you build not up that; the Souls of thy Brethren in Church-fellowship, yea, of thy family are not built up; the Lords house is despised now; and it's like the Schools of the Prophets, and much more. Oh thought we, if we had such privileges, how would we improve them! but when we have them, have we the same thoughts? do we not forget them, like men that come to a place for gold, and find it not ⟨p. 6⟩without digging, they fall to l••de their ship with wood or coal, that which it will bear.
3. Have you not forgot your God, and forgot your work also? the business for which you made this great undertaking? Psal. 106. 12. When they were saved from the Sea they soon forgat the Lord: Hath not the Lord by a stretchedout arm brought thee and thine through seas and dangers, and delivered you wonderfully? are not all his kindnesses forgotten? all your promises forgotten? When the Lord had brought the Isra•lites out of their captivity, and some hopeful beginnings were, they came for the Temple; the dust was precious, but Gods hosue did lie waste,