A59665:1658
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.
Secondly, if you do not know, enquire with a spirit of much love, how it is with them;1 as David of his Brethren when they were gone into the fields; do you not decline, do you not stand still? how have you found your heart since last Sermon,2 Sabbath, Fast, Affliction? have you got any ground against that sin you complained of last year? &c. Suppose you cannot do this to all, yet why not to some? Suppose you have no other place than when you meet them in the fields, do it there, Jude 20. Build up your selves, &c. Now here a man must know the height, how high they are built already, how can they lay their stones else? It is one of the heavy curses of God upon the Idol. Shepherd, He shall not visit the hidden, nor seek the young, Zach. 11. 16.
Secondly, if you do not know, enquire with a spirit of much love, how it is with them;1 as David of his Brethren when they were gone into the fields; do you not decline, do you not stand still? how have you found your heart since last Sermon,2 Sabbath, Fast, Affliction? have you got any ground against that sin you complained of last year? &c. Suppose you cannot do this to all, yet why not to some? Suppose you have no other place than when you meet them in the fields, do it there, Iude 20. Build up your selves, &c. Now here a man must know the height, how high they are built already, how can they lay their stones else? It is one of the heavey curses of God upon the Idol. Shepherd, He shall not visit the hidden, nor seek the young, Zach. 11. 16.