A59665:1679
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.
5. Then God sets a time; no stronger means to awaken than this; and yet they go on; and now they were come to their height.
Secondly, The Israelites. Deut. 8. 12. 1. They ate and grew full; here is first spiritual fullness. 2. Blessing themselves, in their estates, herds, flocks. 3. Then proud in heart, vers. 14. 4. Then they forget the Lord, and all that ever he did for them, vers. 14. 5. Then men ascribe all which they have to themselves and creatures, vers. 17. though only in their heart. 6. Then cleave to other gods, vers. 19. and here lye so fast asleep, till plagues came down upon them.
Secondly, The Israelites. Deut. 8. 12. 1. They ate and grew full; here is first spiritual fulness. 2. Blessing themselves, in their estates, herds, flocks. 3. Then proud in heart, vers. 14. 4. Then they forget the Lord, and all that ever he did for them, vers. 14. 5. Then men ascribe all which they have to themselves and creatures, vers. 17. though onely in their heart. 6. Then cleave to other gods, vers. 19. and here lye so fast asleep, till plagues came down upon them.
Solomon saw the sluggards Garden over-grown; now as it is in fields, the weeds do not over-grow all the ground in one day, but they are a long time a growing, but by degrees they overgrow all, that when he awakes (all is so over-grown) he knows not where to begin: So it is here.