A59665:1761
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. I.
While Christ delays the Bride sleepeth; look as it was with the Israelites, when Moses went first from them up to the mount, they had no speech of making a Calf; but when he stayed long from them, now they make it, and make merry with it; so it is here, Exod. 32. 1. The holy Apostle notes this to be in the last days, 2 Pet. 3. 3, 4. Men shall say Where is the promise of his coming? all things remain as they were; and hence scoffers (it may be with the tongue) at least in the heart, and so walking after their own lusts; hence