A59665:1780
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.
1. The consuming of all things here in the world, which your hearts are so ready to dote upon, and of all carnal and fleshly excellencies which you trust unto, 2 Pet. 3. 11. Seeing these things shall be consumed, what manner of persons ought we to be! If a man that is to make a sea voyage, did know that whatever he brought to shore beside Gold and Pearls, should be consumed as soon as he comes to shore, he would not fraught his ship with those things: if men were assured here is a house where you and yours shall be burnt, they would set it elsewhere; men come from one Country to another, because sin will consume.
1. The consuming of all things here in the world, which your hearts are so ready to doat upon, and of all carnal and fleshly excellencies which you trust unto, 2 Pet. 3. 11. Seeing these things shall be consumed, what manner of persons ought we to be! If a man that is to make a sea voyage, did know that whatever he brought to shore beside Gold and Pearls, should be consumed as soon as he comes to shore, he would not fraught his ship with those things: if men were assured here is a house where you and yours shall be burnt, they would set it elsewhere; men come from one Country to another, because sin will consume.
2. The amazing glory of Christ Jesus (when Christ shall come as a deliverer to refresh they sad heart) and all his Saints at that day; look upon Christ as sitting on the clouds of fire, raising the dead, then them that are alive changed in the twinkling of an eye, coming with all his Angels, Heaven left empty of them, and Saints sitting at his right hand shining like the Sun, so that all the word shall stand amazed at them, and then, when Judgement is done, up they go to Heaven (the third Heaven) with a shout, and so be ever with the Lord. And then
2. The amazing glory of Christ Jesus (when Christ shall come as a deliverer to refresh they sad heart) and all his Saints at that day; look upon Christ as sitting on the clouds of fire, raising the dead, then them that are alive changed in the twinckling of an eye, coming with all his Angels, Heaven left empty of them, and Saints sitting at his right hand shining like the Sun, so that all the word shall stand amazed at them, and then, when Judgement is done, up they go to Heaven (the third Heaven) with a shout, and so be ever with the Lord. And then