A59665:1801
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.
First, The time when this Cry was made, and that was at Midnight.
Secondly, the effect that this Cry took upon the Virgins, from vers. 8. to 10.
What should be meant by this Cry is disputed of by some: Some think by it is meant the descending of Christ from Heaven with a shout, the voice of the Arch-Angel and Trump of God: 1 Thess. 4. ult. which (as I do not wholly exclude) because there shall be such a clamour before the Lord comes, as at the giving of the Law; so at the time when the World shall be judged by the Law: so this circumstance is added (as Par•us and other interpret) in regard of the Parable, which speaks of Christs coming under the similitude of a Wedding solemnized in the night time, according to the custom of those times, who when they came forth out of their several houses to meet one another, a cry and noise is made, the Bridegroom cometh. Now,
What should be meant by this Cry is disputed of by some: Some think by it is meant the descending of Christ from Heaven with a shout, the voyce of the Arch-Angel and Trump of God: 1 Thess. 4. ult. which (as I do not wholly exclude) because there shall be such a clamor before the Lord comes, as at the giving of the Law; so at the time when the World shall be judged by the Law: so this circumstance is added (as Par•us and other interpret) in regard of the Parable, which speaks of Christs coming under the similitude of a Wedding solemnized in the night time, according to the custom of those times, who when they came forth out of their several houses to meet one another, a cry and noise is made, the Bridegroom cometh. Now,