A59665:1806
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. II.
That before Christs coming to his secure Churches,1 the Lord will send forth his cry to awaken these Churches, to give warning of, and to make them ready for his coming; his coming either at last day, or at death, or in this life, to take them into nearer fellowship with himself.
THat before Christs coming to his secure Churches,1 the Lord will send forth his cry to awaken these Churches, to give warning of, and to make them ready for his coming; his coming either at last day, or at death, or in this life, to take them into nearer fellowship with himself.
- 1Observation 1.
It is true, Christs coming is at midnight, at a time when one would think he would not come; but yet at midnight there is this cry, which prepares and goes before his coming.