A59665:1814
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. It is a word of Majesty and glory in respect of those that bring it, Judg. 2. 1. one that preached to them (he was no Angel from Heaven, for it is not said he came from Heaven, but from Gilgal to B•chim) why is he called an Angel? because of that Majesty wherewith God clothed him, when he came to awaken them; for they had made a league with the Canaanites, and they began to vex them it seems, and he comes to tell them they should do so still, and God set on this with majesty upon their hearts, and hence they fell to weeping: And this is usual with the Lord, wherein he hath a time when he will awaken men to purpose, he puts a spirit of glory and majesty upon his servants more than usually, that the most secure shall see more than a man, they shall see the spirit of glory sparkling, and shining through such Lanterns; as when God intends to harden a man in security, or leave him for a time, then he shall despise the Messengers of God, and see no more but man, and shall have strange opinions of them; and hence Rev. 11. when witnesses are raised up again to confound Antichristian Doctrines, the Spirit of life from God entered ⟨p. 33⟩into them, that great fear and awe fell upon all that saw them; such light shall shine through these curtains, that men shall not sleep.
1. It is a word of Majesty and glory in respect of those that bring it, Iudg. 2. 1. one that preached to them (he was no Angel from Heaven, for it is not said he came from Heaven, but from Gilgal to B•chim) why is he called an Angel? because of that Majesty wherewith God clothed him, when he came to awaken them; for they had made a league with the Canaanites, and they began to vex them it seems, and he comes to tell them they should do so still, and God set on this with majesty upon their hearts, and hence they fell to weeping: And this is usual with the Lord, wherein he hath a time when he will awaken men to purpose, he puts a spirit of glory and majesty upon his servants more than usually, that the most secure shall see more than a man, they shall see the spirit of glory sparkling, and shining thorow such Lanthorns; as when God intends to harden a man in security, or leave him for a time, then he shall despise the Messengers of God, and see no more but man, and shall have strange opinions of them; and hence