A59665:1817
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.
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Secondly, THE Cry of the Rod; for there is a loud voice in every Rod, which many times those that are most secure, must and shall hear, Psalm 2. 5. He shall speak to them in his wrath, Micah 6. 9. Now what are these? (I speak not to secure persons alone, we know how the Lord doth exercise them, but how he speaks to secure Churches) sometimes he hath lesser blows; but he that is not awakened by the Word and the cry of that, is seldom awakened by the cry of smaller evils; he may be startled, but seeing his pillow is still soft, he must bear it, and cannot amend it, he sleeps again. Now the things whereby the Lord doth and will awaken are Two.
Secondly, THE Cry of the Rod; for there is a loud voyce in every Rod, which many times those that are most secure, must and shall hear, Psalm 2. 5. He shall speak to them in his wrath, Micah 6. 9. Now what are these? (I speak not to secure persons alone, we know how the Lord doth exercise them, but how he speaks to secure Churches) sometimes he hath lesser blows; but he that is not awakened by the Word and the cry of that, is seldom awakened by the cry of smaller evils; he may be startled, but seeing his pillow is still soft, he must bear it, and cannot amend it, he sleeps again. Now the things whereby the Lord doth and will awaken are Two.