A59665:182
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. 'Tis real love, when the Gospel and Ministers seek for love, the Lord is real in his desires, there is no collusion or dissembling, 2 Cor. 5. 20. in Christs stead, He that receiveth you, receiveth me; thou thinkest the Lord cares not for thee, not doth not desire thee though he doth others: but
1. Either the Lord would have thee loath him, or love him; what think you?
2. If the Lord did not really make love to thee, he would not be really angry ⟨p. 24⟩for rejecting of this love, but the Lord is really angry for rejecting it, and wroth with nothing so much as that, Psal. 2. 12. here he swears in his wrath, Psal. 95. 11. when he opens his bosom for thee to rest in, and thou wilt not.