A59665:1851
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. III.
Because the love of Jesus Christ never fails his Churches and People;1 love will keep men from being ever absent from the thing they love: Now look as it was with Lazarus whom Christ loved, John. 11. 3. he heard that he was sick, he could have come then, but he lingers and stays until he be dead, (behold Lazarus is dead) yea, till he had been four days dead, and then awakens him again, and Lazarus must come forth of his grave, to show forth the everlasting love of the Son of God, vers. 4. For there are two things in Christ's love; first, it is pure independent, and dear, Prov. 8. penult. hence he will not ever be absent; for 1. If it be dependant, then we might say (as we change he changeth) he was good, but we have provoked him since, &c. 2. If independent, yet 'tis apt to forget, he minds me not, nor my prayers, nor sorrows: Yes, it is exceeding dear, and assures us of all; if he in love came to suffer, what will he not come to do, and that when the Church is most withered, Zach. 3. 1, 2, 3. and hence saith the Lord, why say•st thou, the Lord hath forsaken me and forgotten me, when written upon the palms of my hand? Isa. 48. 14.
BEcause the love of Jesus Christ never fails his Churches and People;1 love will keep men from being ever absent from the thing they love: Now look as it was with Lazarus whom Christ loved, Iohn. 11. 3. he heard that he was sick, he could have come then, but he lingers and stays until he be dead, (behold Lazarus is dead) yea, till he had been four days dead, and then awakens him again, and Lazarus must come forth of his grave, to shew forth the everlasting love of the Son of God, vers. 4. For there are two things in Christ's love; first, it is pure independant, and dear,