A59665:1853
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.
Lest their spirit fail;1 Oh the Lord is very tender of that; he that bids parents not to be bitter to their children, lest their spirits fail and be provoked, will not do it himself, Isa. 57. 17. he will not always contend, lest the spirit fail within him, and the souls that he hath made; Oh remember this! now how apt is the spirit of a child of God to fail upon this! what more bitter than Gods absence!
Lest their spirit fail;1 Oh the Lord is very tender of that; he that bids parents not to be bitter to their children, lest their spirits fail and be provoked, will not do it himself, Isa. 57. 17. he will not always contend, lest the spirit fail within him, and the souls that he hath made; Oh remember this! now how apt is the spirit of a childe of God to fail upon this! what more bitter than Gods absence!
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Because to come late,1 is many times the best time, for he comes ever in the fullness of time; if he should come sooner or latter, he should not come in season to his people.
Because to come late,1 is many times the best time, for he comes ever in the fulness of time; if he should come sooner or latter, he should not come in season to his people.
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