A59665:1855
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.
Of unspeakable consolation to the people of God that lie under sad and1 heavy perplexities in respect of the Lords absence from them (as for you that can bear this, that say to God depart if he will, this concerns not you at all) and the Lord being gone, you lye under sad thoughts that he will never ⟨p. 39⟩return again; yes, you have now heard, he will come and return again, Say unto Zion, behold your God cometh.
Of unspeakable consolation to the people of God that lie under sad and1 heavy perplexities in respect of the Lords absence from them (as for you that can bear this, that say to God depart if he will, this concerns not you at all) and the Lord being gone, you lye under sad thoughts that he will never ⟨p. 39⟩return again; yes, you have now heard, he will come and return again, Say unto Sion, behold your God cometh.
- 1Use 1.Vse 1.
Object. But what? when I have been secure and careless withal?
Answ. Yes, though the Virgins sleep, yet the Lord will come to them; for if his love did depend upon your watchfulness, he might never return; only it may be longer as to these, and he will awaken you some time before he doth come; and truly to mourn for his absence, is to awaken with him.