A59665:186
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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3. Consider 'tis nothing else but love the Lord looks for, or cares for. Love looks for nothing but love, Prov. 8. 17. and this is the end of all Election, ⟨p. 25⟩to be holy before him in love: and mark it, if it be a stayed love, that constrain• thee to him, you cannot wrong him: As if thou come and persuade one to murder his Child, he cannot; so if persuaded to despise, oh bowels of heart-breaking love, 2 Cor. 5. And surely 'tis admirable love; What if it were thy Goods; thy Isa•• to be sacrificed, thy body to be burned, it was nothing, but he desires only love, only thy heart which hath forged so much villainy against him: let him never be called upon, or professed, if not worthy of this. After all, is this all? yes, no Portion he cares for, and when he hath this he hath all. Wonder at this O Angels!
3. COnsider 'tis nothing else but love the Lord looks for, or cares for. Love looks for nothing but love, Prov. 8. 17. and this is the end of all Election, ⟨p. 25⟩to be holy before him in love: and mark it, if it be a stayed love, that constrain• thee to him, you cannot wrong him: As if thou come and perswade one to murder his Child, he cannot; so if perswaded to despise, oh bowels of heart-breaking love,