A59665:1867
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.
Ans. Hast thou been longer than David, whose moisture was dried up, who hath nothing to present before the Lord, Psal. 6. but weakness, and bones vexed, verse 2. a soul vexed, verse 3. and that long weary with groaning, vers. 6. tears in the night when others are at rest, his eyes consumed with grief, and yet verse 8, 9. The Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping, and prayer too; sorrows cry, and sins cry also; and hence he saith, Depart from me all ye workers of iniquity, &c.
Ans. Hast thou been longer than David, whose moysture was dryed up, who hath nothing to present before the Lord, Psal. 6. but weakness, and bones vexed, verse 2. a soul vexed, verse 3. and that long weary with gro•ning, vers. 6. tears in the night when others are at rest, his eyes consumed with grief, and yet verse 8, 9. The Lord hath heard the voyce of my weeping, and prayer too; sorrows cry, and sins cry also; and hence he saith, Depart from me all ye workers of iniquity, &c.
Object. But I am so weak, my heart so straitened, so little light and life, and seeking I have been for more, and find it not.
Object. But I am so weak, my heart so streitned, so little light and life, and seeking I have been for more, and find it not.
Answ. If Christ's presence be sweet, and his absence bitter, that you seek not more for your lusts sake than the Lords sake, then know that the Lord will return again, as verily as he is gone; he will not leave thee comfortless; you shall have that is fit for you to keep you humble and faithful; it may be one Sermon may do more good than twenty.