A59665:1871
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.
Answ. Let it be so; but what if the Lord be with you?
Object. But he is gone.
Answ. No, the Lord will either come before trouble to deliver you from it, as Asa when a troop came against him, 2 Chron. 15. 11. let not man prevail against thee; Asa had wrapped God about him, clothed himself with the majesty of God by faith, Isa. 54. penult. They shall together, and shall come against thee, but they shall not prosper, because the Lord is come; or if he doth stay, yet he will give them some blood, and come upon them for your blood; he that sheds mans blood, by man shall his blood be shed; but such as shed Churches blood, by God shall their blood be shed; The souls under the Altar shall cry, and then comes woe; he will do so in Germany if there have been Churches blood shed; he is making way for glorious deliverance when God shall come, and the wicked shall melt away as wax: Lucifer must fall though lifted up with pride. David was troubled with a Saul and a Doeg. Psal. 54. but God shall pull them up by the roots, &c. many of Gods Servants lye under reproaches and revilings (and the wicked boast of their sin) God shall pluck them up by the roots never to grow again: Hypocrites lie hid for a time, but all the Churches shall know that the Lord is a God that searcheth the hearts, Luk. 12, 1. Psal. 12. 5, 3. No good man left, but some men of deceit and flattery, some Apostates, &c. We are in fear (in this Country) of enemies; we came hither to shelter our selves under the wings of God; left our comforts for it; here we are at his posts, it is not honours we seek; and now it may be enemies are plotting, or will be coming to take us unawares, when weak, and so run away with the spoil, unless we will be bond-men to our former yoke; it may be the Lord will help then,