A59665:1876
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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Quest. How shall I know whether the Lord will come or no?
Quest. HOw shall I know whether the Lord will come or no?
Answ. 1. If the Lord ever hath or doth make this the rest and stay of thy heart, not only for righteousness, but for all fullness of comfort, and that not only to thy conscience, but to thy heart and will: for many rest on Christ for righteousness; but what comforts their hearts? they joy in other things, and are greedy after things in the world, &c. Now as a man that rests on Christ for righteousness, he abhors all other righteousness; so if a Christian rest on Christ for consolation, you will deny all other things to comfort you also, Jer. 17. 5, 6. Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, he shall not see when good comes. Psal. 22. 1. Oh Lord, why hast thou forsaken me? I •ust in thee; our fathers trusted in thee and were delivered: Yes, but not you that are so poor and vile: True, I am so in the eyes of the world; but on God have I been cast; To trust to Christ for righteousness, but not for consolation, is to marry a man to pay debts, but not to live upon his house; try if it be so or no; thou feelest the Lord gone, yet thy faith is not gone from him.
Answ. 1. If the Lord ever hath or doth make this the rest and stay of thy heart, not only for righteousness, but for all fulness of comfort, and that not onely to thy conscience, but to thy heart and will: for many rest on Christ for righteousness; but what comforts their hearts? they joy in other things, and are greedy after things in the world, &c. Now as a man that rests on Christ for righteousness, he abhors all other righteousness; so if a Christian rest on Christ for consolation, you will deny all other things to comfort you also,