A59665:1897
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.
SECT. IV.
TO all those that have been long secure;1 let this compassion of the Lord awaken you, and draw you to him, and make you come out and meet him; and give entertainment to the Lord, who hath not yet cast you off from him, but yet cries, oh come and meet me: Methinks this should awaken you; what, hath not the Lord cast me off yet? no! but his cry this day is, Oh come out and meet me! The Lord might have cut thee off in thy security; this is his season to others, when men cry peace, peace; and he might have let thee slept and never awake more till past hope; yet here is his grace, oh come and meet him! and will you despise it and refuse the Lord?
TO all those that have been long secure;1 let this compassion of the Lord awaken you, and draw you to him, and make you come out and meet him; and give entertainment to the Lord, who hath not yet cast you off from him, but yet crys, oh come and meet me: Methinks this should awaken you; what, hath not the Lord cast me off yet? no! but his cry this day is, Oh come out and meet me! The Lord might have cut thee off in thy security; this is his season to others, when men cry peace, peace; and he might have let thee slept and never awake more till past hope; yet here is his grace, oh come and meet him! and will you despise it and refuse the Lord?
- 1Use 2.Vse 2.
Object. 1. I have no oil in my vessel, no grace in my heart; what should I meet him for, or look for him! I am s vile and so secure, he cannot look upon me.