A59665:1917
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. VI.
Quest. But how shall I receive the Lord as my Bridegroom and Husband?
Quest. BUt how shall I receive the Lord as my Bridgroom and Husband?
Answ. 1. See what thy widowhood is, and forsaken condition, Isa. 54. 5, 6. When thou wast refused, the Lord loved thee; what creature can help thee, when the Lord forsakes thee? what a misery is it to live out of a fathers house!
2. See his love that he makes to you, otherwise you will never conclude it, but sink, saying, The Lord forgets me: Oh see his love he makes to thee to receive him; and that thou wouldest give thy consent to have him, that thou mayst love him, Isa. 56. 6. A carnal heart, a whorish lover desires to close with Christ, that Christ may give gifts to it and love it; but a Virgin that she may love the Lord, and be wholly his; and this will answer all doubts; what have you to do with Christ, and all that mercy, grace and glory? Oh 'tis that I may love the Lord more.