A59665:1940
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.
1. Then they are to stand naked before the Lord so great and holy.
2. Then they shall have all their sins set in order, Psal. 50. 21. and especially those secret sins which they never saw, and whereby they did perfect their own perdition.
3. Then the final sentence past, never to be recalled again, and they shall know it; for if there might be a day to repent, then some hope; but if not, o• this awakens.
4. Then to be surrendered up into the hands of Devils, to be kept by that Jailer in Prison, 1 Pet. 3. 19. until the coming of the great day; and so to be kept in their custody, and to be in their fellowship, looking back, and mourning for time mis-spent, looking to time to come, shortly to meet my body, and then to be parted for ever from the Lord! oh when this evil is apprehended, it will awaken a man to search and look about him.