A59665:1989
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.
4. Before Hypocrites many times, who of all others are the greatest haters of the ways of holiness and the power of godliness▪ hence Herod, Mar. 6. 20. loved John, because a holy man, not because a deep Scholar, or a great man; ⟨p. 54⟩hence, while Joshua and the Elders live, the people serve the Lord; and while Jehoiada lives, Joash is forward; the greatest Monarchs fall down here.
4. Before Hypocrites many times, who of all others are the greatest haters of the ways of holiness and the power of godliness▪ hence Herod, Mar. 6. 20. loved Iohn, because a holy man, not because a deep Schollar, or a great man; ⟨p. 54⟩hence, while Ioshua and the Elders live, the people serve the Lord; and while Iehoiada lives, Ioash is forward; the greatest Monarchs fall down here.
5. In the eyes of bad men, and hence Deut. 4. 6, 7. when they kept the Statutes of the Lord, what nation so great, as hath such Laws, and so wise also!1 this is their glory before all the world, at least in the consciences of all men, which is their better part, 2 Cor. 5. 11. we are manifest in their consciences; and hence the worst say often, if all were such as they are, &c.