A59665:2055
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. III.
First, Sometime the temptation is extreme want, as it was with the Israel••es, when they were under the oppressions of Pharaoh; Oh to sacrifice to the Lord in a wilderness, and to enjoy the land of Canaan, where they should have Ordinances, Oh they are much taken with this! and many prayers and groans to be delivered out of their oppressions; but when they came to the wilderness, and there did want bread, and then water, now they murmur; which murmuring God remembers, and casts them off for: Had they not Moses, and the cloud, and God's promise, and experience, why did they complain? Oh to bear want, they could not! extreme want is like extreme sickness, it makes all sweet things bitter; some wants men can bear, but not extremity; this saddle doth pinch so hard; so the young man, forsake all for me, saith Christ, but he could not; God and Creatures are enough, but not God alone; so it is with many a man, he can be content to lose something, but when brought very low, cares and fears grow up and choke all.
First, SOmetime the temptation is extream want, as it was with the Israel••es, when they were under the oppressions of Pharoah; Oh to sacrifice to the Lord in a wilderness, and to enjoy the land of Canaan, where they should have Ordinances, Oh they are much taken with this! and many prayers and groans to be delivered out of their oppressions; but when they came to the wilderness, and there did want bread, and then water, now they murmur; which murmuring God remembers, and casts them off for: Had they not Moses, and the cloud, and God's promise, and experience, why did they complain? Oh to bear want, they could not! extream want is like extream sickness, it makes all sweet things bitter; some wants men can bear, but not extremity; this saddle doth pinch so hard; so the young man, forsake all for me, saith Christ, but he could not; God and Creatures are enough, but not God alone; so it is with many a man, he can be content to lose something, but when brought very low, cares and fears grow up and choak all.