A59665:2078
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.
OH therefore labour for the grace that may last,1 the bread that may last to everlasting life; in all bargains and buildings men will have a special eye to that which will last; if it be rotten, let whosoever will take it; and be sure it is so; for when God doth fully awaken you, you will see it is not right; the foolish Virgins they though they were we•l before; but now after some time, and awakened, they see it will not hold nor continue. For the Lords sake be suspicious here; fear lest a promise being left, any fall short of it; other things will not last, neither Creatures, nor the Lord to do you good, unless you have everlasting grace. It is a time the Lord is stripping the world of all ornaments, your Wives, Children, Churches; God will take your Husbands, Parents, Members, Ministers from you; yet if a heart to close with the Lord, Oh this is right.
OH therefore labor for the grace that may last,1 the bread that may last to everlasting life; in all bargains and buildings men will have a special eye to that which will last; if it be rotten, let whosoever will take it; and be sure it is so; for when God doth fully awaken you, you will see it is not right; the foolish Virgins they though they were we•l before; but now after some time, and awakened, they see it will not hold nor continue. For the Lords sake be suspitious here; fear lest a promise being left, any fall short of it; other things will not last, neither Creatures, nor the Lord to do you good, unless you have everlasting grace. It is a time the Lord is stripping the world of all ornaments, your Wives, Children, Churches; God will take your Husbands, Parents, Members, Ministers from you; yet if a heart to close with the Lord, Oh this is right.
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