A59665:2163
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.
like one that comes to Husbandmen, and tells them they have taken much pains and care to get their ground good to bring forth much, but for time to come their ground shall bring forth fruit without planting or sowing, only reap you the fruit, it would be good news to them, and they believe it, and then when the year comes about, they are to seek for corn; so this affects, and here they rest, and by this means want.
like one that comes to Husbandmen, and tells them they have taken much pains and care to get their ground good to bring forth much, but for time to come their ground shall bring forth fruit without planting or sowing, only reap you the fruit, it would be good news to them, and they beleive it, and then when the year comes about, they are to seek for corn; so this affects, and here they rest, and by this means want.
Fourthly, From feeling the unprofitableness of seeking the Lord through difficulties, and hence they give over but a little before they find that that will continue.
Fourthly, From feeling the unprofitableness of seeking the Lord through difficulties, and hence they give over but a little before they finde that that will continue.
1. Some follow the Lord for carnal ends, as Judas did, but he finding the purse grow lank, and the bag empty, he forsakes the Lord.
1. Some follow the Lord for carnal ends, as Iudas did, but he finding the purse grow lank, and the bag empty, he forsakes the Lord.