A59665:2164
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.
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.
2. Some for comfort, and hence pray and mourn; and hence Mal. 3. 14. what profit is there that we have walked so? as it was with Naomi, when she returned home, both her daughters accompany her some part of her way, Return again, saith she, to your friends, here is no Husband for you where I go; the one would not be beaten off, it is not a Husband I came for, but a God; thy God shall be my God; the other hearing her speeches, and loving her Fathers house, and Country, goes back, not without some affection; so it is here; whereas Faith will cry the more.
2. Some for comfort, and hence pray and mourn; and hence Mal. 3. 14. what profit is there that we have walked so? as it was with Naomi, when she returned home, both her daughters accompany her some part of her way, Return again, saith she, to your friends, here is no Husband for you where I go; the one would not be beaten off, it is not a Husband I came for, but a God; thy God shallbe my God; the other hearing her speeches, and loving her Fathers house, and Country, goes back, not without some affection; so it is here; whereas Faith will cry the more.