A59665:2167
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.
Fifthly, From the offences which usually Satan casts in when they are in the heat of their first endeavours; as the stony ground being offended fell away. As,
1. Persecution, and hence they fall; a child begins to look towards God; the Father, Mother, Friends scoff and reproach.
1. Persecution, and hence they fall; a childe begins to look towards God; the Father, Mother, Friends scoff and reproach.
2. Corrupt Teachers, Matth. 24. that like false Christs deceive, and put a world of scruples into mens heads, and then lead them away; as the Galatians that would pull out their eyes for Paul, yet by love and smooth carriage of false Teachers so plausible, they fell off strangely.
2. Corrupt Teachers, Matth. 24. that like false Christs deceive, and put a world of scruples into mens heads, and then lead them away; as the Galatia•s that would pull out their eyes for Paul, yet by love and smooth carriage of false Teachers so plausible, they fell off strangely.