A59665:2371
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.
First, The wise they went in with him to the Marriage.
First, The wise they went in with him to the Mariage.
Secondly, The foolish were shut out, &c.
By this coming of the Lord is (as hath been oft said) meant the coming of Christ to Death or Judgement; but especially and principally his coming to Judgement, as may appear by the whole series of this Chapter and the next, wherein the Lord answers to the second question of the Disciples, viz. the signs and ••me of his coming; i. e. his second coming, which is called his coming to judge the the world, &c.