A59665:2375
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.
SECT. II.
Quest. 1. But when shall the Lord Jesus come?
Quest. 1. BUt when shall the Lord Iesus come?
Ans. In general, when all the E••ct are gathered under the wings of Christ; hence Matth. 24. 22. For the elects fake those days shall be shortened, i. e. an utter ruin of all had then come but for them; and therefore when they are once collected, the Lord will come; and hence in particular Judgements the Lord doth thus; only a few Elect keep a whole land from being utterly wasted,1 Isa. 6. ul•. 1 Cor. 15. 23, 24. first Christ is quickened, i. e. in soul and body raised, then those that are Christs at his coming, and then comes the end; and hence the tares are spared, lest in pulling up them, the wheat also be plucked up.
Ans. In general, when all the Ect are gathered under the wings of Christ; hence