A59665:24
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. I.
These words are part of our Saviours Answer unto two solemn questions which his Disciples propounded unto him, Chap. 24.v. 3. The first was concerning the destruction of the Temple at Jerusalem. The second concerning the sign of his coming, and so of the end of the world. The first seems to be occasioned by our Saviours speech, c. 24.v. 2. The second from his speech, c. 23.v. 39. To the first therefore he answers, from the ⟨p. 2⟩4th v. of the 24th ch. to the 23d v. of it. To the second he answereth from the 23d v. of the same chap. to end of this 25th chap. Wherein he acquaints them,
THese words are part of our Saviours Answer unto two solemn questions which his Disciples propounded unto him, Chap. 24.v. 3. The first was concerning the destruction of the Temple at Ierusalem. The second concerning the sign of his coming, and so of the end of the world. The first seems to be occasioned by our Saviours speech, c. 24.v. 2. The second from his speech, c. 23.v. 39. To the first therefore he answers, from the ⟨p. 2⟩4th v. of the 24th ch. to the 23d v. of it. To the second he answereth from the 23d v. of the same chap. to end of this 25th chap. Wherein he acquaints them,
1. With some things which shall be before his coming, viz. subtle and strong delusions, mixed with sore tribulations and oppressions, especially in the time of Antichrist's reign, as also great confusions, in all hearts and Churches, if not throughout all the world after the tribulation of those days; And then (saith he) v. 30. shall appear the sign of the Son of man, and he shall be seen coming in power and great Glory; but if you desire farther to know the day and hour when this shall be, 'tis such a secret as my Father revealeth not to any, no, not to the very Angels in Heaven, and therefore you need not know it, nor yet should seek to know it; 'tis sufficient for you to know that before my coming there shall be lamentable and sad times, and that when they are at their worst, that the Sun and the Moon (through the horrors of mens hearts, and the universal confusions in the world) shall seem to be darkened, &c. that then it is time for me to come, and set all in order again, then the time of my coming draws nigh: Now this Christ doth from v. 23. of the 24th chap. to v. 37.