A59665:2403
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.
Oh take heed of rash judging and condemning,1 and suspecting, and censuring other men: In Pauls time Rom. 14. 10. one Brother in a Church there judged another about indifferent things in a Christ-like manner, as if he had no Grace, &c. You shall stand before Christs Judgement Seat, saith Paul▪ and hence Paul, 1 Cor. 4. 3, 4, 5. accounts little of mans Judgement, and bids them judge nothing, &c. What if Christ find that to be a lye which thou judgest to be true.
Oh take heed of rash judging and condemning,1 and suspecting, and censuring other men: In Pauls time Rom. 14. 10. one Brother in a Church there judged another about indifferent things in a Christ-like manner, as if he had no Grace, &c. You shall stand before Christs Iudgement Seat, saith Paul▪ and hence Paul, 1 Cor. 4. 3, 4, 5. accounts little of mans Judgement, and bids them judge nothing, &c. What if Christ find that to be a lye which thou judgest to be true.
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Many of Gods Servants lie under hard thoughts and speeches in private, not only from Enemies abroad, but from inhabitants at home; men out of the Church censuring and judging of Members; men in the Church, one of another, especially if they take to a side; The Lord will discover hard speeches, and an edition of all your hard thoughts put out in print at the last day: This breaks love, this breaks Church-fellowship, and is the cause of breache in this Country.