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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.
Hence see how ill the sin of worldliness or any sinful l•st suits with a gracious godly man:1 Shall the Lord come as a Bridegroom to you, and will you run a whoring from him in this day? A man can bear it when others that he never set his heart upon, depart from him; but these to do it, it is a sin against his kindness, against his person most immediately, and against his name and honour. As a virtuous woman is a crown to her husband; so here. Covetousness is a vile sin in any, but especially in these; and hence Jer. 3. 4, 5. Wilt thou not from this time cry my Father. When Baruch sought great things, Wilt thou seek great things when God came to destroy all? so will you keep great things here when the Lord is destroying al•,2when your Husband will be all in all? when a woman knows that a great Prince loves her, she scorns all other Suitors, &c. So should you be content, though poor, though sinful, &c. Col. 3. 4. 5. as long as Christ loves thee.
HEnce see how ill the sin of worldliness or any sinful l•st suits with a gracious godly man:1 Shall the Lord come as a Bridegroom to you, and will you run a whoring from him in this day? A man can bear it when others that he never set his heart upon, depart from him; but these to do it, it is a sin against his kindness, against his person most immediately, and against his name and honor. As a vertuous woman is a crown to her husband; so here. Covetousness is a vile sin in any, but especially in these; and hence