A59665:2431
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.
Object. 2. Because my heart goes so soon, so oft a whoring from him.
Answ. It may be that you are sorely tempted, and thy heart may begin to be taken, &c. but yet if you cannot yield to lie in your falls, this is not an evidence of a breach of the match. Psal. 73. he was almost gone, yet the Lord recovers him, and saith he, the Lord is with me; therefore as it was with Christ, it was not possible that the bonds of death should hold him; so here shall it be with the poor doubting believer.
Object. 3. Because my heart cannot love him.
Answ. Why do you then sigh under captivity and bondage of your love? you cannot love him, other things do keep you under; oh but can she say she loves not her husband, that doth sigh in bondage to be with him• Consider how it is at Christs absenting himself from thee (as thou thinkest) at any time; for then love is seen, especially at the time of parting.