A59665:41
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.
1. The place where this preparation is made, viz. in the Kingdom of Heaven, vers. 1.
2. The time when it shall be made, set down in the first word, Then, v. 1.
3. The persons that shall make this preparation, they shall not be corrupted Members of degenerate Churches, where mens profession is grown foul through length of wearing; but they are Professors of some eminent strain, some whereof are truly sincere, others secretly unsound. And there is a double description of them. 1. From some things wherein they all agree. 2. From some other particulars wherein they manifestly differ;
3. The persons that shall make this preparation, they shall not be corrupted Members of degenerate Churches, where mens profession is grown foul through length of wearing; but they are Professors of some eminent strain, some whereof are truly sincere, others secretly unsound. And there is a double desription of them. 1. From some things wherein they all agree. 2. From some other particulars wherein they manifestly differ;