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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.
Answ. There are but three ways of going forth to meet with Christ in Scripture.
Answ. There are but three wayes of going forth to meet with Christ in Scripture.
1. When Soul and Body at the last Day meet the Lord in the clouds of the air, 1 Thes. 4. 17. Thus the whole Church, the Bride shall appear in glory to meet the Bride-groom.
2. When the Soul only goeth out of the Body by the ministry of Angels to meet the Lord in Heaven, as Paul that knew not whether in or out of the body, 2 Cor. 12. 3. We know it here shall go out of the body: as Christ is said when he went to Heaven, I go to my Father, and your Father; so it goes forth then to Christ, Eccles. 12. 7. and neither of these can be meant here, for