A59665:619
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. They look for him to change their vile bodies, that this their Husband at the marriage day should take away these rags, & make them like unto his Glorious body, brighter than the Sun;1 so that burn them, cut them to pieces, (as some by the Indians have been, Lord help!) they see Christ loves both, and hence holds sword and soul in one hand, and scabbard in another, &c.
1. They look for him to change their vile bodies, that this their Husband at the marriage day should take away these rags, & make them like unto his Glorious body, brighter than the Sun;1 so that burn them, cut them to peices, (as some by the Indians have been, Lord help!) they see Christ loves both, and hence holds sword and soul in one hand, and scabberd in another, &c.
- 1This was preached about the time o• the Pequot wars.
2. They expect he should take away all their sins, and make them like unto himself, engrave on their souls perfectly his own Image, that their enemies they feel now, they look they shall never see them more. 1 John 3. 2. And as no evil like it, no mercy like this; and no evil to Saints like this, that yet they should grieve the heart of such a Husband.
2. They expect he should take away all their sins, and make them like unto himself, engrave on their souls perfectly his own Image, that their enemies they feel now, they look they shall never see them more. 1 Iohn 3. 2. And as no evil like it, no mercy like this; and no evil to Saints like this, that yet they should grieve the heart of such a Husband.