A59665:622
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.
4. They look he should take away all shame from them. For no people in the world loaden with more calumnies and reproaches by the wicked and by hypocrites, ⟨p. 93⟩and hard speeches from the Godly, and they doubt whether they be Sons or no. Now then the whole world shall see they are Sons, and shall stand amazed at them, and shall not doubt of it, nor themselves, fo• the Lord shall proclaim it, and they shall hear, these are my Jewels. And this they look for, 1 John 3. 1, 2.
4. They look he should take away all shame from them. For no people in the world loaden with more calumnies and reproaches by the wicked and by hypocrites, ⟨p. 93⟩and hard speeches from the Godly, and they doubt whether they be Sons or no. Now then the whole world shall see they are Sons, and shall stand amazed at them, and shall not doubt of it, nor themselves, fo• the Lord shall proclaim it, and they shall hear, these are my Jewels. And this they look for, 1 Iohn 3. 1, 2.
5. They then look for recompense to all their labour of love to him and his. Hence 1 Cor. 15. 58. Knowing your labour is not in vain in the Lord. Hence the Apostle oft defers men for that recompense till now. The Lord show mercy to the House of Onesephorus in that day, 2 Tim. 1. 18. So that some Heretics have thought souls sleep till then. They may pray and no answer, seek to do good, and do none. Oh but the Lord will recompense then abundantly.