A59665:626
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.
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OR hence learn what to judge of those that never look for the coming and company of the Lord Jesus,1 but 'tis with them, as it was with the Israelites, when Moses was gone into the Mount, and stayed there long, the people made their Calf, and went to their feasting and rejoicing: So the Lord Jesus being gone for the Spirit of life, and to prepare a place of Glory, it being now long since, they make Idols of their Jewels, and of their own excellencies, and of whatsoever is glorious in their eyes in this world. Or as Christ compares the secure ⟨p. 94⟩world, as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be, or as in the days of Lot, when they never knew nor looked for it, though told of it; so 'tis with them. Do you think these are espoused to Christ? or made ready for Christ? whose glorious appearing is never, or seldom, or the least thing in their thoughts, and are far from seeing and setting it before their eyes.
OR hence learn what to judge of those that never look for the coming and company of the Lord Jesus,1 but 'tis with them, as it was with the Israelites, when Moses was gone into the Mount, and stayed there long, the people made their Calf, and went to their feasting and rejoycing: So the Lord Jesus being gone for the Spirit of life, and to prepare a place of Glory, it being now long since, they make Idols of their Jewels, and of their own excellencies, and of whatsoever is glorious in their eyes in this world. Or as Christ compares the secure ⟨p. 94⟩world, as it was in the daies of Noah, so shall it be, or as in the daies of Lot, when they never knew nor look't for it, though told of it; so 'tis with them. Do you think these are espoused to Christ? or made ready for Christ? whose glorious appearing is never, or seldom, or the least thing in their thoughts, and are far from seeing and setting it before their eyes.