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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.
2. Because the Lord Jesus longs for them,1 John 17. 24. Throughout which Chapter he prays as if in Heaven already. Hence I am no more in this world, and where I am, let them be also. He was on earth, but looks on himself as in Heaven. That as it was with the High Priest, he carries the Names of the twelve Tribes on his heart, bese• with precious Stones; very dear to him, […] the Holy of Holies, so Christ. Not that he sees any beauty in them of their own, why he should desire them, but because he freely loves them, and dearly loves them, as being given him of the Father, and as having cost him dear; and hence if he loves them, he longs for them: Now if he longs for them, ought not they much more to long for him? Psal. 27. 8. Thou saidst seek my face, thy face Lord will I seek.
2. Because the Lord Jesus longs for them,1 Iohn 17. 24. Throughout which Chapter he prays as if in Heaven already. Hence I am no more in this world, and where I am, let them be also. He was on earth, but looks on himself as in Heaven. That as it was with the High Priest, he carries the Names of the twelve Tribes on his heart, bese• with precious Stones; very dear to him, 〈…〉 the Holy of Holies, so Christ. Not that he sees any beauty in them of their own, why he should desire them, but because he freely loves them, and dearly loves them, as being given him of the Father, and as having cost him dear; and hence if he loves them, he longs for them: Now if he longs for them, ought not they much more to long for him? Psal. 27. 8. Thou saidst seek my face, thy face Lord will I seek.
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