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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.
1. They eat out all desire after the Lord Jesus and his fellowship, that he cannot long for the Lord Jesus. For a man can •ay out no more than he hath, now when his desires are lavished and let out to other things, How can he lay out any on Christ? And thus the Lord of Glory comes to bear most horrible contempt, that he is not worth desiring in such a mans Books. Thus it was with them, Luke 14. 18. Every one refused. Why? Because of their Oxen, and Wives, and Farms, Lawful things, but they lasted too much after these. When a Harlot ⟨p. 103⟩seeks to satisfy her lusts, she cares not how fat her Husband be off, never desires his coming home; so here: Many a one complains he cannot desire the Lord Jesus, which I confess is in mercy to some. But where is the cause of it? Oh they are running in another channel, and spent on other things: What a heavy curse is this? Some never think of death once in a Moon, much less long for Christ; desire not his fellowship here, much less there. And why? Because of their lusts that eat out all.
1. They eat out all desire after the Lord Jesus and his fellowship, that he cannot long for the Lord Jesus. For a man can •ay out no more than he hath, now when his desires are lavisht and let out to other things, How can he lay out any on Christ? And thus the Lord of Glory comes to bear most horrible contempt, that he is not worth desiring in such a mans Books. Thus it was with them, Luke 14. 18. Every one refused. Why? Because of their Oxen, and Wives, and Farms, Lawful things, but they lasted too much after these. When a Harlot ⟨p. 103⟩seeks to satisfie her lusts, she cares not how fat her Husband be off, never desires his coming home; so here: Many a one complains he cannot desire the Lord Jesus, which I confesse is in mercy to some. But where is the cause of it? Oh they are running in another channel, and spent on other things: What a heavy curse is this? Some never think of death once in a Moon, much lesse long for Christ; desire not his fellowship here, much lesse there. And why? Because of their lusts that eat out all.