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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.
3. Suppose thou shouldst have hi• at last, yet he will never desire thee, never take any delight in thee, until that you come to get your affections unloosed here, Psal. 45. 10, 11. Dost not find a strangeness between Christ and thy soul? Doth he not hide his face? Doth he not soon depart from thee, though he appears sometimes to thee? Doth he not let thee lie like a Broom behind the door? And doth little by thee either within or without. And is not this a sad and heavy thing? Why sayest thou, doth the Lord deal thus with me? Oh thy heart is yet after thy Fathers house, if thou didst forget it, then he would take pleasure in thy beauty. What pleasure can earth give thee, when the Lord takes no pleasure in thee?
3. Suppo•e thou shouldst have hi• at last, yet he will never desire thee, never take any delight in thee, until that you come to get your affections unloosed here, Psal. 45. 10, 11. Dost not find a strangenesse between Christ and thy soul? Doth he not hide his face? Doth he not soon depart from thee, though he appears somtimes to thee? Doth he not let thee lie like a Broom behind the door? And doth little by thee either within or without. And is not this a sad and heavy thing? Why saist thou, doth the Lord deal thus with me? Oh thy heart is yet after thy Fathers house, if thou didst forget it, then he would take pleasure in thy beauty. What pleasure can earth give thee, when the Lord takes no pleasure in thee?
But may not a man desire these things?1 If we may, how far?
- 1Object.