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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. If th•u hast them, and dost desire them, and God gives them, and thou lettest Christ go, thou hadst better a thousand times be without them, Psal, 78. 30, 31. The meat was in their mouths, and the wrath of God came upon them. If the Lord gives thee Christ, happy for ever; if these things when thou dost so desire them, oh woe for ever!
2. If th•u hast them, and dost desire them, and God gives them, and thou lettest Christ go, thou hadst better a thousand times be without them, Psal, 78. 30, 31. The meat was in their mouths, and the wrath of God came upon them. If the Lord gives thee Christ, happy for ever; if these things when thou dost so desire them, oh wo for ever!
3. The Fellowship of the Lord Jesus thou shalt never lose. Death shall not part thee from that, nothing shall rob thee of that; but look after and long for these things, they will perish and die away. All flesh is grass, the Word of the Lord, and the Lord himself much more endureth for ever.
3. The Fellowship of the Lord Jesus thou shalt never lose. Death shall not part thee from that, nothing shall rob thee of that; but look after and long for these things, they will perish and die away. All flesh is grasse, the Word of the Lord, and the Lord himself much more endureth for ever.
4. Why dost desire these things? For some sweet in them. Why is not all that in the presence of the Lord Jesus, and enjoying him? It pleaseth the Father that in him should all fullness dwell, so that thou shalt drink as out of a pure Fountain all that is there. If there be any sweetness here, he gave it, 'tis much more eminently in himself,