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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.
SECT. V.
Hence see a clear foundation and ground-work of longing for fellowship with the Lord Jesus in his Ordinances here.1 This is that I shall exhort to. For
HEnce see a clear foundation and ground-work of longing for fellowship with the Lord Jesus in his Ordinances here.1 This is that I shall exhort to. For
- 1Use 3.
1. You cannot, shall not, must not now go to him in Heaven, nor enjoy fellowship with him, nor meet him in the clouds though you do long for that day; but in his Ordinances you may meet with him now. And truly those whom we love and long for, if we cannot go to their house, or find them at home, we are glad to meet with them abroad. As with those who stand before Princes, if we cannot be with them on the Throne, or at Court, we will desire to be with them in the Country, Nay on the Dunghill. Oh the Spirit of David! Psal. 27. 4. One thing have I desired, and that I will seek for, though I never have it. What is that David? Is it to wear the Crown in Jerusalem? Is it to have all thine enemies lick the dust of thy feet? Is it to have thy Name spread, and thine Honour great through all the Kingdoms of the world? No, but that I may dwell in the Courts of the Lords House all the days of my life, and that seeing I cannot, shall not die presently, and so go to see his Glory in Heaven, therefore that I may see his Beauty here, enjoy him here, and that not for some years, but all the days of my life.