A59665:748
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. VIII.
OH long to be with the Lord Jesus. Before a man hath Christ,1 now his desires should be to have him; when he hath Christ, now his longings should be to be with him. Do thus in this place, especially in this Age. I have oft thought one great end of Gods bringing his own people into this place is to […] them to die, and be with Christ. Men have heard of Christ, and passed th•ugh the waves of death, and stood many a week within six inches of De•th to see Christ here; well, when you come here, God visits you with troubles, temptations, losses, desertions, fears for future times; here it may be you see (as some see) an end of all perfection, Church-builders, Church-ordinances, Church-professors, &c. or if they find the Lord, 'tis soon gone; why all is that you might long to be at home.
OH long to be with the Lord Jesus. Before a man h•th Christ,1 now his desires should be to have him; when he hath Christ, now his longings should be to be with him. Do thus in this place, especially in this Age. I have oft thought one great end of Gods bringing his own people into this place is to 〈…〉 them to die, and be with Christ. Men have heard of Christ, and passed th•ugh the waves of death, and stood many a week within six inches of De•th to see Christ here; well, when you come here, God visits you with troubles, temptat•ons, losses, desertions, fears for future times; here it may be you see (as some see) an end of all perfection, Church-builders, Church-ordinances, Church-professors, &c. or if they find the Lord, 'tis soon gone; why all is that you might long to be at home.