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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. Mo••n heavily for want of it,1 Psal. 51. 8 and so look for it in a word. Labour to partake of the fellowship of Christs Resurrection, else no desires can be raised up, Col. 3, 1. 2.
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Quest. What is that?
Ans. Look as we then have fellowship with Christ, and with the Church in miseries, when we from the serious apprehension of their sorrows, condole and […] with them, so with Christ in Glory, when from serious deep apprehensions of his Glory, we reign with him, we are risen with him: for let a man be assured Christ is not his if he knows not what the worth and glory of his fellowship is a man will then never long to be with him: Oh therefore labour to comprehend this glory of the Lord Jesus, and that by the spirit of Revelation, Ephes. 1. 17. 18. The word reveals the Glory of Saints, that there is a kingdom, that they shall be ⟨p. 115⟩Perfect in one, that they shall have that Glory the Father hath given to Christ, John 17. 22. Oh get the Spirit to show thee the thing what this means, what this is; else something in the world will make you look back. There are false Spies that vilify Gods Kingdom to his Saints, Oh say 'tis a good God, and country, and Christ, and Mercy, and love; let me go up and possess it. O get the Lord to give thee but one glimpse of this!