A59665:804
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.
5. From the Lord himself: who hath,1
- 1Reas. 5.
First, Reserved this exact separation as one part of his own glory at his Second coming: Then he shall separate sheep and Goats.
Secondly, Because some are very serviceable to his Church, and so to Christ, as Caput politicum, both in regard of outward means of subsistence, and also with edifying gifts: hence into his Family he will let them come, being servants, and like Carriers that carry another's money and wealth to him, and then turns them out of doors.
Secondly, Because some are very serviceable to his Church, and so to Christ, as Caput politicum, both in regard of outward means of subsistance, and also with edifying gifts: hence into his Family he will let them come, being servants, and like Carriers that carry anothers money and wealth to him, and then turns them out of doors.