A59665:874
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.
1. That some never come to find or enj•• Christ, because they will not come off to the price of him, to sell themselves […] for him.
1. That some never come to find or enj•• •hrist, because they will not come off to the price of him, to sell themselves 〈…〉 for him.
2. Some sell him away again in time of Temptation, like Esau that sold his Birth-right, and never make any thing of it; because the Bond is not strong enough down, they fall from him.
3. Hence comes all a mans uneven carriage.
4. Hence comes sometimes the unpardonable sin, Heb. 10. 29