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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.
5. Else you may fall everlastingly away, as those, Heb. 10. 29. They had received the knowledge of the Truth, and were sanctified, but their wills and hearts never changed. Oh take heed there be not left only a fearful looking for of vengeance! You stand on the brim of destruction every moment, that do it not. For 'tis plain hypocrisy, not to bring works to the light; 'tis not ceasing to go on in a covenant of works, John 3. 20. And if the Lord doth love you, and you will not take the counsel of the Word, the fire of the Lord shall try you. And when that comes, and Conscience shall ask, wherefore comes all this great evil upon me? when your miseries shall be great, Oh it shall be said, this was because I loved not the Lord, I forsook the Lord, &c. Oh therefore look to the Lord now to cleanse you! Zac. 13. 9.
5. Else you may fall everlastingly away, as those, Heb. 10. 29. They had received the knowledge of the Truth, and were sanctified, but their wills and hearts never changed. Oh take heed there be not left only a fearful looking for of vengeance! You stand on the brim of destruction every moment, that do it not. For 'tis plain hypocrisie, not to bring works to the light; 'tis not ceasing to go on in a covenant of works, Iohn 3. 20. And if the Lord do•h love you, and you will not take the counsel of the Word, the fire of the Lord shall try you. And when that comes, and Conscience shall ask, wherefore comes all this great evil upon me? when your miseries shall be great, Oh it shall be said, this was because I loved not the Lord, I forsook the Lord, &c. Oh therefore look to the Lord now to cleanse you! Zac. 13. 9.