Ten virgins - Shepard - II - Chapters 6 & 7

Required reading
Ten virgins by Thomas Shepard (Available from Amazon or free here).  Read Chapters 6 & 7.

My summary
Firstly in Chapter Six Shepard gives us four motives to persuade us to love Christ and be espoused to him:
(i) consider the glory of Jesus;
(ii) consider that he makes love to you;
(iii) consider that all he seeks for is love;
(iv) consider what he will do for you, how he will love you, if you will love him.

Secondly we see in Chapter Seven that a man has no power in himself to do any spiritual work, but that he must receive all from Christ.

What grabbed me
Good point about how a wife may defile herself: 'Secret defilement is by neglect of private communion with Him; this is whorish in a wife.  Here is stronger temptation to neglect private prayer and meditation, partly by want of room, partly by multitudes of businesses, and work, and cares hereabout, that being weary in the day, sleepy at night, busy in the morning, prayer, meditation, daily examination are sent away as Paul from Felix...'

Busyness does not appear to be whoredom, but it is whoredom when it is done at the expense of time spent with the Lord.

Next week's reading
Read Chapters 8 & 9.

Now it's your turn
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