Hypocrites in the Purest Churches

Thomas Shepard 1605-1649

From the Parable of the Ten Virgins- This book, more than any other, was quoted by Jonathan Edwards in his Treatise on the Religious Affections. His fellow puritans said of this, “... though a vein of serious, solid and hearty piety run through all this author's works; yet he hath reserved the best wine till the last.”