That though thou seest it no great matter to be separated from Christ now, yet when the heavens shall be in a flaming fire, and the earth shall give up the dead that be in it.

Thomas Shepard is the name of:
Thomas Shepard (minister) (1605–1649) American Puritan minister
Thomas D. Shepard (born c. Shepard American record producer
Tommy Shepard (1923–1993) American trombonist.