A59665:1138
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.
the stony ground fell away, because they had not the root within. This is called the inner man; the good treasure of the heart, opposite to the evil treasure of the heart of a wicked man. Now, as an evil man acts not only from Satan, the evil spirit; but the inward power of lust; so the Saints, Mat. 12. 35. And here I intend not to show what this inward Principle is particularly, for that I reserve to the two last points. Yet, least any should stumble, let me speak to two sorts.
the stony ground fell away, because they had not the root within. This is called the inner man; the good treasure of the heart, opposite to the evil treasure of the heart of a wicked man. Now, as an evil man acts not only from Satan, the evil spirit; but the inward power of lust; so the Saints, Mat. 12. 35. And here I intend not to shew what this inward Principle is particularly, for that I reserve to the two last points. Yet, least any should stumble, let me speak to two sorts.
1. Know some of you, that there is not only external actings of the Spirit from whence we act, but a new nature in the Saints.
2. Let others know, 1. That as before the Lord calls we are dead, so after we are alive this inward principle is not perfect here: Hence actions sometimes cease, and when they do not, yet are corrupted, as laesa principia act, but ever err in their act, hence have need of pardon from and acceptance in the Lord Jesus. 2. That this is not in us as in Adam, who did not need to borrow life of another, but it stands in daily need of the Lord Jesus, and hence this inward principle acts, but 'tis by faith, the operations of which are the wagons to victual the camp continually, especially in time of need, and which is part of this inward principle; and hence