A59665:1149
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
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3. Then we are not to pray for graces, if there be no such things to be found in the hearts of Saints, but Psal. 51. 10. David prays, Create in me a clean heart; now if it be a thing created in me, 'tis not the Spirit only in me, for that cannot be created. I doubt not but David had a clean heart, but he fell in part; and therefore look as there needs a creating power to make, so there is a creating power to restore us again to what is lost.
3. Then we are not to pray for graces, if there be no such things to be found in the hearts of Saints, but Psal. 51. 10. David praies, Create in me a clean heart; now if it be a thing created in me, 'tis not the Spirit only in me, for that cannot be created. I doubt not but David had a clean heart, but he fell in part; and therefore look as there needs a creating power to make, so there is a creating power to restore us again to what is lost.
4. Then the Saints have none of their sins mortified; for 'tis as with the eye, being made to see; if sight goes out, darkness comes in, and if that be subdued, sight is renewed: So the Soul being made only for God, and to bear his image; blot out that darkness and sin comes in: cast out sin, the Lord and his Image and Graces come in. If therefore there be no Graces in the Saints, then no sin mortified: truly if so, then the end of Christs coming, and dying is quite abolished, 1 John 3. 8. & Rom. 6. 2, 3.
4. Then the Saints have none of their sins mort•fied; for 'tis as with the eye, being made to see; if sight goes out, darkness comes in, and if that be subdued, sight is renewed: So the Soul being made only for God, and to bear his image; blot out that darkness and sin comes in: cast out sin, the Lord and his Image and Graces come in. If therefore there be no Graces in the Saints, then no sin mortified: truly if so, then the end of Christs coming, and dying is quite abolished,