A59665:1154
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.
2. Because the Graces in us, are received from the Lord Jesus his fullness, John 1. 16. Now the Graces in Christ are not dead, but living, are not weak, but powerful; the Spirit of Grace 'tis now triumphing in him, 'tis so in us only: 'tis in him in the highest degree, in us in a lower. And therein consists our likeness to Christ, 2 Cor. 3. 18. And to deny this, is to deface the Image of the Lord Jesus; and this is part of the Beauty and Glory of Christ: hence to deny this, is to obscure the glory of the Lord Jesus. Without Christ a Christian can do nothing: but how doth Christ do all, by the Spirit without Graces? (I speak not of Conversion where 'tis without Graces as causes) No truly, as he acts, so we act in part. Unless any will say, we have not received grace for grace; or are in no measure like the image of Christ.
2. Because the Graces in us, are received from the Lord Jesus his fulness, Iohn 1. 16. Now the Graces in Christ are not dead, but living, are not weak, but powerful; the Spirit of Grace 'tis now triumphing in him, 'tis so in us only: 'tis in him in the highest degree, in us in a lower. And therein consists our likeness to Christ, 2 Cor. 3. 18. And to deny this, is to deface the Image of the Lord Jesus; and this is part of the Beauty and Glory of Christ: hence to deny this, is to obscure the glory of the Lord Jesus. Without Christ a Christian can do nothing: but how doth Christ do all, by the Spirit without Graces? (I speak not of Conversion where 'tis without Graces as causes) No truly, as he acts, so we act in part. Unless any will say, we have not received grace for grace; or are in no measure like the image of Christ.
3. If the first Adam hath conveyed to all his members a power of corruption, then the second Adam also a power of Godliness, contrary to that,