A59665:1172
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.
SECT. III.
TO take heed of denying the grace of God, or this inward principle,1 in whole, or in part, for this inward principle, being the life of Christ in us,2 to deny this is to deny Christ, and to take away his life; and such the Lord will deny before his Angels another day: When they shall say, Have we not eat and drank in thy presence, he shall answer, I never knew you: I shall therefore here direct my speech to four sorts.
- 1Use 3.
- 2Of Caution; and sad Advice.
First, To those that deny created graces in the Saints peculiar unto them only, its said there are none such in the Country, if there are not, it may be there have been, and it may be will be, and therefore isle speak: For I believe 'tis a delusion digged and hatched out of the steam of the lowest sink in Hell: And therefore that all may take heed of the evil of it, I will first show the evil of it, then the causes that do beget it.
First, To those that deny created graces in the Saints peculiar unto them only, its said there are none such in the Country, if there are not, it may be there have been, and it may be will be, and therfore ile speak: For I beleeve 'tis a delusion digged and hatcht out of the steam of the lowest sink in Hell: And therefore that all may take heed of the evill of it, I will first shew the evill of it, then the causes that do beget it.