A59665:1185
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.
I. The evil of this.
I. The evill of this.
1. This abates of the excellency of grace, as from a Jewel to take away the ⟨p. 179⟩operative virtue of it. Fo• it's not like Christs now, which is strong through God, not weak; which is living, no• dead. This is not like the glorious Graces of Saints triumphing. This makes the Graces of Saints of less excellency then common Graces: common Grace will make a man •ide over many a sin, and run exceeding fast, though he fall at last. A man that hath bin angry, it will make him very quiet and still, and is there no more power in this?
1. This abates of the excellency of grace, as from a Jewel to take away the ⟨p. 179⟩oper•tive vertue of it. Fo• it's not like Christs now, which is strong through God, not weak; which is living, no• dead. This is not like the glorious Graces of Saints triumphing. This makes the Graces of Saints of less excellency then common Graces: common Grace will make a man •ide over many a sin, and run exceeding fast, though he fall at last. A man that hath bin angry, it will make him very quiet and still, and is there no more power in this?