A59665:1217
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.
6. Those whose Principle is the fear of death, and hell; raised not so much by the power of Conscience, as by the power of the Word. And hence come complaints about a mans Estate; that a man can have no rest by all duties that he hath done, or doth. Hence following of the means, running to the best Ministry, mourning, and lamenting, and confessing sin, Mat. 3. 7. Oh generation of vipers ⟨p. 185⟩&c. And hence prizing of favour and Comfort, Psal. 78. 34, 35. Hence many do take this for their Conversion, and say, I heard such a Minister at such a time, and then I cried out I was damned, and thought I saw the Devil, yea, and to Hell you may for all this, if no other Principle. Indeed, there is this fear in the elect, but drives them to the Ark, as Noah: But those, when their fear is over, they fall to fight against the Lord.
6. Those whose Principle is the fear of death, and hell; raised not so much by the power of Conscience, as by the power of the Word. And hence come complaints about a mans Estate; that a man can have no rest by all duties that he hath done, or doth. Hence following of the means, running to the best Ministry, mourning, and lamenting, and confessing sin, Mat. 3. 7. Oh generation of vipers ⟨p. 185⟩&c. And hence prizing of favour and Comfort, Psal. 78. 34, 35. Hence many do take this for their Conversion, and say, I heard such a Minister at such a time, and then I cryed out I was damned, and thought I saw the Devil, yea, and to Hell you may for all this, if no other Principle. Indeed, there is this fear in the elect, but drives them to the Ark, as Noah: But those, when their fear is over, they fall to fight against the Lord.