A59665:1237
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.
Repair now to the fountain of life, for a principle of life from him,1 and fetch it from him.
- 1Means 2.
What is th••? and how shall I fetch it from him?1
- 1Quest.
1. Tis not a mans own striving,1 a man may imitate nature, but cannot make nature: All the world cannot make one poor fly. And as 'tis artis cellar artem, so when he hath done he may deceive himself and others, but nothing else. Born not of the will of m•n: A man is in great distress of Conscience for sin past, •ear of death for time to come, and now he comes just as far as a Devil; then prays Lord save me, and now comes as far as nature can carry him, and therefore is eased, and now he hath Satan's black seal upon him, and self-flattery hath carried him on. The fountain of life is not here.
1. Tis not a mans own striving,1 a man may imitate nature, but cannot make nature: All the world cannot make one poor flie. And as 'tis artis celare artem, so when he hath done he may deceive himself and others, but nothing else. Born not of the will of mn: A man is in great distress of Conscience for sin past, ear of death for time to come, and now he comes just as far as a Devil; then prays Lord save me, and now comes as far as nature can carry him, and therefore is eaed, and now he hath Satans black seal upon him, and self-flattery hath carried him on. The fountain of life is not here.