A59665:1240
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. 'Tis not the Law, it convinceth one, and he complains, it condemns another, and he cries out, it irritates another, and he falls to do what he can; but the Law cannot give life, Gal. 3. 21.
3. 'Tis not bare Ordinances, which are of themselves but husks and shells, and empty pipes; witness the cries of many a man Sabbath after Sabbath, no life, and that for a long time: Nay, he grows worse.
3. 'Tis not bare Ordinances, which are of themselves but husks and shels, and empty pipes; witness the cries of many a man Sabbath after Sabbath, no life, and that for a long time: Nay, he grows worse.
4. 'Tis not God simply considered, He is indeed the fountain of life, but sin hath sealed that fountain; hence many a one goes to him, and departs from him with frowns.