A59665:1241
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.
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.
5. Where is life then? In Christ: I know he is Lord and Prince of Life. Yet consider, as God-man no life is in him for you, as to be communicated to you. Where then? 'Tis in the blood and death of the Lord of life: You are ready to undervalue this life. Oh consider, what it mus• cost the Son of God? and where it must lie, Hebr. 9. 14. If Bulls and Goats blood washed the flesh, much more this blood, &c. Many a man feels a blind dead heart, and all duties dead: And hence useth many persuasions to himself, yet they continue so still, because he never looks to this blood. There is this excellency in Christs blood, not only to cleanse from guilt, and power of sin, but from dead works, and none else can. Now therefore repair hither for it; know what your lives will and must cost. Now how shall this be done?
5. Where is life then? In Christ: I know he is Lord and Prince of Life. Yet consider, as God-man no life is in him for you, as to be communicated to you. Where then? 'Tis in the blood and death of the Lord of life: You are ready to undervalue this life. Oh consider, what it mus cost the Son of God? and where it must lie,