A59665:1278
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.
II. Negatively. If there should not be such a distinguishing fullness,
II. Negatively. If there should not be such a distinguishing fulness,
1. Then the whole Ministry of Christ is in vain; and so destroyed, for what is the end of that, that God raiseth up any Ministers in the Church, but this, Acts 26. 18. To turn men from darkness to light. If this light was only that in Heb. 6. 4▪ then the end of the Ministry was to work hypocrisy. And from the power of Satan to God, there the Lord leaves them not, but that they may receive remission of sins,&c.
1. Then the whole Ministry of Christ is in vain; and so destroyed, for what is the end of that, that God raiseth up any Ministers in the Church, but this, Acts 26. 18. To turn men from darknesse to light. If this light was only that in Heb. 6. 4▪ then the end of the Ministry was to work hypocrisie. And from the power of Satan to God, there the Lord leaves them not, but that they may receive remission of sins,&c.
2. If there should not be this fullness, most of the Promises should be destroyed, and Gods Faithfulness fail, and the Saints be deceived. For Promises are made to them that mourn, to them that hunger, to them that believe, &c. Now many Hypocrites mourn, and desire, and the stony ground believed. Then it seems the promise is not true. Yes, and therefore there must be another kind of mourning, another and higher degree of the Spirit of Faith, &c. i. e. not of the same Faith, but of another kind of Faith.