A59665:1334
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.
III. He so beholds him in his Glory, as that he now esteems of him in all his Glory. For a Bala••• may see the Glory of the Tents of Israel; and the Star of Jacob, but they esteem not of him in all his Glory. The damned in Hell see a Glory in Christ, else they would never grieve for the loss of him, but 'tis only in regard of something in Christ, delivering Saints from sorrows they feel. Nay many Reprobates under a lively Ministry, shall see some Glory in Christ and in Saints, to think them the happy men, yet not esteem of him in all his Glory; but 'tis otherwise here. The Lord ariseth as the Sun upon the earth, which makes all things that have any Glory to appear therein, and it puts a Glory on every thing, that was hid before. So Christ puts a Glory on every thing of himself: So that,
III. He so beholds him in his Glory, as that he now esteems of him in all his Glory. For a Bala••• may see the Glory of the Tents of Israel; and the Star of Iacob, but they esteem not of him in all his Glory. The damned in Hell see a Glory in Christ, else they would never grieve for the loss of him, but 'tis only in regard of somthing in Christ, delivering Saints from sorrows they feel. Nay many Reprobates under a lively Ministry, shall see some Glory in Christ and in Saints, to think them the happy men, yet not esteem of him in all his Glory; but 'tis otherwise here. The Lord ariseth as the Sun upon the earth, which makes all things that have any Glory to appear therein, and it puts a Glory on every thing, that was hid before. So Christ puts a Glory on every thing of himself: So that,
1. The soul sees a Glory in the Grace of Christ, John 1. 14. For the Glory of Christs Person is not seen without these excellencies, Luke 1. 46. My soul […] the Lord.
1. The soul sees a Glory in the Grace of Christ,