A59665:1361
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.
I shall not speak here of Historical or Miraculous Faith:1 The first of which is in the Devils, the second in some men only, that may perish afterward. Nor yet of that Faith which we call, of Assurance, we shall not come yet to that. But of that which we call justifying Faith, and that which doth first unite to Christ, and justify. Now this Faith is the coming of the soul to Christ. This is the general. For Adam had his life in himself, but now 'tis lo•t in us, but laid up in Christ, Col. 3. 3. Now hence they that would have this life, must go out of themselves to the Lord for it. Now the motion of the soul between these two extremes of emptiness and death here, to life and fullness there, what is it but Faith? Which Adam had not, nor could have in that estate; and therefore none of the Sons of Adam naturally can share in it.
I shall not speak here of Historical or Miraculous Faith:1 The first of which is in the Devils, the second in some men only, that may perish afterward. Nor yet of that Faith which we call, of Assurance, we shall not come yet to that. But of that which we call justifying Faith, and that which doth first un•te to Christ, and justifie. Now this Faith is the coming of the soul to Christ. This is the general. For Adam had his life in himself, but now 'tis lo•t in us, but laid up in Christ, Col. 3. 3. Now hence they that would have this life, must go out of themselves to the Lord for it. Now the motion of the soul between these two extreams of emp•iness and death here, to life and fulness there, what is it but Faith? Which Adam had not, nor could have in that estate; and therefore none of the Sons of Adam naturally can share in it.
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