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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.
'Tis that work of the Spirit whereby a sinner, sensible of his extreme nakedness, emptiness and wants, being called of God, his whole soul comes out of himself to Christ, for himself. I speak not of assurance, for if that were Faith, all •• probates then we•e bound to believe an untruth, Viz. That God the Father […], and Christ hath died for them.
'Tis that work of the Spirit whereby a sinner, sensible of his extream nakedness, emptiness and wants, being called of God, his whole soul comes out of himself to Christ, for himself. I speak not of assurance, for if that were Faith, all •• probates then we•e bound to believe an un•ruth, Viz. That God the Father 〈…〉, and Christ hath died for them.
1. 'Tis a work of Gods Spirit, and hence 'tis called the Spirit of Faith, no• only because wrought by it; but because the Spirit is in an admirable manner fastened to it, and clasped to the soul, and the soul to Christ by it.
1. 'Tis a work of Gods Spirit, and hence 'tis called the Spirit of Faith, no• only because wrought by it; but because the Spirit is in an admirable maner fastned to it, and clasped to the soul, and the soul to Christ by it.
2. The Subject in which 'tis wrought: A snner sensible of his extreme wants; for Faith springs out of the destruction of our own excellency, and ruins of it; like Christ, that did arise a root out of a dry ground; for the Lords gret plot, is to advance Christ and his rich grace. Now look as 'tis obscured by bringing any thing of our own to it, so 'tis advanced by fetching all from it; this can never be till the soul is sensible of his nakedness, emptiness and wants; let Christ be never so sweet, a full soul will loth him; and I […] extreme want. The Prodigal never comes home, till he dies for hunger: […] is the fencelessness of men, and dislike of Christ, tha extremities only drive them hither, as