A59665:1385
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
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Answ. True, but yet,
1. So far as 'tis carnal 'tis lamented heavily; so that they grow not there, but are dying, withering daily, Jer. 31. 18, 19. When a mans affections grow out of the world, and there is no fear nor sorrow, in this respect now, no Christ is there.
1. So far as 'tis carnal 'tis lamented heavily; so that they grow not there, but are dying, withering dayly, Ier. 31. 18, 19. When a mans affections grow out of the world, and there is no fear nor sorrow, in this respect now, no Christ is there.
2. The Bent and Bias of the Soul carries the whole Soul hither. For I would not judge of this so much by sudden pangs, as by an inward bent; for the whole Soul in affectionate expressions and actions may be carried unto Christ, but being without this bent and change of affections, it's unsound. As in Gideon, they would on a hurry make him King: He would not: He knew it was a sudden pang which would die. And the reason is, the true turn of the whole Soul is not by turning old affections upon another Object, but changing them first by this bent, and so turning them. For a carnal heart may have the first, as the same eye ⟨p. 209⟩may see the Sun and a Dunghill, and the eye not changed; So here. Now when the whole Soul is set here, it is never at rest till here.
2. The Bent and Byas of the Soul carries the whole Soul hither. For I would not judge of this so much by sudden pags, as by an inward bent; for the whole Soul in affectionate expressions and actions may be carried unto Christ, but being without this bent and change of affections, it's unsound. As in Gideon, they would on a hurry make him King: He would not: He knew it was a sudden pang which would die. And the reason is, the true turn of the whole Soul is not by turning old affections upon another Object, but changing them first by this bent, and so turning them. For a carnal heart may have the first, as the same eye