A59665:1393
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.
IV. Fullness of the Spirit it self, in the room of Satan.
IV. Fulness of the Spirit it self, in the room of Satan.
I Shall not speak here either concerning that fullness of the Spirit in extraordinary gifts, spoken of frequently in the Acts; nor yet of that Fullness of the Spirit which some Christians that the Lord sets apart to do and suffer more for him, shall receive more than others. For John 14. 17. the Disciples had the Spirit, and yet Christ promiseth to send them the Spirit. And Stephen was a man full of Faith and the Holy Ghost, Acts 6. 8. And Barnabas Acts 11. 14. was a good man full of Faith and the Holy Ghost. But I shall speak of that Spirit which is in every Believer, without which we are not Christs; Rom. 8. 9. And this is that Spirit which is opposite to the evil Spirit, the Prince of darkness, which possesseth with craft and power all the souls of the sons of men, who doth not only encamp about men, 1 Pet. 5. 7, 8. Nor only work within them, Eph. 1. 2, 3. but he inhabiteth and dwelleth in men. He doth not only take men captive, 2 Tim. 2. 26. but he dwells in and possesseth the souls of his Captives, Luke 11. 21. And though he doth depart for a time, yet, v. 26. They return and dwell there. Now in the room of this, come• Gods Spirit, who v. 22. is said to be stronger than Satan, which cannot be meant but of Christs Spirit: That as 'tis with a man whose heart is turned from the Lord, he is not left only to be carried by the power of his sin, but by the power of Satan also. So when the whole soul is turned unto him, the Lord leaves not the soul to be carried along by the power of his own Grace or Faith, but the Spirit it self fills and acts that soul. And as the soul was carried by the mighty power of Satan before, 'tis now carried by the Almighty power of the Spirit it self, Hence