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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.
2. Because as the pollution of the whole man, and all his actions civil, moral, and religious, consists chiefly, and appears in this self-seeking, or making our selves our utmost end. This makes the most glorious actions vile, and stains them all. So the sanctification of a man consists chiefly and appears in making the Lord our utmost end of all we do: So that though the actions be never so mean and poor, yet this puts a Glory and lustre on them, and is the Crown of them, even of the giving of a cup of cold water, Mat. 6. 22. If thy eye be single. Look therefore, as before the Lord justifies the soul, every man living seeks himself as his last end and good; and out of this captivity no power can redeem them. ⟨p. 216⟩Dan. 4. 30. Gen. 11. 4. So after it, the Lord sanctifies the soul with such a measure of his Grace as makes the Lord his utmost end: And this no other have.
2. Because as the pollution of the whole man, and all his actions civil, moral, and religious, consists chiefly, and appears in this self-seeking, or making our selves our utmost end. This makes the most glotious actions vile, and stains them all. So the sanctification of a man consists chiefly and appears in making the Lord our utmost end of all we do: So that though the actions be never so mean and poor, yet this puts a Glory and lustre on them, and is the Crown of them, even of the giving of a cup of cold water, Mat. 6. 22. If thy eye be single. Look therefore, as before the Lord justifies the soul, every man living seeks himself as his last end and good; and out of this captivity no power can redeem them. ⟨p. 216⟩Dan. 4. 30. Gen. 11. 4. So after it, the Lord sanctifies the soul with such a measure of his Grace as makes the Lord his utmost end: And this no other have.