A59665:1450
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.
1. Because our sanctification now cannot please God as a Creator,1 though it may please him that is the Creator in Christ, because only perfect Holiness can please him.
1. Because our sanctification now cannot please God as a Creator,1 though it may ple•se him that is the Creator in Christ, because only perfect Hol•ness can please him.
- 1Answ.
2. Because Christ hath pleased the Father by the Holiness of himself, now this being done, and therefore God having put all things into his hands, having done that for us, we are to give content to him. And herein our sanctification is differing from the Image Adam had, who in closing with the will of God, looked upon him as a Creator; ours respects a Redeemer, who hath bough• us to himself, and hence we are to respect him in our acts now.
But why doth the soul close with the whole will of Christ, i. e. so far as 'tis made known?1
- 1Quest.