A59665:1462
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.
This Sanctification all unsound hearts do want; much Reformation, much affection, many duties, but their end is not changed, though their lives be, and hearts seem to be.
1. Because they cannot love the Lord, because the Lord doth never shed his love into their hearts.
2. This was the life of Christ, John 8. 29. of which life they that are dead in sin never have one act, though they may think they have.
2. This was the life of Christ, Iohn 8. 29. of which life they that are dead in sin never have one act, though they may think they have.