A59665:1463
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 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.
3. This is the end of our Election, which therefore an unsound heart may as soon attain to, as to elect, or to be elected of God, Eph. 1. 4. holy in love.
This may be easily known, 1. Cannot a man know when he is happy? 2. Cannot Peter tell Christ that he loves him? 3. Cannot a man tell whether he be an Hypocrite or no? For he that cannot prove his utmost end is changed, must confess himself an Hypocrite yet, his heart was never changed, what ever assurance or peace he hath had; a thing is never good till it serves its end it was made for.