A59665:1509
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. Some fall short here by trusting to, and omnifying of Christ and grace, regarding not any grace within; they separate those things •rom one another which God hath joined, and which a gracious heart joins one to another: They respect not sanctification, faith or vocation, they look to Christ, and can they honour Christ enough? Hence profess they that regard those things have trus•ed to their frames of heart, and they scoff at them that look to be justified by Faith: Tis such a delusion as is likely to deceive (if possible) the very Elect. Look as it was with the Israelites, 1 Sam. 4. They were overthrown in the battle of the Philistines; but what's the cause, Oh send for the Ark where the strength and presence of God wa•, but what good did the Ark do them with unhumbled hearts, that looked to that, and trusted to that, but mind not themselves; and hence when Samuel bids the• tur• from their Idols, and serve the Lord only; now they do it; so here.
1. Some fall short here by trusting to, and omnifying of Christ and grace, regarding not any grace within; they separate those things •rom one another which God hath joyned, and which a gracious heart joyns one to another: They respect not sanctification, faith or vocation, they look to Christ, and can they honour Christ enough? Hence profess they that regard those things have trus•ed to their frames of heart, and they scoffe at them that look to be justified by Faith: Tis such a delusion as is likely to deceive (if possible) the very Elect. Look as it was with the Israelites, 1 Sam. 4. They were overthrown in the battel of the Philistines; but what's the cause, Oh send for the Ark where the strength and presence of God wa•, but what good did the Ark do them with unhumbled hearts, that looked to that, and trusted to that, but minde not themselves; and hence when Samuel bids the• tur• from their Idols, and serve the Lord only; now they do it; so here.