A59665:1520
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.
CHAP. XXI.
That true saving Grace in the Hearts of Believers can never fail.
SECT. I.
For thus the wie Virgins, their Vessels were not only filled, but the Oil was constantly preserved in them, and continued in their Vessels, until they met the Bridegroom. 'Tis true, their Lamp went out, outward acts of the Spirit of Grace, expressed in the Profession of the Saints may be extinct for a time, yet the Oil did remain in the Vessel still, which was not so with those which were Foolish, not only their Lamps were out, but their Oil was spent; so that here is a third Difference between the Foolish and the Wife Virgins: That the Spirit of Grace in the one is of a dying, withering nature; in the other, of an eternal and everlasting nature. There is an eternal excellency stamped upon them,