A59665:2292
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.
And 2. Those that sell are not ordinary Christians; though they may and do convey the Spirit, yet not in this case so powerfully; and hence they do send them from themselves.
3. They do send them to those means which do most abundantly convey the Spirit; now the Word and the Spirit are united, as shall be proved; the chief dispensers of which word, are the Ministers of the Gospel.
3. They do send them to those means which do most abundantly convey the Spirit; now the Word and the Spirit are united, as shall be proved; the cheif dispensers of which word, are the Ministers of the Gospel.
4. Because Ministers are called such as sell, Prov. 23. 23. Buy the truth and sell it not; now where is the truth chiefly sold, but by the prime publishers of it? Mal. 2. 6, 7. Not that the Holy Ghost is to be sold for money; but to buy it there, as it is to be sold without money, Is. 55. 1, 2, 3. Come and buy wine and milk, that is in the ministry of the Gospel, which calls all that thirst to come, Rev. 3. 18. not that they should fix their eyes upon them, as upon the chief means to convey ⟨p. 96⟩it, for the Lord Jesus fells, and we are to buy of him; only these are servants under him, and appointed as an Ordinance of his for this end; the Apostle conveys his ministry,