A59665:2337
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.
Quest. But for what is it that they are thus scandalized?
Quest. But for what is it that they are thus s•andalized?
Ans. 1. For preaching that we are justified by Faith, and that Faith is required ⟨p. 102⟩to the entertainment of Christ as a condition of the Gospel; here is not bread (say men.)
2. For preaching that Sanctification is an evidence of Justification; and though it be granted the Lord never justified any without a work of vocation at least, and this is not against Gods Grace to justify by Faith; yet it is against Grace, and 'tis a way of works, say some, to see my self justified by Faith. If the Word did reveal a second Justification by Faith, and a first Justification without Faith, then our first evidence might be without sight of Faith, because there is some word which reveals our being Justified without it; But the Word reveals all our Justification to be by Faith; and thus for preaching the Gospel of Christ have the Servants of the Lord been reproached. And though they keep it in, yet how many are there whose hearts go after these detestable things!
2. For preaching that Sanctification is an evidence of Justification; and though it be granted the Lord never justified any without a work of vocation at least, and this is not against Gods Grace to justifie by Faith; yet it is against Grace, and 'tis a way of works, say some, to see my self justified by Faith. If the Word did reveal a second Justification by Faith, and a first Justification without Faith, then our first evidence might be without sight of Faith, because there is some word which reveals our being Justified without it; But the Word reveals all our Justification to be by Faith; and thus for preaching the Gospel of Christ have the Servants of the Lord been reproached. And though they keep it in, yet how many are there whose hearts go after these detestable things!