A59665:48
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. Generally, five were wise, and five were foolish, v. 2.
2. Specially, the foolish took Lamps but no Oil, the wise did both, v. 3, 4.
2. Specially, the foolish took Lamps but no Oyl, the wise did both, v. 3, 4.
This is the rude draught of this first part of the Parable, the sum whereof is this, That the state of the Members of some Churches about the time of Christ's coming, shall be this, they shall not be openly profane, corrupt and scandalous, but Virgin-Professors, awakened (for some season) out of carnal security, stirring, lively Christians, not preserving their Chastity and Purity merely in a way of works, but waiting for Christ in a Covenant of Grace, only some of these, and a good part of these, shall be indeed wise, stored with spiritual wisdom, fil•'d with the power of Grace; but others of them, and a great part of them too, shall be found foolish at the coming of the Lord Jesus.
This is the rude draught of this first part of the Parable, the sum whereof is this, That the state of the Members of some Churches about the time of Christ's coming, shall be this, they shall not be openly prophane, corrupt and scandalous, but Virgin-Professors, awakened (for some season) out of carnal security, stirring, lively Christians, not preserving their Chastity and Purity meerly in a way of works, but waiting for Christin a Covenant of Grace, only some of these, and a good part of these, shall be indeed wise, stored with spiritual wisdom, fil•'d with the power of Grace; but others of them, and a great part of them too, shall be found foolish at the coming of the Lord Jesus.