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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.
First, •his shows the […] of the Jewish Church long before Christs coming, at least among many of them.
First, •his shews the 〈…〉 of the Jewish Church long before Christs coming, at least among many of them.
Secondly, Because the shutting out, vers. 10. is by and at Death: hence letting in is so too. Now this was before.
3. When the Soul goes out or it self by Faith: hence John 6. 35. 'tis called coming to Christ; and this not any Physical natural departing of the Soul out of the body, but Ethical, supernatural, by the operations of the Soul out of […] self. And look as the whole Soul by unbelief departs from God in Christ, so the whole Soul by Faith comes again unto God by Christ. The mind sees, affections make after him, will fastens on him, and there depends. This is the first work of Faith, or the first Faith, the coming (as in all motions there are two extremes) of the Soul from a nothingness, emptiness in it self, to an allness and fullness in Christ: And as 'tis in other motions, if there was a vacuum, there would be motus in instanti; so if there was an emptiness seen in the world, and all the works of it, and in all fears that all mountains were cast down, Faith then would suddenly come by the Spirit to the Lord Jesus, and this coming to Christ is not meant here: For
3. When the Soul goes out or it self by Faith: hence Iohn 6. 35. 'tis called coming to Christ; and this not any Physical natural departing of the Soul out of the body, but Ethical, supernatural, by the operations of the Soul out of self. And look as the whole Soul by unbelief departs from God in Christ, so the whole Soul by Faith comes again unto God by Christ. The mind sees, affections make after him, will fastens on him, and there depends. This is the first work of Faith, or the first Faith, the coming (as in all motions there are two extreams) of the Soul from a nothingness, emptiness in it self, to an allness and fulness in Christ: And as 'tis in other motions, if there was a vacuum, there would be motus in instanti; so if there was an emptiness seen in the world, and all the works of it, and in all fears that all mountains were cast down, Faith then would suddenly come by the Spirit to the Lord Jesus, and this coming to Christ is not meant here: For