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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
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3. There is a literal knowledge of the Lord Jesus by the bare letter only of the Word, and 'tis wrought in this manner. A man doth not only take up the knowledge of Christ by report, nor from his works, but he hears, reads, is well Catechized concerning Christ, and all his Offices, and Benefits, that there is much light let in; hence his mind having those literal relations, guesseth at them, and conceives ⟨p. 75⟩of them, and because the mind is carnal, it apprehends them in a carnal manner (though in thinks it sees Christ truly.) Hence a man having a form of this knowledge in his head, he may be able to express much, and make a large confession of his Faith, discourse of points of controversy, in matters that concern Christ, and justification by Christ, &c. and instruct others, and yet having no more, know not all thi• while what the Lord Jesus is.
3. There is a litteral knowledg of the Lord Jesus by the bare letter only of the Word, and 'tis wrought in this manner. A man doth not only take up the knowledg of Christ by report, nor from his works, but he hears, reads, is well Catechiz'd concerning Christ, and all his Offices, and Benefits, that there is much light let in; hence his mind having those litteral relations, guesseth at them, and conceives ⟨p. 75⟩of them, and because the mind is carnal, it apprehends them in a carnal manner (though in thinks it sees Christ truly.) Hence a man having a form of this knowledg in his head, he may be able to express much, and make a large confession of his Faith, disco•rse of points of controversie, in matters that concern Christ, and justification by Christ, &c. and instruct others, and yet having no more, know not all thi• while what the Lord Jesus is.
First, Because as he was a carnal Jew that had but the form of Knowledge in the Law,