A59665:864
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.
Oh heavy when it shall be said, thy Faith hath damned thee, that which I thought to be the way of life, is the way of death; truly so it will if you do not fetch it out of Heaven.
II. Those that do believe,1 but they fail in the object, i. e. they close with Christ, but they know not who he is: that as the Woman of Samaria that had some lookings to the Messiah, she did worship whom she knew not: so men believe in one whom they know not, only have heard the fame of. For there are two things in the Gospel. 1. The outward words and letters. 2. The things contained in those words: Hence there is a double knowledge of Christ.
II. Those that do believe,1 but they fail in the object, i. e. they close with Christ, but they know not who he is: that as the Woman of Samaria that had some lookings to the Messiah, she did worship whom she knew not: so men beleeve in one whom they know not, only have heard the fame of. For there are two things in the Gospel. 1. The outward words and letters. 2. The things contained in those words: Hence there is a double knowledg of Christ.
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1. A fantasy knowledge, as a man that hears of any thing absent, presently fancies the thing in his head.
1. A fantacy knowledg, as a man that hears of any thing absent, presently fancies the thing in his head.