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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.
3. That 'tis so great that others cannot receive it when 'tis offered.
4. That 'tis so great that they cannot understand it.
5. The reasons why the Lord makes this internal difference.
1. That the Lord doth make it: only some Scriptures now, Eph. 5. 8. You were darkness, now are light. Ephes. 2. 1. You were dead, now are alive. It's true there is a life Hypocrites have, which puts much difference between them and others, but if that doth, what doth the life of Christ in a man, arising from the death of every sin? Acts 26. 18. The Lord turns not only from darkness to light, but from the power of Satan to God, together with which ariseth remission of sins. What is this then but a greater change than from Hell to Heaven? Is it not worse than Hell to be under his, not only Temptations, but power? and is it not better to be with God, than be in Heaven?