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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. Because those Graces or Qualifications,1 together with the Operations of them which are in the faithful, are the same with Christs, the same in kind and nature, Joh. 1. 16. From his fullness we have received Grace for Grace; hence we are said to bear his Image, and because it's but little at first, hence from Glory to Glory, 2 Cor. 3. 18. Now the Lord Jesus had not only the Spirit which he had without measure, but also he had many Divine qualities, habits, or Graces, which it is blasphemy to think that they were hypocritical or common, which the faithful receive from his fullness, and wherein they are made in their measure like unto him: so the Saints have not only the Spirit, but also those peculiar operations of it wrought in them by the Spirit, whereby they come to be made like unto the Lord Jesus: Hence as there was an infinite distance between the Lord Jesus, and the best Hypocrite, so the likeness that they have of the Lord Jesus, makes a difference now. And look as there is a difference between a Plant and a Beast, a Beast and a Man, so there is a glorious life which Saints have begun here in this life, which none have but themselves, 1 Pet. 5. 10. They have the First Fruits, &c. the which is meat and drink which no man knows of that lies in his hypocrisy and sins.
3. Because those Graces or Qualifications,1 together with the Operations of them which are in the faithful, are the same with Christs, the same in kind and nature, Ioh. 1. 16. From his fulnesse we have received Grace for Grace; hence we are said to bear his Image, and because it's but little at first, hence from Glory to Glory, 2 Cor. 3. 18. Now the Lord Jesus had not only the Spirit which he had without measure, but also he had many Divine qualities, habits, or Graces, which it is blasphemy to think that they were hypocritical or common, which the faithful receive from his fulnesse, and wherein they are made in their measure like unto him: so the Saints have not only the Spirit, but also those peculiar operations of it wrought in them by the Spirit, whereby they come to be made like unto the Lord Jesus: Hence as there was an infinite distance between the Lord Jesus, and the best Hypocrite, so the likenesse that they have of the Lord Jesus, makes a difference now. And look as there is a difference between a Plant and a Beast, a Beast and a Man, so there is a glorious life which Saints have begun here in this life, which none have but themselves,