A59665:935
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. In respect of the state of Glory for time to come. We may know our blessed estate by a work, 1 Cor. 2. 9. Eye hath not seen what the Lord hath prepared for them that love him, Psal. 31. 19. Oh how great is thy goodness laid up for them that fear thee! 3 Cor. 5. 3. If clothed with Christ, whole Christ, v. 5, 6. He hath fitted us for this, and given the earnest of the Spirit, which, Rom. 8. 23. are first-fruits of Glory, therefore we are confident.
3. In respect of the state of Glory for time to come. We may know our blessed est•te by a work, 1 Cor. 2. 9. Eye hath not seen what the Lord hath prepared for them that love him, Psal. 31. 19. Oh how great is thy goodnesse laid up for them that fear thee! 3 Cor. 5. 3. If cloathed with Christ, whole Christ, v. 5, 6. He hath fitted us for this, and given the earnest of the Spirit, which, Rom. 8. 23. are first-fruits of Glory, therefore we are confident.
Obj. But if you look to your selves, you will have peace to day and sorrow to morrow.
Nay, we are always confident, and yet Paul did not now go on in a Covenant of works. Now whether a man first comes to know his estate by a work, word, and spirit, so that there are three things to evidence our happy estate, or whether by two things only, viz. a general word and spirit, I intend not to dispute, because it makes nothing against the truth in hand: Only this I say, its very dangerous to limit the Holy One of Israel, especially in his freedom of working, to breath light, and life, and divine consolation, when and by what means and promise, and in what measure he will. Christ when he was here on earth, would say sometimes, thy sins are forgiven,