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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.
But 2. If you look to a Spirit without a work, whilst you do seek consolation from the Spirit, you cannot avoid the condemnation of the Word. You say the Spirit hath spoken peace to you. But do you love Christ? I look not to that, but to the Spirit. Why the Word saith, He that loves not him, let him be Anathema. So, Is the League between your sins and your souls broken? Ans. I look not to that. Why John saith, He that committeth sin is of the Devil, 1 John 3. 8, 9. Are you new creatures? I look not to that. Why the Word faith, Unless you be born again, you cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. And the Lord knows, but on your death-beds, thus Satan may assault you, and then will the Lord say, nay, look to your self. The Word shall be B•lshazzars terror. Consider, Psal. 32. 1, 2.
But 2. If you look to a Spirit without a work, whilest you do seek consolation from the Spirit, you cannot avoid the condemnation of the Word. You say the Spirit hath spoken peace to you. But do you love Christ? I look not to that, but to the Spirit. Why the Word saith, He that loves not him, let him be Anathema. So, Is the League between your sins and your souls broken? Ans. I look not to that. Why Iohn saith, He that committeth sin is of the Devil, 1 Iohn 3. 8, 9. Are you new creatures? I look not to that. Why the Word faith, Unlesse you be born again, you cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. And the Lord knows, but on your death-beds, thus Satan may assault you, and then will the Lord say, nay, look to your self. The Word shall be B•lshazzars terrour. Consider, Psal. 32. 1, 2.
4. Look to it, else you shall be deprived of further manifestation and communion with the Lord Jesus. The Lord reveals not all of himself at once, the day dawns before the Sun riseth, and there is a further manifestation of the Lord in this life to his people, not for, but when they indeed maintain such works before him.