A41536:104
The trial of a Christians growth in mortification, purging out corruption, or vivification, bringing…The tryall of a Christians growth in mortification, purging out corruption, or vivification, bringing…
The trial of a Christians growth in mortification, purging out corruption, or vivification, bringing forth more fruit a treatise handling this case, how to discern our growth in grace : affording some helps rightly to judge thereof by resolving some tentations, clearing some mistakes, answering some questions, about spiritual growth : together with other observations upon the Parable of the vine, John 15. 1, 2 verses / by Tho. Goodwin.The tryall of a Christians growth in mortification, purging out corruption, or vivification, bringing forth more fruit a treatise handling this case, how to discerne our growth in grace : affording some helps rightly to judge thereof by resolving some tentations, clearing some mistakes, answering some questions, about spiritual growth : together with other observations upon the Parable of the vine, John 15. 1, 2 verses / by Tho. Goodwin.
London: printed by J.G. for R. Dawlman, 1650
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.
Thirdly,1 because he loves the person, and hates only the sin, therefore he preserves the one, destroys only the other. This is all the fruit to take away the sin. Thus Psal. 99. 8. He forgave the persons, and took vengeance only on their inventions. The Covenant that is made with us in Christ, is not a covenant made with works, but with persons: And therefore though the works be often hateful, yet he goes on to love the persons: And that he may continue to love them, destroys out of them what he hates, but cutteth not them off. A member that is leprous or ulcerous, a man loves it as it is his own flesh, Ephes. 5. 29. though he loathes the corruption and putrification that is in it: and therefore he doth not presently cut it off, but purgeth it daily, lays plasters to it to eat the corruption out: whereas a wart or a wen that grows to a mans body, a man gets it cut off, for he doth not reckon it as his flesh.
Thirdly,1 because he loves the person, and hates only the sin, therefore he preserves the one, destroyes onely the other. This is all the fruit to take away the sinne. Thus Psal. 99. 8. He forgave the persons, and tooke vengeance onely on their inventions. The Covenant that is made with us in Christ, is not a covenant made with works, but with persons: And therefore though the works be often hatefull, yet he goes on to love the persons: And that he may continue to love them, destroyes out of them what he hates, but cutteth not them off. A member that is leprous or ulcerous, a man loves it as it is his owne flesh, Ephes. 5. 29. though he loathes the corruption and putrification that is in it: and therefore he doth not presently cut it off, but purgeth it daily, layes plaisters to it to eate the corruption out: whereas a wart or a wen that growes to a mans body, a man gets it cut off, for he doth not reckon it as his flesh.
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