A41536:107
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.
Let the Saints consider this, that they may return when they are fallen, and submit to him and his nature, and suffer him to do what he will with them, and endure cutting, and lancing, and burning, so long as he cuts them not off; endure chastening, and all his dealings else, knowing that all the fruit is but to take ⟨p. 32⟩away the sin to make them partakers of his holiness, and if by any means, as Paul speaks of himself, as Phil. 3. be the means what it will, it is no matter; And God, if at any time he seems to cut thee off, yet it is but as the incestuous Corinthian was cut off, that the flesh might be destroyed, and the spirit saved.
Let the Saints consider this, that they may return when they are fallen, and submit to him and his nature, and suffer him to doe what he will with them, and endure cutting, and lancing, and burning, so long as he cuts them not off; endure chastning, and all his dealings else, knowing that all the fruit is but to take ⟨p. 32⟩away the sinne to make them partakers of his holinesse, and if by any meanes, as Paul speakes of himselfe, as Phil. 3. be the means what it will, it is no matter; And God, if at any time he seemes to cut thee off, yet it is but as the incestuous Corinthian was cut off, that the flesh might be destroyed, and the spirit saved.
Of encouragement to go on still to bring forth more fruit to God:1 For if you do, God will not cut you off, he will spare you as a man spares his son that serves him; he will not take advantage at every fault to cast one off. It was his own Law, Deut. 20. 19