A41536:188
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.
Indeed,1 growth in gifts, together with growth in Sanctification running along with it, will increase our account, for God will crown his own gifts in us, if as they come from Christ, so they be used in him, and for him in our intentions; but otherwise they puff up and hinder. They serve indeed to set out, and garnish the fruit, and to help forward the exercise of graces; they are good fruit dishes, to set the fruit forth: But if grace grow not with them, we bring not forth much fruit, for at best they are but blossoms, not fruit.
Indeed,1 growth in gifts, together with growth in Sanctification running along with it, will increase our account, for God will crown his own gifts in us, if as they come from Christ, so they be used in him, and for him in our intentions; but otherwise they puffe up and hinder. They serve indeed to set out, and garnish the fruit, and to help forward the exercise of graces; they are good fruit dishes, to set the fruit forth: But if grace grow not with them, we bring not forth much fruit, for at best they are but blossomes, not fruit.
- 1Caution 1.
Again,1 men are indeed to endeavour to grow in these gifts of memory, and instructing others, and conferences, &c. As was said to Timothy, Let thy profiting appear to all, 1 Tim. 4. 15. and to the Corinthians, Covet the best gift, especially whilst you are young; yet we are not simply thereby to take an estimate of our growth.
Again,1