A41536:215
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.
CHAP. I.
The Observation out of the Text propounded, That God goes on to purge corruptions out of true branches: Bounds set to this discourse about it, according to the scope of the Text: The reasons of the point.
I Come now to the Trial of our Growth in that other part of Sanctification, namely, the Mortification of lusts, and purging out of corruptions, which the Text also calls for; Christ here saying not only that they bring forth more fruit, but that God purgeth them that they may bring forth more fruit.
I Come now to the Tryall of our Growth in that other part of Sanctification, namely, the Mortification of lusts, and purging out of corruptions, which the Text also cals for; Christ here saying not onely that they bring forth more fruit, but that God purgeth them that they may bring forth more fruit.
The Observation from which words is clearly this, That God chooseth true branches to grow, in a purging out of their corruptions, as in true fruitfulness.
The Observation from which words is clearly this, That God chuseth true branches to grow, in a purging out of their corruptions, as in true fruitfulnesse.