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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.
The first Observation, how Christ is a Vine, and only the true Vine.
The first Observation, how Christ is a Vine, and onely the true Vine.
First, Christ, he is a Vine. To explain this first. Adam indeed was a Vine, planted in Paradise, to bear all Mankind upon, but he turned a wild one, he proved not the true Vine. God planted him (to allude to that, Jer. 2. 21.) A noble Vine, a holy and right seed, but he degenerated, and so have all engrafted on him, and so bring forth nothing but grapes of Sodom, as Isaiah speaks.
First, Christ, he is a Vine. To explaine this first. Adam indeed was a Vine, planted in Paradise, to beare all Mankinde upon, but he turned a wild one, he proved not the true Vine. God planted him (to allude to that, Jer. 2. 21.) A noble Vine, a holy and right seed, but he degenerated, and so have all engraffed on him, and so bring forth nothing but grapes of Sodome, as Isaiah speakes.
But 2. God the Father having many branches of chosen ones, that grew by nature on this cursed stock of Adam, whom yet, ⟨p. 4⟩as ver. 16. he had ordained to bring forth fruit, that is, to spring and spread forth in the earth in all ages, and then to be transplanted unto Heaven, the Paradise appointed for them; the earth being but the nursery of them for a while: Hence therefore he did appoint his own Son to be a new root, as into whom he meant to transplant them, and ordained him to be that bulk, and body, and chief branch which they all should grow out of, who is therefore called The root of David,