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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.
First, by a further discovering of corruptions unto us; either a greater filthiness in the evils we saw afore, or to see more of them, and by what one sees to suspect more. God never discovers lusts to his, but to carry them away; he stirs the humours, to purge them: Thus when David saw his sin, he sets anew upon cleansing himself in the 19. Psal. coming new from taking a view of his heart, and having seen such volumes of corruptions, so many Erratas in all that he did, he cries out, Who can understand his errors? and withal, Oh cleanse me from secret sins. He then saw secret evils, and suspected more then as yet he saw; and this made him cry out, Oh cleanse me, and so to use all means, and to go to God to cleanse him. So when in the 15. Psal. God let down a light to let him but see the corruption of his nature afresh, that he was borne in sin, and had no truth there, ⟨p. 68⟩more falsehood then he could ever have imagined, Oh purge me, says he upon it.
First, by a further discovering of corruptions unto us; either a greater filthinesse in the evils we saw afore, or to see more of them, and by what one sees to suspect more. God never discovers lusts to his, but to carry them away; he stirs the humours, to purge them: Thus when David saw his sinne, he sets anew upon cleansing himselfe in the 19. Psal. comming new from taking a view of his heart, and having seen such volumes of corruptions, so many Errataes in all that he did, he cryes out, Who can understand his errors? and withall, Oh cleanse me from secret sinnes. He then saw secret evils, and suspected more then as yet he saw; and this made him cry out, Oh cleanse me, and so to use all means, and to goe to God to cleanse him. So when in the 15. Psal. God let downe a light to let him but see the corruption of his nature afresh, that he was borne in sinne, and had no truth there, ⟨p. 68⟩more falshood then he could ever have imagined, Oh purge me, sayes he upon it.
Secondly, he sets the heart on work to make it a business to get ones lusts mortified more and more, and not to rest in the measure attained.