A41536:249
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. III.
The trial of Mortification: and that first by Negative signs; or such as argue much corruption yet remaining unpurged out.
The tryall of Mortification: and that first by Negative signes; or such as argue much corruption yet remaining unpurged out.
I Will now come to that third thing which was propounded, namely, Helps whereby you may discern what progress hath been made in this work: And as I said at first, that my purpose was not so much to handle Mortification in the common place of it, as only growth therein; So those things I shall now deliver about discerning the measure of it, I intend them not so much for Signs of mortification, as Rules whereby we may judge how this work goes forward in us, and how far we are still short in it.
I Will now come to that third thing which was propounded, namely, Helps whereby you may discerne what progresse hath been made in this work: And as I said at first, that my purpose was not so much to handle Mortification in the common place of it, as onely growth therein; So those things I shall now deliver about discerning the measure of it, I intend them not so much for Signes of mortification, as Rules whereby we may judge how this worke goes forward in us, and how far we are still short in it.