A41536:262
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.
Sixthly, the more full of envyings, and heart-burnings against §6others, and of breakings forth into strife our hearts are, and of strivings and contentions to get the credit, or riches, or victory away from others, &c. the more unmortified are our hearts, & the more need of purging. These overflowings of the gall and spleen, ⟨p. 76⟩come from a fullness of bad humours. Whereas there is among you envying and strife, are ye not carnal? 1 Cor. 3. 3. That is, this argues you to be such, for envy and strife are not only lusts in themselves, but further they are such lusts, as are always the children and fruit of some other; they are rooted in, and spring from inordinate affections to some things which we contend for; and accordingly if this fire of envy or strife prove great, it argues the fuel, that is, the lusts after the things we envy others for, to be much more: For envy is but an oblique lust, founded on some more direct lust: these are but the outward flushings, that show the distemper to be much more within: Jam. 4. 1. From whence comes wars and fightings amongst you? come they not hence, even of your lusts which fight in your members? There is something the heart would have, as it follows in the 2. ver. Ye lust and have not, &c. A contentious spirit is an unmortified spirit; If ye bite and devour one another, Gal. 5. 15. This I say then, walk in the spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lusts of the flesh. Mark the coherence, it comes in upon biting one at another, for such walk not in the spirit, flesh doth prevail in them, that is his meaning.
Sixtly, the more full of envyings, and heart-burnings against §6others, and of breakings forth into strife our hearts are, and of strivings and contentions to get the credit, or riches, or victory away from others, &c. the more unmortified are our hearts, & the more need of purging. These overflowings of the gall and spleen, ⟨p. 76⟩