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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.
A fourth thing to be considered, to keep us from mistakes herein, is, that he whose spirit is naturally active, his lusts, though weaker then another mans whose spirit is slower, may be yet more quick and apt to break forth more then his. Peter was of a bold spirit, and so spake often rashly, and vented corruption more then the other Disciples, in so much as he once provoked Christ to call him Satan, not that he had less grace, but a more active spirit; yea he might have more grace, and less of corruption stirred in him, only a more forward natural spirit, that was apt to put it self forth. As an angry man, whose spirit ⟨p. 97⟩is quick, may soon be stirred, and in the forwardness of his spirit to action, give a man a blow, when one given to malice will scarce give you an ill word, whose lusts of revenge yet burn inwardly more. Gunpowder will take and fall into a blaze sooner then Lime, yet lime hath more innate heat, and burns more within; some have speeder vent. Those two brethren, John and James, sons of Thunder, as Christ calls them, how soon was their choler up? They had quick and hot spirits, as Christ tells them, Ye know not what spirit ye are of Luke 9. 55.
A fourth thing to be considered, to keepe us from mistakes herein, is, that he whose spirit is naturally active, his lusts, though weaker then another mans whose spirit is slower, may be yet more quick and apt to break forth more then his. Peter was of a bold spirit, and so spake often rashly, and vented corruption more then the other Disciples, in so much as he once provoked Christ to call him Satan, not that he had lesse grace, but a more active spirit; yea he might have more grace, and lesse of corruption stirred in him, onely a more forward naturall spirit, that was apt to put it selfe forth. As an angry man, whose spirit ⟨p. 97⟩is quick, may soone be stirred, and in the forwardnesse of his spirit to action, give a man a blow, when one given to malice will scarce give you an ill word, whose lusts of revenge yet burne inwardly more. Gunpowder will take and fall into a blaze sooner then Lime, yet lime hath more innate heat, and burns more within; some have speeder vent. Those two brethren, John and James, sonnes of Thunder, as Christ calls them, how soone was their choler up? They had quick and hot spirits, as Christ tels them, Ye know not what spirit ye are of