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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.
but yet much of that alteration is adventitious and not wholly radical, or altering the sinful faculty it self (though it doth add much that way) yet not so much as they seem to do at that present, the sense of that sweetness is fresh in his heart.
but yet much of that alteration is adventitious and not wholly radicall, or altering the sinfull faculty it selfe (though it doth adde much that way) yet not so much as they seeme to doe at that present, the sense of that sweetnesse is fresh in his heart.
Now therefore to give an help or two to difference what is real and true Mortification, 1from this seeming listlessness and deadness to it.
Now therefore to give an help or two to difference what is reall and true Mortification, 1from this seeming listlesnesse and deadnesse to it.
- 1Two differences between Mortification, and a seeming deadness or listlessness to sin.Two differences betweene Mortification, and a seeming deadnesse or listlesnesse to sinne.
First, true mortification makes a man not only listless to sin, but to have a quick hatred against it, a hatred aiming at the destruction of it; but false listlessness takes but the heart off it, doth not set it against it; how often are these yoked together in