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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.
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 Psal. 119. I hate sin, and every false way, with this, Thy law do I love? the heart being quickened with love to God, and to his Law, is carried out against sin, and not only taken off from it to have no mind to it, but to have a mind against it, to destroy it. There is the same difference between mortification and listlessness, that there is between true patience and senselessness; senselessness is a dull, sullen, stupid bearing pains, but patience is joined mith a quick sense of them, which ariseth from strength of spirits, that being quick and vigorous, are the more sensible of ⟨p. 102⟩pain or pleasure; so true mortification is joined with an active hatred that flies out against sin; which come from liveliness of affection to the contrary.