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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.
I Will now conclude this Discourse about Growth in Grace with answering some Questions which may be made concerning this our growth, both about Mortification, and about increase in positive Graces, which I did reserve to this last place, that I might handle them together.
The first Question concerning the purging out of sin,1 is, Whether every new degree of Mortification, and purging out of sin, be always universal, extending it self to every sin? So as the meaning of this, that God goes on to purge, should be, not only that he goes on first to purge forth one sin, then another, but that he goes on to purge out by every new degree of mortification every sin together; so as when any one ⟨p. 105⟩sin is more weakened, all the rest in a proportion grow weak also.
The first Question concerning the purging out of sinne,1 is, Whether every new degree of Mortification, and purging out of sinne, be alwayes universall, extending it selfe to every sinne? So as the meaning of this, that God goes on to purge, should be, not onely that he goes on first to purge forth one sinne, then another, but that he goes on to purge out by every new degree of mortification every sinne together; so as when any one ⟨p. 105⟩sinne is more weakned, all the rest in a proportion grow weak also.
- 1Quest. 1.