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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
Contents: A Table of the Contents of this Book.Contents: A Table of the Contents of this Booke.
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.
The Trial of a Christians Growth. PART II. Of Growth in purging our corruption. CHAP. I. The Observation out of the Text propounded, that God goes on to purge out our corruptions. Bounds set to the Discourse about it. ⟨image 60⟩The reasons of the point. 64 CHAP. II. The ways God useth to purge out corruption out of his children, with the means by which he causeth them to grow to a further measure therein. 65 1. Occasional. ibid. 2. Instrumental. 66 3. Examples. 67 4. Inward workings, which consists in five things. ibid. CAAP. III. The Trial of Growth in Mortification. 1. By negative signs, or such as argue much corruption remaining unpurged out. As 71 1. If a man doth magnify and set a high price upon worldly and carnal excellencies and pleasures. ibid. 2. If our minds be carried out to superfluities, and more than needs, and are discontented with our own condition. 73 3. If our minds be so glued to any thing, that we know not how to part with it. ibid. 4. If our hearts be distempered under variety of conditions, and are very inordinate in them all, whether they be prosperous, or adverse. 74 5. The more carnal confidence we have in the creatures; and our spirits being up held by them. 75 6. The more full of envyings and heart-burnings against others, as to get the credit from them, &c. ibid. 7. The less able we are to bear reproofs for the breaking forth of our lusts. 76 8. The more quick and speedy the tentation is in prevailing upon the heart. 77 9. The more power our lusts have to disturb us in holy duties. ibid. 10. If the bare recalling former sins committed, prove a new snare to entice the heart. 87 CHAP. IV. 2. The Trial of Mortification by positive signs, which argue a good degree of that work in the heart: As 1. The more insight a man hath into spiritual corruptions, joined with a conflict against them. 79 2. The more we grow up to a readiness, willingness, freeness, and cheerfulness of heart to deny our selves. 80 3. The more stable, •eaven, and constant we are in well doing, and the more durable an holy frame of heart in us is. 81 4. The more spiritual taste and relish of the spiritual part of the Word we have. 82 ⟨image 60⟩5. The more ashamed we grow of former carriages, and sensible of former weaknesses. ibid. 6. The weaker we find our lusts to be in the time of tentation. ibid. 7.
The Tryall of a Christians Growth. PART II. Of Growth in purging our corruption. CHAP. I. The Observation out of the Text propounded, that God goes on to purge out our corruptions. Bounds set to the Discourse about it.