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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.
These unfruitful ones are not in Christs account,1 reckoned as true branches here: For in the 5. verse, he calls those Disciples of his that were there and then present with him, (when now Judas was gone forth afore, as appears Chap. 13. 30.) them only The branches: and therefore repeats it there again, I am the Vine, with this addition, Ye are the branches. Implying hereby, that as he is the true Vine, so that these only were the true branches; the other he calls but [[Greek or Hebrew]] as a branch, ver. 6. He is cast forth (as a) branch, giving them the name of branches, thereby the better to express his Fathers dealing with such, that as they that are dressers of a Vineyard, use to do with such branches, so my Father with them: but they themselves are but Tanquams, Quasi palmites, As branches; not really and in truth such.
These unfruitful ones are not in Christs account,1 reckoned as true branches here: For in the 5. verse, he calls those Disciples of his that were there and then present with him, (when now Judas was gone forth afore, as appears Chap. 13. 30.) them onely The branches: and therefore repeats it there again, I am the Vine, with this addition, Ye are the branches. Implying hereby, that as he is the true Vine, so that these onely were the true branches; the other he calls but [〈non-Latin alphabet〉] as a branch, ver. 6. Hee is cast forth (as a) branch, giving them the name of branches, thereby the better to expresse his Fathers dealing with such, that as they that are dressers of a Vineyard, use to doe with such branches, so my Father with them: but they themselves are but Tanquams, Quasi palmites, As branches; not really and in truth such.
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That expression which seems most to make for it,1