A41536:67
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.
If in the second place,1 the question be,2 Whether, every true believer doth from his first conversion thus distinctly and knowingly (to himself) fetch thus all power from Christ, and do all in him?
If in the second place,1 the question be,2 Whether, every true beleever doth from his first conversion thus distinctly and knowingly (to himself) fetch thus all power from Christ, and doe all in him?
- 12. Quest.
- 2Whether all Believers do distinctly fetch virtue from Christ by faith.Whether all Beleevers doe distinctly fetch vertue from Christ by faith.
The answer is, 1. That to all believers this principle of having recourse to Christ for acting their Sanctification,1 may (haply) not presently be so distinctly revealed as it hath been to some; this indeed is common and absolutely necessary to all believers, to constitute and make them such; namely, that their faith should have recourse to Christ, and to take him for their Salvation, in the large and general notion of it, as it infolds all under it that is to be done to save them; and thus many more ignorant do, when yet they have not learnt explicitly in every particular that concerneth their salvation, to have frequently a distinct recourse unto him: it is probable that these very Disciples of Christ (who yet savingly believed) had not this particular principle of bringing forth all their fruit of holiness in Christ, as their root, until this very time and Sermon whereby Christ informed them in it, so clearly revealed to them, nor till then so clearly apprehended by them; for ignorant they were of, and negligent in having recourse to Christ in many other particulars, and making use of him therein, which are of as much concernment as this. They had not so distinctly and explicitly (as would seem) put their prayers up in Christs name, Hitherto you have asked nothing in my name,