A sixth benefit is fruitfulness. The branch ingrafted into Christ is not barren, but brings forth fruit, John xv. 5, " He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit." For that very end are souls married to Christ, that they may bring forth fruit unto God, Rom. vii. 4. They may be branches in Christ by profession, but not by real implantation, that are barren branches. Whoever are united to Christ, bring forth the fruit of gospel obedience and true holiness. Faith is always followed with good works. The believer is not only come out of the grave of his natural state, but he has put off his grave-clothes, namely, reigning lusts, in the which he walked like a ghost ; being dead while he lived in them, Col. iii. 7, 8.
Thomas Boston — Human Nature in its Fourfold State (Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication), on fruitfulness as a benefit of union with Christ, p. 208
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