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Christian behaviour, or, The fruits of true Christianity showing the ground from whence they…Christian behaviour, or, The fruits of true Christianity shewing the ground from whence they…
Christian behaviour, or, The fruits of true Christianity showing the ground from whence they flow in their godlike order in the duty of relations, as husbands, wives, parents, children, masters, servants &c. : with a word of direction to all backsliders / by John Bunyan.Christian behaviour, or, The fruits of true Christianity shewing the ground from whence they flow in their godlike order in the duty of relations, as husbands, wives, parents, children, masters, servants &c. : with a word of direction to all backsliders / by John Bunyan.
London: printed for F. Smith, 1663
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Christian Behaviour; OR, The Fruits of true Christianity. › Touching the Master of a Family.
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.
And never object, that unless you rea• further it will never do, for that is […] unbelief. The Word saith, That G•• ⟨p. 47⟩••edeth Ravens, careth for Sparrows, and loatheth the Grass; in which three, to feed, loath, and care for, is as much as heart an wish, Luke. 12. 6, 24, 27, 28.
And never object, that unless you rea• further it will never do, for that is 〈…〉 unbelief. The Word saith, That G•• ⟨p. 47⟩••edeth Ravens, careth for Sparrows, and loatheth the Grass; in which three, to feed, loath, and care for, is as much as heart an wish, Luke. 12. 6, 24, 27, 28.
Secondly, Therefore though thou shouldst provide for thy Family, yet let all thy •abour be mixed with moderation. Let our moderation be known to all men, Phil. •. 5. Take heed of driving so hard after his World, as to hinder thy self and family from those Duties towards God, which thou art by Grace obliged to; as private Prayer, reading the Scriptures, •nd Christian Conference. It is a base thing for men so to spend themselves, and families after this World, as that they disengage their hearts to God's Worship. […] Christians. The time is short: It remaineth then, that they that have Wives be as hose that have none; and they that weep, […] though they wept not; and they that reyce, as though they rejoiced not; and they hat use this world, as not abusing it; for e fashion of this world passeth away, 1 Cor. . 29, 30, 31.