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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. › Of Masters to Servants.
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.
3. Take heed thou carry not thy self to thy Servant, as he of whom it is said, he is such a Son of Belial, that his Servants could not speak to him; 1 Sam. 25. 14, 15, 16, 17.
And the Apostle bids you forbear, to threaten them, because you also have a Master in Heaven, Ephes. 6. 9. as who should say, your Servants cannot be guilty of so many miscarriages against you, as you are guilty of against Christ: wherefore do wi•h, and to your Servants, as you would have your Master do with you.
And the Apostle bids you forbear, to threaten them, because you also have a Master in Heaven, Ephes. 6. 9. as who should say, your Servants cannot be guilty of so many miscariages against you, as you are guilty of against Christ: wherefore do wi•h, and to your Servants, as you would have your Master do with you.
4. Take heed that thou neither circumvent him at his coming into thy service, •o• at his going out.