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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. › The Duty of Wives.
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.
Consider first his disposition, and ta•• him when he is farthest off of those fil••• passions that are thy affliction. Abig•• would not speak a word to her chur•• husband tell his wine was gone fo•• him, and he in a sober temper, 1 Sa• 25. 36, 37. The want of this observ•••on, is the cause why so much is spok•• and so little effected.
2. Take him at those times when […] hath his heart taken with thee, and wh•• he showeth tokens of love and deli••• in thee. Thus did Esther with the Ki•• her husband, and prevailed, Est. 5. 3, • and 7. 1, 2.
2. Take him at those times when 〈…〉 hath his heart taken with thee, and wh•• he sheweth tokens of love and deli••• in thee. Thus did Esther with the Ki•• her husband, and prevailed, Est. 5. 3, • and 7. 1, 2.
3. Observe when convictions seize• his conscience, and then follow the with sound and grave sayings of the Scriptures. Somewhat like to this dealt Mnoah's wife with her husband,