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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.
Take heed therefore, that what thou dost, goes not in thy name, but his; not to thy exaltation, but his; carrying all things so, by thy dexterity and prudence that not one of thy husbands weaknesses be discovered to others by thee. A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that causeth shame, is as rottennes• to his bones. For then, as the Wise ma• saith, She will do him good, and not evil, […] the days of her life, Prov. 12. 4. Prov. 31. 14.
Take heed therefore, that what thou dost, goes not in thy name, but his; not to thy exaltation, but his; carrying all things so, by thy dexterity and prudence that not one of thy husbands weaknesses be discovered to others by thee. A vertuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that causeth shame, is as rottennes• to his bones. For then, as the Wise ma• saith, She will do him good, and not evil, 〈…〉 the dayes of her life, Prov. 12. 4. Prov. 31. 14.
4. Therefore act, and do still, as being under the power and authority of th• husband.
Now touching thy carriage to thy Children and Servants.