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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.
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.
Now touching thy carriage to thy Chi••dren and Servants.
Thou art a Parent and a Mistress, and so thou oughtest to demean thy self.
Thou art a Parent and a Mistris, and so thou oughtest to demean thy self.
And besides, seeing the believing woman is a figure of the Church, she ought, as the Church, to nourish and instruct her Children and Servants, as the Church, that she may answer in that particular also: and truly, the wife being always at home, she hath great advantage that way; wherefore do it, and the Lord prosper your proceeding.
And besides, seeing the believing woman is a figure of the Church, she ought, as the Church, to nourish and instruct her Children and Servants, as the Church, that she may answer in that particular also: and truly, the wife being alwayes at home, she hath great advantage that way; wherefore do it, and the Lord prosper your proceeding.