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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 Children to Parents.
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.
Secondly, Thou oughtest to show thy honour to thy Parents, by a willingness to help them with such necessaries and accommodations which they need. If any have Nephews or Children, let them learn to show pity at home, and to requite their parents, saith Paul, for that is good and acceptable before God, 1 Tim. 5. 4.
Secondly, Thou oughtest to shew thy honour to thy Parents, by a willingness to help them with such necessaries and accommodations which they need. If any have Nephews or Children, let them learn to shew pitty at home, and to requite their parents, saith Paul, for that is good and acceptable before God, 1 Tim. 5. 4.
And this rule Joseph observed to his poor Father, though he himself was next the King in Egypt, Gen. 47. 12. Gen. 41. 39, 40, 41, 42, 43.
But mark; Let them requite their Parents.