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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.
'Tis true, in the Salvation of a natural Son which is mentioned in the Parable; This my Son was dead, and is alive again; was lost, and is found; and they began to be merry, Luke 15. 24.
Let therefore the consideration of this, that thy Parents have Grace aswell as thee, engage thy heart so much the more to honour, reverence, and obey them.
Let therefore the consideration of this, that thy Parents have Grace aswell as thee, ingage thy heart so much the more to honour, reverence, and obey them.
Thou art better able now to consider the pains and care that thy friends have been at, both for thy body and soul; wherefore strive to requite them: Thou hast strength to answer in some measure the Command; wherefore do not neglect it.
Thou art better able now to consider the pains and care that thy friends have been at, both for thy body and soul; wherfore strive to requite them: Thou hast strength to answer in some measure the Command; wherefore do not neglect it.