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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. › Concerning Servants.
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.
3. That their work in their service […] the Will and Ordinance of God.
3. That their work in their service 〈…〉 the Will and Ordinance of God.
From which I conclude, that thy wo•• in thy place and station, as thou art a servant, is as really God's Ordinance, an• as acceptable to Him, in its kind, as […] Preaching, or any other work for God and that thou art as sure to receive a reward for thy labour, as he that hangs, […] is burnt for the Gospel. Wherefore sai• the Apostle to servants, Whatsoever […] do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not […] men, knowing that of the Lord you shall receive the reward of inheritance; for ye serv•• the Lord Christ, Col. 3. 22, 23, 24.
From which I conclude, that thy wo•• in thy place and station, as thou art a ser•vant, is as really God's Ordinance, an• as acceptable to Him, in its kind, as 〈…〉 Preaching, or any other work for God and that thou art as sure to receive a re•ward for thy labour, as he that hangs, 〈…〉 is burnt for the Gospel. Wherefore sai• the Apostle to servants, Whatsoever 〈…〉 do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not 〈…〉 men, knowing that of the Lord you shall re•ceive the reward of inheritance; for ye serv the Lord Christ,