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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.
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.
For that Faith is a principle of Life by which a Christian lives (Gal. 2. 20, 21.) a principle of Motion by which it walks towards Heaven in the Way of Holiness, (Rom. 4. 12. 2 Cor. 5. 7.) It is also a principle of strength, by which the soul opposeth its lust, the Devil and this World, and over-comes them; This is your victory, even your Faith, (1 John 5. 4, 5.) Faith in the heart of a Christian, is like the Salt that was thrown into the corrupt Fountain, that made the naughty waters good, and the Land fruitful (2 Kings 2. 19, 20, 21.) Faith, when it is wrought in the heart, it is like leaven hid in the meal, Mat. 13. 33. or like perfume, that lighteth upon stinking leather, turning the smell of the leather ⟨p. 16⟩the savour of the perfume; it being the• planted in the heart, and having its natural inclination to holiness. Hence it i• that there followeth an alteration of the life and conversation, and so bringeth forth fruit accordingly. A good man ou• of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth good fruit, Luk. 6. 45. Which treasure, I say, is this Faith (Jam. 2. 5. 1 Pet. 1. 7.) And therefore it is, that Faith is called, The Faith according to Godliness, and the most holy Faith, Tit. 1. 1. Jude 20.