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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 Third Observation.
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.
I told you before, that Good Works […] flow from Faith: and now I tell […] that the best way to be fruitful in th•• is to be much in the exercise of the •••ctrine of Justification by Grace; and […] both agree: for as Faith animate• Good Works, so the Doctrine of Grace •••mates Faith: Wherefore, the way t• rich in Good Works, it is to be ric• Faith; and the way to be rich in Fa•• is to be conscientiously affirming the •••ctrine of Grace to others, and believing […] our selves.
I told you before, that Good Works 〈…〉 flow from Faith: and now I tell 〈…〉 that the best way to be fruitful in th•• is to be much in the exercise of the •••ctrine of Justification by Grace; and 〈…〉 both agree: for as Faith animate• Good Works, so the Doctrine of Grace •••mates Faith: Wherefore, the way t• rich in Good Works, it is to be ric• Faith; and the way to be rich in Fa•• is to be conscientiously affirming the •••ctrine of Grace to others, and believing 〈…〉 our selves.
First, To be constantly affirming i• others. Thus Paul tells Timothy, th he put the Brethren in mind of the Tr of the Gospel, he himself should not ly be a good Minister of Christ, but sh be nourished up in the words of Faith […] of good Doctrine,