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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.
• Keep a continual wa•th over the ⟨p. 124⟩wretchedness of thy own heart (not to be discouraged at the sight of thy vileness) but to prevent its wickedness; for that will labour either to hinder thee from doing Good Works, or else will hinder thee in the doing thereof; for evil is present with thee for both these pu• poses; take heed, then, that thou do not •• sten to that at any time, but deny, though with much struggling, the workings of […] to the contrary.
• Keep a continual wa•th over the ⟨p. 124⟩wretchedness of thy own heart (not to be discouraged at the sight of thy vileness) but to prevent its wickedness; for that will labour either to hinder thee from doing Good Works, or else will hinder thee in the doing thereof; for evil is present with thee for both these pu• poses; take heed, then, that thou do not •• sten to that at any time, but deny, though with much strugling, the workings of 〈…〉 to the contrary.
2. Let this be continually before thy heart, that God's eye is upon thee, and seeth every secret turning of thy heart▪ either to or from him: All things are •• ked and bare before the eyes of Him w•• whom we have to do, Heb. 4. 13.