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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.
And set the case he should license but one Thief among thy Substance, or one spark of Fire among thy Barns, how quickly might that be spent ill, and against thy will, which thou shouldst have spent to God's glory, and with thy will? and I tell thee further, that if thou want a heart to do good when thou hast about thee, thou mayest want comfort in such things thy self from others, when thine is taken from thee. See Judg. 1. 6, 7.
And set the case he should license but one Theef among thy Substance, or one spark of Fire among thy Barns, how quickly might that be spent ill, and against thy will, which thou shouldst have spent to God's glory, and with thy will? and I tell thee further, that if thou want a heart to do good when thou hast about thee, thou mayest want comfort in such things thy self from others, when thine is taken from thee. See Judg. 1. 6, 7.
4. Consider that a life full of Good Works, is the only way, on thy part, to answer the Mercy of God extended to thee; God hath had mercy on thee, and hath saved thee from all thy distresses; God hath not stuck to give thee his Son, his Spirit, and the Kingdom of Heaven: saith Paul, I beseech you therefore by the Mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living Sacrifice to God, holy, acceptable, which is your reasonable service, Rom. 12. 1. See Mat. 18. 32, 33.
5. Consider that this is the way to convince all men, that the Power of God's things hath taken hold of thy heart (I