A30128:435
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. › Answer.
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.
Mark: Thy first Works, is, to enter into a serious considering and remembrance from whence thou art fallen: ⟨p. 130⟩[…] ⟨p. 131⟩[…] ⟨p. 132⟩[…] ⟨p. 133⟩[…] ⟨p. 134⟩remember that thou hast left thy God, the stay of thy Soul, and Him without whom there is no stay, comfort, or strength, for thee to either do or suffer any thing in this World: Without me, saith He, you can do nothing, John 15. 5. A sad condition; the remembrance of this, for certain, is the first step to the recovering a back-sliding heart; for the right remembrance of this doth bring to mind, what loss that sou• hath sustained that is in this condition, how it hath lost its former visits, smiles and consolations of God: whe• thy Conscience was suppled with the Blood of thy Saviour; when every step thou tookest, was, as it were, in Honey and Butter, and when thy heart could meditate terror with comfort, Job 29▪ 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Isa. 33. 14, 15, 16, 17, 18▪ Instead of which, thou feelest darkness hardness of heart, and the thoughts o• God are terrible to thee, Psal. 77. 3▪ now God never visits thee, or if h• doth, it is but as a wayfaring-man, th• tarrieth but for a night,