A30128:508
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.
58. These be the men that God doth count of high and noble mind; These be the men that do surmount what you in nature find.
59. First, they do conquer their own hearts, all worldly fears, and then, Also the Devils fiery darts, and persecuting men.
59. First, they do conquer their own hearts, all worldly fears, and then, Also the Devils firy darts, and persecuting men.
60. They conquer when they thus do fall. they kill when they do die: They overcome then most of all, and get the victory.
61. The worldling understands not this, 'tis clear out of his sight: Therefore he counts this world his bliss, and doth our glory slight.