A30128:69
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.
1. For time. It hath been that which ⟨p. 28⟩man hath devised, not which God hath commanded, 1 Kings 12. 32. They change the Ordinances, saith Isaiah, Isa. 24. 5. They change God's Judgments into wickedness, saith Ezekiel, Ezek. 5. 6.
2. For place. When they should have worshipped at Jerusalem, they worshipped at Bethel, at Gilgal, and Dan, in Gardens under Poplars and Elms, 1 Kings 12. 26, 27, 28, 29. Hos. 4. 13, 14, 15. Isa. 65. 2, 3, 4, 5.
2. For place. When they should have worshipped at Jerusalem, they worshipped at Bethel, at Gilgal, and Dan, in Gardens under Poplers and Elms, 1 Kings 12. 26, 27, 28, 29. Hos. 4. 13, 14, 15. Isa. 65. 2, 3, 4, 5.
3. For the matter with which they worshipped. Instead of bringing according to the Commandment, they brought the lame, the torn, and the sick: they would sanctify themselves in Gardens, with Swines-flesh and Mice, when they should have done it at Jerusalem, with Bullocks and Lambs,