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A holy life, the beauty of Christianity, or, An exhortation to Christians to be…
A holy life, the beauty of Christianity, or, An exhortation to Christians to be holy by John Bunyan.
London: printed by B.W. for Benj. Alsop, 1684
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.
And further, for that departing from iniquity is a kind of a warfare with it, for iniquity will hang in thy flesh what it can, and will not be easily kept under, therefore no marvel is thou find it wearisome work, and that the thing that thou wouldest be rid of, is so unwilling to let thee depart from it.
And since the work is so weighty, and that it makes thee to go groaning on: I will for thy help give thee here a few things to consider of, And
1. Remember that God sees thee, and has his eyes open upon thee, even then when sin and temptation is lying at thee to give it some entertainment. This was that that made Joseph depart from it,1 when solicited to embrace it by a very powerful argument.
1. Remember that God sees thee, and has his eyes open upon thee, even then when sin and temptation is lying at thee to give it some entertainment. This was that that made Joseph depart from it,1 when solicited to imbrace it by a very powerful argument.
- 1Gen. 39.8, 7.