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A30128	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.	Bunyan, John, 1628-1688.	1663 (1663)	Wing B5492; ESTC R14817	52,342	160

this account Every miscarriage of thine goeth to their heart for fear God should take an occasion thereat to shut thee up in hardness for ever How did Abraham groan for Ishmael O saith he to God That Ishmael might live before thee Gen. 17. 18. How was Is●ac and Rebekah grieved for the miscarriage of Esau Gen. 26. 34 35. And how bitterly did David mourn for his Son who died in his wickedness 2 Sam. 18. 32 33. Lastly And can any imagin but that all these carriages of thy godly Parents will be to thee the increase of thy torments in Hell if thou die in thy sins notwithstanding Again if thy Parents and thou also be godly how happy a thing is this how shouldst thou rejoyce that the same Faith should dwell both in thy Parents and thee thy conversion possibly is the fruits of thy Parents groans and prayers for thy soul and they cannot chose but rejoyce do thou rejoyce with them 'T is true in the Salvation of a natural Son which is mentioned in the Parable This my Son was dead and is alive again was lost and is found and they began to be merry Luke 15. 24. Let therefore the consideration of this that thy Parents have Grace aswell as thee ingage thy heart so much the more to honour reverence and obey them Thou art better able now to consider the pains and care that thy friends have been at both for thy body and soul wherfore strive to requite them Thou hast strength to answer in some measure the Command wherefore do not neglect it It is a double Sin in a gracious Son not to remember the Commandment yea the first Commandment with promise Ephes. 6. 1 2. Take heed of giving thy sweet Parents one snappish word or one unseemly carriage Love them because they are thy Parents because they are godly and because thou must be in Glory with them Again if thou be godly and thy Parents wicked as often it sadly falls out Then first let thy bowels yearn towards them 't is thy parents that are going to Hell Secondly As I said before to the wife touching her unbelieving husband so now I say to thee Take heed of a parrating tongue speak to them wisely meekly and humbly do for them faithfully without repining and bear with all child-like modesty their reproaches their railing and evil speaking Watch fit opportunities to lay their condition before them O! how happy a thing would it be if God should use a Child to beget his Father to the Faith Then indeed might the Father say With the fruit of my own bowels hath God converted my soul. The Lord if it be his will convert our poor Parents that they with us may be the Children of God Concerning Servants Servants also they have a work to do for God in their place and station among men The Apostles assert Masters under a threefold consideration 1. The believing Master 2. The unbelieving Master 3. The froward Master For all which Servants are furnished with counsel and advice in the Word for the demeaning of themselves under each of them But before I speak in particular to any of these I will in general shew you the duty of Servants First Thou art to look upon thy self as thou art that is as a Servant not a Child nor a Wife thou art inferior to these wherefore count thy self under them and be content with that station For three things the Earth is disquieted and for four which it cannot bear one is a Servant when he reigneth Prov. 30. 21 22. It is out of thy place either to talk or do as one that reigneth Secondly Consider that thou being a Servant what is under thy hand is not thy own but thy Masters Now because it is not thy own thou oughtest not to dispose of it but because it is thy Masters thou oughtest to be faithful Thus it was with Joseph Gen. 39. 7 8 9. but if thou do otherwise know that thou shalt receive of God for the wrong that thou doest and there is with God no respect of persons Col. 3. 25. Wherefore Thirdly Touching thy work and imployment thou art to do it as unto the Lord and not for man and indeed then servants do their business as becomes them when they do all in obedience to the Lord as knowing that the place in which they now are it is the place where Christ hath put them and in which he expecteth they should be faithful Servants saith Paul be obedient to them that are your Masters with fear trembling in singleness of heart as unto Christ not with eye service as men-pleasers but as the Servants of Christ doing the Will of God from the heart Ephes. 6. 5 6. Observe a little the Word of God to Servants 1. Servants must be obedient 〈◊〉 2. Not with that obedience that 〈◊〉 serve man only servants must have the● eye on the Lord in the work they do 〈◊〉 their Masters 3. That their work in their service 〈◊〉 the Will and Ordinance of God From which I conclude that thy wo●● in thy place and station as thou art a ser●vant is as really God's Ordinance an● as acceptable to Him in its kind as 〈◊〉 Preaching or any other work for God and that thou art as sure to receive a re●ward for thy labour as he that hangs 〈◊〉 is burnt for the Gospel Wherefore sai● the Apostle to servants Whatsoever 〈◊〉 do do it heartily as to the Lord and not 〈◊〉 men knowing that of the Lord you shall re●ceive the reward of inheritance for ye serv●● the Lord Christ Col. 3. 22 23 24. And now touching the three sorts 〈◊〉 Masters mentioned before First For the believing Master Sai●● Paul They that have believing Master●● let them not despise them because they 〈◊〉 brethren but rather do them service bec●●● they are faithful and beloved and partakers with the Servants of the heaven●● Benefits 1 Tim. 6. 2. Servants if they have not a care of their hearts will be so much in the consideration of the relation that is betwixt their Masters and they as brethren that they will forget the relation that is between them as Masters and Servants now though they ●ought to remember the one yet let them take heed of forgetting the other Know thy place as a Servant while thou considerest that thy Master and thee are Brethren and do thy work for him faithfully humbly and with meekness because he is a Master faithful and beloved and partaker of the heavenly Benefit If any man teach otherwise saith the Apostle Paul and consent not to wholsome Words even the Words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the Doctrine which is according to godliness he is proud knowing nothing but doting about questions and strife of words whereof cometh envy strife railings evil surmisings perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the Truth supposing that gain is godliness from such withdraw thy sel● 1. Tim. 6. 3 4 5. Secondly

whited Wall will these things be found vertues in the day of God or is this the way that thou takest to mortifie sin A high look a proud heart and the plowing of the wicked is sin Prov. 21. 4. Pride is the ring-leader of the seven abominations that the Wise man nameth Prov. 6. 16 17. and is that above all that causeth to fall into the condemnation of the Devil 1 Tim. 3. 6. Of Adultery or Uncleanness Now I come in the last place to touch a word or two of Adultery and then to draw towards a conclusion Adultery it hath its place in the heart among the rest of those filthinesses I mentioned before Mark 7. 21 22. of which sin I observe two things First That almost in every place where the Apostle layeth down a catalogue of wickednesses he layeth down Adultery Fornication and Uncleanness in the front as that in Mark 7. 21. Rom. 1. 29. 1 Cor. 6. 9. Gal. 5. 19. Ephes. 5. 3 1 Thes. 4. 3 4 5. Heb. 12. 16. Jam. 2. 11. 1 Pet. 2. 11. 2 Pet. 2. 10. From this I gather that the Sin of Uncleanness is a very predominant and master Sin easie to overtake the sinner as being one of the first that is ready to offer it self at all occasions to break the Law of God Secondly I observe that this sin is committed unawares to many even so soon as a man hath but looked upon a woman I say unto you saith Christ that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust or desire after her he hath already committed Adultery with her in his heart Mat. 5. 28. This sin of uncleanness I say is a very taking sin it is natural above all sins to mankind and as it is most natural so it wanteth not tempting occasions having objects for to look on in every corner wherefore there is need of a double and trible watchfulness in the soul against it It is better here to make a covenant with our eyes like Job Job 31. 1. than to let them wander to God's dishonour and our own discomfort There are these three things which discover a man or woman too much inclining to the uncleanness of their own heart The first is a wanton eye or an eye that doth secretly effect it self with such objects as are tickling of the heart with the thoughts of immodesty and uncleanness Isaiah calls this a wanton eye and Peter an eye full of adultery that cannot cease from sin 2 Pet. 2. 14. Isa. 3. 16. This is that also which Christ calleth an evil eye and John the lust of the flesh and of the eyes and doth defile those who are not very watchful over their own hearts Mark 7. 22. 1 John 2. 16. This wanton eye is that which the most holy Saints should take heed of because it is apt to seize upon them also When Paul bids Timothy beseech the younger women to walk as becomes the Gospel ●e bids him do it with all Purity as who should say take heed that while thou instructest them to holiness thou thy self be not corrupted with the lust of thy eye 1 Tim. 5. 1 2. Oh! how many souls in the day of God will curse the day that ever they gave way to a wanton eye 2. The second thing that discovereth one much inclining to the lusts of uncleanness it is wanton and immodest talk such as that brazen-faced Whore in the seventh of the Proverbs had or such as they in Peter who allured through the lust if the flesh through much wantonness those who were clean escaped from them who live in error 2 Pet. 2. 18. Out of the abun●ance of the heart the mouth speaketh wherefore if we be Saints let us take heed as of our eye so of our tongue and let not the lust of uncleanness or of adultery be once named among us named among us as becometh Saints Ephes. 5. 3. Mark let it not be once named This implies that the lusts of uncleanness are devilishly taking 〈◊〉 will both take the heart with eyes 〈◊〉 tongue Let it not be once named amo●● you c. Thirdly Another thing that bespea●● a man or a woman inclining to wantonness uncleanness it is an adornin● themselves in light and wanton Appar●● The attire of an Harlot is too frequentl● in our day the attire of Professors 〈◊〉 vile thing and argueth much wantonness and vileness of affections If those that give way to a wanton eye wanton words and immodest apparel be no● Whores c. in their hearts I know n●● what to say Doth a wanton eye argue shamfacedness doth wanton talk argue chastity and doth immodest apparel with stretched-out necks naked breasts a made speech and mincing gates c. argue mortification of lusts If any say that these things may argue pride aswell as carnal lusts We●● but why are they proud is it not 〈◊〉 trick up the body And why do they 〈◊〉 pride trick up the body if it be no● 〈◊〉 provoke both themselves and others 〈◊〉 lusts God knoweth their hearts without their outsides and we know their hearts by their outsides My Friends I am hear treating of Good Works and perswading you to fly those things that are henderances to them wherefore bear with my plainness when I speak against Sin I would strike it through with every word because else it will strike us through with many sorrows 1 Tim. 6. 9 10. I do not treat of Good Works as if the doing of them would save us for we are justified by his Grace according to the hope of Eternal Life yet our sins and evil works will lay us obnoxious to the Judgements both of God and man He that walketh not uprightly according to the truth of the Gospel is like to have his peace assaulted often both by the Devil the Law Death and Hell yea and 〈◊〉 like to have God hide his face from him also for the iniquity of his covetousness Isa. 57. 17. How can he that carrieth himself basely in the sight of men think he yet we●● behaveth himself in the sight of God and if so dim a light as is in man 〈◊〉 justly count thee as a transgressor 〈◊〉 shall thy sins be hid from Him whose ey●● lids try the Children of men Psal. 11. 〈◊〉 'T is true Faith without works justifies us before God yet that Faith th● is alone will be found to leave us sinne● in the sight both of God and man Rom● 28. 4. 5. Jam. 2. 18. And though th● addest nothing to that which saveth th● by what thou canst do yet thy righteousness may profit the Son of man 〈◊〉 also saith the Text but if thou shalt 〈◊〉 so careless as to say what care I for bei●● righteous to profit others I tell thee that the love of God is not in thee J●● 35. 18. 1 Joh 3. 17. 1 Cor. 13. 1 2 3. Walk therefore in Gods wayes and 〈◊〉 them for this is your wisdom and y●● understanding in the sight of the N●●ons which