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Christian economyChristian oeconomie
Christian economy: or, A short survey of the right manner of erecting and ordering a family according to the scriptures. First written in Latin by the author M. W. Perkins, and now set forth in the vulgar tongue, for more common use and benefit, by Tho. Pickering Bachelor of Divinity.Christian oeconomie: or, A short survey of the right manner of erecting and ordering a familie according to the scriptures. First written in Latine by the author M. W. Perkins, and now set forth in the vulgar tongue, for more common vse and benefit, by Tho. Pickering Bachelar of Diuinitie.
London: printed by Felix Kyngston, 1609
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.
Furthermore, kinsmen in this Line are of two sorts; some are Superiors to the person in question, some are Inferiors to him.
Furthermore, kinsmen in this Line are of two sorts; some are Superiours to the person in question, some are Inferiours to him.
Superiors are such, as are a kin to his father, and mother, of some side; and that either nearer, or further off.
Superiours are such, as are a kinne to his father, and mother, of some side; and that either nearer, or further off.
Those that are of near kin to them, be these. I. The uncle of the fathers side, or the fathers brother; the aunt of the fathers side, or fathers sister. The uncle of the mothers side, or the mothers brother; the aunt of the mothers side, or the mothers sister. II. The great uncle, or grand-fathers brother; the great aunt, or grand-fathers sister. The great uncle, or grand-mothers brother, and the great aunt, or grand-mothers sister. III. The great uncle by the fathers side, or great grand-fathers brother; and the great aunt by the fathers side, or great grand-fathers sister. The great uncle by the mothers side, or the great grand-mothers brother; and the great aunt by the mothers side, or the great grand-mothers sister. IV. The great grand-uncle by the fathers side, ⟨p. 31⟩or great grand-fathers fathers brother: and the great grand-aunt by the same side, or the great grand-fathers fathers sister. The great grand-uncle by the mothers side, or great grand-mothers mothers brother: and the great grand-aunt by the same side, or the great grand-mothers mothers sister.