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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.
Object. 2 The Lord commanded by a special law, that the brother, in case his brother died without issue, should take his wife, and raise up seed unto him, Deut. 25. 5.
Obiect. 2 The Lord commanded by a speciall law, that the brother, in case his brother died without issue, should take his wife, and raise vp seede vnto him, Deut. 25. 5.
Answ. The words of Moses are a special exception of a general law propounded in Levit. 18. 16. Thou shalt not discover the shame of thy brothers wife; for ⟨p. 47⟩it is thy brothers shame. And they are peculiarly directed to the Israelites, upon special cause; that, when the elder brother died without seed the name of the first borne might not be extinct, but the family might be preserved in that name, by raising up of seed unto him, which being a privilege proper to the Israelites, upon that special consideration, it must not be enlarged to any other sort of men whatsoever. Neither is the text to be understood of cousins removed only, as some think, but also of the next of the kindred by blood; as appeareth plainly by the history of Ruth, chap. I. vers. II. in these words of Naomi to her daughters in law, Turn again, my daughters; for what cause will you go with me? Are there any moe sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? Turn again, my daughters, go your way, for I am too old to have a husband, &c.
Answ. The words of Moses are a speciall exception of a generall law propounded in Leuit. 18. 16. Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy brothers wife; for