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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.
Now if the one party have a disease, though not contagious, yet either incurable, or so* loathsome, as the other hath just cause to abhor his company; for example, if he be sick of a Lethargy, ⟨p. 57⟩of the falling sickness, or such like diseases; then, though it be lawful to match with him, because such a contract is not expressly forbidden, neither is it apparently hurtful to the Common-wealth, yet is it not expedient, because the disease being loathsome to the sound party, the marriage also will become unprofitable, and the party in danger of breaking the commandment of the Moral law, wherein God forbiddeth to commit adultery.
Now if the one party haue a disease, though not contagious, yet either incurable, or so* lothsome, as the other hath iust cause to abhor his companie; for example, if he be sicke of a Lethargie, ⟨p. 57⟩of the falling sicknes, or such like diseases; then, though it be lawfull to match with him, because such a contract is not expressely forbidden, neither is it apparantly hurtfull to the Cō mon-wealth, yet is it not expedient, because the disease being lothsome to the sound partie, the mariage also will become vnprofitable, and the partie in danger of breaking the commandemēt of the Morall law, wherein God forbiddeth to commit adulterie.
- *Turpi.
The fifth essential Sign of a person marriageable, is freedom from marriage; whereby both the parties which enter contract, are so at liberty, that neither the man hath in present another wife, or is promised to another; nor the woman hath another husband, or is promised to another. The reason is, because God himself esteemeth that marriage only lawful, wherein one man is joined to one woman, and they both into one flesh; & consequently judgeth it unlawful, as for one man to have more wives; so for one woman at the same time to have more husbands.