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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.
The second thing required to the making of a contract, is the free and full consent of the parties, which is indeed the very soul and life of the contract. And this consent standeth in the approbation, or (as we ⟨p. 69⟩commonly call it) the Sure-making of the parties contracted.
THe second thing required to the making of a contract, is the free and full consent of the parties, which is indeed the very soule and life of the contract. And this consent standeth in the approbation, or (as wee ⟨p. 69⟩commonly call it) the Sure-making of the parties contracted.
Consent in this case is twofold, either of the man and the woman, or of their parents.
Touching the first; That the man and the woman may yield free consent each to other, it is necessary that, in respect of understanding, their judgement should be sound; and in regard of will, their choice should be free. And here sundry cases are to be resolved.
Touching the first; That the man and the woman may yeeld free consent each to other, it is necessarie that, in respect of vnderstanding, their iudgemēt should be sound; and in regard of will, their choice should be free. And here sundrie cases are to be resolued.