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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.
CHAP. 2.
Of the Household service of God.
Of the Household seruice of God.
A Family, for the good estate of it self, is bound to the performance of two duties; one to God, the other to it self.
A Family, for the good estate of it selfe, is bound to the performance of two duties; one to God, the other to it selfe.
The duty unto God, is the private Worship and Service of God, which must be established and settled in every family. And the reasons hereof are these.
The dutie vnto God, is the priuate Worship and Seruice of God, which must be established and setled in euery family. And the reasons hereof are these.