A09377:269
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.
Again, it is lawful (say some) to make a divorce out of the case of Adultery. Answ. The believing party which is forsaken, is not the cause of the divorce, but is a patient of the separation, wrongfully made by the unbeliever. And Christ where he mentioneth the Case of Adultery, Matth. 19. speaketh of an equal marriage, whereas Paul speaks of an unequal.
Againe, it is lawfull (say some) to make a diuorce out of the case of Adulterie. Answ. The belieuing partie which is forsaken, is not the cause of the diuorce, but is a patient of the separation, wrongfully made by the vnbeleeuer. And Christ where he mentioneth the Case of Adulterie, Matth. 19. speaketh of an equall mariage, whereas Paul speakes of an vnequall.
II. Case. What if there fall out a desertion between two married folks, which are both believers?
II. Case. What if there fall out a desertion betweene two married folkes, which are both beleeuers?
Answ. The faulty person, who is the cause of this desertion, is to be forced by course of Civill, and Ecclesiastical censure, to perform his, or her duty. Upon which proceeding, if he remain obstinate and perverse in will; the other must in patience, & earnest prayer unto God, wait the time, until his mind may be changed, and he made to relent by the order of the Magistrate. But if the one of them, by just occasion of fear, be compelled to depart from the other; and cannot return again without apparent danger of life; in this ⟨p. 105⟩