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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 the fruits, which are reaped and enjoyed by this holy usage of the marriage bed, are three. I. The having of a blessed seed. Deut. 28. 1. If thou shalt obey diligently the voice of the Lord thy God, &c. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground. Which also is called the seed of God, being begot in an holy manner, Mal. 2. 15. And did not he make one? yet had he abundance of Spirit: And wherefore one? because he sought a seed of God: therefore keep your selves in your spirit, and let none trespass against the wife of his youth. II. The preservation of the body in cleanness, that it may be a fit Temple for the holy Ghost to dwell in, 1. Thess. 4. 3. 4. This is the will of God, even your sanctification, that every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in holiness and honour, and not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles that know not God. III. The holy estate of marriage is a lively type of Christ and his Church, and this communion of married persons, is also a figure of the conjunction that is between him, and the faithful, Hos. 2. 19. I will marry ⟨p. 117⟩thee unto me, for ever; yea I will marry the unto me in righteousness, in judgement, in mercy and in compassion: I will even marry thee unto me in faithfulness, and thou shalt know the Lord. Ephes. 5. 23. For the husband is the wives head, even as Christ is the head of the Church, and the same is the Saviour of his body.
Now the fruits, which are reaped and inioyed by this holy vsage of the mariage bed, are three. I. The hauing of a blessed seed. Deut. 28. 1. If thou shalt obey diligently the voice of the Lord thy God, &c. Blessed shall be the fruit of thy bodie, and the fruit of thy ground. Which also is called the seed of God, being begot in an holy maner,