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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.
Again, it is confirmed by the custom and practise of holy men in their mes; I know (saith the Lord touching Abraham) that he will command his sons and his household after him, that •hey keep the way of the Lord to do righteousness and judgement, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham, that which he hath spoken to him, •en. 18. 19. To the same purpose speaketh Joshua; If it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose this day whom ye will serve, whether the gods whom your Fathers served (that were beyond the flood) or the gods of the Amorites in whose land ye dwell: But I and my house will serve the Lord, Josh. 24. 15. And Cornelius is reported to have been a devout man, and one that feared God with all his household, Act. 10. 2.
Againe, it is confirmed by the cu••ome and practise of holy men in their •mes; I know (saith the Lord touching Abraham) that he will commaund his sonnes and his household after him, that •hey keepe the way of the Lord to doe righ••eousnesse and iudgement, that the Lord may bring vpon Abraham, that which he hath spoken to him, •en. 18. 19. To the same purpose speaketh Ioshua; If it seeme euill vnto you to serue the Lord, chuse this day whom yee will serue, whether the gods whom your Fathers serued (that were beyond the floud) or the gods of the Amorites in whose land ye dwell: But I and my house will serue the Lord, Iosh. 24. 15. And Cornelius is reported to haue been a deuout man, and one that feared God with all his household, Act. 10. 2.