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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 husband is he which hath authority over the wife; hereupon in Scripture he is called the guide of her youth, Prou. 2. 17. and they twain being but one flesh, he is also the head over his wife.
The husband is he which hath authoritie ouer the wife; hereupon in Scripture he is called the guide of her youth, Prou. 2. 17. and they twaine being but one flesh, he is also the head ouer his wife.
The duties of the husband towards the wife, are these:
I. To love her as himself: Eph. 5. 33. Let every one love his wife even as himself. Gen. 24. 67. Afterward Isaac brought her unto the tent of Sarah his mother; and he took Rebekah and she was his wife, and he loved her: so Isaac left mourning for his mother. Note, how the love of the husband to the wife, mitigates sorrow for the death of the mother.
I. To loue her as himselfe: Eph. 5. 33. Let euery one loue his wife euen as himselfe. Gen. 24. 67. Afterward Isaak brought her vnto the tent of Sarah his mother; and hee tooke Rebekah and she was his wife, and he loued her: so Isaak left mourning for his mother. Note, how the loue of the husband to the wife, mitigates sorrow for the death of the mother.