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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.
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.
He is to show this love in two things: First in protecting her from danger, Gen. 20. 16. And unto Sarah he said, behold I have given 1000. shekels of silver unto thy brother: behold he is the covering of thine eyes amongst all that are with thee. Let it be known amongst all, & be thou instructed. 1. Sam. 30. 5. Davids two wives were taken prisoners also, Ahinoam the Jezreelite, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite: v. 8. Then David asked counsel of the Lord saying; Shall I follow after this company,? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Follow, for thou shalt surely overtake them, and recover all. Secondly, in regarding her estate as his own, and providing maintenance for her, both for his life time, and as much as he may, for time to come after his death. Ephes. 5. 28. So ought men to love their wives, as their own bodies: he that loveth his wife loveth himself; vers. 29. For no man yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth it, &c.