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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 times of this service are these:
The times of this seruice are these:
The morning, in which the family coming together in one place, is to call upon the name of the Lord, before they begin the works of their callings.
The morning, in which the familie comming together in one place, is to call vpon the name of the Lord, before they begin the workes of their callings.
The evening also is another time to be used in prayer, because the family hath seen the blessing of God upon their labours the day before, and now the time or rest draweth on, in which every one is to commend his body and soul into the protection of the Lord; for no man knoweth what shall befall him before he rise again, neither knoweth any whether ever he shall rise again or not, it is therefore a desperate boldness without praying to go to rest.
The euening also is another time to be vsed in prayer, because the familie hath seene the blessing of God vpon their labours the day before, and now the time or rest draweth on, in which euery one is to commend his body and soule into the protection of the Lord; for no man knoweth what shall befall him before he rise again, neither knoweth any whether euer he shal rise againe or not, it is therefore a desperate boldnesse without praying to go to rest.