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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 Parents first and principal care must be for the Church; that those of their children which have the most pregnant wit, and be endued with the best gifts, be consecrated unto God, and brought up in the study of the Scriptures, to serve afterward in the Ministry of the Church. Thus Anna dedicated Samuel her son unto God by vow, 1. Sam. 1. 11. And she vowed a vow, and ⟨p. 140⟩said, O Lord of Hosts, if thou wilt—give unto thine handmaid a man-child, then I will give him unto the Lord all the days of his life. And she did according to her vow, and the Lord blessed Samuel her son, who in process of time became a great Prophet.
Now the Parents first and principall care must be for the Church; that those of their children which haue the most pregnant wit, and be indued with the best gifts, be consecrated vnto God, and brought vp in the studie of the Scriptures, to serue afterward in the Ministerie of the Church. Thus Anna dedicated Samuel her son vnto God by vow, 1. Sam. 1. 11. And shee vowed a vow, and ⟨p. 140⟩said, O Lord of Hostes, if thou wilt—giue vnto thine handmaid a man-child, thē I wil giue him vnto the Lord all the daies of his life. And she did according to her vow, and the Lord blessed Samuel her sonne, who in processe of time became a great Prophet.
The next point of Education of children, is to provide that they may live well, and lead a godly life. To this purpose Parents must do three things.
The next point of Education of children, is to prouide that they may liue well, and lead a godly life. To this purpose Parents must do three things.