A09377:369
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 duties of a son to be performed to his parents, are principally two.
The duties of a son to bee performed to his parents, are principally two.
First to yield them obedience, whether they be his natural parents or otherwise, as his step-father & step-mother, and that while he liveth. Eph. 6. 1. Children obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right. Luke 2. 51. Then he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them. Exod. 18. 19. Moses father in law said unto him, Hear now my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee. Ruth 3. 5. And Ruth said unto Naomi her mother in law, All that thou biddest me, I will do. Job 1. 5. And when the days of their banqueting were gone about, Job sent and sanctified them.
First to yeeld them obedience, whether they be his naturall parents or otherwise, as his step-father & step-mother, and that while he liueth. Eph. 6. 1. Children obey your parents in the Lord; for this is right. Luke 2. 51. Then hee went downe with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subiect to them. Exod. 18. 19. Moses father in law said vnto him, Heare now my voice, I will giue thee counsell, and God shall be with thee. Ruth 3. 5. And Ruth said vnto Naomi her mother in law, All that thou biddest me, I wil do.