A09377:377
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 law of the first borne of a mans children, that he should have a greater portion of his fathers goods, then any of the rest of his brethren, is perpetual, and admits no exception, but only in the case of notorious wickedness. Deut. 21. 17. He shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the first borne, & give him a double ⟨p. 150⟩portion of all that he hath, for he is the first of his strength, and to him belongeth the right of the first borne. This was the law; yet we read that Reuben lost this prerogative, by reason of his incest, and Judah the fourth son of Jacob had the dignity of the first borne, Gen. 49. 8. Thou Judah, thy brethren shall praise thee—thy fathers sons shall bow down unto thee.
The law of the first borne of a mans children, that he should haue a greater portion of his fathers goods, then any of the rest of his brethren, is perpetuall, and admits no exception, but only in the case of notorious wickednes. Deut. 21. 17. He shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the first borne, & giue him a double ⟨p. 150⟩portion of all that he hath, for he is the first of his strength, and to him belongeth the right of the first borne. This was the law; yet we reade that Ruben lost this prerogatiue, by reason of his incest, and Iudah the fourth sonne of Iacob had the dignitie of the first borne, Gen. 49. 8. Thou Iudah, thy brethren shall prayse thee—thy fathers sonnes shall bow downe vnto thee.
In the Church of the old Testament, the privilege of the first borne was three-fold; the first of government and royalty, the second of Priesthood, the third of the double portion. And it is probable that this was for the most part Ceremonial, and was accomplished and determined in Christ, who was the Image of the invisible God, & the first borne of every creature,