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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.
Here two questions are propounded.
Heere two questions are propounded.
Quest. I. Whether is it lawful for the son to make a vow belonging either to religion, or to civill conversation, without the consent of the parent?
Quest. I. Whether is it lawfull for the sonne to make a vow belonging either to religion, or to ciuill conuersation, without the consent of the parent?
Answ. A vow so made is not of force ⟨p. 151⟩to bind the child, but by the Law of nature & common equity, is to be made void. For it is a ruled case, that he which is not his own man, that is to say, at his own liberty, but under the power of another, cannot bind himself. Again, the authority of the parent by the law of God is great; For it alloweth the father to make void the vow of the child pertaining to Gods worship, Numb. 30. 6.
Answ. A vow so made is not of force ⟨p. 151⟩to bind the child, but by the Law of nature & common equitie, is to be made void. For it is a ruled case, that he which is not his owne man, that is to say, at his owne libertie, but vnder the power of another, cannot bind himselfe. Againe, the authoritie of the parent by the law of God is great; For it alloweth the father to make void the vow of the child pertaining to Gods worship,