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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 these times, the word of God approveth. Deut. 6. 6. Thou shalt talk of ⟨p. 7⟩them, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. Psalm. 55. 18. Evening and morning and at noon, I will pray and make a noise, and he will hear my voice. Psa. 127. 1. It is in vain to rise early, and to lie down late, and eat the bread of sorrow, except the Lord vouchsafe a blessing, who will surely give rest to his beloved.
Now these times, the word of God approueth. Deut. 6. 6. Thou shalt talke of ⟨p. 7⟩them, when thou liest downe, aud when thou risest vp. Psalm. 55. 18. Euening and morning and at noone, I will pray and make a noise, and he wil heare my voice. Psa. 127. 1. It is in vaine to rise earely, and to lie downe late, and eate the bread of sorrow, except the Lord vouchsafe a blessing, who will surely giue rest to his beloued.
To these may sometimes be added the exercise of fasting, which is (as occasion serveth) to be used both publicly & privately, especially when they of the family be thereunto called by some present or imminent calamity. Hest. 4. 16. Go and assemble all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and eat not, nor drink in three days, day nor night: I also and my maids will fast likewise, and so will I go in to the King, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.