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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.
The Servant, is a person in the family subject unto his master.
THe Seruant, is a person in the family subiect vnto his master.
The duty of a servant is, faithfully and diligently to demean himself in the affairs of his master, and to do service unto him as unto Christ, though he be froward and hard-hearted. Titus 2. 9. Let servants be subject to their masters, and please them in all things, not answering again. Ephes. 6. 5. Servants, be ⟨p. 157⟩obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear & trembling, in singleness of your hearts, as unto Christ. Col. 3. 22. Thus Jacob served Laban, Gen. 31. 38. This twenty years have I bin with thee; thine ewes and thy goats have not cast their young, and the rams of the flock have I not eaten, &c.
The dutie of a seruāt is, faithfully and diligētly to demeane himselfe in the affaires of his master, and to doe seruice vnto him as vnto Christ, though he be froward and hard-harted. Titus 2. 9. Let seruants be subiect to their masters, and please them in all things, not answering againe. Ephes. 6. 5. Seruants, be ⟨p. 157⟩obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with feare & trembling, in singlenes of your hearts, as vnto Christ.