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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.
II. The law of God gave liberty to any man that would, to make sale of himself to another. Levit. 25. 45. Of the children of the strangers that are sojourners among you, of them shall ye buy, & of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land, these shall be your possession. Deut. 15. 12. If thy brother an Hebrew sell himself to thee, or an Hebrewess, and serve thee six years, even in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee: and vers. 17. Thou shalt take an awl, & pierce his ear through against the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever.
II. The law of God gaue libertie to any mā that would, to make sale of himselfe to another. Leuit. 25. 45. Of the children of the strangers that are soiourners among you, of them shal ye buy, & of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land, these shall be your possessiō. Deut. 15. 12. If thy brother an Hebrew sell himself to thee, or an Hebrewesse, and serue thee six yeares, euē in the seuenth yeare thou shalt let him go free from thee: and vers. 17. Thou shalt take an aule, & pierce his eare through against the doore, and he shall be thy seruant for euer.
III. The man that is ransomed from his enemy, is bound to serve as a slave in lieu of thankfulness.
III. The mā that is ransommed frō his enemie, is bound to serue as a slaue in liew of thankfulnesse.