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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.
III. To provide for his family meat, drink and clothing, and that they may ⟨p. 168⟩live a quiet & peaceable life, 1. Tim. 5. 8. Pro. 27. 26. The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats for the price of thy field. v. 27.
III. To prouide for his family meat, drinke and clothing, and that they may ⟨p. 168⟩liue a quiet & peaceable life, 1. Tim. 5. 8. Pro. 27. 26. The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats for the price of thy field. v. 27.
And let the milk of thy goats be sufficient for thy food, for the food of thy family, and for the sustenance of thy maids. 1. Cor. 9. 9. Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox, that treadeth out the corn: doth God care for oxen? either saith he it not altogether for our sakes? Matth. 13. 52. Every scribe which is taught unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto an householder, that brings forth out of his treasury, things both new and old.
And let the milke of thy goats be sufficient for thy food, for the food of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maids. 1. Cor. 9. 9. Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the oxe, that treadeth out the corne: doth God care for oxen? either saith he it not altogether for our sakes?