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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 end of marriage is fourfold.
The end of mariage is fourefold.
The first is, procreation of children, for the propagation and continuance of the seed and posterity of man upon the earth, Gen. 1. 28. Bring forth fruit multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it, Genes. 9. 1. 1. Tim. 5. 14.
The first is, procreation of children, for the propagation and continuance of the seed and posteritie of man vpon the earth, Gen. 1. 28. Bringforth fruit multiplie, fill the earth, and subdue it, Genes. 9. 1. 1. Tim. 5. 14.
The second is the procreation of an holy seed, whereby the Church of God may be kept holy and chaste, and there may always be a holy company of men, that may worship and serve God in the Church from age to age, Malach. 2. 15. And did not he make one? yet had he abundance of spirit; and wherefore one? because he sought a godly seed.
The second is the procreation of an holy seed, wherby the Church of God may be kept holy and chaste, and there may alwaies be a holy company of men, that may worship and serue God in the Church from age to age,