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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.
Object. 2. 1. Cor. 7. 32. He that is unmarried careth for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but the married person careth for the things of the world. Answ. The place is not generally to be understood of all, but indefinitely of those married persons that are carnal and fleshly. And he that is married, is to be so careful for the things of the world, as that he ought, and may have also a special regard of those things that concern God and his kingdom.
Obiect. 2. 1. Cor. 7. 32. He that is vnmarried careth for the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; but the married person careth for the things of the world. Answ. The place is not generally to be vnderstood of all, but indefinitely of those married persons that are carnall and fleshly. And he that is married, is to bee so carefull for the things of the world, as that he ought, and may haue also a special regard of those things that concerne God and his kingdome.
Object. 3. 1. Tim. 5. 11. The younger widows (saith the Apostle) will marry, having damnation because they have broken the first faith. Answ. By the first faith, Paul understandeth that promise and vow which they made unto Christ, when they were baptised; and they are there said to begin to wax wanton against Christ, by denying or renouncing that faith, and not otherwise.
Obiect. 3. 1. Tim. 5. 11. The yonger widowes (saith the Apostle) will marrie, hauing damnation because they haue broken the first faith. Answ. By the first faith, Paul vnderstandeth that promise and vow which they made vnto Christ, when they were baptised; and they are there said to begin to waxe wanton against Christ, by denying or renouncing that faith, and not otherwise.