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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.
First, a business of so great importance as this is, would not be rashly or ⟨p. 19⟩unadvisedly attempted, but should rather be done by degrees in process of time, according to that saying, not so ancient as true.* Actions of weight, before resolution, require mature deliberation, Secondly, That during such a space, inquiry may be made, whether there be any just cause, which may hinder the consummation of Marriage: considering that before the parties come and converse together, what is amiss may be remedied and amended, which to do afterward will be too late. Thirdly, In these cases, persons espoused must have regard of honesty, as well as of necessity; not presently upon the Contract, seeking to satisfy their own fleshly desires, after the manner of brute beasts, but proceeding therein upon mature deliberation.
First, a businesse of so great importance as this is, would not be rashly or ⟨p. 19⟩vnaduisedly attempted, but should rather be done by degrees in processe of time, according to that saying, not so ancient as true.* Actions of weight, before resolution, require mature deliberation, Secondly, That during such a space, inquirie may be made, whether there be any iust cause, which may hinder the consummation of Marriage: considering that before the parties come and conuerse together, what is amisse may be remedied and amended, which to do afterward will be too late. Thirdly, In these cases, persons espoused must haue regard of honestie, as well as of necessitie; not presently vpon the Contract, seeking to satisfie their own fleshly desires, after the manner of bruit beasts, but proceeding therein vpon mature deliberation.
- *Diu deliberandum quod s•mel sta•uendum.