A09377:74
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.
Those espousals, which are made upon condition, which is honest, possible, ⟨p. 22⟩and belonging to Marriage, do cease or depend: so far forth as the condition annexed ceaseth or dependeth. For example; If the one party promiseth to marry the other upon condition, that his or her kinsman will yield consent to the match; or upon condition of a dowry that she shall bring unto him, suitable to her education, and the family whereof she cometh: these conditions being kept or not kept, the promise doth likewise stand, or not stand.
Those espousals, which are made vpon condition, which is honest, possible, ⟨p. 22⟩and belonging to Mariage, doe cease or depend: so far forth as the condition annexed ceaseth or dependeth. For example; If the one partie promiseth to marry the other vpon cōdition, that his or her kinsman will yeeld consent to the match; or vpon condition of a dowrie that shee shall bring vnto him, sutable to her education, and the familie whereof she commeth: these conditions being kept or not kept, the promise doth likewise stand, or not stand.
But those conditions which are necessarily understood, or which may certainly be kept and come to pass, do neither hinder nor suspend Marriage. As this: I promise thee marriage, if I live; or, I promise to marry thee, if the Sun rise to morrow.
But those conditions which are necessarily vnderstood, or which may certainly be kept and come to passe, do neither hinder nor suspend Marriage. As this: I promise thee mariage, if I liue; or, I promise to marie thee, if the Sunne rise to morrow.