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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.
Here Joseph is distant three degrees from Abraham, Jacob two, Isaac one, or the first.
Heere Ioseph is distant three degrees from Abraham, Iacob two, Isaac one, or the first.
The Right line is either ascending or descending.
The right line ascending, is the race of all the ancestors; and it hath sundry degrees. Of the first whereof is, the father ⟨p. 27⟩and the mother; of the second, the grand-father both by the father and mothers side, that is, the father of my father, and the father of my mother; and the grand-mother, that is to say, my fathers and my mothers mother. Of the third, is, the great grand-father, or the father of my grand-father; and the great grand-mother, or the mother of my grand-father. Of the fourth, is the great grand-fathers father, and the great grand-fathers, or grand-mothers mother. Of the fifth, is the great grand-fathers grand-father, & the great grand-fathers, or great grand-mothers grand-mother. Of the sixth, is the great great grand-fathers grand-father; & the great great grand-fathers, or great great grand-mothers grand-mother.
The right line ascending, is the race of all the ancestors; and it hath sundrie degrees. Of the first whereof is, the father ⟨p. 27⟩and the mother; of the second, the grand-father both by the father and mothers side, that is, the father of my father, and the father of my mother; and the grand-mother, that is to say, my fathers and my mothers mother. Of the third, is, the great grand-father, or the father of my grand-father; and the great grand-mother, or the mother of my grand-father. Of the fourth, is the great grand-fathers father, and the great grand-fathers, or grand-mothers mother. Of the fift, is the great grand-fathers grand-father, & the great grand-fathers, or great grand-mothers grand-mother. Of the sixt, is the great great grand-fathers grand-father; & the great great grand-fathers, or great great grand-mothers grand-mother.