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A09377	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.	Perkins, William, 1558-1602.; Pickering, Thomas, d. 1625. aut	1609 (1609)	STC 19677; ESTC S102572	68,188	208

free to all men euen to such as haue the gift of continencie and for those who haue not the power to abstaine it is expressely enioyned by God as necessarie Which discouereth that error of absolute inhibition thereof to some sorts of men without the least exception of abilitie to forbeare And in this case though the Church of Rome prescribeth an helpe by prayer and indeuour where the gift is wanting yet herein she addeth two more absurdities to the former imposing a necessitie of containing by her lawes where God hath giuen libertie by his word and causing to flee from that onely Remedie which himselfe hath sanctified to another whereunto hee neither giueth charge by his will nor incouragement by promise II. That Marriages consummate without the free and aduised consent of Parents either explicite in tearmes or implicite by conniuence are in the court of conscience meere nullities A doctrine cleered in this Booke both by Scriptures and by consent of Antiquitie Wherein is challenged the Iesuites proposition That the sole consent of the parties is sufficient ad Matrimonium firmum ac ratum efficiendum As also that decree of the Councell of Trent which professeth a detestation of clandestine contracts and yet with the same breath pronounceth the curse of Anathema vpon them who affirme that Parents may ratifie or make voide Mariages contracted by their children without their allowance III. That Matrimonie lawfullie begun and consummate is made voide onely by way of diuorce in the case of Adulterie So saith our Sauiour Whosoeuer shall put away his wife except it be for fornication c. And this liberty granted by Christ both to dissolue and to marrie againe cannot be restrained or cut off by any humane ordinance A point directlie impugned by two other Rules of that Councell One that the Church of Rome erreth not when she teacheth as they professe Iuxta Euangelicam Apostolicam doctrinam but in truth expressely contradictory thereunto That the knot of mariage cannot be broken because of adulterie and that neither partie may vndertake to be maried againe during the life of the other after the dismission The other that the vow of Chastitie and entring into holy Orders is of force to loose the bond of Mariage And in this case separation is made and allowed de facto by the sole authoritie of the Pope notwithstanding the refusall of the setled partie to yeeld consent IV. That the iudgement and determination of causes matrimoniall as of Contracts and their impediments of degrees of kinred of diuorces c. resteth originally in the ciuill Magistrate in whose power it is to ordaine and establish lawes touching them agreeable to Gods word and to cause them to be put in execution For this purpose in doubtfull and difficult cases the ancient Church hath not absolutely rested in her owne decrees but hath made recourse to the seate of Iustice specially vnder Christian Magistrates submitting her selfe to their lawes and constitutions in that kinde Whereas the Church of Rome hath determined that these causes doe simplie and only appertaine to Ecclesiasticall Iudges and therefore hath concluded Mariage to be a Sacrament that the definition of cases coniugall becomming vpon this ground an action of a spirituall nature might be transferred from the Ciuill to their spirituall Courts The soueraigntie whereof in these affaires by their owne constitutions is greatly inlarged For though they admit that politike Princes haue some interest in them yet they must hold it with subordination to the autoritie of the Church-Magistrate and when the Rector of the Prouince maketh a law hereof hee must doe it approbante Principe Ecclesiastico by the allowance of the Pope otherwise his lawes are meere nullities And among their reasons of policie this is one of the principall that they might by this meanes raise a commoditie to the Sea of Rome by the sale of their dispensations Now these points together with the substance of this small discourse I willingly commend vnto your Lordship desiring that vnder the wings of your Honourable protection it may safelie walke abroad in the world to the view and benefit of others The true report of your ancient loue of the truth and fauourable inclination to the Ministers and dispensers thereof hath giuen mee incouragement in this action the rather for that the Argument fitteth in some sort your present estate whose house God hath adorned with oliue plants a vertuous and hopefull issue whose young yeeres being seasoned therein by the sweete sauour of their fathers vertues may yeeld in time a plentifull increase of Honour in this Common-wealth and consequentlie aduance your Name in themselues and their posteritie To this may be added mine own desire to giue some testimonie of dutie to your Lordship as holding it your due to be had in Honourable tearmes with men whose care hath been to maintaine the Honour of the Highest by your constant profession and practise of Religion And thus emboldening my selfe vpon the perswasion of your Lordships fauour and acceptance I humblie take my leaue and commend you to the grace of God who is able to build you vp further and giue you an inheritance among them which are sanctified Finching-field Septemb 26. 1609. Your Lordships to be commanded in all Christian dutie THO. PICKERING A SHORT SVRVEY OF THE RIGHT MANNER OF ERECTING and ordering a Familie according to the Scriptures CHAP. I. Of Christian Oeconomie and of the Familie CHristian Oeconomie is a doctrine of the right ordring of a Familie The onely rule of ordering the Family is the written word of God By it Dauid resolued to gouerne his House wheÌ„ he saith I will walke in the vprightnesse of my heart in the midst of my house Psal. 101. 2. And Salomon affirmeth that through wisdome an house is builded and with vnderstanding it is established Prou. 24. 3. A Familie is a naturall and simple Societie of certaine persons hauing mutuall relation one to another vnder the priuate gouernement of one These persons must be at the least three because two cannot make a societie And aboue three vnder the same head there may be a thousand in one familie as it is in the households of Princes and men of state in the world CHAP. 2. Of the Household seruice of God A Family for the good estate of it selfe is bound to the performance of two duties one to God the other to it selfe The dutie vnto God is the priuate Worship and Seruice of God which must be established and setled in euery family And the reasons hereof are these First because this duty standeth by the expresse commandement of God who by his Apostle willeth men to pray â—â—ery where lifting vp pure hands without â—â—rath or doubting 1. Tim. 2. 8. Againe it is confirmed by the cuâ—â—ome and practise of holy men in their â—mes I know saith the Lord touching Abraham that he will commaund his sonnes and his household after him that

time proues incurablie contagious and so lothsome that the one may iustly feare to keepe and conuerse with the other as it falleth out when one is tainted with leprosie then the contract is vtterly to be dissolued as if God himself should haue commanded it though the promise was formerlie made the parties themselues should be vnwilling God hath ordained Matrimonie to helpe not to hurt either the persons themselues or others Where therefore these diseases be which may infect hurt or destroy others there God hath as it were testified from heauen that the act done is not pleasing vnto him and that presently it ought to be frustrate The contract being thus once dissolued the sounder partie shall be at his or her libertie to marrie againe But the diseased is by the Magistrates authoritie to be forbidden societie with any other in way of mariage and commanded to lead his life where he may conueniently from companie for feare of infection And withal he is for his owne part to sue vnto God by prayer in faith for the gift of continencie For certaine it is that he to whom God hath denied the power of vsing mariage with good conscience is thereby euen called to continencie and single life But if the disease be not contagious yet either incurable or so nastie that either of the espoused hath iust cause to be afraid of the others companie then both are to be aduised not to claime their right but willingly to surrender it each to other by mutuall consent that they may be free againe not bound by any former promise to liue together as man and wife Considering that they haue no hope mutually to conuerse together with comfort contentment while they so remaine Vpon this aduice giuen by their lawfull Pastor or some in his stead if they both yeeld or one of them at the least desires to be at his owne libertie the espousals are forthwith to be brokeÌ„ off But if neither will consent to a separation but rather proceed as they haue begun and in probability the one haue no iust cause to hold the other in suspition in respect of contagion they are not to be hindered from the consummation of their mariage Furthermore though one of them should haue a disease which is continuall without intermission yet curable or any other incoÌ„uenience should befall either of them after the sure-making wherby they become lame deafe or dumbe c. yet this is not a sufficient cause to moue them to renounce and dissolue the contract A second Case What if it falleth out that after the finishing of the contract one of the espoused persons bee long absent from the other so as the absence bee preiudiciall to the mariage that should ensue vpon the contract Answ. Inquirie must be made whether this absence be voluntarie or against the will of the partie If it be voluntarie For example if the man vpon an honest and iust cause the woman also being priuie thereunto shall go beyond seas and being admonished of his dutie before hand shal notwithstanding stay a whole yeare or more and will not returne but further wilfully absent himselfe then may it be lawfull to the woman to craue of the publike Magistrate a dissolution of the couenant made consequently marry another man vnlesse the former to whom she was contracted be heard of If he be then shall it be lawfull for him to pleade for himselfe and tendring no iust cause of his refusall he shall be forced by the Magistrates authoritie to stand to his promise and take the woman for his wife And the same order is to be taken in the wilfull absence of the woman after she is contracted If againe the man or woman shall vpon an euill mind and with purpose to deceiue each other absent theÌ„selues and depart meanes must be vsed that they may be admonished of their dutie That being done or at least vndertaken and yet the partie offending will not appeare if the other that is present vpon certaine knowledge of his or her want in respect of continencie shall sue to the Magistrate after publike and solemne notice giuen the contract may be broken But if on the other side either of them be absent against their wil and intendeth no fraud or deceit but is violently detained by captiuitie imprisonment sicknes force banishment transportation or such like then the partie present being desirous of the consummation of the mariage ought either to make meanes vnto him and expect his returne or haue certaine notice of his death before she promise or haue to do with any other in way of mariage A third Case What if after the contract one of the parties becomes furious or madde Answ. If the disease be continuall without intermission in all equitie and likelihood the espousals are to be dissolued vnlesse both parties after knowledge and experience of the disease haue knowne one another yet in this and all such like cases it is fit that all good meanes be tried and vsed and sufficient time be giuen for the restoring of the diseased to their former good estate and for the accomplishment of the mariage lawfully begun as before CHAP. 8. Of Mariage MAriage is that wherby the coniunction formerly begunne in the contract is solemnely manifested and brought to perfection Mariage is consummate by three sorts of actions one of the parents of the Bride and Bridegroome the other of the Minister in publike the third of the persons coupled together The action of the Parents is vpon the Mariage-day to bring the Bride and deliuer her to the Bride-groome that they two may become actually man and wife and performe each to other all matrimoniall duties And where the mariage is complete in any other manner so as the Parents vpon sound iudgement and deliberation shall deny their full and free consent either in expresse words or by coÌ„niuence and silence and that vpon iust and lawfull cause there though in the ciuill courts of men it may stand and the children borne therein bee legitimate before men yet the truth is before God it is of no force but a meere nullitie And because this doctrine touching consent of parents in these Cases is of great vse and auaileth much to the supporting and maiâ—â—â—ining of families I will first open the truth thereof and then proue it by reasons Vnder the name of parents are comprehended First the Father and Mother Secondly all Tutors and Guardians who haue the proper sole charge of wards or others vnder yeares of discretion Thirdly all such as are kindred of blood who are in stead of parents to childreÌ„ as the vncle by the fathers side the vncle by the mothers side and such like Now touching the consent of parents that is of father and mother I hold it requisite of necessitie to marriage For the authoritie of parents must not be resisted or violated As for Tutors and such as haue the place of parents their consent is not

prayer but of the solemne and extraordinarie exercise therof which was ioyned with fasting and abstinence in common dangers and calamities 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 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 Obiect 4. He that doth earnestly and from his heart craue the gift of continencie God will giue it him and therfore he need not marrie Answ. The gifts of God are of two sorts some are Generall some are Proper Generall gifts are such as God giueth generally to all and these may be obtained if they be asked according to Gods word lawfully Iam. 1. 5. If any of you lacke wisedome let him aske it of God who giueth to all men liberally and reprocheth no man and it shall bee giuen him vers 6. But let him aske in faith and wauer not Proper gifts are those which are giuen only to some certaine men of which sort is the gift of continencie and such like which though they bee often and earnestly asked yet they are seldome or neuer granted vnto some men as appeareth in Pauls example who being buffetted by Satan saith of himselfe For this thing I besought the Lord thrice that it might depart from me but he said vnto me My grace is sufficient for thee 2. Cor. 12. 8. 9. CHAP. 4. Of the Contract MArriage hath two distinct parts the first is the beginning the second the accomplishment or consummation thereof The Beginning is the Contract or Espousals the End or accomplishmeÌ„t is the solemne Manifestation of the Contract by that which properly we call Mariage Deut. 20. 7. What man is there that hath betrothed a wife and hath not taken her Let him go and returne againe vnto his house lest he die in battell and another man take her Matth. 1. 18. When his mother Marie was betrothed to Ioseph before they came together She was found with child of the Holy Ghost Betweene the Contract and Marriage there ought to bee some certaine space or distance of time The reasons whereof may be these First a businesse of so great importance as this is would not be rashly or 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 The Contract is a mention or mutuall promise of future mariage before fit and competent Iudges and Witnesses The best manner of giuing this promise is to make it in words touching the present time and simplie without any exception or condition expressed or conceiued For by this meanes it comes to passe that the bond is made the surer and the ground or foundation of future mariage the better laid And hence alone it is that the persons betrothed in Scripture are termed man and wife Iacob speaking of Rahel who was only betrothed vnto him saith to Laban Giue me my wife Genes 29. 21. Deut. 22. 23. If a maid bee betrothed to a husband and a man find her in the towne and lie with her then shall yee bring them both out vnto the gates of the citie and shall stone them with stones to death the maid because she cried not being in the citie and the man because hee hath humbled his neighbours wife Matth. 1. 20. Ioseph feare not to take Mary thy wife Now if the promise bee vttered in words for time to come it doth not precisely bind the parties to performance For example if one of them saith to the other N. I will take thee c. and not N. I do take thee c. by this forme of speech the match is not made but only promised to bee made afterward But if on the other side it be said N. I do take thee and not I will take thee by these termes the mariage at that very instant is begun not in regard of fact yet in regard of right and intrest which the parties haue each in another in deed and in truth And this is the common opinion of the learned Yet notwithstanding if the parties contracting shall say each to other I will take thee to c. with intention to bind themselues at the present the bond is in conscience precisely made before God and so the Contract is indeed made for the present time before God True it is that he which standeth to his promise made as much as in him lieth doth well yet if the promise hath or conceiueth some iust cause why hee should afterward change his purpose the Contract expressed in termes for time to come though it were formerly made confirmed by oath must notwithstanding giue place to the Contract made for time present Those espousals which are made vpon condition which is honest possible 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 coÌ„dition 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 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 Againe conditions that are either impossible or dishonest are not to bee accounted as promises annexed in way of Marriage Of which sort are these I will be thy wife if thou willt take vnto thee wings and

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