OECONOMICAL RELATIONS

OECONOMICAL RELATION. THat respect wherein one man may stand to another, according to the first and most natural kind of association of men into Families,* is styled OECONOMICAL RELATION, Family, Houshold, domestic, menial, House, Home.

The Notions belonging to this Head, may be distinguished into such as sig∣nifie; either

PERSONAL RELATIONS OF

CONSANGUINITY. I.

AFFINITY. II.

II. Those respects which do either refer unto or arise from a state of Marriage,* whereby persons are mutually ingaged to Fidelity and Con∣stancy, are styled Relations of AFFINITY, Alliance, Kindred.

These are distinguishable into such as do concern either

SUPERIORITY, or Inferiority. III.

III. Relations of SUPERIORITY, Betters, and INFERIORITY, Vnderlings, do originally belong to Families, in which was the first kind of Government, and from thence are derived all the secondary Relati∣ons which follow; respecting either

EQUALITY. IV.

IV. Relations of EQUALITY or Fellowship (as was said concerning those of the former Difference) do originally belong to persons in an Oeconomical capacity;* though they are not in the strictest sense to be so confined, but they are likewise applicable to persons upon other con∣siderations.

These are founded; either upon

Oeconomical Duties referring to Education;

WORDS. V.

V. The chief Oeconomical Duties (which are likewise applicable to other Relations) are those which concern the due Government of per∣sons in this capacity,* chiefly of the inferiour and younger sort, styled by the general name of EDUCATION, institute, train, breed, bring up, semi∣nary.

Education Duties consisting in WORDS do respect either

DEEDS. VI.

VI. Oeconomical Duties of EDUCATION consisting chiefly in DEEDS,* may be distinguished into such as are either