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The catechizing of families a teacher of householders how to teach their householdsThe catechizing of families a teacher of housholders how to teach their housholds
The catechizing of families a teacher of householders how to teach their households : useful also to school-masters and tutors of youth : for those that are past the common small catechisms [sic], and would grow to a more rooted faith, and to the fuller understanding of all that is commonly needful to a safe, holy comfortable and profitable life / written by Richard Baxter ...The catechizing of families a teacher of housholders how to teach their housholds : useful also to school-masters and tutors of youth : for those that are past the common small chatechisms [sic], and would grow to a more rooted faith, and to the fuller understanding of all that is commonly needful to a safe, holy comfortable and profitable life / written by Richard Baxter ...
London: printed for T. Parkhurst, 1683
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.
II. The Petitions are of two sorts (as the Commandments have two Tables:) The first proceed according to the order of Intention, beginning at the highest Notion of the ultimate End, and descending to the lowest. The Second part is according to the Order of Execution and Assecution, beginning at the lowest means, and ascending to the highest.
III. The Conclusion enumerateth the parts of the ultimate End by way of Praise, beginning at the lowest and ascending to the highest. The Method throughout is more perfect than any of the Philosophers Writings.
Q. 8. Why do we not read that the Apostles after used this Prayer?
A. It is enough to read that Christ prescribed it ⟨p. 176⟩them, and that they were Obedient to him. We read not of all that the Apostles did.