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A Christian Directory
A Christian directory, or, A sum of practical theology and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortify every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.A Christian directory, or, A summ of practical theologie and cases of conscience directing Christians how to use their knowledge and faith, how to improve all helps and means, and to perform all duties, how to overcome temptations, and to escape or mortifie every sin : in four parts ... / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by Robert White for Nevill Simmons, 1673
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Part 4 › Chapter 6: Directions to School-masters, about their duty for Childrens souls.
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.
CHAP. VI. Directions to School-masters, about their duty for Children's souls.
CHAP. VI. Directions to School-masters, about their duty for Childrens souls.
Passing by all your Grammatical employment, I shall only leave you these brief Directions, for the higher and more noble exercises of your Profession.
PAssing by all your Grammatical employment, I shall only leave you these brief Directions, for the higher and more noble exercises of your Profession.
§. 1. Direct. 1. Determine first rightly of your End; and then let it be continually in your eye, and 1let all your endeavours be directed in order to the attainment of it. If your end be chiefly your own commodity or reputation, the means will be distorted accordingly, and your labours perverted, and your calling corrupted, and embased (to your selves,) by your perverse intentions. See therefore, 1. That your ultimate end, be the pleasing and Glorifying of God; 2. And this by promoting the Public good, by fitting youth for public service; And 3. Forming their minds to the Love and Service of their Maker; 4. And furthering their salvation, and their welfare in the World. These noble designs will lift up your minds, to an industrious and cheerful performance of your duties! He that seeketh great and heavenly things, will do it with great resolution and alacrity! When any drowsy creeping pace, and deceitful superficial labours, will satisfy him that hath poor and selfish ends. As God will not accept your labours as any service of his, if your ends be wrong, so he useth not to give so large a blessing, to such mens labours as to others.