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Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity,…
Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity, physic, and law, III. the sons of magistrates and rich men / by Richard Baxter.Compassionate counsel to all young men especially I. London apprentices, II. students of divinity, physick, and law, III. the sons of magistrates and rich men / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed by T.S., 1681
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III. For the daily Government of Heart and Life, read the Practice of Piety, Scudders daily walk, Mr. Reyners directions, (three excellent Books) Mr. Corbet's small private thoughts. And if you would have any of mine, read my Family Book, and the Divine Life, the Life of Faith, or the Saints Rest, and for those that can read great ones, my Christian Directory.
III. For the dayly Government of Heart and Life, read the Practice of Piety, Scudders daily walk, Mr. Reyners directions, (three excellent Books) Mr. Corbets small private thoughts. And if you would have any of mine, read my Family Book, and the Divine Life, the Life of Faith, or the Saints Rest, and for those that can read great ones, my Christian Directory.
IV. And it will not be unuseful to read some profitable History, especially the Lives of exemplary persons, and the Funeral Sermons which characterize them. I have prefaced to two, which are eminently worth your reading, and most true, both young men, that is, John Janeway's Life, and Joseph Alleins, and given you the true exemplary Characters in their Funeral Sermons of Mr. Ashurst, (an excellent pattern for Apprentices and Tradesmen,) Mr. Stubs, Mr. Corbet, and of Mr. Wadsworth, and Mrs. Baker. Read Mr. Samuel Clark's Lives, and his Martyrology, and his Mirror, Dr. Beards examples, or Fox's Book of Martyrs. Some Church History, and History of the Reformation, and the History of our own Country, will be useful.
IV. And it will not be unuseful to read some profitable History, especially the Lives of exemplary persons, and the Funeral Sermons which characterize them. I have prefaced to two, which are eminently worth your reading, and most true, both young men, that is, Iohn Ianeway's Life, and Ioseph Alleins, and given you the true exemplary Characters in their Funeral Sermons of Mr. Ashurst, (an excellent pattern for Apprentices and Tradesmen,) Mr. Stubs, Mr. Corbet, and of Mr. Wadsworth, and Mrs. Baker. Read Mr. Samuel Clarks Lives, and his Martyrology, and his Mirrour, Dr. Beards examples, or Fox's Book of Martyrs. Some Church History, and History of the Reformation, and the History of our own Country, will be useful.