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Gildas Salvianus: The Reformed Pastor
Gildas Salvianus, the reformed pastor showing the nature of the pastoral work, especially in private instruction and catechizing : with an open confession of our too open sins : prepared for a day of humiliation kept at Worcester, Decemb. 4, 1655 by the ministers of that county, who subscribed the agreement for catechizing and personal instruction at their entrance upon that work / by their unworthy fellow-servant, Richard Baxter ...Gildas Salvianus, the reformed pastor shewing the nature of the pastoral work, especially in private instruction and catechizing : with an open confession of our too open sins : prepared for a day of humiliation kept at Worcester, Decemb. 4, 1655 by the ministers of that county, who subscribed the agreement for catechizing and personal instruction at their entrance upon that work / by their unworthy fellow-servant, Richard Baxter ...
London: printed by Robert White for Nevil Simmons, 1656
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.
12. Another Benefit will be this; We shall keep our peoples minds and times from much of that vanity that now possesseth them. When men are at work in their Shops almost all their talk is vanity: the children also learn foolish and ribald songs and tales; and with such filth and rubbish are their memories furnished. Many an hour is lost, and many a thousand idle thoughts and words are they guilty of. Whereas when they once know that Catechisms must be learnt, and that they must ⟨p. 334⟩all give account, it will turn much of their thoughts and time that way.
12. ANother Benefit will be this; We shall keep our peoples minds and times from much of that vanity that now possesseth them. When men are at work in their Shops almost all their talk is vanity: the children also learn foolish and ribbald songs and tales; and with such filth and rubbish are their memories furnished. Many an hour is lost, and many a thousand idle thoughts and words are they guilty of. Whereas when they once know that Catechisms must be learnt, and that they must ⟨p. 334⟩all give account, it will turn much of their thoughts and time that way.
13. Moreover, It will do much to the better ordering of families, and better spending of the Lords day. When we have once got the Master of the family to undertake it, that he will once every Lords day examine his family, and hear them what they can say of the Catechism, it will find them the most profitable employment: whereas otherwise, many of them would be idle, or ill employed: And many Masters that know little themselves, may yet be brought to do this for others.