A75287:1290
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The…
Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and public, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.Media: the middle things, in reference to the first and last things: or, The means, duties, ordinances, both secret, private and publike, for continuance and increase of a godly life, once begun, till we come to Heaven. Wherein are discovered many blessed medium's or duties, in their right method, manner and proceedings; that so a Christian (the spirit of Christ assisting) may walk on in the holy path, which leads from his new birth to everlasting life. / Drawn, for the most part, out of the most eminently pious, and learned writings of our native practical divines: with additionals of his own, by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes.
London: printed by John Field for Nathanael Webb and William Grantham, 1649London: printed by John Field for Nathanaell Webb and William Grantham, 1649
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2. Let children be Catechized constantly from day to day; only with this caveat, That parents deal with their children, as skilful Nurses and Mothers do in feeding their children, (i.) not to give them too much at once: overmuch dulls a child's understanding, and breeds wearisomeness to it; it is most suitable to give them Precept upon precept, Precept upon precept, Line upon line, 1Line upon line, here a little, and there a little: Thus shall they learn with ease and delight, and in time a great measure of knowledge will be gained thereby.
2. Let children be Catechized constantly from day to day; onely with this caveat, That parents deal with their children, as skilful Nurses and Mothers do in feeding their children, (i.) not to give them too much at once: overmuch dulls a childes understanding, and breeds wearisomness to it; it is most suitable to give them Precept upon precept, Precept upon precept, Line upon line, 1Line upon line, here a little, and there a little: Thus shall t•ey learn with ease and delight, and in time a great measure of knowledge will be gained thereby.