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Secondly. Things will Go well, when a Liberal Education is Liberally Countenanced and Encouraged among a people.—Ingenuas Didicisse fideliter Arts.—Let Arts once Go well among a people; and that will be one way for all Things else to do so too. MEN, are the best Things a people have; nor can Things Go well among those that have no MEN among them. Now to the making of such as deserve to be called MEN, 'tis well known that Learned Schools are altogether Necessary! And hence, among the people of God, even when Immediate and Extraordinary Inspirations, were more granted than in our Days, yet Schools of the Prophets, were in request; and the Great Samuel himself was President of a College. The Jews tell us, that the Hill pertaining to Phinehas, whereof there is mention in the last Words of Joshua's History, had a College upon it, which Phinehas himself, was the Rector of. Thus when we read in I Sam. 10. 5. About, The Hill of God, where was a Station of the Philistines; the Jews inform us, there was a College of young Prophets upon that Hill; which the Barbarous Philistines themselves, did not care to Demolish, because of the Divine Studies, which were followed in that Academy. Yea, a Learned Rabbi assures ⟨p. 64⟩us, That in the Days of the Prophet Isaiah, there were no less than Four Hundred & Fourscore Schools at Jerusalem it self; and the Talmud acquaints us, That both the Tutors and Scholars of those Learned Societies were free from Civil Tasks and Rates, and all other public Burdens. This was the practice of the pious Hebrews; and I might add, that the profane Pagans themselves had so much Discretion too, as to see, that Schools were needful to make Things Go well among them. It would insinuate some undue Suspicion of you, if I should enlarge on this point; but, how importunately is it now to be desired, That the like Schools may be supported among our selves! I cannot but utter, and, I hope all the Ministers in the Country will join with me in uttering, the pathetical Wishes of our Departed ELIOT; For good Schools every where among us; That every Member of the Assembly may go Home, and procure a good School, in the Town where he lives! That before we Die, we may be so Happy as to see a good School, in every Plantation of the Country! Then would things Go Well indeed. It was Julians policy, to undo the Christians, by putting down of their Schools;

Secondly. Things will Go well, when a Liberal Education is Liberally Countenanced and Encouraged among a people.—Ingenuas Didicisse fideliter Artes.—Let Arts once Go well among a people; and that will be one way for all Things else to do so too. MEN, are the best Things a people have; nor can Things Go well among those that have no MEN among them. Now to the making of such as deserve to be called MEN, 'tis well known that Learned Schools are altogether Necessary! And hence, among the people of God, even when Immediate and Extraordinary Inspirations, were more granted than in our Dayes, yet Schools of the Prophets, were in request; and the Great Samuel himself was President of a Colledge. The Jews tell us, that the Hill pertaining to Phinehas, whereof there is mention in the last Words of Joshua's History, had a Colledge upon it, which Phinehas himself, was the Rector of. Thus when we read in