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Corderius americanus. An essay upon the good education of children. And what may hopefully…
Corderius americanus. An essay upon the good education of children. And what may hopefully be attempted, for the hope of the flock. In a funeral sermon upon Mr. Ezekiel Cheever. The ancient and Honourable master of the Free-School in Boston. Who left off, but when mortality took him off, in August, 1708. the ninety fourth year of his age. : With an elegy and an epitaph upon him. / By one that was once a scholar to him. ; [One line epigram in Latin]
Boston: printed by John Allen for Nicholas Boone, 1708
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Another is this. A late Writer ha's these words; Many Children are sooner taught what Jupiter, Mars, & such Pagan Gods were, then what, Father, Son, and Spirit is. Augustine of old complained of this; of Learning in the Schools, Jove's Adulteries; and for giving an Account of such things, saith he, ob hoc bonae spei puer appellabar. Luther also complained, That our Schools were more Pagan than Christian. I refer the unsatisfied Reader, to Pasor's Preface to his Lexicon. I knew an aged and famous School-master; that after he had kept School about Fifty years, said, with a very sad countenance, That it was a great Trouble to him, that he had spent so much time in Reading Pagan Authors to his Scholars, and wished it were customary to read such a Book as Duport's Verses upon Job, rather than Homer, and such Books. […] God, put it in the Heart of a Wise Parliament, to Purge our Schools; that instead of Learning vain Fictions, and filthy Stories, they may be acquainted with the Word of God, and with Books containing Grave Sayings, and ⟨p. 25⟩things that may make them truly Wise and Useful in the World.
Another is this. A late Writer ha's these words; Many Children are sooner taught what Jupiter, Mars, & such Pagan Gods were, then what, Father, Son, and Spirit is. Augustine of old complain'd of this; of Learni•g in the Schools, Joves Adulteries; and for giving an Account of such things, saith he, ob hoc bonae spei puer appellabar. Luther also complained, That our Schools were more Pagan than Christian. I refer the unsatisfied Reader, to Pasors Preface to his Lexicon. I knew an aged and famous School-master; that after he had kept School about Fifty years, said, with a very sad countenance, That it was a great Trouble to him, that he had spent so much time in Reading Pagan Authors to his Scholars, and wish'd it were customary to read such a Book as Duports Verses upon Job, rather than Homer, and such Books. 〈…〉 God, put it in the Heart of a Wise Parliament, to Purge our Schools; that instead of Learning vain Fictions, and •ilthy Stories, they may be acquainted with the Word of God, and with Books containing Grave Sayings, and ⟨p. 25⟩things that may make them truly Wise and Useful in the World.