Corderius americanus. An essay upon the good education of children. And what may hopefully…

Name: Corderius americanus. An essay upon the good education of children. And what may hopefully…
Author: Cotton Mather

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]

Cotton Mather 1663–1728Boston: printed by John Allen for Nicholas Boone, 1708

[6], 34 p. ; 15 cm. (8vo) · 13k words · Evans 1361

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An ESSAY upon Well-Taught Children; And upon an Able and Faithful T…: An ESSAY upon Well-Taught Children; And upon an Able and Faithful TEACHER of Them.

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An ESSAY upon Well-Taught Children; And upon an Able and Faithful TEACHER of Them.

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2 Tim. III. 15. From a CHILD, thou hast known the HOLY SCRIPTURES, which are able to make thee WISE UNTO SALVATION.

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IT was a Great CASE, which the Parents to a Son of Great Hope, once put unto a Messenger of Heaven; Judg. 13.12. How shall we order the Child, and what shall we do unto him? The Education of our Children is a point of inexpressible Consequence; of unparalleled Importance. Unworthy to be Parents, most worthy to be Esteemed rather Monsters than Parents, are they, who are not solicitous to give their Children an Agreeable Education. There is no Serious Religion in those Parents, who are not solicitous, that their Children should have a Religious Education. Our Children are so Numerous; The Temptations which Endanger the Ruin of our Children are so Innumerable; that we ought frequently, and earnestly to insist on this point, Their Agreeable and Religious Education. We will now therefore Enquire; How shall we order the Children; and that shall we do unto them?

IT was a Great CASE, which the Parents to a Son of Great Hope, once put unto a Messenger of Heaven;

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Corderius americanus. An essay upon the good education of children. And what may hopefully…

An ESSAY upon Well-Taught Children; And upon an Able and Faithful TEACHER of Them.

DOCTRINE. That Saving Wisdom is to be fetched from the Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures; and the Early Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, is the way to be Betimes made Wise unto Salvation.

DOCTRINE. That Saving Wisdom is to be fetch'd from the Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures; and the Early Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, is the way to be Betimes made Wise unto Salvation.

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Reformers309

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Westminster Assembly24

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An ESSAY upon Well-Taught Children; And upon an Able and Faithful TEACHER of Them.

DOCTRINE. That Saving Wisdom is to be fetched from the Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures; and the Early Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, is the way to be Betimes made Wise unto Salvation.

DOCTRINE. That Saving Wisdom is to be fetch'd from the Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures; and the Early Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, is the way to be Betimes made Wise unto Salvation.

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