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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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Our Timothy was very happy in his Education. It may be Edifying for us, a little to Reflect on the Occasion of this Education, and the Influence of it.
Our Timothy had a Godly Mother, and a Godly Grandmother. He might suck in Knowledge and Goodness with his Mothers Milk. He might be Taught the Right Ways of the Lord, while his Grandmother had him by his Leading-st•ings. Both of them were Jews; And probably they were Early Converts to Christianity. His Father was a Gentile! Whether a Proselyte or no, we are not informed. But he also was Converted unto Christianity at the same time with his desirable Consort. They had before this, betimes begun to give their little Son, the Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. An Early Tincture of Scriptural Piety thus took the Mind of the Child. But when the Parents were brought home to the Blessed JESUS, they wholly committed, as it seems, their Little Son, unto the Care of that Venerable Minister, who had been their Spiritual Father. Having themselves got good by a Minister of God, they must have their Child, in the way of getting the same Good. They begged Paul, to take the Tuition of him; Oh! happy Child, in the Hands of such a Tutor!
Our Timothy had a Godly Mother, and a Godly Grandmother. He might suck in Knowledge and Goodness with his Mothers Milk. He might be Taught the Right Wayes of the Lord, while his Grandmother had him by his Leading-st•ings. Both of them were Jews; And probably they were Early Converts to Christianity. His Father was a Gentile! Whether a Proselyte or no, we are not informed. But he also was Converted unto Christianity at the same time with his desirable Consort. They had before this, betimes begun to give their little Son, the Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. An Early Tincture of Scriptural Piety thus took the Mind of the Child. But when the Parents were brought home to the Blessed JESUS, they wholly committed, as it seems, their Little Son, unto the Care of that Venerable Minister, who had been their Spiritual Father. Having themselves got good by a Minister of God, they must have their Child, in the way of getting the same Good. They begg'd Paul, to take the Tuition of him; Oh! happy Child, in the Hands of such a Tutor!