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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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And now there is a Twofold APPLICATION to be made of this Observation. We will discourse on this Observation, by Applying it unto two sorts of persons.
I. It is the Interest of all TEACHERS to Begin Betimes, in Teaching of Children, the Early Knowledge of the HOLY SCRIPTURES, that so they may be WISE UNTO SALVATION. It is to You, O TEACHERS; unto You first, there must now come the Word of the Lord. It must come, with an Answer to Divers Enquiries.
We will, First, Enquire, and Declare, WHEN should we Begin to Teach our Children, the Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures?
BETIMES! BETIMES! Let the Children have the Early Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures. That Princely Preacher, the Prince of Anhalt, would say; The Holy Scriptures, what are they but the swaddling Clothes of the Holy Child Jesus? HE is to be found in every Chapter. I will then say, Let us Teach our Children the Holy Scriptures, as soon as we can after they come out of their Swaddling Clothes. This is the Direction of the Holy Scriptures, Deut. 6.7