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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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Again; How Early do the Children begin to Know Other Matters? Why should we not begin to Teach them something from the Holy Scriptures, that may […] them. [Laeca•it hic Infans,] as Early as we Teach them things Less Worthy, Less Useful! Can we Teach them, what they have to us? Methinks, we may then Teach them, what they owe to the LORD, who made both us and Them? Their Little Souls are precious Cabinets. Why should not the Best Things be First put into them? We are so called upon; Matth. 6.31. Seek first the Kingdom of God. Even so, with the First, Let them Learn the Things that Concern the Kingdom of God.
Again; How Early do the Children begin to Know Other Matters? Why should we not begin to Teach them something from the Holy Scriptures, that may 〈…〉 them. [Laeca•it hic Infans,] as Early as we Teach them things Less Worthy, Less Useful! Can we Teach them, what they have to us? Methinks, we may then Teach them, what they owe to the LORD, who made both us and Them? Their Little Souls are precious Cabinets. Why should not the Best Things be First put into them? We are so called upon; Matth. 6.31. Seek first the Kingdom of God. Even so, with the First, Let them Learn the Things that Concern the Kingdom of God.
Once more; How Early do the Children Begin to Know, and to Do, what may be Hurtful to them? 'Tis very Early, that they Learn the Things Condemned in the HOLY SCRIPTURES. Why should they not as EARLY Learn the HOLY SCRIPTURES, which do condemn those pernicious and provoking Evils? Why should they not know the Precepts of God, as EARLY as they know how to Break the Precepts? Why should they not be Taught, that they must Fear God, and Love Christ, and Hate Sin, as EARLY as they can Learn to Sin? Especially since this would be the way to preserve them from Sin. A Child no sooner begins to do any thing Rational, but Satan begins to show it, how to do something that is Criminal. Methinks;