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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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It is Easily Answered. Will you never Teach the Children, till you see them have the Grace, that will keep them from Taking the Name of the Lord in vain? Rather Teach them, to Keep them from it. And let our Discretion Teach us to manage the matter wisely, in Teaching our Children. Teach them with all possible Gravity; And Teach them to be Gra•e, in every thing, that relates to God, and their Souls. Consider also the Capacity of the Children: Teach them, what shall be Good for Them; And forbear the Rest, until they shall be more Able to Bear it:
We will, Secondly, Enquire, and Declare, WHAT is that Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures, which we are to Teach our Children?
Truly, AS MUCH as ever WE CAN help them to; All the Knowledge, that they can Take in, still as we find them Able to Take it in. More particularly▪
First; The HISTORIES of the Holy Scriptures; We are to Teach Them unto our Children. Children are naturally taken with Histories. Now, instead of Corrupt Stories, and Idle-Fables, Why should we not single out the Histories in the Holy Scriptures for them? Only, It would be advisable always to clench the Histories, with some Admonitions of Piety, which are to be gathered from them. There are none of those Histories, but it may be said upon them;