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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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Thirdly; We are to Teach our Children the COMMANDMENTS of the Holy Scriptures. There are the TEN Commandments. The Children should be made to know, What is Implied in them, What is Forbidden, What is Required. How, as it has been of old noted, the First Table of the Commandments, is a Lodestone of the Second; the Second is a Touchstone for the First. There are many LESSONS, which are to be inculcated on them; Lessons by which their Manners are to be regulated▪ GOOD LESSONS FOR CHILDREN may be the Title for them.
Thirdly; We are to Teach our Children the COMMANDMENTS of the Holy Scriptures. There are the TEN Commandments. The Children should be made to know, What is Implied in them, What is Forbidden, What is Required. How, as it has been of old noted, the First Table of the Commandments, is a Loadstone of the Second; the Second is a Touchstone for the First. There are many LESSONS, which are to be inculcated on them; Lessons by which their Manners are to be regulated▪ GOOD LESSONS FOR CHILDREN may be the Title for them.
But there is one very Great Article, which is often to be insisted on. The Children have, mostly, been Baptised. O make 'em know the Intent and Meaning of their BAPTISM. As soon as ever you can, inform them, that they have been Baptised! and beget in them an awful Sense of their Baptismal Obligations▪ Tell them, Now, my Child, you must be a Servant of a Glorious CHRIST, and be afraid of Defiling your self with […] Sin, since you have been wasted in the Name, of the most Holy Lord. Say to them; as he, 1 Chron. 2•.9. My Child, Know thou the God of thy Father, and serve Him with a perfect Heart, and a willing Mind; If thou seek Him, He will be found of thee; but if thou Forsake Him, He will cast thee off for ever. You cannot imagine, how much Efficacy this Teaching may have upon them.
But there is one very Great Article, which is often to be insisted on. The Children have, mostly, been Baptised. O make 'em know the Intent and Meaning of their BAPTISM. As soon as ever you can, inform them, that they have been Baptised! and beget in them an awful Sense of their Baptismal Obligations Tell them, Now, my Child, you must be a Servant of a Glorious CHRIST, and be afraid of Defiling your self with Sin, since you have been wasted in the Name, of the most Holy Lord. Say to them; as he,