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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 was the Speech of one that was Wise Betimes; Psal. 119.147. I prevented the Dawning of the morning, and I cried; I hoped in thy Word. While you are yet Children, you must have Piety Rectifying, Sanctifying, Purifying of your Childhood. While Reason is but upon the Dawning with you, there is Reason that you should mind Religion. There was once an incomparable Child, of whom we read, 1 Sam. 3.1. The Child Samuel ministered unto the Lord. A Child, which was Visited & Possessed by the Spirit of God; A Child, which quickly answered the Calls of the Holy One; A Child, that would leave his Sleep, to hold Communion with the Lord. O most amiable Child!
It was the Speech of one that was Wise Betimes; Psal. 119.147. I prevented the Dawning of the morning, and I cried; I hoped in thy Word. While you are yet Children, you must have Piety Rectifying, Sanctifying, Purifying of your Childhood. While Reason is but upon the Dawning with you, there is Reason that you should mind Religion. There was once an incomparable Child, of whom we read, 1 Sam. 3.1. The Child Samuel ministred unto the Lord. A Child, which was Visited & Possessed by the Spirit of God; A Child, which quickly answered the Calls of the Holy One; A Child, that would leave his Sleep, to hold Communion with the Lord. O most amiable Child!
Children, 'Tis your Dawning Time. It may be your Dying Time. A Child once grew very Solid, and was more for his Book than for his Play, and Prayed unto God more ⟨p. 18⟩than once every day. Being asked the cause, the Child said, Why, I was in the Burying-place a while ago, and there I saw a Grave shorter than my self! Children, Go unto the Burying-place; There you will see many a Grave shorter than your selves. 'Tis now upon Computation found, That more than half the Children of men Die before they come to be Seventeen Years of Age. And what needs any more be said, for your Awakening, to Learn the Holy Scriptures!