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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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¶ You shall give me leave to conclude with a very Reasonable COROLLARY.
Worthy of Honour are the TEACHERS that Convey Wisdom unto our Children; Worthy of Double Honour the Happy Instruments that Convey Saving Wisdom to them! There are some whose peculiar Profession it is, to assist the Education of our Children; and it is therefore their Endeavour to give them a Religious Education. Their Employment is to bestow Useful and Various Learning on our Children; but they make their Employment, a precious Advantage to Learn them the Holy Scriptures, and make them Wise for Eternity.
These our SCHOOL-MASTERS, deserve a great Encouragement. We are not Wise for our Children, if we do not greatly Encourage them.
The PARTICULAR PERSONS, who have their Children, in the Tutelage of Skilful and Careful School-Masters, ought to make them suitable Recompenses. Their Stipends are generally far short of their Deserts. They deserve Additional Compensations. Their pains are not small. What they Do is very Great. And surely our Children are very dear to us, I need not quote Euripides to tell you, That they are as the very Life and Soul, unto all Mankind. I can't but observe it with a just Indignation; To Feed our Children, To Clothe our Children, To do any thing for the Bodies of our Children; or perhaps to Teach them some Trifle at a Dancing School, scarcely worth their Learning, we count no Expense too much; At the same time to have the Minds of our Children Enriched with the most valuable Knowledge, here, To what purpose? is the cry: a little Expense, how heavily it goes off! My Brethren, These things ought not so to be. Well-taught Children are certainly very much to be accounted of.