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Manuductio ad ministerium. Directions for a candidate of the ministry
Manuductio ad ministerium. Directions for a candidate of the ministry. : Wherein, first, a right foundation is laid for his future improvement; and, then, rules are offered for such a management of his academical & preparatory studies; and thereupon, for such a conduct after his appearance in the world; as may render his a skilful and useful minister of the Gospel. : [Three lines of quotation in Latin]
Boston: printed for Thomas Hancock, 1726
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Besides the other Uses of ARITHMETIC and GEOMETRY, [wherein an Hill and an Euclid, or, The Young Mathematicians Guide of a Ward, instead of Both, may singularly be commended for you,] you will find this Benefit by the Study of them; They will Necessitate and Habituate your Mind unto that Strong Attention, which will marvellously Qualify you for more Important Services, and make a Strong Reasoner of you, and a very Regular and Cohaerent Speaker. They were distinguished by the Name of Mathesis, and made the First Learning in some Ancient Schools, for this very Reason. And you may be sure, I should reckon it a further Encouragement unto the Study, if the General Rule might hold without any Exception, That Great Mathematicians use to be Men of Good Morals; It seems that their Intense Applications and Speculations are inconsistent with Debaucheries. While you are thus employed, Methinks, it might be a pretty Diversion to go through' some of Leybourn's Mathematical Recreations.
Besides the other Uses of ARITHMETIC and GEOMETRY, [wherein an Hill and an Euclid, or, The Young Mathematicians Guide of a Ward, instead of Both, may singularly be commended for you,] you will find this Benefit by the Study of them; They will Necessitate and Habituate your Mind unto that Strong Attention, which will marvellously Qualify you for more Important Services, and make a Strong Reasoner of you, and a very Regular and Cohaerent Speaker. They were distinguished by the Name of Mathesis, and made the First Learning in some Ancient Schools, for this very Reason. And you may be sure, I should reckon it a further Encouragement unto the Study, if the General Rule might hold without any Exception, That Great Mathematicians use to be Men of Good Morals; It seems that their Intense Applications and Speculations are inconsistent with Debaucheries. While you are thus employed, Methinks, it might be a pretty Diversion to go thro' some of Leybourn's Mathematical Recreations.
But you must also soar Upwards, to the Attainments of ASTRONOMY. For though of later Ages, the Voluminous Tostatus whom they complemented as having all the Learning in the World, ⟨p. 54⟩