N29515:162
Instructions for children: or, The child's & youth's delight, teaching an easy way to…Instructions for children: or, The child's & youth's delight, teaching an easie way to…
Instructions for children: or, The child's & youth's delight, teaching an easy way to spell & read true English. : Containing the father's godly advice; directing parents in a right and spiritual manner to educate their children. : With a Christian catechism, wherein all the chief principles of true Christianity are clearly opened. : Together with many other things both pleasant and useful for the education of children. / Written by Benj. Keach.Instructions for children: or, The child's & youth's delight, teaching an easie way to spell & read true English. : Containing the father's godly advice; directing parents in a right and spiritual manner to educate their children. : With a Christian catechism, wherein all the chief principles of true Christianity are clearly opened. : Together with many other things both pleasant and useful for the education of children. / Written by Benj. Keach.
New York: printed by Will. Bradford, 1695
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. O Child most dear, incline thine •a• ▪ A•d hearken to Gods Voice: Hi• Counsel the• and that will make Gods Angels to rejoice.
1. O Child most dear, incline thine •a• ▪ A•d hearken to Gods Voice: Hi• Counsel the• and that will make Gods Angels to rejoyce.
2. Be not like those, who Grace oppose▪ And give their Minds to play; But let thy Mind be well inclined, In seeking Wisdoms way.
2. Be not like those, who Grace oppose▪ And give their Minds to play; But let thy Mind be well inclin'd, In seeking VVisdoms way.
3· Learn in thy Youth Gods holy Truth▪ Christs blessed Cross to bear: And so shalt thou though hated now, In •eaven have a share.