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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
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Fa. If thou hast any other Argument, I would have thee add it; not that I dislike this.
Son. Sir, The Doctrines and matters of fact in the Scriptures, are not only avouched by its own Votaries, but many most considerable parts of it have been acknowledged by its Enemies, first, the Creation of the World is intimated by Ovid in his Metamorphosis, Lib. 1. The extraordinary long Lives of the Patriarchs in the first Ages of the World, by Manetho the Egyptian, Borosus the Chaldean, and others. The Floo• is mentioned by the same Borosu• ⟨p. 55⟩Josephus, Lib. 1. Antiq. 4. The Star that appeared at the Birth of our Saviour, is taken notice of by Pliny, Lib. 2. Cap. 5.
Son. Sir, The Doctrines and matters of fact in the Scriptures, are not only avouched by its own Votaries, but many most considerable parts of it have been acknowledged by its Enemies, first, the Creation of the World is intimated by Ovid in his Metamorphosis, Lib. 1. The extraordinary long Lives of the Patriarchs in the first Ages of the World, by Manetho the Egyptian, Borosus the Chaldean, and others. The Floo• is mentioned by the same Borosu• ⟨p. 55⟩Josaphus, Lib. 1. Antiq. 4. The Star that appeared at the Birth of our Saviour, is taken notice of by Pliny, Lib. 2. Cap. 5.
Fa. I know you have many other instances to give in proof of this; But proceed to another Argument.