N29515:48
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.
TO learn to Read good Child, give heed, For 'tis a precious thing: What may compare, with Learning rare? From hence doth Virtue spiring.
2. In time of Grief, i• yields Relief; Yea▪ in Adversity 'Twill cheerful make, when Friends forsake, And when dear Parents dye.
2. In time of Grief, i• yeilds Relief; Yea▪ in Adversity 'Twill cheerful make, when Friends forsake, And when dear Parents dye.
3. When Foes annoy▪ 'twill yield thee Joy▪ With much Delight and Pleasure: If Poor thou be, this will to the• Exceed all earthly Treasure.
3. When Foes annoy▪ 'twill yeild thee Joy▪ With much Delight and Pleasure: If Poor thou be, this will to the• Exceed all earthly Treasure.