My
good
Child
,
READ
and
Learn
the
Advice
and
Directions
,
which
I
now
deliver
to
you
:
I
intend
them
to
improve
your
mind
,
and
to
save
your
Soul
.
I
mean
nothing
but
your
Interest
here
,
and
your
Eternal
Happiness
hereafter
:
pray
read
and
consider
,
and
the
Lord
give
you
understanding
.
Remember
my
good
Child
,
that
there
is
a
great
God
,
who
was
maker
of
Heaven
and
Earth
.
Remember
that
thou
thy self
art
one
of
his
Creatures
;
In
him
thou
dost
live
and
move
and
hast
thy
Being
.
A
good
and
gracious
God
unto
thee
;
He
formed
thee
and
fashion'd
thee
in
the
Womb
,
in
his
Book
were
all
thy
Members
written
;
and
he
sustained
thee
,
while
thou
hanged
yet
upon
thy
Mothers
Breasts
.
He
has
defended
thee
from
a
thousand
dangers
of
Infancy
and
Childhood
;
from
Falls
,
from
Fire
,
from
the
Accidents
of
every
Day
and
Hour
.
It
is
his
Mercy
,
that
you
have
escaped
so
long
with
Life
and
Health
,
with
sound
Limbs
and
perfect
Senses
.
His
Mercy
,
that
you
are
not
a
Cripple
or
a
Changeling
;
his
loving
kindness
,
that
you
have
any
Breath
in
your
Body
,
or
any
understanding
in
your
Soul
.
And
sure
,
when
God
has
done
so
great
things
for
you
,
it
is
your
part
and
duty
to
rejoice
in
the
Lord
,
and
to
thank
and
praise
,
and
love
and
serve
your
greatest
Friend
,
your
dearest
Father
which
is
in
Heaven
.
That
you
may
the
better
offer
up
your
Thanks
and
Praise
to
God
,
for
all
the
benefits
that
he
hath
done
unto
thee
;
Pray
take
advice
and
meditate
on
these
few
Reasons
,
for
which
you
should
be
chiefly
thankful
.
First
,
my
Child
,
thank
God
that
you
were
born
a
reasonable
Creature
.
That
Noble
Creature
Man
,
whom
God
made
for
the
Perfection
and
the
Glory
of
his
whole
Creation
:
God
made
his
Body
out
of
the
Dust
of
the
Earth
,
and
breath'd
into
that
Body
a
Living
Soul
.
And
so
God
made
Ma●
after
his
own
likeness
,
in
the
Image
of
God
created
He
him
.
Say
unto
thy
Soul
,
O
my
Soul
,
bless
Divine
Providence
,
that
I
am
so
curiously
and
wonderfully
made
;
that
I
am
one
of
those
excellent
Creatures
,
Sensible
and
Rational
,
o●
high
and
Honourable
Descent
,
the
Offsprin●
of
God!
What
a
blessing
is
it
,
that
I
wer●
not
a
Brute
void
of
Understanding
:
One
o●
the
Cattle
of
the
Field
,
or
of
the
Worms
o●
the
Earth
;
a
Wild
Beast
,
or
a
Creepin●
Thing
!
Give
me
Grace
,
O
Lord
,
to
val●
this
Blessing
,
and
to
live
worthy
of
it
.
L●
me
improve
my
Reason
,
and
let
me
increa●
my
Understanding
.
Thou
O
God
hast
ma●
●e
capable
of
Wisdom
,
if
I
will
by
In●ustry
attain
unto
it
:
But
if
by
Idleness
●d
Sloath
I
,
become
ignorant
and
brutish
;
●ke
the
Horse
and
the
Mule
that
have
no
understanding
,
then
I
debase
humane
Nature
,
and
by
making
my self
a
Beast
,
I
shall
be
a
worse
Monster
,
than
if
God
Almighty
had
made
me
so
.
Secondly
,
My
Child
be
thankful
to
God
that
you
were
born
of
Christian
Parents
.
For
Christian
Birthright
is
a
mighty
Blessing
,
it
gives
you
a
Title
to
be
in
Covenant
with
the
Almighty
,
to
be
a
Member
of
Christ
,
to
be
a
Child
of
God
,
to
be
an
Inheritor
of
the
Kingdom
of
Heaven
.
Had
your
Parents
been
Jews
,
or
Turks
,
or
Infidels
,
you
had
been
shut
without
the
Gates
of
our
Christian
Jerusalem
.
You
had
lost
the
ordinary
means
of
Grace
and
hopes
of
Glory
.
For
you
could
not
in
your
infancy
have
been
admitted
to
the
Communion
of
Saints
;
nor
have
been
made
a
Member
of
the
Holy
Catholick
Church
.
As
,
1
Cor
.
7.14
.
If
your
Parents
had
been
Unbelievers
,
then
you
Children
had
been
unclean
;
but
now
are
ye
Holy
.
Say
,
Let
me
Love
and
Praise
my
God
for
this
Right
of
inheritance
:
For
being
thus
born
capable
to
be
Baptized
,
and
Entitled
to
the
early
methods
of
Salvation
.
But
then
,
let
me
consider
,
Religion
is
my
very
Birthright
;
I
will
not
like
Profane
Esau
sell
that
Birthright
.
I
will
not
turn
Loofe
and
Profligate
.
I
will
not
live
without
God
in
the
World
.
Since
my
Parents
were
holy
,
I
their
Seed
will
be
Holy
.
Being
planted
a
Noble
Vine
;
I
will
not
degenerate
into
a
strange
Plant
;
I
will
not
bring
forth
Wild
Grapes
.
As
the
Root
was
,
so
shall
be
the
Branch
.
Since
Christianity
was
the
good
Profession
of
my
Father
and
my
Mother
,
I
my self
resolve
to
be
the
better
Christian
.
Thirdly
,
My
good
Child
,
thank
God
for
the
Blessing
of
being
Baptized
in
your
Infancy
.
For
tho'
your
Parents
were
profest
Christians
.
Yet
you
could
not
have
been
Sanctified
by
their
Name
,
nor
could
you
have
been
saved
by
their
Title
:
You
were
still
by
Nature
born
in
Sin
,
and
a
Child
of
Wrath
;
till
by
Baptism
thou
wast
received
into
the
Congregation
of
Christs
Flock
,
and
so
had
thy
Death
unto
Sin
,
and
thy
new
Birth
unto
Righteousness
:
and
so
were
made
a
Child
of
Grace
,
and
an
Heir
to
the
Kingdom
of
your
Father
in
Heaven
.
Commune
with
your
own
Heart
,
and
say
,
how
does
it
become
me
to
walk
worthy
of
this
Vocation
whereunto
I
am
called
.
Surely
I
am
bound
to
lead
the
rest
of
my
Life
according
to
this
beginning
.
I
must
not
hereafter
be
asham'd
to
confess
the
Faith
of
Christ
Crucified
.
I
will
Manfully
fight
under
his
Banner
against
Sin
,
the
World
and
the
Devil
;
Christ
is
the
Cap●in
of
my
Salvation
,
and
I
will
continue
●s
Faithful
Souldier
and
Servant
unto
my
Lives
End.
An
Apostate
is
one
,
who
renounces
his
Religion
,
and
a
Reprobate
is
one
who
●alls
away
from
all
Grace
and
Good●ess
.
If
when
I
have
been
baptized
a
Christian
,
I
come
to
live
like
a
Heathen
;
then
am
I
a
curst
Apostate
,
and
then
am
I
a
perjured
Reprobate
:
For
my
Baptismal
Vows
oblige
me
to
renounce
the
Devil
and
all
his
Works
;
to
believe
the
Articles
of
my
Christian
Faith
,
and
to
keep
all
the
Commandements
of
God
.
And
though
by
reason
of
my
tender
Age
,
I
could
not
then
perform
these
Vows
;
yet
my
Godfathers
and
Godmothers
were
Sureties
for
me
;
they
Promised
and
Vow'd
in
my
Name
those
things
,
which
as
I
come
to
age
,
that
is
to
Knowledge
and
Discretion
,
I
my self
am
bound
to
perform
.
God
enable
me
to
pay
my
Vows
and
to
continue
stedfast
in
that
Faith
and
Profession
,
into
which
I
am
Baptized
.
To
be
Christen'd
was
to
be
made
a
Christian
;
I
have
the
Name
,
and
as
it
pleases
God
I
will
not
have
the
naked
Name
,
but
I
will
live
up
to
the
Nature
of
my
Holy
Religion
.
Fourthly
,
my
Child
,
bless
the
name
of
God
for
being
early
sent
to
School
,
and
so
put
into
a
good
Method
of
Education
.
You
can
read
in
the
Book
of
Job
,
that
Man
is
born
like
a
Wild
Asses
Colt
:
And
you
can
find
Solomon
declare
that
Foolishness
is
bound
up
in
the
heart
of
a
Child
.
By
which
you
may
perceive
,
that
if
you
are
bred
as
ignorant
as
you
are
born
,
you
will
then
differ
from
a
Brute
,
in
little
but
your
outward
Shape
.
It
is
Education
,
my
Child
,
that
must
reform
you
and
refine
you
.
It
is
Learning
,
that
must
exercise
your
Reason
,
and
improve
your
Understanding
;
Or
else
you
will
be
wild
and
wanton
;
you
will
be
barbarous
and
brutish
;
you
will
be
a
stupid
and
a
sensless
Wretch
.
And
what
good
would
your
Life
do
you
,
without
the
wit
of
knowing
how
to
live
,
or
how
to
behave
your self
in
Life
and
Conversation
!
Esteem
it
,
my
Child
,
a
great
blessing
of
Providence
,
that
you
are
not
kept
at
home
in
Wantonness
and
at
your
own
Will
;
that
you
are
not
lingring
in
the
Streets
,
nor
standing
all
the
Day
idle
in
the
Markets
,
but
that
you
are
sent
to
School
for
good
Discipline
and
for
wholson
Instruction
,
to
be
train'd
up
from
a
Child
in
the
way
that
you
should
go
,
that
when
you
are
Old
,
you
may
not
depart
from
it
.
A
great
advantage
to
you
,
that
you
are
taught
to
know
the
wonderful
invention
of
Letters
;
that
you
can
spell
Syllables
,
and
read
whole
Sentences
,
and
so
can
find
out
the
Sense
of
Man
,
and
the
very
will
of
God
.
By
this
blessing
,
like
young
Timothy
,
you
can
know
the
Scriptures
from
a
Child
.
By
this
blessing
,
like
young
Samuel
,
you
can
hear
and
distinguish
the
Voice
of
the
Lord
.
By
this
benefit
of
early
following
your
Master
Jesus
,
you
may
be
like
St.
John
,
you
may
be
the
younger
and
the
more
beloved
Disciple
.
Therefore
,
thus
say
unto
thy self
.
Oh
that
God
would
give
me
grace
to
make
a
right
use
of
this
Blessing
!
And
let
me
not
be
wanting
to
my self
.
Let
me
be
careful
and
industrious
to
redeem
my
time
,
and
to
improve
my
Talents
of
Wit
and
Capacity
,
of
Apprehension
and
Memory
.
I
must
apply
my
head
and
my
Heart
to
these
ways
of
Knowledge
,
that
I
may
make
some
progress
in
them
.
How
innocently
proud
should
I
be
of
imitating
the
Child
Jesus
,
who
increased
in
Wisdom
as
fast
as
he
did
in
Stature
,
and
grew
up
in
favour
both
with
God
and
Man
.
Whereas
if
I
hate
my
Book
,
and
grow
wilfully
dull
;
if
my
Eyes
and
my
Thoughts
are
wandring
some
other
way
,
if
I
make
my self
a
Dunce
and
chuse
to
be
a
Fool
;
then
my
Folly
will
be
my
own
fault
,
and
my
ignorance
will
be
my
proper
Sin
.
Indeed
if
I
had
met
with
no
opportunities
of
Learning
;
if
I
had
been
nurs'd
up
in
profound
Ignorance
,
and
a
habit
of
idleness
;
then
I
my self
had
been
excused
,
and
the
neglect
must
have
been
charg'd
to
my
Parents
and
my
Friends
.
But
if
they
have
put
me
into
a
hopeful
method
of
Instruction
,
and
I
willfully
despise
that
Method
;
this
is
such
a
Sin
and
frailty
of
my
Youth
,
as
I
shall
dearly
repent
,
if
ever
I
grow
Older
and
Wiser
.
My
good
Child
.
When
you
have
thus
looked
back
upon
the
Blessings
which
you
happily
enjoy
,
and
have
made
to
God
the
due
return
of
Praise
and
Thanksgiving
for
them
.
Then
think
with
thy self
again
,
whether
you
can
have
any
way
to
shew
your self
more
grateful
,
whether
you
can
do
any
thing
that
will
be
acceptable
and
well
pleasing
unto
God
,
that
shall
as
it
were
oblige
him
,
and
in
some
manner
requite
him
.
Yes
,
my
good
Child
,
there
be
many
Duties
on
your
part
,
that
will
be
accepted
as
a
suitable
return
for
those
Mercies
,
which
God
on
his
part
has
bestowed
upon
you
.
Let
me
direct
you
to
these
Duties
with
all
the
Affection
of
a
Friend
and
a
Spiritual
Father
.
First
,
My
Dear
Child
,
learn
how
to
Practise
your
Duty
towards
God
.
You
know
it
the
advice
of
the
wisest
of
Men
,
of
Solomon
,
that
you
should
remember
your
Creator
in
the
days
of
your
Youth
.
You
know
it
a
Charge
given
to
your
Parents
by
the
good
Apostle
,
that
you
should
be
brought
up
in
the
Nurture
and
Admonition
of
the
Lord
.
You
know
it
was
the
care
and
kindness
of
our
Lord
Jesus
,
to
receive
little
Children
,
to
encourage
them
,
and
to
bless
them
.
You
read
these
words
in
the
Tenth
Chapter
of
St.
Mark
,
they
brought
young
Children
to
Christ
,
that
he
should
touch
them
,
and
his
Disciples
rebuked
those
that
brought
them
;
but
when
Jesus
saw
it
,
he
was
much
displeased
,
and
said
unto
them
,
suffer
the
little
Children
to
come
unto
me
and
forbid
them
not
,
for
of
such
is
the
Kingdom
of
God
.
Verily
I
say
unto
you
,
whosoever
shall
not
rereceive
the
Kingdom
of
God
as
a
little
Child
,
he
shall
not
enter
therein
.
And
he
took
them
up
in
his
Arms
,
laid
his
hands
upon
them
and
blessed
them
.
My
Beloved
Child
,
you
hear
in
this
Gospel
the
Words
of
your
Saviour
Christ
,
that
he
commanded
the
Children
to
be
brought
unto
him
,
how
he
blamed
those
that
would
have
kept
them
from
him
;
how
he
exhorteth
all
Men
to
follow
their
innocency
;
Ye
perceive
how
by
his
outward
gesture
and
deed
,
he
declared
his
good
Will
toward
them
;
for
he
embraceed
them
in
his
Arms
,
he
laid
his
Hands
upon
them
and
blessed
them
.
Again
consider
,
that
the
youngest
and
most
beloved
Disciple
,
St.
John
wrote
purposely
to
You
,
little
Children
.
That
Apostle
seemed
to
have
so
much
Innocence
and
Goodness
of
Nature
,
as
recommended
him
to
the
more
particular
Favour
and
Friendship
of
our
Blessed
Lord
.
For
he
was
allowed
to
lean
upon
his
Master's
Bosom
,
and
the
other
Disciples
thought
him
the
greater
Favourite
,
St.
John
13.23
.
Now
as
the
Love
of
Children
is
a
common
Sign
of
Good
Nature
,
this
Apostle
expresses
his
Care
and
Concern
,
his
Love
and
Kindness
for
You
,
little
Children
.
Great
part
of
an
Epistle
is
directed
to
You
,
his
first
Epistle
,
where
he
begins
the
second
Chapter
with
an
Address
to
you
,
My
little
Children
these
things
write
I
unto
you
,
that
ye
Sin
not
.
Again
in
the
twelfth
Verse
,
I
write
unto
you
little
Children
,
because
your
Sins
are
forgiven
you
for
his
Name
Sake
.
And
in
the
next
Verse
,
he
not
only
writes
unto
the
Fathers
,
and
unto
the
Young
Men
,
but
unto
you
likewise
little
Children
.
Here
is
Good
Encouragement
,
my
little
Child
,
to
offer
up
the
first
Fruits
of
thy
Life
and
Health
to
Heaven
,
to
receive
the
Kingdom
of
God
as
a
little
Child
,
and
so
be
the
more
sure
and
more
worthy
to
enter
into
it
.
In
order
to
this
my
Child
.
First
,
You
should
no
sooner
learn
to
Speak
,
than
you
should
learn
to
Pray
.
God
will
open
your
Lips
the
more
plainly
,
if
they
begin
with
calls
to
Heaven
.
God
will
the
better
,
loosen
your
Tongue
,
if
it
be
early
employ'd
in
Devotions
.
By
this
you
may
know
,
that
God
will
hear
you
,
because
you
are
yet
Innocent
of
any
great
Offence
.
Your
Saviour
was
best
pleased
,
when
the
very
Children
cried
Hosanna
,
and
said
,
Out
of
the
Mouths
of
Babes
and
Sucklings
hast
thou
perfected
Praise
.
Some
short
form
of
Prayer
,
such
as
thou
shalt
find
at
the
end
of
this
Book
,
do
thou
diligently
learn
,
and
carefully
remember
:
and
particularly
that
form
,
which
your
own
Saviour
taught
you
,
and
is
therefore
called
thy
Lord's
Prayer
.
Use
this
daily
with
one
or
more
short
Prayers
,
and
a
Conclusion
to
beg
God's
Blessing
on
your
Parents
and
your
Relations
.
When
you
rise
up
in
the
Morning
,
so
begin
the
Day
,
and
when
at
Night
,
you
take
your
rest
,
so
commend
your
Soul
to
God
,
and
then
fear
no
Evil
that
can
happen
to
you
.
Secondly
,
My
Child
,
next
to
your
Prayers
,
be
forward
to
learn
your
Catechism
.
You
may
read
in
the
New
Testament
,
that
Catechising
was
the
very
Exercise
of
Religion
to
which
your
Saviour
did
accustom
himself
in
his
young
and
tender
Age
;
When
he
was
twelve
Years
old
,
He
went
up
to
Jerusalem
,
and
entred
into
the
Temple
or
Jewish
Church
,
and
there
was
Catechised
by
the
Doctors
or
Ministers
,
and
perform'd
this
Holy
Exercise
so
well
,
that
they
were
all
astonish'd
at
his
Understanding
and
Answers
.
To
Follow
your
Blessed
Saviour's
Example
may
be
a
Comfort
and
an
Honour
to
you
.
The
Church
Catechism
is
all
of
it
short
enough
for
your
Memory
;
and
most
of
it
plain
enough
for
your
Understanding
.
Or
if
there
be
some
things
too
hard
for
you
,
in
time
God
will
reveal
them
to
you
.
You
must
first
have
the
Words
,
and
by
Degrees
you
will
have
the
Sense
and
Meaning
of
them
.
Thirdly
,
My
Child
,
be
Diligent
and
Constant
in
going
to
Church
.
The
Jews
were
commanded
to
go
to
their
publick
place
of
Worship
with
their
Wives
and
their
little
Ones
.
Whence
you
find
in
St.
Mat
.
21.15
.
the
Children
Crying
in
the
Temple
,
and
saying
,
Hosanna
to
the
Son
of
David
.
If
you
do
not
yet
understand
the
publick
Offices
of
Religion
,
yet
be
present
at
them
,
that
you
may
the
sooner
learn
them
.
The
Church
is
a
Place
,
where
God
sends
down
his
Blessing
,
be
there
ready
to
receive
it
.
Like
Holy
David
,
be
glad
,
my
Child
,
when
thy
Parents
or
their
Servants
say
unto
thee
,
Let
us
go
up
to
the
House
of
the
Lord
.
When
you
come
near
the
Porch
or
Entrance
of
the
Church
,
there
pause
a
while
and
prepare
your
Heart
with
this
short
Ejaculation
.
I
will
keep
my
Foot
,
when
I
go
into
the
House
of
God
,
and
be
more
ready
to
Hear
,
and
Pray
,
and
Praise
,
than
to
offer
the
Sacrifice
of
Fools
,
who
consider
not
,
that
they
do
Evil
.
When
you
come
within
the
Church
,
my
Child
,
remember
,
that
the
Place
whereon
you
stand
is
Holy
Ground
:
and
therefore
pay
some
due
Reverence
by
putting
off
your
Hat
,
bowing
your
Head
,
bending
your
Knee
,
or
the
like
.
If
you
enter
the
Church
like
a
Stable
,
in
a
rude
and
indecent
Manner
,
you
will
seem
to
despise
the
Church
of
God
,
and
to
profane
that
House
,
which
he
hath
called
Holy
.
When
you
come
to
your
proper
Seat
or
Pew
,
there
again
consider
,
that
your
Business
to
Church
,
is
to
serve
your
God
and
to
save
your
Soul
.
And
to
fit
and
prepare
thy self
for
this
serious
and
sacred
Work
,
offer
this
or
the
like
Prayer
unto
God
.
Blessed
be
thy
Name
O
Lord
,
for
giving
me
this
Opportunity
of
Publick
Worship
in
thy
House
.
O
let
the
Thoughts
of
my
Heart
and
the
Words
of
my
Mouth
be
now
acceptable
in
thy
sight
,
O
Lord
my
Strength
and
my
Redeemer
.
After
this
,
refrain
your
Eyes
,
and
set
a
Watch
before
the
Door
of
your
Lips
.
Do
not
by
any
Laughing
or
Whispering
seem
to
forget
where
you
are
.
Be
quiet
and
compos'd
.
Behave
thy self
with
Reverence
and
Godly
Fear
.
When
Prayers
are
begun
,
then
patiently
attend
to
the
Lips
of
the
Priest
,
and
at
the
end
of
each
Prayer
and
Thanksgiving
,
devoutly
say
,
Amen
.
Bear
all
other
Parts
in
the
publick
Service
that
are
allow'd
to
the
Congregation
or
People
:
that
is
,
make
the
Responses
clearly
and
distinctly
.
Read
each
other
Verse
in
the
Psalms
with
an
Audible
Voice
.
Joyn
in
the
Repetition
of
the
Creed
;
and
think
my
Child
,
no
Musick
so
agreeable
as
this
Consort
of
Devotion
.
While
the
Psalms
are
Singing
,
believe
this
an
excellent
Way
of
Rejoycing
in
the
Lord
,
and
as
far
as
your
Voice
and
little
Skill
will
enable
you
,
be
one
of
the
Number
of
the
Singers
,
and
so
help
to
praise
God
with
the
best
Member
that
you
have
.
In
the
Prayer
before
Sermon
,
stir
up
again
thy
Soul
unto
Devotion
,
and
hope
for
a
share
in
all
those
Blessings
which
the
Minister
calls
down
on
the
Congregation
.
And
when
the
Sermon
does
begin
,
give
all
Heed
and
Diligence
.
Being
able
to
use
your
Bible
,
turn
unto
the
Text
,
and
read
it
to
consider
and
to
remember
;
If
you●
Judgment
cannot
so
well
comprehend
the
Subject
and
Method
of
the
Sermon
;
yet
the
Text
alone
,
if
well
remembered
may
be
a
useful
and
a
comfortable
Saying
,
and
may
at
some
other
time
suggest
unto
thee
a
great
many
good
Thoughts
and
Meditations
.
However
listen
carefully
to
all
the
following
Discourse
,
and
especially
to
the
Sentences
,
and
to
the
Examples
of
Holy
Scripture
.
As
a
new
born
Babe
desire
the
sincere
Milk
of
the
Gospel
,
that
you
may
grow
thereby
;
grow
in
Grace
,
and
in
the
Knowledge
of
our
Lord
and
Saviour
Jesus
Christ
.
So
that
being
early
instructed
and
confirmed
in
the
true
Principles
of
Religion
,
you
may
be
hereafter
stedfast
and
unmoveable
;
and
when
you
come
to
be
a
Man
,
may
not
then
be
like
Children
tossed
too
and
fro
with
every
Wind
of
Doctrine
,
by
the
cunning
Craftiness
of
those
who
lie
in
wait
to
deceive
.
When
Church
is
done
,
my
Child
,
do
not
seem
in
hast
to
fly
from
the
Lord's
House
.
First
offer
up
a
private
Request
to
God
for
a
right
Use
of
his
Holy
Ordinances
,
in
this
or
the
like
Form
.
Glory
be
to
thee
,
O
Lord
,
for
admitting
Me
this
time
to
thy
House
and
thy
Service
:
Accept
my
Prayers
and
Thanksgivings
.
And
Lord
make
me
a
Doer
of
thy
Word
,
not
a
Hearer
only
,
lest
I
deceive
my
own
Soul
.
After
this
when
the
Assembly
is
departing
,
do
thou
walk
leisurely
out
in
due
time
and
order
;
not
running
or
thrusting
to
be
gone
,
but
Grave
and
Silent
▪
meditating
upon
the
Truth
,
and
resolving
upon
the
Practice
of
somewhat
that
you
have
heard
.
If
there
be
any
other
Opportunities
of
Publick
Worship
in
God's
House
upon
the
same
Day
,
with
your
Parents
leave
return
again
,
and
be
glad
to
repeat
the
same
Duties
of
Religion
.
Be
not
weary
in
well
doing
,
but
persevere
unto
the
end
,
In
the
Evening
at
Home
,
be
willing
that
your
Parents
or
Governours
should
call
you
to
repeat
the
Text
,
or
to
give
some
little
Account
of
the
Sermon
,
or
to
read
a
Chapter
,
or
to
sing
a
Psalm
,
or
to
joyn
in
any
other
Exercise
of
Religion
:
O
Bless
God
for
these
Means
of
Spiritual
Improvement
!
This
is
the
Way
to
come
in
the
Unity
of
the
Faith
,
and
of
the
Knowledge
of
the
Son
of
God
,
unto
a
perfect
Man
,
unto
the
Measure
of
the
Stature
of
the
fulness
of
Christ
,
Ephes
.
4.13
.
After
one
day
so
spent
in
God's
Courts
,
and
the
publick
Services
of
Religion
,
conclude
with
this
thought
:
That
as
Sunday
is
more
especially
the
Lord's
Day
,
and
dedicated
to
his
peculiar
Honour
:
So
all
the
Week
after
should
not
be
rudely
and
profanely
spent
,
as
if
one
Holy
Day
could
atone
for
the
six
other
to
be
kept
Common
and
Unclean
.
No
,
by
a
Good
Conscience
,
and
a
Good
Conversation
,
rather
Sanctify
every
Day
to
be
a
Sabbath
unto
the
Lord
,
by
resting
from
Sin
,
and
by
doing
any
Work
of
the
Lord
not
Negligently
.
Let
your
private
Devotions
never
be
omitted
;
Early
in
the
Morning
crie
unto
God
,
and
in
the
Night
Season
also
,
take
no
rest
,
till
you
have
offered
up
your
Evening
Sacrifice
of
Prayer
and
Thanksgiving
.
Fourthly
,
My
Child
,
by
this
daily
Practice
of
Piety
,
you
will
by
Degrees
be
sitted
and
prepared
for
the
Benefit
of
Confirmation
.
For
being
now
able
to
say
the
Creed
,
the
Lord's
Prayer
,
and
the
Ten
Commandments
,
and
likewise
to
answer
to
such
other
Questions
as
in
the
short
Catechism
are
contained
:
you
will
soon
come
to
a
competent
Age
,
and
to
Years
of
Discretion
:
when
having
learned
what
your
Godfathers
and
Godmothers
did
promise
for
you
in
your
Baptism
,
you
your self
with
your
own
Mouth
and
Consent
may
openly
before
the
Church
Ratify
and
Confirm
the
same
,
and
also
promise
by
the
Grace
of
God
,
that
you
will
evermore
endeavour
your self
to
observe
such
things
,
as
by
your
own
Confession
you
then
assent
unto
.
To
this
end
,
you
must
desire
to
be
brought
unto
the
Bishop
to
be
Confirmed
by
him
,
and
being
presented
to
the
Bishop
by
the
Minister
of
your
Parish
,
being
placed
in
the
Chancel
,
and
standing
among
other
young
Persons
,
in
order
,
before
the
Bishop
;
You
shall
then
and
there
in
the
presence
of
God
,
and
all
the
Congregation
,
renew
the
solemn
Promise
and
Vow
that
was
made
in
your
Name
at
your
Baptism
,
Ratifying
and
Confirming
the
same
in
your
own
Person
;
and
acknowledging
thy self
bound
to
believe
and
to
do
all
those
things
,
which
your
Godfathers
and
Godmothers
then
undertook
for
you
.
When
after
suitable
Prayers
,
the
Bishop
will
lay
his
Hand
upon
thy
Head
,
and
pronounce
this
Blessing
on
thee
.
Defend
,
O
Lord
,
this
thy
Child
with
thy
Heavenly
Grace
,
that
He
may
continue
thine
for
ever
,
and
daily
encrease
in
thy
Holy
Spirit
more
and
more
,
untill
he
come
to
thy
everlasting
Kingdom
,
Amen
.
And
the
Bishop
and
his
Flock
will
again
make
their
humble
Supplications
unto
God
for
thee
his
Servant
,
upon
whom
(
after
the
Example
of
the
Holy
Apostles
)
he
has
now
laid
his
Hands
,
to
certify
thee
(
by
this
Sign
)
of
God's
Favour
and
Gracious
Goodness
towards
thee
,
that
his
Fatherly
Hand
may
be
ever
over
thee
,
that
his
Holy
Spirit
may
be
ever
with
thee
,
and
that
he
would
so
lead
thee
in
the
Knowledge
and
Obedience
of
his
Word
,
that
in
the
end
thou
●ay'st
obtain
Everlasting
Life
.
Or
if
you
live
in
such
a
Place
,
as
where
no
●pportunity
shall
offer
for
confirmation
,
then
you
must
at
least
wish
and
desire
it
;
as
being
satisfied
by
the
Rules
of
your
Church
,
that
you
ought
not
hereafter
to
be
admitted
to
the
Holy
Communion
,
untill
such
time
as
you
,
are
Confirm'd
,
or
be
ready
and
desirous
to
be
Confirm'd
.
Being
thus
instructed
,
my
Dear
Child
,
in
your
Duty
toward
God
,
think
and
meditate
on
these
things
,
and
thus
resolve
in
thy
own
Conscience
.
I
have
a
Soul
to
save
,
to
save
from
Eternal
Fire
,
to
save
unto
Everlasting
Joys
.
What
will
it
profit
me
to
gain
the
whole
World
and
lose
this
Soul
,
or
what
shall
I
give
in
exchange
for
this
Soul
of
mine
!
By
the
constant
practice
of
Piety
I
will
work
out
my
Salvation
,
and
do
all
that
is
possible
,
to
make
my
calling
and
election
sure
.
This
is
the
good
Foundation
,
that
will
edifie
or
build
me
up
to
Heaven
.
Nay
,
this
is
the
right
Foundation
,
even
to
raise
my
Fortune
in
this
World
:
For
if
in
the
Days
of
my
Youth
,
I
remember
my
Creator
,
if
I
know
him
,
love
him
,
and
serve
him
;
then
will
his
Blessing
go
along
with
me
,
and
make
my
ways
to
prosper
.
And
I
shall
have
more
of
the
Affection
of
my
Parents
,
and
the
favour
of
my
Relations
,
and
the
good
will
of
all
my
Acquaintance
,
I
shall
have
the
better
Name
,
and
Credit
,
and
Interest
,
and
be
the
more
likely
to
Thrive
and
Flourish
.
God
be
with
me
and
who
shall
be
against
me
?
In
the
Second
Place
,
my
dear
Child
,
next
thy
Duty
toward
God
,
consider
and
Practice
thy
Duty
to
thy
Parents
.
You
must
feel
this
,
my
Child
,
to
be
an
instinct
of
Nature
,
and
it
would
be
the
greatest
reproach
in
the
World
for
you
to
be
without
natural
affection
.
You
cannot
but
know
this
to
be
the
Rule
of
Equity
and
Reason
,
to
be
Grateful
and
Dutiful
to
them
who
gave
you
Life
,
and
all
the
support
of
it
;
your
Being
and
your
well
Being
.
Above
all
,
you
must
confess
this
to
be
a
great
Office
of
Religion
;
in
this
you
obey
God
,
and
serve
your
Maker
.
For
One
of
his
Ten
Commandments
in
the
Moral
Law
is
to
honour
thy
Father
and
thy
Mother
.
And
many
of
his
Precepts
in
the
Gospel
are
for
Children
to
obey
their
Parents
because
this
is
right
,
and
to
obey
them
in
all
things
,
because
this
is
well
pleasing
to
the
Lord
.
Of
this
duty
the
holy
Child
Jesus
set
thee
a
good
Example
;
for
tho
he
being
God
made
Man
was
far
above
a
Mortal
Parent
,
yet
he
paid
them
attendance
and
submission
He
went
down
with
them
,
and
was
subject
to
them
.
St.
Luke
.
1.51
.
The
first
duty
my
Child
,
that
you
owe
●to
your
Parents
,
is
to
beg
their
Blessing
Night
and
Morning
.
This
is
a
proper
Testimony
of
your
re●pect
and
reverence
,
by
this
you
acknow●edge
dependance
and
subjection
,
you
confess
as
Heb
.
7.7
.
That
the
Less
is
blessed
of
the
Better
.
And
by
this
,
you
may
express
a
firm
beleif
,
that
if
your
Parents
bless
you
in
God's
name
,
you
shall
be
the
more
blessed
in
your
generation
.
I
have
blessed
him
saies
Isaac
of
his
Son
,
yea
and
he
shall
be
blessed
.
For
this
was
the
good
old
Custom
in
the
very
times
of
the
Prophets
and
the
Patriarchs
:
The
Sons
of
Isaac
were
bred
up
to
this
laudable
Practice
.
Jacob
did
beg
that
his
Fathers
Soul
might
bless
him
;
and
even
Esau
was
importunate
in
crying
out
,
bless
me
,
even
me
also
,
O
my
Father
,
Gen.
27.19
.
Those
Ungracious
Children
who
refuse
or
neglect
to
kneel
down
and
crave
their
Parents
blessing
;
even
the
Profane
Esau
shall
rise
up
in
Judgment
and
condemn
them
.
Say
unto
thy self
,
my
Child
.
I
will
not
be
guilty
of
this
Sin
of
Omission
.
I
will
at
first
sight
of
my
Parents
in
the
Morning
,
and
in
my
last
taking
leave
at
Night
,
I
will
fall
on
my
Knees
before
them
,
and
say
to
this
effect
.
Pray
Father
(
or
Mother
)
bless
me
,
and
beg
God's
Blessing
on
me
,
to
make
me
his
faithful
Servant
,
and
your
obedient
Child
.
The
Second
Duty
,
my
Child
,
unto
your
Parents
,
is
to
pay
them
all
civil
respect
and
reverence
.
You
must
stand
in
awe
before
them
;
you
must
rise
up
in
good
Manners
to
them
,
you
must
bow
the
head
,
and
bend
the
knee
,
and
use
all
those
becoming
gestures
and
postures
,
which
according
to
your
Sex
and
Age
are
the
customary
tokens
of
Respect
and
Honour
.
You
read
,
that
Solomon
,
even
when
a
king
did
obeisance
to
Bathsheba
his
subject
Mother
:
and
when
she
came
to
him
sitting
on
his
Throne
,
he
rose
up
to
meet
her
,
and
bow'd
himself
unto
her
,
1
Kings
2.19
.
Whereas
to
be
Rude
and
Saucy
,
to
be
froward
and
impudent
before
your
Parents
,
to
shew
no
breeding
in
their
presence
,
and
to
pay
no
respect
unto
their
Persons
.
This
is
to
despise
them
,
and
to
mock
them
;
which
if
it
does
not
bring
the
correction
of
your
Parents
,
it
will
bring
the
Judgment
of
God
upon
you
;
for
think
often
upon
Proverbs
,
30.17
.
The
Eye
that
mocketh
at
his
Father
,
and
despiseth
to
obey
his
Mother
,
the
Ravens
of
the
Valley
shall
pick
it
out
,
and
the
young
Eagles
shall
eat
it
.
The
Third
Duty
,
my
Child
,
unto
your
Parents
,
is
to
hearken
to
their
Counsel
,
and
to
follow
their
Advice
;
to
stand
corrected
at
their
Reproof
,
and
to
amend
upon
their
Admonition
.
My
good
Child
believe
thy
Parents
to
be
Wiser
than
thy self
.
Be
satisfied
they
mean
nothing
but
your
Interest
and
Good
;
confess
,
it
is
their
right
to
direct
and
lead
;
be
sensible
,
it
is
thy
duty
to
follow
and
comply
.
Thy
Parents
will
the
better
love
thee
,
and
God
will
the
more
bless
thee
.
Solomon
saith
to
thee
and
to
every
wise
Child
,
my
Son
hear
the
instruction
of
thy
Father
,
and
forsake
not
the
law
of
thy
Mother
,
for
they
shall
be
an
ornament
of
grace
unto
thy
head
,
and
Chains
about
thy
Neck
.
If
your
Parents
should
have
so
much
passion
,
as
to
seem
to
provoke
their
Children
unto
wrath
,
and
to
be
bitter
against
them
.
Though
this
be
forbidden
to
them
,
yet
you
must
be
tender
of
so
judging
of
them
.
You
had
better
in
silence
withdraw
,
till
their
Anger
has
given
place
to
Reason
,
till
they
are
cool
,
and
easie
to
be
entreated
.
Your
last
Duty
,
My
Child
,
unto
your
Parents
,
is
to
submit
to
any
Punishment
or
Correction
,
that
they
shall
think
proper
to
lay
upon
you
.
Alass
many
are
the
Follies
and
Frailties
of
your
Youth
,
and
would
be
many
more
,
if
you
were
left
to
your
own
Will
,
and
were
restrained
by
nothing
but
your
own
Discretion
.
You
read
in
a
Book
of
the
Wisest
Man
,
that
Foolishness
is
bound
up
in
the
Heart
of
a
Child
,
and
that
it
is
the
Rod
of
Correction
that
must
bring
it
out
.
You
read
again
,
that
the
Rod
and
Reproof
give
Wisdom
,
but
a
Child
left
to
himself
bringeth
his
Mother
to
Shame
.
Your
Parents
have
this
Authority
over
thee
,
and
they
best
know
when
to
exercise
this
Authority
upon
thee
.
It
is
your
Offence
and
Fault
,
it
is
their
Care
and
Love
,
such
an
Instance
of
Love
as
God
himself
makes
use
of
,
to
justifie
the
afflicting
his
Beloved
Ones
.
For
whom
the
Lord
loveth
,
he
Chasteneth
,
and
Scourgeth
every
Son
whom
he
receiveth
.
If
ye
endure
Chastning
,
God
dealeth
with
ye
as
with
Sons
;
for
what
Son
is
he
,
whom
the
Father
chasteneth
not
?
If
you
are
apt
to
think
,
that
there
is
somewhat
of
Partiality
and
Passion
,
or
more
Indulgence
to
another
than
to
thee
▪
yet
do
not
thou
murmur
or
complain
:
but
still
Honour
and
Obey
.
You
find
it
the
Apostles
argument
,
Furthermore
we
have
had
Fathers
of
our
Flesh
,
which
corrected
us
,
and
we
gave
them
reverence
;
though
they
verily
for
a
few
days
chastned
us
after
their
own
Pleasure
.
Think
much
upon
thy
Parents
,
dear
Child
,
and
thy
Duty
to
them
,
and
thus
Commune
with
thy
own
heart
.
What
a
Mercy
it
is
,
that
I
am
not
an
Orphan
destitute
and
forlorn
,
left
a
Prey
to
those
false
Friends
,
who
eat
the
Bread
of
the
Fatherless
.
It
is
my
great
happiness
to
have
my
Parents
,
or
at
least
one
of
them
,
alive
;
to
defend
me
,
to
maintain
me
,
to
provide
for
me
.
What
return
can
I
make
worthy
and
sufficient
?
If
to
be
dutifull
and
obedient
can
be
any
recompence
,
I
will
not
be
ungratefull
,
unnatural
,
ungodly
.
My
Parents
are
in
full
and
just
Authority
,
I
will
come
,
when
they
bid
me
come
;
I
will
go
,
when
they
bid
me
go
;
I
will
do
this
or
that
,
when
they
bid
me
do
it
.
I
will
not
answer
again
,
nor
make
excuses
and
pretences
to
some
other
time
:
I
will
not
serve
them
with
a
little
Eye
service
out
of
policy
or
fear
,
but
serve
them
with
singleness
of
heart
,
and
with
a
chearfull
Mind
.
If
it
were
possible
indeed
that
my
Parents
should
bid
me
Lie
or
Steal
,
or
do
an
ill
thing
;
then
I
would
modestly
and
stedfastly
refuse
,
as
knowing
it
in
such
case
to
be
my
duty
to
obey
God
rather
than
Man
.
But
while
they
require
of
me
nothing
,
but
what
is
good
or
at
least
indifferent
:
then
I
am
not
to
shift
off
,
nor
to
delay
my
obedience
.
I
am
bound
to
oblige
my
Earthly
Parents
with
that
sincerity
and
readiness
,
which
my
blessed
Saviour
shewed
unto
his
Heavenly
Father
,
when
it
was
written
of
him
,
I
have
fulfilled
thy
Will
,
yea
,
I
am
content
to
do
it
with
my
whole
heart
.
In
short
by
Humility
and
Compliance
,
by
Submission
and
Respect
,
by
Fear
and
Love
,
by
all
ways
and
means
,
I
will
please
my
Parents
,
and
win
upon
their
Affections
,
that
I
may
enjoy
God's
blessing
and
theirs
.
For
I
know
,
that
the
promise
of
Happiness
in
this
World
,
is
entailed
or
settled
upon
good
and
obedient
Children
.
Honour
thy
Father
and
Mother
,
that
thy
days
may
be
long
in
the
Land
,
which
the
Lord
thy
God
giveth
thee
.
This
is
the
First
Commandment
with
Promise
from
him
whose
promises
do
never
fail
.
By
the
little
Experience
I
have
already
gain'd
,
I
shall
be
soon
able
to
observe
,
that
s
e
Young
Persons
are
best
disposed
of
in
the
World
,
and
most
Thrive
and
Prosper
in
it
,
who
were
Dutiful
Children
;
who
took
their
Parents
Advice
,
and
followed
their
Directions
:
While
those
an
commonly
low
and
poor
,
are
Mean
●
Miserable
,
who
were
Obstinate
and
Disobedient
Children
,
stubborn
in
their
o●
Wills
,
and
perverse
in
their
own
Ways
who
like
the
Prodigal
in
the
Gospel
r●
away
from
their
Fathers
House
,
but
nev●
again
return
,
to
repent
and
be
reconcil'd
.
Thirdly
,
Next
to
God
and
to
your
P●rents
,
you
must
learn
my
Child
,
your
D●ty
to
your
Brothers
and
Sisters
and
Sevants
of
the
same
Family
with
you
.
If
you
happen
to
be
the
only
Child
,
you
are
the
more
bound
to
be
Dutiful
and
Good
:
For
if
thou
art
the
One
and
All
,
then
like
the
beloevd
Benjamin
,
thy
Parents
life
will
be
bound
up
in
their
Childs
Life
:
And
if
you
take
ill
Courses
,
and
willfully
miscarry
in
the
World
,
you
may
bring
your
Parents
gray
Hairs
with
sorrow
to
the
Grave
.
But
if
you
have
other
Brothers
to
Sis●rs
,
you
must
think
them
Near
and
Dear
unto
you
.
You
are
one
,
as
it
were
,
in
Flesh
and
stood
,
and
ought
therefore
to
be
of
one
Heart
and
of
one
Mind
.
The
Elder
to
help
the
Younger
,
and
the
Younger
to
respect
the
Elder
;
and
in
all
good
Offices
of
Love
,
N●●●
before
or
after
another
.
You
know
the
Scriptures
call
the
most
e●●re
Affection
by
the
name
of
Brotherly
Love
:
And
when
they
would
Exhort
Ch●●stians
to
be
the
most
intimate
and
cordial
Friends
,
they
persuade
them
then
to
love
as
Brethren
.
If
by
a
Peevish
temper
,
or
in
a
Quarrelsom
humour
,
you
rise
against
●
Brother
and
contend
with
him
,
then
art
●ou
becoming
like
unto
cursed
Cain
;
and
●r
little
Heats
and
Fewds
,
you
may
be
●ought
to
greater
heart-burnings
,
and
●erhaps
have
thy
Brothers
Blood
cry
for
ven●ce
on
thee
from
thee
Ground
.
Say
,
I
will
love
a
Brother
and
a
Sister
●s
a
second
self
;
as
Bone
of
my
Bone
,
and
●lesh
of
my
Flesh
.
We
will
defend
and
assist
one
another
.
We
will
exchange
Souls
in
mutual
Embraces
,
and
mutual
good
Offices
.
We
will
not
carry
Lies
and
Stories
to
incense
our
Parents
,
nor
raise
Jealousies
and
Suspicions
to
provoke
our selves
.
None
of
us
will
envy
the
greater
Darling
,
nor
despise
the
less
Favourite
.
With
Eyes
of
pity
,
and
with
Bowels
of
Compassion
,
we
will
be
kindly
affectioned
one
towards
another
.
And
even
to
the
Servants
of
your
House
,
you
must
behave
your self
,
my
Child
,
well
and
wisely
;
you
must
not
treat
them
with
any
proud
look
,
nor
with
any
scornful
Words
.
You
must
not
create
them
Anger
by
any
Officious
Tales
,
or
by
any
Frivolous
Complaints
;
nor
give
them
needless
trouble
by
any
Childish
Humours
.
You
must
keep
peace
and
Family
Order
▪
you
must
not
let
the
House
by
your
Fault
be
divided
against
it self
.
A
good
natur'd
Servant
you
must
use
,
as
Philemon
should
have
done
Onesimus
,
as
now
as
a
Servant
,
but
above
a
Servant
,
a
Brother
Beloved
.
While
thou
art
a
Child
,
thou
oughtest
not
to
be
a
Lord
and
Master
:
thou
oughtest
not
to
Regin
and
Domineer
.
Thou
a●
rather
in
the
Condition
of
serving
.
Fo●
the
Holy
Scripture
tells
thee
,
The
He●
while
he
is
a
Child
differeth
nothing
from
Servant
,
tho
he
be
Lord
of
all
.
Alas
the
meanest
Servant
if
faithful
and
Industrious
,
may
come
to
a
better
Condition
than
the
Master's
Child
,
if
that
Child
be
ignorant
and
idle
.
Solomon
understood
the
course
of
the
World
,
and
the
Pleasure
of
God
,
when
he
said
Prov.
17.2
.
A
wise
Servant
shall
have
rule
over
a
Son
that
causeth
shame
.
Fourthly
,
My
Child
,
You
must
learn
your
Duty
to
your
Masters
and
Teachers
.
Oh
consider
the
infinite
Benefit
and
Blessing
of
being
sent
to
School
for
Religion
,
Learning
,
and
Good
Manners
.
Be
sensible
,
poor
Child
,
what
a
Wretch
and
a
Fool
you
shall
hereafter
be
,
without
the
knowledge
of
your
Letters
,
without
the
Faculty
of
Reading
,
and
the
Pleasure
of
Understanding
what
you
read
.
Your
Birth
will
prove
no
comfort
without
this
sort
of
Breeding
added
to
it
.
What
Good
will
your
Life
do
unto
you
,
if
you
were
condemn'd
to
spend
it
like
a
Wild
Beast
in
ignorance
and
ease
;
or
like
a
Beast
of
burden
,
in
hanging
your
Head
,
and
ever
bowing
down
your
Back
.
This
,
my
Child
,
should
make
you
have
a
high
esteem
,
and
a
mighty
Veneration
for
those
,
to
whose
charge
you
are
committed
,
to
be
Govern'd
and
Instructed
by
them
.
They
are
teaching
thee
the
use
of
thy
Reason
,
and
the
Grounds
of
thy
Religion
;
they
take
a
great
deal
of
Pains
and
Trouble
with
thee
.
They
are
forced
to
give
thee
Line
upon
Line
,
and
Precept
upon
Precept
,
to
suggest
,
to
explain
,
to
repeat
over
and
over
:
to
exercise
their
own
Patience
in
condescending
to
thy
Capacity
,
and
making
allowance
for
a
thousand
of
thy
Infirmities
.
For
these
Good
Reasons
,
my
Child
,
you
ought
to
have
them
in
Love
and
Honour
,
and
to
esteem
them
highly
for
their
Works
sake
.
You
are
as
much
indebted
to
a
Good
Teacher
as
Philemon
was
to
St.
Paul
.
You
owe
unto
him
even
thy
own
self
,
or
thy
own
Soul
besides
,
Philem
.
19.
that
is
,
you
owe
unto
him
your
Education
and
your
Improvement
;
without
which
you
your self
had
been
in
a
manner
besides
your self
,
your
Soul
had
been
a
useless
thing
.
My
Child
,
Look
upon
thy
Teachers
as
thy
second
Parents
:
know
the
Duty
of
the
fifth
Command
does
reach
to
thy
School
Master
and
thy
School
Mistress
as
well
(
tho
not
as
much
)
as
to
thy
Father
and
Mother
.
Thy
Catechism
does
rightly
inform
thee
,
that
the
sense
of
that
Commandment
is
not
only
to
love
,
honour
,
and
succour
,
thy
Father
and
Mother
,
but
to
submit
thy self
to
all
thy
Governours
,
Teachers
,
Spiritual
Pastors
and
Masters
.
Reflect
,
my
Child
,
and
thus
resolve
.
I
will
reverence
their
Persons
,
I
will
hearken
to
their
Words
,
I
will
observe
their
Rules
,
I
will
conform
my self
to
all
their
Advice
and
Orders
.
I
will
bear
their
Reproof
and
Consider
.
I
will
submit
to
their
Correction
and
Amend
.
I
am
satisfied
,
there
will
be
nothing
that
can
give
me
so
good
a
Character
,
as
to
be
a
forward
Scholar
,
and
an
early
Christian
.
Fifthly
,
My
Child
,
you
must
learn
your
Duty
to
your
Companions
and
School-fellows
.
Those
Children
that
learn
with
you
,
and
play
with
you
,
that
are
your
most
constant
Companions
and
most
familiar
Friends
.
Here
is
the
best
Foundation
for
good
Acquaintance
,
for
continual
Love
and
Friendship
.
Every
School-Fellow
is
what
St.
Paul
said
of
Clement
,
thy
Fellow-Labourer
,
and
as
of
another
,
thy
true
Yoke-Fellow
.
Ye
ought
to
be
affectionate
and
innocent
as
Doves
;
free
and
harmless
as
Lambs
.
Ye
ought
to
joyn
your
Hands
and
your
Hearts
to
help
and
to
serve
one
another
.
Be
not
cross
or
surly
to
any
of
them
.
Do
not
insult
over
them
that
are
Weaker
or
Poorer
than
thou
art
.
Never
strike
one
who
is
more
a
Child
than
thy self
.
Do
not
mock
or
jeer
;
Do
not
call
any
one
by
a
false
and
opprobrious
Name
:
Do
not
upbraid
them
with
any
scandal
of
their
Friends
;
Do
not
expose
them
for
their
own
Natural
Infirmities
.
Make
no
needless
Complaints
against
them
;
Tell
no
silly
Stories
of
them
.
Indeed
when
your
Governours
command
,
you
must
tell
the
Truth
.
But
otherwise
conceal
their
Faults
,
and
excuse
their
little
Follies
,
to
save
them
from
Anger
,
and
to
deliver
them
from
Punishment
;
that
you
may
love
them
,
and
be
beloved
by
them
.
Lastly
,
my
dear
Child
,
be
civil
and
courteous
to
all
other
Persons
whatsoever
.
To
all
Persons
according
to
their
Age
and
Degree
.
Give
to
all
their
due
,
Custom
to
whom
Custom
,
Honour
to
whom
Honour
is
due
.
To
Antient
People
be
very
tender
and
respectful
.
Think
their
Gray
Hairs
to
be
an
Ornament
of
Wisdom
,
and
their
Hoary
Head
to
be
a
Crown
of
Glory
.
Rise
up
before
them
,
Give
place
unto
them
;
Help
them
,
and
Honour
them
.
The
Apostle
writes
unto
you
,
Likewise
ye
Younger
submit
your selves
unto
the
Elder
.
To
all
other
Persons
that
are
your
Betters
,
do
as
your
Catechism
directs
,
order
thy self
Lowly
and
Reverently
to
them
.
Give
them
their
due
Titles
,
and
pay
every
proper
Respect
unto
them
.
Above
all
,
to
the
King
as
Supreme
,
and
to
Magistrates
that
are
put
in
Authority
under
him
.
And
particularly
those
that
are
Governours
and
Pastors
in
the
Church
,
pay
a
singular
Duty
to
them
for
the
sake
of
their
Holy
Office
.
Reverence
the
Bishops
as
Spiritual
Fathers
,
bow
down
and
kneel
before
them
,
ask
their
Blessing
,
because
Good
old
Custom
so
obtain'd
,
and
because
they
are
more
eminently
set
apart
,
in
God's
Name
to
Bless
the
People
.
And
to
all
other
Clergy-Men
shew
decent
Civility
and
Respect
.
If
thou
art
of
the
Number
of
those
Boys
who
are
taught
in
the
Hospitals
,
or
in
the
Charity-Schools
in
or
about
London
,
I
presume
thou
art
then
charged
strictly
by
thy
Master
,
to
meet
no
Minister
in
the
Streets
,
without
putting
off
thy
Cap
,
and
bowing
down
thine
Head
.
A
Method
of
Piety
and
Good
Manners
,
that
will
much
help
to
reclaim
this
City
,
and
in
time
to
reform
this
Nation
.
For
indeed
,
Child
,
Nothing
has
so
much
corrupted
our
latter
Age
,
and
debauch'd
the
Morals
of
our
present
Generation
:
Nothing
so
much
,
as
the
irreverence
and
disrespect
shewn
to
the
Ministers
of
God
.
Hence
Atheism
,
Profaneness
,
and
all
manner
of
Irreligion
,
because
the
very
Children
have
been
taught
to
think
the
Name
of
Parson
to
be
a
Name
of
Reproach
;
and
to
believe
that
a
Priest
,
like
Jeroboam's
Crew
,
is
one
of
the
meanest
of
the
People
.
And
yet
they
are
the
Embassadors
of
Christ
,
of
whom
he
said
,
Whoso
despiseth
you
despiseth
me
,
and
he
who
despiseth
me
,
despiseth
him
that
sent
me
.
But
whoso
receiveth
a
Prophet
in
the
name
of
a
Prophet
,
shall
have
a
Prophet's
Reward
.
Where
the
Word
Prophet
does
signify
a
Preacher
,
or
lawful
Teacher
of
the
Word
of
God
.
Heavy
Judgments
have
dropt
down
on
the
Heads
of
those
who
affront
and
abuse
these
Ministers
of
God
.
That
Example
,
my
Child
,
which
is
wrote
most
for
your
Instruction
,
may
be
read
in
2
Kings
2.23
.
where
Elisha
a
Prophet
of
the
Lord
went
up
unto
Bethel
,
and
as
he
was
going
up
by
the
Way
,
there
came
forth
little
Children
out
of
the
City
,
and
mocked
him
,
and
said
unto
him
,
Go
up
thou
Bald-Head
,
go
up
thou
Bald-Head
.
And
he
turned
back
and
looked
on
them
,
and
cursed
them
in
the
Name
of
the
Lord
,
and
there
came
forth
two
She
Bears
out
of
the
Wood
,
and
tare
in
pieces
Forty
and
two
Children
of
them
.
And
now
(
my
good
Child
)
as
I
have
given
you
some
advice
and
directions
what
to
do
.
So
I
would
give
you
strict
charge
and
cautions
what
you
should
not
do
.
there
be
Vices
to
avoid
,
as
well
as
Virtues
to
pursue
.
Some
Vices
to
which
you
are
the
more
subject
,
by
the
infirmities
of
your
Age
:
So
that
by
nature
or
by
custom
you
may
be
soon
addicted
to
them
;
but
take
timely
warning
.
When
St.
Paul
advised
young
Timothy
to
flee
youthful
Lusts
:
It
does
imply
,
that
there
are
some
particular
Temptations
to
which
the
youngest
People
are
the
most
exposed
.
This
was
confest
by
Holy
David
,
when
he
prayed
thus
unto
God
,
O
remember
not
the
Sins
and
Offences
of
my
youth
,
Ps.
25.7
.
We
see
the
Devil
like
his
Servant
Herod
,
does
persecute
our
very
Infants
,
and
seeks
diligently
to
destroy
their
innocent
Souls
:
But
be
not
ignorant
,
my
Child
,
of
his
devices
.
The
Devils
devices
to
betray
thee
Child
,
are
chiefly
to
draw
thee
into
these
Snares
,
Lying
,
Stealing
,
Idleness
,
Ill
Company
.
First
Lying
.
This
is
commonly
the
first
Vice
in
Children
,
and
alass
it
is
the
Foundation
of
all
other
Vices
.
For
so
it
is
,
the
Devil
tempts
our
innocent
Children
,
as
he
did
our
innocent
Parents
▪
He
tempts
them
to
begin
with
a
Lye
,
and
so
go
on
to
rob
God
,
to
cheat
one
another
,
and
most
to
deceive
their
own
Souls
.
If
you
hearken
,
nay
Child
,
unto
the
Devil
the
Father
of
Lyes
,
he
will
soon
make
thee
one
of
his
own
Children
,
a
Lyar
and
Deceiver
.
He
will
teach
you
all
the
little
Arts
and
Tricks
of
Falshood
and
Wrong
:
he
will
teach
you
how
to
feign
a
false
Excuse
;
how
to
pretend
a
different
Reason
;
how
to
evade
the
Truth
,
and
dissemble
your
own
meaning
;
how
to
insinuate
and
wheedle
;
and
tell
a
Story
in
jest
,
till
you
are
drawn
into
it
in
earnest
;
how
by
degrees
to
deny
the
plainest
Truth
,
and
how
at
last
to
invent
the
most
notorious
Lyes
,
and
then
stand
them
out
with
an
obstinate
Heart
,
and
an
impudent
look
.
Thy
Parents
and
Governours
will
have
much
to
answer
for
,
if
they
encourage
or
connive
at
thee
in
a
Lye
;
without
Rebuke
or
Correction
:
They
are
partakers
of
thy
Sin
,
and
by
suffering
it
on
thy
Head
,
they
bring
the
Guilt
upon
their
own
.
To
Lye
is
the
beginning
of
all
Evil
.
If
thou
art
once
setled
in
a
habit
of
Lying
,
thy
Tongue
is
made
ready
for
Swearing
and
Cursing
;
thy
Hands
are
prepared
for
Picking
and
Stealing
;
thy
Head
and
Heart
will
be
disposed
to
all
manner
of
Mischief
.
So
that
in
St.
James's
Words
,
thy
Tongue
being
but
a
little
Member
,
will
be
a
World
of
iniquity
,
and
will
defile
the
whole
Body
,
and
set
on
fire
the
course
of
Nature
,
being
it self
set
on
fire
of
Hell
.
Therefore
,
my
Child
,
if
by
any
unhappy
means
you
have
already
contracted
the
custom
of
Lying
;
break
off
that
custom
with
all
your
strength
.
Set
a
watch
before
your
Mouth
,
and
keep
the
Door
of
your
Lips
,
and
hold
your
Tongue
as
it
were
with
a
Bridle
.
Speak
the
Truth
,
tho
it
be
to
consess
your
own
Faults
;
for
there
is
no
fault
so
great
,
as
that
of
denying
your
own
fault
.
God
and
Man
will
forgive
the
Confessing
Sinner
;
but
the
Lyar
deserves
no
pity
,
no
pardon
.
Never
hope
to
conceal
the
Plot
,
thy
own
countenance
will
betray
thee
,
or
thy
Confederate
will
discover
thee
,
or
even
a
Bird
of
the
Air
will
tell
the
matter
:
Truth
will
come
to
light
,
and
then
shalt
thou
have
Shame
and
Terror
.
My
Child
,
when
thou
hast
searched
the
Scriptures
,
thou
wilt
learn
,
how
lying
Lips
are
an
abomination
to
the
Lord
,
and
how
it
is
every
good
Man's
wish
and
prayer
,
Remove
far
from
me
Vanity
and
Lyes
:
How
none
can
be
a
true
Christian
,
or
an
honest
Man
,
without
putting
away
Lying
,
and
speaking
every
Man
Truth
with
his
Neighbour
.
How
Lying
has
the
Devil
for
Inventor
,
and
Hell
for
Reward
.
What
shall
be
done
unto
thee
thou
false
Tongue
,
even
mighty
and
sharp
Arrows
with
hot
burning
Coals
?
Secondly
,
Stealing
.
This
my
Child
is
such
an
abominable
Sin
,
that
I
cannot
suspect
thee
guilty
of
it
.
A
Thief
and
a
Robber
is
such
a
perfect
Villain
,
that
it
requires
Time
and
Age
to
be
so
ripe
for
Hell
.
And
yet
,
my
Child
,
the
Tempter
may
begin
with
thee
betimes
,
and
early
entice
thee
to
this
great
Wickedness
;
especially
if
he
has
brought
thee
into
a
habit
of
Lying
,
he
finds
it
easie
to
draw
thee
a
little
farther
into
stealing
.
And
for
this
he
will
set
Traps
in
thy
way
.
He
,
the
Devil
,
will
perhaps
raise
thy
curiosity
,
and
tempt
thee
to
lay
hold
on
somewhat
,
because
it
is
a
fine
thing
:
Or
he
will
work
thee
up
into
a
covetous
and
greedy
humour
,
and
so
make
thee
snatch
or
slide
away
anothers
Goods
:
Or
,
perhaps
he
will
deceive
thee
into
a
wretched
fancy
,
that
stolen
waters
are
sweet
,
and
so
wheedle
thee
into
Pinching
and
Pilfring
,
as
if
there
were
a
Pleasure
in
it
.
But
remember
,
my
Child
,
thou
shalt
not
steal
,
that
is
,
thou
shalt
be
content
with
that
which
is
thine
own
,
and
not
take
away
that
which
is
anothers
.
Nothing
is
thine
own
,
but
what
thy
Parents
and
Friends
do
give
unto
thee
,
nor
will
they
let
thee
want
what
is
necessary
and
proper
for
you
.
But
if
without
their
knowledge
or
consent
,
thou
takest
more
than
they
allow
;
this
is
a
secret
Robbery
and
base
Purloyning
from
them
;
this
is
to
cheat
and
defraud
thy
Friends
and
Parents
in
a
private
and
clandestine
way
.
I
mention
this
First
,
beeause
this
is
the
Foundation
of
most
Childrens
growing
up
into
Thieves
:
they
begin
at
home
with
a
Liberty
of
being
their
own
Carvers
,
they
take
things
without
asking
leave
;
they
learn
to
hide
,
and
to
convey
away
,
and
to
sharp
in
little
Trifles
within
Doors
;
till
b●
degrees
they
go
abroad
to
practice
othe●
Arts
of
Stealth
and
Mysteries
of
iniquity
.
But
dear
Child
,
be
Just
and
Honest
in
all
thy
Dealings
;
keep
thy
hands
from
picking
and
stealing
:
and
covet
not
another
Man's
Goods
.
Take
what
is
thine
ow●
,
and
goe
thy
way
.
Content
is
the
greatest
Virtue
,
and
the
greatest
Blessing
.
Any
stolen
Treasure
will
prove
like
Achan's
Wedge
,
will
prove
a
cursed
thing
.
There
have
been
many
Examples
of
unhappy
Children
,
who
began
pilfring
with
Pins
and
Trifles
,
till
the
Devil
has
drawn
them
into
grosser
Acts
of
Thievery
,
and
brought
them
to
a
Place
of
Execution
upon
Earth
,
and
to
a
worse
place
of
Torments
in
Hell
.
Thirdly
,
Idleness
,
my
Child
,
is
to
be
a●oided
,
as
the
Temptation
which
will
draw
●●e
into
all
other
mischief
.
Consider
,
thou
art
not
born
to
be
a
useless
burden
of
the
Earth
;
thou
art
born
to
be
an
active
Creature
,
and
to
do
good
in
thy
Generation
.
Thou
art
to
be
bred
up
to
Industry
in
some
honest
Employ
;
to
support
thy self
,
and
to
provide
for
others
.
This
is
Rational
and
Manly
;
but
Idleness
and
Sloath
are
the
property
of
Brutes
,
and
even
of
the
worst
of
them
;
for
the
Apostle
from
the
Poet
does
imply
,
that
they
are
the
evil
Beasts
which
have
the
slow-bellies
.
What
a
misfortune
is
it
to
some
younger
Persons
,
that
partly
by
the
negligence
of
their
Friends
,
and
partly
by
their
own
●luggish
temper
,
they
doze
and
dream
away
their
precious
time
.
They
contract
a
habit
of
Laziness
and
Dulness
while
they
are
Children
,
which
they
can
scarce
shake
off
all
the
days
of
their
Life
.
They
are
left
to
loyter
Abroad
,
and
to
linger
at
Home
,
till
their
Body
is
all
heaviness
,
and
their
very
Soul
in
a
Lump
;
till
they
are
stupified
into
Drones
or
Sots
,
to
feed
on
others
labour
,
and
devour
what
is
not
their
own
.
Therefore
the
Scriptures
have
so
many
Lessons
of
Industry
and
Application
to
Business
.
And
the
Apostle
St.
Paul
is
so
hearty
a
promoter
of
Pains
and
Labour
,
so
zealous
an
Enemy
to
Idleness
and
Ease
,
that
he
would
have
it
made
into
a
Law
,
2
Thes
.
3.10
.
that
if
any
would
not
work
,
neither
should
they
eat
.
My
Child
be
not
of
a
slow
and
softly
humour
:
Have
a
sprightly
nimble
Body
,
with
a
bright
and
ready
Mind
.
Love
Exercise
,
and
have
somewhat
to
do
,
tho
to
never
so
little
purpose
.
Follow
your
Book
with
an
Edge
and
Appetite
to
Learning
;
and
then
divert
to
your
Sports
and
Recreations
with
Activity
and
all
thy
Strength
.
Move
light
and
easie
;
have
your
Hands
and
your
Feet
at
command
;
be
rather
a
little
Wanton
than
Mopish
.
Your
Reputation
and
your
Fortune
will
depend
upon
it
.
Hear
Solomo●
observing
by
Experience
and
Wisdom
from
above
,
that
Drouziness
will
cloath
a
Man
with
Rags
;
but
seest
thou
a
Man
diligent
in
his
business
?
He
shall
stand
before
Kings
,
he
shall
not
stand
before
mean
Men
.
Lastly
,
Ill
Company
,
my
Child
,
is
a
fata●
danger
,
which
you
must
decline
,
as
you
would
Diseases
and
Death
.
For
indeed
Vice
and
Sin
are
the
Leprosie
and
Plague
of
the
Mind
and
Soul
;
and
like
the
same
infectious
Distempers
in
the
Body
,
they
seldom
breed
of
themselves
,
they
are
caught
from
some
others
.
And
therefore
it
is
as
dangerous
for
young
Persons
to
converse
with
those
who
are
corrupted
in
their
Minds
,
as
with
those
who
are
tainted
in
their
Flesh
and
Blood
;
the
Poison
does
insensibly
spread
and
communicate
it self
;
so
as
all
catch
the
same
Malady
,
who
keep
the
same
Company
.
Alass
!
How
many
hopeful
young
Persons
have
we
seen
,
beginning
the
World
in
Sober
and
Industrious
ways
?
who
falling
among
ill
Companions
,
have
quickly
been
made
like
unto
them
,
and
have
followed
them
on
to
a
scandalous
Life
,
and
perhaps
to
a
shameful
Death
.
My
Child
,
mind
and
observe
your
School-fellows
and
Companions
,
where
you
find
any
of
good
Nature
and
good
Manners
,
disposed
to
Virtue
and
Religion
;
make
choice
of
such
for
your
familiar
Friends
;
love
their
sweet
and
innocent
Society
,
and
imitate
their
good
Example
.
But
where
you
find
a
naughty
vicious
Child
,
where
you
can
point
out
a
Lyar
or
a
Thief
,
or
a
Swearer
,
set
a
Mark
upon
them
,
and
shun
all
manner
of
conversation
with
them
.
Hearken
to
the
wise
Man
of
God
,
Prov.
1.10
.
My
Son
if
Sinners
entice
thee
,
consent
thou
not
.
If
they
say
,
come
with
us
,
or
cast
in
thy
Lot
among
us
.
My
Son
walk
not
thou
in
the
way
with
them
,
refrain
thy
foot
from
their
path
.
And
now
,
my
dear
Child
,
I
would
have
nothing
more
to
say
to
thee
,
but
to
beg
and
to
pronounce
God's
Blessing
on
thee
.
Yet
I
have
forgot
one
Duty
that
more
immediately
relates
to
you
poorer
Scholars
,
who
by
the
Providence
of
God
are
Taught
and
Cloathed
by
the
pure
Charity
of
well
disposed
Christians
.
Your
Duty
is
to
be
thankful
and
respectful
to
such
Friends
and
Benefactors
to
your
Bodies
and
your
Souls
,
to
pray
for
them
,
to
praise
them
in
the
Gates
,
and
to
call
them
Blessed
.
What
could
your
poor
and
helpless
Parents
have
done
for
you
?
Their
hardest
Labour
could
scarce
find
you
in
your
daily
Bread
.
But
for
School
and
Books
and
decent
Apparel
,
they
could
not
afford
them
;
necessity
must
have
them
excus'd
.
The
more
thanks
we
owe
to
God
and
good
People
,
that
a
way
of
Christian
Education
is
opened
to
the
Poor
and
Needy
.
That
many
Generous
and
Publick
Spirits
have
join'd
hand
in
hand
for
the
most
Glorious
work
of
Charity
,
the
Schooling
and
Cloathing
of
poor
Children
;
the
putting
them
out
to
Letters
and
Religion
,
to
Sence
and
good
Manners
;
who
would
otherwise
have
been
brought
up
to
Idleness
and
Vice
;
to
have
been
stupid
Brutes
upon
Earth
,
and
then
miserable
Fiends
in
Hell
.
It
is
no
small
Honour
to
this
Parish
of
St.
Botolph
Aldgate
,
that
here
was
first
laid
the
Foundation
of
these
Charity
Schools
,
here
the
good
Example
was
first
given
,
to
raise
occasional
Collections
,
or
stated
Contributions
,
to
maintain
Forty
poor
Native
Boy●
,
distinguisht
by
a
decent
habit
,
and
instructed
in
a
publick
School
,
there
by
good
diligence
Taught
to
speak
properly
,
to
read
distinctly
,
to
rehearse
their
Catechism
audibly
,
to
repeat
it
weekly
in
the
Church
,
and
attend
to
a
familiar
Exposition
of
it
,
to
make
their
Responses
jointly
in
our
publick
Prayers
,
to
sing
Psalms
and
Hymns
in
very
agreeable
consort
,
and
on
all
occasions
to
behave
themselves
with
modesty
and
respect
to
their
Betters
.
Nor
will
the
charity
rest
here
;
by
the
farther
bounty
of
our
Natives
and
Inhabitants
,
Provision
is
likely
to
be
made
to
have
the
most
honest
and
hopefull
of
these
Boys
traind
up
to
Writing
and
counting
,
and
so
preferr'd
to
some
good
Trades
or
Creditable
Services
,
to
grow
up
into
Useful
and
Able
Men
.
A
Charity
that
looks
and
sounds
so
well
,
that
the
good
Example
has
already
spread
into
many
other
Parts
of
this
Honourable
City
,
and
the
adjacent
parts
of
it
,
where
some
thousands
of
Boys
,
and
some
number
of
Girls
are
cloathd
and
taught
in
the
like
excellent
methods
of
Christian
Education
.
Nay
the
good
Report
has
reach'd
to
many
of
our
remoter
Cities
and
Towns
,
who
have
followed
the
same
worthy
Precedent
,
and
will
communicate
the
fair
Copy
to
many
other
Places
.
These
pretty
Children
in
walking
by
Pairs
,
and
singing
by
Consort
,
do
so
naturally
strike
upon
the
Eyes
,
and
win
upon
the
hearts
of
good
natur'd
Christians
,
that
I
cannot
but
think
,
it
will
one
day
give
occasion
to
some
better
settled
and
more
lasting
Provision
for
them
.
Some
Natives
or
Inhabitants
of
Fortune
and
Figure
in
the
World
,
having
no
Issue
of
their
own
,
will
here
raise
themselves
a
Family
unto
many
Generations
:
will
in
their
Life
or
at
their
Death
,
perhaps
Found
an
establisht
School
for
them
,
perhaps
allow
Yearly
Pensions
to
them
,
perhaps
allot
particular
Sums
to
bind
them
Apprentices
,
or
dispose
of
them
in
other
Creditable
ways
of
living
.
Men
of
plentiful
Estates
and
of
Excellent
Spirits
do
bear
Relation
to
this
Place
,
God
direct
them
and
reward
them
.
In
the
mean
time
,
I
hope
sufficient
Contributions
will
not
be
wanting
.
Blessed
ar●
ye
,
who
from
a
Principle
of
Conscience
and
Honour
,
do
chearfully
promote
such
good
Designs
.
Even
Posterity
shall
call
you
Blessed
.
And
your
Saviour
at
the
day
of
Judgment
shall
again
Pronounce
ye
Blessed
.
In
as
much
as
ye
have
done
it
to
the
least
of
these
little
ones
,
ye
have
done
it
unto
●e
.
Your
Charity
on
this
account
,
is
above
common
Relief
,
above
present
Occasions
of
Food
and
Raiment
,
Ye
Cloath
the
naked
Mind
,
ye
feed
the
hungry
Soul
.
Ye
make
the
Man
,
ye
make
the
Christian
.
If
ye
have
Children
of
your
own
,
trust
●e
,
God
will
bless
them
for
this
your
C●●rity
to
others
Children
.
If
ye
have
no
l●●e
of
your
own
;
by
this
method
of
Charity
you
adopt
Heirs
of
Salvation
.
You
raise
up
Children
unto
God
,
a
Generation
that
shall
call
you
blessed
.
Perhaps
you
save
many
of
these
little
Ones
;
you
save
them
from
the
Corners
of
Streets
,
from
the
High-ways
,
from
the
Go●ls
,
from
the
Places
of
Execution
.
You
save
them
perhaps
to
be
Ornaments
of
this
Parish
;
perhaps
to
be
Governours
of
this
City
;
perhaps
to
be
Pillars
of
this
Church
and
Nation
.
And
you
my
good
Children
,
if
God
does
so
bless
you
,
as
from
these
Schools
to
be
remov'd
to
some
good
Trade
and
Employment
,
and
thence
to
rise
into
Plenty
and
Credit
in
the
World
:
Then
remember
your
beginning
;
remember
the
Place
that
gave
you
Birth
,
and
gave
you
Education
Be
Ingenious
and
Grateful
:
Acknowledge
the
Charity
you
have
received
;
and
do
as
much
for
others
as
was
done
for
you
.
Young
Man
be
taught
Knowledge
and
Discretion
,
and
the
Lord
prosper
thee
in
all
thy
ways
.
Amen
.