44 The Duty of Scl,oo/.majlers. .CHAP. VI. Di~eElions to School,majlers, abollt their duty for C!Jildrens fouls. P. Ailing by all your Grammatical employment, I !lull only leave )"OU thcfc brief Dir<Clions for chc h1ghcr •nd more nt•blc CXt rcifi:s of your Prqfdlion. , Dirt£1. I· 9· 1. Qiru~\'. I· Dcurmim (irjl right~y ofy(jur End; ar.d thm ltt it be comimtaUy in yaur eye, 11 nd let ull) i'ur endcavo:rs be dirtftcd i;r order to the 4ttainmcnt of it. Ifyour end be chidly your o·Nn commodity or reputatiuu, tht means will be diUorted accordingly, and )'OUr labours perverted, and your clllin,corru{>red, and emblf(d (to your {elver,) by your pctvctfc intendons. S~.:e therefore, z.That your uldmatt e1:d, be the pleating and Glorifying 0f God; 2· And this by promoting the Pubiick.. J!.ood, by fitting yetuh fer publick fcrvice; And 3· Forming their minds to the Love and Service of tht.ir MJktr; 4· And furthering thtir f ... lnrion, and their wdlbre in the Worl~. Thefe noble ddigns willlifr up your mir.ds, to an indufiri01.1s aud ,heerful performance of your duties ! He rhar feeketh great and ht<~t•enly rhing(> will do ir with gret.~t refolurion and a/;Jcrit;•! ·when any drowfi;;: creeping p:tcr, and decc.icful fupcrhcial L.boms> will fa~ istic him that ha1h poor ami fd/iO, ends. .(\s God will not Jcccpt )'Out hhours as any [et vice of his, if your ends b~ wrong, fa he uft.th not to give fu large a b!t.fiing, to fuch mens labours Js ro others. Dirctf. 2· ·• 9· 2· D'rld'. 2. Vnder}fand tbe excellency of your ca!'ing, 'arrd «h.Jt f.~ir opportttnitieJ you bave tn pro– mote tbnfe 1Job!e end1 ; an_d alfo bowgreat acharge you undt:rtak,..e i t!J.It foyou m.1y be k,;pt frvm jl11b :md Jirpcrficiul;!(jj, ~J:d may be qui;.k.._t;zcd to a diligent difcbarge of .y11ttr undtrtak_,cn trujt. 1. You have not a ch3;rge of Sheep or Oxen, but of rational crearun:s. 2. You have not the care of their bodi,·s, bur of their mind1 : You are r.ot to tC;?.c:l rhun a tr-ade to live by only in the world, but to in!Orm their minds with the knowledge of their h-1.;kcr, anJ to cultivate their wits, and advance their rea– fen, and lie them for tbe moll manlike convcrCations. 3• You ha.ve them not (as P.dlors) when they arc hardened ia fin Ly prejudice and longcoitome; but you.hlVe the tendcrell twigs to bow, and rhe moll traCbble duCl:ile age ro ramc; you have paper to w~ire on, (not wholly white, but that) which hath the fcwdl blots and lines to be expunged. 4· You have them no,casvoluntee1s, but as obliged to ~Jbcy you, and under the correction of the red ; which with tender age is a great advantage. 5· You ha\rc thon not only f9r your auditors in a general Ltdure (as Preachers h1ve / them at a Sermon ): but in your n~::.rt:fi conve1fe, where )'OU may teach them as particularly as you plcafc, and txamine their profiting, ~nd call them d1ily to accounr. 6. You h:we them not once a week (as Prc:Jchers have chtm ) but all the week l9ng, from day to day, and from morn– ing untill night. 7· You have thon at that age, which doth believe their teachers, and' uke: all upon rruJ1, bdoH' they JJC grown llp tO fclf-concci[Cdnefs, and tO CCntraditf and quurd with their T~achos (as wirh 1hLir P..fi-:rs rht.y very ordinarily do). All thefe are great advantages to · your end··. · Dir.:l1. 3• 9· 3· Din(}. 3. Lab.ut to tak_.t plrafitrt in y~ur work,_,· ancl m:1k$ it at a recre:ttion, and tu/zc heed f!{ a~ rury or divcrtcd mind. I· To this tnd confidtr olten of wh3t is fliJ above; Think on the ex– ce\ltncy qf your cr.dJ, and of·thc worth of fouls, and cf the gre:uncfs of your advJmages. 2· Take Many.. oft~c all ycur SchoJars as commjucd to your charge by ]tfus Chri!t ·: As i[ he had f.! id tv you; Take ~i~~;:i:~.?'~itheft: whom 1 have fo dearly bought, at:d train them •Up for my Church ar.d S.:rvicc. 3· Rcmcm– V{n G-d g 1 eat btr what good 011e Scholar may do, when hecometh ro be ripe f0r the fnvice ·of the Church or thanb for Common-weJ.hh! How many fouls fame of them nuy be a means to f1ve. Or if they be. but theJr Schoo!d llttLd for a private litC, what bldfings they may be to their Families and Nt'igl1bOUIS ! And re~ }1::n;~~i/11 mtmbt.r what a joyful tblng it will be, to (~c them in H~avcn wi[h ChriH for ever! How chee1fully n:w~o 5 ,,.~1 re- (hculd [uch (Xcelknt things be fought? If you take pleafure in your worl<, it will not only be an curd 1 'ithho- eafcand happincfs ro yc.ur fdvts, bur greatly further yoUr diligence and fucctfs. But when men ~-f-1"1Ji,f~catl~ave a bafc efieem of .their ~mployment, and lo~k at Ch~ldren as (Q many Swine or Sheep, or have ca;·JaiuJ YBt~a fume hig}1er mlttC'rs m the1r eye, and make thc:tr Schools but the way to fame prcfermenr, or mme by M!lciJiot" dtltred lifr, then ufually they do their wetk deceitfully, and any thing will ftrve rhe turn, be,aufe Vabn.;ri;ll, &~. they ;or~ :J.wcary of ir, and b'-caufe their heatrs are fotncwhere clft. TJirt'U. 4· §. 4· D·rctf. 4• Sai;,~ it U Divini1y that tcuchetb tbtm the Begimri'ng 1 •nd the Er.d nf all their other jludiu, lrt it mvcr be omilltd nor ligbrly jl"bbcrcd over, and thrujl into o c ..rner: bttt give it zbe prece– drnl'y, and teacb i1 rhtm n:itb greater c<Jre ar.d diligwce,tbun m1y other part of learni117,: Efpeci"ly tca-:b 1 them :be C3techijin and the: l-[,Jy Scriplura. If you [hink that this js no p:irt of your wo~k1 few wife men will choo{t Cuch Teachers for their Children. If you fay aS Come Sccta1'its, thar Chiidrcn {hould not be taught to fpeak holy words, till they art: mme capable 10 under(bnd the {(nfc, bec:J.ufc.: it js hypocrifie, or uking the Name of God in vain ;, I have anfwered this befOre ; and fhcwcd that ·words being thefignu, rnufl be learned in order to the undufiu:ding of rhe fenfe, or thing rhat is tigniti~d;
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