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             The reformed school by John Dury.
             Dury, John, 1596-1680.
             Hartlib, Samuel, d. 1662.
          
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           THE
           REFORMED
           SCHOOL
           .
        
         
           BY
           JOHN
           DVRY
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           ●●●●ted
           by
           
             R.
             D.
          
           for
           
             Richard
             Wodnothe
          
           at
           the
           Star
           under
           S.
           Peters
           Church
           in
           
             Corn-hill
             .
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           The
           Publisher
           to
           the
           Reader
           .
        
         
           
             Christian
             Reader
             ,
          
        
         
           NOthing
           from
           without
           hath
           supported
           my
           spirit
           in
           the
           course
           of
           life
           ,
           wherein
           God
           hath
           led
           me
           hitherto
           (
           
             through
             manifold
             private
             difficulties
             and
             publick
             desertions
             ,
          
           )
           but
           the
           usefulnesse
           thereof
           towards
           the
           Publick
           .
           &
           whiles
           the
           graciousnesse
           of
           Providence
           hath
           from
           time
           to
           time
           succoured
           me
           ,
           chiefly
           then
           when
           I
           was
           sinking
           under
           my
           ●●rdens
           ;
           I
           have
           been
           taught
           from
           within
           ,
           to
           look
           up
           to
           God
           alone
           in
           well-doing
           ,
           till
           he
           bring
           his
           Salvation
           out
           of
           
             Sion
          
           :
           for
           ,
           to
           propagate
           this
           Salvation
           of
           his
           with
           my
           poor
           talents
           ,
           and
           to
           stirre
           up
           others
           to
           contribute
           ●●eir
           help
           thereunto
           ,
           is
           the
           utmost
           aim
           
           which
           I
           have
           in
           the
           Agency
           for
           Lear●ing
           ;
           wherein
           the
           goodnes
           of
           the
           Par●ament
           hath
           owned
           me
           .
           And
           althoug●
           towards
           the
           businesse
           it self
           ,
           nothi●●
           hath
           been
           further
           done
           then
           to
           na●
           me
           for
           it
           ;
           (
           
             which
             for
             the
             time
             ha●●
             made
             my
             burdens
             somewhat
             heavie●
          
           yet
           because
           my
           genius
           doth
           leade●
           this
           way
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           still
           in
           God
           th●●
           he
           will
           not
           leave
           me
           without
           encouragements
           :
           therefore
           I
           am
           not
           weary
           in
           well-doing
           ,
           so
           long
           as
           I
           have
           opportunity
           .
           Having
           then
           ,
           upon
           a
           motion
           made
           by
           some
           ,
           made
           my self
           Instrumentall
           to
           draw
           forth
           from
           others
           these
           following
           Directions
           ,
           towards
           the
           Reforming
           of
           Schools
           ,
           and
           the
           Advancement
           of
           Piety
           and
           Learning
           therein
           ;
           I
           thought
           it
           expedient
           to
           acquaint
           thee
           with
           them
           ,
           Christian
           Reader
           ;
           that
           if
           thou
           doest
           think
           thy self
           any
           way
           concerned
           either
           in
           furthering
           the
           benefits
           of
           such
           a
           way
           of
           Education
           towards
           others
           ;
           or
           in
           partaki●●
           
           thereof
           for
           thine
           own
           ,
           thou
           mayest
           bethink
           thy self
           how
           to
           do
           that
           which
           is
           fitting
           and
           conscionable
           ;
           that
           such
           an
           Endeavour
           as
           this
           may
           be
           set
           forward
           towards
           the
           Publick
           Good
           .
           For
           mine
           own
           part
           ,
           I
           shall
           confesse
           freely
           ,
           that
           amongst
           all
           the
           Objects
           whereunto
           I
           have
           dedicated
           my
           thoughts
           and
           pains
           (
           whereof
           the
           extent
           is
           as
           large
           as
           every
           Good
           and
           Rationall
           Work
           in
           the
           whole
           life
           of
           Christianity
           )
           there
           is
           not
           any
           one
           which
           doth
           lie
           nearer
           my
           heart
           then
           this
           of
           the
           Education
           of
           Children
           in
           the
           way
           of
           Christianity
           .
           For
           ,
           all
           things
           being
           rightly
           weighed
           ,
           we
           shall
           perceive
           that
           this
           Endeavour
           alone
           ,
           or
           nothing
           ,
           will
           be
           able
           to
           work
           a
           Reformation
           in
           this
           our
           Age
           .
           For
           whiles
           the
           Magistracy
           and
           Ministry
           is
           made
           an
           Object
           of
           violent
           Contradictions
           ,
           and
           thereby
           almost
           wholly
           put
           out
           of
           frame
           and
           made
           uselelesse
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           Reforming
           of
           Vices
           in
           Church
           and
           Commonwealth
           ;
           it
           cannot
           be
           expected
           ,
           
           although
           they
           be
           never
           so
           knowing
           and
           willing
           ,
           that
           in
           the
           execution
           of
           their
           places
           ,
           they
           should
           be
           able
           to
           bring
           matters
           to
           perfection
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           to
           meddle
           directly
           with
           the
           multitudes
           of
           Aged
           people
           (
           the
           Objects
           of
           their
           charges
           )
           who
           are
           now
           settled
           and
           habituated
           in
           the
           way
           of
           their
           own
           choosing
           ,
           and
           to
           think
           to
           draw
           them
           from
           it
           ,
           is
           to
           attempt
           ,
           
             without
             discretion
             ,
          
           an
           impossibilitie
           .
           For
           it
           is
           not
           possible
           ,
           that
           the
           extraordinary
           strains
           and
           distempers
           ,
           whereinto
           we
           are
           fallen
           in
           these
           times
           ,
           can
           be
           reformed
           without
           some
           extraordinary
           abilitie
           ,
           either
           of
           outward
           Authority
           and
           Power
           to
           restrain
           exemplary
           disorderlinesse
           ;
           or
           of
           inward
           Conviction
           ,
           to
           leade
           men
           captive
           under
           the
           yoke
           of
           Christ
           ,
           which
           are
           things
           〈◊〉
           decayed
           ,
           now
           adayes
           ,
           amongst
           the
           professions
           of
           men
           .
           Seeing
           then
           ,
           the
           corruptions
           of
           those
           that
           are
           of
           age
           ,
           are
           too
           strong
           and
           sturdy
           to
           be
           conquered
           
           by
           ordinary
           and
           weak
           means
           ,
           and
           none
           extraordinary
           or
           strong
           enough
           ,
           are
           apparent
           ;
           it
           followeth
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           none
           other
           way
           left
           ,
           but
           to
           deal
           with
           the
           young
           ones
           ,
           before
           any
           corrupt
           habits
           ,
           and
           perverse
           engagements
           be
           confirmed
           upon
           them
           ;
           that
           they
           may
           be
           trained
           up
           from
           their
           Infancy
           ,
           to
           a
           course
           of
           Reformation
           ,
           both
           of
           Virtue
           and
           Learning
           .
           But
           because
           the
           training
           up
           of
           Schollars
           in
           one
           School
           or
           two
           ,
           though
           very
           great
           and
           most
           exactly
           Reformed
           ,
           will
           be
           but
           an
           inconsiderable
           matter
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           a
           whole
           Nation
           ,
           and
           have
           no
           great
           influence
           upon
           the
           youth
           thereof
           ,
           where
           so
           many
           Schools
           remain
           unreformed
           ,
           &
           propagate
           corruptions
           ;
           therefore
           the
           propagation
           of
           reformed
           Schools
           is
           mainly
           aimed
           at
           ;
           and
           to
           that
           effect
           ,
           the
           training
           up
           of
           Reformed
           School-Masters
           ,
           is
           one
           of
           the
           Chief
           parts
           of
           this
           Designe
           .
           Now
           to
           endeavour
           to
           make
           out
           this
           ,
           that
           the
           readiest
           way
           to
           Reform
           
           both
           Church
           and
           Common-wealth
           ,
           is
           ●o
           reform
           the
           Schools
           of
           Education
           therein
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           way
           to
           Reform
           these
           ,
           is
           to
           send
           forth
           Reformed
           School-Masters
           amongst
           them
           ,
           is
           ,
           as
           I
           suppose
           ,
           altogether
           superfluous
           :
           For
           it
           cannot
           be
           thought
           ,
           that
           any
           rationall
           man
           should
           be
           such
           a
           stranger
           unto
           the
           affairs
           of
           humane
           Societies
           ,
           as
           not
           to
           see
           ,
           that
           from
           the
           ordinary
           Schools
           ,
           all
           Magistrates
           ,
           and
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           Officers
           of
           State
           are
           taken
           throughout
           the
           Nations
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           be
           set
           over
           others
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           impressions
           both
           of
           vice
           and
           virtue
           ,
           which
           they
           have
           received
           in
           the
           Schools
           ,
           are
           exercised
           ,
           and
           become
           effectuall
           ,
           for
           good
           or
           evil
           ,
           afterward
           ,
           in
           their
           places
           towards
           the
           Church
           and
           Common-wealth
           :
           so
           that
           the
           Schools
           are
           to
           be
           looked
           upon
           ▪
           as
           the
           Ordinary
           and
           Naturall
           fountains
           of
           a
           Settlement
           ,
           as
           of
           our
           Corruption
           ,
           so
           of
           our
           Reformation
           ;
           if
           God
           will
           blesse
           us
           
           with
           any
           .
           And
           the
           School-Master
           in
           a
           well
           ordered
           Common-wealth
           ,
           is
           no
           lesse
           considerable
           then
           either
           the
           Minister
           or
           the
           Magistrate
           ;
           because
           neither
           the
           one
           nor
           the
           other
           will
           prosper
           or
           subsist
           long
           without
           him
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           adde
           any
           thing
           further
           concerning
           this
           subject
           ,
           to
           make
           thee
           sensible
           ,
           either
           of
           the
           Usefulnesse
           of
           the
           undertaking
           ,
           or
           of
           the
           Scope
           of
           my
           negotiation
           in
           it
           .
        
         
           
             This
             onely
             I
             would
             have
             thee
             further
             to
             observe
             ,
             judicious
             and
             truely
             Christian
             Reader
             (
             for
             none
             but
             such
             can
             see
             any
             thing
             in
             this
             businesse
             )
             that
             the
             Authour
             of
             this
             new
             Model
             of
             schooling
             was
             intreated
             to
             put
             it
             to
             paper
             ,
             upon
             a
             serious
             motion
             made
             to
             him
             ,
             and
             to
             some
             Friends
             of
             his
             ,
             by
             others
             ;
             for
             the
             entertaining
             and
             regulating
             of
             a
             Christian
             Association
             ,
             whereof
             all
             the
             Members
             might
             be
             serviceable
             to
             each
             other
             ,
             and
             to
             the
             Publick
             :
             therefore
             he
             speaks
             not
             in
             his
             own
             name
             alone
             concerning
             
             the
             Association
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             name
             of
             those
             ,
             who
             were
             jointly
             called
             upon
             to
             give
             their
             assent
             thereunto
             ,
             who
             agreed
             with
             him
             in
             these
             Proposals
             .
             The
             Motion
             is
             not
             as
             yet
             come
             to
             maturitie
             in
             the
             Resolution
             of
             those
             that
             first
             made
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             cause
             is
             of
             some
             Conveniences
             to
             effect
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             fears
             of
             unsettlement
             ,
             after
             that
             it
             shall
             be
             set
             upon
             :
             and
             till
             there
             be
             a
             further
             ground
             laid
             for
             the
             prosecuting
             of
             this
             Designe
             ;
             it
             is
             needlesse
             to
             give
             the
             Directory
             concerning
             the
             Education
             of
             Girls
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             time
             ,
             I
             have
             thought
             good
             to
             publish
             this
             ,
             with
             an
             addition
             of
             some
             directions
             for
             teaching
             of
             Logick
             ;
             that
             such
             as
             can
             judge
             ,
             may
             see
             that
             there
             is
             an
             easier
             and
             readier
             way
             to
             attain
             the
             perfection
             of
             Virtue
             and
             Happinesse
             ,
             known
             and
             practicable
             ,
             then
             as
             yet
             hath
             been
             published
             to
             the
             World
             ,
             or
             put
             in
             practice
             by
             any
             ;
             and
             that
             to
             set
             these
             wheels
             agoing
             ,
             nothing
             is
             wanting
             ,
             but
             a
             quiet
             place
             of
             abode
             ,
             
             and
             some
             assurance
             of
             necessary
             Protection
             .
          
        
         
           Let
           thy
           prayer
           go
           along
           with
           it
           ,
           to
           supply
           these
           wants
           ,
           if
           thou
           hast
           any
           Rationall
           or
           Spirituall
           apprehension
           of
           the
           good
           sought
           thereby
           unto
           all
           :
           and
           if
           thou
           canst
           ,
           say
           with
           the
           Prophet
           Psal.
           14.
           v.
           7.
           
           
             O
             that
             the
             salvation
             of
             Israel
             were
             come
             out
             of
             Sion
             !
             when
             the
             Lord
             bringeth
             back
             the
             Captivitie
             of
             his
             people
             ,
             Jacob
             shall
             rejoice
             ,
             and
             Israel
             shall
             be
             glad
             .
          
           To
           the
           expectation
           and
           accomplishment
           of
           this
           hope
           and
           promise
           ,
           I
           leave
           thee
           ,
           in
           him
           who
           is
           
             the
             God
             of
             our
             Salvation
             ,
             and
             the
             confidence
             of
             all
             the
             ends
             of
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             of
             them
             that
             are
             afarre
             off
             upon
             the
             Sea
             ,
          
           Psal.
           65.
           ver.
           5.
           in
           whom
           I
           rest
           ,
        
         
           
             
               Thy
               most
               willing
               Servant
               ,
               for
               the
               advancement
               of
               Piety
               and
               Learning
               ,
            
             Samuel
             Hartlib
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
       
         
           THE
           REFORMED
           SCHOOL
           .
        
         
           
             Concerning
             an
             Association
             for
             the
             Education
             of
             Children
             .
          
           
             UPON
             the
             motion
             which
             is
             made
             of
             entring
             into
             a
             Societie
             ,
             wherin
             a
             certain
             number
             of
             Children
             ,
             Boyes
             &
             Girles
             ,
             should
             be
             educated
             unto
             Religion
             ,
             to
             Morall
             Sciences
             &
             Virtues
             ;
             we
             shall
             return
             this
             Answer
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             we
             hope
             never
             to
             bee
             found
             unwilling
             to
             contribute
             that
             which
             we
             can
             ,
             towards
             the
             Advancement
             of
             Godliness
             in
             any Body
             or
             Societie
             ;
             or
             towards
             the
             Reformation
             of
             Vices
             ,
             which
             bring
             the
             judgments
             of
             God
             upon
             this
             Babylonian
             Generation
             wherin
             we
             live
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             we
             conceive
             the
             wayes
             of
             Christian
             Associations
             amongst
             those
             that
             are
             of
             
             riper
             years
             ;
             and
             the
             Rules
             of
             Christian
             education
             amongst
             those
             that
             are
             not
             yet
             come
             to
             years
             of
             discretion
             ,
             to
             be
             most
             conducible
             unto
             these
             ends
             :
             therefore
             as
             we
             shall
             bee
             willing
             to
             become
             serviceable
             ,
             and
             concurre
             with
             such
             as
             entertai●
             these
             thoughts
             ;
             so
             wee
             shall
             desire
             to
             see
             the
             hand
             of
             Providence
             leading
             ,
             and
             opening
             a
             door
             for
             action
             to
             us
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             And
             that
             we
             may
             be
             able
             to
             discover
             whether
             yea
             or
             no
             ,
             how
             far
             ,
             what
             way
             ,
             and
             with
             whom
             this
             Aim
             should
             be
             prosecuted
             ;
             we
             shall
             offer
             (
             to
             those
             that
             make
             the
             Motion
             to
             us
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             others
             whose
             inclinations
             may
             bend
             this
             way
             )
             these
             following
             points
             to
             be
             taken
             into
             consideration
             :
             that
             if
             upon
             the
             Proposall
             thereof
             ,
             any
             just
             Engagement
             doth
             follow
             ;
             we
             may
             see
             God
             before
             us
             in
             the
             prosecution
             of
             this
             Enterprise
             .
          
        
         
           
             First
             of
             the
             Association
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Association
             should
             be
             only
             of
             free
             Persons
             :
             therefore
             we
             shall
             not
             consent
             to
             joyn
             with
             any
             (
             specially
             with
             women
             )
             but
             such
             as
             are
             free
             to
             dispose
             of
             themselves
             this
             way
             ,
             either
             by
             their
             owne
             right
             ,
             as
             being
             under
             no
             Parents
             or
             Tutors
             to
             whom
             they
             are
             accountable
             of
             their
             actions
             :
             or
             by
             the
             full
             consent
             of
             freinds
             that
             may
             pretend
             to
             have
             some
             right
             to
             oversee
             them
             ,
             and
             controll
             their
             proceedings
             .
          
           
           
             2.
             
             Those
             that
             associat
             should
             not
             come
             together
             to
             live
             an
             easie
             life
             without
             all
             cares
             ;
             but
             their
             whole
             aime
             should
             be
             ,
             to
             advance
             the
             life
             of
             Christianity
             in
             themselves
             and
             others
             ,
             with
             all
             diligence
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             way
             of
             〈…〉
             the
             Societie
             ,
             of
             staying
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             of
             going
             out
             of
             it
             ,
             should
             be
             free
             :
             only
             at
             the
             coming
             in
             ,
             and
             going
             out
             ;
             the
             expresse
             motives
             should
             be
             declared
             for
             which
             the
             Association
             is
             taken
             up
             ,
             or
             left
             off
             ;
             that
             all
             things
             may
             be
             done
             openly
             and
             
               to
               edification
               ,
               as
               it
               becometh
               the
               Children
               of
               light
               .
            
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             form
             of
             the
             Societie
             should
             consist
             in
             the
             cohabitation
             of
             those
             that
             are
             associated
             in
             one
             house
             ,
             for
             the
             joint
             exercise
             of
             daily
             worshipping
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             the
             furtherāce
             of
             profitable
             employments
             by
             mutuall
             concurrence
             ,
             for
             the
             comfort
             of
             Table-communion
             ,
             and
             for
             mutuall
             assistance
             in
             necessary
             consultations
             .
          
           
             As
             concerning
             the
             place
             of
             cohabitation
             ,
             it
             may
             easily
             be
             found
             when
             the
             number
             and
             names
             are
             known
             ,
             of
             those
             that
             will
             associat
             .
          
           
             The
             daily
             worshipping
             of
             God
             should
             be
             performed
             in
             Prayers
             ,
             Meditations
             ,
             and
             Conferences
             about
             the
             word
             of
             God
             :
             whereof
             ,
             the
             exercises
             ought
             to
             bee
             regulated
             in
             Privat
             and
             Public
             ,
             jointly
             &
             severally
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             capacity
             and
             free
             willing
             inclinations
             of
             those
             that
             shall
             engage
             to
             entertaine
             the
             same
             .
          
           
           
             〈◊〉
             furtherance
             of
             profitable
             employments
             should
             be
             partly
             for
             the
             improvement
             of
             Rationality
             ,
             Discretion
             and
             Prudency
             ,
             to
             manage
             Rightly
             the
             affaires
             wherin
             every
             one
             by
             his
             calling
             is
             bound
             to
             do
             service
             unto
             others
             .
             Partly
             for
             the
             improvement
             of
             handy-works
             and
             tradings
             proper
             to
             either
             sex
             ,
             which
             may
             become
             a
             relief
             to
             the
             poore
             ;
             according
             to
             the
             proportion
             which
             every
             one
             shall
             be
             willing
             to
             enlarge
             himself
             in
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             enioyment
             of
             Table-Societie
             ;
             there
             should
             be
             a
             certain
             rate
             set
             down
             for
             dyet
             and
             other
             things
             ;
             and
             a
             Steward
             appointed
             who
             should
             have
             the
             care
             of
             providing
             all
             things
             according
             to
             the
             rates
             appointed
             ;
             who
             should
             give
             in
             his
             accounts
             weekly
             and
             monethly
             of
             all
             his
             disbursments
             .
          
           
             The
             mutuall
             assistance
             to
             be
             given
             in
             necessary
             consultations
             should
             respect
             three
             things
             :
             First
             ,
             the
             matters
             of
             spirituall
             concernment
             in
             common
             ;
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             matters
             of
             common
             outward
             concernment
             ;
             and
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             matters
             of
             particular
             concernment
             whether
             Spirituall
             or
             Bodily
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             all
             matters
             of
             common
             concernment
             ,
             whether
             spirituall
             or
             outward
             ;
             there
             should
             be
             of
             course
             some
             set
             times
             appointed
             ,
             wherin
             ,
             first
             ,
             the
             spirituall
             state
             of
             the
             Societie
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             outward
             affaires
             ,
             should
             be
             taken
             into
             consideration
             .
          
           
           
             As
             for
             the
             spirituall
             state
             ;
             matters
             of
             commō
             edification
             are
             to
             be
             minded
             therein
             ,
             as
             the
             fruit
             of
             that
             watchfulness
             which
             Christians
             ought
             to
             have
             over
             each
             other
             in
             the
             common
             profession
             of
             the
             name
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             outward
             affaires
             ;
             all
             orders
             tending
             to
             regulate
             the
             same
             should
             be
             setled
             by
             mutuall
             and
             free
             consent
             :
             concerning
             which
             ,
             this
             fundamentall
             Rule
             is
             to
             be
             observed
             :
             that
             ,
             
               nothing
               is
               to
               be
               counted
               a
               matter
               of
               common
               concernment
               ,
               but
               that
               wherein
               every
               one
               doth
               knowingly
               and
               judiciously
               professe
               himself
               to
               be
               concerned
               freely
               and
               willingly
               .
            
          
           
             Concerning
             matters
             of
             particular
             concernment
             ;
             any
             time
             should
             be
             free
             for
             those
             that
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             Councell
             ,
             to
             call
             the
             rest
             of
             their
             Associats
             ,
             either
             all
             or
             some
             ,
             to
             give
             them
             assistance
             there
             〈◊〉
             ▪
          
           
             If
             these
             Generall
             Rule●●e
             first
             assented
             unto
             by
             those
             who
             are
             willing
             to
             ●●gage
             in
             such
             a
             way
             ;
             the
             particulars
             may
             be
             afterward
             set
             downe
             to
             be
             ratified
             by
             common
             consent
             ,
             concerning
             the
             exercises
             of
             daily
             worship
             ,
             meditation
             and
             conferences
             how
             to
             advance
             〈◊〉
             Christianity
             in
             each
             other
             thereby
             ,
             and
             concerning
             the
             course
             of
             their
             daily
             employments
             in
             other
             things
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Secondly
             of
             the
             Education
             of
             Children
             .
          
           
             The
             Girles
             should
             all
             be
             lodged
             in
             the
             same
             house
             with
             the
             associated
             women
             ;
             to
             be
             under
             the
             perpetuall
             inspection
             of
             the
             Governess
             ,
             by
             whom
             ,
             their
             severall
             tasks
             for
             all
             the
             dayes
             of
             the
             week
             and
             houres
             of
             the
             day
             ,
             should
             be
             set
             unto
             them
             ;
             and
             the
             tymes
             of
             taking
             an
             account
             of
             them
             concerning
             every
             thing
             ,
             ordered
             and
             strictly
             observed
             .
          
           
             The
             Boyes
             should
             be
             in
             a
             severall
             house
             ,
             or
             part
             of
             the
             house
             so
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             not
             be
             able
             at
             any
             time
             to
             have
             free
             communication
             with
             the
             Girles
             ;
             but
             should
             be
             alwayes
             under
             the
             inspection
             of
             their
             Tutors
             who
             should
             be
             men
             belonging
             to
             the
             association
             ,
             for
             such
             Offices
             which
             women
             are
             not
             fit
             to
             be
             employed
             in
             :
             and
             these
             Tutors
             and
             Teachers
             should
             all
             be
             under
             one
             generall
             Overseer
             ,
             who
             should
             give
             them
             their
             tasks
             ,
             and
             see
             the
             same
             performed
             according
             to
             settled
             Orders
             .
          
           
             The
             main
             scope
             of
             the
             whole
             work
             of
             Education
             ,
             both
             in
             the
             Boyes
             and
             Girls
             ,
             should
             be
             none
             other
             but
             this
             ;
             to
             train
             them
             up
             to
             know
             God
             in
             Christ
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             walke
             worthy
             of
             him
             in
             the
             Gospell
             ;
             and
             become
             profitable
             instruments
             of
             the
             Common-wealth
             in
             their
             Generations
             .
             And
             in
             order
             to
             this
             ,
             two
             things
             are
             to
             bee
             taught
             them
             .
             First
             ,
             the
             
             way
             of
             Godliness
             ,
             wherein
             every
             day
             they
             are
             ●o
             be
             exercised
             ,
             by
             prayers
             ,
             reading
             of
             the
             word
             ,
             Catecheticall
             Institutions
             ,
             and
             other
             ●xercises
             subordinat
             unto
             the
             life
             of
             Christia●ity
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             way
             of
             Serviceableness
             towards
             the
             Society
             wherin
             they
             live
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             be
             enabled
             each
             in
             their
             sex
             respectively
             ,
             ●o
             follow
             lawfull
             callings
             for
             profitable
             uses
             ;
             ●nd
             not
             become
             a
             burden
             to
             their
             generation
             ●y
             living
             in
             Idleness
             and
             disorderlinesse
             ,
             as
             most
             commonly
             those
             do
             which
             come
             from
             the
             Schools
             of
             this
             age
             .
          
           
             The
             Rule
             then
             according
             to
             which
             their
             ●ducation
             is
             to
             be
             Reformed
             fundamentally
             ,
             ●s
             this
             .
          
           
             That
             no
             time
             of
             the
             day
             is
             to
             be
             lost
             without
             some
             teaching
             exercise
             ;
             and
             that
             nothing
             ●s
             to
             bee
             taught
             but
             that
             which
             is
             usefull
             in
             ●t
             self
             to
             the
             Society
             of
             mankind
             ,
             therin
             fitting
             ●hem
             for
             employments
             approvable
             by
             the
             Gospel
             ;
             and
             which
             will
             bring
             them
             to
             be●ave
             themselves
             so
             as
             it
             becometh
             those
             who
             ●re
             called
             to
             walke
             with
             the
             lamb
             upon
             mount
             ●ion
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             as
             Saints
             ●n
             his
             Church
             .
          
           
             Upon
             this
             ground
             ,
             all
             the
             matters
             of
             shew
             ●nd
             appearance
             ,
             which
             please
             the
             fancies
             of
             ●en
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             whether
             they
             be
             in
             points
             ●f
             knowledge
             or
             practice
             ;
             (
             wherin
             all
             the
             ●ime
             of
             the
             youth
             is
             most
             commonly
             spent
             in
             
             ordinary
             Schools
             )
             are
             to
             be
             laid
             aside
             in
             the
             course
             of
             this
             Education
             .
          
           
             Therefore
             as
             to
             the
             Girls
             ,
             the
             ordinary
             van●●ty
             and
             curiosity
             of
             their
             dressing
             of
             hair
             an●
             putting
             an
             of
             apparell
             ;
             the
             customes
             and
             prin●ciples
             of
             wantonness
             and
             bold
             behaviours
             which
             in
             their
             dancings
             are
             taught
             them
             ;
             an●
             whatsoever
             else
             doth
             tend
             onely
             to
             fomēt
             pri●
             and
             satisfie
             curiosity
             and
             imaginary
             delights
             shall
             be
             changed
             ,
             by
             this
             our
             course
             of
             Edu●cation
             ,
             into
             plain
             ,
             decet
             cleanliness
             and
             health
             full
             wayes
             of
             appa●relling
             themselves
             ;
             an●
             into
             such
             exercises
             of
             their
             hearts
             ,
             heads
             an●
             hands
             ,
             which
             may
             habituat
             them
             through
             the
             fere
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             become
             good
             and
             carefu●
             houswiues
             ,
             loving
             towards
             their
             husbands
             an●
             their
             children
             when
             God
             shall
             call
             them
             t●
             be
             married
             ;
             and
             understanding
             in
             all
             thing
             belonging
             to
             the
             care
             of
             a
             Family
             ,
             accordin●
             to
             the
             Characters
             which
             Salomon
             doth
             give
             〈◊〉
             a
             virtuous
             Godly
             woman
             .
             And
             such
             as
             ma●
             be
             found
             capable
             of
             Tongues
             and
             Science●
             (
             to
             perfect
             them
             in
             Graces
             and
             the
             know●ledge
             of
             Christ
             for
             all
             is
             to
             be
             referred
             t●
             him
             above
             the
             ordinary
             sort
             )
             are
             not
             to
             b●
             neglected
             ;
             but
             assisted
             towards
             the
             improv●●ment
             of
             their
             intellectuall
             abilities
             .
          
           
             As
             for
             the
             Boyes
             ;
             the
             same
             Rule
             is
             to
             be
             o●served
             in
             the
             way
             of
             their
             Education
             ,
             bo●
             for
             Tongues
             ,
             Sciences
             and
             Employments
             .
             S●●●at
             
             all
             the
             preposterous
             Methods
             of
             teach●●g
             the
             same
             ;
             by
             which
             ,
             not
             only
             their
             time
             is
             ●●st
             ,
             but
             their
             spirits
             and
             affections
             are
             in●red
             to
             evill
             customes
             of
             Disorderliness
             ,
             of
             ●anity
             ,
             Pride
             and
             Self
             conceitedness
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             root
             of
             all
             our
             contentions
             about
             matters
             ●f
             Learning
             and
             Science
             falsly
             so
             called
             :
             and
             ●ll
             the
             unprofitable
             exercises
             of
             their
             mind
             ●nd
             body
             in
             things
             which
             take
             them
             off
             from
             ●e
             aime
             of
             Christianity
             unto
             the
             customes
             of
             ●e
             world
             shall
             be
             altered
             into
             profitable
             ●mployments
             which
             may
             fit
             them
             to
             be
             good
             Commonwealths
             men
             ,
             by
             the
             knowledge
             of
             ●l
             things
             which
             are
             fundamentall
             for
             the
             ●●tlement
             of
             a
             State
             in
             Husbandry
             ,
             in
             ne●●ssary
             Trades
             ,
             in
             Navigation
             ,
             in
             Civill
             Of●●ces
             for
             the
             Administration
             of
             Justice
             ;
             in
             ●e●ce
             and
             War
             ;
             and
             in
             Oeconomicall
             Duties
             〈◊〉
             which
             they
             may
             be
             serviceable
             to
             their
             own
             ●●milies
             ,
             and
             to
             their
             neighbours
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             these
             Generall
             Grounds
             be
             assented
             ●nto
             by
             those
             that
             have
             a
             mind
             to
             associat
             ,
             ●d
             to
             help
             forward
             the
             Education
             of
             youth
             ●r
             a
             beginning
             of
             some
             Reall
             Reformation
             in
             ●r
             age
             ;
             the
             particular
             Models
             both
             for
             Boyes
             ●●d
             Girls
             Institution
             ,
             Inspection
             and
             Employ●ents
             may
             be
             soon
             added
             ,
             and
             offered
             to
             their
             ●●nsideration
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             THE
             DIRECTORY
             For
             the
             Particular
             Education
             of
             Boyes
             .
          
           
             IF
             we
             suppose
             that
             fifty
             or
             threescore
             Boye●
             are
             to
             be
             educated
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Princi●ples
             heretofore
             mentioned
             ;
             we
             conceive
             the
             care
             which
             is
             to
             be
             taken
             of
             them
             should
             b●
             ordered
             after
             this
             manner
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Let
             there
             be
             one
             Governour
             over
             them
             and
             three
             Ushers
             under
             him
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Let
             these
             Ushers
             do
             all
             things
             by
             the
             Governours
             Direction
             ,
             which
             he
             shall
             afte●
             previous
             Consultation
             with
             them
             ,
             give
             :
             th●●
             they
             may
             the
             better
             understand
             their
             wor●●
             and
             go
             about
             it
             with
             cheerfulnesse
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             And
             that
             these
             may
             without
             distractio●
             be
             able
             to
             attend
             their
             work
             ;
             Let
             them
             b●
             provided
             with
             all
             outward
             things
             necessa●●
             for
             lodging
             ,
             food
             ,
             and
             raiment
             ,
             without
             the
             cost
             or
             care
             ,
             by
             the
             Diligence
             of
             him
             the
             shall
             be
             Steward
             of
             the
             Association
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Let
             the
             Governour
             and
             Ushers
             obser●
             the
             settled
             Rights
             and
             Duties
             of
             their
             severa●
             places
             ,
             and
             the
             Determined
             Rules
             of
             educ●●tion
             towards
             the
             Children
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             The
             Rights
             and
             Duties
             of
             the
             Governour
             ,
             and
             Ushers
             places
             .
          
           
             AS
             it
             is
             the
             Governours
             Duty
             to
             instruct
             and
             Oversee
             the
             Ushers
             in
             all
             ●ings
             which
             concerne
             the
             Children
             ;
             so
             it
             ●all
             not
             be
             lawfull
             for
             Ushers
             to
             alter
             any
             ●ing
             in
             the
             Orders
             which
             the
             Governour
             ●all
             settle
             ,
             without
             his
             knowledge
             and
             ap●●obation
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Governour
             shall
             have
             power
             ,
             as
             t
             ,
             ●ovide
             and
             place
             ,
             so
             to
             displace
             the
             Usherso
             〈◊〉
             he
             shall
             see
             cause
             :
             which
             cause
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             fit
             〈◊〉
             him
             to
             make
             known
             to
             any
             of
             the
             Asso●●tion
             ,
             who
             shall
             desire
             to
             be
             informed
             ●ereof
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Governour
             shall
             give
             all
             his
             Di●●●●ctions
             in
             writing
             to
             the
             ushers
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Every
             Usher
             shall
             have
             a
             peculiar
             number
             〈◊〉
             Schollars
             committed
             to
             his
             inspection
             ●●ose
             lodgings
             shall
             be
             together
             ,
             all
             next
             unto
             ●s
             Chamber
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             night-season
             as
             well
             by
             day
             ,
             he
             may
             oversee
             them
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             Ushers
             shall
             see
             their
             peculiar
             Schol●●s
             rise
             and
             go
             to
             bed
             ,
             at
             the
             houres
             appoin●●
             :
             and
             when
             their
             Schollars
             are
             retired
             or
             ●●ne
             to
             bed
             ;
             they
             shall
             come
             to
             the
             Gover●●ur
             every
             evening
             before
             they
             go
             to
             bed
             ●●emselves
             ;
             that
             they
             may
             conferre
             about
             their
             ●●tters
             together
             .
          
           
           
             6.
             
             The
             Governour
             shall
             either
             by
             himself
             or
             some
             other
             see
             both
             the
             ushers
             and
             their
             scholars
             in
             their
             severall
             quarters
             at
             the
             set
             hours
             ,
             before
             he
             goeth
             to
             bed
             himself
             :
             and
             the
             Steward
             shall
             see
             the
             other
             servants
             retired
             and
             all
             the
             doores
             shut
             at
             the
             hour
             appointed
             ,
             and
             shall
             bring
             such
             keyes
             to
             the
             Governour
             as
             b●
             shall
             ordain
             to
             be
             brought
             unto
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             The
             Rules
             of
             Education
             .
          
           
             The
             Chief
             Rule
             of
             the
             whole
             Work
             is
             ,
             tha●
             nothing
             may
             be
             made
             tedious
             and
             grievous
             t●
             the
             Children
             :
             but
             all
             the
             toilsomeness
             of
             the●
             business
             the
             Governour
             and
             Ushers
             are
             t●
             take
             upon
             themselves
             ;
             that
             by
             diligence
             an●
             industry
             ,
             all
             things
             may
             be
             so
             prepared
             ,
             methodized
             and
             ordered
             for
             their
             apprehension
             ;
             the
             their
             work
             may
             unto
             them
             be
             as
             a
             delightfu●
             recreation
             by
             the
             variety
             and
             easiness
             thereo●
          
           
             The
             things
             to
             be
             lookt
             unto
             in
             the
             care
             o●
             their
             education
             ,
             are
             1.
             
             Their
             Advanceme●
             in
             Piety
             .
             2.
             
             The
             Preservation
             of
             their
             Healt●
             3.
             
             The
             Forming
             of
             their
             Manners
             .
             4.
             
             The●
             Proficiency
             in
             Learning
             .
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             their
             Advancement
             in
             Piety
             .
          
           
             That
             they
             may
             be
             advanced
             in
             Piety
             ;
             the
             shall
             be
             exercised
             every
             day
             ,
             1.
             in
             Prayers
             .
             ●
             
             in
             Reading
             the
             Scriptures
             .
             3.
             in
             Cateche●icall
             conferences
             .
             4.
             
             And
             on
             the
             Lords
             day
             ●n
             the
             duties
             of
             solemne
             worship
             .
          
           
             Their
             daily
             Prayers
             ,
             reading
             of
             Scriptures
             ,
             ●nd
             conferences
             ,
             shall
             go
             together
             in
             this
             order
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             evening
             when
             the
             time
             of
             retiring
             is
             ●ome
             ,
             every
             Usher
             shall
             see
             his
             Scholars
             in
             ●heir
             Chamber
             (
             for
             if
             they
             could
             be
             all
             that
             ●elong
             to
             each
             Usher
             made
             to
             sleep
             in
             one
             ●rge
             Chamber
             like
             a
             gallerye
             ,
             two
             and
             two
             ●●
             a
             bed
             ;
             the
             way
             of
             overseeing
             ,
             and
             uniting
             ●hem
             in
             their
             exercises
             would
             be
             most
             commo●ious
             :
             )
             and
             when
             they
             are
             going
             to
             uncloth
             ●hemselves
             ,
             one
             of
             their
             number
             shall
             be
             taken
             ●
             his
             turn
             according
             to
             a
             List
             ,
             to
             go
             before
             ●e
             rest
             in
             a
             short
             prayer
             or
             the
             Usher
             himself
             all
             do
             it
             before
             they
             begin
             to
             put
             off
             their
             ●lothes
             ;
             each
             of
             them
             kneeling
             at
             the
             beds-side
             ●here
             he
             is
             to
             sleep
             :
             and
             the
             prayer
             being
             ●ded
             he
             whose
             turn
             it
             is
             shall
             read
             unto
             them
             ●me
             part
             of
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             ,
             while
             they
             ●cloth
             themselves
             ;
             and
             pray
             in
             two
             or
             three
             ●ords
             for
             a
             blessing
             upon
             their
             rest
             .
             He
             ●hose
             turn
             it
             is
             to
             do
             this
             duty
             ,
             shall
             sleep
             ●at
             night
             with
             the
             Usher
             to
             whose
             care
             he
             is
             ●mmitted
             ;
             and
             in
             the
             Morning
             shall
             rise
             with
             ●m
             half
             an
             hour
             before
             the
             rest
             ;
             to
             waken
             ●
             fellow-Scholars
             (
             at
             the
             hour
             appointed
             )
             ●
             cause
             them
             rise
             ,
             which
             whiles
             they
             are
             a
             
             doing
             ,
             and
             putting
             on
             their
             clothes
             ,
             and
             combing
             their
             heads
             ;
             he
             shall
             againe
             with
             a
             previous
             short
             ejaculation
             ,
             reade
             some
             part
             of
             the
             Scripture
             unto
             them
             ;
             and
             with
             a
             short
             prayer
             (
             every
             one
             of
             the
             rest
             kneeling
             o●
             standing
             by
             the
             bed
             where
             he
             slept
             )
             thank
             God
             for
             his
             preservation
             over
             them
             in
             the
             night
             past
             ,
             and
             crave
             his
             direction
             ,
             blessing
             and
             protection
             for
             the
             day
             following
             .
             This
             is
             to
             be
             done
             within
             the
             space
             of
             half
             an
             hour
             ,
             to
             be
             measured
             by
             a
             Sand
             glasse
             :
             after
             which
             time
             ,
             every
             one
             shall
             go
             abroad
             for
             the
             space
             of
             another
             half
             hour
             to
             stretch
             ,
             wash
             ,
             and
             cleanse
             himself
             :
             till
             ,
             by
             the
             ringing
             of
             a
             Bell
             ▪
             the
             whole
             family
             be
             called
             together
             :
             at
             thi●
             meeting
             ,
             the
             Women
             and
             Girls
             shall
             be
             in
             on●
             roome
             by
             themselves
             ,
             and
             the
             Men
             an●
             Boyes
             in
             another
             ,
             so
             that
             they
             shall
             not
             se●
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             yet
             both
             be
             able
             to
             hear
             him
             ,
             who
             shall
             be
             appointed
             to
             go
             befor●
             them
             all
             in
             the
             family-duty
             .
             He
             shall
             be
             som●
             man
             of
             the
             Association
             in
             his
             daily
             or
             weekl●
             turn
             ,
             as
             they
             shall
             appoint
             it
             ,
             who
             shall
             wit●
             a
             short
             prayer
             crave
             a
             blessing
             upon
             the●
             meeting
             ,
             and
             read
             a
             parcell
             of
             the
             Holy
             Scrip●tures
             ,
             and
             conclude
             the
             Reading
             with
             a
             sho●
             prayer
             :
             all
             which
             shall
             not
             exced
             the
             space
             o●
             half
             an
             houre
             :
             and
             the
             next
             half
             hour
             fo●lowing
             shall
             be
             spent
             in
             Catecheticall
             exerc●ses
             and
             conferences
             according
             to
             the
             ord●●
             
             which
             the
             Governour
             shall
             settle
             in
             that
             mat●er
             differently
             towards
             the
             different
             Ages
             and
             ●egrees
             of
             proficiency
             in
             the
             younger
             and
             more
             ●ged
             Scholars
             .
             As
             for
             the
             members
             of
             the
             As●ciation
             ;
             their
             conferences
             shall
             not
             be
             ●inted
             within
             such
             a
             time
             ,
             but
             may
             be
             exten●ed
             at
             pleasure
             :
             only
             the
             way
             how
             they
             ought
             〈◊〉
             be
             ordered
             ,
             that
             all
             may
             profit
             therby
             ,
             and
             ●●nfusion
             may
             be
             avoided
             ;
             is
             to
             be
             determi●ed
             by
             the
             Governour
             ,
             with
             their
             approbation
             .
          
           
             At
             Dinner
             and
             Supper-time
             (
             which
             shall
             ●ot
             exceed
             half
             an
             houre
             )
             one
             of
             the
             Chil●en
             shall
             in
             his
             turn
             daily
             crave
             a
             blessing
             in
             ●●e
             name
             of
             all
             ,
             upon
             their
             food
             :
             and
             read
             part
             of
             the
             Scripture
             unto
             them
             while
             they
             ●e
             at
             table
             ;
             and
             when
             they
             have
             done
             ,
             they
             all
             jointly
             sing
             a
             stave
             or
             two
             of
             a
             Psalme
             〈◊〉
             thanksgiving
             .
          
           
             After
             supper
             ,
             before
             they
             go
             to
             their
             ●hambers
             ,
             they
             shall
             meet
             all
             againe
             in
             their
             ●●verall
             roomes
             each
             sex
             by
             themselves
             ,
             to
             ●●yn
             in
             prayer
             ,
             and
             in
             reading
             the
             word
             ,
             as
             in
             ●●e
             morning
             they
             did
             ,
             for
             the
             space
             of
             half
             an
             ●●ur
             :
             and
             another
             half
             hour
             afterward
             shall
             〈◊〉
             spent
             in
             Conferences
             ;
             wherin
             the
             Children
             ●●ll
             be
             encouraged
             ,
             and
             accustomed
             to
             pro●●se
             Questions
             to
             their
             Teachers
             ,
             or
             to
             one
             ●●other
             concerning
             matters
             of
             doubt
             which
             ●●y
             have
             been
             incident
             unto
             their
             thoughts
             ,
             ●●her
             from
             the
             reading
             of
             Scripture
             or
             some
             ,
             
             other
             thing
             observed
             in
             the
             day-time
             :
             which
             being
             done
             ,
             they
             shall
             all
             retire
             unto
             their
             severall
             quarters
             ,
             and
             prepare
             to
             go
             to
             bed
             .
          
           
             This
             Course
             of
             daily
             exercise
             in
             Piety
             is
             to
             be
             continued
             without
             interruption
             ,
             no
             bod●
             is
             to
             be
             exempted
             from
             it
             ,
             but
             only
             in
             case
             o●
             sickness
             .
          
           
             On
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
             over
             and
             above
             the
             daily
             sacrifice
             within
             doores
             to
             be
             observed
             the
             Children
             shall
             be
             brought
             forth
             unto
             the
             public
             meetings
             ,
             to
             joyn
             with
             the
             Congrega●tion
             of
             others
             in
             the
             worship
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             〈◊〉
             the
             intervalles
             of
             times
             between
             the
             pub●
             meetings
             ,
             and
             the
             last
             Sermon
             and
             supp●●
             time
             ;
             Conferences
             shall
             be
             entertained
             wi●
             them
             ,
             concerning
             the
             things
             which
             they
             ha●
             heard
             .
          
           
             And
             if
             those
             of
             the
             Association
             should
             e●tertain
             any
             Propheticall
             exercises
             among
             themselves
             ,
             or
             with
             others
             ,
             from
             without
             ;
             the
             some
             of
             the
             most
             advanced
             Schollars
             shou●
             be
             admitted
             to
             be
             present
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             This
             Care
             of
             advancing
             Piety
             and
             keep●
             the
             Lords
             day
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             made
             the
             Chief
             ●f
             things
             belonging
             to
             their
             Education
             .
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             Preservation
             of
             their
             Hea●
          
           
             The
             next
             Principall
             Care
             is
             concerning
             〈◊〉
             Preservation
             of
             their
             Health
             ,
             wherin
             〈◊〉
             
             ●hings
             belonging
             1.
             to
             their
             Diet.
             2.
             their
             sleep●ng
             .
             3.
             to
             their
             bodily
             exercises
             4.
             and
             to
             their
             Cleanlinesse
             are
             to
             be
             rightly
             ordered
             ,
             and
             ●verseen
             ;
             that
             the
             Orders
             may
             be
             observed
             .
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             their
             Diet.
             
          
           
             Their
             Diet
             shall
             be
             appointed
             for
             every
             ●ay
             of
             the
             week
             what
             it
             shall
             be
             ,
             and
             when
             it
             ●hall
             be
             given
             them
             .
          
           
             Their
             Breakfast
             ,
             at
             8
             of
             the
             clock
             in
             the
             ●orning
             ,
             of
             Bread
             and
             Butter
             or
             some
             other
             ●ing
             .
             they
             may
             be
             at
             it
             for
             the
             space
             of
             half
             〈◊〉
             hour
             .
          
           
             Their
             Dinner
             of
             good
             healthfull
             plain
             food
             .
          
           
             Competency
             is
             to
             be
             upon
             the
             table
             for
             ●em
             precisely
             at
             12
             of
             the
             Clock
             .
          
           
             Their
             Supper
             of
             some
             food
             of
             light
             and
             ●sie
             digestion
             is
             to
             be
             upon
             the
             table
             precisely
             ●
             half
             an
             hour
             past
             six
             of
             the
             clock
             ,
             and
             be●re
             seven
             ,
             taken
             away
             .
          
           
             Bread
             and
             beer
             of
             good
             quality
             shall
             not
             be
             ●fused
             to
             any
             that
             shall
             desire
             it
             ,
             in
             case
             of
             〈◊〉
             being
             satisfied
             with
             the
             ordinary
             al●wance
             .
          
           
             In
             case
             of
             Sickness
             there
             should
             be
             a
             peculiar
             ●om
             appointed
             for
             them
             ,
             and
             some
             to
             attend
             ●em
             ,
             with
             such
             a
             Diet
             as
             shall
             be
             prescribed
             ;
             ●d
             to
             entertain
             them
             with
             such
             thoughts
             ●d
             conversation
             ,
             as
             shall
             be
             fitting
             for
             their
             ●position
             of
             mind
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Concerning
             their
             Sleep
             and
             Rest
             .
          
           
             In
             Winter
             ,
             the
             Aged
             Scholars
             shall
             be
             wa●kened
             at
             five
             ;
             in
             sommer
             ,
             at
             four
             of
             the
             Clock
             in
             the
             Morning
             :
             the
             yonger
             ,
             in
             Som●mer
             at
             five
             ;
             in
             Winter
             ,
             at
             six
             in
             the
             Morning
             and
             they
             shall
             all
             be
             in
             bed
             before
             ,
             or
             at
             ni●
             of
             the
             Clock
             at
             night
             .
             The
             Governours
             ,
             Ushe●
             and
             Steward
             ,
             if
             they
             be
             in
             health
             ,
             should
             n●
             go
             to
             bed
             till
             Ten.
             
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             their
             Bodily
             Exercises
             .
          
           
             They
             shall
             exercise
             and
             stir
             their
             Bodyes
             〈◊〉
             the
             morning-season
             before
             dinner
             from
             〈◊〉
             till
             12
             a
             clock
             ,
             and
             before
             supper
             they
             sh●
             again
             exercise
             themselves
             in
             Sommer
             ,
             fro●
             half
             an
             hour
             past
             five
             ,
             till
             half
             an
             hour
             pa●
             six
             ,
             and
             in
             winter
             ,
             from
             five
             till
             six
             ,
             and
             fro●
             half
             an
             hour
             past
             twelve
             after
             dinner
             ,
             t●
             half
             an
             hour
             past
             one
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             free
             〈◊〉
             them
             ,
             to
             do
             privat
             businesses
             ,
             in
             their
             Cha●bers
             or
             else
             where
             .
          
           
             The
             particular
             wayes
             of
             Exercising
             the
             Bodyes
             shall
             not
             be
             left
             at
             random
             ,
             but
             o●dered
             to
             some
             advantage
             of
             the
             Associati●
             and
             of
             their
             own
             experience
             in
             matters
             eit●
             of
             Husbandry
             ,
             or
             Manufactures
             ,
             or
             of
             ●litary
             Employments
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Concerning
             their
             Cleanliness
             .
          
           
             They
             must
             be
             taught
             Cleanliness
             without
             Curiosity
             ;
             and
             made
             in
             love
             with
             it
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             ●sefull
             for
             Health
             ;
             in
             which
             respect
             the
             Care
             of
             〈◊〉
             must
             be
             recommended
             to
             them
             ,
             and
             obser●ed
             in
             them
             .x.
             in
             their
             Feeding
             ,
             that
             through
             ●rediness
             they
             eat
             or
             drink
             nothing
             that
             is
             ●asty
             .
             2.
             in
             their
             Body
             ,
             head
             hands
             feet
             and
             ●lothing
             ;
             that
             they
             keep
             themselves
             from
             ●ilthiness
             of
             sweat
             ,
             from
             vermine
             and
             other
             ●ncleanness
             .
             3.
             in
             their
             Chamber
             ,
             that
             they
             ●efile
             it
             not
             with
             stench
             ,
             or
             suffer
             it
             to
             be
             un●wept
             ;
             but
             that
             they
             keep
             it
             clean
             and
             sweet
             with
             refreshment
             of
             aire
             .
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             Forming
             of
             their
             Manners
             .
          
           
             Godliness
             and
             Bodily
             Health
             are
             absolutly
             ●ecessary
             ;
             the
             one
             for
             spirituall
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             for
             their
             temporall
             Felicitie
             :
             Next
             ●nto
             these
             two
             ,
             to
             make
             up
             and
             perfect
             the
             ●tate
             of
             their
             Happiness
             ;
             Care
             must
             be
             taken
             of
             their
             Manners
             .
             by
             which
             word
             I
             under●tand
             their
             outward
             life
             ,
             aswell
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             Actions
             which
             they
             do
             ,
             as
             in
             respect
             of
             ●heir
             Cariage
             and
             behaviour
             in
             performing
             the
             same
             :
             that
             those
             may
             be
             Just
             and
             Honest
             ;
             ●his
             ,
             Civil
             and
             unblameable
             .
             For
             ,
             good
             
             Manners
             ,
             in
             this
             sense
             ,
             are
             farre
             to
             be
             preferred
             unto
             all
             Humane
             Learning
             of
             what
             kind
             soever
             ;
             because
             without
             Morall
             Honest●
             all
             the
             perfection
             of
             Learning
             is
             nothing
             els●
             but
             an
             Instrument
             of
             wickedness
             to
             increas●
             and
             aggravat
             the
             miseries
             of
             Mankind
             :
             whera●
             without
             Learning
             this
             alone
             with
             Bodi●●
             health
             is
             a
             sufficient
             ground
             to
             partake
             〈◊〉
             temporall
             Felicitie
             .
          
           
             And
             because
             in
             the
             ordinary
             Schools
             the
             Care
             is
             wholly
             neglected
             and
             the
             youth
             〈◊〉
             left
             to
             habituat
             it self
             to
             its
             Corrupt
             inclina●tions
             ,
             while
             their
             wits
             are
             sharpened
             a●●
             exercised
             in
             all
             the
             subtilties
             of
             Humane
             A●●●
             and
             Sciences
             ;
             therefore
             Satan
             doth
             fortifie
             〈◊〉
             strong
             holds
             by
             these
             within
             them
             ,
             to
             ma●●
             them
             impregnable
             :
             and
             their
             Spirits
             (
             as
             〈◊〉
             find
             by
             dolefull
             experience
             in
             these
             times
             )
             a●
             heighthned
             to
             that
             degree
             of
             unconscion●bleness
             in
             Deceit
             ▪
             Mischief
             and
             Malice
             ,
             th●●
             nothing
             in
             former
             ●ges
             can
             be
             compar●●
             therunto
             .
             which
             should
             make
             us
             so
             much
             〈◊〉
             more
             carefull
             to
             rectifie
             this
             evill
             in
             o●●
             Scholars
             ,
             by
             how
             much
             it
             is
             neglected
             〈◊〉
             others
             ,
             and
             destructive
             to
             all
             .
          
           
             The
             way
             then
             to
             Reforme
             our
             Scholars
             this
             matter
             ,
             and
             the
             Care
             to
             be
             taken
             of
             the●
             should
             have
             two
             parts
             .
             The
             one
             should
             rel●●
             unto
             the
             Inward
             Principles
             of
             Moralitie
             ;
             〈◊〉
             work
             the
             true
             Impressions
             thereof
             upon
             the
             
             ●pirits
             .
             The
             other
             should
             relate
             unto
             their
             Out●ard
             behaviour
             and
             carriage
             towards
             their
             ●eighbour
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             decent
             and
             without
             ●ffence
             .
             and
             the
             first
             of
             these
             cannot
             be
             ●ightly
             taken
             up
             without
             the
             last
             ,
             because
             without
             the
             observation
             of
             their
             unseemly
             ●ehaviour
             and
             offensive
             Carriages
             ;
             a
             disco●erie
             can
             not
             be
             made
             of
             the
             diseases
             of
             their
             ●ules
             ,
             that
             the
             Remedies
             of
             wholesome
             In●tructions
             ,
             Admonitions
             and
             Corrections
             ●ay
             be
             applyed
             therunto
             .
             This
             then
             is
             the
             Master-peece
             of
             the
             whole
             Art
             of
             education
             ,
             ●o
             watch
             over
             the
             Childrens
             behaviour
             in
             ●heir
             actions
             of
             all
             sorts
             ,
             so
             as
             their
             true
             in●linations
             may
             be
             discovered
             ;
             that
             the
             inward
             ●auses
             of
             their
             vicious
             disposition
             and
             di●tempers
             being
             found
             out
             ▪
             the
             true
             and
             pro●er
             Remedies
             thereof
             may
             be
             applyed
             unto
             ●hem
             .
             And
             this
             is
             to
             be
             the
             subject
             whereof
             the
             Governour
             and
             Ushers
             are
             to
             have
             daily
             Conference
             every
             night
             :
             that
             upon
             the
             parti●ular
             discoveries
             of
             the
             severall
             inclinations
             ●f
             their
             Scholars
             by
             the
             qualities
             of
             their
             ●nruliness
             ;
             they
             may
             judiciously
             determine
             ●hat
             to
             do
             with
             them
             ,
             and
             how
             to
             proceed
             ●owards
             them
             ,
             to
             reforme
             that
             which
             is
             amisse
             .
             ●here
             we
             conceive
             this
             studie
             should
             con●aine
             these
             endeavours
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             to
             discerne
             the
             proper
             Character
             of
             ●very
             Childs
             humour
             by
             his
             behaviour
             ;
             to
             
             discover
             the
             predominant
             qualitie
             thereof
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             good
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             evill
             in
             it
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             to
             contemplate
             rationally
             the
             inward
             disposition
             and
             frame
             of
             his
             spirit
             ;
             to
             find
             out
             the
             Principles
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             is
             led
             ,
             and
             from
             whence
             that
             humour
             and
             behaviour
             doth
             arise
             ;
             and
             the
             Impressions
             of
             virtu●
             whereof
             he
             may
             be
             made
             capable
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             to
             determine
             the
             way
             how
             to
             de●
             with
             him
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             not
             only
             how
             to
             corre●●
             his
             outward
             visible
             misbehaviours
             ;
             and
             〈◊〉
             incourage
             him
             in
             that
             which
             is
             good
             and
             decent
             :
             but
             how
             to
             make
             him
             sensible
             ,
             and
             rationally
             apprehensive
             of
             the
             true
             ground●
             ,
             both
             of
             the
             correction
             ,
             and
             encouragement
             .
          
           
             Here
             againe
             I
             conceive
             their
             studie
             m●
             runne
             in
             these
             Channels
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             what
             peculiar
             Restraint
             to
             lay
             upo●
             them
             ,
             lest
             they
             get
             a
             custome
             in
             that
             whi●●
             is
             evill
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             what
             Rationall
             Maximes
             ,
             an●
             Rules
             of
             Moralitie
             to
             infuse
             unto
             them
             ,
             a●●cording
             to
             the
             degree
             of
             their
             Capacitie
             ,
             a●●bent
             of
             their
             inclination
             in
             that
             which
             ●
             good
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             how
             to
             ingraft
             those
             Rationa●
             Maximes
             and
             Rules
             upon
             the
             Main
             Princi●ples
             of
             Godliness
             ;
             that
             their
             spirits
             may
             〈◊〉
             raised
             ,
             and
             their
             resolutions
             exalted
             to
             〈◊〉
             things
             Morally
             Just
             and
             decent
             ,
             not
             on●●
             
             because
             they
             are
             found
             in
             reason
             to
             be
             so
             ,
             but
             because
             they
             who
             do
             them
             ,
             are
             bound
             in
             Conscience
             through
             Love
             and
             feare
             towards
             God
             to
             do
             all
             things
             as
             in
             his
             presence
             ,
             with
             ●elight
             and
             care
             to
             do
             alwayes
             that
             which
             is
             well
             pleasing
             in
             his
             sight
             .
             So
             that
             all
             Morall
             Actions
             to
             free
             them
             from
             Hypocrisie
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             truly
             virtuous
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             without
             ●ll
             Leaven
             of
             pride
             and
             self-seeking
             (
             which
             will
             mixe
             themselves
             with
             spirituall
             actions
             ●lso
             ,
             if
             care
             be
             not
             taken
             to
             set
             our
             heart
             ●right
             )
             must
             be
             reduced
             unto
             the
             grounds
             of
             Christianity
             ;
             and
             made
             conformable
             unto
             the
             life
             of
             Christ
             ;
             by
             comparing
             our
             way
             ,
             ●nd
             our
             mind
             in
             following
             him
             ,
             with
             his
             way
             ●nd
             his
             mind
             in
             walking
             before
             us
             amongst
             ●hen
             towards
             God
             .
             And
             except
             their
             educa●on
             by
             the
             Reformation
             of
             their
             Manners
             fi●ally
             tend
             and
             result
             unto
             this
             ;
             it
             will
             avail
             ●hem
             nothing
             towards
             the
             salvation
             of
             their
             ●●uls
             ;
             it
             will
             only
             make
             lesse
             them
             hurtfull
             ●nto
             the
             societie
             of
             mankind
             .
          
           
             Now
             the
             particulars
             which
             are
             subordinat
             ●nto
             this
             Care
             and
             studie
             are
             innumerable
             ;
             ●ut
             yet
             certain
             generall
             Rules
             may
             be
             pru●entially
             set
             down
             ,
             according
             to
             which
             ,
             they
             ●ould
             be
             limitted
             and
             directed
             to
             order
             their
             Conversation
             and
             behaviour
             towards
             the
             ●ds
             aforesaid
             ,
             and
             by
             which
             ,
             those
             that
             watch
             ●ver
             them
             should
             take
             notice
             of
             their
             wayes
             
             and
             give
             an
             account
             thereof
             unto
             the
             Governour
             of
             which
             Rules
             it
             will
             suffice
             at
             this
             time
             to
             give
             these
             Heads
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             laws
             are
             to
             be
             published
             amongst
             them
             concerning
             their
             very
             looks
             ,
             their
             angry
             words
             ,
             and
             their
             hasty
             actions
             ,
             proceeding
             from
             passion
             ,
             and
             tending
             to
             the
             breach
             of
             Christian
             Love
             ;
             forbidding
             the
             same
             under
             the
             notion
             that
             they
             are
             contrary
             to
             the
             life
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             Rules
             and
             Directions
             (
             leading
             them
             to
             the
             practice
             of
             Justice
             ,
             Equalitie
             ,
             Meeknesse
             ,
             Humility
             ,
             Love
             and
             Liberality
             ;
             an●
             to
             the
             hatred
             of
             Iniuriousness
             ,
             Pride
             and
             Covetousness
             )
             are
             to
             be
             published
             ,
             and
             hung
             〈◊〉
             in
             their
             Chamber
             and
             School
             ,
             and
             made
             familiar
             and
             plain
             unto
             their
             Capacity
             and
             Memorie
             .
          
           
             Both
             these
             sorts
             of
             laws
             may
             be
             gather●
             out
             of
             Salomons
             Proverbs
             for
             the
             main
             substance
             thereof
             ,
             and
             from
             other
             Scriptures
             ▪
             and
             so
             be
             delivered
             as
             the
             will
             of
             God
             un●
             them
             ,
             to
             oblige
             their
             Conscience
             therunto
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             law
             of
             watchfulness
             (
             whic●
             they
             ought
             to
             have
             over
             themselves
             for
             the
             ob●servation
             of
             these
             Rules
             )
             is
             not
             only
             to
             〈◊〉
             taught
             them
             ;
             but
             some
             that
             are
             more
             stay●
             then
             others
             ,
             and
             better
             set
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             ma●
             Monitors
             of
             the
             rest
             ,
             and
             besides
             the
             Monitor●
             Spyes
             are
             to
             be
             appointed
             to
             oversee
             them
             :
             an●●n
             
             Cases
             of
             grosse
             failing
             ,
             after
             due
             admonitions
             ,
             some
             exemplary
             punishments
             of
             shame
             and
             smart
             may
             be
             used
             ,
             that
             all
             may
             feare
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             the
             great
             law
             of
             Truth
             and
             of
             Faithfulness
             (
             to
             suppresse
             the
             basenesse
             of
             Lying
             and
             of
             Deceitfulness
             in
             words
             ,
             Promises
             and
             Actions
             )
             is
             above
             all
             other
             Rules
             to
             be
             prescribed
             and
             pressed
             upon
             them
             in
             their
             dealings
             towards
             one
             another
             :
             and
             speciall
             care
             is
             to
             be
             had
             to
             observe
             the
             practise
             thereof
             .
          
           
             And
             ,
             that
             the
             lying
             and
             deceitfull
             spirit
             may
             be
             hunted
             out
             from
             amongst
             them
             ;
             a
             speciall
             reward
             is
             to
             be
             proposed
             unto
             every
             one
             that
             shall
             ,
             upon
             due
             admonition
             of
             his
             neighbour
             before
             witnesses
             ,
             discover
             to
             the
             Usher
             any
             matter
             of
             falshood
             practised
             by
             any
             .
             For
             ,
             nothing
             doth
             more
             inwardly
             corrupt
             the
             spirit
             ,
             then
             a
             course
             of
             falshood
             ;
             nor
             doth
             any
             thing
             more
             deeply
             discover
             the
             wickednesse
             of
             the
             heart
             and
             want
             of
             true
             virtue
             ,
             then
             this
             .
          
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             the
             Civilities
             to
             be
             used
             towards
             Strangers
             ,
             to
             receive
             and
             entertaine
             them
             courteously
             ;
             to
             be
             generously
             affected
             towards
             them
             ,
             and
             the
             way
             to
             maintein
             the
             Principles
             ,
             and
             Practises
             of
             publick
             Spiritedness
             without
             ostentation
             and
             vain-glory
             ,
             should
             be
             described
             and
             taught
             them
             .
          
           
             Sixtly
             and
             Lastly
             ,
             the
             seemly
             way
             to
             carry
             their
             Bodyes
             ,
             to
             looke
             upon
             people
             stayedly
             and
             freindly
             in
             their
             salutation
             and
             conversation
             
             with
             them
             should
             be
             made
             known
             unto
             them
             by
             Example
             and
             Rule
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             all
             which
             Directions
             ,
             how
             to
             propose
             ,
             and
             apply
             them
             ,
             towards
             the
             corrupt
             dispositions
             of
             Children
             to
             rectifie
             the
             same
             ;
             the
             Ushers
             themselves
             are
             to
             be
             taught
             their
             Duty
             ,
             what
             to
             observe
             in
             them
             ,
             and
             how
             to
             proceed
             in
             dealing
             with
             them
             .
             and
             〈◊〉
             must
             be
             the
             Governours
             great
             and
             speciall
             care
             to
             see
             the
             Ushers
             well
             principled
             and
             practised
             in
             this
             way
             ,
             for
             ,
             upon
             their
             abilitie
             ,
             faithfulness
             ,
             and
             diligence
             all
             depends
             .
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             their
             Proficiencie
             in
             Learning
             .
          
           
             The
             last
             and
             least
             part
             of
             true
             education
             is
             only
             minded
             in
             the
             ordinary
             Schools
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             a
             very
             superficiall
             and
             preposterous
             way
             ;
             for
             Children
             are
             taught
             to
             read
             Authors
             and
             learn
             words
             and
             Sentences
             before
             they
             can
             have
             any
             notion
             of
             the
             Things
             signified
             by
             those
             words
             and
             sentences
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Authors
             strain
             and
             wit
             in
             setting
             them
             together
             :
             and
             they
             are
             made
             to
             learn
             by
             hear●
             the
             Generall
             Rules
             ,
             sentences
             ,
             and
             Precep●
             of
             Arts
             ,
             before
             they
             are
             furnished
             with
             any
             matter
             wherunto
             to
             apply
             those
             Rules
             an●
             Precepts
             .
             And
             when
             they
             are
             taught
             these
             things
             wherin
             Reason
             is
             to
             be
             employed
             ,
             they
             are
             lead
             into
             a
             Maze
             of
             subtile
             and
             unprofi●able
             
             Notions
             ;
             wherby
             their
             mindes
             are
             puft
             ●p
             with
             a
             windy
             conceit
             of
             knowledge
             :
             their
             ●ffections
             taken
             off
             from
             the
             plainnesse
             of
             ●sefull
             Truths
             ;
             their
             naturall
             Corrupt
             incli●ations
             to
             pride
             ,
             vain
             glory
             ,
             and
             conten●iousnesse
             not
             reformed
             ,
             but
             rather
             strength●ed
             in
             perversitie
             ;
             So
             that
             they
             become
             ●oth
             unwilling
             to
             seek
             ,
             and
             incapable
             to
             ●eceive
             any
             Truth
             either
             Divine
             or
             Humane
             ●n
             its
             simplicitie
             :
             for
             their
             heads
             are
             filled
             ●ith
             certain
             termes
             and
             empty
             shewes
             of
             ●earning
             ;
             which
             neither
             containe
             any
             sub●tance
             or
             solidity
             of
             Matter
             ;
             or
             give
             them
             any
             ●ddresse
             by
             way
             of
             Method
             to
             make
             use
             of
             ●hat
             which
             they
             know
             for
             the
             benefit
             of
             Mankind
             .
          
           
             Now
             ,
             to
             Rectifie
             this
             cause
             of
             our
             Igno●ance
             and
             Disorderliness
             which
             hath
             taken
             ●ossession
             of
             all
             Schooles
             and
             Universities
             ,
             and
             ●ath
             spread
             it self
             over
             all
             matters
             of
             Humane
             Learning
             ;
             wee
             shall
             endevour
             to
             seek
             out
             the
             ●rue
             Method
             of
             teaching
             Sciences
             ,
             by
             the
             Grounds
             and
             Rules
             which
             ,
             we
             hope
             ,
             none
             ,
             ●hat
             is
             Rationall
             and
             free
             from
             prejudice
             ,
             will
             Contradict
             .
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             Grounds
             and
             Rules
             of
             teaching
             Sciences
             .
          
           
             We
             take
             this
             to
             be
             the
             fundamentall
             and
             
             undenyable
             Maxime
             of
             all
             Order
             to
             be
             kept
             i●
             teaching
             of
             Sciences
             ,
             and
             educating
             of
             youth
             unto
             any
             part
             of
             Learning
             :
             Viz.
             
             That
             the
             whole
             way
             of
             his
             Undertaking
             must
             be
             mad●
             answerable
             unto
             the
             nature
             of
             the
             End
             ,
             an●
             proportionat
             unto
             the
             property
             of
             the
             Meane●
             and
             Parts
             of
             Learning
             :
             and
             whatsoever
             i●
             not
             subordinat
             unto
             that
             ,
             and
             proportion●
             unto
             these
             ,
             is
             done
             irrationally
             and
             unprofi●tably
             towards
             the
             advancement
             of
             Lear●ning
             .
             The
             Grounds
             therefore
             from
             when●
             we
             shall
             gather
             all
             our
             Rules
             to
             direct
             us
             i●
             the
             true
             Method
             of
             profiting
             ,
             are
             Three
             ;
             the
             first
             ,
             concerning
             the
             End
             ;
             the
             scond
             ,
             concer●ning
             the
             Meanes
             ;
             the
             Third
             ,
             concernin●
             the
             Parts
             of
             Learning
             .
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             End
             of
             Learning
             .
          
           
             The
             true
             End
             of
             all
             Humane
             Learning
             ●
             to
             supply
             in
             our selves
             and
             others
             the
             defect●
             which
             proceed
             from
             our
             Ignorance
             of
             the
             n●●ture
             and
             use
             of
             the
             Creatures
             ,
             and
             the
             diso●●derliness
             of
             our
             naturall
             faculties
             in
             usi●
             them
             and
             reflecting
             upon
             them
             .
          
           
             From
             this
             Truth
             follow
             these
             Rules
             ●
             Teaching
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             nothing
             is
             to
             be
             counted
             a
             Mat●
             of
             true
             Learning
             amongst
             men
             ,
             which
             is
             n●
             directly
             serviceable
             unto
             Mankind
             towar●●he
             
             supply
             of
             some
             of
             these
             defects
             ,
             which
             de●rive
             us
             of
             some
             part
             of
             our
             naturall
             Hap●iness
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             if
             any
             doth
             Teach
             or
             Learne
             any
             ●cience
             for
             any
             other
             end
             but
             this
             ;
             he
             doth
             by
             the
             false
             end
             ,
             which
             he
             proposeth
             to
             him●●lf
             in
             Teaching
             or
             Learning
             )
             pervert
             the
             Truth
             either
             of
             the
             Science
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Method
             ●ereof
             ,
             or
             of
             both
             :
             by
             which
             meanes
             ,
             the
             ●emedie
             of
             our
             disease
             being
             spoiled
             ;
             he
             ma●eth
             so
             farre
             as
             in
             him
             lyeth
             our
             sickness
             in●rable
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             none
             ought
             to
             be
             taught
             any
             ●atter
             of
             science
             ,
             before
             he
             doth
             understand
             ●e
             true
             end
             ,
             wherefore
             he
             is
             to
             learne
             it
             ,
             and
             ●ow
             he
             ought
             to
             use
             it
             ▪
             towards
             that
             end
             :
             for
             ●
             he
             be
             ignorant
             of
             these
             two
             ,
             he
             will
             not
             ●nly
             lose
             his
             labour
             ;
             but
             may
             become
             hurt●ll
             to
             himself
             and
             others
             by
             his
             knowledge
             .
             
               ●or
               as
               a
               thorne
               goeth
               up
               into
               the
               hand
               of
               a
               ●unkard
               ;
               so
               is
               a
               parable
               in
               the
               mouth
               of
               fools
               .
               ●rov
               .
            
             26.9
             .
             And
             at
             the
             best
             he
             will
             be
             un●rviceable
             and
             disproportionat
             to
             others
             in
             ●s
             walking
             therby
             :
             
               For
               as
               the
               legs
               of
               the
               ●me
               are
               not
               equall
               ,
               so
               will
               a
               parable
               be
               in
               the
               ●outh
               of
               a
               foole
               Prov.
            
             16.7
             .
             Now
             ,
             he
             is
             a
             ●ole
             who
             knoweth
             not
             the
             end
             and
             use
             of
             ●e
             things
             which
             he
             hath
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             That
             to
             marshall
             sciences
             rightly
             ,
             that
             they
             ●ay
             be
             taught
             orderly
             and
             profitably
             ;
             The
             
             subordination
             of
             their
             severall
             ends
             to
             eac●
             other
             (
             as
             they
             jointly
             relate
             unto
             man
             to
             sup●ply
             his
             defects
             )
             and
             the
             way
             of
             teaching
             the
             same
             (
             as
             it
             is
             sutable
             to
             the
             Capacity
             of
             thos●
             that
             are
             to
             be
             taught
             )
             must
             be
             observed
             :
             so
             if
             these
             things
             be
             not
             observed
             ;
             either
             the
             sciences
             will
             be
             made
             useless
             to
             each
             other
             ,
             o●
             all
             of
             them
             ,
             to
             him
             that
             is
             taught
             .
             For
             ,
             ho●
             can
             he
             ,
             that
             teacheth
             them
             ,
             benefit
             his
             Scho●lars
             therby
             ?
             For
             the
             Encyclopedia
             of
             Scienc●
             must
             answer
             the
             whe●l
             of
             humane
             facultie
             and
             this
             wheel
             must
             answer
             the
             Circle
             of
             the
             Creatures
             whence
             man
             is
             to
             supply
             his
             d●●fects
             .
             As
             then
             in
             a
             watch
             ,
             one
             wheel
             right
             set
             ,
             doth
             with
             its
             teeth
             take
             hold
             of
             anothe●
             and
             sets
             that
             a
             work
             towards
             a
             third
             ;
             and
             all
             move
             one
             by
             another
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             〈◊〉
             their
             right
             places
             for
             the
             end
             for
             which
             〈◊〉
             watch
             is
             made
             :
             so
             is
             it
             with
             the
             Faculties
             〈◊〉
             the
             humane
             nature
             ,
             being
             rightly
             ordered
             〈◊〉
             the
             ends
             for
             which
             God
             hath
             created
             the●
             but
             ,
             contrarywise
             ,
             if
             the
             wheels
             be
             not
             right
             set
             ,
             or
             the
             watch
             duly
             wound
             up
             ;
             it
             is
             useless
             ●
             him
             that
             hath
             it
             ;
             and
             so
             it
             is
             with
             the
             Facult●
             of
             Man
             ;
             if
             his
             wheels
             be
             not
             rightly
             order
             and
             wound
             up
             by
             the
             ends
             of
             Sciences
             in
             the
             subordination
             ;
             leading
             him
             to
             employ
             ●
             same
             ,
             according
             to
             his
             Capacity
             ,
             to
             make
             ●
             of
             the
             Creatures
             for
             that
             wherunto
             〈◊〉
             hath
             made
             them
             ;
             he
             becomes
             not
             only
             usele●●●ut
             
             even
             a
             burthen
             ,
             and
             hurtfull
             unto
             him●elf
             and
             others
             by
             the
             misusing
             of
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             Means
             of
             Learning
             .
          
           
             The
             true
             Means
             by
             which
             all
             Humane
             ●ciences
             are
             attainable
             ,
             are
             three
             ,
             and
             no
             ●ore
             :
             The
             First
             ,
             is
             Sense
             ;
             the
             second
             ,
             Tradi●on
             ;
             the
             third
             ,
             Reason
             .
          
           
             Sense
             is
             the
             first
             ,
             because
             it
             conveighs
             unto
             ●ur
             Imagination
             the
             shapes
             and
             images
             of
             all
             ●ings
             ,
             which
             memory
             doth
             keep
             in
             store
             ,
             that
             ●eason
             may
             make
             use
             thereof
             .
             nor
             can
             any
             Tradition
             be
             entertained
             with
             profit
             ,
             but
             ●at
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Imagination
             hath
             received
             ●om
             Sense
             the
             originall
             representations
             .
          
           
             Tradition
             is
             the
             second
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             no●ing
             else
             ,
             but
             a
             Communication
             of
             those
             ●bservations
             which
             others
             have
             made
             of
             the
             ●reatures
             ,
             wherby
             our
             want
             of
             knowledge
             ●
             them
             is
             supplyed
             .
             For
             we
             ought
             ,
             
               To
               En●ire
               of
               the
               former
               Age
               ,
               and
               be
               willing
               to
               ●ake
               search
               of
               their
               Fathers
               ;
               because
               we
               are
               ●ut
               of
               yesterday
               and
               know
               nothing
               ,
               and
               our
               ●yes
               upon
               Earth
               are
               a
               shadow
               .
               Job
               .
            
             8.8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Reason
             is
             the
             third
             and
             last
             Means
             of
             ●umane
             Learning
             ,
             because
             it
             makes
             use
             of
             ●
             the
             reports
             of
             our
             Senses
             ,
             and
             of
             other
             ●ens
             Tradition
             ;
             and
             without
             these
             it
             can
             ●ake
             no
             inferences
             to
             enlarge
             knowledge
             ,
             or
             
             teach
             us
             the
             right
             use
             of
             Creatures
             for
             necessary
             occasions
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             subordination
             of
             these
             Means
             to
             one
             another
             ,
             and
             their
             properties
             to
             advance
             us
             unto
             Learning
             ;
             we
             shall
             gather
             these
             following
             Rules
             of
             teaching
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Arts
             or
             Sciences
             which
             may
             be
             received
             by
             meer
             Sense
             should
             not
             be
             taught
             any
             other
             way
             :
             for
             it
             is
             no
             wisdome
             to
             make
             work
             to
             our selves
             :
             
               Frustra
               fit
               per
               plura
               quod
               fieri
               potest
               per
               pauciora
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             Whatsoever
             in
             any
             Art
             or
             Science
             can
             be
             made
             obvious
             unto
             Sense
             ,
             is
             first
             to
             be
             made
             Use
             of
             ,
             as
             a
             Precognition
             unto
             that
             which
             is
             to
             be
             delivered
             by
             way
             of
             Traditionall
             o●
             Rationall
             precept
             .
          
           
             3
             As
             in
             Nature
             Sense
             is
             the
             servant
             of
             Imagination
             ;
             Imagination
             of
             Memory
             ;
             Memory
             of
             Reason
             :
             so
             in
             teaching
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             we
             must
             set
             these
             Faculties
             a
             work
             in
             this
             Order
             towards
             their
             proper
             Objects
             in
             every
             thing
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             be
             taught
             :
             whence
             this
             will
             follow
             ,
             that
             as
             the
             Faculties
             of
             Mans
             soul
             naturally
             perfect
             each
             other
             by
             their
             mutuall
             subordination
             :
             so
             the
             Arts
             which
             perfect
             those
             Faculties
             should
             bee
             gradually
             suggested
             ,
             and
             the
             Objects
             wherewith
             the
             Faculties
             are
             to
             be
             conversant
             according
             to
             the
             Rules
             of
             Art
             should
             be
             offered
             in
             that
             Order
             ,
             which
             is
             answerable
             to
             their
             proper
             ends
             
             and
             uses
             and
             not
             otherwise
             :
             for
             the
             proportion
             of
             every
             thing
             to
             its
             owne
             end
             ,
             doth
             determine
             the
             order
             and
             place
             wherin
             we
             are
             to
             make
             use
             of
             it
             :
             for
             nothing
             is
             truly
             Usefull
             ,
             but
             as
             it
             is
             ,
             in
             its
             naturall
             place
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             As
             Childrens
             Faculties
             break
             forth
             in
             them
             ,
             by
             degrees
             to
             be
             vigorous
             with
             their
             years
             and
             the
             grouth
             of
             their
             Bodyes
             ;
             so
             they
             are
             to
             be
             filled
             with
             Objects
             whereof
             they
             are
             capable
             ,
             and
             plyed
             with
             Arts
             :
             whence
             followeth
             that
             while
             Children
             are
             not
             capable
             of
             the
             Acts
             of
             Reasoning
             ;
             the
             Method
             of
             filling
             their
             Senses
             and
             Imaginations
             with
             outward
             Objects
             should
             be
             plyed
             :
             Nor
             is
             their
             Memory
             at
             this
             time
             to
             be
             charged
             further
             with
             any
             Objects
             then
             their
             Imagination
             rightly
             ordered
             and
             fixed
             ,
             doth
             of
             it self
             impresse
             the
             same
             upon
             them
             .
             Moreover
             hence
             followeth
             ,
             that
             no
             Generall
             Rules
             are
             to
             be
             given
             unto
             any
             ,
             concerning
             any
             thing
             either
             to
             be
             known
             or
             practised
             according
             to
             the
             Rule
             of
             any
             Art
             or
             Science
             ;
             till
             Sense
             Imagination
             and
             Memory
             have
             received
             their
             Impressions
             concerning
             that
             wherunto
             the
             Rule
             is
             to
             be
             applyed
             ;
             and
             so
             farre
             as
             those
             faculties
             are
             stored
             with
             matters
             of
             Observation
             ,
             so
             farre
             Rules
             may
             be
             given
             to
             direct
             the
             mind
             in
             the
             use
             of
             the
             same
             and
             no
             further
             .
             Lastly
             hence
             followeth
             ,
             That
             the
             Arts
             or
             Sciences
             which
             flow
             not
             immediatly
             from
             
             particular
             and
             sensuall
             objects
             ,
             but
             tend
             immediatly
             to
             direct
             the
             universall
             Acts
             of
             Reasoning
             ,
             must
             be
             taught
             after
             all
             the
             rest
             :
             because
             their
             Use
             is
             to
             Regulat
             that
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             make
             Use
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             ,
             viz.
             the
             Rational
             faculty
             ;
             therefore
             it
             is
             a
             very
             absurd
             and
             preposterous
             Course
             to
             teach
             Logick
             and
             Metaphisicks
             before
             or
             with
             other
             Humane
             Sciences
             ,
             which
             depend
             more
             upon
             Sense
             and
             Imagination
             then
             Reasoning
             .
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             Parts
             of
             Learning
             .
          
           
             The
             Parts
             of
             Humane
             Learning
             wherin
             Children
             are
             to
             be
             exercised
             are
             first
             the
             grounds
             and
             precepts
             of
             profitable
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             Tongues
             which
             are
             most
             usefull
             to
             enlarge
             the
             knowledge
             thereof
             .
          
           
             By
             profitable
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             ,
             we
             meane
             all
             matters
             of
             knowledge
             which
             direct
             man
             to
             the
             right
             use
             of
             all
             Creatures
             ,
             and
             the
             ordering
             of
             his
             owne
             Faculties
             about
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             Tongues
             which
             are
             ordinarily
             most
             usefull
             to
             enlarge
             the
             knowledge
             of
             these
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             ,
             are
             Latin
             and
             Greek
             ;
             and
             that
             which
             in
             an
             extraordinary
             way
             will
             in
             due
             time
             be
             usefull
             heerunto
             ,
             is
             Hebrew
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Orientall
             Tongues
             which
             are
             a
             kinne
             unto
             it
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             these
             parts
             of
             Learning
             ,
             
             we
             lay
             down
             these
             Maximes
             as
             grounds
             of
             teaching
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             are
             immediatly
             usefull
             by
             themselves
             to
             restore
             the
             defects
             of
             our
             nature
             by
             the
             Creatures
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Tongues
             are
             no
             further
             finally
             usefull
             then
             to
             enlarge
             Traditionall
             Learning
             ;
             and
             without
             their
             subordination
             unto
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             ,
             they
             are
             worth
             nothing
             towards
             the
             advancement
             of
             our
             Happiness
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Immediat
             Use
             of
             Tongues
             is
             only
             to
             Understand
             what
             others
             say
             to
             us
             ,
             according
             to
             their
             custome
             of
             speaking
             ;
             and
             to
             expresse
             our
             mind
             unto
             them
             significantly
             according
             to
             our
             custome
             .
          
           
             From
             these
             Maximes
             we
             gather
             these
             following
             Rules
             of
             Teaching
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             teaching
             of
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             suspended
             upon
             the
             teaching
             of
             unknown
             Tongues
             ,
             but
             made
             familiar
             unto
             the
             childrens
             capacity
             in
             their
             Mother-Tongue
             first
             ;
             and
             afterward
             enlarged
             by
             the
             Use
             of
             other
             Tongues
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             which
             lead
             us
             most
             directly
             unto
             the
             Use
             of
             the
             creatures
             without
             any
             reflexion
             upon
             our
             own
             Faculties
             are
             first
             to
             be
             taught
             ;
             because
             they
             may
             be
             taken
             up
             by
             the
             simple
             Acts
             of
             Sense
             ,
             Imagination
             and
             Memory
             ,
             without
             much
             Reasoning
             .
          
           
           
             3.
             
             The
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             which
             lead
             us
             to
             reflect
             upon
             the
             use
             of
             our
             owne
             Faculties
             ,
             are
             not
             to
             be
             taught
             ,
             till
             we
             are
             fully
             acquainted
             with
             their
             proper
             Objects
             ,
             and
             the
             direct
             ●cts
             of
             the
             Faculties
             about
             them
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             knowledge
             of
             Tongues
             is
             the
             proper
             effect
             of
             Memory
             ,
             and
             not
             of
             any
             Reasoning
             abilitie
             ,
             because
             they
             depend
             upon
             the
             Observation
             only
             of
             that
             which
             is
             the
             constant
             custome
             of
             people
             ;
             and
             not
             upon
             any
             rationall
             inducement
             why
             they
             do
             so
             .
             whence
             followeth
             .
             1.
             
             That
             those
             things
             which
             are
             most
             helpfull
             and
             subservient
             unto
             memory
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             set
             a
             work
             in
             teaching
             Languages
             ;
             rather
             then
             those
             that
             employ
             the
             Judgement
             .
             2.
             
             That
             the
             wayes
             which
             fix
             and
             order
             the
             Imagination
             most
             effectually
             towards
             the
             sound
             of
             the
             words
             and
             the
             thing
             signified
             therby
             ,
             are
             most
             advantageous
             to
             this
             way
             of
             teaching
             .
             3.
             
             That
             the
             teaching
             of
             words
             ,
             is
             no
             further
             Usefull
             then
             the
             things
             signified
             therby
             are
             familiar
             to
             the
             Imaginatiō
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             teaching
             of
             Rules
             before
             the
             Materiall
             sense
             of
             the
             words
             is
             known
             ,
             or
             before
             the
             formall
             coherence
             of
             things
             which
             their
             construction
             is
             to
             represent
             in
             a
             Sentence
             ,
             can
             be
             apprehended
             ;
             is
             wholly
             preposterous
             and
             unprofitable
             to
             the
             Memory
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             So
             farre
             as
             children
             are
             capable
             of
             Traditionall
             knowledge
             :
             so
             farre
             in
             every
             degree
             
             of
             Science
             they
             may
             be
             taught
             the
             Tongues
             which
             serve
             for
             that
             Use
             ;
             but
             till
             they
             be
             fitted
             for
             the
             one
             ,
             the
             other
             is
             Useless
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Whatsoever
             in
             the
             teaching
             of
             Tongues
             doth
             not
             tend
             to
             make
             them
             a
             help
             unto
             Traditionall
             knowledge
             ,
             by
             the
             manifestation
             of
             Reall
             Truths
             in
             Sciences
             ,
             is
             superfluous
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             be
             insisted
             upon
             ,
             especially
             towards
             Children
             .
             whence
             followeth
             that
             the
             Curious
             study
             of
             Criticismes
             ,
             and
             observation
             of
             Styles
             ●n
             Authors
             ,
             and
             of
             straines
             of
             wit
             ,
             which
             speak
             ●othing
             of
             Reality
             in
             Sciences
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             left
             ●o
             such
             as
             delight
             in
             vanityes
             more
             then
             in
             Truths
             .
          
           
             From
             these
             Maximes
             and
             Rules
             the
             Ra●ionality
             of
             the
             ensuing
             Method
             may
             be
             made
             ●ut
             to
             the
             full
             ,
             if
             time
             did
             permit
             ;
             but
             we
             shall
             ●ot
             insist
             upon
             that
             now
             :
             only
             we
             shall
             shew
             ●hat
             by
             them
             we
             are
             led
             to
             teach
             and
             consider
             ●atters
             of
             Learning
             in
             this
             Order
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             to
             consider
             the
             Children
             that
             are
             to
             ●e
             taught
             ;
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             Things
             which
             are
             to
             ●e
             taught
             unto
             them
             ;
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             Manner
             ●nd
             way
             of
             teaching
             the
             same
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             Children
             ;
             we
             must
             reflect
             ●pon
             their
             ordinary
             Capacities
             ,
             and
             distin●uish
             the
             same
             into
             their
             naturall
             degrees
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             Things
             which
             are
             to
             be
             ●aught
             ;
             we
             must
             reflect
             upon
             a
             twofold
             pro●ortion
             therin
             ▪
             first
             ,
             we
             must
             find
             out
             that
             
             which
             is
             proportionat
             to
             the
             degree
             of
             every
             ones
             Capacity
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             we
             must
             order
             every
             thing
             which
             is
             sutable
             to
             each
             Capacity
             ,
             proportionally
             to
             the
             end
             for
             which
             it
             is
             to
             be
             taught
             ,
             as
             in
             its
             proper
             place
             it
             is
             subordinat●
             unto
             other
             things
             ,
             which
             must
             follow
             in
             the
             Course
             of
             Education
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             the
             way
             and
             manner
             of
             teaching
             and
             proposing
             the
             same
             ;
             we
             must
             studie
             by
             the
             properties
             of
             Things
             to
             be
             taught
             ,
             to
             find
             all
             manner
             of
             advantages
             ;
             and
             according
             to
             circumstances
             determine
             the
             way
             which
             will
             bring
             no
             losse
             of
             time
             ,
             nor
             be
             wearisom●
             and
             tedious
             to
             the
             Children
             ,
             and
             which
             wil●
             make
             the
             matters
             taught
             most
             easie
             for
             the●
             apprehension
             ,
             and
             delightfull
             to
             their
             affections
             in
             apprehending
             the
             same
             .
             For
             ,
             I
             suppose
             that
             this
             Conclusion
             in
             this
             matter
             is
             a●
             firme
             ,
             as
             any
             Mathematicall
             Demonstratio●
             in
             other
             matters
             .
             viz
             :
             If
             all
             degrees
             of
             Childrens
             Capacities
             be
             fitted
             with
             proper
             Objects
             ,
             if
             none
             of
             the
             Things
             ,
             which
             any
             〈◊〉
             their
             Faculties
             can
             receive
             ,
             be
             left
             untaugh●
             if
             no
             time
             be
             lost
             in
             teaching
             ,
             nor
             any
             thi●
             offered
             before
             it
             be
             seasonable
             ,
             if
             that
             whic●
             is
             taught
             in
             the
             first
             place
             be
             not
             disiointe●
             from
             that
             which
             followeth
             after
             ,
             but
             made
             〈◊〉
             steppe
             therunto
             .
          
           
             If
             all
             matters
             offered
             ,
             by
             their
             conjunctio●
             make
             him
             that
             receiveth
             them
             a
             perfect
             ma●●eading
             
             him
             without
             distraction
             to
             his
             true
             end
             :
             and
             if
             no
             servile
             constraint
             be
             laid
             upon
             the
             inclination
             of
             him
             that
             is
             taught
             ,
             by
             forcible
             meanes
             to
             break
             his
             Spirits
             :
             but
             his
             af●ections
             raised
             to
             a
             delightfull
             willingness
             ,
             to
             ●eceive
             that
             which
             is
             offered
             ;
             by
             allurements
             ●nd
             generous
             insinuations
             readily
             .
          
           
             If
             (
             I
             say
             )
             all
             these
             things
             be
             observed
             ,
             in
             the
             Course
             of
             Teaching
             ;
             then
             little
             or
             no●hing
             will
             be
             wanting
             ,
             which
             can
             be
             wished
             ●or
             towards
             the
             advancement
             of
             learning
             in
             ●his
             way
             ,
             or
             can
             be
             prosecuted
             by
             rationall
             ●ndevours
             and
             humane
             Industry
             .
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             Ordinary
             degrees
             of
             Childrens
             naturall
             Capacities
             .
          
           
             Till
             a
             Childs
             tongue
             be
             untyed
             and
             confirmed
             in
             some
             measure
             to
             speak
             and
             imitate
             the
             ordinary
             Sounds
             of
             speech
             ;
             he
             is
             to
             be
             ●ounted
             an
             infant
             .
             and
             this
             ordinarily
             is
             not
             ●ll
             Children
             be
             four
             or
             five
             yeeres
             old
             :
             ●et
             ,
             before
             this
             time
             their
             Senses
             are
             awake
             ,
             ●heir
             Imagination
             is
             not
             idle
             ;
             and
             therefore
             ●ught
             to
             be
             exercised
             with
             some
             Objects
             fitt
             ●r
             the
             framing
             of
             their
             Memory
             towards
             ●ture
             preparatives
             of
             Learning
             .
          
           
             From
             the
             time
             of
             Infancy
             ,
             till
             the
             age
             of
             ●entie
             ;
             there
             are
             three
             different
             degrees
             of
             ●apacities
             ,
             which
             ordinarily
             shew
             themselves
             
             in
             three
             periods
             of
             yeeres
             ;
             from
             foure
             or
             five
             ,
             till
             eight
             or
             nine
             ,
             is
             the
             first
             ,
             from
             eight
             or
             nine
             ,
             till
             thirteen
             or
             fourteen
             ,
             is
             the
             second
             ▪
             and
             from
             thirteen
             or
             fourteen
             ,
             till
             ninetee●
             or
             twenty
             ,
             is
             the
             third
             period
             of
             Capacity
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             of
             these
             periods
             ,
             the
             Capacity
             of
             Children
             is
             none
             other
             but
             Sense
             and
             Imagination
             ,
             with
             the
             beginnings
             of
             Memory
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             second
             ,
             it
             is
             Imagination
             and
             Me●mory
             with
             the
             beginnings
             of
             Reasoning
             ,
             an●
             now
             we
             count
             him
             past
             Childhood
             ,
             and
             becomes
             a
             youth
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             third
             ,
             he
             is
             Capable
             of
             all
             the
             Acts
             〈◊〉
             Reasoning
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Principles
             of
             Judge●ment
             and
             Prudencie
             ;
             wherby
             he
             ought
             t●
             order
             himself
             in
             all
             things
             aright
             toward
             God
             and
             Man
             .
             And
             when
             a
             Schollar
             〈◊〉
             brought
             thus
             farre
             ,
             he
             is
             not
             to
             be
             under
             Tutors
             any
             longer
             :
             and
             till
             he
             be
             brought
             th●●
             farre
             ,
             he
             is
             not
             safe
             ,
             without
             some
             Tutori●●
             and
             Discipline
             .
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             Things
             to
             be
             taught
             to
             each
             degree
             of
             Capacity
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             while
             a
             Child
             is
             capable
             of
             nothi●●
             but
             what
             he
             receiveth
             by
             Sense
             and
             upon
             t●●
             similitudes
             of
             sensuall
             Objects
             ,
             by
             Imagination
             ;
             nothing
             is
             to
             be
             offered
             unto
             his
             Memo●
             but
             what
             can
             enter
             in
             ,
             by
             those
             dores
             .
             Here
             t●●
             he
             is
             to
             be
             taught
             .
          
           
           
             1.
             
             To
             speake
             his
             Mother-Tongue
             ,
             di●tinctly
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             To
             read
             his
             Mother-Tongue
             readily
             ,
             ●telligibly
             ,
             and
             without
             any
             affectat
             Chil●ish
             tone
             ,
             with
             his
             owne
             naturall
             sound
             of
             ●peech
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             To
             write
             his
             owne
             Mother-Tongue
             le●bly
             ;
             or
             any
             other
             Tongue
             what
             soever
             ,
             ●s
             to
             the
             forming
             of
             any
             Letters
             after
             a
             Copye
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             To
             draw
             all
             manner
             of
             Lines
             and
             Ma●hematicall
             Figures
             with
             a
             Ruler
             and
             com●asses
             ;
             and
             other
             Lines
             and
             Figures
             ,
             which
             ●re
             the
             Rudiments
             of
             Painting
             to
             represent
             the
             lineaments
             and
             features
             of
             things
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             To
             know
             the
             signification
             of
             all
             Numericall
             Figures
             ;
             and
             to
             observe
             by
             the
             eye
             ,
             ●are
             and
             hand
             ,
             the
             differences
             of
             Things
             in
             re●●ect
             of
             their
             number
             ,
             their
             parts
             ,
             their
             quan●●ties
             ,
             their
             measures
             ,
             their
             proportions
             and
             ●isproportions
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             To
             take
             notice
             of
             all
             Things
             offered
             to
             ●is
             Senses
             ;
             to
             know
             their
             proper
             names
             ,
             to
             ●bserve
             their
             shapes
             ;
             and
             to
             make
             circum●antiall
             descriptions
             thereof
             by
             word
             of
             ●outh
             ,
             and
             painting
             in
             black
             and
             white
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             To
             mind
             ,
             and
             repeate
             the
             things
             which
             ●re
             to
             be
             related
             unto
             him
             ;
             which
             should
             be
             the
             Generall
             Heads
             of
             the
             History
             of
             the
             ●orld
             ;
             whereof
             the
             ground
             work
             should
             be
             
             the
             Historicall
             Cathechisme
             of
             the
             Bibl●
             and
             the
             superstructure
             ,
             a
             description
             of
             t●
             Parts
             of
             the
             world
             ;
             of
             the
             Things
             that
             〈◊〉
             therin
             ;
             and
             especially
             of
             the
             Nations
             of
             〈◊〉
             earth
             ;
             and
             the
             Chiefest
             Revolutions
             a●
             Changes
             which
             are
             befallen
             to
             his
             owne
             N●●tion
             since
             the
             beginning
             thereof
             .
          
           
             These
             things
             ought
             to
             be
             taught
             unto
             Ch●●●dren
             before
             they
             come
             to
             any
             of
             the
             Ushe●
             belonging
             to
             the
             Association
             ;
             for
             (
             none
             un●
             eight
             or
             nine
             )
             ought
             to
             be
             brought
             unto
             the●
             except
             they
             be
             sufficiently
             qualified
             before
             th●●
             age
             with
             these
             endowments
             :
             and
             that
             the
             things
             may
             be
             taught
             sufficiently
             ,
             as
             a
             prepa●●●tive
             for
             their
             future
             education
             in
             Sciences
             ;
             peculiar
             School
             should
             be
             appointed
             as
             a
             N●●●sery
             not
             farre
             from
             the
             place
             of
             the
             Soc●e●●
             wherin
             Children
             of
             this
             Age
             should
             be
             train●●
             up
             according
             to
             the
             Directions
             which
             may
             〈◊〉
             given
             to
             that
             effect
             :
             and
             although
             the
             Gove●●nour
             should
             not
             be
             charged
             with
             any
             peculi●●
             inspection
             over
             them
             ;
             yet
             he
             might
             be
             oblig●
             to
             repaire
             thither
             at
             certain
             convenient
             ti●●
             to
             helpe
             with
             Counsell
             ,
             by
             conferring
             wi●
             those
             that
             should
             teach
             them
             these
             things
             ,
             a●●
             to
             oversee
             their
             way
             ,
             and
             direct
             them
             chie●
             in
             point
             of
             Manners
             ;
             how
             to
             prevent
             e●●
             Habits
             ,
             and
             the
             Customes
             of
             perverse
             incl●●nations
             ,
             which
             then
             beginne
             to
             take
             head
             an●
             discover
             themselves
             :
             and
             for
             want
             of
             d●prevention
             
             become
             ordinarily
             a
             great
             prejudice
             to
             their
             Education
             in
             after
             times
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             from
             eight
             or
             nine
             ,
             till
             thirteen
             or
             fourteen
             ,
             a
             Childs
             Imagination
             and
             Memory
             is
             throughly
             to
             be
             cultivated
             and
             exercised
             ;
             supposing
             then
             ,
             that
             a
             Child
             can
             speake
             his
             Mother-Tongue
             distinctly
             and
             readily
             ,
             can
             read
             and
             write
             ,
             and
             hath
             gotten
             a
             generall
             view
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             is
             able
             to
             name
             that
             which
             is
             obvious
             to
             his
             Sense
             by
             its
             proper
             name
             in
             his
             Mother-Tongue
             :
             yet
             these
             impressions
             and
             shapes
             of
             Things
             are
             like
             a
             Chaos
             or
             confused
             masse
             of
             notions
             in
             his
             head
             .
             These
             now
             in
             the
             second
             Period
             of
             his
             Education
             are
             to
             be
             Ordered
             ,
             and
             his
             Memory
             so
             exercised
             about
             them
             ,
             as
             to
             prepare
             him
             to
             entertaine
             the
             Traditionall
             and
             Rationall
             Learning
             which
             in
             the
             third
             and
             last
             period
             of
             his
             education
             is
             to
             be
             delivered
             concerning
             them
             .
             Heer
             then
             the
             Children
             shall
             be
             exercised
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             In
             writing
             faire
             and
             readily
             ;
             and
             in
             drawing
             the
             pictures
             of
             Things
             whereof
             the
             Impressions
             are
             to
             be
             fixed
             in
             their
             Memories
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             In
             observing
             all
             Things
             Naturall
             and
             Artificiall
             extant
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             wherunto
             their
             Imagination
             shall
             be
             ledd
             in
             a
             certain
             Method
             ;
             to
             cause
             them
             reflect
             orderly
             upon
             them
             ,
             and
             observe
             in
             them
             their
             severall
             
             kindes
             ,
             coherences
             ,
             differences
             ,
             parts
             ,
             actions
             ▪
             properties
             ,
             uses
             ,
             and
             references
             unto
             Man
             by
             Trades
             and
             Manufactures
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             In
             Learning
             all
             the
             Names
             of
             the
             Things
             themselves
             and
             of
             that
             which
             doth
             belong
             unto
             them
             in
             Latin
             ,
             in
             Greek
             and
             in
             Hebrew
             ;
             which
             Tongues
             they
             shall
             withal●
             Learne
             to
             Reade
             and
             write
             ;
             and
             to
             Interpre●
             so
             farre
             ,
             as
             their
             experience
             in
             the
             observation
             of
             Things
             doth
             go
             ,
             and
             no
             further
             :
             For
             so
             farre
             their
             
               Janua's
            
             in
             each
             Tongue
             shall
             go
             and
             be
             offered
             to
             them
             
               pari
               passu
               ,
            
             with
             that
             which
             they
             have
             been
             taught
             to
             observe
             in
             the
             Things
             themselves
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             In
             the
             Practicall
             Parts
             of
             the
             Mathematicks
             ;
             wherin
             they
             shall
             be
             taught
             (
             togethe●
             with
             their
             Latin
             ,
             Greek
             ,
             and
             Hebrew
             names
             .
             )
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Geographicall
             Descriptions
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Kingdoms
             thereof
             in
             Globes
             and
             in
             plain
             Tables
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Astronomicall
             descriptions
             of
             the
             Heavens
             ,
             in
             Models
             ,
             Globes
             and
             plain
             Tables
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Arithmeticall
             Rules
             of
             Addition
             ,
             Substraction
             ,
             Multiplication
             ,
             Division
             ,
             the
             Reduction
             of
             Fractions
             ,
             and
             the
             Rule
             of
             Proportions
             called
             the
             Golden
             Rule
             ,
             and
             no
             further
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             Geometricall
             Doctrine
             of
             Lines
             ,
             Surfaces
             ,
             Bodyes
             ,
             and
             the
             Rules
             of
             Measuring
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             shewing
             their
             proportions
             ,
             together
             
             with
             the
             experimentall
             way
             of
             Measu●ing
             Land
             ,
             and
             the
             use
             of
             the
             Instruments
             be●onging
             to
             that
             part
             of
             Mathematicall
             studies
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             In
             the
             observation
             of
             Husbandry
             and
             Gardening
             ;
             of
             Fishing
             and
             Fouling
             ;
             and
             the
             generall
             Rules
             thereof
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             In
             the
             Anatomy
             of
             Mans
             Body
             by
             a
             Model
             and
             Picture
             of
             all
             his
             parts
             ,
             with
             their
             names
             in
             the
             Learned
             Tongues
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             In
             the
             Summary
             knowledge
             of
             the
             History
             of
             the
             four
             Monarchies
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             ●nd
             of
             their
             own
             Nation
             :
             together
             with
             a
             Brief
             of
             the
             History
             of
             the
             Church
             since
             Christs
             dayes
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             In
             the
             Rudiments
             and
             necessary
             Rules
             of
             Grammaticall
             constructions
             ;
             so
             farre
             as
             may
             inable
             them
             to
             interpret
             their
             
               Janua's
            
             whereof
             they
             shall
             have
             Learned
             the
             Single
             words
             with
             the
             observation
             of
             the
             Things
             ●hemselves
             :
             and
             these
             Rules
             in
             all
             the
             three
             Languages
             are
             to
             be
             given
             ,
             first
             in
             that
             wherin
             they
             agree
             ;
             and
             afterward
             in
             that
             wherin
             they
             differ
             :
             and
             exercised
             in
             the
             reciprocal
             Translations
             of
             their
             
               Janua's
            
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             from
             thirteen
             or
             fourteen
             ,
             till
             ninteen
             or
             twentie
             ;
             the
             things
             which
             are
             to
             be
             taught
             them
             ,
             and
             wherin
             they
             shall
             be
             exercised
             ,
             are
             all
             the
             Usefull
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             ,
             which
             may
             fitt
             them
             for
             any
             employment
             in
             Church
             and
             Common
             wealth
             .
             Here
             then
             
             all
             the
             Meanes
             of
             Traditionall
             and
             Rationall
             Learning
             are
             to
             be
             set
             a
             foot
             ;
             and
             to
             this
             effect
             they
             shall
             be
             taught
             their
             Gramma●
             Rules
             more
             exactly
             and
             fully
             then
             formerly
             ▪
             and
             brought
             to
             read
             Authors
             in
             all
             the
             Sciences
             whereof
             they
             have
             gained
             the
             foundations
             ;
             with
             directions
             how
             to
             observe
             the
             Marrow
             ,
             and
             Method
             of
             them
             ;
             and
             out
             of
             them
             to
             gather
             to
             themselves
             an
             Encyclopoedia
             .
             To
             this
             effect
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             Latine
             Authors
             of
             Agriculture
             Cato
             ,
             Varro
             ,
             Columella
             ,
             may
             be
             put
             into
             their
             hands
             by
             parcels
             ,
             to
             be
             an
             enlargement
             unto
             that
             which
             they
             have
             alreadie
             been
             taugh●
             concerning
             Husband●y
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Naturall
             History
             of
             Pliny
             an●
             Others
             ,
             by
             choice
             parcels
             are
             also
             to
             be
             perused
             by
             them
             ;
             and
             brought
             home
             to
             wha●
             they
             have
             formerly
             seen
             ;
             together
             which
             the
             Histories
             of
             Meteors
             ,
             Minerals
             ,
             
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             3.
             
             In
             like
             manner
             some
             Models
             and
             book●
             of
             Architecture
             ,
             Enginry
             ,
             Fortification
             ,
             Fire-works
             ,
             Weapons
             ,
             Military
             Discipline
             ▪
             and
             Navigation
             are
             to
             be
             lookt
             upon
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             Greek
             Authors
             of
             Morall
             Philosophie
             ,
             Epictetus
             ,
             ●ebes
             ,
             Arrianus
             ,
             Plato
             ,
             Xenophon
             ,
             Plutarch
             ;
             and
             some
             Latin
             Tract●
             in
             this
             kind
             should
             be
             read
             by
             them
             ;
             and
             a●
             account
             taken
             of
             their
             proficiencie
             therby
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             Doctrine
             of
             Oeconomicks
             ,
             of
             Civill
             
             Government
             ,
             and
             Naturall
             Justice
             and
             Equitie
             in
             the
             Laws
             of
             Nations
             should
             be
             offered
             unto
             them
             ;
             as
             the
             grounds
             of
             that
             
               Jurisprudentia
            
             whereof
             the
             summe
             is
             to
             be
             given
             out
             of
             the
             Institutions
             of
             Justinian
             and
             Regulae
             Juris
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             The
             Theorie
             of
             all
             the
             Mathematicks
             ,
             with
             the
             full
             Practise
             of
             that
             which
             was
             deficient
             in
             their
             former
             Institution
             ;
             where
             the
             Opticks
             with
             the
             Instruments
             belonging
             therunto
             ,
             and
             the
             Art
             of
             Dialing
             is
             to
             be
             entertained
             ;
             and
             in
             Arithmetick
             the
             way
             of
             keeping
             Accounts
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             The
             Principles
             of
             Naturall
             Philosophie
             and
             the
             main
             Grounds
             of
             Medicin
             ,
             with
             the
             Instruments
             of
             Distilling
             and
             other
             Chimicall
             Operations
             ,
             and
             the
             Art
             of
             Apothecaries
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             offered
             unto
             them
             partly
             in
             books
             ,
             partly
             in
             the
             Operations
             themselves
             by
             an
             ocular
             inspection
             thereof
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             drugges
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             The
             Art
             of
             Chirurgery
             described
             in
             books
             ,
             with
             an
             ocular
             inspection
             of
             all
             their
             tooles
             ,
             and
             Compositions
             of
             plaisters
             and
             ointments
             ,
             and
             the
             use
             thereof
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             The
             Rules
             of
             Logick
             ,
             Rhetorick
             and
             Poesie
             ;
             shewing
             them
             first
             how
             to
             Analyse
             Authors
             ,
             and
             observe
             their
             Art
             of
             Reason
             and
             Utterance
             to
             perswade
             :
             and
             then
             how
             to
             order
             their
             owne
             thoughts
             and
             expression
             ,
             to
             
             search
             out
             Truths
             and
             to
             declare
             the
             same
             ;
             Historically
             ,
             Philosophically
             ,
             Oratorically
             ,
             Poetically
             .
          
           
             10.
             
             Directions
             for
             the
             studye
             of
             all
             Humane
             Histories
             and
             what
             to
             observe
             in
             them
             ,
             for
             the
             attainement
             of
             Wisdome
             and
             Prudencie
             in
             the
             Government
             of
             a
             mans
             owne
             life
             ;
             where
             with
             the
             Directions
             to
             observe
             the
             wayes
             of
             others
             ;
             the
             Rules
             of
             Judgement
             ,
             Discretion
             ,
             Prudencie
             and
             Civill
             Conversation
             to
             order
             their
             owne
             wayes
             aright
             towards
             all
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             given
             unto
             them
             which
             is
             to
             be
             concluded
             with
             a
             speciall
             recognition
             and
             insight
             into
             Salomons
             Proverbs
             ,
             and
             Ecclesiastes
             .
             And
             so
             they
             are
             to
             be
             sent
             into
             the
             world
             to
             apply
             themselves
             to
             any
             employment
             ,
             or
             more
             particular
             study
             wherunto
             God
             shall
             call
             them
             .
             For
             now
             they
             will
             be
             fitted
             therunto
             so
             farre
             as
             Humane
             Industry
             can
             advance
             them
             .
          
           
             Amongst
             all
             these
             ,
             I
             have
             not
             mentioned
             Musick
             ▪
             Vocall
             and
             Instrumentall
             ,
             by
             it self
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             a
             part
             of
             the
             Mathematicks
             and
             the
             Practise
             thereof
             is
             to
             be
             insensibly
             at
             spare
             times
             brought
             in
             use
             amongst
             them
             as
             a
             part
             of
             their
             Recreations
             .
             Nor
             have
             I
             mentioned
             any
             Hebrew
             books
             which
             they
             should
             read
             ;
             because
             their
             daily
             reading
             of
             the
             Scriptures
             should
             be
             in
             Greek
             and
             in
             Hebrew
             :
             and
             their
             Analyticall
             exercises
             should
             be
             employed
             for
             
             the
             most
             part
             in
             resolving
             the
             Rationality
             of
             the
             Scripture
             about
             the
             most
             Materiall
             Doctrines
             of
             Divinity
             .
             Nor
             have
             I
             mentioned
             any
             particular
             Body
             of
             Divinity
             to
             be
             put
             into
             their
             hands
             ;
             because
             I
             speak
             only
             of
             the
             Method
             of
             Humane
             Learning
             ,
             how
             it
             should
             be
             delivered
             ;
             and
             no
             Divinity
             is
             to
             be
             taken
             up
             from
             the
             teaching
             of
             men
             :
             it
             is
             to
             be
             received
             from
             the
             Holy
             Scriptures
             alone
             :
             and
             the
             daily
             Catecheticall
             exercises
             and
             conferences
             which
             will
             be
             appointed
             for
             these
             of
             this
             third
             period
             ;
             will
             sufficiently
             by
             Gods
             blessing
             enable
             them
             in
             all
             the
             Truths
             of
             Divinity
             both
             Theoreticall
             and
             Practicall
             ;
             so
             that
             there
             will
             be
             no
             need
             of
             any
             other
             Institution
             in
             that
             kind
             .
          
           
             Thus
             I
             have
             done
             with
             all
             the
             Matters
             which
             are
             to
             be
             taught
             to
             each
             degree
             of
             Capacity
             within
             the
             period
             of
             the
             years
             appointed
             for
             their
             education
             :
             now
             followeth
             the
             Last
             point
             of
             this
             Method
             ;
             how
             all
             this
             is
             to
             be
             taught
             and
             expedited
             within
             the
             time
             appointed
             with
             ease
             and
             delight
             .
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             Manner
             and
             way
             of
             Teaching
             all
             these
             things
             ,
             to
             Each
             Capacity
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             Manner
             of
             Teaching
             ,
             experience
             will
             bring
             the
             way
             unto
             perfection
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             prosecuted
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Maximes
             ,
             and
             
             Rules
             heretofore
             mentioned
             ,
             in
             a
             Constan●
             Course
             .
             And
             to
             be
             able
             to
             put
             the
             design
             in
             Practise
             ;
             three
             main
             things
             must
             be
             ordered
             :
             first
             the
             taskes
             of
             both
             the
             lesser
             and
             the
             greater
             parts
             of
             the
             work
             must
             be
             determined
             according
             to
             times
             and
             seasons
             ;
             what
             and
             when
             every
             thing
             is
             to
             be
             done
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             way
             of
             proposing
             to
             the
             Schollars
             that
             which
             they
             are
             to
             receive
             ,
             and
             of
             entertaining
             them
             to
             dwell
             upon
             it
             ,
             till
             it
             be
             fixed
             in
             their
             mindes
             ,
             must
             be
             regulated
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             meanes
             and
             instruments
             wherby
             ,
             all
             taskes
             are
             to
             be
             performed
             on
             all
             hands
             ,
             both
             by
             those
             that
             propose
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             receive
             and
             entertaine
             Learning
             ,
             are
             to
             be
             had
             in
             a
             readiness
             and
             ordered
             for
             Use
             .
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             Taskes
             what
             and
             when
             every
             thing
             is
             to
             be
             done
             .
          
           
             Salomon
             tels
             us
             ,
             that
             
               There
               is
               a
               season
               to
               every
               thing
               ,
               and
               a
               time
               to
               every
               purpose
               under
               the
               heaven
               ;
               Eccles.
               c.
            
             3.
             
               v.
            
             1.
             
               and
               v.
            
             11.
             and
             that
             God
             hath
             made
             every
             thing
             beautifull
             and
             consequently
             ,
             delightfull
             and
             acceptable
             ,
             in
             its
             proper
             time
             .
             If
             then
             we
             can
             discerne
             this
             time
             ,
             and
             determine
             the
             work
             to
             be
             done
             in
             it
             we
             shall
             find
             successe
             in
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             ease
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             Period
             ,
             from
             five
             till
             nine
             ;
             an
             Order
             of
             taskes
             must
             be
             observed
             in
             the
             preparatorie
             School
             ,
             aswell
             as
             in
             the
             other
             following
             .
             
             but
             now
             we
             shall
             not
             speak
             thereof
             ,
             because
             we
             suppose
             that
             such
             a
             School
             cannot
             be
             had
             speedily
             ;
             and
             that
             we
             must
             take
             such
             Scholars
             at
             first
             as
             can
             be
             had
             ,
             till
             Schoolmasters
             be
             trained
             up
             who
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             follow
             the
             Directions
             which
             may
             be
             given
             for
             the
             training
             up
             of
             Children
             in
             such
             a
             Nursery
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             second
             Period
             ,
             from
             eight
             or
             nine
             ,
             till
             thirteen
             or
             fourteen
             ,
             we
             have
             five
             years
             ,
             to
             bestow
             upon
             the
             Objects
             of
             Learning
             which
             are
             proper
             to
             that
             Age
             and
             Capacity
             ,
             whereof
             the
             Perfection
             is
             nothing
             else
             but
             Memory
             .
             These
             five
             years
             shall
             be
             divided
             into
             three
             parts
             ,
             whereof
             the
             first
             and
             second
             shall
             each
             comprehend
             two
             years
             ;
             and
             the
             third
             ,
             one
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             part
             (
             that
             is
             in
             the
             two
             first
             years
             of
             this
             period
             )
             they
             shall
             be
             led
             through
             all
             the
             Objects
             of
             Fancy
             and
             Memory
             belonging
             to
             that
             Period
             in
             the
             Method
             ;
             which
             shall
             be
             prescribed
             unto
             the
             Ushers
             :
             and
             to
             every
             thing
             which
             shall
             be
             shewed
             them
             by
             their
             Ushers
             ;
             the
             Latin
             and
             Greek
             names
             shall
             be
             added
             and
             commended
             unto
             their
             Remembrance
             .
             so
             that
             here
             ,
             in
             these
             two
             first
             years
             they
             shall
             be
             obliged
             to
             runne
             over
             all
             the
             taskes
             of
             the
             whole
             period
             ,
             to
             take
             up
             the
             Ideas
             thereof
             ,
             and
             keep
             them
             in
             memory
             with
             their
             two
             Learned
             names
             only
             .
             And
             to
             that
             effect
             ,
             in
             the
             first
             quarter
             of
             the
             first
             year
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             diligently
             exercised
             in
             writing
             the
             Latin
             
             and
             Greek
             characters
             faire
             and
             readily
             ;
             and
             in
             copying
             out
             some
             Pictures
             ,
             and
             the
             Figures
             of
             Models
             of
             Things
             .
          
           
             Then
             in
             the
             last
             quarter
             of
             that
             year
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             stored
             with
             almost
             the
             half
             of
             the
             words
             of
             those
             two
             Tongues
             ;
             the
             Rudiments
             of
             the
             Grammaticall
             Rules
             of
             both
             Tongues
             are
             to
             be
             taught
             them
             ,
             so
             farre
             as
             to
             help
             them
             ,
             to
             make
             use
             of
             their
             
               Janua's
            
             therin
             ;
             which
             from
             that
             time
             forward
             they
             shall
             be
             made
             to
             ply
             diligently
             ,
             till
             towards
             the
             end
             of
             the
             sccond
             year
             ;
             then
             about
             the
             last
             quarter
             thereof
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             taught
             to
             write
             Hebrew
             faire
             and
             readily
             .
             and
             when
             they
             have
             attained
             to
             some
             perfection
             heerin
             ,
             the
             Rudiments
             of
             the
             Hebrew
             Grammar
             also
             shall
             be
             taught
             them
             ,
             so
             farre
             as
             it
             doth
             agree
             with
             that
             which
             they
             formerly
             learned
             of
             the
             Latin
             and
             Greek
             Grammars
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             second
             part
             of
             this
             period
             (
             that
             is
             in
             the
             third
             and
             fourth
             years
             thereof
             )
             the
             same
             taskes
             which
             formerly
             were
             taken
             in
             hand
             and
             prosecuted
             shall
             be
             renewed
             by
             the
             same
             Method
             of
             leading
             them
             through
             all
             the
             Objects
             belonging
             to
             the
             whole
             period
             the
             second
             time
             ,
             only
             with
             a
             twofold
             difference
             :
             first
             ,
             that
             to
             the
             Latin
             and
             Greek
             names
             of
             Things
             which
             were
             formerly
             taught
             and
             now
             are
             to
             be
             repeated
             ,
             the
             Hebrew
             shall
             be
             added
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             in
             this
             second
             course
             of
             observa●ion
             
             they
             shall
             descend
             to
             some
             things
             more
             ●articularly
             in
             every
             Object
             ,
             then
             they
             did
             in
             the
             first
             course
             ;
             and
             in
             a
             way
             more
             exact
             and
             ●istinct
             :
             wherby
             they
             shall
             be
             taught
             to
             look
             ●pon
             every
             thing
             so
             ,
             as
             to
             take
             up
             the
             notion
             ●hereof
             orderly
             in
             four
             things
             when
             they
             once
             ●ave
             gotten
             the
             Generall
             shape
             thereof
             in
             their
             mindes
             .
             The
             First
             is
             ,
             to
             look
             upon
             the
             parts
             ●hereof
             ,
             and
             know
             their
             distinct
             names
             in
             the
             ●earned
             ●ongues
             .
             The
             second
             is
             ,
             to
             look
             ●pon
             the
             properties
             of
             those
             parts
             and
             the
             forme
             o●
             frame
             of
             the
             whole
             arising
             ●rom
             thence
             .
             The
             third
             is
             ,
             to
             look
             upon
             the
             Action
             or
             Passion
             or
             fitness
             to
             Action
             or
             Passion
             which
             ariseth
             from
             that
             frame
             and
             properties
             of
             the
             whole
             and
             parts
             .
             And
             the
             Fourth
             ,
             is
             to
             look
             upon
             the
             usefulness
             which
             the
             thing
             ,
             with
             the
             parts
             ,
             properties
             and
             ●ctions
             thereof
             ,
             hath
             towards
             man
             .
             When
             ●very
             Object
             formerly
             observed
             in
             the
             bulk
             ●hall
             be
             thus
             reviewed
             in
             these
             particulars
             ,
             and
             the
             chief
             names
             formerly
             not
             mentioned
             added
             therunto
             ;
             the
             second
             course
             of
             this
             period
             will
             be
             also
             finished
             :
             whereof
             at
             this
             time
             ,
             this
             only
             is
             further
             to
             be
             added
             ;
             that
             ,
             at
             the
             latter
             ●nd
             of
             the
             third
             year
             ,
             and
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             fourth
             ,
             the
             Grammaticall
             precepts
             are
             ●ully
             to
             be
             delivered
             in
             each
             Tongue
             in
             respect
             of
             their
             differentiall
             properties
             ,
             which
             thenceforth
             are
             to
             be
             taken
             notice
             of
             in
             the
             Use
             of
             their
             
               Janua's
               .
            
          
           
           
             In
             the
             third
             and
             last
             part
             of
             this
             Perio●
             (
             that
             is
             in
             the
             fifth
             year
             thereof
             )
             they
             shall
             r●●peat
             all
             what
             in
             the
             four
             former
             years
             the●
             have
             learned
             :
             but
             Chiefly
             the
             Addition●●
             part
             of
             Learning
             ,
             which
             the
             second
             Cou●●
             had
             ,
             more
             then
             the
             first
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             their
             He●brew
             Janua
             ;
             the
             particularities
             ,
             to
             be●
             take●
             notice
             of
             ,
             in
             the
             Observation
             of
             all
             Sensu●●
             objects
             ,
             and
             the
             Grammaticall
             differen●●
             in
             the
             Constructions
             of
             the
             three
             Tongues
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             third
             Period
             of
             Learning
             ,
             from
             thi●●teen
             or
             fourteen
             ,
             till
             nineteen
             or
             twentie
             ;
             〈◊〉
             have
             six
             years
             to
             bestow
             upon
             the
             Traditionall
             and
             Rationall
             wayes
             of
             Teaching
             〈◊〉
             Sciences
             :
             those
             years
             also
             shall
             be
             divided
             in●●
             three
             courses
             ,
             and
             to
             each
             course
             two
             year●
             shall
             be
             allotted
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             first
             course
             of
             this
             third
             Period
             ,
             a●
             the
             Sciences
             belonging
             therunto
             are
             to
             be
             de●livered
             Historically
             ,
             which
             may
             be
             done
             thr●●
             wayes
             .
             First
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             ocular
             Demonstra●tion
             in
             things
             that
             can
             be
             shewed
             unto
             Sen●●
             in
             every
             Science
             ,
             whose
             subject
             hath
             any
             thin●
             of
             Sense
             in
             it
             .
             secondly
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             Schemes
             a●●
             Pictures
             to
             represent
             Hieroglyphically
             the●
             things
             that
             have
             no
             visible
             shape
             ;
             and
             fo●●mally
             those
             things
             which
             have
             a
             reall
             shape
             but
             are
             not
             at
             hand
             to
             be
             seen
             and
             shewe●
             unto
             sense
             .
             And
             thirdly
             ,
             by
             way
             of
             Narratives
             and
             Relations
             ,
             expounding
             both
             tha●
             
             which
             is
             shewed
             unto
             Sense
             ,
             and
             that
             which
             is
             offered
             unto
             it
             in
             Pictures
             and
             Schemes
             ,
             whether
             Hieroglyphically
             or
             Formally
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             Course
             (
             besides
             their
             
               Janua's
            
             which
             are
             to
             be
             repeated
             )
             the
             easiest
             of
             the
             Latin
             and
             Greek
             Authors
             which
             handle
             the
             Sciences
             (
             whereof
             the
             Ideas
             have
             been
             offered
             unto
             them
             )
             are
             to
             be
             read
             by
             them
             according
             to
             the
             Directions
             which
             shall
             be
             given
             :
             and
             after
             the
             first
             year
             of
             this
             course
             (
             or
             sooner
             as
             upon
             triall
             shall
             be
             found
             expedient
             )
             their
             speech
             shall
             be
             wholly
             Latin
             ▪
             and
             to
             beginne
             to
             translate
             some
             remarkable
             passages
             of
             Greek
             Authors
             into
             Latin
             ,
             and
             of
             Latin
             Authors
             into
             Greek
             ;
             shall
             be
             one
             of
             their
             exercises
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             last
             quarter
             of
             this
             course
             (
             or
             in
             the
             last
             half
             year
             as
             experience
             shall
             direct
             )
             the
             grounds
             of
             Logick
             shall
             be
             taught
             them
             so
             farre
             as
             to
             let
             them
             see
             .
             1.
             
             What
             the
             faculty
             of
             Reason
             is
             in
             man
             ,
             and
             wherin
             it
             doth
             differ
             from
             Imagination
             and
             Memory
             .
             2.
             
             What
             the
             Use
             thereof
             is
             in
             all
             Sciences
             .
             3.
             
             What
             the
             Acts
             thereof
             are
             ,
             in
             making
             up
             many
             single
             thoughts
             into
             Propositions
             ;
             and
             of
             many
             Propositions
             said
             together
             to
             draw
             thence
             Consequences
             .
             4.
             
             How
             that
             these
             Acts
             are
             to
             be
             taken
             notice
             of
             ,
             and
             observed
             in
             the
             Authors
             which
             they
             have
             read
             who
             write
             of
             Sciences
             ;
             in
             whom
             they
             shall
             be
             taught
             to
             Analyse
             some
             of
             their
             Rationall
             Propositions
             
             and
             consequences
             .
             Thus
             the
             first
             course
             of
             thi●
             period
             shall
             be
             ended
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             second
             course
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             third
             and
             fourth
             year
             )
             of
             this
             Period
             ,
             all
             the
             Sciences
             belonging
             to
             the
             whole
             Period
             shall
             b●
             taught
             Dogmatically
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Rules
             and
             Precepts
             thereof
             shall
             be
             delivered
             ,
             according
             to
             that
             Order
             wherin
             they
             are
             subservient
             unto
             the
             Necessities
             of
             Man
             ,
             and
             branch
             themselves
             out
             one
             upon
             another
             ;
             the
             latter
             growing
             up
             from
             the
             Principl●s
             of
             the
             former
             ;
             an●
             all
             tending
             to
             make
             the
             Creatures
             serviceable
             unto
             Mankind
             ;
             or
             to
             rectifie
             his
             disorders
             within
             himself
             .
             In
             this
             Dogmaticall
             course
             of
             Sciences
             ,
             towards
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             the
             first
             year
             thereof
             (
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             last
             quarter
             of
             the
             third
             year
             of
             this
             period
             of
             Education
             )
             the
             Precepts
             of
             Logick
             shall
             be
             fully
             taught
             ,
             first
             the
             Analyticall
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             Geneticall
             way
             of
             Reasoning
             ,
             to
             find
             out
             Truths
             which
             are
             doubtfull
             ,
             and
             towards
             the
             latter
             end
             or
             the
             middle
             of
             the
             second
             year
             thereof
             ,
             the
             Precepts
             of
             Oratory
             and
             Poetry
             shall
             be
             taught
             them
             ;
             and
             they
             directed
             to
             observe
             in
             the
             Authors
             which
             they
             have
             alreadie
             perused
             ,
             how
             those
             Precepts
             have
             been
             put
             in
             Use
             by
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             learne
             to
             imitate
             their
             practise
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             third
             course
             of
             this
             period
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             two
             last
             years
             thereof
             ;
             all
             the
             Sciences
             belonging
             to
             the
             period
             shall
             be
             taught
             Practically
             ,
             
             that
             is
             they
             shall
             be
             exercised
             in
             the
             practise
             of
             all
             that
             which
             they
             have
             been
             ●aught
             ,
             in
             the
             whole
             former
             Course
             of
             their
             education
             :
             and
             they
             shall
             be
             put
             upon
             the
             occasions
             of
             making
             Use
             of
             their
             skill
             in
             every
             Science
             for
             their
             own
             and
             others
             advantage
             ,
             and
             the
             improvement
             of
             the
             wayes
             of
             learning
             :
             and
             here
             as
             their
             Genius
             shall
             lead
             them
             ,
             they
             shall
             be
             left
             a
             little
             larger
             scope
             to
             follow
             it
             :
             either
             in
             wayes
             of
             Action
             ,
             or
             of
             Theorie
             ,
             or
             of
             Utterance
             :
             in
             the
             first
             year
             of
             this
             course
             they
             should
             be
             exercised
             and
             put
             upon
             the
             practise
             of
             all
             ;
             but
             in
             the
             last
             year
             ,
             according
             as
             their
             Faculty
             should
             be
             found
             most
             eminent
             (
             with
             some
             few
             Directions
             and
             Manuductions
             to
             Improve
             it
             )
             they
             should
             be
             suffered
             to
             apply
             it
             to
             the
             subject
             which
             amongst
             all
             the
             Sciences
             they
             should
             like
             best
             to
             exercise
             themselves
             in
             .
             And
             in
             the
             latter
             end
             of
             this
             year
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             in
             the
             last
             quarter
             thereof
             ,
             having
             received
             such
             Directions
             for
             the
             future
             Government
             of
             their
             life
             as
             will
             be
             found
             necessary
             to
             order
             it
             Judiciously
             and
             Prudently
             ;
             they
             may
             be
             dismissed
             to
             take
             some
             Publick
             Service
             in
             hand
             ;
             or
             follow
             some
             private
             Calling
             which
             the
             Commanwealth
             doth
             stand
             in
             need
             of
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             I
             have
             reckoned
             up
             the
             main
             and
             generall
             Taskes
             ,
             as
             they
             are
             to
             answer
             the
             years
             ;
             the
             subdivision
             thereof
             
             into
             moneths
             ,
             weeks
             ,
             dayes
             and
             hours
             will
             not
             be
             difficult
             ;
             and
             needeth
             not
             now
             to
             be
             insisted
             upon
             ,
             but
             must
             be
             delineated
             before
             we
             set
             upon
             the
             work
             it self
             .
             We
             come
             now
             to
             speake
             in
             brief
             of
             the
             way
             of
             proposing
             those
             Taskes
             unto
             the
             Scholars
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             way
             of
             entertaining
             their
             thoughts
             about
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             way
             of
             proposing
             all
             the
             parts
             of
             Learning
             unto
             the
             Scholars
             ,
             and
             of
             their
             entertaining
             the
             same
             ,
             to
             fixe
             their
             mindes
             thereon
             .
          
           
             The
             way
             of
             proposing
             matters
             of
             learning
             is
             as
             considerable
             as
             any
             thing
             else
             in
             the
             work
             of
             Institution
             ;
             and
             next
             unto
             that
             is
             the
             way
             of
             entertaining
             that
             which
             is
             proposed
             :
             the
             first
             of
             these
             is
             the
             proper
             work
             and
             industry
             ,
             of
             the
             Governour
             and
             Ushers
             ;
             the
             second
             ,
             of
             the
             Scholars
             themselves
             ,
             although
             the
             Ushers
             also
             may
             and
             ought
             to
             have
             some
             hand
             therin
             .
          
           
             For
             the
             proposall
             of
             every
             thing
             ,
             the
             Governour
             shall
             prepare
             the
             particular
             matters
             of
             every
             thing
             which
             shall
             be
             taught
             for
             every
             houre
             of
             the
             day
             ,
             throughout
             the
             whole
             course
             ;
             and
             deliver
             the
             same
             in
             writing
             Quarterly
             ,
             or
             Monthly
             (
             at
             least
             )
             beforehand
             unto
             the
             Ushers
             ;
             that
             they
             may
             be
             in
             full
             readiness
             and
             perfectly
             exercise
             themselves
             in
             every
             thing
             which
             they
             shall
             deliver
             to
             their
             Scholars
             
             ●●d
             the
             Matters
             should
             be
             thus
             long
             predeter●ined
             before
             hand
             ,
             and
             given
             to
             the
             Ushers
             ,
             ●at
             if
             upon
             good
             grounds
             they
             shall
             suggest
             ●y
             thing
             to
             the
             Governour
             for
             an
             alteration
             ●●
             that
             ,
             which
             he
             shall
             have
             prescribed
             ;
             it
             may
             ●●
             in
             time
             considered
             between
             them
             ,
             and
             ordered
             as
             need
             shall
             require
             ,
             or
             found
             most
             ●xpedient
             .
          
           
             The
             Matters
             to
             be
             proposed
             being
             thus
             ●repared
             ,
             when
             the
             time
             comes
             to
             offer
             them
             ●
             the
             Scholars
             ;
             the
             Governour
             shall
             for
             every
             ●ifferent
             kind
             of
             exercise
             and
             Institution
             give
             Directions
             unto
             the
             Ushers
             ,
             how
             to
             behave
             ●hemselves
             towards
             the
             Scholars
             ,
             to
             make
             ●hem
             affectionat
             towards
             the
             taske
             which
             is
             ●o
             be
             offered
             unto
             them
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             attentive
             and
             ●reedy
             to
             receive
             it
             :
             and
             to
             make
             them
             more
             ●erfect
             in
             following
             the
             Directions
             and
             Rules
             which
             in
             this
             nature
             shall
             be
             given
             :
             he
             shall
             ●imself
             give
             them
             an
             example
             of
             the
             Practise
             ●f
             it
             towards
             the
             children
             ;
             shewing
             them
             ,
             at
             ●very
             change
             of
             exercise
             and
             different
             way
             of
             Institution
             ,
             how
             they
             should
             go
             about
             their
             work
             :
             he
             shall
             therefore
             teach
             the
             first
             lesson
             of
             every
             kind
             himself
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             his
             Ushers
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             observe
             his
             way
             :
             and
             at
             the
             second
             lesson
             ,
             when
             they
             shall
             beginne
             ●heir
             work
             ;
             he
             shall
             be
             present
             at
             it
             ,
             to
             observe
             them
             how
             they
             performe
             it
             ,
             and
             tell
             them
             of
             their
             faults
             if
             any
             be
             committed
             .
          
           
           
             Two
             things
             are
             fundamentally
             to
             be
             hee●
             in
             the
             Manner
             of
             proposing
             every
             thing
             :
             Fir●
             that
             the
             Schollars
             before
             the
             thing
             be
             prop●●sed
             be
             made
             sensible
             of
             the
             End
             ,
             wherefore
             it
             taught
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             ought
             to
             learne
             it
             ,
             〈◊〉
             what
             the
             necessity
             ,
             use
             ,
             excellency
             and
             pe●●fection
             thereof
             is
             in
             the
             life
             of
             Man
             &c.
             
             S●●condly
             ,
             that
             the
             way
             of
             offering
             it
             unto
             the
             be
             the
             same
             at
             once
             to
             all
             ,
             by
             all
             alike
             percep●ble
             ,
             common
             ,
             plain
             ,
             distinct
             and
             orderly
             every
             part
             .
             And
             to
             these
             two
             fundamental
             whereof
             the
             first
             relates
             unto
             the
             Will
             ,
             t●
             second
             ,
             unto
             the
             Understanding
             ;
             a
             third
             〈◊〉
             be
             added
             relating
             to
             the
             Memory
             ,
             which
             〈◊〉
             that
             in
             the
             Method
             of
             proposing
             every
             thing
             this
             Rule
             be
             observed
             .
          
           
             Let
             the
             Generall
             notion
             of
             every
             Object
             or
             the
             shape
             of
             the
             whole
             ;
             be
             first
             offered
             〈◊〉
             the
             Imagination
             ,
             and
             then
             the
             parts
             which
             a●
             contained
             under
             it
             ,
             to
             be
             represented
             unto
             t●
             thought
             by
             way
             of
             Division
             .
             and
             this
             bein●
             done
             ;
             Let
             the
             mind
             afterward
             be
             led
             retrograde
             to
             review
             the
             parts
             as
             they
             look
             to
             o●
             another
             ;
             and
             make
             up
             the
             whole
             by
             way
             〈◊〉
             collection
             .
          
           
             And
             at
             the
             conclusion
             of
             every
             lesson
             ,
             ●
             brief
             and
             summary
             Recapitulation
             of
             tha●
             which
             hath
             been
             offered
             unto
             them
             is
             to
             be
             proposed
             ;
             and
             the
             Question
             should
             be
             aske●
             whether
             any
             hath
             a
             doubt
             of
             any
             thing
             ?
             or
             
             ●ould
             have
             so●●●
             king
             repeated
             ;
             or
             further
             ex●ained
             ?
             that
             they
             should
             speak
             .
          
           
             The
             way
             of
             enterteining
             that
             which
             shall
             ●e
             thus
             proposed
             is
             partly
             in
             the
             Scholars
             by
             ●●emselves
             ,
             partly
             in
             them
             together
             with
             their
             ●shers
             .
          
           
             By
             themselves
             they
             shall
             entertain
             the
             things
             ●hich
             have
             been
             taught
             them
             ,
             by
             the
             exerci●●s
             of
             writing
             ,
             of
             painting
             ,
             or
             drawing
             figures
             ,
             ●f
             compendiating
             ,
             and
             of
             methodizing
             ,
             as
             ●hey
             shall
             from
             time
             to
             time
             he
             directed
             ;
             for
             ●e
             fixing
             of
             their
             thoughts
             upon
             that
             which
             ●hey
             shall
             have
             received
             ;
             and
             by
             the
             reading
             ,
             ●nd
             understanding
             ,
             and
             translating
             of
             their
             
               ●anua's
               ,
            
             or
             of
             their
             Authours
             from
             one
             Tongue
             to
             another
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             way
             which
             shall
             be
             shewed
             them
             .
          
           
             Now
             ,
             as
             the
             proposall
             of
             a
             lesson
             shall
             not
             ●st
             above
             half
             an
             houre
             at
             the
             most
             ;
             so
             the
             ●●ertaining
             of
             that
             which
             hath
             been
             offered
             ,
             ●all
             follow
             immediately
             thereupon
             ,
             for
             ▪
             the
             ●a●e
             of
             another
             half
             houre
             ,
             so
             that
             to
             e●e●
             lesson
             ,
             a
             full
             houre
             ,
             and
             no
             more
             shall
             ●e
             allotted
             ;
             whereof
             the
             first
             part
             shall
             be
             spent
             〈◊〉
             receiving
             ,
             the
             second
             ,
             in
             entertaining
             the
             ●houghts
             thereof
             .
          
           
             The
             entertainment
             of
             things
             received
             together
             with
             the
             Ushers
             ,
             shall
             be
             two
             wayes
             .
             ●
             .
             By
             shewing
             the
             exercises
             wherewith
             they
             ●ertained
             their
             thoughts
             by
             themselves
             .
             
             2.
             
             By
             a
             constant
             course
             of
             Repetitions
             to
             b●
             observed
             daily
             ,
             weekly
             ,
             monethly
             ,
             quarter●
             and
             yearly
             ;
             whereof
             particular
             Directio●
             are
             to
             be
             given
             in
             due
             time
             :
             but
             the
             gener●
             Rule
             of
             proportion
             in
             all
             Repetitions
             to
             〈◊〉
             observed
             is
             this
             ;
             that
             the
             third
             or
             fourth
             l●son
             ,
             or
             period
             of
             lessons
             ,
             is
             alwayes
             to
             be
             R●●petitorie
             in
             some
             degree
             or
             other
             ;
             more
             lesse
             ,
             as
             the
             matter
             is
             more
             or
             lesse
             di●cult
             ,
             and
             generally
             rather
             the
             third
             is
             to
             〈◊〉
             made
             Repetitorie
             of
             two
             ,
             then
             the
             fourth
             〈◊〉
             three
             :
             but
             experience
             will
             best
             determ●
             what
             is
             most
             expedient
             to
             be
             done
             in
             t●
          
        
         
           
             Concerning
             the
             Means
             and
             Instruments
             w●
             are
             to
             be
             had
             in
             a
             readinesse
             ,
             and
             ordered
             for
             use
             ,
             that
             these
             Tasks
             may
             thus
             be
             prosecuted
             on
             all
             hands
             .
          
           
             THe
             things
             necessary
             to
             be
             made
             use
             of
             〈◊〉
             bringing
             all
             this
             to
             passe
             ,
             are
             1.
             a
             co●nient
             House
             fitted
             with
             rooms
             ,
             wherein
             〈◊〉
             Scholars
             may
             be
             at
             their
             exercises
             .
             2.
             the
             sc●lasticall
             Furniture
             ,
             &
             dressing
             of
             those
             roo●
             3.
             the
             Books
             and
             other
             Implements
             ,
             wh●
             the
             Ushers
             and
             Scholars
             must
             have
             at
             ha●
             .
          
           
             The
             House
             ,
             where
             this
             course
             of
             educ●
             should
             be
             intended
             ,
             must
             not
             be
             within
             〈◊〉
             City
             ,
             but
             should
             be
             near
             unto
             it
             ,
             in
             a
             g●
             air
             ,
             large
             and
             spacious
             ;
             and
             as
             it
             were
             in
             〈◊〉
             Countrey
             ,
             with
             large
             gardens
             and
             orch●●ear
             
             the
             places
             of
             tillage
             and
             of
             pasturage
             ,
             ●hat
             the
             Countrey
             may
             afford
             unto
             the
             Scho●rs
             the
             aspect
             and
             observation
             of
             all
             Natu●all
             things
             ,
             wherein
             they
             are
             to
             be
             taught
             ,
             and
             be
             City
             may
             afford
             them
             the
             sight
             of
             all
             ●rtificiall
             things
             ;
             of
             all
             Trades
             and
             Manu●ctures
             ,
             wherewith
             they
             are
             to
             be
             made
             ac●uainted
             .
          
           
             The
             Rooms
             wherein
             the
             Scholars
             should
             be
             〈◊〉
             their
             exercises
             ,
             should
             be
             foure
             :
             Three
             lesser
             ●nes
             ,
             for
             each
             Usher
             and
             his
             peculiar
             Scholars
             ●ne
             ,
             and
             one
             large
             one
             ;
             or
             father
             a
             Gallery
             ●hich
             should
             be
             for
             common
             Use
             unto
             all
             .
          
           
             The
             Scholasticall
             furniture
             and
             dressing
             ●f
             these
             rooms
             ought
             to
             be
             this
             .
          
           
             The
             large
             common
             room
             ought
             to
             be
             fur●●shed
             with
             all
             manner
             of
             Mathematicall
             ,
             Na●rall
             ,
             Philosophicall
             ,
             Historicall
             ,
             Medicinall
             ,
             ●ieroglyphicall
             and
             other
             sort
             of
             pictures
             ,
             ●aps
             ,
             globes
             ,
             instruments
             ,
             models
             ,
             engines
             ,
             ●nd
             whatsoever
             is
             an
             object
             of
             sense
             in
             refe●nce
             to
             any
             Art
             or
             Science
             ,
             these
             things
             ●e
             to
             be
             set
             in
             their
             order
             ,
             according
             as
             ●ey
             are
             subordinate
             unto
             severall
             Sciences
             ;
             ●●at
             at
             the
             times
             appointed
             ,
             the
             Ushers
             may
             ●ade
             their
             Scholars
             into
             it
             ;
             to
             receive
             the
             les●ns
             which
             they
             shall
             give
             them
             ▪
             upon
             the
             ●cular
             inspection
             of
             the
             Things
             ,
             which
             shall
             ●e
             shewed
             unto
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             lesser
             rooms
             each
             ought
             to
             be
             furnished
             
             with
             a
             high
             seat
             for
             the
             Usher
             ;
             that
             he
             m●
             overlook
             all
             his
             Scholars
             ,
             and
             with
             twen●
             distinct
             places
             ,
             so
             ordered
             for
             the
             Schol●
             to
             sit
             or
             stand
             in
             ;
             that
             their
             fac●●
             may
             ●e
             〈◊〉
             towards
             him
             :
             and
             each
             in
             his
             place
             may
             ha●
             his
             own
             deck
             ,
             to
             keep
             all
             his
             papers
             and
             oth●●
             things
             to
             be
             used
             in
             good
             order
             .
             In
             each
             ●
             those
             rooms
             there
             should
             be
             an
             iron
             forna●
             or
             stove
             to
             keep
             it
             warm
             in
             the
             winter
             .
          
           
             The
             Books
             which
             the
             Scholars
             shall
             have
             〈◊〉
             the
             School
             shall
             be
             none
             but
             such
             as
             th●●●
             Usher
             shall
             put
             in
             their
             hands
             .
             In
             the
             seco●●
             Period
             of
             Institution
             ,
             they
             shall
             have
             a
             ●
             books
             but
             their
             Latine
             ,
             Greek
             and
             H●●brew
             
               Janua's
               ,
            
             and
             the
             Bible
             of
             the
             Old
             〈◊〉
             New
             Testament
             in
             these
             Tongues
             ,
             and
             i●
             their
             Mother-tongue
             .
             In
             the
             third
             Perio●
             besides
             these
             books
             ,
             they
             shall
             have
             fr●●
             time
             to
             time
             ,
             such
             as
             their
             Usher
             by
             the
             G●●vernours
             direction
             shall
             furnish
             them
             with●
             and
             none
             other
             ;
             nor
             any
             longer
             then
             thinks
             fit
             .
          
           
             The
             Instruments
             besides
             pen
             ,
             ink
             and
             ●●●per
             ,
             shall
             be
             a
             pen
             or
             stick
             with
             black
             lead
             ▪
             pen-knife
             ,
             a
             pair
             of
             compasses
             ,
             a
             ruler
             ,
             s●ate
             ;
             and
             some
             other
             implements
             which
             f●●●
             time
             to
             time
             shall
             be
             put
             in
             their
             hands
             ,
             a●●
             taught
             to
             make
             use
             of
             according
             to
             the
             ●●●grees
             of
             their
             proficiency
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Of
             Teaching
             LOGICK
             .
          
           
             BY
             Logick
             I
             understand
             the
             Art
             or
             skill
             ,
             to
             make
             right
             use
             of
             our
             reasoning
             Facultie
             .
             The
             facultie
             of
             Reason
             in
             man
             ,
             is
             that
             abilitie
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             can
             set
             his
             thoughts
             in
             order
             to
             judge
             of
             all
             things
             ,
             which
             are
             in
             his
             Imaginations
             .
          
           
             As
             large
             then
             as
             the
             Imagination
             or
             Fancy
             of
             Man
             is
             ,
             so
             large
             is
             the
             use
             of
             Reason
             ;
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             it
             doth
             reach
             unto
             all
             things
             ,
             that
             can
             be
             thought
             upon
             ,
             for
             all
             the
             thoughts
             of
             the
             heart
             of
             Man
             are
             contained
             under
             this
             notion
             of
             Imaginations
             ;
             whether
             they
             have
             an
             Idea
             or
             not
             expresly
             formed
             in
             the
             mind
             ;
             for
             some
             thoughts
             are
             negative
             to
             all
             Ideas
             .
             By
             an
             Idea
             I
             mean
             the
             shape
             and
             representation
             of
             something
             which
             the
             mind
             doth
             frame
             unto
             it self
             by
             the
             Imaginative
             Facultie
             :
             for
             ,
             the
             imaginative
             Facultie
             is
             like
             a
             looking-glasse
             ,
             which
             being
             turned
             to
             any
             object
             whatsoever
             doth
             receive
             the
             shape
             thereof
             ,
             and
             represents
             it
             to
             the
             eye
             of
             the
             Understanding
             :
             If
             then
             the
             understanding
             Facultie
             doth
             look
             upon
             the
             shapes
             of
             things
             ,
             which
             are
             in
             the
             Imagination
             not
             confusedly
             ,
             but
             in
             an
             orderly
             way
             ,
             to
             compare
             them
             and
             lay
             them
             together
             for
             some
             purpose
             and
             aim
             ,
             for
             which
             they
             are
             taken
             into
             
             consideration
             ;
             then
             it
             is
             said
             to
             proceed
             rationally
             ;
             but
             if
             it
             hath
             either
             no
             aim
             at
             all
             or
             no
             command
             of
             its
             own
             thoughts
             or
             sk●●
             to
             rule
             and
             order
             them
             to
             that
             aim
             ,
             which
             〈◊〉
             doth
             consider
             them
             for
             :
             then
             it
             doth
             procee●
             without
             Reason
             .
             Now
             because
             to
             man
             ,
             t●●
             Facultie
             of
             Reasoning
             is
             that
             universall
             Light
             by
             which
             he
             is
             to
             guide
             his
             wayes
             in
             all
             particular
             objects
             as
             well
             of
             Meditation
             ,
             as
             o●
             Action
             ;
             therefore
             if
             this
             Light
             be
             darkene●●
             in
             him
             ,
             then
             all
             is
             nothing
             but
             darknesse
             :
             b●●
             if
             the
             eye
             of
             his
             Reason
             be
             clear
             ,
             then
             all
             i●
             full
             of
             Light
             ,
             which
             he
             doth
             undertake
             to
             Ac●
             or
             Meditate
             .
             For
             this
             cause
             the
             Art
             of
             Reasoning
             as
             to
             Man
             ,
             is
             the
             chief
             of
             all
             othe●
             Arts
             and
             Sciences
             in
             humane
             things
             ;
             for
             by
             i●
             all
             other
             Arts
             are
             found
             out
             ;
             and
             whatsoever
             is
             amisse
             in
             them
             may
             be
             rectified
             :
             and
             consequently
             to
             teach
             how
             to
             make
             use
             of
             that
             Reasoning
             Facultie
             ,
             which
             we
             have
             to
             some
             good
             purpose
             ,
             is
             in
             all
             humane
             things
             ,
             the
             matter
             of
             greatest
             importance
             that
             can
             be
             thought
             :
             and
             yet
             such
             is
             the
             miserie
             of
             our
             life
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             scarce
             any
             thing
             lesse
             minded
             ;
             or
             when
             minded
             ,
             lesse
             taught
             in
             a
             right
             and
             profitable
             way
             .
             I
             shall
             not
             at
             this
             time
             intend
             to
             make
             this
             charge
             good
             against
             the
             ordinary
             Teachers
             of
             Logick
             ,
             who
             for
             the
             most
             part
             ,
             are
             so
             farre
             out
             of
             the
             way
             of
             right
             Reasoning
             ,
             that
             their
             very
             precepts
             are
             less●●●en
             
             rationall
             ,
             and
             they
             themselves
             incapable
             〈◊〉
             better
             Rules
             ,
             till
             they
             be
             wholly
             untaught
             ●●at
             which
             they
             have
             learned
             .
             But
             I
             shall
             (
             as
             ●●iefly
             as
             may
             be
             ,
             to
             be
             well
             understood
             )
             deli●●r
             my
             conceptions
             of
             the
             right
             way
             of
             teach●●g
             young
             Scholars
             the
             Art
             of
             Reasoning
             by
             a
             ●ositive
             Method
             to
             direct
             them
             in
             it
             ,
             that
             in●●nd
             to
             teach
             others
             .
             I
             will
             suppose
             then
             ,
             that
             young
             Scholar
             is
             brought
             unto
             me
             ,
             who
             is
             〈◊〉
             
               puris
               Naturalibus
            
             (
             as
             we
             use
             to
             say
             )
             that
             〈◊〉
             ,
             who
             is
             capable
             of
             institution
             in
             this
             kind
             ,
             〈◊〉
             being
             no
             wayes
             prepossessed
             with
             any
             ha●its
             ,
             which
             may
             make
             him
             unfit
             to
             receive
             the
             documents
             which
             are
             to
             be
             given
             him
             :
             ●nd
             as
             being
             onely
             possessed
             with
             the
             com●on
             Notions
             of
             Naturall
             things
             which
             are
             the
             objects
             of
             humane
             Senses
             ;
             and
             under●tanding
             no
             more
             ,
             but
             the
             proper
             sense
             of
             all
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Language
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             Notions
             are
             expressed
             in
             the
             common
             speech
             wherein
             he
             is
             to
             be
             taught
             .
             To
             such
             a
             young
             ●an
             I
             first
             would
             deliver
             some
             common
             Pre●ognitions
             concerning
             Logick
             ,
             and
             afterward
             would
             exercise
             his
             Reasoning
             Facultie
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Meditation
             whereof
             I
             should
             find
             him
             ●apable
             ,
             growing
             upon
             him
             by
             degrees
             ,
             till
             I
             ●hould
             make
             him
             master
             of
             the
             use
             of
             all
             his
             ●houghts
             ,
             to
             all
             purposes
             ,
             which
             he
             should
             ap●ly
             them
             unto
             .
          
           
             The
             Precognitions
             should
             bring
             him
             to
             consider
             himself
             .
          
           
           
             1.
             
             That
             he
             hath
             a
             Naturall
             abilitie
             to
             think
             and
             meditate
             ,
             as
             all
             other
             men
             have
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             men
             of
             understanding
             are
             distinguished
             from
             fools
             by
             this
             ,
             that
             they
             ca●
             make
             use
             of
             this
             Abilitie
             understandingly
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             they
             understand
             themselves
             what
             they
             do
             think
             and
             meditate
             ,
             i●
             what
             order
             and
             to
             what
             purpose
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             therefore
             there
             is
             some
             way
             to
             order
             and
             direct
             the
             thoughts
             of
             the
             mind
             :
             that
             they
             may
             not
             wander
             at
             random
             as
             fools
             thoughts
             use
             to
             do
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             That
             this
             way
             to
             order
             and
             direct
             our
             thoughts
             ,
             being
             taught
             and
             delivered
             by
             certain
             Precepts
             is
             called
             the
             Art
             of
             Reasoning
             or
             Logick
             :
             and
             that
             he
             who
             is
             exercised
             to
             follow
             the
             same
             is
             a
             Rationall
             man
             or
             good
             Logician
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             That
             of
             all
             other
             studies
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             most
             worthy
             of
             a
             Man
             ,
             most
             profitable
             and
             most
             necessary
             to
             attain
             to
             the
             happinesse
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             so
             farre
             as
             by
             humane
             faculties
             it
             is
             attainable
             :
             and
             therefore
             ,
             with
             most
             earnest
             Affections
             and
             desires
             to
             be
             attended
             unto
             .
          
           
             Having
             by
             such
             Preparations
             as
             these
             are
             ,
             fitted
             his
             Understanding
             and
             raised
             his
             Affections
             to
             docilitie
             and
             attention
             ;
             I
             would
             begin
             to
             deliver
             unto
             him
             some
             Precepts
             concerning
             the
             use
             of
             his
             first
             Notions
             ,
             and
             single
             thoughts
             ,
             to
             reach
             him
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             
             them
             ,
             what
             they
             are
             :
             not
             reflexively
             by
             the
             Term
             of
             a
             second
             Notion
             (
             as
             the
             ordinary
             Logicians
             do
             ,
             teaching
             their
             Scholars
             to
             speak
             they
             know
             not
             what
             ,
             nor
             to
             what
             use
             )
             but
             directly
             in
             the
             Terms
             of
             a
             single
             Proposition
             ,
             to
             cause
             him
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             the
             Sub●ect
             and
             Praedicat
             thereof
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             conne●ion
             of
             each
             to
             other
             in
             a
             way
             Affirmative
             and
             Negative
             :
             shewing
             him
             that
             every
             word
             ●n
             our
             common
             speech
             ,
             doth
             stand
             for
             a
             single
             ●hought
             or
             Notion
             of
             the
             Mind
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             words
             which
             we
             speak
             ,
             should
             in
             their
             order
             and
             coherence
             expresse
             the
             order
             and
             coherence
             of
             our
             thoughts
             .
          
           
             Having
             then
             shewed
             him
             what
             a
             single
             Proposition
             is
             ,
             what
             parts
             it
             is
             made
             up
             of
             ;
             How
             these
             Parts
             are
             set
             together
             in
             our
             thoughts
             :
             what
             the
             Differences
             of
             single
             Notions
             are
             ;
             and
             of
             the
             wayes
             of
             their
             set●ing
             together
             to
             make
             a
             Proposition
             of
             them
             ;
             ●nd
             how
             a
             single
             Proposition
             doth
             differ
             from
             ●
             compound
             :
             How
             a
             compound
             is
             made
             up
             of
             two
             ,
             three
             or
             more
             single
             ones
             :
             and
             what
             the
             wayes
             of
             composition
             are
             ,
             and
             their
             diffe●ences
             ;
             and
             consequently
             ,
             How
             many
             sorts
             ●f
             Compound
             Propositions
             there
             are
             in
             our
             Notions
             to
             make
             up
             a
             Period
             of
             speech
             :
             ha●ing
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             shewed
             him
             all
             this
             ,
             not
             
               in
               abstra●o
            
             and
             Notionally
             ,
             but
             by
             an
             Example
             of
             very
             kind
             ,
             and
             
               in
               concreto
               ,
            
             as
             it
             were
             sensibly
             
             in
             the
             Period
             of
             some
             discourse
             laid
             open
             to
             his
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             analysed
             before
             him
             ;
             that
             they
             may
             be
             as
             it
             were
             led
             by
             the
             hand
             to
             consider
             of
             it
             ;
             then
             I
             would
             set
             him
             a
             dayly
             task
             of
             new
             Examples
             which
             he
             should
             be
             obliged
             to
             take
             into
             his
             consideration
             ,
             to
             Resolve
             Analytically
             by
             himself
             according
             to
             these
             Precepts
             ,
             which
             I
             should
             have
             given
             him
             concerning
             single
             and
             compound
             Notions
             and
             Propositions
             ;
             to
             the
             end
             that
             by
             thi●
             exercise
             of
             his
             thoughts
             in
             Resolving
             the
             ordinary
             Periodicall
             Discourses
             of
             Rational
             men
             into
             these
             Parts
             and
             Particles
             of
             Pa●●●
             whereunto
             they
             are
             Rationally
             Resoluble
             :
             he
             may
             be
             accustomed
             to
             observe
             what
             use
             me●
             make
             of
             their
             Notions
             single
             and
             compound
             to
             the
             extent
             of
             one
             Period
             of
             their
             Discourses
             :
             Now
             whether
             the
             Notions
             which
             he
             i●
             exercised
             in
             be
             materially
             Rationall
             or
             no
             ;
             not
             at
             all
             materiall
             to
             his
             Instruction
             ,
             becaus●
             in
             this
             first
             degree
             of
             Precepts
             ,
             he
             is
             one●
             taught
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             the
             Difference
             〈◊〉
             Notions
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             frames
             wherein
             they
             a●●
             set
             together
             ,
             in
             the
             expressions
             which
             ratio●nally
             men
             use
             or
             may
             be
             used
             ,
             but
             wheth●●
             they
             be
             rightly
             used
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             and
             in
             re●spect
             of
             such
             and
             such
             matter
             yea
             or
             no
             ,
             th●●
             is
             not
             to
             be
             the
             object
             of
             his
             consideration●
             this
             time
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             be
             taught
             afterward
             due
             time
             .
          
           
           
             This
             being
             done
             I
             would
             proceed
             with
             him
             to
             the
             second
             degree
             of
             Precepts
             ,
             which
             should
             direct
             him
             to
             understand
             the
             use
             of
             his
             thoughts
             in
             matter
             of
             Consequence
             ,
             when
             one
             Proposition
             is
             drawn
             out
             of
             another
             and
             becomes
             a
             conclusion
             arising
             from
             it
             .
             Here
             I
             would
             let
             him
             know
             what
             a
             Consequence
             is
             ,
             How
             many
             wayes
             Consequences
             may
             be
             inferred
             from
             premises
             ,
             and
             what
             the
             Principles
             are
             ,
             from
             which
             Consequences
             are
             raised
             ,
             and
             by
             which
             they
             are
             to
             be
             tryed
             ,
             and
             may
             be
             made
             Conclusions
             .
             In
             this
             part
             of
             the
             Doctrine
             as
             in
             the
             former
             ,
             I
             would
             shew
             him
             by
             examples
             of
             every
             kind
             ,
             how
             men
             of
             understanding
             make
             use
             of
             their
             thoughts
             ,
             analysing
             their
             discourses
             wherein
             such
             Acts
             of
             Reasoning
             are
             expressed
             ,
             whereof
             he
             should
             have
             received
             Precepts
             ;
             and
             then
             according
             to
             the
             pattern
             of
             Meditation
             ,
             which
             I
             should
             have
             given
             him
             in
             this
             kind
             ,
             I
             would
             oblige
             him
             to
             exercise
             himself
             by
             certain
             discourses
             containing
             Principles
             and
             Consequences
             drawn
             from
             them
             in
             some
             Authours
             ,
             which
             he
             should
             be
             put
             to
             resolve
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             matter
             of
             Consequentiall
             Inferences
             ,
             and
             the
             Acts
             of
             drawing
             Conclusions
             from
             Premises
             to
             observe
             ;
             how
             these
             that
             use
             to
             discourse
             rationally
             do
             order
             their
             thoughts
             and
             expresse
             the
             same
             to
             the
             capacitie
             of
             others
             .
          
           
             Then
             the
             Scholar
             whom
             I
             should
             have
             
             taught
             these
             things
             ,
             should
             in
             the
             third
             place
             be
             directed
             to
             take
             notice
             of
             the
             Acts
             of
             Reason
             ,
             which
             are
             employed
             about
             the
             Apprehension
             of
             Arguments
             ,
             and
             the
             relation
             of
             one
             thing
             to
             another
             by
             the
             Notion
             of
             an
             Argument
             .
             Here
             then
             he
             should
             be
             taught
             what
             an
             Argument
             is
             ,
             How
             many
             differen●
             sorts
             of
             Arguments
             there
             are
             in
             the
             use
             of
             Reason
             to
             be
             laid
             hold
             on
             ;
             what
             their
             different
             Relations
             are
             ,
             and
             force
             of
             arguing
             ,
             towards
             that
             whereof
             they
             are
             conceived
             to
             be
             Arguments
             .
             This
             also
             should
             be
             laid
             ope●
             to
             him
             by
             Precept
             and
             Example
             ,
             and
             Practically
             in
             the
             Analysis
             of
             some
             Discourse
             ;
             or
             parcels
             of
             Discourse
             in
             an
             Authour
             shewed
             ▪
             How
             these
             that
             are
             most
             rationall
             make
             use
             of
             those
             Arguments
             in
             their
             Discourses
             ▪
             and
             when
             he
             hath
             been
             taught
             to
             observe
             these
             acts
             of
             Reason
             in
             an
             Author
             ,
             he
             should
             be
             pu●
             as
             at
             former
             times
             to
             analyticall
             Tasks
             to
             resolve
             the
             matter
             of
             some
             discourse
             into
             the
             severall
             Arguments
             which
             it
             containeth
             ,
             a●
             they
             stand
             singly
             by
             themselves
             ,
             whereby
             he
             should
             be
             able
             upon
             examination
             to
             tell
             me
             where
             his
             Authour
             maketh
             use
             of
             an
             Argument
             taken
             from
             the
             Cause
             ,
             or
             from
             the
             Effect
             ,
             or
             from
             the
             Subject
             ,
             or
             Adjunct
             ,
             or
             the
             whole
             or
             the
             part
             ,
             or
             contrary
             or
             similitude
             ▪
             
               &c.
            
             and
             when
             he
             should
             be
             complete
             in
             this
             kind
             of
             Exercise
             ,
             then
             he
             should
             be
             brought
             
             to
             the
             fourth
             and
             last
             degree
             of
             Analyticall
             Doctrine
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             learn
             to
             consider
             the
             whole
             Body
             of
             a
             discourse
             ,
             and
             to
             observe
             all
             the
             Acts
             of
             Reason
             ,
             which
             a
             man
             of
             understanding
             doth
             make
             use
             of
             therein
             .
             Here
             then
             he
             is
             to
             be
             taught
             what
             a
             Rationall
             Discourse
             is
             ,
             what
             is
             to
             be
             observed
             in
             it
             .
             
               viz.
            
             the
             Subject
             whereof
             it
             speaketh
             :
             the
             Scope
             and
             Purpose
             whereto
             it
             speaketh
             ;
             the
             Parts
             whereof
             it
             is
             made
             up
             ;
             their
             Coherence
             and
             Distinction
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             main
             Body
             ,
             as
             of
             every
             particular
             member
             of
             this
             Discourse
             ,
             and
             the
             order
             of
             every
             thing
             contained
             in
             it
             ,
             with
             a
             reference
             to
             the
             matter
             and
             scope
             ,
             that
             the
             whole
             wisdome
             of
             the
             Authour
             may
             be
             discovered
             .
             And
             to
             instruct
             him
             to
             observe
             all
             this
             in
             an
             Authour
             I
             would
             Analyse
             a
             Discourse
             to
             shew
             him
             ,
             How
             he
             should
             proceed
             in
             ordering
             his
             thoughts
             to
             reflect
             upon
             all
             these
             things
             in
             his
             Authour
             ;
             and
             having
             both
             by
             Precept
             and
             Example
             shewed
             him
             what
             he
             ought
             to
             do
             :
             I
             would
             give
             him
             a
             task
             to
             exercise
             his
             mind
             to
             do
             the
             like
             ,
             and
             wherein
             he
             should
             fail
             ,
             I
             would
             rectifie
             him
             till
             he
             should
             be
             complete
             in
             this
             Act
             ,
             and
             use
             of
             his
             Reason
             also
             .
          
           
             All
             this
             being
             done
             by
             these
             degrees
             of
             Analyticall
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             as
             it
             were
             experimentall
             manuduction
             of
             his
             thoughts
             to
             
             the
             Practise
             and
             use
             of
             Reason
             ;
             I
             woul●
             then
             bring
             him
             to
             exercise
             his
             Reason
             Genetically
             ,
             that
             is
             by
             a
             way
             of
             begetting
             an●
             producing
             Notions
             within
             himself
             concerning
             a
             Subject
             which
             should
             be
             given
             him
             to
             Meditate
             on
             Rationally
             .
             Here
             then
             he
             should
             be
             taught
             what
             the
             Difference
             and
             use
             is
             of
             Analysis
             and
             Genesis
             :
             
               viz.
            
             that
             by
             the
             exercise
             of
             the
             former
             we
             reflect
             upon
             the
             Acts
             of
             other
             mens
             Reasoning
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             exercise
             of
             the
             latter
             we
             stirre
             up
             our
             own
             Facultie
             to
             make
             use
             of
             it
             ,
             to
             produce
             Acts
             answerable
             to
             the
             Rules
             which
             we
             have
             been
             taught
             .
             And
             to
             make
             him
             complete
             in
             this
             way
             also
             ,
             First
             the
             Precepts
             belonging
             to
             the
             way
             are
             to
             be
             delivered
             ,
             and
             then
             an
             Example
             of
             those
             Precepts
             is
             to
             be
             given
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             these
             Precepts
             and
             Example
             he
             is
             to
             be
             exercised
             ,
             first
             to
             meditate
             upon
             a
             simple
             
               thema
               .
            
             (
             as
             they
             call
             it
             )
             Genetically
             ,
             and
             then
             upon
             a
             compound
             
               thema
               .
            
             By
             a
             
               thema
            
             is
             meant
             a
             Matter
             of
             Meditation
             ,
             which
             is
             either
             a
             single
             Notion
             or
             a
             Proposition
             ,
             either
             simple
             or
             compound
             :
             of
             which
             things
             it
             is
             needlesse
             now
             to
             speak
             at
             large
             .
             The
             summe
             of
             all
             is
             this
             :
             that
             the
             Right
             use
             of
             Reason
             is
             to
             be
             taught
             first
             in
             the
             Practise
             ,
             before
             it
             be
             taught
             in
             the
             Theorie
             ,
             and
             the
             Analyticall
             way
             of
             Practice
             is
             to
             go
             before
             the
             Geneticall
             ,
             and
             in
             this
             teaching
             the
             severall
             
             degrees
             of
             every
             Practice
             are
             to
             be
             observed
             ,
             and
             in
             every
             degree
             ,
             whether
             the
             Precepts
             directing
             the
             to
             mind
             observe
             the
             Rules
             of
             Practice
             ,
             go
             before
             the
             Example
             which
             the
             Teacher
             is
             to
             propose
             ;
             or
             whether
             they
             follow
             the
             same
             as
             observations
             ,
             to
             cause
             the
             mind
             reflect
             upon
             the
             things
             to
             be
             imitated
             in
             the
             example
             ,
             or
             whether
             some
             Precepts
             be
             given
             by
             way
             of
             
               Praecognita
            
             before
             ,
             or
             some
             by
             way
             of
             observation
             after
             the
             example
             ;
             it
             is
             not
             greatly
             materiall
             :
             if
             they
             never
             be
             separate
             ,
             but
             go
             in
             their
             own
             degree
             of
             exercise
             together
             ,
             the
             one
             alwayes
             giving
             light
             to
             the
             other
             ,
             and
             both
             fitted
             by
             the
             Prudencie
             of
             the
             Teacher
             to
             the
             capacitie
             of
             the
             Scholar
             .
             And
             when
             the
             use
             of
             Reason
             hath
             been
             thus
             fully
             taught
             in
             a
             Practicall
             way
             ;
             then
             the
             Scientificall
             and
             Notionall
             Precepts
             thereof
             are
             to
             be
             delivered
             reflexively
             upon
             the
             Rules
             of
             Practice
             ,
             which
             have
             been
             fully
             conceived
             .
             For
             the
             direct
             knowledge
             must
             be
             proposed
             before
             the
             reflex
             be
             offered
             ,
             because
             none
             can
             reflect
             upon
             his
             way
             of
             knowing
             before
             he
             hath
             attained
             it
             ;
             therefore
             the
             way
             of
             knowing
             Actually
             must
             be
             experimentally
             proposed
             ,
             before
             the
             Theoreticall
             way
             of
             apprehending
             matters
             be
             reflexively
             taught
             ;
             which
             is
             quite
             opposite
             to
             the
             Practice
             of
             those
             that
             teach
             Logick
             in
             an
             ordinary
             way
             :
             who
             deliver
             all
             
             even
             to
             Children
             Reflexively
             and
             Scientifically
             :
             before
             they
             exercise
             them
             in
             any
             point
             of
             Practice
             ,
             except
             in
             that
             of
             a
             confused
             ,
             endlesse
             ,
             unprofitable
             way
             of
             disputing
             about
             Notions
             which
             is
             falsly
             called
             Logick
             ,
             by
             which
             means
             those
             that
             should
             be
             made
             Scholars
             of
             Right
             Reason
             ,
             are
             made
             habitually
             wranglers
             about
             the
             Terms
             of
             an
             Art
             ,
             which
             they
             never
             have
             been
             taught
             :
             and
             in
             stead
             of
             making
             use
             of
             their
             Rationall
             Facultie
             ,
             to
             set
             it
             in
             a
             way
             to
             order
             their
             Imaginations
             aright
             ,
             they
             are
             onely
             directed
             and
             exercised
             to
             subtilize
             their
             Imaginations
             ,
             and
             pride
             themselves
             in
             this
             mainly
             to
             have
             such
             conceptions
             ,
             a●
             are
             beyond
             the
             vulgar
             Capacitie
             .
             As
             if
             to
             speak
             things
             in
             the
             air
             and
             out
             of
             the
             common
             use
             were
             to
             be
             Rationall
             :
             but
             of
             the
             originall
             of
             these
             Abuses
             ,
             of
             the
             way
             ,
             How
             men
             should
             be
             convicted
             of
             them
             and
             the
             means
             ,
             How
             to
             rectifie
             them
             :
             and
             of
             the
             more
             speciall
             method
             of
             teaching
             the
             True
             Art
             of
             Reasoning
             in
             all
             the
             degrees
             and
             Parts
             of
             the
             Practice
             and
             Theorie
             thereof
             ;
             I
             hope
             I
             shall
             at
             another
             time
             be
             able
             to
             speak
             more
             fully
             ,
             when
             God
             shall
             give
             me
             better
             leisure
             without
             distraction
             to
             elaborate
             such
             tasks
             as
             in
             this
             and
             other
             Kinds
             lie
             upon
             my
             hand
             .
             In
             the
             mean
             while
             ,
             take
             this
             as
             a
             taste
             of
             what
             may
             follow
             in
             due
             time
             ;
             both
             for
             the
             Illustration
             of
             this
             
             way
             by
             examples
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             more
             particular
             deduction
             of
             every
             thing
             belonging
             ●hereunto
             .
             I
             rest
             upon
             all
             occasions
             of
             ser●ice
             in
             this
             or
             any
             other
             kind
             ,
          
           
             
               Your
               affectionate
               and
               Loving
               Friend
               and
               Servant
               in
               Christ
               
                 JOHN
                 DURY
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
       
       
         
           A
           COPY
           of
           Mr
           JOHN
           DURY'S
           Letter
           to
           SAMUEL
           HARTLIB
           .
        
         
           
             Dear
             Friend
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Am
           glad
           that
           the
           Directory
           for
           the
           Education
           of
           Children
           ,
           and
           teaching
           of
           Sciences
           is
           to
           your
           liking
           ;
           I
           would
           be
           more
           glad
           if
           God
           would
           open
           it
           a
           way
           for
           us
           to
           put
           in
           practice
           :
           and
           although
           nothing
           should
           be
           done
           therein
           by
           our selves
           in
           these
           distracted
           times
           ;
           ●et
           it
           may
           be
           a
           satisfaction
           to
           our
           minds
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           not
           been
           wanting
           ●o
           our
           generation
           ,
           so
           farre
           as
           God
           hath
           ●nabled
           us
           to
           trace
           the
           wayes
           of
           doing
           ●ervice
           to
           the
           publick
           ;
           and
           that
           we
           ●ave
           not
           buried
           our
           talents
           in
           the
           ●round
           ,
           when
           opportunities
           have
           been
           
           offered
           to
           us
           to
           employ
           them
           .
           You
           hav●
           told
           me
           once
           or
           twice
           at
           severall
           oc●casions
           ,
           that
           the
           Discourses
           which
           Dr
           Kinner
           hath
           sent
           you
           from
           beyon●
           Seas
           tend
           wholly
           to
           the
           same
           Sco●
           which
           I
           have
           proposed
           to
           my self
           in
           the
           Directory
           which
           I
           have
           sent
           you
           ;
           an●
           that
           my
           Conceptions
           are
           as
           it
           were
           〈◊〉
           Abridgement
           of
           that
           which
           he
           ha●●
           written
           to
           you
           ;
           as
           if
           I
           had
           read
           h●●
           contrivement
           of
           matters
           ;
           and
           take
           the
           cream
           of
           his
           whole
           counsell
           .
           〈◊〉
           is
           very
           possible
           that
           men
           of
           the
           sa●●
           Judgement
           and
           Principles
           ,
           setti●●
           themselves
           to
           order
           one
           and
           the
           sam●
           work
           ,
           though
           they
           never
           have
           confe●●red
           notions
           ,
           may
           agree
           upon
           one
           a●●
           the
           same
           way
           :
           I
           am
           glad
           that
           〈◊〉
           thoughts
           and
           his
           ,
           though
           neither
           〈◊〉
           us
           have
           had
           the
           perusall
           of
           one
           an●●thers
           papers
           ,
           or
           any
           communicatio●
           with
           each
           other
           about
           that
           subject
           ,
           〈◊〉
           so
           concurre
           ,
           as
           to
           confirm
           you
           in
           the
           way
           which
           is
           most
           satisfactory
           to
           you●●udgement
           
           :
           you
           may
           say
           then
           to
           the
           ●orld
           ;
           that
           you
           have
           two
           witnesses
           to
           ●e
           and
           the
           same
           Truth
           ,
           and
           way
           of
           Righteousnes
           ;
           and
           that
           Gods
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           ●ight
           Reason
           speaks
           the
           same
           thing
           in
           all
           ●en
           ;
           in
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           be
           glad
           at
           a
           convenient
           time
           ,
           〈◊〉
           see
           those
           papers
           ,
           whereof
           you
           say
           I
           ●ave
           already
           given
           you
           the
           substance
           ●efore
           I
           ever
           saw
           them
           :
           for
           I
           suppose
           ●hey
           will
           not
           onely
           adde
           to
           my
           thoughts
           ●pon
           that
           Subject
           ;
           but
           perhaps
           give
           me
           ●ccasion
           to
           adde
           something
           to
           him
           for
           the
           accomplishment
           of
           your
           desires
           ,
           and
           the
           benefit
           of
           the
           Publick
           ,
           whereunto
           ●ou
           know
           I
           have
           dedicated
           my self
           ;
           and
           ●herein
           by
           Gods
           grace
           shall
           persevere
           ●nto
           the
           end
           :
           I
           rest
           ,
        
         
           
             Your
             most
             affectionate
             and
             faithfull
             Servant
             in
             Christ
             ,
             JOHN
             DURY
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .