sorry when my Father took him Apprentice Anth. Did you not say he was well thought of Mar. I knew one thing of him which made me doubt concerning him He was my School-fellow and was very idle and stubborn in School he never had my Master's love Anth. It is then no wonder that he is now wicked Those that are Rebels in the School are Knaves in the Shop or Fools A perverse and idle School-boy seldom becomes a good Servant He is wise that being to chuse an Apprentice consulteth the School-master more than the Parents DIALOGUE VI. Master and Servant MAst Wilt thou ne're become wholly good Harry Serv. You use to say None is perfect Sir Mast Dost thou cavil at my words I mean Wilt thou never wholly lay aside thy sloth Serv. I will endeavour Sir to please you always for the future Mast I wish I might believe thee Thou seemest sometimes a Boy of most tender Spirit but soon after all hopes of thee vanisheth Thou art like a man that I have heard of that never knew his own mind if he had determined one thing one moment he changed his resolution in the next his thoughts were not his own I never knew but two boys like thee Thomas Fallacio and William Futurio two Neighbours Apprentices the one I think is as bad the other somewhat worse than thy self I am sorry thou shouldest give me cause to say so of thee Serv. I repent Sir that I am one of that number but I will first amend that they may imitate me Mast Be as good as thy word if thou be as thou hast a-a-great while been called idle thou shalt be hereafter esteemed the best All the Neghbourhood will commend thee But I fear thou wilt sleep to morrow morning void of care I wish God may give thee help to be more faithful Serv. It is expedient for me to be industrious Sir and I will be Mast Thou wilt reap the benefit of thine industry when thou comest to Mans-Estate the more careful and diligent thou art in my business the fitter thou wilt be for thine own I exhort thee as well for thine advantage as mine Serv. I most readily believe you Sir I thank you Sir for your kind admonitions DIALOGUE VII Master and Scholar MAst Two days ago thou desiredst of me a Repetition of some instructions of mine I now demand of thee attention to a few more which I would fain have fastened in thy mind That thou mayst be ignorant of nothing that may tend to thy good S. most readily honoured Master will I attend for I firmly-believe that you aim at my good M. Thou maist believe but if not I my self am assured that out of a conscientious care for thee I speak and act all things And therefore together with the former remember these documents also First Therefore be of a Catholick Spirit love all the World love thy Friends because they deserve it love thine Enemies because Christ commandeth it Requite not injuries with injuries but return good for evil Abhor revenge it was honourable sometimes among Heathens but it is most uncomely for a Christian Secondly Think no evil when thou feelest evil thoughts arising within thy mind divert thy meditation immediately to something of good Contraries drive out one another Thirdly Learn good of every one observe the virtues of good Examples to imitate them observe the vices of bad Examples to avoid them Fourthly If thou knowest thy School-fellow Guilty of a Crime admonish him privately and tell me not of him for I delight not in punishing try if thou canst by thy Arguments reform him thou shalt then do a blessed work but if he hearken not to thee make me acquainted lest thy Friend be ruined It is no part of friendship to conceal deadly vices thou shalt merit his greatest love by revealing them and thô he a wicked Boy curse thee God shall bless thee Yet I would by no means have thee be a tell-tale or common accuser Never discover but when there is necessity and the safety of a Boy requires it Fifthly Hope not for safety in sin because most men go that way companions will not make the flames of Hell the cooler the more fuel the hotter the flame will be Sixthly Abuse not the Sabbath nor imploy it either upon thy School-business for I had rather that were never done than thou shalt lay out that day upon it or upon recreations It is the Lord's Day not thine own worship God on that day so shall he bless thee all the week after Those that work in Gods Time shall lose their labour and those that play in it shall repent of their sport Seventhly Never use the Name of God irreverently he is a jealous God Be afraid to mention his Name without a mental adoration Eighthly Jeer not others upon any occasion if they be foolish God not themselves denied them understanding if they be vicious thou oughtest to pity them not to revile them if deformed God framed their bodies and wilt thou scorn his workmanship Art thou wiser than the Creator If poor Poverty was designed for a motive to Charity not to contempt thou canst not see what riches they have within especially despise not thy aged Parents If they be come to their second Childhood and be not so wise as formerly they are yet thy Parents thy duty is not diminished Ninthly If Providence promote thee to riches or honours be not proud God giveth thee those things for other ends if thou abuse them he will take them away Tenthly Take not any thing that is thy Parents without their leave nothing is thine till it be given thee He that Steals is never the less a Thief because he Robs but his Father or Mother Eleventhly Be always content Childrens will is limited murmur not against thy Parents against thy Master much less against God Twelfthly Never talk of those things that concern thee not be not a busie-body Observe all these things most devoutly the sum of all which is Obedience for that one word comprehendeth the whole duty of a Child towards Parents towards Master and towards God let thâ—â— little word be engraven upon thine heart and 〈◊〉 thou observe it when thou art a man thou wilt be useful in the Commonwealth and Loyal to thy Prince S. You have given me Sir a compendium of my duty I am by nature more forward to evil than to good how shall I conquer that inclination M. God can overcome all difficulties rely upon him and he shall give thee strength EPISTLE I. Sir I Were ungrateful if I should not return you the greatest thanks for your readiness to do me good But actions do not always succeed according to the design of the agent I am sorry I have cause to complain of the Servant you sent me last week I am scarce at leisure to write what a bad disposition he is of I will only mention some few of his Features by them you may conjecture of the rest
hath the sign with before it 1. A small spark raiseth a great fire with strange increase it pierceth between the parts of matter with wonderful subtilty 2. The Doctrine of the Gospel after the death of Christ the Author of it overspread the World with wonderful speed it conquered the hearts of men with invincible force with great success it opposed the Heathenish Idols The Devils were angry at the overthrow of their Kingdom but their lying Oracles yielded to the power of God who began to fulfil to Christ the promise which he had given him and now Paganism is almost extinguished Ablativo causae modi c. Sometimes the Noun betokening the cause is put into the ablative Case with prae He that languisheth for thirst giveth a man greater thanks that offereth him water than if a Prince gave him a Crown those things are most acceptable which answer the present necessity Rule 4. After any Verbs the ablative case is to be used of a Noun which betokens the Original Descent Countrey or part affected either Body or Mind 1. A Boy of an ingenious temper is troubled in mind when he hath provoked his Parents to anger and desires nothing more than the recovering of their favour but a Boy accustomed to the practice of disobedience laugheth-at reproof 2. That Child is happy that by descent proceedeth from good and pious Parents but he is more happy that also imitateth the good Example of his Ancestors Reg. 5. Quibuslibet Verbis subjicitur c. Rule 5. The English words buy sell cost is worth and such like when they are rendred into Latin by their preper Verbs require the Substantive betokening the price rate or value to be put into the ablative case and after Verbs of buying the person of whom must be the ablative case with a or ab after sell and cost the Dative 1. Is not he an excellent Merchant that buyeth wares for an hundred pound and selleth them for an hundred pence He is not a friend to himself 2. This Book is worth five groats but the Bookseller sold it me for thirteen pence and told me that it cost him twelve pence Vili paulo minimo magno c. Note 1. Vili paulo minimo magno nimio plurimo dimidio duplo are ablative adjectives of price or value and are used after such Verbs without Substantives 1. He sells his eternal happiness for a very-little that prefers dunghil pleasures before it Heaven is worth the whole World it will cost a man labour and denial of himself pleasures worldly and heavenly seldom succeed each other 2. Men desire to buy glory cheap which cost our Saviour dear who purchased it for us they value the World at too great a rate Reg. 7. Excipiuntur hi Genitivi tanti quanti c. Rule 7. These English words viz. So much how much thus much more less as much as how much soever must be rendred by adjectives tanti quanti pluris minoris c. without Substantives in the Genitive Case but if the English be such that with them a Substantive must be joined the ablative must be used according to rule 1. A good name is a jewel which is worth so much that at what rate soever thou purchasest it thou dost not buy it dear 2. A man given to vice contracteth to himself many diseases the cure costs him more than his pleasure recompenceth health is easily lost but the recovery of it is bought of Physicians at a great rate Note Valeo to be worth is sometimes read with an accusative Reg. 6. Verba abundandi implendi c. Rule 6. Verbs of filling emptying wanting abounding loading easing require the Noun following which hath with or of before it to be put into the ablative case besides an accusatsve of the thing or person filled emptied c. 1. He that wanteth money is accounted a fool tho' he be wise he is reviled by the tongues of those that tread upon all that are not like them with great pride an Ass laden with Gold is preferred before the most useful beasts 2. He that easeth the miserable of their burthen shall hear many blessing him we may admire some mens cruelty that never pity others never do them good such men are of sordid mind and when they want help none will succour them fill the poor with food and thou shalt never want treasure God telleth us That if we give to the poor we lend to him and hath promised us that he will repay us 3. A thief robbeth a traveller of his money but at length he depriveth himself of life for his villany bringeth him to ruine and death Note 1. Participo Active to make partaker hath the same construction viz. an accusative of the person and an ablative of the thing Note 2. Verbs af filling and emptying are sometimes found to have a Genitive case after them of the Substantive which hath of or with before it Reg. 7. Frungor fruor utor similia c. Rule 7. Frungor fruor utor nitor laetor vescor glorior supersedeo require an ablative case after them of the thing muto an ablative of the Noun which hath into before it and besides that an accusative Dignor communico and prosequor an accusative of the person and ablative of the thing 1. That Boy that often seeketh to enjoy the company of evil Boys never performeth his duty he preferreth the love of a tempting Boy before his Master's favour he quickly layeth aside his care leaveth off his diligence changeth smiles of his Master into frowns he becometh like his Companion who will rejoice at his ruin Idleness is the nourisher of all vices and vice for-the-most-part foregoeth destruction Be thou therefore mindful of thy duty 2. Use thy Friend with greatest caution trust him not before thou know him well there is not one among twenty friends that is faithful they seem loving but they use flattery a mask which hideth their hearts from other men Friends destroy more than Enemies 3. Leave-off Childish vanities when thou comest to ripeness of age trifles are a dishonour to years use not Childish Exercises nor let the delights of Children please thee after that the ripeness of thine understanding hath rendred thee fit for greater employments 4. Boast not of thy health and strength too much only whilst thou enjoyest them give praise to him that bestoweth all good things upon all men use them well lest he deprive thee of them God doth good to thee return him not evil Reg. 8. Merior cum Adverbiis bene male c. Rule 8. Of after Mereor is made by the Preposition de which will have an ablative case after it if after the English word deserve come an adverb A faithful School-master deserveth well of his Countrey he teacheth his Scholars to obey their King he educateth not Rebels and tho' many become wicked and pernicious that have had good Education yet his honesty satisfieth his own mind for he knoweth
write down in a Book which I read over once a week that I may not commit the same Error twice When our Master is correcting our Exercises I always attend most diligently I fix mine Eyes upon him and my mind upon his words If any other Boy have a better Phrase or manner of expressing than I I certainly take care to remember it If the Exercises of any other Form be corrected when my Task is done I attain to that which seemeth not to belong to me I think it concerns me to listen to every thing that I may get good by Having furnished my self by these Methods and prepared my understanding I set about my Exercise which I always read over before I begin to translate it as our Master hath most wisely commanded I never write down any word or Phrase before a certain knowledge or accurate enquiry whether it be fit to my purpose If I at all doubt I never rest till I be certain If I cannot find out what I seek I ask the next day I scorn not to learn of the meanest Boy much less do I neglect to ask our Master if no body else know I never slightly pass over any difficulty the more pains I take at one time the less labour shall I need the next Exercise I always appoint my self a certain measure of time for my Exercise a moment of which I never bestow upon any other business I never cease till I have done I interrupt not my self nor suffer the dearest Friend to interrupt me my supper and my sleep always give place to business Most Boys are easily diverted which utterly hindereth accuracy I read over each Latin Sentence by it self after I have made it twice or thrice and at last the whole Exercise again and again deliberately to observe any Errors which I have committed which I correct my self before the Master overlook it And lastly I never am hasty but allow time enough to each Word and Sentence Many Boys bring always bad Exercises for want of patient consideration I have now answered thy Question and told thee the chief things which I observe L. I heartily thank thee I will imitate thee for the future DIALOGUE X. Thomas and John THom I was told that your Brother had displeased his Master and therefore was not only chidden but beaten John That Boy is worthy of a whipping that told you for though I have no desire to accuse any one for a fault before my Master yet it is not fit that Punishments that any one suffers in the School should be published openly Thom. You are to be commended who are careful to observe the Laws of the School but do not ask me the Boys Name that told me this thing for indeed he was afraid lest any of his School-fellows should hear of it But I also understand that you excel many other Boys in writing which I am glad to hear John I must not tarry now for I am to buy some Books that I have need of Farewell DIALOGUE XI Thomas and Richard IF I am not deceived I saw your Brother weeping when I called you Rich. Both my Brother and Sister wept and they had cause to weep for my Father was angry with them Tho. What fault had they committed I know that they are of a good disposition and therefore surely they would endeavour to please your Father and therefore it is not good to enquire into other mens business yet tell me their fault if you please Rich. My Father was about to take a Journey to receive some Money which a Countrey-man my Father's Tenant owed him but he wanted a Saddle and therefore sent my Brother and Sister to buy him a Saddle They went but tarried so long that at last he would not go This was the cause of my Father's anger for they tarried talking with our Neighbours Daughter whose company they loved Tho. They did ill DIALOGUE XII Henry and Robert Hen. HOW can you expect God's Blessing who do not study to please your Father Rob. You always take liberty to accuse me for my Faults I have had Chiding enough at home to day I did not expect to be chidden abroad also Hen. Dost not thou fear the punishment that God the just Judge whose Eyes behold all mens actions hath threatned against such Children as do not obey their Parents I wonder that you are not ashamed of your wickedness by which you break the Laws both of God and Nature and believe me if you do not amend your manners you will repent of your folly when it is too late what if your Parents whom you are so disobedient to should cast you off Remember my words which I speak not out of hatred to you for I pity you Reform your life and then both your Father and you will have opportunity to rejoyce DIALOGUE XIII Thomas and Francis THO. How do you my good Friend Francis Fran. I am heartily glad that you are in health My Brother Richard desired me to remember his love to you Tho. I thank both him and you Fran. How much did that Book cost you that you have in your left hand T. It is a Book than which I never saw any more handsomely bound and yet it cost me but a little for he that sold it me did not understand the Books worth Fran. Did a Bookseller sell it you Tho. No I bought it of one that found that and another Book in the Street Fran. I pity him that lost them it may be he hath sorrow enough it is probable that it was some careless boy whose Parents have been sufficiently angry with him yea it may be he hath been beaten soundly But thus we see it often that one's loss is another's gain but I must not tarry now lest I lose the opportunity to send this Letter Farewell DIALOGUE XIV Joseph and Philip. Jos I Have brought you the Book that I borrowed when you and I were at London together and I intend to buy me such a Book for it hath taught me much wisdom Doubtless its Author was a Man af great Piety as well as learning Some Books are scarce worthy of reading but others deserve to be read an hundred times How much did the Book cost you Phil. It cost me five shillings and I do not think it dear For it is a Book than which I never read any more learned and pious yea every leaf thereof is a honey-comb full of most sweet honey drawn from the best of flowers I bought it over against the Exchange at the Sign of the Black-a-moors Head of a Bookseller who never useth to deceive me Jo. It is the same Bookseller that I use to buy Books of he will not offer his Books at a greater price than others and for the most part his Books are most neatly bound Farewell DIALOGUE XV. Thomas and John Tho. I Saw the man that your Father sold his Horse to walking in the street Joh. Which street for my Father would be glad
be Latin c. Opus usus c. These Impersonals will have a Genitive Case Interest Refert est for Interest By Interest Refert est for Interest These Impersonals will have a Dative Accidit Câ—rtum est Contingit Constat Confert Competit Conducit Convenit Placet Displicet Dolet Expedit Evenit Liquet Libet Licet Nocet Prodest Praestat Patet Stat Restat Benefit Mal fit Satisfit Superest Sufficit Vacat c. By certain Impersonals require a Dative c. By In Dativum Feruntur haec Impersonalia c. These will have an Accusative only Delectat Decet Juvat Oportet By some will have an Accusative only Per haec Impersonalia accusandi These Impersonals will have an Accusative with a Genitive Paenitet Taedet Miseret Miserescit Pudet Piget By some besides an Acc. will have a Gen. c. His Impersonalibus subjicitur accusaâ—ivus cum Genitivo c. These Participles will have an Accusative Case when they signifie actively Exosus Perosus Pertaesus But Exosus Perosus By these participial voices c. Exosus Perosus c. Dat. when they signifie passively Exosus Perosus etiam cum c. These Participles will have an Ablative Case Natus Prognatus Satus Ortus Cretus Creatus Ediâ—â—s By Natus Prognatus c. These Words if the Late Learned Mr. Wase formerly Master of the Free-School at Tunbridge may be credited as who will question it being got perfectly without Book will much advantage Boys in putting Words in the true Case and revive the Rules they have learned Neither will it be lost Labour as I suppose if once or twice in a Month they read them over to fix them in their memory These Words having escaped the Press in the Index the Learner is desired to write them under their Proper Letters TO blind Caeco as avi 1 act To charge Jubeo es ussi 2 act To commend Laudo as avi 1 act A Dog-Day Canis canicularis 3 m. To Dye Colours Tingo is xi 3 act Farewell Vale defect A Fishing-Cane Arundo inis 3 f. Fierce Atrox ocis adj 3 art A Hen Gallina ae 1 f. Icy Glacialis le lis adj 3 art To make fit Concinno as avi 1 act Prudent Prudens t is adj 3 art A Scent Odor ris 3 m. Sluggish Ignavus a um adj Smooth Planus a um adj To Sow with a Needle Suo is ui 3 n. An Embrace Amplexus us 4 m. Lust Cupido mis. 3 f. A portion Des tis 3 f. A Persecutor Persecutor is 3 m. FINIS BOOKS Printed and Sold by THOMAS COCKERIL at the Three Legs over against the Stocks Market THE Works of the Late Learned Divine Stephen Charnock B.D. In 2 Vol. Fol. A Demonstration of the First Principles of the Protestant Applications of the Apocalypse Together with the Consent of the Ancients concerning the Fourth Beast in the 7th of Daniel and the Beast in the Revelations By Drue Cressener D. D. 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