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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A87122	Vox populi, or, Glostersheres desire: with, the way and means to make a kingdome happy (by Gods help.) By setting up of schoole-masters in every parish throughout the land generally. Being fit for the help of religious ministers in their heavenly worke. And for the removing of the three capitall enormities of this land, viz. ignorance, prophanesse and idlenesse. Set forth for the benefit of all the young children in the kings dominions: with schoole-lawes and orders, for every English schoole-master, and family, to have in their houses. For the training up young children, both in godlinesse and manners, for the good of the land. With the confuting of certain objections that would hinder and make void so good a worke. by Samuel Harmar.	Harmar, Samuel.	1642 (1642)	Wing H799; Thomason E146_2; ESTC R22931	7,948	12

VOX POPULI OR GLOSTERSHERES DESIRE WITH The Way and Means to make a Kingdome Happy by Gods help By setting up of Schoole-masters in every Parish throughout the Land generally Being fit for the help of Religious Ministers in their Heavenly Worke. And for the removing of the three Capitall enormities of this Land viz. Ignorance Prophanesse and Idlenesse Set forth for the Benefit of all the young Children in the Kings Dominions With Schoole-Lawes and Orders for every English Schoole-Master and Family to have in their Houses For the training up young Children both in Godlinesse and Manners for the good of the Land With the confuting of certain Objections that would hinder and make void so good a Worke. By Samuel Harmar London Printed for Thomas Bates and are to be sould at hsi Shop in the Old-Bayly 1642. VOX POPULI on Glostershires Desire The great Evils that doe Vuiversaly spread over the Land are three that is to say Igrorance Prophanesse and Idlenesse THe speciall theanes by God help to precent thoser evils is for to pray That the Honourable Assembly of Parliament will be pleased to take it into their wise and grave consideration that honest and Religious Schoole-masters may be planted in every Parish throughout the Land which is able to maintain one It is verily beleeved that an honest Schoole-master in every Parish will be a special help to a Religio us Minister in siding with him for the trayning up young Children in godlinesse and manners which worke no good Christian can deny the setting up seeing it is a work which much tendeth to the worship of God and the good of the Common-wealth It is a great complaint in many parts of the Realme amongst Religious Ministers to see how little their Preaching and Doctrine have thrived and wrought in the hearts of many young and old people One main reason of this barrennesse in goodnesse is for want of such a member in every Parish to educate and instruct all the Children in the Parish as well the poore as the rich that so the poor est may be taught to write and reade which many wealthy Fathers at this time would give much if they could doe it And besides the Children shall be taught to understand the Principles of Religion concerning their Faith and Hope they being Catechized in such a Catechise as the Learned Synod with the Approbation of the Honourable House shall think most meet to be raught in all Schooles of the Realme for the easie and plain understanding of the grounds of Divinity If this care be taken in every Parish it will be a great means to keep Men and Women from so many divisions of opinions which are sprung up amongst us to the great trouble of the Land and disturbance of many peoples mindes It is the prayer and desire of many good people that this charitable work of generall Schooling may take effect in the whole Land for the restraining of vice and for the good of poore Mens Children And besides by the blessing of God it will be a great means to work a Reformation in the whole Land and beger a uniformity in Religion among us which is now much out of joynt though there is as the Apostle saith but one Body one Spirit in a Man one Hope one Lord one Faith and one Baptisme A second Benefit that will acrue and arise by having an honest Schoole-master in every Parish it will be a speciall means to keepe Children out of Idlenesse for when there is a habit of Idlenesse bred in the bones of little Children it will hardly go out of the Flesh for as the Vessell is first seasoned so it will taste long of the liquor whether good or bad And this Idlenesle among the poorer sort of chidren by playing in the Streets the better part of the Day rather desiring to beg then to worke this Idle life at length leadeth poore children either to become beggers or theeues and this is one cause why Countries and Cities are so opprest with beggers in many places at this present and if it happen that these Idle Persons if they cannot get their living by begging they will adventure to stea'e and so do much hurt many yeares to many of the Kings Subjects before they be taken And all this mischiefe to the Land in generall doth greatly arise from the first cruse which is the want of a Schoole-master in every Parish Many Parishes at this time do greatly complain for the want of a Religious Schoole-master to teach their Children as well as for a sober Religious Minister among them to teach them There are two Objections which some malignants object for the overthrow of this so Religious and Common-wealth work for the generall good of the Land First they say Who shall pay for Childrens Schooling And secondly how shall they be maintained The first is answered If the Law of the Land do enjoyne and rate mens estates toward the relieving of the poore in their Parishes The question is asked whether the same Law may not aswell enjoyne a rate upon Mens estates for the maintaining of so charitable a work which is the publike good of the Land and will be a speciall means to prevent Idlenesse among Children with beggery and theevery which are apt to follow Idlenesse as is shewed before and are great and heavie burdens lying on the Land at this time Againe there is another great help for the easie furthering of this work of generall Schooling they that have no Children and great Estates may be somthing more liberall then others that have a charge of Children seeing the work is so profitable sot the puplike good It is reported that some that have but twenty pound per Annum would be willing to give ten shillings per Annum out of their estates to raise a competent maintenance to encourage a Schoole-master to take paines and to wait upon his calling Also that Children may be kept out of the streets whereas now they curse and swear drawing the vengeance of God upon the Land And besides neither Man nor Beast can passe by them quietly for some are so unhappy like those Children that meeked the old Prophet Elisha that neither Men Women nor Children upon their businesse can passe by them without a mocke or it may be a stone at them And as for the poore dumbe Beasts they cannot passe by them for either they will throw stones at them or else force them into Brooks or Pooles and so danger them or else force them over Hedges and Ditches breaking their Legs or breaking their Necks so that now let Men judge whether it be not a necessary needfull work to set up generall Schooling over the Land for the reforming of Children from those vices which they Act against God by belching out dayly fearefull curses and oathes and also by abusing and hurting both old Men and children and dumbe beasts Tell some Fathers of these ungod y hurtfull Children what hurt their Children do