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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	master_n	parent_n	superior_n	1,280	5	11.2870	5	true

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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

they will give you the hearing and chide them and there is all the correction they give and this will be a means to encourage Children more in their wickednesse against God and Men whereas if there were a Schoole-master Children would live in fear to hurt the least Childe that should come by them for a Schoole-master-would be a terror to the malitious ones because he would be alwaies resident like a Magistrate to heare the complaints of any that should complain against them and so the Offender shall receive correction for his offence but let the punishment to the Scholler be in mercy the Maste being enjoyned not to give above foure lashes with the Rod that so Children may not be dishartened in going to Schoole because some Schoole-masters are mercilesse in correcting their Schollers The considerations of these evills are sufficient to encourage People to be liberall to gain a Schoole-master for the restraining of the great and manifold vices that are in little Children The second and last Objection How shall poore Children be maintained Answer Those that are painefull Parents and are willing to set their Children to spinning or knitting or to work upon Hemp or Flax or any other worke whereby it may cause plenty of Food and Rayment in a Common-wealth and to prevent complaining in the streets do enjoune their Children to get a Penny before they goe to Schoole and another when they come home which is a commendable thing of those Parents that are thus carefull of their Children If all Children were thus looked unto to gain two pence a day by their labour it would be a good helpe towards their maintenance and besides an ease to the Parish in their dayly taxations Whereas on the contrary playing in the streets againes nothing but poverty in the Land with thousands of curses and oathes fightings and other wicked mischiefes to the great dishonour of God and hurt to the Common-wealth and all for want of a Master over them And furthermore as concerning that Objection How Children shall be maintained at Schoole for provision It is common in the mouthes of many poore people That if they could be free from the charge of their Childrens Schooling they would not charge the Parish for their Childrens maintenance These are sufficient Answers for the overthrow of the two Objections which would hinder so charitable a work and so Religious for the generall good of the Land Therefore let every good Man and Woman poure out their Prayers to God for the speedy and pure purging of those evils reigning in the Land and threatning Gods Judgement upon us and the Kings Dominions And for this end and purpose the Lord Almighty blesse our Honourable House of Peeres and House of Commons that they may take it into their wise and grave considerations speedily to take Gods cause in hand which have been theirs and the Lands mighty preserver And the Lord blesse and preserve their designes and purposes both for the glory of God and the good of Church and State Amen Amen Even so be it WHereas good Lawes in the Land are needfull and maketh Men and Women Live in Subjection even so good Lawes in a Schoole amongst Children will make them the better verst and obedient to the good Lawes of the Land when they shall come to Age Having relation to an English Schoole and observing the Lawes of the Schoole how easily the Master kept his Schollers in godlinesse and manners both for the glory of God and the good of the Land which is an admirable Heavenly thing to see in little Children I thought it good to publish the chiefest Heads as a Patterne for all Schoole-masters to teach their Schollers that they may be a meanes by Gods help to bring a generall joy and comfort through the Land For there are many Schoole-masters which take great paines to make their Schollers excellent in humane Learning but they take little or no care to traine up or teach God inesse and Manners to their Schollers and the Reason is because some of them have but little of it themselves Godlinesse and Manners are the very Diademe and Glory of all Learning What was Herod the better for his Learning when as the People said It was the voice of a God and not of a Man when as he wanted Godlinesse and Manners in that he was bloudy minded to persecute the poore Saints as Peter and James and the rest Therefore good Lawes and Precepts among Children may do a great deale of good to their Soules and Bodies The Lawes are set down in Foure Heads 1 The first cocerning God and his Sabbothes 2 The second is concerning the dutie and love that Children owe to their Fathers and Mothers and their Superiours 3 Their Love to their Brother Sister Servant Schoole-fellowes and Neighbours 4 Their care to their Writing and Reading and to keep their Apparell handsomely and whole about them that so they may not offend their Master and Parents which if they observe and keep they shall be acconnted good Boyes and besides gains great Love from their Masters Parents and Guardians which have the tuition and charge of them The Lawes of the Schoole fit to acquaint young Children with dayly that so when they come to be Men they may be the better fitted to observe the good Lawes of the Land BUt before I come to shew them I purpose to propose and put forth one question Whether Lords or Gentlemen if they intend to make them faire Orchards whether they doe usually plant ouer their ground old Trees or young pleasant plants or stocks It is to be granted that old Trees may grow when they are Planted But neverthelesse there are foure things why great Men and Gentlemen doe not Plant their faire Orchard-ground with old stocks 1 Because old great Trees are cumbersome to deale withall and one or two Men cannot doe it 2 The Windy stormes hath a greater stroak at great Trees to overturne them more then it hath at a young plant or stock 3 Old Trees will cost much charge and labour to prop them up which every gust of Winde endangereth either to overturne the body or at least shake the roote 4 And lastly if the Lord or master desireth to make an Arbour to his Orchard for his pleasure Old trees are not so apt to bend as young Plants or stocks for that worke This I make by way of comparison and doe with all humility set it forth for the glory of God and for the generall good of the Land that the Lord and Commons of both the Houses of Parliament will be pleased to take it into their wise and grave consideration carefully to Plant Orchards of young stockes meaning young Nurseries of generall Schooling in every Parish throughout the Land with a carefull Gardner or Grafter over them put in trust to foster and cherish them up by taking away the hurtfull sprouts and syences of wickednesse that hinder the good growth of them that so at last

England may become an admirable Orchard full of fruit-Trees being made fit for the service of God and good Trees and Members for the Common wealth There are many Clarkes and others that have no imployment would be glad to keep Schoole if they might have maintenance As good Lawes doe keep and preserve Peace in a Land for the good of all the Subjects to keep them in Subjection So good Lawes sowne among Children dayly in the Schoole will be a speciall meanes to keep them in Subjection both for the glory of God the good of themselues and the joy and comfort of their Master that have the tuition of them Religious and Morrall Precepts of the Master to his Schollers called the Lawes of the Schools davided into foure Parts The first concerning God and his Sabboths The second is of the Childs Duty and Love that he oweth to his Father his Mother and his Superiours The third sheweth how he should have his tongue so tipped with good words that he may minister grace or yeeld a good example of grace to the hearers Fourthly and lastly sheweth how a Childe should order himselfe to gaine Learning and to keep his Apparell handsomely in the sight of People First That the Childe take heed that he swear not in every vaine talke by the God that made him Secondly that he swear not by our Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour and Redeemer Thirdly swear not by Christs blood and wounds nor by any part of his body because the Lord saith For the very cause of Oathes the Land shall ●ourue Therefore take head to thy Tongue that you pluck not a Plague and Judgement upon thy selfe and the whole Land for thy sake as Achan did upon Israel Likewise beware of lying which is a srnit of the Tongue A common Lyar is an Enemy to the God of Truth And the Scripture saith that God is the God and Father of Truth but the Devill is the Father of Lyer these Offences against God deserves fovre lashes on the Hand with the Rod. Againe it is a speciall Duty belonging to God and the very Life of Reigeon that a Child sanctifie and keepe holy Gods Sabbothes Therefore beware of Gameing Gadding and wanton pastime which draw the heart away from Gods service The Christian Sabboth is the day of their Saviours Christs Resurrection which they keep holy above other daies For Christs Resurrection is the Faithfull Christians Justification as the Apostle sheweth saying Christ was delivered for our Offences and raised againe for our Justification Therefore Christsians observe that day to the Lord for if Christ had not risen both Jewes and Gentiles had all come short of the glory of God he that shall prophane this day deserveth foure lashes with the Rod on the Hand 2 Precept commandeth the Childe to be loving and dutifull to his Father Mother and his Superiours and Elders being as ready to doe their will in good things as the Servants of the Centurion which when their Master bid them go they stirred in a moment and went with speed when he bid them come they came not carelesly but willingly and last of all when he bid them do this or that thing they did it faithfully readily and with speed which is a commendable thing in a Scoller to doe the ●ike the neglect of this duty and love deserves three lashes on the Hand I have read of a Child possest with the Devill at the Mothers curse because it frowned and fumed and would not doe as the Mother bid it a warning to Children not to be idle and mothers not to be too hasty of their words 3 Beware of cursing rayling against any one which is a filthy thing in the Tongue of any Man Woman or Childe The Angel of God did not raile against the Devill and King Dauid did not raile against Shemei and Christ Jesus the very mirrour of humility and patience did not raile nor revile at his persecutors but committed his cause only to God who saith Vengeance is mine and I will repay it and againe he giveth to every Man according to his doing whether good or bad Likewise beware of setting nick names upon any Mans Person being deformed or upon any Mans po●●ession be it never so base if he b● needfull in the Common-wealthe for God despiseth not foolish things not base things nor weak things if they stand with the Lord and take his part therfore do not thou set nick names upon them if thou dost thou shalt have three lashes with the Rod on the Hand And lastly sheweth a Child how to order himselfe to gaine Learning and to keep his Apparell First a Childe must take heed that he keep his stops in Reading that he hackle not nor hamble his words in a humming snaffling way through the Nose Likewise that he be carefull to keep his Book clean from blots that he write not crooked out of the line that he keep his Letters even and streight together keeping a distance betweene every Word and not linking words together like a chaine from one end of the line to the other and so make a confusion that the Reader can make no sence of it which is a fault amongst many writers writing to their Friends in that they cobble all their words together The next thing a Childe must see to is his Apparell he must take heed that his Apparell be cleane from dirting whole from tearing that his Stockings be kept gartered his shooes pointed and like a neate Scholler behaving himselfe in such a civell manner that he may be a companion for his betters then shall his Master love him and commend him Likewise he must be courteous to all Men and when he meeteth his Elders that he put off his Hat and give them them the time of the Day this Scholler-like courteous carriage shall not onely gain their Parents love but also Neighbours and strangers will love them and commend them the neglect of this behaviour will deserve three lashes on the Hand Other things there might be put in to warne children that they doe it not as ●ea●ing fighting hurting one another in jest or earnest all which are breaches of Peace wherefore for the rest which I have omitted I leave it to the wisedom of the wise Schoole-master to adde more Lawes or better according as he shall see good but this is the end of my de●●re who I hope there are many more of the same I should be glad to see little children trained up in a Religious and civill way of life which is the Grace of a Family of a Towne or City when the children belonging unto those places are well educated and brought up The Voice of the Parliament may doe very much in this thing a thousand Preachers cannot compare with them for the duelling of sin at this time I pray God to give them a time in his good time to bring every good work to passe for his glory and the Kingdomes good and theirs Now if these Schoole Lawes or the like might be compelled to be read in every English Schoole twice a Week like a Lesson of Instruction it would be a speciall meanes by the held of God to bring a very great reformation in little childrens Hearts for the Law being onely read is a terror and a Rod to milde children that have a filiall feare in them though they see none corrected for breaking the Law Now when these filiall children that have the Law in their Hearts with much fear lest they should offend those I say will be a speciall meanes like little Preachers to rebuke and perswade other children that are of a servile add obstinate Nature that they come not in the compasse of their Masters correction and so by this meanes and Gods blessing with it the stream and tide of wickednesse which one carried many thou●ands headlong to wickednesse shall not run so violent as it hath done in times past but shall be asswaged with the low and humble ebbe of Godlinesse and goodnesse for with the meek and lowly the Lord is pleased to dwell and such as delight in goodnesse the Lord is pleased to delight in them according as the Holy Ghost faith Those that Honour me I will Honour So praying to God for a good successe in these things desiring every good Christian to do the same for it is goodnesse that will make us happy and not greatnesse onely for greatnesse cannot deliver one in the Day of the Lords wrath but goodnesse will make a Man happy and joyfull through Christ Jesus at the Houre of Death Psal 112.7.8 FINIS