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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63806	A new method of educating children, or, Rules and directions for the well ordering and governing them during their younger years shewing that they are capable ... : also, what methods is to be used by breeding women ... / written ... by Tho. Tryon ...	Tryon, Thomas, 1634-1703.	1695 (1695)	Wing T3190; ESTC R34678	43,755	121

Who Reasons Dictates solidly pursue Without Regard to Terms of Old or New Keep close to Nature in her own plain away By no new Lights and Notions led astray Whilst all their Art amounts to only This Nego Sequelam ergo Falleris A New Method OF EDUCATIN● Children c. Of the Capacity of Children together with a True Method of their Education IT is a Truth generally acknowledged by Christians but seldom so well consider'd as it ought That Man is the compleat Image of God and Nature and contains in himself the Principles and Properties of all things Corporeal and Incorporeal That he is endued with an Elemental or Palpable Body actuated and informed by an Ethereal Spirit which directly answers to the great Soul of the World from whence it is taken and whereof it is an Epitome and Abridgment or if you please the Son and Off-spring And as the Soul of Man does contain all the true Properties of the Elements ●z Earth Air Water and Fire which are as it were the Mothers of the Body that nourish and sustain it so it has als● the Principles of Fire and Light that is Spirit and Life that gives Motion to the Body which bears Relation to the Sou● of the great World or that mighty Spirit which is the Moving Vivifying Creative and Conservative Power o● God Now Man being so wonderfully composed his Soul and Spirit containing the true Nature and Properties of every Being he must consequently have a Simile or Agreement with the innat● Nature Qualities Dispositions and Inclinations of all Beasts Fowl Fish Herbs Seeds c. both in the Visible and Invisible World and is thereby become a Microcosm a compleat Image or Resemblance of the Universe The Earth Essentially contains in i● self the Vertues and Qualities of all Seeds Fruits and Grains insomuch that whatever is sown into it immediately takes root and attracts to it self an agreeable Matter proper for the Support and Nourishment of its own Body and Spirit The like is to be understood of the Soul it being the Universal Humane Ground wherein whatever is sown whether Good or Evil takes root and powerfully though insensibly draws agreeable Matter out of all the Powers and Qualities of Nature to nourish and improve that Seed whereby it obtains a strong Form in the Soul the Essences whereof can never be destroy'd or defaced especially if the Seeds are sown in the first and tenderest Age of the Child For then the Soul is most empty and consequently most susceptible of Impressions and receiving any thing that is offer'd to it All the Powers of Nature standing then as it were naked unbyass'd by Custom and Prejudice with an earnest and ardent Appetite desiring to be stampt with some Character or other without any regard to either the Beauty or Value o● the Impression having no Distinction betwixt Good and Evil. Upon this account whatever a Child is first taught and accustomed to not only takes the deepest root in the Soul but beget Habits and Complexions and denominates the very Constitution it self This no wise Man can deny it being Matter of Fact and common Observation Besides all the Art and Industry of the best Tutors can never wholly remove or alter Qualities and Dispositions so earlily planted Tho● by continually representing to them good Examples back'd with Wholsom and Moral Precepts if the Soul be of a mild and gentle Nature they may for some time seem to be subdu'd yet upon the least Intermission and Neglect o● such a Method they shall be ready to exert themselves afresh and perhaps with redoubled Vigour Therefore Education and Examples in the Infancy and first Ages of a Child that is from Two to Eight Ten Twelve Years are the very Foundation of Vertue or Vice accord●ng as they are us'd or apply'd For ●hen Good and Evil are indifferent to ●he Soul and that which is first im●ibed takes the deepest root and begets the strongest habit From hence it is manifest of what ●mportance it is for Fathers Mothers Nurses c. to whom the Care of Children is committed to be watchful that ●he Precepts and Examples of Vertue have the Honour in making the first ●mpression on their Childrens Souls That they labour to acquaint them be●imes with the Excellence of Patience Humility and Compassion That they ●epresent to them the Noble and Tran●cendent Dignity of Justice and shew ●hem the Deformity of the contrary Vice That they make them understand ●hat there is as much Injustice in Wrong●ng a Man of a Penny as in Cheating ●im of a Pound That Writhing of the Neck of a Chicken with Delight is as great an Evidence of the Spirit of Cruelty as the Stabbing a Man They are to ●ccustom their Children to a proper and distinct Method of Speaking I am perswaded much of the Stammering Lisping in many People might have been prevented by a proper and due Management in their Childhood They ought also to be very careful to Teach them Temperance in Eating and Drinking and Moderation in their Sleep and Exercises By such Methods as these the Seeds of Vice might more easily because timely be subdued and a Foundation laid for the building up an Excellent and Accomplisht Person But seeing that the common Custom of the World commands us as soon as we are born to be submitted to the Care and Tuition of Women on whose good or ill Management of us in that tender Age a great part of the Felicity or Misery of our Lives depend And considering the Impressions that Women make whilst they are Impregnate and go with Child have a wonderful Influence upon their Issue I think it will prove no worthless Service to propose some Observations and Methods whereby they may be better directed to discharge their Duty 1. A good Diet ought to be observed that is they ought to accustom themselves to simple Meats and Drinks such in which no manifest Quality is too predominant that is not too sweet nor too bitter too salt nor too sharp c. For all Extreams beget their own Qualities and Complections All Strong Drinks are to be avoided for nothing is more inimical to the Nature of Children than things wherein Heat has the Ascendant All Spoon-Meats are very proper and Natural except such as are made of Spirituous Liquors as Wine Ale Beer Cyder c. but if sweetned with Sugar as is commonly practised they are exceedingly Hotter and ought to be avoided by all that value their own or their Childrens Health But Gruels Paps Rice variously dress'd are very wholsom Raw Herbs made into Sallads and eaten with Bread Butter and Cheese are excellently good and for Drink Midling Beer or Ale is the best except Water 2. They are also during their Impregnation to abstain from all Foods that are made Hot in their Preparation by Boiling Stewing Roasting Baking and the like They ought to let them be quite Cold before they eat them for their fiery sulphurous Vapours do mightily generate