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A08202	An order of houshold instruction by which euery master of a familie, may easily and in short space, make his whole houshold to vnderstand the principall and chiefe points of Christian religion, without the knowledge whereof, no man can be saued.	Nichols, Josias, 1555?-1639.	1595 (1595)	STC 18539.5; ESTC S2248	53,178	122

truth iustice and mercie For it is written as a thing that faith not m Galat. 6.7 Whatsoeuer a man soweth that shall he reape Hoping therefore that such as bee wise in heart will earnestly follow my counsaile and carefully stirre vp others to the same I will hasten to the matter it selfe by which euery one may bee as I hope greatly guided in the performance of the same I beseech almightie God of his infinit mercie in Iesus Christ to prosper this our godly purpose to his glorie and comfort of his people His glorious name be praised for euer Amen Your faithfull seruant in Christ Iesus Iosias Nichols The Booke to the Householder COme buy me but passe not by me for by me thou shalt winne To light thy people by my light to trauell light from sinne The word with words of trueth and ioy doth shew his word by me A way which if thou way it waies thee to felicitie Two houres each weeke sixe monthes to stay with thee no more I begge To stay thy people on that stay which hell gates cannot wagge Then trie how trie my triall is if God doe helpe with grace Both man and child as wit doth grow shall see the heauenly place Yet know that knowledge and no more by thee to thine I giue The spirit of Christ pray thou therefore workes faith that thou maist liue And as by proofe thou proues me true to proue the thing I say So double time for double gaine and grant me longer stay An order of houshold instruction by which euery master of a familie may easilie and in short space make his whole houshold vnderstand the principall and chiefe poyntes of Christian religion without the knowledge whereof no man can be saued The first booke CAP. 1. The first order of instruction IN this order some things are for the young tender yeres and some for yeres of greater capacitie for confirmation and helpes till they may bee grounded in the principles with good vnderstanding to giue a reckoning of their faith by the holy Scriptures First from the time that children speake it is good to drop in this good licour of heauenly doctrine For as Salomon saith a Prou. 22.6 Teach a childe the trade of his waye and when hee is olde hee shall not depart from it The first order from the time that children can speake Therefore from that time it shall bee good to teach them as the manner of all christians is to say without book distinctly The Lords prayer the Creede and the ten Commaundements And as hee perceiueth their capacitie to growe to droppe into them by familiar wordes the name of God how hee made vs the name of Christ how hee shed his blood for vs the name of the holy Ghost who sanctifieth vs and that there is but one God and three persons c. Also the name of death that for sinne all men die and the name of the resurrection that through Christ we shall liue againe in heauen alwaies applying himselfe with tearmes to their capacitie and alluring the childe to the feeling and loue of God of Christ and of eternall life and to the hatred of sinne as by saying and causing the childe to say God loueth vs for he made vs and giueth vs all things as our meate drinke apparell c. God loueth vs for he gaue Christ to die for our soules God loueth vs for he giueth vs life after we he dead in heauen We must not doe sinne and Wickednes for it bringeth paine sicknes death c. Then the capacitie encreasing make them pronounce how many petitions in the Lords praier and which they be how many cōmandements which they be til they can tell you euery one being asked sodainely out of order as the tenth the fourth the seuenth c. After that they haue been thus trayned a while and can answer as children readily to these then let them learne that short Catechisme without booke which beginneth after this sorte Who made thee God What is God he is almightie c. Wherefore did he make thee to serue him c. Which may be bought for the valew of a pennie in the bookesellers shops After all this teach them some short stories and sentences of holy Scripture stories such as these Gen. 4. vers 2. the trade sacrifice and death of Abel Gen. 11.1 the building and ouerthrow of Babel Mark 10.13 Christ receiueth children and blesseth them Now some stories may bee taught them worde for worde as in the text such is that of Elisha 2. King 2. vers 23.24 onely adding the Prophets name which is verse 22. and in the end of this storie teach them the vse Children may not mocke Some stories must be gathered more short then the text as that of Dinah Gen. 34. Dinah the daughter of Iacob went out to see the maides of the countrie and one Shechem sonne of Hamor Lord of that countrie saw her and defiled her and for this cause Simeon and Leui slew Shechem and all the towne with the edge of the sworde The vse Maides must not wander or goe a gadding The sentences may be such as these are Prouerbs 29.15 The rod and correction giue wisdome but a childe set at libertie maketh his mother ashamed Mark 8.36 What shall it profit a man though hee should win the whole world if he loose his owne soule Luk. 9.10 The sonne of man is come to seeke and to saue that which is lost Then teach them an ensample of euerie commaundement to the sence of this following The first commaundement brake Ahab taking Baal for his God 1. King 18.21 or 1. King 16.31 The second Ieroboam that worshipped golden calues 1. King 12.28 The third an Israelitish womans sonne striuing with a man of Israel blasphemed the name of the Lord and cursed Leuit. 24.10.11 The fourth one that gathered sticks on the Sabbath day Numb 15.32 The fift Absalom who rebelled against his father 2. Sam. 15. The sixt Cain who slew Abel Gen. 4.8 The seuenth a Leuites Concubine who played the whore Iudg. 19.1.2 The eyght the Shabeans tooke away Iobs oxen and asses Iob. 1.14.15 Ninth Potiphars wife falsely accused Ioseph Gen. 39.17 Tenth Ahab lusteth for Naboths vineyard 1. King 21.2 And in all these it will not bee amisse to cause the learner to repeate without booke the places where all the stories and sentences are written and herein the teacher may vse his discretion to teach them more or lesse of like sort and easines so that hee ouercharge them not at any one time but let them as it were creepe vpon them by often repeating and he shall finde that a little childe will beare very much more then a man that hath not tried would beleeue And if he cause them to learne without booke the 1.15.112.127 and 128. Psalmes or some of them they will no doubt worke very godly impressions in the tender minds And it is a good recreation to quicken them to

ninth precept teacheth by a negatiue to tender our neighbours good name Gen. 39.17 Psal 15.3 10. The tenth precept teacheth that wee ought to doe al the former speciall and generall dueties with all our thoughts and desires 1. King 21.12 Iam. 4.1 1. Thess 5.23 A briefe and easie opening of the sense of the Lords prayer which pertaineth to the second Commandement and is to be learned after the tenne Commandements THe Lords Prayer containeth sixe petitiōs teaching vs to aske three requests pertaining to Gods glorie and three for our owne necessities Concerning Gods glorie wee aske two things that God be honored the meanes 1. The first petitiō teacheth vs to ●●ay that God may be honored in all things Psa● 19.1 1. Cor. 10.31 The meanes of Gods honour are in regard of his kingdome and will 2. The second petition teacheth vs to pray for the aduancement of Gods kingly regimēt in all things and specially in his Church Psal 93.1.2.3 and Psal 145. 3. The third petition teacheth vs to pray for the aduancement of Gods royall will in his decree in all thinges and his word in his Church Psal 147.15.19 Concerning our selues we aske things for the bodie and for the soule 4. The fourth petition vnder the name bread teacheth vs to aske whatsoeuer is necessary for this bodily life as health wealth libertie c. Esay 〈…〉 For the soule wee neede forgiuenes of ●innes and protection against Sathan 〈…〉 of a●● 5. The fifth petition te●●earne of them to 〈…〉 the letter ●innes then in eight dayes they haue all the ●●●ings but it must bee in this order 〈…〉 to know them wheresoeuer 〈…〉 be in the booke which therall our ghostly ein a quarter 〈◊〉 26.41 Eph. 6.18 The conclusion of the last order AFter you haue passed thorow all these Catershismes then is to be continued the daily rea●ing of holy ●cripture in order beginning at the first chapter of Genesis and of Matthew one chapter euery day of the olde Testament and another of the new In reading whereof marke two things First what words are for the confirmation of any poynt of doctrine before learned And secondly if any thing bee hard to vnderstand dispute not about it but aske your pastors helpe or els some other godly minister of graue iudgement and grounded knowledge so shall you increase with great ease and ioy and auoyde the * 2. Pet. 3.16 rocke of peruerting the Scriptures to your owne destruction And as leisure will serue direct them to reade some other Catechismes and godly bookes But aboue all things you must 〈…〉 familie to goe to the publike preaching for that hath the 〈◊〉 the 〈…〉 * 〈…〉 promise and blessing And as oft as a 〈…〉 euery daye till three ●●meth into 〈◊〉 familie if 〈…〉 thorow and last of al the is to 〈…〉 sixe or eyght lines at 〈…〉 g●ea keepe the 〈…〉 Now last of 〈…〉 quest to all gouernours of 〈…〉 holders of all sorts poore and rich that they would cause al their houshold mē women children to be able to reade the English tung For this is a worthie meanes to 〈◊〉 much good in this so waightie a cause G●d hath giuen a marueilous blessing of printing to further his Gospell and wee are very foolish if wee let slip any blessing or comfort which is giuen vs of our louing and gracious father First therfore such as be able I would entreat that they would also helpe their seruants in this knowledge and rich men shall make it a laudable and holy vsurie An holy vsury to lay out some hundreth part of their superfluities towardes the helping of poore seruants and poore mens children to learne to reade and God will pay them againe a double and treble * Pro 28.27 An order for poore men seruants to learne to reade without losse of time paine or cost interest But to such as haue no other helpe or meanes I thought good to teach an order how they might learne with ease because I would not willingly leaue out any thing that might further this holy purpose If they can finde either 〈…〉 be in the booke which 〈◊〉 shall easily doe in a quarter of an houre I would not haue them 〈◊〉 any more Then after they know the letters ●●t them bestow the like time in like order to learne three seuerall wordes to spell th●● distinctly to reade them and to poynt to euery sillable and to know them in any other place being shewed by the teacher now one and then another and this to continue at the least three weekes or a moneth and herein not to couet any more but three seuerall and new words at one time and that in this manner if his first lesson be In the name and the next words be of the father he must count the word the to be learned in his first lesson therefore the second lessō must be of father and where the next words are of the holy Ghost Amen he must account he hath learned the two first words of the in his former lessons therefore his third lesson must be holy Ghost Amen so keeping in minde what he hath learned and learning new hee should quickely learne to reade Now after three weekes or a moneth let him learne in 〈…〉 and to keepe the points 〈…〉 and by this time he 〈…〉 teacher onely let him 〈…〉 make himselfe perfect by 〈…〉 when he meeteth with a 〈…〉 out of himselfe by spelli●● 〈…〉 and aske some one th●● 〈…〉 cher And whosoeuer 〈…〉 ently follow and cons●a●●● 〈…〉 himselfe to this order 〈…〉 time attaine to reade●● 〈…〉 nes or any toyle to 〈…〉 or other 〈◊〉 any great cost Then hath he ●iewell which once in his life may bee move comfort to him then all hee hath or all hee trauaileth for beside And so I commend you to the Lorde our God whome I beseech to make this my labour profitable and acceptable to his church for Iesus Christs sake and that we may be fulfilled with knowledge of his will in all wisdome and spirituall vnderstanding that we may walke worthie of the Lord and please him in all things and increasing in the knowledge of God To whom bee all honor praise and glorie for euer and euer Amen FINIS