3: An Essay Upon the Good Education of Children (An Essay Upon Well-Taught Children; and Upon An Able and Faithful Teacher of Them)

2 Tim. 3:15. From a child, thou hast known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation.

It was a great case, which the parents to a son of great hope, once put unto a Messenger of Heaven; Judg. 13:12, How shall we order the child and what shall we do unto him? The education of our children is a point of inexpressible consequence: of unparalleled importance. Unworthy to be parents, most worthy to be esteemed rather monsters than parents, are they who are not follicituous to give their children an agreeable education. There is no serious religion in those parents, who are not follicitious, that their children should have a religious education. Our children are too numerous; the temptations which endanger the ruine of our children are so innumerable; that we ought frequently and earnestly to insist on this point; their agreeable and religious education. We will now therefore enquire; how shall we order the children, and what shall we do unto them?