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A34154
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The compendious schoolmaster teaching the English-tongue after a more easie & demonstrable method than hath been hitherto published or taught ... / by a lover of learning and a hearty well-wisher to his beloved country.
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Lover of learning and a hearty well-wisher to his beloved country.; R. W.
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1688
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Wing C5609; ESTC R27909
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And E-ze-ki-as be-gat Ma-nas-ses and Ma-nas-ses be-gat A-mon and A-mon be-gat Jo-si-as 11. And Jo-si-as be-gat Ja-kim and J-akim be-gat Je-cho-ni-as and his Bre-thren about the time they were car-ri-ed a-way to Ba-by-lon 12. And af-ter they were car-ri-ed away in-to Ba-by-lon Je-cho-ni-as be-gat Sa-la-thi-el and Sa-la-thi-el be-gat Zo-ro-ba-bel 13. And Zo-ro-ba-bel be-gat A-bi-ud and A-bi-ud be-gat E-li-a-kim and E-li-a-kim be-gat A-zor 14. And A-zor be-gat Sa-doc and Sadoc be-gat A-chim and A-chim be-gat E-li-ud 15. And E-li-ud be-gat E-li-a-zer and E-li-a-zer be-gat Mat-than and Mat-than be-gat Ja-cob 16. And Ja-cob be-gat Jo-seph the Husband of Ma-ry of whom was born Je-sus who is cal-led Christ The X Commandments in X Distichs The sum of Sinais sacred Law see here A standing Rule how thou the Lord shalt fear Which Law shall not be null'd till the last day When Heaven Earth Time shall pass away JEHOVAH I All other Gods disclaim me only have Who am thy God and thee alone can save II Idols and Image worship still decline Else for that Sin I 'le visit thee and thine III Rash and false oaths and imprecations fly Do not my Name dishonour last thou dy IIII My day of rest keep holy unto me Both thou thy self and all that dwell w th thee V Honour thy Parents to prolong thy dayes That thou mayst live prosper in thy wayes VI Fly wrath rash anger malicious strife Be tender of thy owne neighbors life VII All lustfull Acts wanton dalliance fly Lasivious language leud company VIII Thy neighbor no way wrong by craft or might Use no deceit to gull him of his right IX Do not thy neighbor any way defame To spoil him of a jewel his good name X Let not thy roving rambling thoughts aspire Thy neighbors wife or wealth for to desire These pregnant Prcepts holy just and true My heart O Lord perswade still to persue before pag 60. 17. So all the Ge-ne-ra-ti-ons from A-bra-ham to Da-vid are four-teen Ge-ne-ra-ti-ons and from Da-vid to the car-ry-ing to Ba-by-lon four-teen Ge-ne-ra-ti-ons and from the car-ry-ing a-way in-to Ba-by-lon un-to Christ are four-teen Ge-ne-ra-ti-ons CHAP. I. Of Proper Christian Names THere is a three-fold use of Names wor-thy my Read-ers Ob-ser-va-ti-on First to di-stin-guish Men and Wo-men one from an-o-ther by their Chri-sti-an Name as one Fa-mi-ly from an-o-ther by their Sir-names Se-cond-ly That they might be stir-red up to ve-ri-fie the va-ri-ous sig-ni-fi-ca-ti-ons of their Names There-fore let e-ve-ry Al-fred be all for Peace e-ve-ry Bar-na-bas a Son of Con-so-la-ti-on every Ben-ja-min a Son of the Right hand every Charles that love-ly name whol-ly No-ble e-ve-ry Con-stan-tine con-stant e-ve-ry Fran-cis free and friend-ly e-ve-ry Fe-lix ho-ly and hap-py e-ve-ry James that re-nown-ed Name a Sup-plant-er of Er-ror and a Main-tain-er of the Truth e-ve-ry Jo-nah a Dove e-ve-ry John gra-ci-ous e-ve-ry Mark re-mark-a-ble for good-ness e-ve-ry O-ba-di-ah a Ser-vant of God e-ve-ry O-ne-si-mus pro-fi-ta-ble e-ve-ry Paul lit-tle in his own eyes and great in the eyes of good Men e-ve-ry Pe-ter a Rock im-preg-na-ble a-gainst Temp-ta-ti-on and Per-se-cu-ti-on e-ve-ry Ro-ger peace-a-ble e-ve-ry Rich-ard rich heart-ed and li-be-ral hand-ed e-ve-ry The-o-phi-lus a lo-ver of God e-ve-ry Ti-mo-thy a true Wor-ship-per and Ho-nour-er of God e-ve-ry Vin-cent vic-to-ri-ous o-ver his own Lusts e-ve-ry V-ri-ah zea-lous for God e-ve-ry Wil-li-am a help and de-fence to ma-ny and e-ve-ry Za-cha-ri-ah mind-ful of the Lord. Let not those that have good Names be-ly them in their Lives like Ab-sa-lom who was not the Fa-ther of Peace or his Fa-ther's Peace as his Name speaks but a Son of Se-di-ti-on and un-na-tu-ral Re-bel-li-on nor like Phi-le-tus which sig-ni-fies a-mi-a-ble who pro-ved a hate-ful A-pos-tate de-ser-ved-ly o-di-ous to God and Man or like Di-o-tre-phes not nurs'd by God as his Name im-ports but puffed up by the De-vil to op-pose the pro-gress of the Gospel or like our late O-li-ver the peace bring-ing Olive as his Name sounds who was a fa-tal Thun-der-bolt of War and a Fire-brand of Hell to dis-turb and de-stroy our Peace with our in-com-pa-ra-ble Prince Let e-ve-ry A-bi-gal be her Fa-ther's Joy e-ve-ry Ann mer-ci-ful e-ve-ry A-my love-ly and be-lo-ved e-ve-ry Fran-ces ge-ne-rous and in-ge-ni-ous e-ve-ry Fi-de-li-a faith-ful e-ve-ry Grace gra-ci-ous e-ve-ry Phe-be clear and bright with-out spot e-ve-ry Pa-ti-ence meek and mute e-ve-ry Pru-dence dis-creet and vir-tu-ous e-ve-ry Ra-chel a Sheep not a Fix-on and e-ve-ry Su-san-na a Li-ly and a Rose in the Beau-ty and Fra-gran-cy of a good Life Third-ly Names are gi-ven to in-cite and in-vite us to i-mi-tate the Vir-tues of those wor-thy per-sons who have been bear-ers of them Let e-ve-ry A-bra-ham be faith-ful e-ve-ry I-sac quiet e-ve-ry Ja-cob pain-ful e-ve-ry Jo-seph chast e-ve-ry Mo-ses meek e-ve-ry Job pa-ti-ent e-ve-ry Da-vid de-vout e-ve-ry Da-ni-el re-li-gi-ous and re-so-lute e-ve-ry Na-tha-na-el with-out guile e-ve-ry Jo-si-ah zea-lous e-ve-ry Ha-na-ni-ah a fear-er of God e-ve-ry Ne-he-mi-ah a be-ne-fac-tor to his Coun-try e-ve-ry Sa-mu-el sin-cere e-ve-ry Ste-phen con-stant and cha-ri-ta-ble and e-ve-ry So-lo-mon be wise and be-ware of Wo-men Let e-ve-ry Sa-rah be o-be-di-ent to her Hus-band e-ve-ry Re-bec-ca modest and ju-di-ci-ous e-ve-ry Han-nah devout cir-cum-spect and re-li-gi-ous e-ve-ry Dor-cas a Doner to poor Wi-dows e-ve-ry Ly-di-a o-pen heart-ed and hand-ed to God and Good-ness and e-ve-ry Pris-cil-la zealous and stu-di-ous in the best things Let them al-so care-ful-ly a-void those Sins for which the Bear-ers of the Names stand brand-ed to Pos-te-ri-ty Let e-ve-ry Jo-nah be-ware of fro-ward-ness Tho-mas of dis-trust-ful-ness Mar-tha of world-li-ness Ma-ry of wantonness If there be two of our Names the one ex-ceed-ing-ly good the o-ther no-to-ri-ous-ly e-vil let us de-cline the Vices of the one and prac-tice the Vir-tues of the o-ther Let e-ve-ry Ju-das not fol-low Ju-das Is-ca-ri-ot who be-tray-ed our Sa-vi-our but Ju-das the Bro-ther of James the wri-ter of the ge-ne-ral E-pis-tle each De-me-tri-us not fol-low him in the Acts who made Sil-ver Shrines for Di-a-na whose gain was his chief-est god-li-ness but De-me-tri-us in the third E-pis-tle of S. John who had a good re-port of all men e-ve-ry Ig-na-ti-us i-mi-tate the ve-ne-ra-ble Ig-na-ti-us the wor-thy Mar-tyr of the Pri-mi-tive Church And if it should chance through the In-dis-cre-ti-on of Pa-rents and God-fa-thers that a bad Name should be im-po-sed on any because Na-bal is his Name let not fol-ly be with him but in such a case let them strive to fal-si-fie disprove and con-fute their Names o-ther-wise if they be good they must an-swer them And let not my Rea-der be of-fend-ed at my re-pre-sent-ing and re-pre-hend-ing three sorts of peo-ple as wor-thy of re-proof for their ill choice of Names I ha-ving no de-sign to cast a-ny in-ju-ri-ous or dis-in-ge-nu-ous re-flec-ti-on on a-ny per-son high or low in the World but faith-ful-ly to of-fer my o-pi-ni-on as a can-did Chris-ti-an for pre-vent-ing the like mis-takes for the fu-ture Ge-ne-rations 1. Those con-ceit-ed fan-tas-tick No-vi-ces that fix Ro-man-tick Names up-on their Chil-dren ta-ken from the fond fic-ti-ons of Pa-gan Po-ets