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The believer's pearl; or, An Humble Attempt To set forth a Precious Jesus, in a Gospel light, to the View of the Children of Men.
Date: [1750?]- Books
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Five letters of advice: Humbly offered: The I. To Parents: Concerning the Education of their Children, in the Fear of God. II. To Children: To excite them to Remember their Creator in the Days of their Youth. III. To the Young and Middle-Aged: To warn them of some of the Snares of Life. IV. To the Aged: To [interest] them to improve their present Time, for a blest Eternity. And the V. To All Thirsty Souls: To invite them to come to Christ, and to take the Water of Life; which He hath promised to give them freely. By a Well-Wisher to the Souls of Men.
Well-Wisher to the Souls of Men.Date: MDCCLIV. [1754]- Books
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The family instructor. In two parts. I. Relating to family breaches, and their obstructing religious duties. II. To the great mistake of mixing the passions in the managing and correcting of children With A great Variety of Cases, relating to setting Ill Examples to Children and Servants. Vol.II.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: 1720- Books
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The child's Christian education: or, spelling and reading made easy. Being the most proper introduction to the profitable reading the Holy Bible, &c. In five parts. Containing, I. An Alphabet, illustrated with Cuts; and easy Lessons of Monosyllables, leading Children gradually from Spelling to Reading in a very short Time. II. Tables of Words, from two to five Syllables, with their proper Divisions and Accents. III. A plain and impartial Account of the whole Faith and Duty of a Christian: Collected out of the Writings of the Old and New Testament: Digested under proper Heads, and delivered in the Words of Scripture, &c. IV. Rules for Spelling. The Use of Stops. Bishop Ken's three Hymns. Questions with Answers out of the Scripture. Prayers for Children. The Bishop of Sodor and Man's Admonition to Masters of Families, &c. V. An Exposition of the Church Catechism, collected from our best Divines; namely, Archbishop Wake, Bishop Williams, Bishop Burnet, Bishop Beveridge, Dr Worthington, Dr Isham, Dr Stobbing, Dr Bishop, &c. The seventh edition. By the Reverend Mr Fisher, (late of Whickham) Now Master of the Grammar School in Cockermouth. Designed for the Use of Schools and Families.
Fisher, Daniel, 1731-1807.Date: MDCCLXIII. [1763]- Books
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The family instructor. In two parts. I. Relating to family breaches, and their obstructing religious duties. II. To the great mistake of mixing the passions, in the managing and correcting of children. With A great Variety of Cases relating to setting Ill Examples to Children and Servants. Vol.II.
Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.Date: MDCCXVIII. [1718]- Books
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The child's Christian education: or, spelling and reading made easy. Being the most proper introduction to the profitable reading the Holy Bible, &c. In five parts. Containing, I. An Alphabet, illustrated with Cuts; and easy Lessons of Monosyllables, leading Children gradually on from Spelling to Reading in a very short Time. II. Tables of Words, from two to five Syllables, with their proper Divisions and Accents. III. A plain and impartial Account of the whole Faith and Duty of a Christian: Collected out of the Writings of the Old and New Testament: Digested under proper Heads, and delivered in the Words of Scripture, &c. IV. Rules for Spelling. The Use of Stops. Bishop Ken's three Hymns. Questions with Answers out of the Scripture. Prayers for Children. The Bishop of Sodor and Man's Admonition to Masters of Families, &c. V. An Exposition of the Church Catechism, collected from our best Divines; namely, Archbishop Wake, Bishop Williams, Bishop Burnet, Bishop Beveridge, Dr Worthington, Dr Isham, Dr Stebbing, Dr Bishop, &c. The sixth edition. By the Reverend Mr Fisher, (late of Whickham) Now Master of the Grammar School in Cockermouth. Designed for the Use of Schools and Families.
Fisher, Daniel, 1731-1807.Date: 1759- Books
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Instructions for children: or, the child's and youth's delight. Teaching an easie way to spell and read true English. Containing The Father's Godly Advice, Directing Parents in a Right and Spiritual manner to Educate their Children. With A Scripture Catechism, Wherein all the Chief Principles of True Christianity Are clearly Opened. Together with many other Things, both Pleasant and Useful, for the Education of Children. Written by B. Keach, Author of War with the Devil. Recommended to the Use of all Parents and Schoolmasters, by H. Knowls.
Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.Date: [1712?]- Books
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The holy Bible abridged: or, the history of the Old and New Testament illustrated with notes, and adorned with cuts. For the use of children.
Date: 1775- Books
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Instructions for children: or, the child's and youth's delight. Teaching an easie way to spell and read true English. Containing The Father's Godly Advice, And directing Parents in a Right and Spiritual manner to Educate their Children. With A Scripture Catechism, Wherein all the Chief Principles of True Christianity Are clearly Open'd. Together with many other Things, both Pleasant and Useful for the Education of Children. Written by B. Keach, Author of War with the Devil. Recommended to the Use of all Parents and Schoolmasters, by H. Knowls.
Keach, Benjamin, 1640-1704.Date: MDCCXXIII. [1723]- Books
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An epistle to Friends in Great-Britain, or elsewhere, containing Advice and Consolation, particularly address'd to those who are under Tribulation, in the following Stations of Life, viz. 1. To the Widows and Fatherless. 2. To the Orphans. 3. To Apprentices. 4. To Men and Maid Servants. 5. To Fathers and Mothers, with their Children. 6. To the Poor, Aged, and Infirm, &c. By David Hall.
Hall, David, 1683-1756.Date: 1754- Books
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A persuasive to family religion: and the obligation Christian parents are under to the religious education of their children. With A Collection of some Texts of Scripture for the Use of Children. By the author of The advantages of closet religion. To which is added, some forms of prayer.
Author of The Advantages of Closet Religion.Date: MDCCXXXVI. [1736]- Books
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Strength in weakness manifest: in the life, various trials, and Christian testimony of that faithful servant and handmaid of the Lord, Elizabeth Stirredge, Who departed this Life, at her House at Hempstead in Hertfordshire, in the 72d Year of her Age. Written by her own hand. Shewing her pious Care and Counsel to her Children, and according to their Desire, made Publick: Also for the Instruction and Benefit of many other Parents and Children concerned.
Stirredge, Elizabeth, 1634-1706.Date: 1746- Books
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Hypotypōsis Hygiainontōn Logōn; a form of sound words: or, a scripture-catechism; shewing what a Christian is to believe and practise, in order to salvation. Very useful for Persons of all Ages and Capacities, as well as Children. Composed by the pious and learned John Worthington D.D. Deceased.
Worthington, John, 1618-1671.Date: M.DCCXXXIII. [1733]- Books
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The historical catechism: or, an explanation of the Old and New Testament: by way of questions and answers. After a more Easy and Familiar Manner than any hitherto Extant. Very Edifying and Profitable for Children to Learn before they begin to Read the Bible. By a reverend divine of the church of England.
Reverend divine of the Church of England.Date: Mcdcvi Mcdcvi. [1706]- Books
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A sermon preached in the parish-church of Christ-Church, London, On Thursday May the 3d, 1764: being the time Of the yearly meeting of the Children Educated in the Charity-Schools, in and about the Cities of London and Westminster. By the Reverend Sir Peter Rivers, Baronet, Rector of Woolwich in Kent. Published at the Request of the Gentlemen concerned in the said Charity. To which is annexed, An account of The Society for promoting Christian Knowledge.
Rivers, Peter, Sir, 1720 or 1721-1790.Date: MDCCLXIV. [1764]- Books
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The gospel preached to the poor: a sermon Preached in the Parish-Church of Christ-Church, London, On Thursday May the 2d, 1765: being the time Of the yearly meeting of the Children Educated in the Charity-Schools, in and about the Cities of London and Westminster. By the Right Reverend Thomas Lord Bishop of Bristol. Published at the Request of the Gentlemen concerned in the said Charity. To which is annexed, An account of The Society for promoting Christian Knowledge.
Newton, Thomas, 1704-1782.Date: MDCCLXV. [1765]- Books
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A sermon preached in the parish-church of Christ-Church, London, on Thursday May the 19th, 1774: being the time Of the yearly meeting of the Children Educated in the Charity-Schools, in and about the Cities of London and Westminster. By the reverend Robert Pool Finch, D. D. Rector of St Michael's, Cornhill. Published at the Request of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, And the Trustees of the several Schools. To which is annexed, An account of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge.
Finch, Robert Pool, 1724-1803.Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]- Books
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The nurse's guide: Or, the Right Method of bringing up Young Children. To which is added, An essay on Preserving Health, and Prolonging Life. With A Treatise of the gout. By an Eminent Physician.
Eminent Physician.Date: 1729- Books
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A sermon preached in the parish-church of Christ-Church, London, on Thursday April the 30th, 1772: being the time Of the yearly meeting of the Children Educated in the Charity-Schools, in and about the Cities of London and Westminster. By Edward Bentham, D. D. Regius Professor of Divinity, Oxford. Published at the Request of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, And the Trustees of the several Schools. To which is annexed, an account of the Society for promoting Christian knowledge.
Bentham, Edward, 1707-1776.Date: MDCCLXXII. [1772]- Books
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A sermon preached in the cathedral church of St. Paul, London: on Thursday, June 6, 1799. being the time of the yearly meeting of the Children educated in the charity-schools, in and about the cities of London and Westminster. By Thomas Rennell, D.D. F.A.S. Master of the temple. Published at the Request of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, And the Trustees of the several Schools. To which is annexed, An account of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge.
Rennell, Thomas, 1754-1840.Date: MDCCXCIX. [1799]- Books
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The complete family Bible, Part III. Containing the whole text of the several books of the Apocrypha, Viz. I. Esdras, II. Esdras, Tobit, Judith, The Continuation of Esther, Wisdom of Solomon, Ecclesiasticus, Baruch, with the Epistle of Jeremy, The Song of the three Children, History of Susanna, History of Bel and the Dragon, the Prayer of Manasses, I. Maccabees. II. Maccabees. Accurately Printed from the Best Oxford and Cambridge Copies, and Diligently Revised, and Carefully Compared with former Approved Editions. To which are added, copious notes and Illustrations, Together With Practical Reflections and Marginal References Complete. Extracted From The Works of the most Eminent Divines and other Commentators, The Whole Embellished With A New and Beautiful Set of Large copper-plates, More Superb and Elegant than any which have ever yet been published with the Apocryphal Writings. Designed as an appendix to the Rev. T. Priestley's Evangelical exposition of the Holy Bible; Being Printed in a Manner entirely Similar and Uniform with the Work. N. D. As the Apocrypha comprises a Mixture of Historical Facts, Moral Sentiments, and Doubtful Traditions, it is not admitted into the Canon of Scripture,-But is Recommended by the Church to be Read for Instruction of Life and Example of Manners.
Date: [1794?]- Books
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A sermon preached in the cathedral church of St. Paul, London: on Thursday, May 28, 1795. Being the Time Of the Yearly Meeting of the Children Educated in the Charity-Schools, in and about the Cities of London and Westminster. By the Right Reverend Henry, Lord Bishop of Bristol. Published at the Request of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, And the Trustees of the several Schools. To which is annexed, an Account of the Society for Promoting Christain Knowledge.
Courtenay, Henry Reginald, 1741-1803.Date: MDCCXCV. [1795]- Books
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Memoirs of the Nutrebian court: discovering The Distresses of the Queen, happy Birth, and surprizing Deliverance of her Children, the Intrigues and Cabals of the Grandees; the Providential Preservation of the young Prince in the Basket, and the strange Turns of Fortune that Glorious Adventurer met with in Love and War; with the History of the Princess de Barnaville, and the Count de L-; his various Metamorphoses, and Prophecy. And many Affairs relating to a certain fine Gentleman, and a little Fellow. The Whole interspersed with the Entertaining Amours, and Secret Histories of several Persons of Distinction in Foreign Courts. ...
Date: [1747]- Books
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A sermon preached in the parish-church of Christ-Church, London, on Thursday April the 21st, 1768: Being the Time Of the Yearly Meeting of the Children Educated in the Charity-Schools, in and about the Cities of London and Westminster. By William Worthington, D. D. Prebendary of the Cathedral Church of York. Published at the Request of the Society for promoting Christian Knowledge, And the Trustees of the several Schools. To which is annexed, an account of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
Worthington, William, 1703-1778.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
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Essays, relating to the conduct of life: upon the following subjects. Viz. On self government in general. Choice of a Wife. Choice of a Husband. Circumstances of Husband and Wife. Education of Children. The Station of Life eligible. The Friend and Pretended Friend. The Honest Man. Women and their Vices, with Instructions for their Behaviour. Beauty, and Beauties of the Mind. Single Life and Matrimony. Fortune and Chance. Prosperity and Adversity. Hope and Fear. Courage and Cowardise. Passion, and its Consequences. Slander, and its chief Causes. Thought. Flattery, and its Designs. Gentility. Virtue. The Man truly Great.
Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744.Date: [1717]