This earth affords me day and night: What are the seals of the covenant now in the days of the gospel ? Now in the heat of youthful blood, It introduced each alphabet letter in a religious phrase and then illustrated the phrase with a woodcut. A. Repentance is a grace of the Spirit, whereby I loath my sins, and myself for them and confess them before the Lord, and mourn after Christ for the pardon of them, and for grace to serve him in newness of life. The New England Primer followed a tradition of combining the study of the alphabet with Bible reading. I must not stay I must be gone. QUIT you like men, be strong, stand fast in the faith. Teach me to know how frail I am, That you may see your father’s face Must he dwell with brutal creatures, A. I must not take God’s name in vain. Q. 46. Young SAMUEL that little child, Q. Q. When thou thy sinful race hast run. And to thy woe thou shalt espy, YOUTH. A. 98. A. These thoughts are from the wicked One, Children learned the Alphabet based on The Bible. lt can’t be had in things below. AMEN. Q. How doth the ministry of the Gospel humble you yet more ? A. What is required in the worthy receiving the Lord’s supper ? Thomas Brooks (1608-1680), Is Harry Potter Really Necessary? Thy will be done on earth as it is heaven. WHAT hath God done for you ? A. when he is dead and gone: Who for the hope of heavenly things, I must obey and love and fear him Q. Another. What is the stealth here forbidden ? Give us this day our daily bread. To understand anything about the reasons why schoolbooks became printed products, the role that religion played in dictating primary education from the fifteenth through the eighteenth century must be made clear. 92. And never turn aside from thee. First published in 1690, the goal of the Primer was to combine the study of the Bible with the alphabet, vocabulary, and the reading of prose and poetry. Do something with my little hands: TRUST in God at all times, ye people, pour out your hearts before him. Remember you are put in trust, Good children must, When you sfhall say, My joys are gone. God himself & the good things of God, whereby he is known as a man by his name, and his attributes, worship, word and works. Do make sweet music in their throats, Such things agree not with my day; makes me angry while, I sing. Wherein consists Christ’s exaltation? A. Q. LIARS shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone. At any time thou may’n repent; A. of those that stand in need. The Cat doth play, And after slay. to save our souls from guilt; I hope redemption I shall have, Gave over all his golden years Q. 5' x 3.5'. What is baptism ? How do they give up themselves and their seed to the Lord ? I leave you here a little book What is sanctification ? By teaching me the value and virtue of the death of Christ, and the riches of his grace to lost sinners by revealing the promise of grace to such, and by ministering the Spirit of grace to apply Christ, and his promise of grace unto myself, and to keep me in him. inclosed in the dark. Hosannahs to their heavenly King. A. 49. A. Eternal King I fear thy name, AMEN. It was the single most influential Christian textbook in history and the first reading primer designed for the American Colonies. That as you have been heirs of that Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day. Who is Jesus Christ ? Sorrow and grief I’ll put away, And make my faith and love abound. for you are dearly bought. Q. Impart your portion to the poor, Ye are the temples of the LORD, Q. Like as the grass and flowers mown; Thy parents always disobey; A. 14. And lead your thoughts astray. That we thould worship the only true God, with true worship, such as he hath ordained, not such as man hath invented. Yet I their counsel will reject. See the kinder shepherds round him, Thy life to mend, This Book attend. Tho’ I am young yet I may die, God’s kingdom thou shalt never see. A. Q. And learn to read his holy word. What is prayer ? Q. Many don’t live out half their days, and all who in him trust. What is the honor due unto them ? Thus end the days of woful youth, A. 53. 58. And what I list that do will I, How they serv’d the Lord of glory, Lord, I will praise thee with my song. What is the second commandment ? Q. About this Item Zoom in Zoom out Rotate right Fit screen Full expand Q. 105. Which is the second commandment ? When I did call, you would not hear, Q. If GOD hath given you increase, Secure his favour, and be wise Q. The moral law is summarily comprehended in the ten commandments. CHRIST. And hate the ways of truth and grace ? Take heed or else thou art undone; Q. Lo ! Another. What doth the preface of the Lord’s prayer teach us ? And all I have that’s good to eat. Q. And thou thalt be a child for me. Save me, O God, from Evil, all this Day long, and let me love and serve thee forever, for the Sake of Jesus Christ thy Son. And nothing in this world above thee: What do we pray for in the third petition ? A Divine Song of Praise to GOD, for a Child, by the Rev. BEtter is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure & trouble therewith. 27. Q. KEEP thy heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life. Before these cheerless days, The preface to the ten commandments teacheth us, that because God is the Lord, and our God and Redeemer, therefore we are bound to keep all his commandments. And in the knowledge of my Lord A. Thou shalt do no murder. A. What is the sin here forbidden ? Thy soul and body I’ll divide, Agreed upon by the Reverend Assembly of DIVINES at Westminster. Q. Remember my creator now, That we should worship the only true God, and no other besides him. Who was chief Apostle of the Gentiles ? My corrupt nature is empty of grace, bent unto sin, only unto sin, and that continually. A. What is forbidden in the first commandment ? A. Q. 9. are not for me, And health and strength decays. The third day he arose again from the dead, and ascended into heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God, the Father, Almighty. A. The New England Primer, first published about 1690, combined lessons in spelling with a short catechism and versified injunctions to piety and faith in Calvinistic fundamentals. Behold the months come hast’ning on, There is no hell; why art thou sad ? 35. No, my first father sinned and I in him. Who on the cross great pains did bear, Moreover, this I also know, Lust after the things of other men, and want of contentment with our own. What is forbidden in the eighth commandment ? And with thy grace my soul befriend, Q. Adoption is an act of God’s free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges of the sons of God. Another deal with you: The preface of the Lord’s prayer which is Our Fatherwhich art in heaven, teacheth us, to draw near to God with all holy reverence and confidence, as children to a father, able and ready to help us, and that we should pray with and for others. And hasten to eternity: Lord ! Nor do I mind what Satan saith. A. Thou has thy God offended so. Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz Death and damnation. A. 29. That you may read and understand 48. A. The fifth commandment is, Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. And ne’er refuse the sweet rebuke The resolution which you take, OUR Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Q. A. Repentance unto life is a saving grace, whereby a sinner out of the true senre of his sin and apprehension of the mercy of God in Christ, doth with grief and hatred of his sin turn from it unto God, with full purpose of and endeavours after new obedience. The scriptures principally teach what man is to believe concerning God, and what duty God requireth of man. From being whipp’d and from all blame; The ninth commandment forbiddeth whatsoever is prejudicial to truth, or injurious to our own or our neighbor’s good name. To escape the wrath and curse of God due to us for sin, God requireth of us faith in Jesus Christ, repentance unto life, with the diligent use of all outward means whereby Christ communicateth to us the benefits of redemption. Q. What is required in the third commandment ? What e’er seems lovely in mine eye, What do we pray for in the fifth petition ? Q. Parents obey, In secret pray, A. Wherein did Christ’s humiliation consist? Thou wouldst again to folly cleave: 57. How shall a Child presume to sing That we should not shorten the life or health of ourselves or others, but preserve both. How doth Christ execute the office of a prophet ? After this came what was called “Easy Syllables for Children,” or as it was frequently termed, the “syllabarium.” (Ford 1897, 23), From Tablet to Tablet: A History of the Book, Early American Schoolbooks (Hillary Bok '13). What is the tenth commandment ? There are three persons in the God-head, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one GOD, the same in substance, equal in power and glory. A classic work for the instruction of children. maketh a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. A. Q. A. 55. Words of Four Syllables. Q. 9. And from this lion l’ll thee save; My fleshly mind, and have my will. 50. as you have now begun. The righteous shall go into life eternal, and the wicked shall be cast into everlafting fire with the Devil and his angels. In the Lord’s supper, the receiving of the bread broken and the wine poured out is a sign and seal of my receiving the communion of the body of Christ broken for me, and of his blood shed for me, and thereby of my growth in Christ, and the pardon and healing of my sins, of the fellowship of the Spirit, of my strengthening and quickening in grace, and of my sitting together with Christ on his throne of glory at the last judgment. A. Q. 17. - by Dr. C. Matthew McMahon, What Is A Biblical Christian? That I may lengthen out thy praise. Q. A. But play the truant; fear not I From thence let me thy will behold, Saul. To God for his grace thy petition make, Q. Although often called “the little Bible of New Q. Blessed Babe ! How doth the ministry of the gospel raise you up out of this lost estate to come to Christ? CHRIST. To take away another man’s goods without his leave, or to spend our own without benefit to ourselves or others. Women’s Names. All human laws do thou observe, Q. A. The third commandment is, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord wilt not hold him guiltless, that taketh his name in vain. The sin whereby our first parents fell from the estate wherein they were created, was their eating the forbidden fruit. What is the eighth commandment ? Is any man able perfectly to keep the commandments of God ? What is forbidden in the ninth commandment ? Q. In the New England Primer, the couplets were followed by alphabetized Biblical sentences; the "Alphabet of Lessons for Youth" was designed for further reading practice and lifelong moral instruction. that you are born to die. What is the preface to the ten commandments ? Q. A. A Wise son maketh a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. Most do unto destruction go. My comrades will me much deride, A. A. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. A. A . A. 16. What is required in the first commandment ? A. They in their youth go down to hell, REMEMBER thy Creator in the days of thy youth. Unto thyself then I’ll thee leave, The tenth commandment requireth full contentment with our own condition, with a right and charitable frame of spirit towards our neighbour, and all that is his. What is the duty here commanded ? JEHOVAH who is like to thee ? A. A. Awakening be to me ! Q. When God had created man, he entered into a covenant of life with him upon condition of perfect obedience, forbidding him to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, upon pain of death. What is the meaning of this commandment? A. The fourth commandment is, Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy, six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work, but the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God, in it thou shalt not do any work, thou nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid servant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates, for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day, wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day and hallowed it. Behold the aged sinner goes Q. Q. A. And now in thy calamity, With wicked ones who go astray, A. That we should rest from labor, and much more from play on the Lord’s day, that we may draw nigh to God in holy duties. Lest suddenly in hell thou fall; Q. Who won’t obey nor mind the truth; BEtter is a little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure & trouble therewith. In baptism the washing with water is a sign and seal of my washing in the blood and spirit of Christ, and thereby of my ingrafting into Christ, of the pardon and cleansing of my sins, of my raising up out of afflictions, and also of my resurrection from the dead at the last day. Oh ! A. From the beginning of the world, to the resurrection of Christ, God appointed the seventh day of the week to be the weekly sabbath, and the first day of the week ever since to continue to the end of the world which is the Christian Sabbath. A. Sanctification is the work of God’s free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man, after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness. Q. A . In youth while time will it allow. Q. spotless fair, divinely bright! Eccle. The fourth commandment requireth, the keeping holy to God such set times as he hath appointed in his word, expressly one whole day in seven to be an holy Sabbath to himself. The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness, and do immediately pass into glory, and their bodies being still united to Christ do rest in their graves ’till the resurrection. Young King JOSIAH, that blessed youth, How doth Christ execute the office of a king ? AMEN. A page from a New England Primer printed in Concord, New Hampshire, in 1813, with a woodcut illustration of a child's grave and a poem about childhood death. Q. The New England Primer Articles on the Christian Walk, Systematic Theology and Practical Theology ... An Alphabet of Lessons for Youth. Nor ever shall thy soul obtain, The due remembrance of his name How did God make you ? A DIALOGUE between CHRIST, YOUTH, and the Devil. All our superiors whether in family, school, church and commonwealth. Q. Sit chirping on the bough, and sing; Can make me well and give me ease: What is repentance unto life ? How great his Power is none can tell, and to direct your ways. Unless you soon converted be, A. The eternal GOD will not disdain Young children too must die. What is it not to take his name in vain ? Devil. What are the reasons annexed to the fourth commandment ? When he wept, the Mother’s blessing And also pout and sullen be, Q. What is required in the tenth commandment ? It introduced each alphabet letter in a religious phrase and then illustrated the phrase with a woodcut. In the second petition, which is, Thy kingdom come, we pray that satan’s kingdom may be destroyed, the kingdom of grace may be advanced, ourselves and others bro’t into it, and kept in it, and that the kingdom of glory may be hastened. Q.95. 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Matthew McMahon, A Meditation on the Doctrine of the Person of Christ - by Dr. C. Matthew McMahon, A Puritan's Mind World Missions - by Dr. C. Matthew McMahon, A Sad But Instructive History - Disobedient Children - by William Plumer (1802-1880), A Summary of The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit - by Dr. C. Matthew McMahon, A Thought Concerning The Unconverted Religious Zealot - by Dr. C. Mathew McMahon, Adoring God in Worship - by Matthew Henry, Adoring God Who is the Christian's Hope - by Samuel Hopkins, Almost a Christian - by Rev. A. While vain employments fire your blood, A. Soft and easy is thy cradle, Nothing like that I’m sure on earth: Thomas Watson (1620-1686), Twenty Motives that Christ Might Have the Love of Your Hearts - by Rev. Q. How many Gods be there ? 88. 37. Sound from a feeble Voice. Italick Letters. Q. WHAT we are afraid to speak before men, we should be afraid to think before GOD. A. Q. Q. Whereby my body is refresh’d And sing his Praises still. Q. What is faith ? The New England Primer also has examples of religious intolerance, specifically anti-Catholic and anti-Semitic statements, which reflect then-contemporary attitudes. ALMIGHTY God the Maker of every thing in Heaven and Earth; the Darkness goes away, and the Day light comes at thy Command. In fact, many of the Founding Fathers and their children learned to read from The New England Primer. Indulge no meaner fires. Q. 70. Q. ct ff fi ffi fl ffl sh si ss ssi sl st. And then be sure that he will bless, Q. Begging of him to bless your work, Under eternal wrath to dwell. Another. A. Q. Perhaps the best-known and most influential seventeenth-century book containing the alphabet was the New England Primer (14), first published in 1690, though the copy described here is … YOUTH. And I’ll from Satan turn to thee. of that which you do eat. The New-England Primer, the principal textbook for millions of colonists and early Americans. Ascends to God not there to dwell, 90. Q. A. The conclusion. 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