A sons patrimony and daughters portion; payable to them at all times, but best received in their first times, when they are young, and tender: laid-out without expence of money, only in the improving time and words with them, contained (in an answerablenesse to their ages) in two volumes: in the first, the parent is taught his duty, to teach it his child betimes, to heare, to speak, to doe; when and where to put him to schoole; after that to a calling, ... In all this he may be taught in a way ... as plaine, easie and familiar as the way hee walkes in. In the second, the childe is taught to know himselfe and God; to take direction from his mouth, for his safe passage here through all his ages, and therein how to answer all his relations, that ... he may live for ever with the Lord. Published in the yeare of hope and expectation, that the private house and schoole shall be reformed, much out of order now, and quite besides the rule.

All titles

• A sons patrimony and daughters portion; payable to them at all times, but best received in their first times, when they are young, and tender: laid-out without expence of money, only in the improving time and words with them, contained (in an answerablenesse to their ages) in two volumes: in the first, the parent is taught his duty, to teach it his child betimes, to heare, to speak, to doe; when and where to put him to schoole; after that to a calling, ... In all this he may be taught in a way ... as plaine, easie and familiar as the way hee walkes in. In the second, the childe is taught to know himselfe and God; to take direction from his mouth, for his safe passage here through all his ages, and therein how to answer all his relations, that ... he may live for ever with the Lord. Published in the yeare of hope and expectation, that the private house and schoole shall be reformed, much out of order now, and quite besides the rule.
• Childes patrimony laid out vpon the good culture or tilling over his whole man.

People / Organizations

• Ezekias Woodward (Author)

Imprint

[London]: Printed for T. Vnderhill, and are to be sold at the Bible in Woodstreet, 1643.

Publication year

1643-1643

ESTC No.

R27624

Grub Street ID

110763

Description

[32], 47, [1], 182, [14], 14, [6], 207, [5] p. ; 4⁰

Note

Epistle dedicatory signed: Ezekias Woodvvard.

"A childes patrimony laid out vpon the good culture or tilling over his whole man." has separate title page, with imprint "printed by I. Legatt. 1640.", on leaf *1r.

Imprimatur on leaf *1v: Iune 28. 1639. Imprimatur Tho. Wykes.

Leaf Z4 is blank.