The Protestant school, or, A method, containing several forms of prayer, psalms, lessons, thanksgivings, and graces for the bringing up and well grounding children and elder persons in the Protestant religion by the Bishop Usher. Also a catalogue of all the English words beginning with one syllable, and proceeding by degrees to eight ... : to which is added an historical account of several plots and remarkable passages from Queen Elizabeth to this present time ... by Moses Lane.

Title

The Protestant school, or, A method, containing several forms of prayer, psalms, lessons, thanksgivings, and graces for the bringing up and well grounding children and elder persons in the Protestant religion by the Bishop Usher. Also a catalogue of all the English words beginning with one syllable, and proceeding by degrees to eight ... : to which is added an historical account of several plots and remarkable passages from Queen Elizabeth to this present time ... by Moses Lane.

Author

Ussher, James, 1581-1656.

Publication

London :: Printed for Langly Curtiss,

1681.

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Subject terms

Religious education of children.

Readers (Primary) -- Early works to 1800.

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"The Protestant school, or, A method, containing several forms of prayer, psalms, lessons, thanksgivings, and graces for the bringing up and well grounding children and elder persons in the Protestant religion by the Bishop Usher. Also a catalogue of all the English words beginning with one syllable, and proceeding by degrees to eight ... : to which is added an historical account of several plots and remarkable passages from Queen Elizabeth to this present time ... by Moses Lane." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A64677.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 26, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• To all True English PROTESTANTS.
• lists of letter forms
• A Method Compos'd for Children, for the well Grounding them in the True Prote∣stant Religion: By the most Reverend and Learned Bishop Usher, Arch-Bishop of Armagh.
  • Ejaculations at Uprising.
  • A Prayer for the Morning.
  • The Lords Prayer.
  • Psalms
    • 1st. Psalm.
    • 2d. Psalm.
    • 3d. Psalm.
  • The first Lesson taken out of several Places in the old Testament.
  • prayer
  • The second Lesson appointed for this morning Prayer, is the thirteenth Chap∣ter of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans.
  • Thus endeth the Second Lesson for this Morning Prayer, being the thirteenth Chapter of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans.
  • O Lord Increase my Faith.
  • Then Say the Collect for Grace.
  • The ten Commandments.
  • The Creed of Gregory Nazienzen, commonly called the Nicene Creed.
  • A Brief Prayer upon the Lords Prayer.
    • Our Father.
    • Which art in Heaven.
    • Hallowed be thy Name.
    • Thy Kingdom Come.
    • Thy Will be done in Earth as it is in Heaven.
    • Give us this Day, our daily Bread.
    • Forgive us our Trespasses, as we forgive them that Trespass against us.
    • And Lead us not into Temptation:
    • But Deliver us from Evil.
    • For thine is the Kingdom, the Power and the Glory, for ever and ever, Amen.
  • Ejaculations on several Occasions.
    • Going from Home.
    • When the Clock Strikes.
    • Upon any disorderly Thoughts.
    • When thou dost any good Work.
    • Upon any Deliverance.
    • when thou hearest the Bell toll.
    • Upon Thought of thy Sins.
    • Upon the weariness of the World.
    • Ejaculations for the Evening.
  • A Prayer for the Evening.
    • II.
    • III.
  • A Thanksgiving for the Deliverance from the Hellish Powder Plot, by Bishop Usher.
    • I.
    • II.
    • III.
    • IV.
    • V.
• plates
  • An Historical Account of the First Plate.
  • plate - 1
  • plate - 2
  • An Historical Account of the Second Plate.
  • An Historical Account of the Third Plate.
  • plate - 3
  • plate - 4
  • An Historical Account of the Fourth Plate.
• WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE.
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • E.
  • F.
  • G.
  • H.
  • I.
  • K.
  • L.
  • M.
  • N.
  • O.
  • P.
  • Q.
  • R.
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  • V.
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  • Z.
• WORDS OF TWO SYLLABLES.
  • B. B.
  • C. C.
  • D. D.
  • E. E.
  • F. F.
  • G. G.
  • H. H.
  • I. I.
  • K. K.
  • L. L.
  • M. M.
  • N. N.
  • O. O.
  • P. P.
  • Q. Q.
  • R. R.
  • S. S.
  • T. T.
  • V. V.
  • W. W.
  • Y. Y.
  • Z. Z.
• Words of Three Syllables.
  • A. A.
  • B. B.
  • C. C.
  • D. D.
  • E. E.
  • F. F.
  • G. G.
  • H. H.
  • I. I.
  • K. K.
  • L. L.
  • M. M.
  • N. N.
  • O. O.
  • P. P.
  • Q. Q.
  • R. R.
  • S. S.
  • T. T.
  • V. V.
  • W. W.
  • Y. Y.
  • Z. Z.
• Words of Four Syllables.
  • A. A.
  • B. B.
  • C. C.
  • D. D.
  • E. E.
  • F. F.
  • G. G.
  • H. H.
  • I. I.
  • K. K.
  • L. L.
  • M. M.
  • N. N.
  • O. O.
  • P. P.
  • Q. Q.
  • R. R.
  • S. S.
  • T. T.
  • V. V.
  • W. W.
• Words of Five Syllables.
  • A. A.
  • B. B.
  • C. C.
  • D. D.
  • E. E.
  • F. F.
  • G. G.
  • H. H.
  • I. I.
  • L. L.
  • M. M.
  • N. N.
  • O. O.
  • P. P.
  • Q. Q.
  • R. R.
  • S. S.
  • T. T.
  • V. V.
  • W. W.
• Words of six, seven, and eight Syllables.
  • A. A.
  • B. B.
  • C. C.
  • D. D.
  • E. E
  • F. F.
  • G. G.
  • H. H.
  • I. I.
  • L. L.
  • M. M.
  • N. N.
  • O. O.
  • P. P.
  • Q. Q.
  • R. R.
  • S. S.
  • T. T.
  • V. V.
• Proper Names of one Syllable.
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • E.
  • F.
  • G.
  • H.
  • I.
  • K.
  • L.
  • M.
  • N.
  • O.
  • P.
  • Q.
  • R.
  • S.
  • T.
  • V.
  • W.
  • Y.
  • Z.
• Proper Names of Men, Women, and Places of two Syllables, divided and not divided.
  • A. A.
  • B. B.
  • C. C.
  • D. D.
  • E. E
  • F. F.
  • G. G.
  • H. H.
  • I. I.
  • K. K.
  • L. L.
  • M. M.
  • N. N.
  • O. O.
  • P. P.
  • Q. Q.
  • R. R.
  • S. S.
  • T. T.
  • V. V.
  • Z. Z.
• Proper Names of three Syllables.
  • A. A.
  • B. B.
  • C. C.
  • D. D.
  • E. E.
  • G. G.
  • H. H.
  • I. I.
  • K. K.
  • L. L.
  • M. M.
  • N. N.
  • P. P.
  • R. R.
  • S. S.
  • T. T.
  • V. V.
  • Z. Z.
• Proper Names of four Syllables.
  • A. A.
  • B. B.
  • C. C.
  • D. D.
  • E. E.
  • F. F.
  • G. G.
  • H. H.
  • I. I.
  • K. K.
  • L. L.
  • M. M.
  • N. N.
  • O. O.
  • P. P.
  • R. R.
  • S. S.
  • T. T.
  • V. V.
  • Z. Z.
• Proper Names of five Syllables.
  • A. A.
  • B B.
  • C. C.
  • D. D.
  • E. E.
  • G. G.
  • H. H.
  • I. I.
  • K. K.
  • L. L.
  • M. M.
  • N. N.
  • O. O.
  • P. P.
  • R. R.
  • S. S.
  • T. T.
• Proper Names of six Syllables·
  • A. A.
  • B. B.
  • C. C.
  • E. E.
  • I. I.
  • K. K.
  • part - L
  • M. M.
  • S. S.
  • T. T.
  • Z. Z.
• A Table of Words, which sound alike, but are different in the Sence, Spelling, and Writing.
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • E.
  • F.
  • G.
  • H.
  • I.
  • K.
  • L.
  • M.
  • N.
  • O.
  • P.
  • Q.
  • R.
  • S.
  • T.
  • V.
  • W.
  • Y.
• Proper Names of Men and Women, with their Signification.
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • E.
  • F.
  • G.
  • H.
  • I.
  • K.
  • L.
  • M.
  • N.
  • O.
  • P.
  • R.
  • S.
  • T.
  • V.
  • W.
  • X.
  • Y.
  • Z.
• The Numeral Letters and Figures, which are of great Use.
• The Names of the Books of the old and new Testament, with the Number of their Chapters.
  • part - Old Testament
  • The Books of the New Testament.
• Pauses and Stops to be Observed in Reading the Bible.
• Of Capital or Great Letters in writing.
• Abbreviation of Words.
  • example
  • Or thus.
• The Contracting of Proper Names of Men and Women.
• The Twelve Months of the Year is,
• Of the Quarter Days in the Year, there are two Accounts to be given.
• A Table of Planets and Signes with their Aspects.
• Several Proverbs Useful for Children.
  • A.
  • B.
  • C.
  • D.
  • E.
  • F.
  • G.
  • H.
  • I.
  • K.
  • L.
  • M.
  • N.
  • O.
  • P:
  • Q.
  • R.
  • S.
  • T.
  • V.
  • W.
  • Y.
• PROVERBS in Rhime.
• Graces.
  • Grace before Meat.
  • Grace after Meat.
  • Grace before Meat.
  • Grace after Meat.