5. I have often heard old and experienced inftructors declare, that the whole bufinefs of managing a large fchool, and training the pupils to learning and virtue, was nothing in comparison with the trouble which was given by whimsical, ignorant, and difcontented parents.

ON THE DUTY OF SCHOOL-BOYS..

QUINTILIAN fays, that he has included al

moftall the duty of scholars in this one piece of advice which he gives them; to love those who teach them, as they love the fciences they learn of them; and to look upon them as fathers, from whom they derive not the life of the body, but that instruction which is in a manner the life of the foul. Indeed this fentiment of affection and refpe&t fuffices to make them apt to learn during the time of their studies, and full of gratitude all the reft of their lives. It feems to me to include a great part of what is to be expected from them.

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3. Docility, which confifts in fubmitting to directions, in readily receiving the instructions of their mafter, and reducing them to practice, is properly the virtue of scholars, as that of mafters is to teach well.

4. The one can do nothing without the other, As it is not fufficient for a laborer to fow the feed, unless the earth, after having opened its bofom to receive it, in a manner warms and moiftens it; fo likewife the whole fruit of inftruction depends upon a good correfpondence between the mafter and the scholars.

5. Gratitude for those who have labored in our education, is the character of an honest man, and the mark of a good heart. Who is there among us, fays Cicero, who has been inftructed with any care, and is not highly delighted with the fight, or even the bare remembrance of his preceptors, and the place where he was taught and brought up?

6. Seneca exhorts young men to preferve always a great refpect for their teachers, to whofe care they are inbted for the amendment of their faults, and for having bed fentiments of honor and probity. B

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7. Their exactnefs and severity difpleafe fometimes, at an age when we are not in a condition to judge of the obligations we owe them; but, when years have ripened our understanding and judgment, we then difcern, that what made us dislike them, is exactly the very thing which fhould make us efteem and love them.

THE HISTORY OF JOSEPH ABRIDGED.

ISRAEL loved Jofeph more than all his children, because he was the fon of his old age; and he gave him a coat of many colors. But when his brethren faw their father's partiality to him, they hated him, and would not fpeak peaceably unto him. And Jofeph dreamed a dream, and he told it to his brethren.

2. Behold, he said, we were binding fheaves in the field; and lo! my fheaf arose and stood upright; and your fheaves flood round about, and made obeisance to my fheaf. And his brethren faid unto him, Shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? and they hated him the more for his dreams, and for his words.

3. It happened that his brethren went to feed their father's flock at Dothan. And Jofeph went after his brethren; but, when they saw him afar off, they confpired against him to flay him; and they faid one to another, We will tell our father that fome evil beaft hath devoured him.

4. But Reuben wished to deliver him out of their hands; and he said, Let us not kill him, but caft him into this pit, that is in the wilderness. And they followed his counsel, and caft him into the pit, which then contained no water.

5. A company of Ifhmaelites from Gilead paffed by, at this time, with their camels, bearing fpicery, balm and myrrh, which they were carrying into Egypt. And Judak faid unto his brethren, Let us fell Jofeph to the Ifhmaelites, and let not our hands be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh. And Jofeph was fold for twenty

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6. And his brethren killed a kid, and dipped his coat in the blood thereof. And they brought it unto their fatly

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and faid, This have we found. And Jacob knew it ; and believing that Jofeph was devoured by an evil beast, he rent his clothes, and put fackcloth on his loins, and refused all comfort, faying, I will go down into the grave to my fon, mourning.

7. Thus wept his father for him. But Jofeph was carried into Egypt, and fold to Potiphar, the captain of Pharaoh's guard. And the Lord was with him, and profpered him; and he found favor in the fight of his master. But by the wickedness of Potiphar's wife, he was caft into the prifon, where the king's prifoners were bound.

8. Here alfo the Lord continued to show him mercy, and gave him favor in the fight of the keeper of the prifon. And all the prifoners were committed to his care; amongst whom were two of Pharaoh's officers, the chief of the butlers, and the chief of the bakers.

9. And Jofeph interpreted the dreams of the king's fervants; and his interpretation being true, the chief butler recommended him to Pharaoh, who had dreamed a dream' which Jofeph thus fhowed unto him. Behold there fhall come feven years of great plenty, throughout all the land of Egypt. And there fhall arife after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty fhall be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine fhall confume the land.

10. And the king faid unto Jofeph, Forafmuch as God hath shown you all this, thou fhalt be over mine house; and according to thy word fhall all my people be ruled. And Jofeph gathered up all the food of the feven years, and laid up the food in ftore-houses. Then the fever years of dearth began to come, as Jofeph had foretold.

II. But in all the land of Egypt there was bread; and people from all countries came unto Jofeph to buy corn, because the famine was fore in all the lands. Now, amongst those who came, were the ten fons of Jacob, from the land of Canaan.

12. And Jofeph faw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and fpake roughly to them, faying, Ye are fpies. And they faid, Thy fervants are twelve brethren, the fons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

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13. But Jofeph faid unto them, Ye fhall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. Let one of your brethren be bound in prifon, and go ye to carry corn for the famine of your houses,and bring your youngeft brother unto me.

14. And their confciences reproached them; and they faid one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we faw the anguifh of his foul, when he befought us, and we would not hear. Therefore is this diftrefs come upon us.

15. And they knew not that Jofeph understood them, for he spake unto them by an interpreter. And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them; and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. And they returned unto Jacob, their father, in the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them.

16. And Jacob, their father, faid unto them, Me ye have bereaved of my children. Jofeph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take. Benjamin away alfo. But my fon shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If mifchief befal him in the way in which ye go, then shall ye bring down my grey hairs with forrow to the grave.

17. But the famine continued fore in the land; and when they had eaten up the corn, which they had brought out of Egypt, Jacob faid unto them, Go again and buy us food. And if it must be fo, now take alfo your brother Benjamin, and arife, and go unto the man. And they brought prefents unto Jofeph, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.

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And he asked them of their welfare; and faid, Is your father well? Is he alive? And he lifted up his eyes and faw Benjamin his brother; and he was moved with compaffion; and he fought where to weep, and he entered his chamber and wept there. And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself.

19. Then he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's facks with food, as much as they can carry, and put my cup, the filver cup, into the fack of Benjamin the youngeft. And the steward did according to the

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word that Jofeph had spoken. As foon as the morning was light, the men were fent away, they and their affes.

20. But Jofeph commanded his fteward to follow them, and to search their facks, and to bring them back. And when Judah and his brethren were returned into the city, Jofeph faid unto them, What deed is this ye have done? the man in whofe hands the cup is found, fhall be my fervant; and as for you, get you in peace unto your father. But they faid, Our father will furely die, if he feeth that the lad is not with us; and we fhall bring down the grey hairs of thy fervant, our father, with forrow to the grave. Then Jofeph could not refrain himself before all them that ftood by him; and he cried, Caufe every man to go out from me; and there stood no man with him, whilst Joseph made himself known unto his brethren..

22. And he wept aloud, and faid unto his brethren, I am Jofeph; doth my father yet live? and his brethren could not anfwer him, for they were troubled at his prefence. And Jofeph faid to his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you; and they came near.. And he faid, I am Jofeph your brother, whom ye fold into Egypt.

23. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with your felves, that ye fold me hither; for God did fend me before you to fave your lives by a great deliverance. Hafte you, go up to father; and fay unto him, Thus faith thy fon-Jofeph, God hath made me lord over all Egypt. Come down unto me; tarry not.

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24. And thou fhalt dwell in the land of Gofhen; and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou haft.. And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; left thou and thy househoid, and all that thou haft come to poverty..

25. And behold your eyes fee, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth which fpeaketh unto you. And you fhall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and all which you have seen ;, and ye shall hafte, and bring down my father hither..

26. And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept and Benjamin wept upon his neck. Moreover, he kiffed all his brethren, and wept upon them; and after that,

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