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A PLEASING

Instruction and Doctrine

HOW ALL PIOUS PARENTS, ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES,

ARE REQUIRED TO

GOVERN, CORRECT, AND EDUCATE THEIR CHILDREN,

IN A

PIOUS, VIRTUOUS, AND GODLY LIFE.

BY

MENNO SIMON.


"Withold not correction from thy child; for if thou beatest him with the rod,
he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his
soul from hell," Prov. 23: 13, 14.

"Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest." "The rod and reproof give wisdom;
but a child left to himself bringeth his mother shame," Prov. 29: 17, 15.

"For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ,"
1 Cor. 3: 11.

ELKHART, INDIANA:
PUBLISHED BY JOHN F. FUNK AND BROTHER.
1871.