Christian pedagogy and moral instruction

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OUTREMAN (Philippe d') Le Vray Pedagogue chrétien. Lyon, Jean Certe, 1681. Two volumes bound in one. In-4°, 18 x 24 cm. Full leather binding, blunt corners, missing headband, missing endpaper. (8) ff., 461 pp., title page of second volume missing, 488 pp., (40) ff. Covers the main points of Christian perfection: avoiding sin, doing good, fleeing evil, and bearing suffering with patience. Enriched with similitudes, examples, and illustrative stories from modern authors. Contents include: Christian duty and excellence, mortal and venial sins, sins of will and thought, sins of the tongue, parental and filial duties, seven deadly sins, remedies against sin, the sign of the cross, blessings and thanksgiving before and after meals, confession and penance, indulgences, purgatory, and the seven virtues contrasted with the seven deadly sins.