The man of God furnished : the way of truth, laid out; with a threefold catechism, I. The famous catechism, entituled, Milk for babes, rendred now a little more easy & proper for children of the smallest capacity. II. An abridgment of the Assemblies catechism; epitomizing that excellent composure of one hundred & seven, with no more than thirty two questions. III. Supplies from the tower of Dvaid [sic] ... To which are added; several other instruments of piety; to serve the great interests of religion, which ly near to the hearts of all faithful ministers and all godly housholders / offered unto the publick service, by several ministers of the gospel in the churches of New-England ...

These early lessons for youth contain The milk for babes, "rendered now a little more easy & proper for children;" the Westminster Catechism also specially shortened by Mather so that it might be more easily memorized by children; "that we make the first burdens we lay upon them as easy as ever we can;" and Mather's famous prefatory address to parents, reprinted in Ford's New-England Primer, giving his views on catechising. The Puritanism that produced this catechism prompted Cotton Mather to say "Few Pastors of Mankind ever took such pains at Catechising, as had been taken by our new-English Divines."
Inside the covers are tantalizing leaves which some enterprising scholar will probably identify as from an early Indian captivity.
Copies in: Boston Public Library, Massachusetts Historical Society, New York Public Library, Hamilton Vaughan Bait, New York City, 1940.
No copy has come up for sale in the last 50 years.
"Supplies from the tower of David. A catechism which arms Christians of all ages, to refute the errors which most commonly assault the cause of Christianity. And to preserve the faith once delivered unto the saints. In seven essay's ... Boston: Printed for S. Phillips. 1708," p. [47]-127.
Two corners missing on pp. 140 and 141, not affecting text.