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Vine .Rnowledge, s.of , Perſons" in His Majeſty's Forei 
"Plantations, are an : Wiſhes! ll Fs Bard of all Pious At, Np 

| Mn ch as are .. US: :$;Glory, and the Salvation 
Maw "xk A ND IE that. .B Wor next.,un ler God, does path 


depend upoli the Nees of the Clergy in hog NES, the Exempla plarineſs $ of their ves, and 
their Induſtry in Teaching of och WHERE ALSO the Clergy, that are already in 
the Plantations;-as well- -asthoſewho are to be-ſent-thither,. cannot -(Humanly ſpeaking). be ſo 
capable, of Informing of Ofbeert of Inſtrufting others] in, the deſign of Chriſtianity, in 


the Nature. of the'Covenauyof;Giace;\ in the ce'of the Attichs 0 
moſt Holy Faith, and in the Nature and Extentof all aties, without the 


Ce er3.30gn. the Holy Sex rt 2t leaſt, or. more c 
Authors; - whor; 4p /upon- cath, . a YSTY .OL:&t Þ? 6. WHE 
ALSO forthe fapy #99! 2044 | to Study, wi F 
induced to” Trave the Ibo o zement and. 
in;their Native. ATi & leſs agre Ne the 
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Advantages, as W nan 
eſpecially, not without a pan Proviſica of 1uc 


furniſh themſelves with ſo many: Books as 5hey ſhall need +LASTLY, WHEREAS 


ſufficiency and Scandal in the Clerg - thoſe places,in all Wl ty, would be moſt Fcce EN 


prevented; bothiin' this and” Ages, ſtiouldevery: reetrar Miniſter 'in the] PlandTion: 


Jane R E x the pron bp Fa Grit F alt andth the Increaſe of D Di- 


to Nay. at home: . and. . 
Zo "uy as Fai  noelary fo for & oy as 
in-thoſe Placeswherethey are 204erye.:*.Few rof HE INS 0. over; from hence, ' being; able o 


have a ſufficient Libraty of welbehoſen Books; of alithoſe:kinds !before-mentioned, Niro; 


_ - he might ſpead-histime to hisown Satisfaction;.andywith: Improvement and Profit by hunſelf : 


_ and others. ,, 
FO PROMOTE THEREFORE 6 Bleſſed and Noble-an End, as the propa :ica 


of Chriſtian Knowledge in thoſe Parrs; and: as-well to <OOOegy thaſe who are therea] 
emptoyedin the Miniſtry, a5 alſoit6: invite othey #hle Miniſter 


are hearty Well-wiſhers to the Souls of Men, and the Honour of _ Saviour, to | conſider, 
afkl'as they ſhall ſee Cauſe to fayour theſe Propoſals following. NG. 4 on foul ch 


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uy 'T H A T. the Lard Biſhop af Dodan be. pleas '4-to SY LIE of whit Particular 
Books his Lordſhip ſhall judge' moſt immediately.and: nece(ſarily. Uſeful, x0 make UP: a{uffi cient 
LiÞrary to a Parochial Miniſter in. any Plantation,; wherewith- he may. be ſufficiently enabled 
both to Inform himſelf, and to laſtruet ny w all\the_ Neeellary and: Elena) ;Þarts of 
Chriſtianity. 


2. THAT fo many of ſuch Libraries bs ſent by the Lord Biſhop of London, by the hands 
of Jack as his Lordſhip ſhall Commiſſion for that purpoſe, to be Appropriated and Afﬀixed, 


aj each Pariſh in the Foreign Plantations, -particularly thoſe of MY IO _ nd Fyrginio ; P 


farther as the Fund to be raiſed ſhall enable. bf 


THAT every Parochiat Library ſhall be affixed in a decent and large Roo ag Fo 


pu tonage Honſoof ch Pariſh; there to remain to the ſole Uſe of the Miniſter TOW) 
time being, unto all future Generations, andto be as UNALLIENABLE asany other © 
theRi 5.4 and Dues FX the Church, which are Aſcertained by Law. 


dia a * 


ver; and to furniſh both, wh | 
proper Means for accompliſhing ſo'/good aWorki? [I TIS HUMBLY- .offered: to all that: 


POTTW 


i. THAT in order to the Preſervation of every ſuch Library to ſucceeding Ages without 
Loſs, as far az can be Humanly provided in any thing of that kind, there be made an exact Ca- 
talogne of ths Books Belonging £6 the Library of each Pariſh; and that every fuch Catalogue 
be fairly writes in fonr Books of Vellum provided. for that pee : The firſt whereof to be 
left with the [ord Biſhop of London for the time being; a ſecond with his Commsſſary, or ſome 
chief Clergy-man in every,of thoſe Plantations where ſuch Libraries are provided ; and athird - 
to reMain in thEreſpectiv#Libraries themſelwes;" and 4 fourth to be depoſited if the Yeſr# 
* of Efich of the ſyid Pariſhes: _  S.'6 $41 K-2 bs by 


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s. THAT the COMMISS ART be obliged, at leaſt once inthree Years, Perſonally to 
make a Parichial Viſitation; And then, beſides theCharge, af his Duty in other reſpects, that; 
it b6 frediibent alfs fpon him,” particularty to Thſpe&t the” Parochial Libraries , and to ſee 
that none ofthe Books be Inbezell'd or Loſt : [And that the Church-Wardens of ;each.. Pariſh 
be aifo obliged, every:Year, before the Viſitation, to inform themſelves in what Condition 


the ſaid Bbdks.are, ahd to Prefſehc accordingly at the Viſitation. 


6. THAT for further Security to preſerye.them fiam Loſs. and Imbezelment, and that 
they may be known where-ever they are found, in every Book ; on the one ſide of the Coyer, 
ſhall be _Letter'd- theſe Words, .S UB. A USPICILTIS WILLIELMI II. on the other. 
ſide the Naine of the Parilti to which theſ& Books do belong: EX. GR. E. BIBLIOTHECA 
DE MARY-TOWN:.E. BIBLIOTHECA DE JAMES-TOWN, &@:: 

+1: THAT the Miniſters 'df each Pariſh, their Heirs and Adminiſtrators, may be obliged, | 
by Yirrme of an A& of Aſſembly" provided and-*made for thar purpoſe, ro make good what 
books ht be Inbexell op Lok by infant 


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- and Gentry, fortheir Charitable | 


footer Applicating be mate othe Nobility, Clergy, and Gentry, fortheir Charitable 
* *Ebatribaridti&to 18 Piods a Work'; and eſpetiatly that the Merchants and Tra-" 


* Bets to the Foreign Plantations be earpeſtly GNU upon, as Perſons prindpally - 
concefind; tv entourage this'Defi : ſt Veltig thoſt reaſondbK to expect; rhat in Gratitudg 
ro God, and the inhabirants of thoſe Plantations; the wry plemificly they have reaped of thery | 
Temporal Things, the more eral rey on wu em in prin Things, = 


2, That Application Hed "made 26A/Ltarhed Authors-us/ are now living, that they:: 
would beſtow {ome of their «wh Books, Which ſhall be judyied uſefal to the Purydfes aforclad. 
UORTIOE SIS VIE wt £45 oF 43A £7, BUEN SO 4B THOPDOBEY GAOHE SO PEDES Ctr go; A TRE \ 176 

 3..That, for the General SatisfaRion of thoſe who have. advanced either in Books or Maney. - 
to fo -Pious a Deſign, 2 fall Accounc: ſhall be publiſhed whatBooks have been given, what - 
Sumtns: have been'odtained, and how the fame have been laidl out to the Purpoſes ap 


Laſtly, In Gratitude ts the Principal BenefaCtors towards; this Pious Deſign,all thoſe who | 
ſhall Gontribute any thing.thereunto, {hall have their Names and reſpeftive Summs; And . 
the Apthors ſhall have the number of Books:given by <a, traaſinitced to Poſterity, by being . 
Regiſtred in a Book-kept for: that purpoſe in each of the Libraries, ie Furs o 


We do look upon this Deſign, PR ATE tend ta Propagate Chriſtian Knowledge in the. . 
Indies, being it will, 7 all likehibood, mwvite ſome of the more Studious and Vertuous Perſons 
| | : tit of the OniiverſMes, toundertake the Mmiſtry in thoſe Parts, andwill be ameans of rendring 
- "eons afefid when they are there - And therefore as we ſhall comtibute obearfully towards Promo- + 
ting of theſe Parochial' Libraries,” ſo we hope that: many Piow- Perſons will be found, who, out of 
 Tave #0 Revipion'imd Leayiing,- wil alſ1ecomribute thereunts. i GARE IE Sort ns al Je; 


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And that a perpetual Succeſſion of Proteſtuat Divines of the CHURCH OF ENGLAND, 
may be provided for the Propagation of the True Chriſtian Religion in the ſaid Colony, His 
EXCELLENCY hath by the Conſent of the Council and Burgeſſes in Aſſembly, promo- 
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bliſhing the Proteſtant Religion according, to the C H U RCH OF ENGLAND, 
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at ANNOPOLIS, towards the Bnilding of which)his EXCELLENCY hath given 501. Ster- 
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And it isto be Endowed with 1 00 1. Sterling per Annum for the Maintenance of one Maſter, and 
two Uſhers, to whom his EXCELLENCY will at preſent allow 25 1. Sterling per Amun, 
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