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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77277	A supplement to the Bibliotecha parochialis: or, The country curates library. Being an essay towards providing all the parishes of England, endow'd with not above ten pounds per annum, with a study of useful books, to enable the ministers thereof to instruct the people in all things necessary to salvation. / By Thomas Bray, D.D.	Bray, Thomas, 1658-1730.	1697 (1697)	Wing B4299B; ESTC R233721	6,565	20

are equally divided Fornications and Adulteries are accounted but the common Infirmities of their great ones and Perjuries in the Courts of Judicature are● part of the Services they exact of their Inferiors And to be Sons of Violence is common to all for as was seen in our former Ages of Ignorance in this Nation and is still the Constitution of Barbarous Countries elsewhere the Great Ones with their Followers are no better than Publick Robbers ever and anon making Ravages upon some Neghbouring Petty Lord and his Vassals and all of 'em a sort of tollerated Banditty continually Preying and being Prey'd upon by each other Such and many others are the Violations of Just and Right of God's Laws yea and of the very Laws of Nature which arise from this bitter Fountain of Ignorance of the true Nature of God and of Religion whereas on the other side unspeakable are the Benefits consisting in Justice Mercy and Peace in Piety towards God and well ordered Affections as to our selves where by means of an Intelligent Pious and Industrious Clergy those great Benefactors to Mankind the People are throughly enlightned with the Knowledge of God and the true Nature of Pure and Undefiled Religion as it is in James 1.27 I say of Pure and Undefiled Religion a Religion that is unmixt with the Alloys of meer Systematical and Precarious Tenets on the one hand or Superstitious and Idolatrous Usages on the other And such is the Constitution as near as can be of this little Catalogue which follows It is Compos'd of such Pious Mens Works who have Imbib'd their Principles from our Church Catechism and in writing consonantly to that I am sure they cannot Err either to the Right or to the Left in Religion And because I would rather desire to see such Libraries fixt in those Poor places for which I am so Zealous than any one Good I can wish for the Church I have made up the Catalogue of such Books for the most part as have their Authors now living or are at leastwise most easily acquirable being Common and in our English Tongue And since I have assum'd to my self to be an Advocate in the behalf of my Poor Brethren and their respective Flocks let me intreat such of our Dignify'd Authors who have written so Piously and Devotionally to exemplifie the sincerity of that Spirit which does appear in their Writings by bestowing of their Books to the ptrposes for which I here Solicite ' em And also I do earnestly request our Richer Citizens who by many and repeated Providential Hitts have been advanced to great Fortunes and do therefore peculiarly owe grateful Returns to God to think upon this of Bestowing Little Libraries Instructive in the Essentials of Christianity as the most Natural and Adapted way whereby they can testifie such their Gratitude But above all I must desire those Whom Providence as I said before seems in a more peculiar manner to have design'd to be Publick Benefactors to Mankind by giving 'em good Estates without Heirs to enjoy their Riches particularly I desire them to consider this matter and that by this means they would make to themselves Friends in Heaven of the Mammon of Unrighteousness rather than like David's Fool heap to themselves Riches not knowing who shall gather them And that instead of being foolishly Solicitous to find out some one from they might call their Lands after own Name fondly thinking that by this means their Houses shall continue for ever and their Dwelling-places to all Generations that they would rather by such Charity to the Souls of Men as is here propos'd provide that their Names may be written in the Book of Life thence never to be obliterated And indeed I must not pass by any of those whose ample Fortunes shall enable 'em or Pious Souls shall encline 'em to imitate their Great Master in doing good without minding 'em of the Excellency and Usefulness of this sort of Charity Now our Ancient Founders of Colleges those Brave Large and Elevated Souls Generally express'd their peculiar Tenderness to their Native Country or to those places of abode to which they owed most by qualifying Persons of such Diocesses or Counties respectively for the benefit of their Foundations And the same Method of Charity I shall here adventure to recommend to those I do now Address Let such whose Conditions shall enable 'em to bestow one two or more of these Diminutive Libraries cast their Pitying Eyes upon those Ten Pound Curacies whether Parishes or Chappelries near unto 'em and extend their Benefactions in this way to as many of 'em as their Circumstances shall enable ' em But as for those whose Worldly Acquisitions are very great and can render themselves a Blessing to whole Provinces let them look towards Wales the Isle of Man and other Northern parts of this Kingdom And indeed it is a matter of sad Consideration to see how Barbarous and Ignorant those places now mentioned do still remain notwithstanding that the Gospel shines in other parts of the Nation with a Meridian Brightness the reason is the small Provision made for its Encouragement in those Parts whereas in all reason the greatest Encouragement ought to be given there where Nature is most unkind and uninviting to Ballance the Inconveniences thereof And I am verily persuaded that if Books were fixt in those parts as ungrateful as is the Climate Men of Worth would follow them it being natural for Persons who are Lovers of Knowledge and Religion to value all Places alike where Religion and Learning do flourish Nor let any be discouraged from bestowing these Books out of fear they should be Imbezel'd Lost or Converted to a Private Use for there may be sufficient Care taken to secure them through all the Succession of Ministers in such Places 1st By Lettering 'em on the Covers to what Parish they belong 2dly By making Registers of 'em to be left with the Bishop and his Arch-Deacons in whose Jurisdictions such Places shall happen to be And 3dly By the Yearly Visitation of the Arch-Deacon or of such of the Clergy whom he shall Depute to see that they be not Imbezel'd Lost or Spoil'd After all these Precautions there seems no place for the least fear they should be ever Lost But if they should be any wise Alienated by the meer Lettering of them they may as easily be discovered and own'd as any Living Creature by its Ear-mark And now I only desire such to whom I Apply to consider how Comfortable how Joyful it will be to those Pious and Charitable Persons we have already found upon this occasion and to those who shall add themselves to the number I desire such to consider what a Jubile it will be to them when the Judge of all the World shall sit upon his August Tribunal surrounded with Angels and when the Register of all Mens Actions shall be open'd to hear the Record of this their Love to God and Pity to the Souls of Men