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You can search through the full text of this book on the web \n\nat |http: //books .google .com/I \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n\n\n\n4 \n\n\n\nHARVABD COLLEGE UBRASY \n\n\n\nFROM THE UBRABY OF \n\n\n\nFRA NK FJIfiENF. CHASl \n\n\n\nu \n\n\n\nJnOO'^lC \n\n\n\n\n?^/. \n\n\n\nuy \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nTHE \n\nPAROCHIAL \nLIBRARY \n\nIN CHRIST CHURCH \nBOSTON \n\n\n\nidByGoOl^lc \n\n\n\nidByGoOl^lc \n\n\n\nTHE \n\nPAROCHIAL \nLIBRARY \n\nof the \n\nCtgljteentJ) Ctnturp \n\nin \n\nC H K I S T C HU KC H \n\nBOSTON \n\nBy \nA 'Proprietor of Christ Church \n\n\n\nm O S T O SNi \n\nPrivately printed at the &ierrymount ^ress in the \nYear of our Lord MDCCCCXVII \n\n\n\nidByGoOl^lc \n\n\n\nUs )i\\t% X^.iTi \n\n\n\nHAHVAItD COLIEGE LIBRARY \nFBOMTHL^ LIBRARY Of \nFRANK r'.:;iENE CHASE \nper- <■ 3, 1Q20 ^ \n\n\n\n[ Two Hundred Cojaea printed ] \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nPreface \n\n\\N acknonaledgement is due to ^iss Con- \nii. stance nAiftenden^ who^ after having \nmade a study of the history of the Christ Church \nlibrary ^freely placed her data at my disposal. \nzAlsQ to ^Mrs. Wilda C. S. ^eck, who cata- \nIt^ued the library in 1 9 1 4. \n\nThis Catalogue was carefully collated and \nrevised ;in 1 9 1 6, Six volumes ^ including four new \ntitles^ were then added, which had been un- \nearthed from among the miscellaneous hooks in \npossession of the Church. In 1917 another vol- \nume was discovered and added to the Catalogue. \nTo-day the books have merely an antiquarian \ninterest, and it has not seemed desirable to give \ndetailed collations. Accordingly the list is pre- \nsented here in the form of a simple title-cata- \nlogue, although sufficiently explicit to indicate the \ncharaSler of the works. \n\nPercival Merritt. \n\ntJiCareh, I9I7> \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nAfter God had carried u* safe to New-England, and wee had \nbuilded our bouses, provided neceuaries for our liveli-hood, \nrear'd convenient places for Godi worship, and letled the \nCivill Government : One of the next things we longed for, \nand looked after wu to advaace Learning, and perpetuate it \nto Posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate Miniscery to the \nChurches, when our present Miniiter* shall lie in the Dust. \nAnd aa wee were thinking and conaulling how lo tSt(X this \ngreat Work ; it pleased God to atir up the heart of one Mr. \nHdrcdr^ (a godly Gentleman, and a lover of Learning, there \nliving amongst us) to give the one halfeofhis Estate (it bnng \nin all about [700.I.) towards the erefting of a CoUedge, and \nall his Library : New England's First Fruits. \n\n\\ N the mental vision of our New \n\n\n\n5 England forefathers learning \nI and godliness walked hand in \n\nShand. By no means the least \nimportant part of John Har- john \nvard's bequest to the \"colledg\" which was ^\"^ \n\"ordered to bee at Ncwetowne\" was his \nlibrary of some three hundred and seventy \nvolumes. One can readily believe, without \ntoo great a strain on the imagination, that \n\"one Mr. Harvard\" would willingly have \nassented \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nTru Paeoceial L:iia»t \n\n\n\n\nca tnc pf q e n r car, — trietrcia re me sca:;lar \nc are bocii. Asi br the p:^?cr errr-vrrmoit \ncfibcsctx^lSjibcrcEMTbenrrDcf rci ether \nthe £nkbeaf prodn^ the schclzr. or frill \nother XfxM newer, betttr, arti =>rce e^ccsre \nin canriag oo the wcrk ci prozoofcQ in a \nconstant! V wiceni^z circle \n\nTbc^ghtheriiitlcniiiiiistitr-sscslciin \nHairard's bounty disappeared, with cciesol- \nitarr eicept]sn,ia the tre which dcstrc-ved \nHarvard Hall in 1 764, the pcrpeiaal eram- \nplc and mental stiniu^iis aijl rosun. His \nfonndation was spcedilv built en and aug- \nmented bTOthen.TbeFcsalt5 are to be found \neverywhere to-day in the great Univeratr \nCoIlc^oQs. It was something more than a \nmere bit of sentiment that the first boi^ of \nthe College's treasores to cross the thresh- \nold of the new litnaiy building, 00 its ded- \nicatitHi day, Coauneocenient 191 5, was tbc \nsc^ snrrivor of Harrard's gift, tbc int^ \nledoal COTDerstone <^ the Collie Libnrr- \nMai^Y \n\n\n\n5doyGoo<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy 'Boston 3 \n\nMany of the well-known libraries of Bos- \nton in the eighteenth century, which flour- \nished while our little library was in process \nof formation, have passed into other hands. \nThe library of King's Chapel, a gift to the Kiagi \nchurch from London in 1 698, was for many Librtry \nyears in the custody of, and is now owned by, \nthe Boston Athenxum. The \"Libraries of Librmnei \nthe Mathers,\" or to speak more exactly the ulAtn \nremains of the library founded by Richard \nMather and added to in time by Increase, \nCotton, and Samuel Mather, now exist in \npart on the shelves of the Massachusetts His- \ntorical Society, and in part in the American \nAntiquarian Society of Worcester. The col- \nleflion of the Rev. Thomas Prince, after Fate of \nhaving experienced the ravages of the Brit- coiieallm \nish soldiery in the eighteenth century, and \nof antiquarian book-colle£tors in the nine- \nteenth century, is now peacefully and per- \nmanently established in the Boston Public \nLibrary. \n\nPerhaps the most unique feature of the \n\nChrist Church library is that it remains \n\nto-day within the sheltering walls {of the \n\noldest church edifice in Boston) which have \n\nguarded \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n4 The Parochial Library \n\nguarded it since its inception nearly two cen- \nturies ago. While the details are somewhat \nmeagre, yet its beginning and development \ncan easily be traced from the records of the \nchurch itself, and from contemporaneous \nrecords. \nRev. In September, 1722, the Rev. Timothy \n\nSct**' Cutler (born in Charlestown in 1683, and \ngraduated from Harvard College in 1701, \nsubsequently a Congregational clergyman at \nStratford, Conn., and at this time theReftor, \nor President, of Yale College), together with \nsix of his associates either in the ministry or \nAbandons in the coUegc, announced to the Trustees \n^^^ai- of the college \" that some of them doubted \n\"■« the validity, and the rest were more fully \n\npersuaded of the invalidity of Presbyterian \nordination in opposition to the Episcopal.\" \nThree of the seven bowed before the storm \nwhich followed this avowal and returned to \ntheir allegiance, but Messrs. Cutler, John- \nson, Brown, and Wetmore maintained their \nAnd with- ground and the inevitable separation from \nfronTvaie '^^ collegc ot thcit ministerial charges fol- \n\nCollege lowed. \n\nWithin a few weeks the members of the \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy 'Boston 5 \n\ncommittee which had been appointed \"for \ntaking in subscriptions to build a new house The new \nfor the Worship of God at the North end „ the \nof Boston, (our present building [King's ^^ \nChapel] not being capable to contain the \npeople of the Church,)\" addressed a letter to \nthe Rev. Mr. Cutler expressing the desire \nthat he should remove to Boston and be- \ncome the Reftor of the new church at the \nNorth End, — Christ Church. They pro- \nposed to pay his expenses to London for the \npurpose of obtaining ordination, and to pro- \nvide for the maintenance of his family dur- , \ning his absence. They also assured him that \nthey would \"Send our humble petition to \nOur Right Rev. Diocesan, My Lord Bishop Mr. cut- \nof London, that after the Church that is now mend^ \ndesigned to be eredled, he would be gra- ^^^^ \nciously pleased to grant his License to you ofLondon \nto preach in, the people here being willing \nto maintain you.\" In addition to providing \nfor Mr. Cutler's expenses they offered to pay \nfor the passage to England of two of his \nassociates, Mr. Daniel Brown, a tutor in Yale \nCollege, and the Rev. Samuel Johnson, for- \nmerly a tutor also, then pastor of the Con- \ngregational \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n6 The Parochial Library \n\ngregational Church at West Haven, Conn., \nand later to become the first President of \nKing's, now Columbia, College. \n\nThe offer of the committee having been \naccepted, Cutler and his two companions set \nDeparture Sail for England in November, 1722, and \nEngland reached London toward the end ofDecem- \nber. Within a few weeks after their arrival \nMr. Cutler fell ill of the small-pox, but for- \ntunately escaped death. By the middle of \nMarch he had entirely recovered, and on the \nlast day of the month the three companions \nHis ordi- received Episcopal ordination at the hands \n\"\"*'**\" of the Bishop of Norwich. Five days later \nthe Rev. Mr. Brown became seriously ill of \nwhat proved to be small-pox, and in a week's \ntime he was dead. These two cases illustrate \nin a striking manner the dangers and vicis- \nsitudes to which clergymen were exposed by \nreason of the necessity, prior to the Revolu- \ntion, of crossing the ocean to obtain orders, \nfor unfortunately they were by no means \ninfrequent occurrences. \n\nDuring their stay in England Mr. Cutler \n\nwas honored with the degree of S.T.D., and \n\nMr. Johnson with that of M. A., from both \n\nthe \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Christ Churchy 'Boston 7 \n\nthe Universities of Oxford and of Cam- D^rm \nbridge. Their New Haven associate, Mr. forfand \nWetmore, arrived in London early in July, ^?i \nand Dr. Cutler and Mr. Johnson were present \nat his ordination to thepriesthoodafewdays \nbefore they started on their homeward voy- \nage. Dr. Cutler reached Boston in Septem- \nber, 1723, and on December 29 preached \nthe first sermon in Christ Church. \n\nLike most of the Episcopal clergymen in \nNew England before the Revolution, Dr. \nCutler came to his charge in the capacity of \na Missionary of the Society for the Propa- sodety \ngation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. This ^™. \nimplied that while the local church called Jl*^ j'\"\" \nand inducted the clergyman, yet if he was \naccepted by the Society, at the request of \nthe church, as one of its Missionaries in \nforeign parts, the Society paid him an an- \nnual stipend, varying in amounts from ^(^30 \nto ;C7°> furnished him with books both for \na parochial library and for distribution, and \nin general exercised a certain supervision \nwhich lasted as long as the church received \nthe benefadlions of the Society. The Redlor \nin his capacity as Missionary was expelled \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n8 The Parochial Library \n\nto report to the Society semi-annually as to \nthe condition of affairs in his parish, both \nspiritual and temporal, but mainly with re- \ngard to the former. One of the objects of the \nSociety for the Propagation of the Gospel \nwas set forth in the report of the Society in \n1703, published in London in 1704, as the \n\"sending over select Libraries for the Im- \nprovement of the Clergy, as well as praflical \nTreatises for the Edification of the Laity.\" \nThis branch of the Society's work was the \nresult of the efforts of one of its incorpora- \nRev. tors, the Rev. Thomas Bray, who for many \nBray\"Md ycars was deeply interested in the establish- \nhis Libra- ment of libraries to meet the necessities of \nclergymen in England. and Wales as well as \nin the Colonies. \n\nThat Christ Church was promptly pro- \nvided with one of the Society's libraries is \nshown by a formal report which probably \naccompanied Dr. Cutler's first letter to the \nSecretary, dated January 4, 1724, six days \nafter his first sermon in the new church. A \nseries of questions was propounded to the \nMissionaries which they were cxpefted to \nanswer in detail. One of the questions was: \n\"Have \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Christ Churchy 'Boston 9 \n\n\"Have you aParochial Library? If youhavc, \nare the Books preserved and kept in good \ncondition? Have you any particular rules \nand orders for the preserving of them? Arc \nthose rules and orders duly observed?\" To The \nwhich Dr. Cutler replied: \"The Honorable of^h\"'\"* \nSociety hath furnished us with a Library to ^''\"*^ \nthe value of £10 Sterl. under my partic- \nular care.\" In his letter the Doctor, going \nmore fully into the subjefl of the condi- \ntion of the church and parish, wrote: \"but \nyet as we are the love of truth the many \ngood examples we have of the power of our \nChurch's doftrine and communion (though \nGod knows we have too exceptions) & the \ngreat relish our people have of the Excel- \nlent writings of the Church of England, Vaiueof \nboth do£lrinc practical and controversial are In^'rflhe \nvery successful to weaken or overcome our g^Xnd*' \nstrongest prejudices & our young people are DWine* \nhereby brought to a favor for our Church, \nand many of them resolutely come to her \ncommunion and others are kept from it \nprincipally from an awe of their Parents and \na prospect of frowns from those they de- \npend on.\" \n\nAlthough \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nlo The Parochial Library \n\nAlthough we have no specific informa- \ntion as to the contents of this first instalment \nof our Library, we can still draw reasonably \naccurate conclusions as to what some of the \nbooks were. The portion of the letter just \nquoted shows the value which Dr. Cutler \nplaced on the \"Excellent writings of the \nChurch of England\" in influencing Inde- \npendents to come within her fold. He him- \nself, together with Samuel Johnson, had just \npassed through this experience. What had \ninfluenced them might reasonably be ex~ \npefled to influence others. \n\nAfter the Rev. Mr. Johnson gave up his \ntutorship in Yale College in 1719, and ac- \ncepted the pastorate of the church at West \nMr. John- Haven,hecompiledalistofthe bookswhich \nSii^^ he read. At the head of thelist stood the Book \nof Common Prayer, whose beautiful lit- \nurgy affe(5led him as it has countless others. \nThen came Potter's Discourse on Church Gov- \nernment, Echard's Church History^ Hooker's \nEcclesiastical Polity, followed by the works \nof the English divines, Barrow, Bull, Bur- \nnet, Pearson, Tillotson, and others. The three \ntitles just quoted, and works of the five \nclergymen \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Christ Churchy 'Boston 1 1 \n\nclergymen enumerated, were all in our Li- \nbrary in 1752 as they are to-day, and doubt- \nless they were there also when Dr. Cutler \nmade his first report to the Society. In all \nprobability, since only a little more than \nthree months had elapsed between his re- \nturn to Boston and his letter to the Secre- \ntary, he had selected them himself while in \nLondon and brought them over with him. \nA small quarto volume, published in Lon- \ndon in 1741, entitled A CoileBion of Papers \nPrinted by Order of the Society for the Propa- \ngation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, contains \n*'A Catalogue of the Missionaries Library, The \n&c.\" This catalogue comprises a long list of ^ SJ**^ \ntitles, mainly theological works by the best Y^*\"^'* \nEnglish writers, from which the Mission- \naries were supplied with the books which \nseemed best adapted for their needs and those \nof their churches. In that portion of the Co/- \nieSHon of Papers which contains the \"Orders \nRelating to the Missionaries\" it was pro- \nvided: \"That a Sum not exceeding lOj^ be \nallowed to such Missionaries, as shall be sent \nover by the Society, to Places where there \nare no Libraries, towards buying any of \nthe \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n12 \"The Parochial Library \n\nthe Books mention'd in the Society's Cata- \nlogue.\" \n\nThat the libraries sent to the Colonies \nvicisM- were liable to some vicissitudes is shown by \nLib^^* the reply, in April, 1724, of the Rev. Mr. \nMossom, Missionary at Marblehead, to the \nregulation question of the Society concern- \ning the Library: \"I have no Parochial Li- \nbrary. The Society's £^\\o worth of Books, \nsent by my Predecessor were not here when \nI came, except 6 which he left & those I \nkeep in good order.\" \n\nIn Dr. Cutler's report to the Society in \n06lober, 1727, he wrote that: \"One great \nThe comfort under the pressures w\"^** the Church \nc^ram sustains, is the tender concern of the Society \nfor the foj. us which we thankfully acknowledge, \nand earnestly pray God to prosper. I also add \nmy particular acknowledgements for those \nBibles & good Books which the Society has \nordered me, and shall faithfully use my best \nprudence in the distribution of them when \nthey come to hand.\" These \"good Books\" \nwere clearly designed for use among the \nDoflor's congregation, present and prospec- \ntive. In the same letter, and evidently in- \ntended \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 13 \n\ntended as a general reply to the Society's \nformal question regarding the library which \nwas quoted above, he wrote : \"There is no \nLibrary peculiar to my Parish. [By this he \nmeans no general library within the limits \nof what in England would have constituted \na parish contributary to his church.] I have \nindeed a Catalogue of Books given to my \nChurch, which we are at liberty to sell and \nconvert into money when we please. The \nSociety knows what Books I have received \nfrom it & am accountable for.\" And now for \na period of years there is praftically nothing \nto be learned regarding the Library. \n\nBut in September, 1740, ecclesiastical Amv»i \nBoston was shaken to its foundations by the whitt-*^ \nadvent of the Rev. George Whitefield, then '\"''' \na young man twenty-five years of age. The \nconsideration of this subject need not con- \ncern us here except in its rea^ion on the \nLibrary and on Dr. Cutler's desire for books \nwhich might counteract Whitefield's teach- \ning. Suffice it to say that Whitefield was \nmore enthusiastically received in general by \nthe Congregational clergymen than by the \nAnglicans, who could hardly be expe<5ted to \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n14 The Parochial Library \n\nview with the same complacency as the In- \ndependents the tone of his teachings or his \nattempts to reform the Church of England \nfrom within. In December, 1 740, Dr. Cutler \nexpressed himself to the Society as follows: \n\"I hope the Fury and Ferment is subsid- \ning, and that we shall at length be tolera- \nbly sweetened towards one another. What \nmay hinder it are the enthusiastic Notions \nvery much kindled among us and like to be \nThe propagated by his Writings, dispersed every \nwi^e-°' where, with Antinomianism revived, and \nfi^f* I fear also, Infidel and Libertine Principles, \nwhich some express a particular fondness for \nat this time. Our labours among our people \nwould be very much assisted by suitable \nBooks on these subjects, and the Society's \nbounty in this kind never wants good effefts, \nthe' not so large as good men wish.\" \n\nThe Doftor evidently received the assist- \nance which he desired, for in September \nBooks of the following year he wrote: \"The So- \nTOunter- ciety do much oblige their Missionaries by \nMwh^ist ^^ S°°^ books they send them, especially \nDoarines those occasioned by,the disorders and con- \nfusions M' Whitefield and his Disciples \nhave \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin £hrist Churchy Boston 15 \n\nhave wrought among us.\" And again in his \nreport to the Secretary under date of June \n30, 1 742, he said : \" Not long since I received \nyour very kind letter of Feby S'** with a Par- \ncel of Books . . . those against Enthusiasm \narc very seasonable and have had very good \neffedls.\" Six months later Dr. Cutler recurs \nagain to this subjc6t, and after some refer- \nences to \"enthusiasm\" and to \"Itinerants\" \nwrites: \"Order, Peace, Justice, and Rela- \ntive Duties become very low prized; Rcl- \nligion is corrupted in Theory & Praftice pr.cutier \n& we fear many will be tempted to lay all \"\"\" \naside — Books of this unhappy tendency, \nBooks Calvinistic, Enthusiastical & Antino- \nmian do abound; the Press here never had \nso full employ before, nor were People ever \nso busy in reading. Our Antidotes to them \nare mostly from Dissenters, without proper \nguards and limitations and consequently \none error is assaulted by another. I therefore \nhumbly wish for the assistance of the hon- The \norable Society in Books adapted to our pres- astid^or \ncnt case.\" Again the Society responded to Assistance \nthe call, for in June, 1 743, the Doflor wrote \nthe Secretary : \" Sir, Since I sent my acknow- \nledgements \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n1 6 The Parochial Library \n\niedgements of the Society's great generosity \nto me, I received the Books whereof you \nadvised me in your letter, and now return \nmy humblest thanks for the same. I hope \nthe Society will forgive me if I add. That \nsome Bibles of a larger size might prove \nmore useful to persons of a weak sight, and \nBibles and that a larger quantity of such excellent prac- \nsent \"\" tical Books as they have sent over will be \nof immediate Benefit, whenever they shall \nplease to send them.\" \n\nWhat accessions to the library itself may \nhave been received during these three years \ncannot even be conjeftured. But among the \n\" excellent praftical Books\" which the Soci- \nety sent over for general distribution we may \nsafely conclude that there were some ap- \npropriate selections from the list of \"Books \nallowed for Churches\" and \"Catalogue of \nsmall Trails, &c.,\" which appeared in the \nCatalogue of the S. P. G. Library published \nin its ColleSHon of Papers, 1 741 . Such, for in- \nstance, as \"Common Prayer Books with 39 \nArticles, and Ordinals;\" \"Faith and Prac- \ntice of a Church of £»^/<7nz/-Jl/tf»;\"\"Church \nCatechism explained;\" \"Guide of a Chris- \ntian;\" \n\n\n\n5doyGoo<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 17 \n\ntian;\"andthc \"Common Prayer Book best \nCompanion.\" \n\nIn 1746 we find our Library preparing \nto receive some important additions. For on \nDecember 26 of that year Dr. Cutler wrote \nthe Secretary: \"My Church, with myself, \nare very sensible of the Rev**. M^ Dechair's Rev. Mr. \ngoodness in the Books already presented by Gift ^ * \nhim, and the addition he designs to them ^^'\" \nfor a Parochial Library in this Town; and \nof the Society's goodness in allotting that \nbenefit to my Parish. We shall shew our \ngratitude in providing a convenient place \nfor them ; and I can promise for myself, and \nhope, for my successors, the greatest care to \npreserve the Books fromhurt and embezzle- \nment, and to make the best advantages we \ncan of such a pious Donation.\" \n\nFully a year and a half must have elapsed \nbefore the Library received the benefit of \nthe \"pious Donation.\" In December, 1747, Sometime \nDr. Cutler in his semi-annual report to the ^!^' \nSecretary was still hoping for the safe arrival «hey«rrive \nin due time of Mr. Dechair's books. But not \nuntil the early fell of 1748 do we find the \nfirst record of their appearance. \"At A Ves- \ntery \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\ni8 The Parochial Library \n\ntery Meeting in C. Church 061' y= 4'*' 1 748 \n. . . Voted That there be a Cass Made for \ny' Books Latly came from England. And to \nfix the Same in a proper plass in y' Vestery \nAccordin To y* Advice of the Rev. Do£lcr \nCutler.\" In the first Account Book of the \nchurch, under date of Oftober 10, 1748, in \na record of cash paid to the sexton, is this \nitem : \" To porterage for Books 1 2/-.\" And \non January 23, 1749, among the disburse- \ncharges meuts, wefiud \"Ditto [Cash Paid] To Capt\". \non'^c- Delarue for Charge's on Books 8.-7.-8.\" \n^eGift Over a year later — it would seem as if in \nthose days accounts were slower both in \npresentation and payment — comes the evi- \ndence that Dr. Cutter's promise to provide \na convenient place for the books had been \ncarried out. \"April 16 1750 To Thomas \nStevens's Acc^ Battening y« Inside y' Roof. \nClock & Book Case. 191. -5.-0.\" \n\nOn the very day on which is recorded the \npayment for the bookcase, there occurred \nin Christ Church an event, quite common- \nplace in itself, but which had a far-reach- \ning efFefl in its relation to our knowledge \nof the Library as it then was. At the an- \nnual \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 19 \n\nnual Proprietors' Meeting in Christ Church \non Easter Monday, April 16, 1750, Giles Gii« \nTidmarsh, proprietor of pew No. 32, was ' \"\"\" \nchosen a Vestryman. He was re€le£t;ed in \n1 75 1 , chosen Junior Warden in 1 752, Senior \nWarden in i753,and was again a Vestryman \nin 1754, after which time his name, as one \nof the officials, disappears from the Vestry \nRecords. We can surmise that Mr. Tidmarsh \nwas a careful, methodical man with a due \nsense ofhisresponsibilitiesasan officer of the \nChurch. For in the year when he became \nJunior Warden, John Pulling being the \nSenior Warden at that time, one of the first \na£ls of the two officers was to re-inventory And hu \nthe property of the Church for which they ^\"\"\"'\"\"^ \nwere responsible, that is, the Bibles, Prayer- \nBooks, Communion Plate, Altar linen, &;c., \nemployed in the services of the Church. \nThe last previous inventory had been taken \nin April, 1 735, and succeeding Wardens had \nsimply made a general acknowledgement \nin the Account Book of the receipt of the \nproperty from the \"late upper Church War- \nden,\" referring to this inventory and not- \ning either the alterations in, or subtractions \nfrom. \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n20 The Parochial Library \n\nfrom, the list since the time of the receipt \ngiven by their predecessors. But Messrs. \nTidmarsh and Pulling made a new and care- \nfully detailed list, which they recorded \nunder date of April 15, 1752. Wc give the \ncredit to Mr. Tidmarsh, not because it is \nimpossible for any one to gainsay it, but on \naccount of a contemporary piece of evidence \nas to his carefulness and appreciation of his \nobligations. For at about the same time he \nalso made an inventory of the library, which \nwas duly entered in the Account Book \nThe Tid- under the heading : \" Library Belonging to \n^tj'ogue Christ Church f Catalogue taken by Giles \nTidmarsh 28^ & 29*'' August, 1752.\" {See \nAppendix A.) \n\nAlthough he could hardly be regarded as \nan expert cataloguer, still his simple title- \ncatalogue, with the number of volumes set \ndown opposite each title, served its purpose \nvery well as a means of identification and \na guide to the preservation of the coUcftion \nTheVaiue in its entirety. To-day it is particularly val- \nc«taiogu* uable as showing what the character of the \nLibrary was in its early days, what books \nhave been lost to it since 1752, and, by a \ncomparison \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 21 \n\ncomparison with our recent catalogue of \n1 9 1 6, some at least of the accessions up to \nApril 19, 1775. It recorded 6fty-thrce titles, Number \nrepresented by eighty-four volumes, of J^corfrf \nwhich twenty-one were folios, six quartos, \nand fifty-seven oftavos. Of these, thirty titles \nand forty-nine volumes are to be found in \nthe Library to-day. Among the authors were \nthose who have already been cited as hav- \ning aroused the interest of Dr. Cutler and \nthe Rev. Mr. Johnson, before they felt them- \nselves impelled by their consciences to give \nup their allegiance to the Congregational Some of \nChurch, — Hooker, Potter, Echard, and the thon\" \nrest. \n\nAmong the books in the list of folios were \ntwo which seem perhaps a little out of har- \nmony with the rest of the Library, \"Capt. \nStevens's History of Spain\" and \"MarccUini \nRoman History^ Latin.\" Capt. Stevens's His- \ntory has disappeared, but the Marcellinus \nstill remains. Curiously enough in point of \ndisappearances the folios have suffered rela- \ntively more than the o6tavos, although their \nformat would seem more likely to have pro- \ntected them against abstraction, legitimate \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n22 The Parochial Library \n\nor otherwise. One of the quartos which is \nThe missing, catalogued as \"Common place \nCmIowii- book,\" stimulates the curiosity at first from \nplace the possibility of its having been in manu- \nscript, and perhaps containing contempo- \nraneous records or comments of particular \ninterest. But this idea is speedily dispelled \nand disappointment assuaged by the dis- \ncovery on the verso of the fore-title of the \nCambridge Concordance^ 1689, of an adver- \ntisement by the publishers stating that: \n\nTHERE is lately Printed, A Common-place Boei to \nthe Holy Bible, or the Scriptures Sufficiency Pra<ai- \ncally Demonstrated. Wherein whatsoever is conuin'd \nin Scripture, Rcspe£ting Deilrine^ Worships or Manners^ \nis reduced to its Proper Head: Weighty Casei Resolved, \nTruths confirmed, Difficult Texts Illustrated and Ex- \nplained by others more Plain. London Printed for Awn- \nsham and John Ckurckill, at the Black Swan in Paternas- \nter-Row. \n\nAgain, for a number of years following \nthe compilation of the Tidmarsh catalogue, \nwe are without definite information concern- \nDr. Cutler lUg the Library. Dr. Cutler was growing old, \n^^X\" aid for some nine years prior to his death \nin August, 1765, was praflically incapaci- \ntated for clerical duties. At a meeting held \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy 'Boston 23 \n\non January 8, 1758, the Proprietors agreed \n\"that considering the Age & Infirmity of \nthe Rev'd. Do6t'. Cutler and on that Ac- \ncount the Uncertain Supply of this Church \nwith an Officiating Minister,\" they should \nget \"some Suitable Person\" as an assistant to \nDr. Cutler. They also voted \" that the Rev'd. \nM'. Marmaduke Brown be first applied to \nfor said purpose.\" Mr. Brown served for a \ntime in this capacity, but on October 15, \n1 759, the Proprietors voted to ask Mr. James Rev. \nGrcalon of Roxbury to become assistant g^o \nto Dr. Cutler. Mr. Greaton took orders and ^^^^^^ \nserved the Church as Curate until the death \nof Dr. Cutler, when he succeeded him as \nReftor. \n\nBy 1767 the Church had decided to seek \nanother minister, and in the selection of its \nthird Reflor proceeded along lines very \nsimilar to those followed in the choice of \nthe first. The Rev. Mather Byles, Jr. (born Advent of \nin Boston in 1735, graduated from Harvard Bylw,*jr. \nCollege in the Class of 1 75 1 ) , son of Do6tor \nMather Byles, pastor of the Hollis Street \nChurch, was at that time a Congregational \nclergyman settled over the church in New \nLondon, \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n24 The Parochial Library \n\nLondon, Conn. But like Cutler and John- \nson, more than forty years before, he had \nbecome convinced of the superiority of Epis- \ncopal ordination and readily assented to \nthe invitation of the Proprietors of Christ \nChurch to become their Rcftor. It is per- \nhaps worth noting here the sturdy Ameri- \nchriat canism of the Proprietors of Christ Church \nprefm *s shown in their repeated choice of native- \nciergy^- bom clergymen, who had been reared in the \nnative independent atmosphere of New England \nCongregationalism. In December, 1774, \nEzra Stiles in his diary referred to \"Dr. \nBiles . . , little Flock which are more for Lib- \nerty than any Episco. Congregation north \nof Maryland.\" Mr. Byles both received and \naccepted the call in the month of April, \nMr. Byles 1 768, and within a short time was on his \nto^r^on **y ^° London equipped with letters of pre- \nfor ordi- scntation to the Bishop of London, and of \nrecommendation to the Society as one of its \nMissionaries. \nHe By the end of September, 1768, Mr. \n\n^J^ *° Byles (his Oxford degree of S.T.D. was not \nconferred until 1 770) had returned to Bos- \nton, and almost coincidentally with his \narrival \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 25 \n\narrival the history of the Library can be re- \nsumed. At a meeting held Otflober 4, 1768, \nthe Vestry voted: \"That the Reverend M' Take. \nByles be desired to take the Care of the Li- onS* \nbrary and that he have a key to the Vestry L''*'^ \nRoom.\" Now there was a particular 6tness \nin this request that Mr. Byles should take \ncharge of the Library, for, in addition to his \nresponsibility with regard to it by reason of \nhis position as a Missionary of the Society \nfor the Propagation of the Gospel, he was Hi* expe- \nwhat might be termed, for those times at all ^i'l^^. \nevents, an expert librarian, having served as ^^^^^ \nLibrarian of Harvard College for the years College \n\nEvidences of his attention to the duties \ncommitted to him soon become manifest. \nAt a vestry- meeting held October 27, at \nwhich he was present, it was voted: \"That chureh « \nthe Church Wardens be and hereby are ^^d^ \ndirected to write to the Rev** M' Wiswell S'T \n\nBooki to \n\nof Casco Bay Desiring him to Rcturne to Christ \nthis Church any Books he or his Church \"^ \nhas belonging to this Church, Particularly a \nlarge Bibble.\"Nowthe church at Casco Bay \nor Falmouth (now Portland, Maine), organ- \nized \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n26 I'he Parochial Library \n\nized in 1 763 with the Rev. John Wiswall as \nthe first Re£tor,apparentlyshould have been \nwell supplied with books. For Mr. Wiswall, \nwriting from London in December, 1764, \nhad informed the Wardens and Vestry that \nthe Society for the Propagation of the Gos- \npel, \"Willing toencourageyou in your laud- \nable and pious undertaking they on the \nreceit of the bond will furnish your Church \nwith handsome Prayer Books and Bible, a \nParochial Library, and from time to time \nsend handsome presents of small Bibles, \nPrayer Books and other books of devotion \nto be distributed among the parishioners, as \nthere may be occasion for them.\" \n\nIt may be, however, that they had been \nas oblivious to the forwarding of the bond \nof which Mr. Wiswall wrote, as they were \nto the request from the Wardens of Christ \nTheVta- Church. For on Oftober 5, 1769, the Ves- \nHe^d try found it necessary to pass another vote : \n\"That the Church Warden be directed to \nwrite to the minister and church wardens of \nthe Church at Falmouth, requesting them \nto returne the Bibble lent them by this \nChurch Immediately.\" \n\nIn \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 27 \n\nIn the interval between the recording of \nthese two votes Mr. Bylcs must have dis- Mr.Byiet \ncovered that there were more hiatuses on fhaTmore \nthe shelves of the Library, and wc can con- ^^ \"\" \n\n■' miMiDg \n\njefture that, with the aid of the Tidmarsh \ncatalogue, he may have checked up the \nbooks which should have been there. At \na meeting of the Vestry held July 5, 1769, \nat which Mr. Byles was present, it was: \n\"Agreed that an advertisement to [be] in- \nserted in the News Paper desireing all per- \nsons that are possest of any Books belonging \nto this Church's Library to returne them.\" \nIn accordance with this vote the following ad Ad- \nadvertisement appeared in the Boston Even- ^,**in \ning Post in the issues of July 31, August 7 '^l^^\"\" \nand 14, 1769: PM \n\nWHEREAS a Number of BOOKS belonging to \nthe Library at Christ- CAurch in this Town, arc \nmissing; those Persons who have them in Possession \nare desired to return them immediately. \n\nWhat the result of this advertisement may \nhave been cannot now be determined. The \nRecords reveal nothing as to the response uncer- \neither to the newspaper appeal, or to the r^^^ \nsecond communication to the Falmouth \nChurch. \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n28 The Parochial Library \n\nChurch. Although it is known that at va- \nrious times the Church loaned both Bibles \nand Prayer-Books, in one instance only is \nthere any evidence of their return. In the \nVestry Records may be found this entry : \n\n\" \"Boston \"June lo, 1768, Receiv'd of Thomas \nIvers one large Common Prayer book be- \nlonging to Christ Church, which I promise \nto retume to said Church in good order. \nE. Kneeland.\" \n\nBelow the receipt is written {Return* d\")^ and \n\nAlthough Mr. Kneeland's signature is cancelled by \n\ni^Miand 'wo strokes of the pen. Thomas Ivers, then \n\nj^^s« the \"upper Church Warden,\" evidently \n\nBook wasalive to the responsibilities of his ofHcial \n\npositionandsawtoit both that a receipt was \n\ngiven for the book and acknowledgement \n\nmade of its return. One more entry made \n\nsubsequently to the three votes recorded \n\nabove indicates that after endeavoring to \n\nrecall the missing volumes the Reftor-Li- \n\nbrarian intended to safeguard the Library \n\nunder lock and key: \"1769. Decern' 31. To \n\na new key for the Library. -10.-.\" \n\nThe Library can now be regarded as re- \nmaining \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 29 \n\nmaining under the watchful care of its cus- \ntodian for a period of some five years. But \nearly in 1775 it transpired that, by reason \nof some diiFcrences between pastor and con- \ngregation which need not concern us here, \nDr. Byles, with the knowledge and advice Dr. Byi« \nof the Society, was \"in treaty\" with the '**'*\"' \nchurch at Portsmouth, N. H., with a view \nto becoming its Rc£tor. At a meeting of \nthe Proprietors on Easter Tuesday, April \n18, 1775, which had been adjourned from \nthe previous day in order to ascertain the \nDoftor's intentions, it was reported that he \nwas \"willing to give up the Keys 6c quit \nthe Church.\" They accordingly voted to Accept, a \n*'acccpt of his ofFerd resignation,\" and the p^,^ \nDoctor sent a letter of acceptance to the \"\"\"•'' \nPortsmouth church. But, that very night, \nthe lights which shone out from the church \nbelfry brought about a great change in the The i<)U> \ncourse of current events, and when the sturdy \"77, \nLoyalist finally left Boston in the following \nyear his destination was Halifax, and the \nlink between Christ Church and the Society \nfor the Propagation bf the Gospel in Foreign \nParts was severed forever. \n\nHAVING \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n30 The Parochial Library \n\n\n\nHt \n\n\n\nr AVING traced the history of the Li- \nbrary as a whole, it may now be of \ninterest to consider some of its component \nRestora. parts. Thc restoration of the church to its \nChris\" original form was completed in 1912, and \nChurch on December 29 — the same month and day \nas in 1723 — a dedicatory sermon was again \npreached in it by its Redor, the Bishop of \nthe Diocese. Some little time afterward the \npresent \"upper Church Warden,\" antiqua- \nrian as well as Churchman, following in the \nThe footsteps of his predecessors, carefully segre- \nwa'S^en gated thc Parochial Library from the gen- \nguardsthe g^al Collections of the Church, and placed \n\nLibrary ' r \n\nit again in the vestry-room in a bookcase \nprovided for that purpose by the present \nRe6lor and successor of the first guardian of \nthe Library. \n\nThere they stand to-day, honored veter- \nans of an ecclesiastical and polemical war- \nfare, but showing comparatively few scars of \nbattle ; their days of adlivity passed and over, \nyet still bearing witness to stirring times \nin our Provincial history both in State and \nChurch ; dignified folios, stout quartos, and \ngoodly \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 31 \n\ngoodly odtavos, in the main well bound in The \nfull calf, but decorous in adornment as be- and their \nfits their character. Their sides are occasion- Bindmg. \nally panelled and often skilfully blind tooled. \nNo elaborate gilt tooling is to be found, al- \nthough here and there a back has been mod- \nestly decorated. One volume alone has the \ntop and fore-edges colored, not a fore-edge \npainting, but merely a pattern decoration in \ncolor. Only in rare instances has any letter- \ning been placed on the backs, which causes \nthem to present a somewhat sombre ap- \npearance to the eye, and incidentally neces- \nsitates the taking down of many volumes \nbefore finding the one desired. They must \nhave passed under the hands of binders more \nmerciful than many of the period in which \nthey made their appearance, for ruthlessly \nshaved tops and sides, missing imprints and \nrunning titles, and other too fiimiliar evi- \ndences of bibliopegic barbarities are the \nexception rather than the rule. \n\nEach volume (with three exceptions) The \n\nbears the book-plate of the Society for the ^^ \n\nPropagation of the Gospel. In a medallion, '^^ ^\"*\"- \n\nan allegorical representation of a Mission- Sodety \n\nary \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n32 The Parochial Library \n\nary arriving in Foreign Parts, and being \neagerly welcomed by the expedant inhab- \nitants as he stands at the bow of the ship \nholding out a book in his right hand. Pa- \nrenthetically it may be noted that the Mis- \nsionary's head reaches nearly to the ves- \nsel's fore-top, but otherwise the design and \nexecution are very fair. Between the ship \nand the shore is a scroll with the words \nTransiens Adjuva Nos. Around the medal- \nlion is engraved the name of the Society, \nalso in Latin, and below it is a scroll with \nthe lettering. The Gift of the Society for pro- \npagating the Gospell in Foreign parts 1704. \nWhere The book-plate is always to be found in a \nplate \"*\" very curious place, for it is generally pasted \nappears qjj ^|jg verso of the title-page, or occasion- \nally on the verso of the fore-title. Presum- \nably this was done in order to leave the \nnormal habitat of book-plates free for some \nindication of proprietorship by the church. \nBut in our Library at least this opportunity \nwas rarely availed of, although in a few of \nthe books there is a printed label on the \ninside of the first cover. This is found prin- \ncipally in the folios, and in one instance was \ninserted \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Church, \"Boston 33 \n\ninserted in one of the King George Prayer- \nBooks. It reads: \n\nor \n\nCUBIST CHURCH, BOSTON. \n\n(FOITHBBD A. D. 1733.) \n\nTo be uad with can, and ratamed in weaki. \n\nIn no case is the book numbered, nor the \ntime limit filled in, and in all probability \nthis book-label belongs to a period later than \nthe one under consideration. In a few in- \nstances the words Belonging to Christ Church \nBoston arc to be found written on cover or \nfly-leaf. \n\nIt has been said above that three volumes a few \nlack the book-plate. One of them, the An- S^^^ \nswer to Snape's Accusation^ containing a col- ^^- \nle£lion of pamphlets, doubtless had it when \nthe book was received although now the \ntitle-page is missing, possibly having been \ntorn out by some book-plate colleflor. But \nthe book is bound uniformly with a number \n\nof \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n34 ^he Parochial Library \n\nof other colleflions of pamphlets and; ser- \nmons, and like them has a list of contents in \nmanuscript on the inside cover, and it prob- \nably formed a part of the same collection \nand gift. The other two, the Marcellinusfl/j- \ntory and the 1 666 edition of Hooker's 'Eccle- \nsiastical Polity^ never had it, which would \nseem to indicate that they came from some \ndonor other than the Society, but inasmuch \nas we know from the Tidmarsb catalogue \nthat they formed a part of the Library in \nits early days, they are still included in it. \n\nAlthough it is known that the Society \nreceived gifts of books from friends inter- \nested in its work of distribution, as in the \ncase of the Rev. Mr. Dechair's donation, \nthere are surprisingly few evidences of pre- \nvious ownership in any of them. One vol- \nume has the upper corner of the fly-leaf torn \noff, but the beginning of a signature can just \nbe discerned on the ragged margin of the \nleaf. Two others have a signature so heav- \nily cancelled with a pen that it is illegible. \nIn the first volume of Rev. William Cave's \nEariier ScrtptOTum Ecclestasticorum Historia Litera- \nr£ti, first edition, folio, London, 1688, \"Ch. \nElstob\" \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 35 \n\nElstob\" has written his name on title-page \nand two fly-leaves. The singularity of this \nname would seem to warrant connefting \nits possessor with the Rev. William El- \nstob and his sister Elizabeth, both of them \nAnglo-Saxon scholars and authors of the \nearly eighteenth century. At all events a \nRev. Charles Elstob, prebendary of Canter- \nbury Cathedral from 1685 to 1721, was an \nuncle and also guardian of William Elstob. \nT. Jervoise had owned Trapp's Th Church \nof ^gland Defended against the Calumnies and \nFalse Reasonings of the Church of Rome, Lon- Satitma, \ndon, 1727; H.Trinsham,7'^Ge/7«/B<r£^H//w p^^ \nof the Apostolical Fathers, London, 1 7 1 9, by \"*' \nArchbishop Wake ; and A. Stanhope, Bishop \nWilkins's Of the Principles and Duties of Nat- \nural Religionyhond.on, 1678. \n\nThe catalogue of the Library compiled \nin 1 91 6 (see Appendix B), records ninety- volumes \ntwo volumes all told, and sixty-six general l^^^' ' \ntitles, only eight more volumes but thirteen \nmore titles than are entered in the catalogue \nof 1752. A number of volumes, however, \ncontain colleftions of miscellaneous ser- \nmons, trafts, and minor publications which \nwill \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n36 The Parochial Library \n\nwill increase the total by some eighty sub- \nsidiary titles. From the earlier catalogue \nLoraeiand twenty-thrcc general titles represented by \n\"°\"* thirty-five volumes are now lost to us, but \ntheir places are filled by thirty-six titles, or \nforty-three volumes, which were acquired \nat some time or other during the interval \nbetweenWardenTidmarsh's record and Dr. \nByles's departure. There is no exaft clue as \nto what constituted the original coUeftion \nto which Dr. Cutler referred in his report to \nthe Society in 1724. Publication dates sim- \nply serve to show us what could not have \nbeen there then, but not what was. A num- \nber of the books were published prior to \n1700, more between 1700 and 1724, many \naround 1730-1740, but none later than \n1 744. One or two of the volumes which con- \ntain miscellaneous colledlions of sermons \nand traflscan possibly be regarded as having \narrived among the responses to Dr. Cutler's \ncalls, from 1740 to 1743, for books to coun- \nteract the teachings of Whitefield, since \ntheir varied contents bear diredlly on the \nsubjeft and many of them were published \nat about the time his appeals reached the \nSociety. \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin £hrist Churchy Boston 37 \n\nSociety. Further than this we cannot go \nwith any degree of certainty, for nowhere No \n\n\n\nthe annual reports of the Society arc very \nmeagre as to shipments of books, even in the \ncase of Mr. Dechair's presentation, which \nwas sufficiently notable to be referred to in \ngeneral but not in detail. In the AbstraSi of \nthe Proceedings of the Society for the year \nFebruary 21,1745, to February 20, 1746, is \nthis record following the list of donations \nin money : \" Also the Society hath received \nwithin the Year, and return Thanks for the \nfollowing Presents of Books. For a valu- \nable Colleftion of Books from the Rev. Mr. \nWilliam Deehaire, for a Parochial Library in \nsome part oi America: And it is ordered by \nthe Society to be placed at Christ-Church in \nBoston in ^nf E«gf/a»i/, under the care of the \nReverend Dr. Cutler, and his successors in \nthat Parish.\" \n\nIn the Society's Report for the following \nyear reference is made to Dr. Cutler's re- \nsponse to the notification of the prospeftive \nreceipt of these books almost in the exa6: \nwords \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n38 The Parochial Library \n\nwords of the Do6tor in his communication \nto the Secretary under date of December 26, \n1746. \n\nA possible clue with regard to the dis- \nappearances of some books from the Li- \nbrary may be furnished by a copy of Bishop \nWarburton's \"The Divine Legation of Moses, \nLondon, 1742, of which Vol. I alone now \nremains. On a fly-leaf the following memo- \nrandum is written : \nBooki Middletotts Letters 1 Vol \n\nnTouS^ Comber of Ordination i D\" \n\nof Salem Lelands Divine Authority a D° \n\nBinghams Or. Sac. i &? 2 i« i \n\nfVeiis ag.\" Dissenters I D\" \n\nHisty. of Society P. G. i D\" \n\nBoyles Seraphic Love i- \n\nThe above delivered M'. Oliver of Salem. \n\nOf these seven titles we still possess \nComber on Ordination, Leland's Divine Au- \nthority,AndBinghim'sOriginesEcc/esiasticae. \nBingham is particularly easy of identifica- \ntion because the first two books were bound \nin one volume, which is numbered on the \nback \" I and 2,\" as is noted in the memo- \nrandum. The other four titles are still un- \naccounted \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Christ Church, 'Boston 39 \n\naccounted for and presumably were never \nreturned. At first glance suspicion seems to \npoint toward Mr. Andrew Oliver, a book- \nish man and one of the founders of the \nSalem Social Library in 1760. But the &£t Mr.ou*er \nthat the memorandum was made with a ^^^ed \npencil instead of pen and ink must probably \nbe regarded as exculpating him. Then the \nresponsibility may lie upon Mr. Thomas \nFitch Oliver of Salem, a graduate of Har- \nvard College in the Class of 1775, first a \nlay-reader and then an Episcopal clergy- \nman. But this is not capable of proof and \nprobably the books are lost to us forever. \nAnd yet, following the course marked out \nby the Wardens and Vestry in 1769 with \ntheir general notice in the columns of the \nBoston Evening Post a summons may be sent : \n\nTo all Desctndants of me ** Mr. Oliver of Salim \" {to us \nunknown) to whom these Presents may came. Greeting: \n\nSEE that yc do cause diligent search to be made \nthrough all your Boak-Skelves, personal or ancestral, \nand if there be foundthereon any of the four 77^/;; afore- \nsaid, accompanied by the Honorable Society's Book- \nplate, the Path of Duty is plain before you. Whereof \nfail not, under penalty of direful Pangs from your New \nEngland Consciences. \n\nAmong \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n4© The Parochial Library \n\nTUBcdt- Among the folios Hooker's Ecciesiasti- \n^^'^ cal Polity, London, 1 705, stands out promi- \nnently. In 1 752 there were two copies in the \nLibrary, but now there is only one.-f- Possi- \nbly the disappearance of the other volume \nmay account for the words which are to be \nfound written conspicuously across the title- \npage: \"This Book belongs to the Libery \nof Christ Church Boston.\" It is, however, \na goodly volume, well bound with wide \nmargins and fair to the eye. An excellent \nportrait by Faithorne of the ^'Judicious \nHooker\" serves as a frontispiece and is fol- \nlowed by a well-engraved fore-title. Izaak \nWalton'sLj^ of Hooker is of course included \nMr.Pepy* in the prefatory matter. When Pepys, the \n£ith diarist and omnivorous reader, encountered \nHooker (he Life in his edition of 1666, which he \nbought in 1667 and now is in the Pepysian \nLibrary at Magdalen College, Cambridge, \nhe recorded that it \" pleases me as much as \nanything I have read a great while.\" It was \n\nt SiDce (hit iketch was written the missing copy of the Ect/fiiaiti- \ncal Pttlilyhaa been restored to the Library. It ii the edition of ifi6A, \nand, while in excellent condition, ig nnther as line nor ai tall B> the \n1705 edition. It evidently was not presented to the Library by the \nSociety, since it does not have the book-plate. It may have fbroed \na part of the gift which included the Marceliinas. \n\nnot \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 41 \n\nnot his first acquaintance with the Ecc/esi- \nasticai Polity^ though, for in 1661 it was rec- \nommended to him by one Mr. Chetwind \"as \nthe best book, and the only one that made \nhim a Christian, which puts me upon the \nbuying of it, which I will do shortly.\" Not \nlong afterward he closes his record of a \n\"Lord's Day\" with these words: \"At night \nfell to read in 'Hooker's Ecclesiasticai Pol- \nfty^ which Mr. Moore did give me last \nWednesday very handsomely bound ; and \nwhich I shall read with great pains and love \nfor his sake. So to supper and to bed.\" The \nFaithorne print did not appear with the \nbook until the edition of 1 662, nor the hife \nof Hooker until the 1666 edition, but the \ncopy which Pepys preserved in his library \nhad them both, as has ours. \n\nIt has been said that the books in the Li- \nbrary have suffered very little at the hands \nof binders. Yet a rather curious confusion ABindet'* \ndoes exist in one book, due to the binder's ^^'\"*\" \ncarelessness in the forwarding stage of the \nwork, although he had as a guide in col- \nlecting the sheets the first aid to the collator \n— catch-words. Robert Jenkin's Reasonabie- \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n42 The Parochial Library \n\nMss and Certainty of the Christian Religion, in \ntwo volumes, London, 1708, is catalogued \nwith this note: \"Title-pages interchanged \nin the two volumes.\" This statement is \ncorrect as fer as it goes, for the text of the \nA curiout second volume is in faft bound up with the \nuMon tjtie_pjgg of tije gi-gt^ and the text of the \nfirst volume with the title-page of the sec- \nond. But a careful examination reveals a still \nmore curious confusion. The volume num- \nbered I begins with its proper title-page, \nwhich is of the third edition, and is fol> \nlowed by the \"Epistle Dedicatory\" and its \nown preface through page viii. Then there is \na sudden break in the continuity of the text \nand the prefece continues with pages xv \nto /of the preface to the second volume, fol- \nlowed by the table of contents and the text, \nthe first text-page having the heading \"Book \nII, Chap. I. \"Then the volume numbered II \nstarts out with its proper title-page, which \nis of the second edition, and its prefecc \nthrough page xiv. Here again a break comes \nand the preface is continued with pages ix \nto xxxviii of the prefece of the first volume, \nfollowed by the table of contents and the \ntext. \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 43 \n\ntext, thefirst text-page being headed^ \" Book \nI, Part I.\" \n\nOne instance of ill treatment in binding \nmay be noted, although of too common \noccurrence in general to call for extended \ncomment, which resulted from the custom \nof standardizing pamphlets which are of unfortu- \ndifferent heights. In a volume containing ^u^ce \nsome seventeen sermons and tracts, the last of st»ni- \n\nArajiation \n\ntrafl in the collection, entitled Observations \nupon the ConduS and Behavior of Methodists^ \nchanced originally to have been consider- \nably taller than the rest, with one excep- \ntion. In consequence the Observations on the \nMethodists lost imprint, date, and lower lines \nof textjwhile a sermon by Dr. Bearcroft fared \na little better in losing pradtically only the \nimprint. \n\nAs would naturally be expefted in a li- \nbrary of this kind, there are a great many \nvolumes of sermons. But these were by no \nmeans an unusual adjunCt to private libraries \nof the period. The presence of a very con- xopham \nsiderable quantity of literature of this type f'coiii? \nin the library of Topham Beauclerk aroused \"■■ °^ \n\n•' . ^ , , . , - Sermons \n\nsome comment m the Johnsonian circle, for \ntwo \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n44 l^he Parochial Library \n\ntwo days of the sale of his collection were \nto be devoted to theological works. Yet the \ncomment was not occasioned so much by \nthe presence of the books themselves as by \nreason of the apparent incongruity with the \ncharacter of the owner. When surprise was \nexpressed that \"a gentleman of Mr. Beau- \nclerk's character in the gay world\" should \nhave made so large a collection of sermons \nDr. Dr. Johnson remarked: \"Why, Sir, you are \nOpinion ' to consider, that sermons make a consider- \nable branch of English literature; so that \na library must be very imperfeCt if it has \nnot a numerous collei^ion of sermons: and \nin all colle(5tions, Sir, the desire of augment- \ning it grows stronger in proportion to the \nadvance in acquisition : as motion is accel- \nerated by the continuance of the impetus. Be- \nsides, Sir, ... a man may colleCt sermons \nwith intention of making himself better by \nthem. I hope Mr. Beauclerk intended, that \nsome time or other that should be the case \nwith him.\" \nA good Dr. Johnson maybe regarded as a fairly \nAutbonty gQ^j authority on the subjeCt of sermons,for \nsermoni jje not Qoly read them but also wrote them. \n\nOne \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 45 \n\nOne of his favorite sermon writers, the Rev. \nSamuel Clarke, Re6tor of St. James's, West- \nminster, is represented in the Library by a \nvolume entitled A Discourse Concerning the \nBeing and Attributes ofGod^ eighth edition, \nLondon, 1732, containing a series of six- \nteen sermons preached in the years 1704 \nand 1705 \"at the Lecture founded by the \nHon. R. Boyle, Esq.\" \n\nJohnson's opinion of Clarke is recorded \nby William Seward in hh Anecdotes of Dis- \ntinguished Persons as follows: \"A friend of \nDr. Johnson asked him one day, whose ser- \nmons were the best in the English lan- \nguage. ' Why, Sir, bating a little heresy those john»on'» \nof Dr. Samuel Clarke.* This great and excel- ^Sk. \nlent man had indeed good reason for thus \nhighly praising them, as he told a relation \nof Dr. Clarke they made him a Christian. \nIn his opinion Clarke was the most com- \nplete literary charafter that England ever \nproduced.\" In 1714 Clarke was accused \nof Arianism, and this charge and also his \nchange in point of view barred the way to \nhis elevation to a bishopric in the time of \nGeorge II. In the course of a cross-exami- \nnation \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n46 The Parochial Library \n\nnation by Boswcll as to \"what were the best \nEnglish sermons for style\" Dr. Johnson re- \nplied : \" I should recommend Dr. Clarke* s \nRecom- scrmoHs, wcrc he orthodox. However it is \n^rmoM\" ^^'■y ^^ known -where he was not orthodox, \nwhich was upon the doftrine of the Trinity, \nas to which he is a condemned herctick; \nso one is aware of it.\" In Johnson's Prayers \nand Meditations there are a number of refer- \nences to Clarke's sermons in his records of \nhis devotional readings, and on his death- \nbed he urged his friend and physician, Dr. \nBrocklesbury, to read them and to study \nDr. Clarke : \" Because, (said he,) he is fullest \non the propitiatory sacrificed \n\nEighteenth century opinion of theologi- \ncal literature, however, was not always so \nfavorable as that expressed by Dr. Johnson. \nThe poet The poet Gray, in writing to one of his \ncoMfast) friends some comments on a recently pub- \naS lished book, The Chara£ier and ConduSi of \nand Dr. Ciccro Considered^ referred rather slightingly \nland to a prolific writer, the Rev. Daniel Water- \nland, who is represented in our Library by \nfour volumes. For he remarked that \"there \nare whole Pages of Common-Place Stuff, \nthat \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 47 \n\nthat for stupidity might have been wrote \nby D' Waterland or any other grave Divine, \ndid not the flirting saucy Phrase give them \nat a Distance an Air of Youth & Gayety.\" \n\nThe Georgian \"Gentlewoman of the Old The \nSchool\" as portrayed by her creator, Mr. cenS-\"\" \nAustin Dobson, was evidently tiuniliar with J^\" \none of the books enumerated in the Tid- Piartm \nmarsh catalogue. For cntd \n\n. . . She would read. \nOn Sundays, \"Pearson on the Creed\" \nThough, as I think, she could not heed \nHis text profoundly. \n\nAfter explaining the cause of her somnolent \ninattention the poet continues: \n\n. . . The dear old dame \nItt truth, was not so much to blame; \nThe excellent divine I name \n\nIs scarcely stirring. \n\nThe Library's copy of Clarke's Discourse \nhas on the inside of the cover a brief manu- \nscript record of a portrait of Dr. Clarke, \nwhich hung in Kensington Palace, with an \neulogistic \"charafter\" inscribed beneath it. \nThis volume also has on its flv-leaves, in spme \n\nl_ 11-. . / Poetical \n\nthe same handwriting, several short poems, Effusiona \nincluding \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n4-8 The Parochial Library \n\nincluding one of six lines on \"God's Omni- \npotence\" and a longer one entitled \"The \nDivine Immensity, An Ode.\" Several vol- \numes all told have a liberal sprinkling of \npoetry on covers and fly-leaves. The topics \nappear to be of a religious nature, although \nthere is one set of verses addressed \"To my \nStudy, by a Young Lady,\" and another on \n\"The Plague.\" The writing is cramped and \nfreely abbreviated and gives the impression \nof having been executed with a quill pen on \na rather porous paper. It is difficult to de- \ncipher, but, judging from occasional lines \nwhich can be read with comparative ease, \nthere is little lost by leaving the others in \nobscurity. \nMisceiia- Niuc volumes which contain sermons, \nPw^hiets trads, and miscellaneous pamphlets are sim- \nply and uniformly bound in boards with a \nleather back, evidently as a convenience and \nmeans of proteflion. They all have on the \ninside cover a manuscript list of their con- \ntents in the same handwriting as that of the \npoetry. This is a useful addition for ready \nreference, as they are likely to contain any- \nwhere from ten to fifteen separate publica- \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 49 \n\ntions. In one instance the scribe has repaired \nthe damage done by the loss of the last two \nor three pages of An Essay on Redemption \nwhich is bound up with Trapp's Reply /& \nMr. Law's Serious and Earnest Ansvier. The Mimng \nprinted text ends abruptly with page 100, t^l^tA \nand two leaves with three pages of manu- •\" «^»- \nscript are bound in to complete it. The re- \nproduction of the missing portion is treated \nin rather a curious manner; for the writer \nbegins with the last two lines of page 100, \nevidently in order to make the continuity \nperfeftly plain, and then writes out a portion \nof page loi and ends with the sign \"&C.\" \nThis is followed by what is apparently the \nfirst part of page 1 02, for the page number \nis inserted in the margin, and this portion \nof the transcription also ends in the same involved \nmanner as the one preceding. The succeed- ^^^n^ \ning leaf presents what at first sight appears •*\"\" \nto be a different handwriting, but which is \nprobably the work of the same writer using \na sharper pen and blacker ink. The transcrip- \ntion of page 1 01 is resumed where it broke \noff^ on the first leaf, but again a line is re- \npeated to make the connection clear. After \ncompleting \n\n\n\nDiBilizedOyGoOf^lc \n\n\n\n50 The Parochial Library \n\ncompleting page loi the same method is \nrepeated with the rest of page 102, which \nprocess fills up the second leaf entirely, and \nthen the writer returns to the top of the \nfirst leaf for the last few lines and ends with \nthe word \"Finis.\" \n\nIt is at first a not unnatural assumption \nthat the manuscript notes are in the hand \nof Dr. Cutler, and that the indexing at least \nwas done for his own convenience. But a \ncareful examination of unquestionable ex- \namples of the Doctor's writing shows that \nwhile there are a few points of similarity. \nThe the differences are too great to warrant the \nAe^r*.^- belief that he was the writer. A somewhat \nuscript similar process eliminates Dr, Byles from \nnotbtdis- consideration, and the possibility develops \nthat the notes were made in the books \nbefore they were sent over to this country, \nbut by whom it cannot be inferred with any \ndegree of probability. Doubtless they were \nthe work of some previous owner while the \nbooks formed a part of a private library. \nAbout a dozen volumes show the same hand- \nwriting, and in none of the other books are \nthere any notes of this character. Since a \ngreat \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 51 \n\ngreat many of the sermons and tracts bear \npublication dates from 1740 to 1744, it is \nby no means unlikely that they once formed \na part of the colle^ion which was presented \nby Mr. Dechair. But even as he has proved \nto be a somewhat shadowy personage, for \nthere seems to be little or nothing which \ncan be learned concerning him, so must the \nwriter of the manuscript notes be left in \nshadow. \n\nAnd now the afternoon lights are &ding \nand the vestry-room grows dim. We care- \nfully put the last volume back in its accus- \ntomed place on the shelves, turn the key \nin the door of the bookcase, and leave the \nLibrary in its sheltered resting-place. \n\nVaky atque Salve. \n\n\n\nAPPENDICES \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nidByGoOl^lc \n\n\n\nAPPENDICES \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n55 \n\n\n\nAppendix A \n\nLibrary Belonging to ^Ar/j/ Church \n\nV Catalogue taken by Qiles Ttdmarsh \n\n28'^f^ 29* August 1751 Viz\"; f \n\nFoiio^s , \n\nStatkhous's History of the Bible \n\n* Collier's Ecclesiastical History \nHammonds Annotations On y' N. Test \n\n^Hookers Ecclesiastical polity \nTillotsom Works \n\n* Walkers Sufferings of the Clergy \nBishop Saundersons Sermons \n\n* Chillingsworths Works \n\n* \"Puffendorphs law of Nature l^ Nations \n\n* Cambridge Concordance \n^'Burnetts Exposition of y' 39 Articles \n\n* Chillingsfleefs% Antiquitys of y' 'British \nChurches \n\nTerson on y\" Creed \n« Jidedes Works \n\n\"Bakers Cronocles \n\nd'^\\ Stevens's History of Spain \n\n* ^arcelUni 'Rjman History Latin \n\n\n\nt Book) which are aom in the Library are indicated by ao astcriik. \nQuarto's \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n56 The Parochial Library \n\nQuarto's y^, \n\nOrigin Against Celse \n\n* 'Barrow on Popes Supremacy \nHistory of Independancy \nBishop Lincoln's Charge to the Clergy \n\n* Stillingfleet on Christian Faith \nCommon place book \n\nO&avd't \n\ntvolume. * JAK£^/or^j Sacred id\" Prophane Historyf -i \n\nliandiii u Estranges Josephus 1 \n\n*'Prideaux Conneftion 3 \n\nToungs Sermons 2 \n\ntvoiume *Echards Ecclesiastical History J 2 \n\n'\"' '' * Jenkins Reasonableness of Christianity a \n\n*3^w€omh On Church Chatechism 1 \n\n* peeves Apologies of Justin CMartyr &c. 2 \n^Volum* * Scotts StTmons% 2 \n\n. llonly *'Binghams Origens Ecdesiastica 10 \n\n'Bulls Work 3 \n\n* Doftf Bulls Life ■ i \nQrey Against ^{jal 1 \n\n* Clarks Attributes 1 \n*Hornocks Sermons a \n\nzifssignfs Christian Defence 1 \n\n* Inquiry after happiness a \nCastrells Certainty of y' Christian Revelation 2 \n\nOstervald \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Christ Church, 'Boston \n\n\n\n57 \n\n\n\nOstervald Against Uncleanness \n\n* Validity of English Ordinations \n\n* Totters Discourse of Church Goverment \n\n* Answer to Snapes Accusation \n'Denhams Psalms \n\nKnights Sermons \n\n'Durhams Phisico Theologico \n\n* ff^aterla»ii Mpon the Eucharist \n^ffaterland ag^nst Clark \n\n*Leelands Authority of y' Old ^ New Test \n^Qrey upon U^all \n\n* JVaterlands Sermons , \n\n\n\nAppendix B \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n58 The Parochial Library \n\nAppendix B \n\nThe Parochial Library of \n\nChrist Church, \"Boston \n\nAs Catalogued in the Year 1916'f' \n\nA \n\nAN Appeal to the Common Sense Common \n£\\. Honesty and Common Piety of the Laity, \nin respeA to the Payment of Tythe, etc. London, \n1744. 8vo. \n\nOther Tratfts and Sermons in this volume are: \n\nA SennoD pmch'd on Uie Fasi-Dajr, November 10, 1742; \nby Rev. William WebsUr, D.D. id cd. Lmim, n.d. 8vo. \n\n... A SennoD Occasioned by (he Death of the Reverend \nMr. 'Danifl !f^ai . , , by \"David JtnniBgi. Londen, 17+3. \n8vo. \n\nA SennoD preach'd at the Funeral of . . ■ Jthn Earl of \nRochtsUr ... by Themai 'Parieni, M.A. i3ih ed. Landm, \n1728. Svo. \n\nAn Earactt DUauisive from Intemperance in Meata and \nDrinki; a Sennon ... by Edmund QiBian, D.D., Biahop of \nLondon. 4[h ed. London, 1743. Svo. \n\nA Serious Exhortation to Repentance . . . written about the \nMiddle oi the Fourth Century, by St. Efhraim the Syrian. Lea- \nden, 1731. Svo. \n\nQseriet Recommended to the Author* of the I^te 'Discturtt \nefFree Thinking, by a Chriittan. Lendan, 1713. 8vo, \n\n+ A11 of the volumea, wth three exceptions, have the book-plate \nof the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. \n\nA \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy 'Boston 59 \n\nA Reply to Mr. tMariin't Ezunination ... by Tktmsi \nEm^. London, 1710. 8vo, \n\nThe T^njuran Separation from the Public AueiDblya of \nthe Church o{ England txxaaa' A, ... by Tho, Rennet, D.D. \nzd ed. London, 1716. 8vo. \n\nAn Examinaiiou of 1 Book . . . entitled, tY^MV/^t/fi-rt*** \nof many of the VrosecMtiani of the 'People called ^akeri, . . . \nLondon, 1 740. Svo. \n\nAn Hutorical Account of the Ri»e and Growth of Hereiie \nin the Christian Church, by J. Skarpe, A.M. Parti 1 and 11. \nLondon, 1718. Svo. \n^Contents in manuscript on inside cover. \n\nB \n\nB Arrow, Isaac^ D.D. \nA Treatise of the Pope's Supremacy. To \nwhich is added A Discourse Concerning The \nUnity of the Church. London, 1680. 4to. \n\n\"Baxter, ^chard. \n\nAn Abridgment of Mr. Baxter's History of his \nLife and Times ... by Edmund Calamy. London, \n1702. Svo. \n\n\\Bay ly, Benjamin,^. ^.,'Kt&.oxoi%X.'Jamess \n'Bristol.] \n\nAn Essay on Inspiration, In Two Parts. Lon- \ndon, 1707. Svo. \n\nRennet, Thomas, M.A., Rector of St. James's \nColchester, \n\nA Confiitation of Quakerism ; or a Pl^n Proof \n\nof \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n6o The Parochial Library \n\nof the FaUhood of what the Principal Quaker \nWriters (especially Mr. !?^ 'Barclay in his topol- \nogy and other Works) do Teach ... 2d ed. Cam- \nbridgit 1709. 8vo. \n\nSennet, 'Thomas ^\\iX>., late Vicar of St. Giles's \nCripplegate. \n\nA Confiitation of Quakerism; or a Plain Proof \nof the Falshood of what the Principal Quaker \nWriters (especially Mr. 3^ Barclay in his apol- \nogy and other Works) do Teach ... 3d ed. Lon- \ndon, 1733. 8vo. \n\n'Bingham, Joseph, Redlor of Havant. \nOrigines Ecclesiasticae : or, The Antiquities of \nthe Christian Church. 10 vols, bound in 9. Le«- \n^i>», 1708-1722. 8vo. \n\nC \n\nGAve, William. \nScriptorumEcclesiasticorumHistoriaLit- \nerariaACAm/oNatousqueadSaecuIumXIV. . . \nAccedit ab Alia Manu [//. WhartQno'\\ Appendix \nab ineunte Saeculo XIV ad Annum usque 151 7. \nScriptorum Ecclesiasticonim Historia Litera- \nria . . . Pars Altera. . . . Ad calcem vero Operis \nDissertationes Tres. 1 vols. Londini, 1688-98. \nFol. \nAutograph on dtle-page: Ck. Elstat. \n\nChillingworth, \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 6 1 \n\nChiilingworth, William^ M.A. \nThe Works of William Chillingworth, . . . \nContaining his Book, Entitl'tJ, The %eligion of \n\"Protestants a Safe fVay to Salvation ; together with \nHis Nine Sermons preached before the Kj''i • • • \nHis Nine Additional Discourses. . . . Two Let- \nters Never before Printed. 7th ed. London, 1719. \nFol. \nThe Nine Addittonat Diacouraea ue of the 3d edidon. \n\nClagett, William, D.D. \nA Treatise Concerning the Operations of the \nHoly Spirit: being the substance of . . . Dr. Wil- \nliam Clagett's Discourse upon that SubjeA. By \nHenry Stebbing, M.A. London, 1719. 8vo. \n\nClarke, John, D.D. \n\nAn Enquiry into the Cause and Origin of Evil... \nBeing the Substance of Eight Sermons Preached \n... in 1719, atthe Leifture founded by the Hon. \nRobert ^oyle. London, 1720. 8vo. \n\nAn Enquiry into the Cause and Origin of Mora] \nEvil . . . Being the Substance of Eight Sermons \nPreached ... in 1720, at the Lefture founded \nby the Hon. Kobert \"Boyle. London, 1721. 8vo. \n\nClarke, Samuel, D.D., Reaor of St. James s \nWestminster. \n\nA Discourse Concerning the Being and Attri- \nbutes \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n62 The Parochial Library \n\nbotes of God, the Obligations of Natural Reli- \ngion,and the Truth and Certainty of the Christian \nRevelation . . . Being sixteen Sermons, Preach'd \n... in 1704, and 1705, at the Lefture Founded \nby the Hon. %0hert ^oyU. 8th cd. London, 1732. \n8vo. \n\nThis volume includes : \n\nSeverd Letters to the Reverend D! Clarkt, . . . Relatiiig to \nthe I^st Volume of the Foregoing Sermons; with the D'''. An- \naners thereimto. 5th ed. Lsnden, 1731. 8vo. \n\nA Defence of Dr. Claries Evidences of Natural and Re- \nvealed Religitn, by Heary Sltiiing.G.D. L»nd»ii, 1731. 8vo. \nH CharaAer of Dr , Clarke and tnaniucript poetry on inside cover \nand fly-leaves. \n\nCollier, 'Jeremy, M.A. \n\nAn Ecclesiastical History of ^r£<a/2r(7fl/H,chiefly \nof England: from the First Planting of Christian- \nity, To the End of the Reign of King Charles the \nSecond. With a Brief Account of the Ai&irs of \nReligion in Ireland, Colleded from the best An- \ncient Historians, Councils, and Records. 2 vols. \nLondon, 1708-1714. Fol. \n\nComber, Thomas, D.D., Dean oi 'Durham. \nA Discourse upon the Form and Manner of \nMaking, Ordaining, and Consecrating Bishops, \nPriests, and Deacons, According to the Order of \nthe Church of England. 1 copies. London, 1699. \n8vo. \n\nConybeare, \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 63 \n\nConybeare, John, D.D., Reaor oi Exeter Col- \nlege Oxford, \n\nA Defence of Reveal'd Religion against the Ex- \nceptions of a late Writer, in his Book, Intituled, \nChristianity as Old as the Creation [by M. Tindal'\\ . \nid ed. London, 1732. 8vo. \n\nE \n\nE Chard, Laurence, A.M., Arch-Deacon \nof Stowe. \nA General Ecclesiastical History from the Na- \ntivity of our blessed Saviour to the First Estab- \nlishment of Christianity by Human Laws, under \nthe Emperor Constantine the Qreat. Vol. I only. \n4th ed. London, 171 8. 8vo. \n\n\"Edwards, yonathan, D.D., Principal oi Jesus \n\nCollege, Oxford. \n\nA Preservative against Socinianism shewing the \n\nDireA and Plain Opposition between It, and the \n\nReligion Revealed by God in the Holy Scriptures, \n\n4 pts. Oxon. Part i, 1693. Part 11, 2d ed., 1698. \n\nPart III, 1697. Part iv, 1703. 410. \n\nEach part hu dtle-page and teparate pagination ; date of Part m \n\nprinted by error udcxdvii. \n\n[Ellis, John, D.D.] \n\nThe Knowledge of Divine Things from Revela- \ntion, not from Reason or Nature. ... By a Gen- \ntleman \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n64 T^he Parochial Library \n\ntleman oi'Braxtn-d^se College, Oxford; now of \nthe Diocese of Chester. London, 1743. 8vo. \n\n\n\nGArJiner,'yames,¥^c&.OToi^\\..^MichaeFs \nCrooked LaneJ] \nConcio Habita in Solenni Conventu Cleri Loti- \ndinensis ad Collegium Sionense^ iv Kal. Maias, a.d. \nlioccTHUj^eryacobum Qardynerum; . . . OxohH, \n1713.410. \n\nOther Sermons in tKis volume are; \n\nA Sermon Prwch'd before the Hon*^' House of Lord*, On \nthe First Day of Aug. 1715. Being the Day on which Hia \nMajesty began his Happy Reign, By . . . yehn. Lord Bishop of \nOxford. London, 171 5. 4to. \n\n. . . Sermon Preached before the Honourable Trustees tor \nEstablishing the Colony of Qeorgia, in America, and the Asso- \nciates of the late Rev. Dr. %ray at their Anniversary Meeting, \nMarch 17, 1736-7. ^y%obert Warrtn, D.D. Reftorof St. \nt^lCary oi Stratford '^oai. London, 1737. fto. \n.1 Sermon [on similar occasion] March 1 6, 1 737-8, By'PAi/ip \n'Biarcroft D.D. Preacher at Charter-House. London, [date \ntrimmed away]. 4to. \n\nSermon [on similar occasion] March 15, 1738—9. By Wil- \nliam'Berrirnan,'D.Q.,R^oioiSt.iAniirew's Under ikaft . . . \nLondon, 1739. 410. \n\n. . . Sermon [on similar occasion] March 20, 1 739-40. By \nWilliam Crowe, D.D., Reftor of the Parish Church of St. \n'Botolph 'Biikopsgale. London, 1740. 4to. \n\nSermon [on similar occasion] March 19, 1740—1. By Ed- \nmund \"Bateman, D.D., ReflorofSt. \"Dunsiaa in the East. Lon- \ndon, 1741. 4to. \n\nSermon \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Christ Churchy Boston 65 \n\n. . . Sennos [on Bitnilar occuiod] March i8, 1741—2. By \nWilliam 'Beit, D.D. Landim, 1742. 4(0, \n\nSennonf on aimilar oceaMonl March 17, 1742-3. Bjr Jamti \nKing, D.D., Reflor of St. tMitkail Crotked-Lane. Ltnd»n, \n1743. 4C0. \n\nA Sermon PreachM to the Reli{^oiu Sodedea in and about \nLondon . . . March the 2IM, 1738-g. By William 'Berri- \nmjH,D.D.,Re{ioTof St.'!A)idreif'j Vndershafl. Le7idsii,\\-]%<). \n4to. \n\nA Sermon Preach'd . . . May the S\"*, 1 740, being (he Time \nof the Yearly Meeting of the Children Educated m Charity \nSchool* ... of London and Westminster. By John Tktmas, \nD.D., Dean of 'Ptierhreugk. To which u annexed, an Ac- \ncount ... of the Society fer \"Promtting Christian Knotelidge. \nLanden, 1740. 410. \n\n... A Second Sermon on JtCsrixa, 14, 2$, &c. Preached \n. . . December 6, 1741 . By miliam%emaine, A.M. oi Christ- \nChurch. LonJoa, 1742. 410, \n\nA Sermon Preach'd before the Society ... for promoting \n£'ff£/u/&Protestant Working-Schoolain/rf/iiff^, . . , March 22d, \n1 742—3. By John Thsmai, D.D. Dean oi 'PeierborBSgh. Lon- \ndon, 1743. 4to. \n\nA Sermon Preached before the Incorporated Society for the \nPropagation of the Gospel in Forei^ Parts . . . February 1 8, \n1741—3. By tJtCaltkias, Lord Bishop of Chichester. London, \n1743. 4to. \n\nA Sermon Preached . . . May the ^^, 1 743, being the Time \nof the Yearly Meeting of the Ch^dren Educated in the Charity- \nSchools in and about the Cities of London and Westminster. By \n. . . Thomas, Lord Bishop of Oxford. To which is annexed \nan Account of the Society for 'Promoting Christian Knowledge. \nLondon, 1743. 4to. \n\nObservations upon the Conduft and Behavior of a Certain \nSeft, usually diatingaubed by the Name oi tXethodists. [Edges \ntrimmed, n.d.] 4to. \n^ Contents in manuscript on inside cover. \n\nQroot, \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nH^ \n\n\n\n66 the Parochial Library \n\nQroot^ Hugo de. \n\nHuGONis Grotii AnnoCationes in Vetus & No- \nvum Testamentum juxta editionem tAmstelae- \ndamensem, mdclxxix, in Compendium redadae, \nquibus nova accessit Prae&tio a Samuele OAoody, \nA.M. Londini, 1727. 410. \n\nH \n\nI\" Oadly, 'benjamin, M. A. \nTKe Reasonableness of Conformity to \nthe Church of England^ ... in Answer to the \nTenth Chapter of Mr. Calamy's Abridgment of \nMr. 'Baxter's History of his Life and Times. \n1 pts. id ed. London, 1703. 8vo. \n\nBound with this volume are: \n\nA Serious Admonidon to Mr. Cd/i)/ny . . . London, i7o;.8vo. \nA Defence of the Reason^leness of Confonnicy, etc. Lon- \ndeti, 1705. 8vo. \n\nHooker, 'Richard. \n\nThe Works of that Learned and Judicious Di- \nvine, Mr. Richard Hookir, in eight books of \nthe Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity. ... To which \nare added, Several other Treatises by the same \nAuthor. . , . There is also prefix'd before the \nBook, The Life of the Author, sometime written \nby Isaac Waltm. London, 1705. Fol. \ntwidicut The same.f ioWoH, 1666. Fol. \n\nthe book- ' ' \n\nplate Engraved portnui by Wm. Fatthorne: \n\nHorneck, \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Church, 'Boston \n\n\n\n67 \n\n\n\nHorneck, nAnthony, D.D. \n\nSeveral Sermons upon The Fifth of St. CMattkew; \n\nBeing Part of Christ's Sermon on the Mount. \n\n1 vols. 2d ed. London, 1706. 8vo. \n\nEngraved portrait by %. ffhite in Vol. I. \n\n\n\nJEnkm, ^6ert, late Fellow of St. \"John's \nCollege in Cambridge. \nThe Reasonableness and Certainty of the Chris- \ntian Religion. 1 vols. Vol. 1,3d ed. Vol. II,ad ed. \nLondon, 1708. 8vo. \n\nTitle-pages interchanged in the two volumM. \n\nK \n\nKEttlewell, John, B.D., Vicar oiCole'i- \nHill, in IVarwickshire. \nAn Help and Exhortation to Worthy Commu- \nnicating, or, a Treatise Describing the Meaning, \nWorthy Reception, Duty, and Benefits of the \nHoly Sacrament. loth ed. London, 1737. 8vo. \n\nKidder, '^chard. Lord Bishop of ^ath & \nmils. \n\nA Demonstration of the Messias. In which the \nTruth of the Christian Religion is proved espe- \ncially agMDSt the Jews. Parts i and iii. London, \nPart I, 1684. Part iii, 1700. 8vo. \nPan (or volume) 11 is lacking. L^i \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n68 The Parochial Library \n\n\n\nLA Pillonnih-e^ Francois de. \n_j [An Answer to the Reverend Dr. Snape's \nfLacking Accusstion. London, lyiy.]\"!\" 8vo. \n\nboth title- \n\np^e and Other Trafta in this volume are: \nplate A VindicBtioD of ■ Pu«age in Dr. Snapis Second Letter . . . \n\nreladng to Mr. 'PilUmitrt! by t/fnJreta Snafe, D.D. 3d ed. \nLendan, 1717. 8vo. \n\nA Reply to Dr. Snape'i Vindicition . . . hy F. De La 'Pil- \nlannUre. Londen, 1718. 8vo. \n\nAFuIlAmwertoMr, ?>///owj>r^jReplytoDr, Snapt.. . , \nby H. tMiii>,,A.M. le/idim, 1718. 8to. \nIT Content! in maniumpt on inside cover. \n\nLe Courayer, Pierre Franfois. \nA Defence of the Validity of the English Ordi- \nnations, and of the Succession of the Bishops in \nthe Church of England ... by the Rev. Father \nPeter Francis Le Courayer, Canon Regular \nand Librarian of St. Qenevieve, at \"Paris. Trans- \nlated into English by Dan. fVilliams, Presbyter \nof the Church of England. To which is prefixed a \nLetter from the Author to the Translator. London, \niJiS- 8vo. \n\nLe/and, John, M.A. \n\nThe Divine Authority of the Old and New Tes- \ntament Asserted ... 2 vols, ad ed. Londo}t,ij^^ \n1740. 8vo. \n\nLeslie, \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^IC \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 69 \n\ni>j/fi?, Charles, M.A. \n\nThe Case Stated Between the Church of 'Kjme \nand the Church oi England j Wherein is Shewed, \nthat the 'Doubt and the Danger is in the Former, \nand the Certainty and Safety in the Latter Com- \nmunion. 5th ed. London, 1714. 8vo. \n\nBound together with: \n\n%x'ivS^«na Latrlii Cheruiini.'R^iiiae 1638.. . Coudnitio \n•Pauli y. 63. ii.d. 8vo. \n\nThe pToceedings of the Parliament of 'Parti upon the Pope'* \nVbtnacint Xl'\\ Bull, CoDccmiDg the Francbiia in the City of \n3?BBiK . . . tendon, 1688. 8vo. \n\n[Lucas, '^c/iard.] \n\nAn Enquiry after Happiness ... by the Author \n\nof Praiftical Christianity. 1 vols, [bound in one] . \n\nVol. II entitled Humane Life: or, a Second Part \n\nof the Enquiry after Happiness. 3d ed. London, \n\n1697, 1696. 8vo. \n\nManuscript poetry on fly-leaves. \n\nM \n\nMArcellinus, zAmmlanus. \nAmmiani Marcellini Rerum Gesta- \nrum qui de xxxi supersunt libri xviii. Ope MSS. \ncodicum emendati ab Henrico Valesio & autftiori- \nbus Adnotationibus illustrad. Necnon Excerpta \nVetera de Gestis Constantini & Regum lialiae. fwith- \nEditio posterior.f TarisHs, 1681. Fol. b^*\"^ \n\nAutograph on title-page : IJaltntine •Morris, nr j plate \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nJO The Parochial Library \n\n^ede^ Joseph, B.D. \n\nThe Works of The Pious and Profoundly- \nLearned Joseph Mede, B.D. Sometime Fellow \nof Christ's College in Cambridge. London, 1664, \n1663. Fol. \n\nCopy imperfeft, lackiog fore-title, pp. 753*1 1 39, ud Table*, \n&c., pp. [1-30]. \n\nN \n\nNElson, %Qbert. \nThe Life of Dr. Qeorge 'Bull, Late Lord \nBishop of St. \"David\" s, with the History of those \nControversies in which he was Engaged. 2d ed. \nLondon, 1714. 8vo. \nEngraved portrait by \"Van der Qufkt, \n\n^^Qewcame, 'Peter, M.A., Vicar of Hackney. \nA Catechetical Course of Sermons for the whole \nYear. Being, an Explanation of the Church-Cate- \nchism, in fifty two distinifl Discourses on so many \nseveral Texts of Scripture. Vol. II only. 3d ed. \nLondon, 1712. 8vo. \n\n[^^wman^ Samuel.'] \n\nAConcordancetothe Holy Scriptures; Together \nwith the Books of the Apocrypha. By S. N. 4th \ned. Cambridge, 1698. Fol. \n\n\n\ntHJchols, \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Christ Churchy Boston 71 \n\nS^chols, William, D.D. \nA Conference with a Thcist; . . . with the AdcU- \ntion of Two Conferences; theOnewithaAfdfA/a- \nvelian, the Other with an AthisL 2 vols.. 3d ed. \nLondon, 1723. 8vo. \n\nManoacript poetry on fly-leave* of both volumet. \n\n\n\nTHe Oxford Methodists: being an Ac- \ncount of some Young Gentlemen in that \nCity, in derision so called. ... To which is pre- \nfix'd A Short Epistle to the Reverend Mr. fVhiU- \n_field,A.B.ofTemi>roke-Co]\\ege,Oxon.;^d&i. Lon- \ndon, 1738. 8vo. \n\nOther Traifls in this volume arc: \n\nThe Condaft and Doarinc of the Reverend Mr. Whitifiild \nVindicated. London, 1739. Svo. \n\nA Sermon Preached at the Parish-Church of ttx^ in Ktnl, \non Whitiuttda), 1739. By georgt Whiupld, A.B. oi'Pem- \nbroke College, Oxford. London, 1739. Svo. \n\nThe Nature, Folly, Sin,and Danger of being Righteous over- \nmuch . . . beingthe Substance of Four Discourtetlately Preached \n... by Joseph Trapp, D.D. London, 1739. Svo. \n\nObanvations and Remarks on Mr. Seagrave'i Conduft and \nWritbga. London, 1739. Svo. \n\nThe Buhop of Londoi^i [ Edmund Qiisen\"^ Pastoral Letter to \nthe People of his Diocese. 3d ed. London, 1739. Svo. \n\nThe Rev. Mr. ffhiiejield's Amvitx to the Biihop of London' 1 \nlast Pastoral Letter. London, 1739. Svo. \n\nA Supplement to the Rev. Mr. WkitefieWs Answer by a \nFrtshyttr of the Church of England, n.d. Svo. \n\nMethodism \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n72 The Parochial Library \n\nMethodiun Displayed; or Remarks upon Mr. Whittfield'i \nAoswer ... by JamesSatt, M.A, Londtn, n.d, 8vo. \n\nThe True Spirit of the Methodiats and their Allies. . . . \nLondon, 1740. Svo. \n\nThe Imposture of Methodism Diaplay'd ... by WiUiam \nSftBinan, M.A. London, 1740. Svo. \nH Contents in manuscript on inside cover. \n\n\n\nP\\Otter, John, D.D., Lord Bishop of Ox- \nf«-d. \nA Discourse of Church-Government: wherein \nthe Rights of the Church, and the Supremacy of \nChristian Princes, are Vindicated and Adjusted. \n3d ed. London, i^i^. Svo. \n\nThe Present State of the Republick of Letters. \nFor April, 1728. Vol. I. [Periodical.] London, \n1728. \n\nOther Trafls in this volume are: \n\nAnimadversions upon Sir Isaat ^^tvion's book, Inticled the \nChronology of Ancient Kingdoms amended. By tArtkur \"Bed- \nford, M.A. London, 1728, Svo. \n\nThe Present State of the Republick of Letters. For April, \n1729. Vol. III. London, 1719. 8vo. \n\nA Chronological Essay on the Sacred History from the Cre- \nation of the World to the Biith of Chkist. By Thomas 'Sretl, \nLL.D. London, 1729. Svo. \nf Contents in manuscript on inside cover. \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 73 \n\n^rideaux, Humphrey, D.D., Dean of i\\or- \nwick. \n\nThe Old and New Testament Conneded in the \nHistory oft)\\&yews and Neighbouring Nations, \nfrom the Declension of the Kingdoms o( Israel \nand Jttdah to the Time of Christ. 3 vols. Vol. I, \n4th ed. Vols. II and III, ist ed. Loftdon, 1718. \n8vo. \n\n'Puffendorf, Samuel von. Baron. \nOf the Law of Nature ahd Nations. Trans- \nlated into English [by 'Basil Kjnnel and others]. \n2d ed. Oxford, 1710. Fol. \n\nR \n\nREeves, William, M.A.,Re<5tor ofCram- \n_ ford in Middlesex. \nThe Apologies oi Justin Martyr, TerlullianznA \nJifitiulius Felix, in Defence of the Christian Re- \nligion, . . . Translated from theirOriginals.zvols. \n2d ed. London, 1716-1717. 8vo. \n\n^gers, John, D.D., Canon of Wells. \nA Vindication of the Civil Establishment of \nReligion . . . ; with an Appendix containing a \nLetter from the Reverend Dr. Marshal, and an \nAnswer to the same. London, 173S. Svo. \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n74 ^^ Parochial Library \n\nS \n\nSCott,yoAa,D.D.McKf:aorofSt.gi/es's \nin the Fields. \nPractical Discourses Concerning Obedience and \nthe Love of God. Vol. II only. 2d ed. London^ \n1 70 1. 8vo. \n\nSharps John^ late Lord Arch-BishopofJ^o'/f. \n[Sermons.] 4 vols. London. Vol. I, 5th ed. 1 722. \nVol. II, 1715. Vols. Ill and IV, 1716. 8vo. \nEngraved portrait by ^ White in each volume. \n\nShuckford, Samuel, M.A., Redor oi Shelton. \nThe Sacred and Prophane History of the World \nConneded, from the Creation of the World to \nthe Dissolution of the Assyrian Empire . . . and \nto the Declension of the Kingdoms ofjudah and \nIsrael. . . . Vols. II and III. London. Vol. II, 2d \ned. 1731. Vol. Ill, 1737. 8vo. \n\nSmalbroke, '^RJ.chard, Lord Bishop of St. \nDauid^s. \n\nA Chaise Delivered to the Reverend the Clei^ \nof the Diocese of St. ©a^iii/'j, in a Triennial Visi- \ntation of the same in August, 1 728. London, 1 729, \n8vo. \nOther Sermons in this volume are: \n\nA Defence of the Lord Bishop of St. Davids. Leaden, 1 729. \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 75 \n\nA Charge Deliver' d to the Clergy aitMiddUiex u the Pri- \nmary Viiitatioii Held May 19, 1 73 1 . By 'Daniel Wattrland \nAxchdxtcQa (^ t^idJUsex. Lmden, 1 7] I. Svo. \n\nChristianity Vindicated against Infidelity, a Second Charge \nDeliver'd to the Clergy of.. . tMtddUsex. %j 'Daniel Wattr- \nland, D.D, Archdeicon of ^Middleiex, London, 1732. Svo. \n\nTwo Sennona Preached before the Univeruty of Oxferd, \nJan. z, and Jan. 6, 173 i-z. By The. Ciicimait,Tt.I>. Muter \nof Univerriiy- College, Oxford. 4th ed, London, 1733. Svo. \n\nA Sermon Preach'd before the UniverMty of Oxford . . . \nDecember 14\"', 1711. By John Conybeare, D.D. Dean of \nChrist-ChuTck. 4th ed. London, 1733. Svo. \n\nA Letter to a Deiat, Concerning Beauty and Excellency of \nMoral Virtue, By a Country Clergyman, zd ed. London, 1 730. \n8vo. \n\nThe Anawer of the Earl of ^f^tiingkam to Mr. Whiston's \nLetter to him . . . 7th ed. London, 1711. Svo. \n\nFree Thoughts on Mr, Woohton and his Writings, zd ed. \nLondon, 1730. Svo. \n\nA Sermon Preached at the Parish'Church of St. 'Dunstau'i \nin the West, on Friday, Dec. 16, i7zo. By WiUiam Lupton, \nD.D. London, 17ZO. Svo. \nV Contents in manuscript on inside cover. \n\nStanhope^ Qeorge, D.D., Dean oi Canterbury. \nA Paraphrase and Comment upon the Epistles \nand Gospels, Appointed to be Used in the Church \nof England on all Sundays and Holy-Days \nThroughout the Year. Vols. II-IV. London.Vo\\. \nII, 3d ed. 1715. Vol. Ill, 3d ed. 1714. Vol. IV, \nad ed. 1715. Svo. \n\n\n\nStillingfieetj \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n76 The Parochial Library \n\nStiltingfleet, Edward^ B.D. \nOrigines Sacrae, or a Rational Account of the \nGrounds of Christian Faith, as to the Truth and \nDivine Authority of the Scriptures. 3d ed. Lon- \ndort, [1666]. 4to. \n\nSti7/mgfeei,Ed'ward,D.D.,Deano{St.Pau/'s. \nOrigines Britannicae, or, the Antiquities of the \nBritish Churches. London, 1685. Fol. \n\nBound with this volume is: \n\nThe Amigmnent, Tryal and Condemnadon of Hubert, Earl \nof Enex, and Henry, Earl of Souihampten at Westminster the \n19th of February, 1600 . . . London, 1679. Fol. \n\nStillingjieety Edward, Lord Bishop of Worces- \nter. ■ \n\nEcclesiastical Cases Relating to the Duties and \nRights of the Parochial Clergy. 2d ed. London, \n1702. 8vo. \n\n\n\nTRapp, Joseph, M.A., Minister of the \nUnited Parishes of Christ-Church, and St. \nLeonariTs Foster-Lane, London. \nThe Church of England Defended against the \nCalumnies and False Reasonings, of the Church \nof %pme, London, 1727. 8vo. \nAutograph on dtle-page: T.Jervnisi. \n\ntrapf. \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Christ Church, 'Boston 77 \n\n7rapp, Joseph, D.D. \n\nA Reply to Mr. Law's Earnest and Serious An- \nswer ... to Dr. 'Trapp's Discourse of the Folly, \nSin, and Danger of being Righteous Over-much. \nLondoHj 1741. 8vo. \n\nOther Trads in this volume are: \n\nA True Slate of the Coniroversy with Mr. Faslfr on the Sub- \njeft of Heresy. By Henry Steibing, D.D. Lundon, 1736. 8vo, \n\nAn Answer to Dr. Sttibing's True State of the Coniroveny \nwith Mr. Foster, ... by Jamti Fester, Londim, 1737. 8vo. \n\nA Reply to Mr. Foiitr's Answer to the True State of the \nControveriy . . .hy Henry Suiiiiig,D.Ti. Londofi, 1737. 8vo. \n\nSelf-Lore and Vertue Reconciled only by Religion . . . \n[Isaac Walls, D.D.] Lendon, 1739. 8vo. \n\nThe Analogy of Reason, or the Dodrine of the Trinity \nProved by Natural Principles. By the Author of the Ground and \nNature of Human Knowledge. London, 1 739. 8vo. \n\nThe Doflrine of Justification by Faith ... by ^Arthur \"Bed- \nford, M.A. London, 1741. 8vo. \n\nAn Essay on Redemption, Being the Second Part of Divine \nReftitude, [J, 'Balguy.] London, 1741. 8vo. \nITText following page 100 completed in manuscript. \n\nA Letter to a Gentleman Dissenting irom the Church of \nEngland . . . by John White, B.D. London, 1743. 8vo. \nf Contents in manuscript on inside cover. \n\nw \n\nWAke, William^ Archbishop oi Canter- \nbury, translator and editor. \nTheGenuine Epistles of the Apostolical Fathers, \n\nSt. \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n78 The Parochial Library \n\nSt. 'Barnabas^ St. Ignatius^ St. Clement, St. Toly- \nearp, ... 3d ed. London, 1719. 8vo, \nAutograph on title-pige: H. Trinikam. \n\nIValker, John, M.A., Reaor of St. ^Mary's \n\nExeter, \n\nAn Attempt towards Recovering an Account of \n\nthe Numbers and Sufferings of the Clergy of the \n\nChurch of England, . . . who were Sequester'd, \n\nHarrass'd, etc., in the late Times of the Grand \n\nRebellion. London, 1714. Fol. \n\nPf^arhurton, William, A.M. \n\nThe Divine L^fation of t^ojw Demonstrated, on \n\nthe Principles of a Religious Deist . . . Vol. I \n\nonly. 3d ed. London, 1742. 8vo. \n\nManiucript notes on fly-leaf. \n\nWater land, ^Daniel, D.D., Archdeacon of \n\n^Middlesex. \n\nThe Doiftrinal Use of the Christian Sacraments \n\nConsidered in a Charge Delivered to the ^Aid- \n\ndlesex Clergy , May 12,1736. London, 1736. 8vo. \n\nOther Trafts in this volume are: \n\nThe Christian Sacrifice explained, in a Charge ... to the \n\n■JsCiddksex Clergy , , . April the io\">, 1738. To which u \nadded an Appendix. London, 1738. Svo. \n\nThe Sacramentai Part of the Eucharist cxplain'd in a Charge \n. . . tothe Clergy of caf/^.^6/f*,at the £a/(fr-Viaication, 1739. \nLandoB, 1739. 8vo. \n\nDistindions \n\n\n\n5doyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Qhrist Churchy Boston 79 \n\nDi9tin£tioiu of Sacrifice : Set forth in a Charge ... to the \nQ\\a^ ai i^iddltiix at the fiu/fT-Vuitadon, 1740. Landm, \n1740. 8vo. \n\nAdvice to a Young Student with ■ Method of Study for the \nFour FiMt Years. 3d ed. Cambridge, 1740, 8vo. \nIT Date on title-page printed MDCCLX. probably by error. \n\n... A Sermon occaiion'd by the Death of Dr. Waterland, \n. . . Preached in Ttcici/n^^-Chapel, January the4''', 1 740-1, \nby Jeremiah Speed, M.A. Londen, 1741. 8vo. \n^Contents in manuscript on inside cover. \n\nWaterland, Daniel, D.D. \n\nThe Importance of the DoArine of the Holy \n\nTrinity Asserted. London, 1734. 8vo. \n\nWaterlandy Daniel, D.D. \nA Review of the Doftrine of the Eucharist, as \nIwd down in Scripture and Antiquity. Cambridge, \n1737. 8vo. \n\nWaterland, \"Daniel, D.D., Master of ^SMag- \ndalen-CoWcgc, Cambridge. \n\nA Vindication of Christ's Divinity : beinga De- \nfense of some Queries, relating to Dr. Clarke's \nScheme of the Holy Trinity. 3d ed. Cambridge, \n1720. 8vo. \n\nfFltiston, William, M.A. \nAn Historical Preface to Primitive Christianity \nreviv'd. With an Appendix containing an Ac- \ncount of the Author's Prosecution at, and Ban- \nishment \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n8o The Parochial Library \n\nishment from the University of Cambridge. Lon- \ndon, 171 1. Sm. 8vo. \n\nWhitefield, Qeorge. \n\nA Continuation of the Reverend Mr. WhitefieWs \nJournal after his Arrival at ^iorg-w, to a few Days . \nafter his second Return thither from 'Philadelphia. \nLondon, 1741. 8vo. \n\nOther Tracts in this volume are: \n\nA CoDtuniidoii of the Reverend Mr. WMufietd's Journal, \nfrom a few Days aiter hu Return 10 Qeargia 10 his Arrival ai \nFalmouth, on the 1 1 th of March, 1 741. The Seventh Journal. \nLondon, I74i> 8vo. \n\nAn Account of Money Recnved and Disbursed for the \nOrphin-HouK in Qtargta. London, I74i< 8vo. \n\nCopy of a Letter from Mr. William Seward in Answer to \n1 Letter sent him by his Brother the Rev. Mr. Thomas Seward. \n[n.d.] 8vo. \n\nA Modest and Serious Defence of the Author of the Whole \nDuty of Man, from the false Charges ... of Mr. Whittfield \n... by a Presbyter of the Church of Engknd. 2d ed. London, \n1740. 8vo. \n\nAn Extraft of Sundry Passages taken out of Mr. Whiiefield's \nprinted Scrmoni.Joumals and Letters . . . ^Philadelphia, 1740. \nReprinted London, 1741. 8vo. \n\nA Letter to the Reverend Mr, John Wesley ... by (Qeorge \nWkitefield, A.B, London, 1741. 8vo. \n\nA Comparison between the Dofbines taught by the Clergy \nof the Church oi England, and the Dofbines taught by Wkite- \nfield, Seagrave, and others. London, 1741. 8vo. \n\nA Letter to the Reverend Mr. Wkitefield, ... by a Gentle- \nman of TVfv^r^it^-College, Oxan. London, 1 744. 8to. \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Christ Churchy Boston \n\nA New- Year's Gift for the %attliff Conven to tMaggU- \ntmianisM . . .hy J. Skarpe, A.M. ided. Lendtn, ij ly . 8vo. \n\nThe Ri«e and Growth of Fanaticigm, or a View of the Prin- \nciple*, Plou, and pernidoiu Prafiicet of the DisMnterg . . . \nLottJott, 1715. SVo, \n\nPrimitive Infant- Baptism Reviv'd, or an Account of the Doc- \ntrine and Praftice of ihe Two First Centuries, Concerniog the \nBaptism of In&nti ... by William Whiitm, M.A. Lmdan, \n1712. 8vo. \n\nH Contents in manuscript on Ituide cover. At end of volume \nan \" Advertisement concerning the Longitude,\" signed Hum- \nphrey Ditttm. \n\nJViikins^ John^ Lord Bishop of Chester. \nOf the Principles and Dudes of Natural Reli- \ngion: two books. To which is added, a Seimon \nPreached at his Funerals, by William Lloyd,T>X>., \nDean oi \"Bangor. London^ 1678. Bvo. \nEngraved portrait by ^ If kite. Autograph on inside cover : \n•lA. Stanhepe. \n\nWilliams^ John, Lord Bishop of Chichester. \nTwelve Sermons Preach'd at the Ledure founded \nby \"Hubert \"Boyk^ Esq. ; concerning The Possibil- \nity, Necessity, and Certainty of Divine Revela- \ntion. The second edition. To which are added, \nThree Sermons . . . not before printed. London^ \n1708. 8vo. \nAutograph on ily-lcaf : J. Tidcambt. \n\n\n\nfi:h^is \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n83 \n\n\n\nAppendix C \n\nA Catalogue of Books given to Christ Church \nby 'Barry Tankard, Esqr. \nof the Island of t/fntigua. % \n\nFolid'f \n\n\\ Dr. Hammond's Paraphrase on the New Testa- \nment. Very much damnify'd in the Paper \nand Binding. \n\n* Mr. Hooker's Ecclesiastical Polity. 8 Books \n\n1666. \n\n* Sir Rich. \"Baker's Chronicle 1679. Very much \n\ndamnify'd in the Binding. \n\n\\^^. Pearson on the Creed. 1662. very much \ndamnify'd. \n\n*Jmmianus iMarcel/inus Tarts. 1681. Damnify'd \nin Paper and Binding. \n\n\"t-eMariaBa'j History of S/>o/H.EngIish't by Capt. \nJohn Stevens. Damnify'd in Paper and Bind- \ning. \n\n* Grotius de Jure Belli et Pacis. z/fmst. ap. /. Bkau \n\n1670. \n\n]: Books which are now in theLibraiy, 191], are indicated by an \nasterisk. Books indicated by a dagger were in the Tidmarsh Cat- \nalogue of 1752. (See Afptndix A.) \n\nOSlavo's, \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nThe Parochial Library \nOSavo'iy (Sc. {continued^ \n\nf Mr. Young's Sermons Vol. i. \nt The Same. Vol. i. \n\nfVendelini Christiana Theologia. \n\nDr. Lake's i6 Sermons. Very imperfetft. \n\n* Homii Historia Ecclesiastica. \n\nNortoni Knatchbull Animad. in Lib. Novi Test. \nEd. 3d. \n\n* Cahim Instituriones. Qeneva 1569. \n\n* The case of the R^ale and Pontificate. \nNovum Test. Graec. ImperfeA. \n\n* Sanderson de Juramento et Consdentia. \n\"Beza in ApostoHcas Epistolas & Apocalypsin. \nCatechismus Graeco-Lat. \n\nA Vol of Dr. South's Sermons. 1679. \n\nt/fmesius de Conscientia. \n\nPraecationes Biblicae Graeco Lat. et Hebraico- \n\nLat. Paris. 1554. \nA Vol. of Dr. Scot's Sermons. 1 704. \nDr. Clark * Demonstration of the Being and \nAttributes of God. \n\n* The Evidences of Nat. and Revealed Re- \n\nligion. \n\n* Scripture DoArine of the Trinity 1712. \nParaphrase on the Four Evangelists Vol. i. \n\n* The Same. Vol. 2. \n\nMr. 'Boyle of Seraphick Love. \n\nPalmer's \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nin Christ Church, 'Boston 85 \n\n\"Palmer^s Moral Essays on Curious Proverbs. \nSir 1(oger L' Estranges Translation of some of \n\nErasmus's Colloquies. \nMontaigne's Essays. English't by Cha. Cotton \n\nEsqr. Vol. I. \nThe Same. Vol. a. \nThe Same. Vol. 3. \n\nSeneca's Morals. English't by Sir Imager L' Es- \ntrange. \niMachiavers History of Florence. \nConnor's History of \"PolandWoX. ist. \nCamden's 'Brilania Abbridged Vol. 1. \nThe Same. Vol. 2. \n\nTuffendorf's Compleat History of Sweden. \n'Bouvei's Present Condition of the Muscovite \n\nEmpire. \nLe Compters Memoirs. \nDampier's Voy^es Vol. ad. \nA Colle&ion of Voyages by the Dutch East \n\nIndia Company. English't. \nA Compleat History of Europe from the \n\nTreaty of Nimeguen &c. \nA Compleat History of Europe for the year \n\n1704. \nA Compleat History of Europe for the year \n\n1706. \n• The Annals of Queen ^Anne's Reign. 5th. \n\n\n\n{Endorsed} \n\n\n\nDiB.1izeaOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n86 The Parochial Library \n\n[fffdbr^i/] A Catalogue of Books given to Christ \nChurch in Boston Inclosed in Dr. Cutlers Letter \nof the loth 0(9ober 1727.J \n\n^Addriiit^ To the Society for the Propagation of the \nGospel. \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoOglc j \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nIMmilMI! \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\nDiB.1izedOyGoO<^lc \n\n\n\n","title":"The parochial library of the eighteenth century in Christ Church, Boston","updated_at":"2026-09-05T09:58:37.299144Z","urn":"urn:lemay:boston:document:the-parochial-library-of-the-eighteenth-century-in-christ-church-boston","version":1,"withdrawn_reason":null},"urn":"urn:lemay:boston:document:the-parochial-library-of-the-eighteenth-century-in-christ-church-boston","version_history":[{"change_note":"accessioned from the Internet Archive, item parochiallibrar00merrgoog","changed_by":"archive-ingest 0.1.0","recorded_at":"2026-09-05T09:58:37.602964Z","version":1}]}