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<HEAD>PROPOSALS For Compiling and Publi&s;hing a Book to be Intituled, <HI><HI>Pietas Anglicana:</HI> Or, An Hi&s;torical Account of all the Works of</HI> Piety, Charity, <HI>and other</HI> Acts of Beneficence, <HI>done in</HI> England <HI>&s;ince the</HI> Reformation, <HI>with re&s;pect to Religion, Learning, and Provi&s;ion for all &s;orts of Poor; Collected from</HI> Hi&s;tories, Re|cords, Wills, Monuments, <HI>and other</HI> Authentic <HI>Evidence.</HI></HEAD>
<P><HI>WHereas</HI> the Enemies of our Reformation have invidiou&s;ly &s;ugge&s;ted the want of <HI>Charity</HI> in <HI>Prote&s;tants,</HI> and have frequently made great O&s;tentation of the Pious and Charitable Deeds perform'd by Mem|bers of the <HI>Roman</HI> Church, as if <HI>Good Works</HI> were a di&s;tingui&s;hing Note of their Communion; and, <HI>Whereas</HI> the <HI>Publick</HI> Works of Piety and Charity done in <HI>England</HI> &s;ince that ble&s;&s;ed Period, tho' great and numerous, lie &s;cat|ter'd and di&s;pers'd in <HI>Private</HI> Memorials, and have not yet been collected together into one View, for the Knowledge and Satisfaction of the World; and, <HI>Whereas</HI> the repre&s;enting them in due Method and Order will very much conduce to the Glory of Almighty God, the Propagation of Chri&s;tianity, the Honour of this Church and Nation, the Vindication of the Prote&s;tant Re|ligion, the doing Ju&s;tice to the Memories of pa&s;t Benefactors, and rai&s;ing up more &s;hining Examples in future Generations: To an&s;wer the&s;e and &s;ome other laudable De&s;igns, This Work is undertaken, (on a ju&s;t pro&s;pect of En|curagement and A&s;&s;i&s;tance from Per&s;ons of Character in Church and State) and &s;ome progre&s;s already made in it by the Reverend Mr. <HI>Philip Stubs,</HI> Rector of St. <HI>Alphage, London;</HI> who hereby humbly de&s;ires all others, of what Quality &s;oever, who are Able and Willing to promote &s;o <HI>u&s;eful</HI> a De|&s;ign, to communicate to him all <HI>proper</HI> Informations that may fall under the Heads hereafter &s;pecify'd,</P>
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<HEAD>I. <HI>Piety.</HI></HEAD>
<ITEM>I. <HI>Churches</HI> and <HI>Chappels,</HI> and therein,
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<ITEM>1 The <HI>Fabrick,</HI> under which is to be con&s;ider'd,
<LIST>
<ITEM>1 Building,</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Maintenance of Repairs,</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 Ornaments.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>2 The <HI>Divine Service</HI> perform'd there, as
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<ITEM>1 Prayers,</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Monthly Sacraments,</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 Stated Lectures,</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 Catechetic Cour&s;es,</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 Occa&s;ional Sermons.</ITEM>
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<ITEM>3 Their <HI>Endowments,</HI> &s;uch are
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<ITEM>1 Donations of Glebe,</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Erection and improvement of Man&s;e,</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 Re&s;toration of Tythe,</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 Stipends of Augmentation.</ITEM>
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</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>II. <HI>Clergy,</HI> as
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<ITEM>1 Their Per&s;ons,</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Their Families.</ITEM>
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<ITEM>III. <HI>Propagation of the Go&s;pel in Foreign Parts,</HI> with what has been done, in
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<ITEM>1 <HI>Plantations,</HI> by
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<ITEM>1 Sending Mi&s;&s;ionaries,</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Building Churches and Endowing them,</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 Erecting Schools and Li|braries.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>2 <HI>Factories.</HI></ITEM>
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<ITEM>IV. Other <HI>Ways</HI> and <HI>Means</HI> taken for the propagation of Chri|&s;tian Knowledge and Pra|ctice at Home, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>II. <HI>Learning.</HI> With a particular regard to</HEAD>
<ITEM>I. <HI>Charity Schools</HI> for Children.</ITEM>
<ITEM>II. <HI>Grammar Schools</HI> for Youth.</ITEM>
<ITEM>III. <HI>&V;niver&s;ities</HI> for Men; in the&s;e
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<ITEM>1 Publick Libraries,</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Profe&s;&s;or&s;hips,</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 Lectures,</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 Schools and Theatre,</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 Colleges and Halls, in them
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<ITEM>1 Their Foundational Endow|ments,</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Additional Benefactions;</ITEM>
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<ITEM>IV. <HI>Colleges;</HI> In other parts of <HI>England.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>V. <HI>Libraries;</HI> In other parts of <HI>England.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>VI. <HI>Publick Lectures;</HI> In other parts of <HI>England.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>VII. <HI>Honorary Stipends;</HI> In other parts of <HI>England.</HI></ITEM>
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<HEAD>III. <HI>Charity.</HI></HEAD>
<ITEM>I. <HI>Ho&s;pitals</HI>
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<ITEM>1 For Children,</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Impotent Aged per&s;ons,</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 Widows,</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 Lunaticks,</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 Sick and Wounded,</ITEM>
<ITEM>6 Seamen,</ITEM>
<ITEM>7 Soldiers.</ITEM>
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<ITEM>II. <HI>Work-Hou&s;es</HI>
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<ITEM>1 For poor Children at large,</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Parochial Children,</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 Vagrants and Lewd people.</ITEM>
</LIST></ITEM>
<ITEM>III. <HI>Gifts</HI> and <HI>Legacies, &amp;c.</HI> to Ci|ties, Corporations, Towns and Pari&s;hes, for
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<ITEM>1 Cloathing poor people,</ITEM>
<ITEM>2 Apprenticing Children,</ITEM>
<ITEM>3 Di&s;po&s;ing young Maidens in Marriage,</ITEM>
<ITEM>4 Setting up young Trade&s;men,</ITEM>
<ITEM>5 Support of decay'd Hou&s;e-Keepers, Widows, or Orphans,</ITEM>
<ITEM>6 Relief or Redemption of Pri|&s;oners and Captives,</ITEM>
<ITEM>7 Aid of poor Pari&s;hioners from payments of Sub&s;idies, &s;etting out Soldiers, and other Taxes,</ITEM>
<ITEM>8 Entertainment of Pilgrims and Strangers,</ITEM>
<ITEM>9 Repair of Bridges, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> and &s;etting up Mercuries in High|ways, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></ITEM>
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<P>To which will be added, under each general Head, &s;ome <HI>Propo&s;als</HI> relating to Charities, and Acts of Bene|ficence yet <HI>wanting</HI> among us, &s;uch are, Retirements for &s;uperanuuate or crazed <HI>Clergymen;</HI> Lending <HI>Libra|ries</HI> in Market-Towns; Encouragements for <HI>New Converts</HI> from Error or Debauchery; provi&s;ion for <HI>Incura|bles,</HI> penitent <HI>Strumpets,</HI> ba&s;hful Poor, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> by Combinations or <HI>Societies,</HI> Banks of <HI>Loan, Di&s;pen&s;aries,</HI> with other <HI>Ways</HI> and <HI>Means.</HI></P>
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