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The invaluable Collection of Autograph Letters made by the REV. DR. RAFFLES, in the possession of T. S. Raffles, Esq.

Unpublished Letters of DR. DODDRIDGE and his Contemporaries, with the unique Library of Nonconformist Books and Tracts, collected by Joshua Wilson, Esq., and arranged by Miss Wilson.

Daventry Papers, in the possession of Mrs. Ashworth Briggs.
MS. Diary of the Rev. George Lambert, in 12 vols.

Church Books at Maze Pond, Metropolitan Tabernacle, Latimer Chapel, and Mile End.

Collection of Manuscripts in the Bristol Academy.

Rare Tracts in the Library of the Bristol Corporation.

Collection of Manuscripts in the possession of the Rev. Dr. Angus, Principal of Regent's Park College.

Original Papers of the London Missionary Society.

Seddon Papers, in Manchester New College, Gordon Square. Transcripts made from Church Records, in a visit of seven months to the United States.

Collections of the Historical Societies of America; and a Private Collection of Local Histories.

County Histories, and other valuable Books, in the Library of Samuel Rigby, Esq., Bruche Hall, Warrington.

Sprague's Annals of the American Pulpit.

My best thanks are presented to the Rev. Dr. Angus; the Rev. Thomas Arnold; the Rev. Dr. Leonard Bacon; the Rev. John Brown, of Bedford; Mrs. Briggs, of Daventry; Mr. Eastty, of Maze Pond; the Rev. W. Farrer, LL.B.; Richard Garnett, Esq.; the Rev. Dr. Gooch, of Bristol; Alexander Haldane, Esq.; the Rev. J. Hunter; S. W. Kershaw, Esq., M.A.; Alfred Kingston, Esq.; the Rev. President Newth, D.D.; the Rev. George Orme; Alderman Pickering Perry, Esq., J.P.; T. S. Raffles, Esq., Stip. Mag.; S. Rigby, Esq., J.P.; Charles Shepheard, Esq.;

W. D. Selby, Esq.; W. Somerville, Esq., J.P.; Mr. John Taylor; the Rev. Thomas Toller; the Rev. Joseph Waddington; Theodore Walker, Esq., Leicester; H. Waterfield, Esq.; G. Whitley, Esq.; Mrs. Joshua Wilson; Thomas Wilson, Esq.; and Henry Wright, Esq., J.P., for their courteous attention and willing help in my researches; and especially to SAMUEL MORLEY, Esq., M.P., for a cheque for £100 in aid of expenses.

9, SURREY SQUARE,

October 24th, 1876.

CONTENTS.

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Dissenters at the Court of Queen Anne. Activity of the Nonjurors. Dr.
George Hickes on the Church and civil power. Charles Leslie. The
Pretender and the Pope. Glanvil's complaint that the Dissenters
will not pay Church dues. De Foe. "Short Way with Dissenters."
De Foe in concealment. His letter to the Earl of Nottingham. Offers
to raise a "troop of horse," to obtain the Queen's pardon. "Hymu to

CHAPTER IV.-AMERICA.

CHAPTER V.-ENGLAND.

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CHAPTER VI.-ENGLAND.

CHAPTER VII.-AMERICA.

CHAPTER VIII-ENGLAND.

Seedtime of English Deism. Voltaire in England. Three Denomina-
tions. Congregational Board. Fund Board. Fund Academy. King's
Head Society. King's Head Academy. Samuel Parsons. Abraham
Taylor. Complaints of Thomas Gibbons. Joseph Griggs. Dismissal
of Taylor. Tutors of the Academy. Coward Trust. Catechetical
lecture. Philip Doddridge student at Kibworth. Advice of Clark.
Divinity and drama. Pastorate at Kibworth. Removal to North-
ampton. Accepts the call to Castle Hill. Letter to Clark. Entry
in church-book. Confession of faith. Strickland Gough on decay
of the Dissenting interest. Reply of Doddridge. Family Expositor
and Dr. Guyse. Church at Olney. Letter to Watts. Doddridge in
the Consistory Court of All Saints, Northampton. Defeat of Chan-
cellor Reynolds. Village preaching. Watts's hymns. Suspicions

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