Collection of 17th-18th century British theological texts.

London: 1700-1727. Thomas Bray [1656-1730]. The English clergyman and abolitionist helped establish the Church of England in Maryland, as well as the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. He established a scheme for establishing parish libraries in England and America, and in 1723 he formed a group of associates to carry on his work. The Waterloo Clerical Lending Library in Waterloo, Quebec, was founded in 1845; twenty years later the library was moved to the parish of Dunham. The five complete texts are as follows (the odd volumes are works by John Conant, John Sharp, and John Tillotson): NEWTON, Robert. A Practical Exposition Of The Church-Catechism; In Twenty Four Lectures Read In the Parish Church of St. Augustine. pp. viii, 392. woodcut ornaments & initials. contemporary paneled calf (worn, front cover detached, foxing to outer leaves). London: Printed by J.Willis and T.,Pettet for J. and J.Bonwicke…, 1727. First Edition. NICHOLS, William [1664-1712]. A Conference With A Theist; Containing an Answer To all the most usual Objections of the Infidels Against The Christian Religion. 2 Volumes. pp. xvi, 516, [14; 2 p.l., 486, [10]. 2 folding engraved plates. woodcut ornaments & initials. contemporary paneled calf (spines & corners worn). early ownership entry of William Woldish, Cambridge. London: Printed for J.Holland, and J.Bowyer…, 1723. Third Enlarged Edition with two additional conferences, one with a Machiavelian and the other with an Atheist. PARSONS, [Robert] [1546-1610]. His Christian Directory, Being a Treatise of Holy Revolution… 2 Parts in 1, continuous pagination. pp. 4 p.l., 490, [4]. contemporary paneled calf, rebacked (binding worn, some browning). early ownership entries of Thomas Spencer Browne & Jonathan Browne. London: Printed for Richard Sare, 1700. Wing P567. ST. JOHN, Pawlet. Fourteen Sermons On Practical Subjects. pp. 12 p.l. (incl list of subscribers & errata), 451. woodcut ornaments. contemporary paneled calf (worn, front joint cracked, foxing to outer leaves). London: Printed by J.Bettenham, and sold by ABettesworth and C.Hitch, 1737. First Edition. [SHARP], John, Archbishop of York [1645-1714]. Fifteen Sermons Preached on Several Occasions. pp. 3 p.l., 472. engraved frontis. portrait. contemporary paneled calf (worn, spine ends chipped, some foxing). London: Printed for Walter Kettilby and sold by Richard Wilkin, 1709. Third Edition. 5 complete books in 6 volumes (enumerated below) plus 8 odd volumes. each octavo volume with printed & manuscript bookplate: ‘This book was given by the Associates of the late Rev. Dr. Bray, to the Clerical Lending Library of Waterloo In the County of And Diocese of Quebec 1845, 52, Hatton Garden’, rubberstamp of the ‘The Library of Dr. Bray’s Associates’ on title & gilt stamp on spines, and printed ‘Rules for the Preservation of Dr. Bray’s Lending Libraries’ on rear paste-down. elala5776