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Scarce and Valuable Pieces From the Remotest Antiquity down to the Prefent Times.

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A COLLECTION of Manufcripts and Printed Tracts, no where to be found but in the Closets of the Curious.

By a Gentleman who has made it his Bufinefs to fearch after fuch Pieces for Twenty Years paft.

All Men receive their Birth from other things,
But from Himself the PHENIX only Springs;
From his own Cinders, balm'd in coftly Spices,
A Second PHENIX like the Firft arifes:
O happy thine own Heir! What ruins all,
Adds Strength to thee, reftor'd by Funeral.

Dryden.

LONDON, Printed for 7. Morphew near Stationers Hall. M. DCC. VII.

PREFACE By the Undertakers.

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HE Nature and Extent of this Design being explain'd fufficiently in the Title-Page, it's needless to infift on it here; and the Ufefulnefs of the Work being obvious to every Intelligent Reader, it's equally needlefs to enlarge upon it.

A Defign partly of the fame nature, was begun in Holland by the Learned and Industrious Mr. Le Clerc in 1703. which has met with fuch Approbation, that it is ftill continu'd and publifh'd there in French, in a fmall Volume in 12°. once in half a year, under the Title of Bibliotheque Choifie, i. e. The Select Library. But whereas that Author mixes new Books as they come out, with thofe of an older date, our Design is only to give fuch as are antient or fcarce; not by way of Abridgment as he does (except they be very bulky) but the Pieces themselves: And because many don't understand French, we fhall from time to time infert fuch of Mr. Le Clerc's Extracts as are Valuable and fute our Design, when we can't meet with the Books. But for thofe newly publish'd, either abroad or at home, we leave them to the Works of the Learned, because we would not interfere with the Proprietors of that useful Book. And tho we shall take all poffible care to invade no Man's Property, A 2

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yet we fhall be ready, if any fuch thing happens, to give all reasonable Satisfaction, upon a reference to Indifferent Perfons.

A Work of this nature requires Impartiality; and as we mix nothing of our own Judgment in it, no man has reason to be offended that we don't make the Humour of any Party a Rule for our Collection; fince in this matter we have no regard to our own Sentiments, which is the furest Teft of Impartiality.

The Gentleman who laid the Groundwork of this Defign, has look'd over all the late Mr. Miller's curious Collection of Pamphlets; and fince Dr. Seaman's Auction, which was the firft, he has attended most that have been in London; where he purchas'd fuch curious Pieces as he thought fit for his purpose: befides what he has had from his particular Friends, and other Perfons who were willing to promote this Undertaking. And that nothing may be wanting to make it compleat, fuch Gentlemen as have any thing Scarce and Curious to impart, and will be pleas'd to fend it, directed for the Undertakers of the Phenix, to be left at Fellows's Coffee-Houfe in Alderfgate-street, or give notice where they may be attended, we shall be ready to wait upon them, and hear their Proposals. In the mean time 'tis thought fit to give this publick notice, That we are already Masters of a Valuable Collection for feveral Volumes, and fhall go with all poffible fpeed upon another, if this meet with a favourable Reception; which we can scarce doubt of, fince this is the only method for preferving and making publick fuch Valuable Pieces, as would otherwise be utterly loit, or at least confin'd to the Closets of the Curious: Whereas they may at one time or other be useful and instructive to Men of all Ranks and Facultys, and by confequence answer the End of the firft Publishers or Compofers.

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The several TRACTS contain'd in this VOLUME.

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Henix 1. A Letter of Refolution concerning Origen and the chief of his Opinions. Written to the Learned and moft Ingenious C. L. Efq; and by him publish'd.

I.

86.

2. God's firft Sally out of Himself in the Birth of the Uni-
verfe.
3. A Design about Difpofing the Bible into an Harmony: or,
An Effay concerning the Tranfpofing the Order of Books
and Chapters of the Holy Scriptures, for the reducing of
all into a continued Hiftory.
96.
4. Chrift's Birth Miff-timed; or a Refolution of the Right
Honourable the Lord Carew's Queflion, touching the
true time of the Conception and Birth both of John Bap-
tift and also of our Saviour. Proving that Jefus Chrift
was not born in December. By R. S.

5.

114.

The Reformation of the Church in Ireland, during the
Reigns of King Henry VIII. Edward VI. and
Queen Mary.

120.

6. The Sum and Subftance of the Conference, which it pleas'd his Excellent Majefty to have with the Lords Bishops, and others of his Clergy (at which most of the Lords of the Council were prefent) in his Majefty's Privy Chamber at Hampton Court, Jan. 1603. Contracted by William Barlow, Doctor of Divinity, and Dean of Chefter. 139. 7. Fragmenta Regalia: or, Obfervations on the Late Queen Elizabeth, her Times and Favourites. Written by Sir Robert Naunton, Mafter of the Court of Wards.

181.

-8. John Keymor's Obfervation made upon the Dutch Fishing, about the Tear 1601.

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9. The Form and Order of the Coronation of Charles the Second, King of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland; as it was alied and done at Scoon, the firft Day of January, 1651. To which is added, a Sermon preach'd at Scoon, upon that occafion, by Robert Dow glas, Minifter at Edinburgh, Moderator of the Commiffion of the General Affembly.

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