Title: A practical treatise upon several different and useful subjects: in which are contain'd: I. An effectual method to augment small livings; and for the more honourable support of those clergymen, who have no livings at all: II. A proposal to make the corporation of clergymens sons more useful to its members: III. A scheme, for the relief of the South Sea sufferers in distress, together with proposals to buy lands in America, and to make the same useful and profitable, as well as to employ great numbers of His Majesty's poor subjects: IV. A rational way for the promulgation of the gospel in America; and for having a sufficient number of bishops there to compleat baptism, with the means to provide a sufficient support for their dignity, by money to be laid out in our own manufactures: V. A method to prevent dangerous fires: to which are added, the opinions of some learned men, both foreigners and of our own country, concerning the Church of England: with part of Archbishop Tillotson's Discourse against transubstantiation: and a list of the archbishops, bishops, &c. in the Spanish West Indies.Author: Robert TatePublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP03404900CollectionID: CTRG00-B1529PublicationDate: 17320101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: "A discourse against transubstantiation."--P. 77-114. "A list of the archbishops and bishops, &c. in the Spanish West Indies; with their annual income."-- P. 115-116.Collation: 116 p.; 22 cm