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1 - Theological notes, including a number of pasted-up slips, dealing with God's wisdom, piety, miracle, reason and authority, etc.
2 - 'A Letter to Mr. H. O[ldenburg] that may serve for a kind of Preamble to the following first Part of the design'd Paper viz. about the good Offices Revelation dos to Reason, and also to the 2nd Part about the good Offices Reason may do Revelation'.
3 - 'Livres Touchant le verite de la Religion chretienne'.
4 - Vellum cover sheet entitled, `Love of God/The Papers in this case belong to the latter part of the Subsection of the 2d Part of the Christian Virtuoso'.
5 - Pasted down snippets on various topics, mainly things to `R[emembe]r? to include in various works.
6 - Longer theological notes on such topics as divine truth and importance of Pentecost.
7 - Note by Miles on content of printed edition of 'Usefulness', reused as cover sheet.
8 - Miscellaneous papers relating to theological treatises by Boyle. , including lists of 'Heads' for treatises on various topics (fol. 67).
9 - Sections of text on reason and religion.
10 - Fragments, some pasted down, intended for 'Christ. Virt., II' and for the tract on atheism.
11 - MS versions of parts of 'Christ. Virt., I, Appendix'.
12 - Copy of petition of Archbishop Sancroft and others against Declaration of Toleration [1688].
13 - 3 Memorandum of agreement between Boyle and Robert Everingham for printing of Irish New Testament, and notes 'concerning printing the Irish Bible for Scotland'.
14 - 'The order set downe for translating the Bible.'
15 - 'An account of the charge of printing, correcting, binding and clasping 7000 Bibles in the British language in a large octavo'.
16 - Copy of the Preface to the Irish New Testament.
17 - Copy of William Daniel's preface to the Irish New Testament (1602).
18 - Papers relating to Samuel Chylinski's translation of the Bible into Lithuanian.
19 - 'The case of the dissenting preachers in Wales...'
20 - Two copies of Act of Parliament 'to encourage conversion of negro slaves [sic] in Barbados' [1670].
21 - Draft letter from Boyle to an unknown correspondent concerning the benefaction of M. Mousche to the New England Company.
22 - 'The Case stated, as it relates to the desire of having one Generall Collection towards carrying on the worke of propagation of the Gospell among the Indians'.
23 - Papers relating to the Charter of the New England Company.
24 - 'Proposals for the propagating of the Christian Religion, & converting of Slaves, whether Negroes or Indians, in the English Plantations'.
25 - 'Directions to Ministers anent Malignants'.
26 - Papers on case of images in parish church at Moulton, Lincs., 1684.
27 - Letters of Alexander Henderson to a group of London Puritan ministers reporting on meeting of General Assembly and discussing different forms of church government.
28 - 'Two Letters. The one of a Learned Bishop explayneing, The other of a private Minister examining that explanation opf the Oath enjoyned by the 6th Canon of the Convocation or Synod Anno Domini 1640'.
29 - Transcript of clause from letter from Council of East India Company to St Helena encouraging baptism of slaves, 9 December 1670.
30 - Transcript of 'An Act to remove certain discouragements & hinderances of the conversion of Infidels'.
31 - William Seaman's proposal for a Turkish/Latin Lexicon.
32 - Copy of Frederick William of Brandenburg's 'Edict of Potsdam'.
33 - 'Omissa et emendanda in Harmonia Evangeliorum'.
34 - Latin catechism.
35 - Will of [William] Noyes.
36 - Plan for Boyle lectureship.
37 - Theological note-book.
38 - Specimens of Hebrew and Arabic, ? by Thomas Hyde.
39 - Tabular summary of books of Old Testament.
40 - Plan for Boyle lectureship.
41 - Latin notes on proper method of understanding scriptures.
42 - Card cover sheet, marked 'Transcrib'd Papers [deleted] Schemes of Natural History'.
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