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where Mr. Harley was present about the Con- 

 vocation's sitting, an account whereof hath been 

 given above ; where the Prussian was proposed 

 by him as one of the heads they were to take 

 into consideration. 



By these applications and the concurrent as- 

 sistance that was given him by others of our 

 English divines, the design was again set on foot 

 and put into motion (as it seemed most agreeable 

 it should) on the part of England. Dr. Robin- 

 son^ Bishop of Bristol, ivrote to his E.vcellency the 

 Lord Baby to sound the inclination of the court of 

 Prussia, and inquire into the state of their ecclesias- 

 tical affairs; upon which his lordship corf erred with 

 Dr. Jablouski, and xoith Baron Printz, the director 

 of ecclesiastical affairs, February 7, N.S. 1710-11 : 

 and the Baron, after consultatioti tvith the King's 

 bishop, laid the affair before his Majesty, who seemed 

 to receive the motion with a pleasure, and declared 

 both to the baron and to the bishoj) that he was yet 

 of the same mind he had formerly been, and recom- 

 mended the scheme to be adjusted by them and Dr. 

 Jablouski, but in a secret way, that a good and solid 

 foundation might be laid fur it before it was made 

 public, by which means it would afterwards appear 

 with greater advantage. 



When Baron Printz acquainted my Lord Ambas- 

 sador with the King's dispositions, my Lord desired 

 him to signify as much to him in writing, which oc- 



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