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of said Church, by the Advice and Assistance of a Council of eight Churches. So we esteem it a favourable Instance of Divine Providence, that our very good Friends, Deacon William Hall, of Little-Compton, and three other Gentlemen of this Town, were dispos'd judiciously, and seasonably, to provide for the Continuance of the Gospel Ministry with this People; first by purchasing a Parsonage, confisting of Fifty-three Acres of Land, conveniently situated, and considerably improved; and then conveying the fame to Feoffees in Trust, viz. the Rev. Messrs. Nathanael Fisher, Pastor of the Church of Christ at Dighton, Nathanael Leonard, Pastor of the First Church of Christ at Plymouth, and Samuel Tobey, Pastor of the Church of Christ at Berkley, and their Successors in the Pastoral Office in those Churches forever; impowering and directing them to improve the constant Income of said Parsonage, to the sole Use of the Ministry in said Church forever. But whereas the Cost of said Parsonage was One Thousand Pounds, Old Tenor, this Church and Congregation (tho' small, by Reafon of the Variety of Sects, such as Quakers, Baptists, &c. subflifting in the Town), raised about Four Hundred Pounds, Old Tenor, by private Subscription, towards Payment for it: And diverse Churches and Congregations being addreft for Help, have advanced about 260 Pounds Old Tenor more; nevertheless there remains near about 340 of old Tenor— to be raised, to compleat the Payment of the Principal: Which it will be hard for this little Church and