Bonifacius:
An Essay upon the Good That Is to Be Devised and Designed, 1710

This essay is by those who desire to answer the great end of life and to do good while they live. It is a book offered, first, in general, unto all Christians, in a personal capacity, or in a relative. Then more particularly unto magistrates, unto ministers, unto physicians, unto lawyers, unto schoolmasters, unto wealthy gentlemen, unto several sorts of officers, unto churches, and unto all societies of a religious character and intention, with humble proposals of unexceptional methods to do good in the world. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read. Old English text. [via]