{"pages":{"57":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00081-696d77c207269a52100b.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"SOURCE MATERIALS","box":{"x":451,"y":154,"width":245,"height":20}},{"text":"57","box":{"x":991,"y":151,"width":38,"height":18}},{"text":"maintain a Minister and Schoolmaster in the Island of St. Helena,","box":{"x":123,"y":203,"width":904,"height":27}},{"text":"when the said island shall come into the hands or possession of the","box":{"x":122,"y":230,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"same Company; and also one Minister in every Garrison and","box":{"x":126,"y":259,"width":900,"height":31}},{"text":"superior Factory, which the same Company, or their successors,","box":{"x":125,"y":287,"width":903,"height":31}},{"text":"shall have in the said East Indies, or other parts within the limits","box":{"x":123,"y":314,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"aforesaid; and shall also take a chaplain on board every ship","box":{"x":125,"y":343,"width":903,"height":31}},{"text":"which shall be sent by the same Company to the said East Indies,","box":{"x":120,"y":370,"width":905,"height":32}},{"text":"or other parts within the limits aforesaid, which shall be the burthen","box":{"x":127,"y":399,"width":900,"height":29}},{"text":"of 500 tons, or upwards, for such voyage; the salary of which","box":{"x":126,"y":426,"width":900,"height":32}},{"text":"chaplain shall commence from the time that such ship shall depart","box":{"x":125,"y":454,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"from England; and moreover, that no such Minister shall be sent","box":{"x":125,"y":481,"width":901,"height":31}},{"text":"by the same Company to the said East Indies, or other parts within","box":{"x":120,"y":510,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"the limits aforesaid, until he shall have been first approved by the","box":{"x":123,"y":534,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"Archbishop of Canterbury, or the Bishop of London, for the time","box":{"x":116,"y":564,"width":911,"height":38}},{"text":"being; all which said Ministers, so to be sent, shall be entertained,","box":{"x":123,"y":592,"width":901,"height":31}},{"text":"from time to time, with all due respect.","box":{"x":125,"y":622,"width":535,"height":31}},{"text":"And we do further will and appoint, that all such Ministers as","box":{"x":165,"y":678,"width":861,"height":31}},{"text":"shall be sent to reside in India, as aforesaid, shall be obliged to","box":{"x":126,"y":703,"width":898,"height":32}},{"text":"learn, within one year of their arrival, the Portuguese language,","box":{"x":123,"y":732,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"and shall apply themselves to learn the native language of the","box":{"x":123,"y":758,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"country where they shall reside, the better to enable them to instruct","box":{"x":122,"y":788,"width":903,"height":31}},{"text":"the Gentoos, that shall be the servants or slaves of the same","box":{"x":122,"y":813,"width":903,"height":31}},{"text":"Company, or of their agents, in the Protestant Religion, and that","box":{"x":119,"y":844,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"in case of the death of any of the said Ministers, residing in the","box":{"x":123,"y":872,"width":904,"height":29}},{"text":"East Indies, or other parts within the aforesaid, the place of such","box":{"x":119,"y":897,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"Minister, so dying, shall be supplied by one of the Chaplains out","box":{"x":118,"y":925,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"of the next ships that shall arrive at or near the place where such","box":{"x":122,"y":953,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"Minister shall happen to die.","box":{"x":119,"y":984,"width":390,"height":29}},{"text":"52. ROYAL DECLARATION GIVEN BY FREDERICK IV","box":{"x":119,"y":1093,"width":901,"height":25}},{"text":"OF DENMARK TO THE FIRST PROTESTANT","box":{"x":183,"y":1128,"width":775,"height":22}},{"text":"MISSIONARIES TO INDIA (1705 A.D.)","box":{"x":292,"y":1162,"width":557,"height":29}},{"text":"The first Protestant missionaries to serve in India, Ziegenbalg","box":{"x":204,"y":1224,"width":771,"height":24}},{"text":"and Plutschau of Halle University in Germany, were sent under the","box":{"x":165,"y":1249,"width":809,"height":27}},{"text":"patronage of Frederick IV, King of Denmark. This Declaration","box":{"x":164,"y":1274,"width":808,"height":27}},{"text":"constituted their authorisation and instructions. Cited in J. Fred","box":{"x":167,"y":1298,"width":806,"height":24}},{"text":"Fenger, History of the Tranquebar Mission, Appendix I, pp. 309-311.","box":{"x":165,"y":1324,"width":806,"height":28}},{"text":"Letter of Appointment","box":{"x":416,"y":1386,"width":295,"height":27}},{"text":"We, Frederick IV etc., do hereby make known to all concerned,","box":{"x":162,"y":1432,"width":859,"height":29}},{"text":"that We in Our Royal favour have engaged and appointed, and do","box":{"x":123,"y":1460,"width":897,"height":32}},{"text":"herewith engage and appoint Mr. Bartholomew Ziegenbalg, to go","box":{"x":120,"y":1487,"width":901,"height":32}},{"text":"as a Missionary from here to Eastern India, and there to apply","box":{"x":125,"y":1516,"width":900,"height":32}}]},"58":{"imagePath":"H:\\web_projects\\corpus-web\\electron-app\\data\\5e07978430078cb56ea89a104e5a0c0e50b3aa1618e48c486c8af005ae015143\\raw\\pages\\00082-6225d1e9f42776842951.webp","width":1170,"height":1680,"segments":[{"text":"58","box":{"x":150,"y":139,"width":36,"height":17}},{"text":"HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA","box":{"x":372,"y":141,"width":467,"height":18}},{"text":"himself with all diligence to instruct the heathens who dwell within","box":{"x":153,"y":189,"width":900,"height":29}},{"text":"Our territory and on the borders thereof, in the holy doctrine, as","box":{"x":148,"y":219,"width":904,"height":31}},{"text":"set forth in God's Word and professed in the Symbolic Books of","box":{"x":153,"y":245,"width":903,"height":29}},{"text":"this realm agreeing to the Augsburg Confession, and to bring them","box":{"x":151,"y":273,"width":903,"height":31}},{"text":"to the knowledge of salvation, according to the further terms of","box":{"x":150,"y":300,"width":907,"height":32}},{"text":"the instruction, which We in Our Royal favour shall for that purpose","box":{"x":153,"y":329,"width":900,"height":32}},{"text":"communicate to him. Our greeting etc.","box":{"x":151,"y":357,"width":543,"height":31}},{"text":"Copenhagen, 17. Nov. 1705.","box":{"x":595,"y":403,"width":397,"height":29}},{"text":"(A similar Royal letter was written for Mr. Henry Plutschau","box":{"x":196,"y":458,"width":858,"height":34}},{"text":"on the same day)","box":{"x":155,"y":486,"width":232,"height":29}},{"text":"Instruction","box":{"x":521,"y":553,"width":143,"height":21}},{"text":"according to which","box":{"x":480,"y":608,"width":253,"height":25}},{"text":"We, Frederick IV, King of Denmark and Norway etc., do in Our","box":{"x":193,"y":661,"width":859,"height":31}},{"text":"Royal favour desire, that Mr. Henry Plutschau, born in Mecklen-","box":{"x":148,"y":688,"width":905,"height":31}},{"text":"burg, whom we have resolved to send to Eastern India as a Missio-","box":{"x":150,"y":715,"width":904,"height":28}},{"text":"nary, should with all submission conduct himself on his voyage","box":{"x":154,"y":743,"width":900,"height":34}},{"text":"out to and there in India, until Our further Royal orders.","box":{"x":155,"y":773,"width":780,"height":29}},{"text":"1. He shall, on the whole voyage out, betake himself with all","box":{"x":199,"y":822,"width":855,"height":32}},{"text":"diligence to those on board ship, who have been in Eastern India","box":{"x":150,"y":847,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"ere this, and who are somewhat acquainted with the native language","box":{"x":150,"y":875,"width":903,"height":35}},{"text":"in order that he may learn from them something of that language.","box":{"x":153,"y":906,"width":903,"height":32}},{"text":"2. Having by the grace of God safely arrived in the country,","box":{"x":195,"y":954,"width":857,"height":35}},{"text":"he shall, in the name of Jesus, heartily calling upon the same, at","box":{"x":150,"y":982,"width":905,"height":35}},{"text":"once begin the work for which he is sent out, and shall labour","box":{"x":154,"y":1011,"width":901,"height":34}},{"text":"among the pagans, as existing circumstances shall make it prac-","box":{"x":153,"y":1038,"width":900,"height":34}},{"text":"ticable.","box":{"x":153,"y":1067,"width":101,"height":22}},{"text":"3. Although it is of some help, to improve the little rest of the","box":{"x":193,"y":1115,"width":862,"height":34}},{"text":"knowledge of God, which men still have by nature, and thus to lead","box":{"x":148,"y":1143,"width":908,"height":35}},{"text":"them to the knowledge of God which he has revealed in his Word,","box":{"x":150,"y":1171,"width":904,"height":34}},{"text":"and it is left to the Missionary himself to judge when and in what","box":{"x":193,"y":1199,"width":862,"height":35}},{"text":"manner this may be done with advantage, yet he shall always","box":{"x":148,"y":1228,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"specially betake himself to God's Word, not doubting that God will","box":{"x":150,"y":1255,"width":905,"height":34}},{"text":"make the power laid therein prove effectual among the heathens.","box":{"x":151,"y":1283,"width":903,"height":34}},{"text":"4. He must hold and handle there in Eastern India nothing","box":{"x":194,"y":1335,"width":865,"height":34}},{"text":"besides the holy doctrine as it is written in God's Word and repeated","box":{"x":154,"y":1364,"width":904,"height":32}},{"text":"in the Symbolic Books of this realm after the Augsburg Confession,","box":{"x":151,"y":1391,"width":905,"height":41}},{"text":"and teach nothing besides it. And as Christ himself began his","box":{"x":150,"y":1419,"width":907,"height":35}},{"text":"prophetic office by preaching repentance, and commanded his","box":{"x":146,"y":1447,"width":910,"height":35}},{"text":"disciples to preach repentance and remission of sins, so also he","box":{"x":143,"y":1472,"width":912,"height":36}},{"text":"must follow the same course.","box":{"x":148,"y":1502,"width":397,"height":27}}]}}}