Publications of William Prynne

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  • Prynne, William. The perpetuitie of a regenerate mans estate. VVherein it is manifestly proued by sundry arguments, reasons and authorities. That such as are once truly regenerated and ingrafted into Christ by a liuely faith, can neither finally nor totally fall from grace. It is also proued, that this hath beene the receiued and resolued doctrine, of all the ancient fathers, of all the Protestant churches and writers beyond the seas, and of the Church of England. All the principall arguments that are, or may be obiected against it, either from Scripture, or from reason, are here likewise cleared and answered. By William Prynne Gent: Lincolniensis. London: printed by Wiliam Iones dwelling in Redcrosse-streete, 1626. ESTC No. S115319. Grub Street ID 135011.
  • Prynne, William. The perpetuitie of a regenerate mans estate. VVherein it is manifestly proued: that such as are once truely regenerated and ingrafted into Christ by a true and liuely faith, can neither finally nor totally fall from grace. As also, that this hath been the receiued and resolued doctrine, of the ancient fathers; of the Protestant churches beyond the seas; of the Church of England, and of all orthodox and solid writers both forraine and domestique. All the principall arguments that are, or may bee objected against it, eyther from Scripture, or from reason, are heere likewise cleared and answered. By William Prynne Gent: Hospitij Lincolniensis. London: Printed by William Iones dwelling in Redcrosse-street, 1627. ESTC No. S115321. Grub Street ID 135013.
  • Prynne, William. The perpetuitie of a regenerate mans estate: wherein it is manifestly proued: that such as are once truely regenerated and ingraffed into Christ by a true and liuely faith, can neither finally nor totally fall from grace, as also: that this hath beene the receiued and resolued doctrine, of the ancient fathers: of the Protestant churches beyond the seas; of the churches of England, and of all orthodox and solid writers both forraine and domestique. All the principall arguments that are, or may be obiected against it either from Scripture, or from reason, are her likewise cleared and answered. The vses which Christians ought to make of this perpetuitie of the estate of sauing grace ... together with a copious answer (newly added) to all those secret obiections and deceites ... are here likewise plainly deliuered. The third edition perused and inlarged. By William Prynne Gent: Hospitij Lincolniensis. London: Printed [by William Jones] for Michael Sparke, dwelling in Greene-Arbour, 1627. ESTC No. S121153. Grub Street ID 140751.
  • Prynne, William. The vnlouelinesse, of loue-lockes. Or, A summarie discourse, proouing: the wearing, and nourishing of a locke, or loue-locke, to be altogether vnseemely, and vnlawfull vnto Christians. In which there are likewise some passages collected out of fathers, councells, and sundry authors, and historians, against face-painting; the wearing of supposititious, poudred, frizled, or extraordinary long haire; the inordinate affectation of corporall beautie: and womens mannish, vnnaturall, impudent, and vnchristian cutting of their haire; the epidemicall vanities, and vice of our age. By William Prynne, Gent. Hospitij Lincolniensis. London: printed, anno. 1628. ESTC No. S124834. Grub Street ID 144137.
  • Prynne, William. Healthes: sicknesse. Or A compendious and briefe discourse; prouing, the drinking and pledging of healthes, to be sinfull, and vtterly vnlawfull vnto Christians; by arguments, Scriptures, fathers, moderne diuines, Christian authors, historians, councels; imperiall lawes an constitutions; and by the voyce and verdict of prophane and heathen writers: wherein all those ordinary obiections, excuses, or pretences which are made to iustifie, extenuate, or excuse the drinking or pledging of healthes, are likewise cleared and answered. By William Prynne Gent. Hospitii Lincolniensis. Printed at London: [By Augustine Mathewes], 1628. ESTC No. S115452. Grub Street ID 135143.
  • Prynne, William. Healthes: sicknesse. Or, A compendious and briefe discourse; prouing, the drinking, and pledging of healthes, to be sinfull, and vtterly vnlawfull vnto Christians; by arguments, Scriptures, fathers, moderne diuines, Christian authors, historians, councels; imperiall lawes and constitutions; and by the voyce, and verdict of prophane, and heathen writers: wherein all those ordinary obiections, excuses, or pretences which are made to iustifie, extenuate, or excuse the drinking, or pledging of healthes, are likewise cleared and answered. By William Prynne Gent. Hospiti Lincolniensis. Printed in London: [By Augustine Mathewes], 1628. ESTC No. S121186. Grub Street ID 140781.
  • Prynne, William. A briefe suruay and censure of Mr Cozens his couzening deuotions. Prouing both the forme and matter of Mr Cozens his booke of priuate deuotions, or the houres of prayer, lately published, to be meerely popish: to differ from the priuate prayers authorized by Queene Elizabeth 1560. to be transcribed out of popish authors, with which they are here paralelled: and to be scandalous and preiudiciall to our Church, and aduantagious onely to the Church of Rome. By William Prynne Gent. Hospitij Lincolniensis. Printed at London: [By Thomas Cotes], 1628. ESTC No. S121192. Grub Street ID 140787.
  • Prynne, William. A briefe suruay and censure of Mr Cozens his couzening deuotions. Prouing both the forme and matter of Mr Cozens his booke of priuate deuotions, or the houres of prayer, lately published, to be meerely popish: to differ from the priuate prayers authorized by Queene Elizabeth 1560. to be transcribed out of popish authors, with which they are here paralelled: and to be scandalous and preiudiciall to our Church, and aduantagious onely to the Church of Rome. By William Prynne Gent. Hospitij Lincolniensis. Printed at London: [By Thomas Cotes], 1628. ESTC No. S120656. Grub Street ID 140284.
  • Prynne, William. God; no impostor, nor deluder. [London: Augustine Mathewes, 1629?]. ESTC No. S123342. Grub Street ID 142854.
  • Prynne, William. God, no impostor nor deluder: or, An ansvver to a popish and Arminian cauill, in the defence of free-will, and vniuersall grace; wherein God's tender of grace by the outward ministry of the Gospel, to reprobates who neither doe, nor can receiue it; is vindicated from those aspersions of equiuocation, falsitie, and collusion, which some by way of obiection, cast vpon it. By William Prynne, an vtter barrester of Lincolnes Inne. [London]: Printed [by Elizabeth Allde], M.DC.XXIX. [1629]. ESTC No. S115278. Grub Street ID 134969.
  • Prynne, William. The Church of Englands old antithesis to new Arminianisme. VVhere in 7. anti-Arminian orthodox tenents, are euidently proued; their 7. opposite Arminian (once popish and Pelagian) errors are manifestly disproued, to be the ancient, established, and vndoubted doctrine of the Church of England; by the concurrent testimony of the seuerall records and writers of our Church, from the beginning of her reformation, to this present. By William Prynne Gent. Hospitij Lincolniensis. London: [Printed by Augustine Mathewes and Elizabeth Allde for Michael Sparke], 1629. ESTC No. S115281. Grub Street ID 134972.
  • Prynne, William. Lame Giles his haultings. Or, A briefe survey of Giles Widdovves his confutation of an appendix, concerning bowing at the name of Iesus. Together with a short relation of the popish originall and progresse of this groundlesse novell ceremony: wherein Mr. Widdovves his manifold forgeries, oversights, and absurdities are in part detected; and the point, of bowing at the name of Iesus, together with that, of cringing to altars and communion-tables, is now more largely discussed. By VVilliam Prynne, an vtter-barrester of Lincolnes Inne. [London?]: Imprinted for Giles Widdowes [i.e. Matthew Sparke], MDCXXX. [1630]. ESTC No. S120668. Grub Street ID 140296.
  • Prynne, William. Anti-Arminianisme. Or The Church of Englands old antithesis to new Arminianisme. Wherein seven anti-Arminian orthodox tenets, are evidently proved; their seven opposite Arminian (once popish and Pelagian) errours, are manifestly disproved, to be the ancient, established, vndoubted doctrine of the primitive and moderne Church of England; (as also of the primitive and present churches of Scotland, and Ireland:) by the concurrent testimony of sundry ancient Brittish, English, Scottish Irish authours and records, from the yeare of our Lord 430. till about the yeare 1440: and by the severall records and writers of these churches, from the beginning of reformation to this present: by William Prynne, an utter-barrester of Lincolnes Inne. [London]: Imprinted, [by Elizabeth Allde for Michael Sparke], 1630. ESTC No. S115468. Grub Street ID 135159.
  • Prynne, William. God, no impostor, nor deluder. Or, An answer to a popish and Arminian cavill, in the defence of free-will, and vniversall grace; wherein Gods tender of grace by the outward ministry of the Gospell, to reprobates who neither doe, nor can receive it; is vindicated from those aspersions of equivocation, falsitie, and collusion, which some by way of obiection, cast upon it. By William Prynne, an utter barrester of Lincolnes Inne. [London]: Printed [by Elizabeth Allde], M.DC.XXX. [1630]. ESTC No. S115469. Grub Street ID 135160.
  • Prynne, William. Histrio-mastix. The players scourge, or, actors tragædie, divided into two parts. Wherein it is largely evidenced, by divers arguments, by the concurring authorities and resolutions of sundry texts of Scripture; ... That popular stage-playes ... are sinfull, heathenish, lewde, ungodly spectacles, and most pernicious corruptions; condemned in all ages, as intolerable mischiefes to churches, to republickes, to the manners, mindes, and soules of men. And that the profession of play-poets, of stage players; together with the penning, acting, and frequenting of stage-playes, are unlawfull, infamous and misbeseeming Christians. All pretences to the contrary are here likewise fully answered; and the unlawfulnes of acting of beholding academicall enterludes, briefly discussed; besides sundry other particulars concerning dancing, dicing, health-drinking, &c. of which the table will informe you. By William Prynne, an vtter-barrester of Lincolnes Inne. London: printed by E. A[llde]. [Thomas Cotes, Augustine Mathewes,] and W[illiam]. I[ones]. for Michael Sparke, and are to be sold at the Blue Bible, in Greene Arbour, in little Old Bayly, 1633. ESTC No. S115316. Grub Street ID 135008.
  • Prynne, William. Histrio-mastix. The players scourge, or, actors tragædie, divided into two parts. Wherein it is largely evidenced, by divers arguments, by the concurring authorities and resolutions of sundry texts of Scripture ... That popular stage-playes ... are sinfull, heathenish, lewde, ungodly spectacles, and most pernicious corruptions; condemned in all ages, as intolerable mischiefes to churches, to republickes, to the manners, mindes, and soules of men. And that the profession of play-poets, of stage-players; together with the penning, acting, and frequenting of stage-playes, are unlawfull, infamous and misbeseeming Christians. All pretences to the contrary are here likewise fully answered; and the unlawfulnes of acting, of beholding academicall enterludes, briefly discussed; besides sundry other particulars concerning dancing, dicing, health-drinking, &c of which the table will informe you. By William Prynne, an utter-barrester of Lincolnes Inne. London: Printed by E[dward]. A[llde, Augustine Mathewes, Thomas Cotes]. and W[illiam]. I[ones]. for Michael Sparke, and are to be sold at the Blue Bible, in Greene Arbour, in little Old Bayly, 1633. ESTC No. S115324. Grub Street ID 135016.
  • Prynne, William. The vnbishoping of Timothy and Titvs. Or a briefe elaborate discourse, prooving Timothy to be no Bishop (much lesse any sole, or Diocæsan Bishop) of Ephesus, nor Titus of Crete; and that the power of ordination, or imposition of hands, belongs Iure Divino to presbyters, a well as to bishops, and not to bishops onely. Wherein all objections and pretences to the contrary are fully answered; and the pretended superiority of bishops over other ministers and presbyters Iure Divino, (now much contended for) utterly subverted in a most perspicuons manner. By a wellwisher to Gods truth and people. [Amsterdam: J. F. Stam], In the yeare M.DC.XXXVI. [1636]. ESTC No. S94807. Grub Street ID 152954.
  • Prynne, William. The unbishoping of Timothy and Titus. Or A briefe elaborate discourse, prooving Timothy to be no bishop (much lesse any sole, or diocæsan bishop) of Ephesus, nor Titus of Crete; and that the power of ordination, or imposition of hands, belongs jure divino to presbyters, as well as to bishops, and not to bishops onely. Wherein all objections and pretences to the contrary are fully answered; and the pretended superiority of bishops over other ministers and presbyters jure divino, (now much contended for) utterly subverted in a most perspicuous maner. By a wellwishe to Gods truth and people. [Amsterdam: Printed by J.F. Stam], In the yeare M.DC.XXXVI. [1636]. ESTC No. S114342. Grub Street ID 134058.
  • Prynne, William. Newes from Ipswich: discovering certaine late detestable practises of some domineering lordly prelates, to undermine the established doctrine and discipline of our Church, extirpate all orthodoxe sincere preachers, and preaching of Gods Word, usher in popery, supestition [sic] and idolatry; with their late-notorious purgations of the new fast-book, contrarie to his Majesties proclamation, and their intolerable affront therein offered to the most illustrious Lady Elizabeth, the Kings only sister, and her children (even whiles they are now loyall entertained at court) in blootting [sic] them out of the collect; and to his Majestie, his queene, and their royall progeny, in blotting them out of the member of Gods elect. Printed at Ipswich [i.e. Edinburgh: By G. Anderson, 1636?]. ESTC No. S115423. Grub Street ID 135116.
  • Prynne, William. Brief instructions for church-wardens and others to observe in all episcopal or archdiaconal visitations and spititual [sic] courts. [London: G. Dexter a. W. Taylor?, 1637]. ESTC No. S94806. Grub Street ID 152953.
  • Prynne, William. A catalogue of such testimonies in all ages as plainly evidence bishops and presbyters to be both one, equall and the same in jurisdiction, office, dignity, order, and degree, by divine law and institution, and their disparity to be a meere humane ordinance long after the Apostles times; and that the name of a bishop is onely a title of ministration, not dominion, of labour not of honour, of humility, not of prelacy, of painefullnesse not of lordlinesse, with a briefe answer to the objections out of antiquity, that seeme to the contrary. [Leiden?]: Printed [by W. Christiaens?], in the yeere. 1637. ESTC No. S122410. Grub Street ID 141957.
  • Prynne, William. A breviate of the prelates intollerable usurpations, both upon the Kings prerogative royall, and the subjects liberties. Published by W. Huntley, Esquier. [Amsterdam: Printed by J.F. Stam], In the yeare 1637. ESTC No. S121079. Grub Street ID 140682.
  • Prynne, William. Lord bishops, none of the Lords bishops. Or A short discourse, wherin is proved that prelaticall jurisdiction, is not of divine institution, but forbidden by Christ himselfe, as heathenish, and branded by his apostles for antichristian; wherin also sundry notable passages of the Arch-Prelate of Canterbury in his late booke, intituled, A relation of a conference, &c. are by the way met withall. [Amsterdam]: Printed [at the Cloppenburg Press], in the moneth of November, 1640. ESTC No. S115311. Grub Street ID 135003.
  • Prynne, William. Mount-Orgueil: or Divine and profitable meditations, raised from the contemplation of these three leaves of natures volume, 1. rockes, 2. seas, 3. gardens, digested into three distinct poems. To which is prefixed, a poeticall description, of Mount-Orgueil Castle in the Isl of Jersy. By VVilliam Prynne, late exile, and close prisoner in the sayd Castle. A poem of The soules complaint against the body; and Comfortable cordialls against the discomforts of imprisonment, &c. are hereto annexed. London: printed by Tho. Cotes, for Michael Sparke Senior, dwelling at the blue Bible in Greene Arbor, 1641. ESTC No. R11087. Grub Street ID 59403.
  • Prynne, William. Mount-Orgueil: or Divine and profitable meditations, raised from the contemplation of these three leaves of natures volume, 1. Rockes, 2. Seas, 3. Gardens, digested into three distinct poems. To which is prefixed, a poeticall description, of Mount-Orgueil Castle in the Isl of Jersy. By VVilliam Prynne, late exile, and close prisoner in the sayd Castle. A poem of The soules complaint against the body; and Comfortable cordialls against the discomforts of imprisonment, &c. are hereto annexed. London: printed by Tho. Cotes, for Michael Sparke Senior, and are to be sold by Henry Hammon at Saram, 1641. ESTC No. R222000. Grub Street ID 96063.
  • Prynne, William. Nevves from Ipswich: discovering certaine late detestable practices of some dominiering lordly prelates, to undermine the established doctrine and discipline of our church, extirpate all oxthodox sincere preachers and preaching of Gods Word, usher in popery, superstition and idolatry. [London?]: First printed at Ipswich, and now reprinted for T. Bates, 1641. ESTC No. R9558. Grub Street ID 129635.
  • Prynne, William. The antipathie of the English lordly prelacie, both to regall monarchy, and civill unity: or, An historicall collection of the severall execrable treasons, conspiracies, rebellions, sedition, state-schismes, contumacies, anti-monarchicall practices, & oppressions of our English, Brittish, French, Scottish, and Irish lordly prelates, against our kingdomes, lawes, liberties; and of the severall warres, and civill dissentions occasioned by them in, or against our realm, in former and latter ages. Together with the judgement of our owne ancient writers, & most judicious authors, touching the pretended divine jurisdiction, the calling, lordlinesse, temporalties, wealth, secular imployments, trayterous practises, unprofitablenesse, and mischievousnesse of lordly prelates, both to King, state, Church; with an answer to the chiefe objections made for the divinity, or continuance of their lordly function. The first part. By William Prynne, late (and now againe) an utter-barester of Lincolnes In. London: printed by authority for Michael Sparke senior, an. 1641. ESTC No. R230150. Grub Street ID 102517.
  • Prynne, William. A catalogue of such testimonies in all ages as plainly evidence bishops and presbyters to be both one, equall and the same in jurisdiction, office, dignity, order, and degree, by divine law and institution, and their disparity to be a meere humane ordinance long after the Apostles times; and that the name of a bishop is onely a title of ministration, not dominion, of labour not of honour, of humility, not of prelacy, of painefullnesse not of lordlinesse, with a briefe answer to the objections out of antiquity, that seeme to the contrary. [London]: Printed [in Leiden? by W. Christiaens? and London] in the yeere, 1641. ESTC No. S122412. Grub Street ID 141958.
  • Prynne, William. Mount-Orgueil: or Divine and profitable meditations, raised from the contemplation of these three leaves of natures volume, 1. Rockes, 2. Seas, 3. Gardens, digested into three distinct poems. To which is prefixed, a poeticall description, of Mount-Orgueil Castle in the Isl of Jersy. By VVilliam Prynne, late exile, and close prisoner in the sayd Castle. A poem of The soules complaint against the body; and Comfortable cordialls against the discomforts of imprisonment, &c. are hereto annexed. London: printed by Tho. Cotes, for Michael Sparke Senior, and are to be sold by Peter Inch of Chester, 1641. ESTC No. R231891. Grub Street ID 103815.
  • Prynne, William. Mount-Orgueil: or Divine and profitable meditations, raised from the contemplation of these three leaves of natures volume, 1. Rockes, 2. Seas, 3. Gardens, digested into three distinct poems. To which is prefixed, a poeticall description, of Mount-Orgueil Castle in the Isl of Jersy. By VVilliam Prynne, late exile, and close prisoner in the sayd Castle. A poem of The soules complaint against the body; and Comfortable cordialls against the discomforts of imprisonment, &c. are hereto annexed. London: printed by Tho. Cotes, for Michael Sparke Senior, and are to be sold by Io. Hammon at Malborow, 1641. ESTC No. R230506. Grub Street ID 102818.
  • Prynne, William. The antipathie of the English lordly prelacie, both to regall monarchy, and civill unity: or, An historicall collection of the severall execrable treasons, conspiracies, rebellions, seditions, state-schismes, contumacies, oppressions, & anti-monarchicall practices, of our English, Brittish, French, Scottish, & Irish lordly prelates, against our kings, kingdomes, laws, liberties; and of the severall warres, and civill dissentions occasioned by them in, or against our realm, in former and latter ages. Together with the judgement of our owne ancient writers, & most judicious authors, touching the pretended divine jurisdiction, the calling, lordlinesse, temporalties, wealth, secular imployments, trayterous practises, unprofitablenesse, and mischievousnesse of lordly prelates, both to King, state, Church; with an answer to the chiefe objections made for the divinity, or continuance of their lordly function. The first part. By William Prynne, late (and now againe) an utter-barester of Lincol. London: printed by authority for Michael Sparke senior, an. 1641. ESTC No. R18576. Grub Street ID 74701.
  • Prynne, William. A new discovery of the prelates tyranny, in their late prosecutions of Mr. William Pryn, an eminent lawyer; Dr. Iohn Bastwick, a learned physitian; and Mr. Henry Burton, a reverent divine. Wherein the separate, and joynt proceedings against them in the high-commission, and Star Chamber; their petitions, speeches, ... and execution of their last sentence, and the orders, ... and close imprisonments in the castles of Lanceston, Lancaster, Carnarvan, and isles of Sylly, Garnsey and Jersy; the proceeddings [sic] against the Chestermen, and others ... for visiting Mr Prynne; the Bishop of Chesters order, for ministers to preach against M. Prynne, ... The House of Commons order for, and manner of their returnes from exile; their petitions to the Parliament; the votes of the Commons house upon the report of their cases, declaring ... them illegall, ... with M. Prynnes argument, ... truly related; for the benefit of the present age, and of posterity. Printed at London: for M.S., 1641. ESTC No. R13582. Grub Street ID 61673.
  • Prynne, William. A soveraigne antidote to prevent, appease, and determine our unnaturall and destructive civill vvars and dissentions. Wherein divers serious considerations tending to this purpose, are propounded both to the King and subjects, the Parliaments and Sir John Hothams proceedings at Hull, and in the militia justified, Sir John Hothams actions proved to be neither treason, felony, nor trespass by the laws of the land, nor any just ground or cause at all for his Majesty to raise an army, or a most unnaturall civill war in his kingdom. With a most serious exhortation both to the King and subjects to embrace and preserve peace, and abandon civill warres, with other matters worthy of consideration. Also Vox populi, or the peoples humble discovery of His Majesties ungrounded jealousies and their own loyaltie. London: printed by A.N. for Richard Lownds, and are to be sold at his shop without Ludgate, 1642. ESTC No. R203289. Grub Street ID 80407.
  • Prynne, William. A pleasant purge, for a Roman Catholike, to evacuate his evill humours. Consisting of a century of polemicall epigrams; wherein divers grosse errors, and corruptions of the Church of Rome are discovered, censured, refuted, in a facetious, yet serious manner. By William Prynne, an vtter-barrester of Lincolnes-Inne; who composed these poems, to solace himselfe, in his late tedious imprisonments. Printed at London: by R[ichard]. C[otes]. for Michael Sparke Senior, dwelling at the blue Bible in Greene Arbour, 1642. ESTC No. R5059. Grub Street ID 125537.
  • Prynne, William. The opening of the Great Seale of England. Containing certain brief historicall and legall observations, touching the originall, antiquity, progresse, vse, necessity of the Great Seal of the kings and kingdoms of England, in respect of charters, patents, writs, commissions, and other processe. Together with the kings, kingdoms, parliaments severall interests in, and power over the same, and over the Lord Chancellour, and the Lords and keepers of it, both in regard of its new-making, custody, administration for the better execution of publike justice, the republique necessary safety, and utility. Occasioned by the over-rash censures of such who inveigh against the Parliament, for ordering a new Great Seale to be engraven, to supply the wilfull absence, defects, abuses of the old, unduely withdrawne and detained from them. By William Prynne, utter-barrester of Lincolns Inne. It is this fifteenth day of September, anno Dom. 1643. Ordered by the Committee of the House of Commons, concernin. Lodon [sic]: printed for Michael Spark senior, 1643. ESTC No. R234376. Grub Street ID 105733.
  • Prynne, William. The Popish royall favourite: or, A full discovery of His Majesties extraordinary favours to, and protections of notorious papists, priests, Jesuits, against all prosecutions and penalties of the laws enacted against them; notwithstanding his many royall proclamations, declarations, and protestations to the contrary. As likewise of a most desperate long prosecuted designe to set up popery, and extirpate the Protestant religion by degrees, in this our realme of England, and all His Majesties dominions. Manifested by sundry letters of grace, warrants, and other writings under the Kings owne signe-manuall, privy-signet, his privy-councels, and Secretary Windebanks hands and seals, by divers orders and proceedings in open sessions at Newgate, in the Kings Bench, and elsewhere ... Collected and published by authority of Parliament: by William Prynne, of Lincolns Inne, Esquire. Imprinted at London: for Michael Spark Senior, and are to be sold at the Blue-Bible in Green-Arbour, 1643. ESTC No. R212501. Grub Street ID 88091.
  • Prynne, William. The Popish royall favourite: or, A full discovery of His Majesties extraordinary favours to, and protections of notorious papists, priests, Jesuits, against all prosecutions and penalties of the laws enacted against them; notwithstanding his many royall proclamations, declarations, and protestations to the contrary. As likewise of a most desperate long prosecuted designe to set up popery, and extirpate the Protestant religion by degrees, in this our realme of England, and all His Majesties dominions. Manifested by sundry letters of grace, warrants, and other writings under the Kings owne signe-manuall, privy-signet, his privy-councels, and Secretary Windebanks hands and seals, by divers orders and proceedings in open sessions at Newgate, in the Kings Bench, and elsewhere ... Collected and published by authority of Parliament: by William Prynne, of Lincolns Inne, Esquire. Imprinted at London: for Michael Spark Senior, and are to be sold at the Blue-Bible in Green-Arbour, 1643. ESTC No. R230341. Grub Street ID 102684.
  • Prynne, William. The Popish royall favourite: or, A full discovery of His Majesties extraordinary favours to, and protections of notorious papists, priests, Jesuits, against all prosecutions and penalties of the laws enacted against them; notwithstanding his many royall proclamations, declarations, and protestations to the contrary: As likewise of a most desperate long prosecuted designe to set up popery, and extirpate the Protestant religion by degrees, in this our realme of England. Manifested by sundry letters of grace, warrants, and other writings under the Kings owne signe-manuall, privy-signet, his privy-councels, and Secretary Windebanks hands and seals, by divers orders and proceedings in open sessions at Newgate, in the Kings Bench, and elsewhere ... Collected and published by authority of Parliament: by William Prynne, of Lincolns Inne, Esquire. Imprinted at London: for Michael Spark Senior, and are to be sold at the Blue-Bible in Green-Arbour, 1643. ESTC No. R230343. Grub Street ID 102686.
  • Prynne, William. The doome of cowardize and treachery or, A looking-glasse for cowardly or corrupt governours, and souldiers, who through pusillanimity or bribery, betray their trusts, to the publick prejudice. Containing certaine domestick lawes, heretofore, lately made, and judgements given against such timorous and treacherous persons; fit to be known in these unhappy times of warre. By William Prynne, utter barrester of Lincolnes-Inne. Imprimatur Iohn White, Octob. 23. 1643. London: printed for Michael Spark Senior, and are to be sold at the Blew-Bible in Greene-Arbor, 1643. ESTC No. R212506. Grub Street ID 88095.
  • Prynne, William. The soveraigne povver of parliaments & kingdomes. Or Second part of the Treachery and disloialty of papists to their soveraignes. Wherein the Parliaments and kingdomes right and interest in, and power over the militia, ports, forts, navy, ammunition of the realme, ... their right and interest to nominate and elect all needfull commanders, to exercise the militia for the kingdomes safety, and defence: ... to recommend and make choise of the Lord Chancellor, Keeper, Treasurer, Privy Seale, privie counsellors, iudges, and sheriffes of the kingdome, ... with the Parliaments late assertion; that the King hath no absolute negative voice in passing publicke bills of right and iustice, ... when both houses deeme them necessary and just: ... It is this 28th. day of March, 1643. ordered ... that this booke intituled, The soveraigne power of parliaments and kingdomes, be forthwith printed by Michael Sparke, Senior. Iohn White. Printed at London: by J[ohn]. D[awson]. for Michael Sparke, Senior, 1643. ESTC No. R182239. Grub Street ID 72481.
  • Prynne, William. A catalogue of printed books written by VVilliam Prynne of Lincolnes-Inne, Esquire. Before, during, since, his imprisonment. London: printed for Michael Sparke, Senior, 1643. ESTC No. R212514. Grub Street ID 88101.
  • Prynne, William. An humble remonstrance against the tax of ship-money lately imposed: laying open the illegality, injustice, abuses, and inconveniences thereof. Written by William Prynne, Esqu. an 1636. during his imprisonment in the Tower of London, to free his countrey from that heavy tax; and then communicated to some speciall friends in writing. Since that printed without his privity, by an imperfect copy, an. 1641. so full of non-sence errors, and mistakes almost in every line, as makes it altogether uselesse, yea ridiculous: but now set out by a true copy, agreeing with the originall; to right the author, and promote the publique good. Together with some briefe observations touching the Great Seale of England. Imprimatur Sept. 1. 1643. John White. London: printed for Michael Sparke senior, at the signe of the Blew-Bible in Greene-Arbour, 1643. ESTC No. R212529. Grub Street ID 88111.
  • Prynne, William. The soveraigne povver of parliaments & kingdomes. Or Second part of the Treachery and disloialty of papists to their soveraignes. Wherein the Parliaments and kingdomes right and interest in, and power over the militia, ports, forts, navy, ammunition of the realme, ... their right and interest to nominate and elect all needfull commanders, to exercise the militia for the kingdomes safety, and defence: ... to recommend and make choise of the Lord Chancellor, Keeper, Treasurer, Privy Seale, privie counsellors, iudges, and sheriffes of the kingdome, ... with the Parliaments late assertion; that the King hath no absolute negative voice in passing publicke bills of right and iustice, ... when both houses deeme them necessary and just: ... It is this 28th. day of March, 1643. ordered ... that this booke intituled, The soveraigne power of parliaments and kingdomes, be forthwith printed by Michael Sparke, Senior. Iohn White. Printed at London: by J.D. for Michael Sparke, Senior, 1643. ESTC No. R32260. Grub Street ID 114992.
  • Prynne, William. The treachery and disloyalty of papists to their soveraignes, in doctrine and practise. Together with the first part of the soveraigne power of parliaments and kingdomes. Wherein the traiterous, antimonarchicall doctrines, practises, and attempts of papists upon the persons, crownes, prerogatives, of their soveraignes, with the dangerous designes, effects, and consequences, of their present illegall arming, and accesse to the Kings person, court, army, by meanes of evill counsellours, are briefly discovered, related; ... and these are manifested, to be farre more loyall, ... then those former were. ... together with a punctuall answer to the chiefe calumnies, and grandest objections, of royallists, papists malignants, and delinquents, against the Parliaments power, and proceedings; with other particulars worthy observation. The second edition enlarged By William Prynne, utter-barrester, of Lincolnes Inne. It is this second day of May, 1643. ordered by the Committee of the House of Comm. Printed at London: for Michael Sparke, senior, 1643. ESTC No. R223199. Grub Street ID 97078.
  • Prynne, William. The Popish royall favourite: or, A full discovery of His Majesties extraordinary favours to, and protections of notorious papists, priests, Jesuits, against all prosecutions and penalties of the laws enacted against them; notwithstanding his many royall proclamations, declarations, and protestations to the contrary: as likewise of a most desperate long prosecuted designe to set up popery, and extirpate the Protestant religion by degrees, in this our realme of England, and all His Majesties Dominions. Manifested by sundry letters of grace, warrants, and other writings under the Kings owne signe-manuall, privy-signet, his privy-councels, and Secretary Windebanks hands and seals, by divers orders and proceedings in open sessions at Newgate, in the Kings Bench, and elsewhere ... Collected and published by authority of Parliament: by William Prynne, of Lincolns Inne, Esquire. Imprinted at London: for Michael Spark Senior, and are to be sold at the Blue-Bible in Green-Arbour, 1643. ESTC No. R234443. Grub Street ID 105790.
  • Prynne, William. The doome of cowardisze [sic] and treachery or, A looking-glasse for cowardly or corrupt governours, and souldiers, who through pusillanimity or bribery, betray their trusts, to the publick prejudice. Containing certaine domestick lawes, heretofore, lately made, and judgements given against such timorous and treacherous persons; fit to be known in these unhappy times of warre. By William Prynne, utter barrester of Lincolnes-Inne. Imprimatur Iohn White, Octob. 23. 1643. London: printed for Michael Spark Senior, and are to be sold at the Blew-Bible in Greene-Arbor, 1643. ESTC No. R212960. Grub Street ID 88492.
  • Prynne, William. The Popish royall favourite: or, A full discovery of His Majesties extraordinary favours to, and protections of notorious papists, priestes, Jesuits, against all prosecutions and penalties of the laws enacted against them; notwithstanding his many royall proclamations, declarations, and protestations to the contrary: as likewise of a most desperate long prosecuted designe to set up popery, and extirpate the Protestant religion by degrees, in this our kealme [sic] of England, and all His Majesties dominions. Manifested by sundry letters of grace, warrants, writings under the Kings own signe-manuall, privy-signet, his privy-councels, and Secretary Windebanks hands and seals, by divers orders and proceedings in open sessions at Newgate, in the Kings Bench, and elsewhere ... Collected and published by authority of Parliament: by William Prynne, of Lincolns Inne, Esquire. Imprinted at London: for Michael Spark Senior, and are to be sold at the Blue-Bible in Green-Arbour, 1643. ESTC No. R220569. Grub Street ID 94908.
  • Prynne, William. The treachery and disloyalty of papists to their soveraignes, in doctrine and practise. Together with an exact parallel of the jurisdiction, power, and priviledges claimed and exercised by our popish Parliaments, prelates, Lords and Commons in former times, with those no claimed and practised by the present Parliament, Lords and Commons, which are here manifested to be farre more loyall, dutifull, moderate; more consistent with, lesse invasive on, and destructive to the Kings pretended soveraigne power and prerogative, then those of popish parliaments, and subjects. Wherein likewise the traiterous, antimonarchicall doctrines, practises and attempts of papists upon their soveraignes prerogatives, crownes, persons, with the dangerous consequences, effects, and designes, of their present illegall arming, and accesse to the Kings Army, and person by meanes of evill counsellours, are briefely discovered; ... It is ordered by the Committee for Printing that this treatise be forthwith printed. Printed at London: for Michael Sparke, Senior, 1643. ESTC No. R203188. Grub Street ID 80322.
  • Prynne, William. The treachery and disloyalty of papists to their soveraignes, in doctrine and practise. Together with the first part of the soveraigne power of parliaments and kingdomes. Wherein the traiterous, antimonarchicall doctrines, practises, and attempts of papists upon the persons, crownes, prerogatives, of their soveraignes, with the dangerous designes, effects, and consequences, of their present illegall arming, and accesse to the Kings person, court, army, by meanes of evill counsellours, are briefly discovered, related; ... which are manifested, to be farre more loyall, ... then those of former ages. ... together with a punctuall answer to the chiefe calumnies, and grandest objections, of royallists, papists, malignants, delinquents, against the Parliaments power, and proceedings; with other particulars worthy observation. The second edition enlarged. By William Prynne, utter-barrester, of Lincolnes Inne. It is this second day of May, 1643. ordered by the Committee of the House of Commons. Printed at London: for Michael Sparke, Senior, 1643. ESTC No. R203190. Grub Street ID 80325.
  • Prynne, William. The third part of The soveraigne povver of parliaments and kingdomes. Wherein the Parliaments present necessary defensive warre against the Kings offensive malignant, popish forces; and subjects taking up defensive armes against their soveraignes, and their armies in som cases, is copiously manifested, to be just, lawfull, both in point of law and conscience; and neither treason nor rebellion in either; by inpregnable reasons and authorities of all kindes. Together with a satisfactory answer to all objections, from law, Scripture, fathers, reason, hitherto alledge by Dr. Ferne, or any other late opposite pamphleters, whose grosse mistakes in true stating of the present controversie, in sundry points of divinity, antiquity, history, with their absurd irrationall logicke and theologie, are here more fully discovered, refuted, than hitherto they have been by any: besides other particulars of great concernment. By William Prynne, utter-barrester, of Lincolnes Inne. It is this eighth day of. Printed at London: for Michael Sparke, Senior, 1643. ESTC No. R203191. Grub Street ID 80326.
  • Prynne, William. The fourth part of The soveraigne povver of parliaments and kingdomes. Wherein the Parliaments right and interest in ordering the militia, forts, ships, magazins, and great offices of the realme, is manifested by some fresh records in way of supplement: the two Houses imposition of moderate taxes and contributions on the people in cases of extremity, without the Kings assent, (when wilfully denyed) for the necessary defence and preservation of the kingdome; and their imprisoning, confining of malignant dangerous persons in times of publicke danger, for the common safety; are vindicated from all calumnies, and proved just. Together with an appendix; manifesting by sundry histories and foraine authorities, that in the ancient kingdome of Rome; the Roman, Greeke, German empires; ... the supreame soveraigne power resided not in the emperours, or kings themselves, but in the whole kingdome, senate, parliament, state, people ... By William Prynne, utter-barrester, of Lincolnes Inne. It is th. Printed at London: for Michael Sparke, Senior, 1643. ESTC No. R203192. Grub Street ID 80327.
  • Prynne, William. The soveraigne povver of parliaments and kingdomes: divided into foure parts. Together with an appendix: wherein the superiority of our owne, and most other foraine parliaments, states, kingdomes, magistrates, (collectively considered,) over and above their lawfull emperours, kings, princes, is abundantly evidenced, confirmed by pregnant reasons, resolutions, precedents, histories, authorities of all sorts; the contrary objections re-felled: the treachery and disloyalty of papists to their soveraignes, with their present plots to extirpate the Protestant religion demonstrated; and all materiall objections, calumnies, of the King, his counsell, royallists, malignants, delinquents, papists, against the present Parliaments proceedings, (pretended to be exceeding derogatory to the Kings supremacy, and subjects liberty) satisfactorily answered, refuted dissipated in all particulars. By William Prynne, utter-barrester, of Lincolnes Inne. It is this second day of August, 1643. ordered ... tha. Printed at London: for Michael Sparke Senior, 1643. ESTC No. R203193. Grub Street ID 80328.
  • Prynne, William. The falsities and forgeries of the anonymous author of a late pamphlet, (supposed to be printed at Oxford but in truth at London) 1644. intituled The fallacies of Mr. William Prynne, discovered and confuted, in a short view of his books intituled; The soveraignty of parliaments, the Opening of the great Seale. &c. Wherein the calumnies, and forgeries of this unknowne author in charging Mr. Prynne with false quotations, calumniating falshoods, wresting of the Scriptures, points of popery, grosse absurdityes, meere contradictions, hainous treasons, & plain betraying of the cause, (not one of which is in the least degree made good by the calumniator) are succinctly answered, refuted. By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esquire. Printed at London: for Michael Sparke, Senior, 1644. ESTC No. R210071. Grub Street ID 86276.
  • Prynne, William. A moderate apology against a pretended calumny. In answer to some passages in The preheminence of Parlement. Newly published by James Howell Esquire, one of the clerks of his Majesties most Honourable Privy Councell. VVherein a reason is rendered, why the popish royall favourite stiled him, no friend to Parliaments, and a malignant. And the copy of a letter written by George Gage from Rome to King Iames, inserted, to manifest an agency between him and Rome, to procure the Popes dispensation for the Spanish match. By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esquire. Printed at London: for Michael Sparke, Senior, 1644. ESTC No. R212488. Grub Street ID 88077.
  • Prynne, William. A checke to Brittanicus, for his palpable flattery and prevarication, in justifying condemned Nat: Fiennes. Published for the present necessary vindication of his traduced iudges, prosecutors, and of truth and publique iustice, till an exact relation of all the proceedings in that triall bee set forth by the councell of warre, and his antagonists for their further justification, and satisfaction of the world, so miserably abused with mis-reports of that action, for which he was condemned. London: printed by Iohn Dawson for George Hutton, 1644. ESTC No. R212495. Grub Street ID 88085.
  • Prynne, William. A breviate of the life, of VVilliam Laud Arch-bishop of Canterbury: extracted (for the most part) verbatim, out of his owne diary, and other writings, under his owne hand. Collected and published at the speciall instance of sundry honourable persons, as a necessary prologue to the history of his tryall; for which the criminall part of his life, is specially reserved. By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esquier. It is ordered this sixteenth day of August 1644. By the Committee of the House of Commons assembled in Parliament concerning printing, that this booke intituled, A breviate of the life of William Laud, &c. bee printed by Michaell Sparke Senior. John VVhite. London: printed by F. L[each]. for Michaell Sparke Senior, and are to bee sold at the Blew-Bible in Green-Arbour, 1644. ESTC No. R19543. Grub Street ID 77135.
  • Prynne, William. A vindication of Psalme 105.15. (Touch not mine anoynted, and doe my prophets no harme) from some false glosses lately obtruded on it by Royallists: proving that this divine inhibition was given to kings, not subiects; to restraine them from injuring and oppressing Gods servants and their subiects, who are Gods anoynted, as well as kings: and that it is more unlawfull for kings to plunder and make war upon their subiects, by way of offence, then for subiects to take up armes against kings, in such cases, by way of defence. With a brief exhortation to peace and unity. By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne Esquire. the third edition corrected. Printed at London: for Michael Sparkes, Senior, 1644. ESTC No. R2923. Grub Street ID 112233.
  • Prynne, William. Faces about. Or, A recrimination charged upon Mr. John Goodvvin, in the point of fighting against God, and opposing the way of Christ. And a justification of the Presbyterian way in the particulars by him unjustly charged upon it. VVith other short animadversions upon his late book called, Theomachia. Or, The grand imprudence of men running the hazard of fighting against God, &c. Published by authority. London: printed for Robert Bostock, dwelling at the signe of the Kings head in Pauls Church-Yard, 1644. ESTC No. R7643. Grub Street ID 127890.
  • Prynne, William. A full reply to certaine briefe observations and anti-queries on Master Prynnes twelve questions about church-government: vvherein the frivolousnesse, falseness, and grosse mistakes of this anonymous answerer (ashamed of his name) and his weak grounds for independency, and separation, are modestly discovered, reselled. Together with certaine briefe animadversions on Mr. Iohn Goodwins Theomachia, in justification of Independency examined, and of the ecclesisticall jurisdiction and rights of Parliament, which he fights against. By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esquire. Imprimatur. October 14. 1644 Iohn White. London: printed by F[rancis]. L[each]. for Michael Sparke Senior, and are to be sold at the Blew-Bible in Green-Arbour, 1644. ESTC No. R3868. Grub Street ID 120744.
  • Prynne, William. A breviate of the life, [sic] of VVilliam Laud Arch-bishop of Canterbury: extracted (for the most part) verbatim, out of his owne diary, and other writings, under his owne hand. Collected and published at the speciall instance of sundry honourable persons, as a necessary prologue to the history of his tryall; for which the criminall part of his life, is specially reserved. By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esquier. It is ordered this sixteenth day of August 1644. By the Committee of the House of Commons assembled in Parliament concerning printing, that this booke intituled, A breviate of the life of William Laud, &c. bee printed by Michaell Sparke Senior. John VVhite. London: printed by F. L[each]. for Michaell Sparke Senior, and are to bee sold at the Blew-Bible in Green-Arbour, 1644. ESTC No. R187846. Grub Street ID 75977.
  • Prynne, William. A full reply to certaine briefe observations and anti-queries on Master Prynnes twelve questions about church-government: vvherein the frivolousnesse, falsenesse, and grosse mistakes of this anonymous answerer (ashamed of his name) and his weak grounds for independency, and separation, are modestly discovered, refelled. By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esquire. London: printed by F[rancis]. L[each]. for Michael Sparke Senior, and are to bee sold at the Blew-Bible in Green-Arbour, 1644. ESTC No. R210038. Grub Street ID 86244.
  • Prynne, William. Independency examined, vnmasked, refuted, by twelve new particular interrogatories: detecting both the manifold absurdities, inconveniences that must necessarily attend it, to the great disturbance of church, state, the diminution, subversion of the lawfull undoubted power of all Christian magistrates, parliaments, synods: and shaking the chiefe pillars, wherewith its patrons would support it. By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esquier. London: printed by F[rancis]. L[each]. for Michael Sparke Senior, and are to bee sold at the Blew-Bible in Green-Arbour, 1644. ESTC No. R210043. Grub Street ID 86248.
  • Prynne, William. Twelve considerable serious questions touching church government. Sadly propounded (out of a reall desire of vnitie, and tranquillity in church and state) to all sober-minded Christians, cordially affecting a speedy setled reformation, and brotherly Christian vnion in all our churches and dominions, now miserably wasted with civill unnaturall warres, and deplorably lacerated with ecclesiasticall dissentions. By William Prynne, of Lincolnes Inne, Esquire. London: printed by I[ohn]. D[awson]. for Michael Sparke Senior, and are to be sold at the Blew Bible in Green Arbour, 1644. ESTC No. R32182. Grub Street ID 114922.
  • Prynne, William. Twelve considerable serious questions touching church government: sadly propounded (out of a reall desire of vnitie, and tranquillity in church and state) to all sober-minded Christians, cordially affecting a speedy setled reformation, and brotherly Christian vnion in all our churches and dominions, now miserably wasted with civill vnnaturall wars, and deplorably lacerated with ecclesiasticall dissentions. By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esquier. London: printed by F[rancis]. L[each]. for Michael Sparke Senior, and are to bee sold at the Blew-Bible in Green-Arbour, 1644. ESTC No. R210049. Grub Street ID 86254.
  • Prynne, William. A true and full relation of the prosecution, arraignment, tryall, and condemnation of Nathaniel Fiennes, late colonel and governor of the city and castle of Bristoll, before a councell of war held at Saint Albans during nine dayes space, in December, 1643. Touching his cowardly and traytorly surrendering of this city and castle, with all the canon, ammunition, arms, magazines, prisoners and colours therein to the enemy, in lesse then three whole dayes siege, before any outwork taken, or the least battery or assault against the city or castle walls; to the ineffable losse, danger and prejudice of the whole kingdom. Set forth at the earnest desire of many persons of quality, to vindicate the verity of this much disguised action, prosecution, tryall, sentence, and some subsequent proceedings; together with the honour, the justice of the councell of war, and prosecutors reputations, against all those false glosses, calumnies, aspertions, injuriously cast upon them by Col: Fiennes, or his p. London: printed for Michael Sparks [sic] senior, at the signe of the Blew Bible in Green-arbour, 1644. ESTC No. R210055. Grub Street ID 86261.
  • Prynne, William. Truth triumphing over falshood, antiquity over novelty. Or, The first part of a just and seasonable vindication of the undoubted ecclesiasticall iurisdiction, right, legislative, coercive power of Christian emperors, kings, magistrates, parliaments, in all matters of religion, church-government, discipline, ceremonies, manners: summoning of, presiding, moderating in councells, synods; and ratifying their canons, determinations, decrees: as likewise of lay-mens right both to sit and vote in councells; ... In refutation of Mr. Iohn Goodwins Innocencies Triumph: my deare brother Burtons Vindication of churches, commonly called Independent: and of all anti-monarchicall, anti-parliamentall, anti-synodicall, and anarchicall paradoxes of papists, prelates, Anabaptists, Arminians, Socinians, Brownists, or Independents: whose old and new objections to the contrary, are here fully answered. By William Prynne, of Lincolnes Inne, Esquire. London: printed by John Dawson, and are to be sold by Michael Sparke, Senior, 1645. ESTC No. R212479. Grub Street ID 88070.
  • Prynne, William. A fresh discovery of some prodigious new wandring-blasing-stars, & firebrands, stiling themselves new-lights. Firing our church and state into new combustions. Divided into ten sections, comprising severall most libellous, scandalous, seditious, insolent, uncharitable, (and some blasphemous) passages; published in late unlicensed printed pamphlets, against the ecclesiasticall jurisdiction and power of parliaments, councels, synods, Christian kings and magistrates, in generall; the ordinances and proceedings of this present Parliament, in speciall: the national covenant, assembly, directory, our brethren of Scotland, Presbyterian government; the Church of England, with her ministers, worship; the opposers of independent novelties; ... The second edition. Whereunto is added some letters, papers, and a petition lately sent from the Summer Islands, relating the schismaticall, illegall, tyrannicall proceedings of some Independents there, in gathering their new new-churches, to the great dis. London: printed by John Macock, for Michael Spark, at the sign of the blue Bible in Green Arbour, 1646. [i.e. 1645]. ESTC No. R212401. Grub Street ID 88004.
  • Prynne, William. Hidden workes of darkenes brought to publike light, or, A necessary introduction to the history of the Archbishop of Canterburie's triall. Discovering to the world the severall secret dangerous plots, practises, proceedings of the Pope and his confederates, both at home an in forraigne parts, to undermine the Protestant religion, ... from the first marriage treaty with Spaine, anno 1617. till this present. Together with the true originals of the late Scottish troubles, Irish rebellion and English civill warres: manifested by ... papers, found among Secretary Windebankes, master Thomas Windebankes, the Lord Cottingtons and Archbishop of Canterburies writings, and some late intercepted letters from forraigne parts. By William Prynne of Lincolnes-Inne, Esq. It is ordered by the Committee of the house of Commons concerning printing, that this booke, intituled (Hidden works of darknesse brought to publike light) be printed by Michael Sparke senior. John White. London: printed by Thomas Brudenell for Michael Sparke senior, dwelling in Green-Arbour in the Old-bailey, at the signe of the blew Bible, 1645. ESTC No. R7996. Grub Street ID 128204.
  • Prynne, William. Truth triumphing over falshood, antiquity over novelty. Or, The first part of a just and seasonable vindication of the undoubted ecclesiasticall iurisdiction, right, legislative, coercive power of Christian emperors, kings, magistrates, parliaments, in all matters of religion, church-government, discipline, ceremonies, manners: summoning of, presiding, moderating in councells, synods; and ratifying their canons, determinations, decrees: as likewise of lay-mens right both to sit and vote in councells; ... In refutation of Mr. Iohn Goodwins Innocencies Triumph: my deare brother Burtons Vindication of churches, commonly called Independent: and of all anti-monarchicall, anti-parliamentall, anti-synodicall, and anarchicall paradoxes of papists, prelates, Anabaptists, Arminians, Socinians, Brownists, or Independents: whose old and new objections to the contrary, are here fully answered. By William Prynne, of Lincolnes Inne, Esquire. London: printed by John Dawson, and are to be sold by Michael Sparke, Senior, 1645. ESTC No. R230571. Grub Street ID 102861.
  • Prynne, William. The lyar confounded or A briefe refutation of John Lilburnes miserably-mistated-case, mistaken-law; seditious calumnies, and most malicious lyes against the High Court of Parliament, the Honourable Committee of Examinations, Mr Speaker, with other Members of the Commons House; and Mr William Prynne; wherewith he hath seduced many ignorant overcredulous people. Manifesting the Parliaments extraordinary clemency towards him, their justice in their commitment of, and proceedings against him; for which he so ingratefully and falsely taxeth them, with tyranny and injustice By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esquire. London: printed by John Macock, for Michael Spark senior, 1645. ESTC No. R212413. Grub Street ID 88015.
  • Prynne, William. Foure serious questions of grand importance, concerning excommunication and suspension from the Sacrament; propounded to the reverend assembly, and all moderate Christians, to prevent schismes, and settle unity among us; in these divided times; by a lover both of peace and truth. [London: printed for Nathaniell Webb, 1645]. ESTC No. R21906. Grub Street ID 93647.
  • Prynne, William. A vindication of foure serious questions of grand importance, concerning excommunication, and suspention from the sacrament of the Lords Supper, from some misprisions and unjust exceptions lately taken against them; both in the pulpit, by a reverend brother of Scotland, in a sermon at Margarets Church in Westminster, before the Honourable House of Commons, at a publike fast there held for Scotland, on the 5th of September last: and in the presse, by three new-printed pamphlets, by way of answer to, and censure of them. Wherein some Scripture texts, (commonly produced for excommunication, and bare suspention from the Lords Supper onely,) are cleared from false glosses, inferences, conclusions wrested from them; ... with other particulars tending to the advancement of verity, unity, and the better, speedier settlement of a church-discipline, according t Gods Word, so much desired. By William Prynne of Lincolns Inne, Esquire. London: printed by John Macock, for Michael Spark senior, 1645. ESTC No. R212424. Grub Street ID 88025.
  • Prynne, William. A fresh discovery of some prodigious new wandring-blasing-stars, & firebrands, stiling themselves nevv-lights, firing our church and state into new combustions. Divided into ten sections, comprising severall most libellous, scandalous, seditious, insolent, uncharitable, (and some blasphemous) passages; published in late unlicensed printed pamphlets, against the ecclesiasticall jurisdiction and power of parliaments, councels, synods, Christian kings and magistrates, in generall; the ordinances and proceedings of this present Parliament, in speciall: the nationall covenant, assembly, directory, our brethren of Scotland, Presbyterian government; the Church of England, with her ministers, worship; the opposers of independent novelties; ... Whereunto some letters and papers lately sent from the Sommer-Islands, are subjoyned, relating the schismaticall, illegal tyrannicall proceedings of some Independents there, ... Published for the common good by William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esquire. London: printed by John Macock, for Michael Spark senior, at the sign of the blue Bible in Green Arbour, 1645. ESTC No. R212456. Grub Street ID 88052.
  • Prynne, William. Diotrephes catechised: or Sixteen important questions touching the ecclesiastical jurisdiction and censures (contradistinct to civill) now eagerly pretended to and challenged by a divine right, by some over-rigid Presbyterians, and Independents. Propounded to both these dissenting parties, for the further discovery of truth; the preservation of the civill Christian magistrates interest, and speedier comprimising [sic] of our present unhappy controversies touching church-government: on which many now so over-dote, ... to repute all our former reformation, ... and the exercise of their ministry, ... in case they cannot obtain their demands of such an exorbitant power, by Divine jnstitution [sic], which Christ and his Apostles never claimed, exercised, nor themselves, nor predecessors, ever formerly enioyed, petitioned for, or pretended to in any age, but this. Proposed; published by W. Prynne a well-wisher to verity and unity. London: printed for Michael Sparkes, anno Dom. 1646. ESTC No. R31935. Grub Street ID 114689.
  • Prynne, William. Diotrephes catechised: or Sixteen important questions touching the ecclesiastical iurisdiction and censures (contradistinct to civill) now eagerly pretended to and challenged by a divine right, by some over-rigid Presbyterians, and Independents. Propounded to both these dissenting parties, for the further discovery of truth; the preservation of the civill Christian magistrates interest, and speedier comprimising [sic] of our present unhappie controversies touching church-government. On which many so over-dote, as to place the whole Kingdome of Christ and substanc of religion therein: to repute all our former reformation, a meer nothing, the Church of Christ undone, and the exercise of their ministry, not only fruitlesse but unlawfull, so as they cannot with good conscience continue, but threaten to relinquish it, in case they cannot obtaine their demands o such an exorbitant power, by divine justicution, which Christ and his Apostles never claimed, exercised, nor themselves, nor predec. London: printed for Michael Sparke, Anno Dom. 1646. ESTC No. R31938. Grub Street ID 114692.
  • Prynne, William. Suspention suspended. Or, The divines of Syon-Colledge late claim of the power of suspending scandalous persons, from the Lords Supper (without sequestring them from any other publicke ordinance, or the society of Christians) and that by the very will and appointment of Jesus Christ (not by vertue of any ordinance of Parliament) from whom they receive both their office and authority; briefly examined, discussed, refuted by the Word of God, and arguments deduced from it; and the contrary objections cleerly answered. Wherein, a bare suspention of persons from the Lords Supper onely, without a seclusion of them from other ordinances, is proved to be no censure or discipline appointed by Jesus Christ in his Word: ... That the Lords Supper is frequently, not rarely to be administred as well to unregenerate Christians to convert them, as to regenerate to confirme them: ... By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esq. London: printed by T.B. for Michael Sparke at the signe of the Blew-Bible in Green Arbour, 1646. ESTC No. R203299. Grub Street ID 80417.
  • Prynne, William. Suspention suspended. Or, The divines of Syon-Colledge late claim of the power of suspending scandalous persons, from the Lords Supper (without sequestring them from any other publicke ordinance, or the society of Christians) and that by the very will and appointment of Jesus Christ (not by vertue of any ordinance of Parliament) from whom they receive both their office and authority; briefly examined, discussed, refuted by the Word of God, and arguments deduced from it; and the contrary objections cleerly answered. Wherein, a bare suspention of persons from the Lords Supper onely, without a seclusion of them from other ordinances, is proved to be no censure or discipline appointed by Jesus Christ in his Word: ... That the Lords Supper is frequently, not rarely to be administred as well to unregenerate Christians to convert them, as to regenerate to confirme them: ... By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esq. London: printed for Michael Sparke at the signe of the Blew-Bible in Green Arbour, 1646. ESTC No. R226087. Grub Street ID 99194.
  • Prynne, William. Scotlands ancient obligation to England and publike acknowledgment thereof, for their brotherly assistance to, and deliverance of them, with the expence of their blood, and hazzard of the state and tranquility of their realm, from the bondage of the French, in the time of their greatest extremity. Anno Dom. 1560. London: printed by John Macock, for M[ichael]. S[parke]., 1646. ESTC No. R205602. Grub Street ID 82304.
  • Prynne, William. Canterburies doome. Or The first part of a compleat history of the commitment, charge, tryall, condemnation, execution of William Laud, late Arch-bishop of Canterbury. Containing the severall orders, articles, proceedings in Parliament against him, from his first accusatio therein, till his tryall: together with the various evidences and proofs produced against him at the Lords Bar, in justification of the first branch of the Commons charge against him; ... with his severall answers to those evidences, proofs, and the Commons reply thereunto. Wherein this Arch-prelates manifold trayterous artifices to usher in popery by degrees, are cleerly detected, and the ecclesiasticall history of our church-affaires, during his pontificall domination, faithfully presented to the publike view of the world. By William Prynne, of Lincolns Inne, Esquire; specially deputed to this publike service, by the House of Commons order; dated 4 Martii. 1644. London: printed by John Macock for Michael Spark senior, at the sign of the Blue Bible in Green Arbour, 1646. ESTC No. R19620. Grub Street ID 77200.
  • Prynne, William. Scotlands publick acknowledgement of Gods just judgement upon their nation for their frequent breach of faith, leagues, and solemne oathes made to their neighbours of England, in former ages, to gratifie their treacherous confederates of France. Recorded in their own publick liturgie, printed at Edenborough by Thomas Bassandine, Anno. Dom. 1575, page 54, 57, 58, und this title, Prayers used in the churches of Scotland in the time of their persecution by the Frenchmen (in the year 1560) from whose tyranny and vassalage, they were then delivered by the Free Brotherly Assistance and forces of the English, to whom they had been formerly persidious. Published to prevent the like breach of solemn leagues, oaths, and covenants between both nations now (for fear of incurring the like, or a worse judgement,) by a well-wisher to both kingdomes. Printed at London: for M.S., 1646. ESTC No. R210628. Grub Street ID 86748.
  • Prynne, William. The sword of Christian magistracy supported: or A full vindication of Christian kings and magistrates authority under the Gospell, to punish idolatry, apostacy, heresie, blasphemy, and obstinate schism, with pecuniary, corporall, and in some cases with banishment, and capitall punishments. Wherein this their jurisdiction is cleared, asserted, by arguments, proofs, from the Old and New Testament; by the laws, and practise of godly Christian emperors, kings, states, magistrates; the common and statute laws of England; the consent of the best ancient and modern authors of all sorts; and the most materiall objections to the contrary, made by Donatists, Anabaptists, Independents, and Mr William Dell in his late fast-sermon, fully answered and refuted. By William Prynne of Lincolns Inne, Esquire. London: printed by John Macock for John Bellamie, and are to be sold at his shop at the three Golden Lyons in Cornhill, neer the Royall Exchange, 1647. ESTC No. R203300. Grub Street ID 80419.
  • Prynne, William. An account of the Kings late revenue and debts. Or A true copie of some papers found in the late Archbishop of Canterburies studie, (one of the Commissioners for the Exchequer, an. 1634. and 1635.) relating to the Kings revenue, debts, and the late Lord Treasurer Portlands gaines by suits, and sales of offices: necessary to be knowne for the common good. London: printed for Michaell Sparks, 1647. ESTC No. R201500. Grub Street ID 78906.
  • Prynne, William. The Vniversity of Oxfords plea refuted. Or, A full answer to a late printed paper, intituled, The priviledges of the Vniversity of Oxford in point of visitation: together with the Vniversities answer to the summons of the visitors. Manifesting the vanity and falsity of this pretended Vniversity priviledge and plea to the visitors jurisdiction; that the right of visiting the Vniversity of Oxford is onely in the Kings Majestie, and that it is exempt from all other jurisdiction by its foundation, prescription, and severall grants of exemption. And insufficiency of all the allegations and authorities produced to support it. Published for the information of the judgements, and satisfaction of the consciences of all ingenuous members of that Vniversitie, who onely out of ignorance or error, not obstinacy or malignity, have demurred to the jurisdiction of the visitors thereof, though appointed, authorized by ordinance of Parliament, and commission under the Great Seal of England. By William P. London: printed by T.B. for Michael Spark, 1647. ESTC No. R5306. Grub Street ID 125761.
  • Prynne, William. Twelve queries of publick concernment humbly submitted to the serious consideration of the Great Councell of the Kingdome. By a cordiall well-wisher to its proceedings. [London: printed by J[ohn]. M[acock]. for M. Spark, at the Bible in Green Arbour, MDCXLVII. [1647]]. ESTC No. R205647. Grub Street ID 82331.
  • Prynne, William. The Levellers levelled to the very ground. Wherein this dangerous seditious opinion and design of some of them; that it is necessary, decent, and expedient, now to reduce the House of Peeres, and bring down the Lords into the Commons House, to sit and vote together with them, as one House. And the false absurd, grounds whereon they build this paradox, are briefly examined, refuted, and laid in the dust. By William Prynne, Esquire. London: printed by T.B. for Michael Spark, 1647 [i.e. 1648]. ESTC No. R20341. Grub Street ID 80506.
  • Prynne, William. A plea for the Lords: or, A short, yet full and necessary vindication of the judiciary and legislative power of the House of Peeres, and the hereditary just right of the lords and barons of this realme, to sit, vote and judge in the high Court of Parliament. Against the late seditious anti-Parliamentary printed petitions, libells and pamphlets of Anabaptists, Levellers, agitators, Lilburne, Overton, and their dangerous confederates, who endeavour the utter subversion both of parliaments, King and peers, to set up an arbitrary polarchy and anarchy of their own new-modelling. By William Prynne Esquire, a well-wisher to both Houses of Parliament, and the republike; now exceedingly shaken and indangered in their very foundations. London: printed for Michael Spark, at the blue Bible in Green-Arbor, 1648. ESTC No. R204735. Grub Street ID 81625.
  • Prynne, William. The county of Somerset divided into several classes, for the present setling of the Presbyterial government. London: printed by R. Cotes for Michael Sparke at the Bible in Green-Arbor, 1648. ESTC No. R206090. Grub Street ID 82664.
  • Prynne, William. Irenarches rediuiuus. Or, A briefe collection of sundry usefull and necessary statutes and petitions in Parliament (not hitherto published in print, but extant onely in the Parliament rolls) concerning the necessity, utility, institution, qualification, jurisdiction, office, commission, oath, and against the causlesse, clandestine dis-commissioning of justices of peace; fit to be publikely known and observed in these reforming times. With some short deductions from them; and a touch of the antiquity and institution of assertors and justices of peace in other forraign kingdomes. Together with a full refutation of Sir Edward Cooks assertion, and the commonly received erronious opinion, of a difference between ordinances and Acts of Parliament in former ages; here cleerly manifested to be then but one and the same in all respects, and in point of the threefold assent. Published for the common good, by William Prynne of Lincolns-Inne, Esq. London: printed for Michael Spark at the Bible in Green-Arbor, 1648. ESTC No. R203239. Grub Street ID 80373.
  • Prynne, William. A legall vindication of the liberties of England, against illegall taxes and pretended Acts of Parliament lately enforced on the people: or, Reasons assigned by William Prynne of Swainswick in the county of Sommerset, Esquire, why he can neither in conscience, law, nor prudence submit to the new illegall tax or contribution of ninety thousand pounds the month; lately imposed on the kingdom, by a pretended Act of some commons in (or rather out of) Parliament. London: printed for Robert Hodges, and are to be sold by him, 1649. ESTC No. R203250. Grub Street ID 80386.
  • Prynne, William. A legall vindication of the liberties of England, against illegall taxes and pretended Acts of Parliament lately enforced on the people: or, Reasons assigned by William Prynne of Swainswick in the county of Sommerset, Esquire, why he can neither in conscience, law, nor prudence submit to the new illegall tax or contribution of ninety thousand pounds the month; lately imposed on the kingdom, by a pretended Act of some commons in (or rather out of) Parliament. Printed at London: and are to be sold at the Swan near Charing-cross, 1649. ESTC No. R35366. Grub Street ID 117778.
  • Prynne, William. The substance of a speech made in the House of Commons by Wil. Prynn of Lincolns-Inn, Esquire; on Munday the fourth of December, 1648. Touching the Kings answer to the propositions of both Houses upon the whole treaty, whether they were satisfactory or not satisfactory? Wherein the satisfactoriness of the Kings answers to the propositions for settlement of a firm lasting peace, and future security of the subjects against all feared regal invasions, and encroachments whatsoever is clearly demonstrated. As likewise, that there is no other probable or possible way t settle a speedy firm and lasting peace, but by the Houses embracing and proceeding upon the large extraordinary concessions of the King in this treaty, for the kingdoms present weal and future security. And that the Armies remonstrance, Nov. 20. is a way to speedy and certain ruine; and a meer plo of the Jesuites to defame and destroy us. Put into writing, and published by him at the importunate request of divers Members, for . London: printed for Michael Spark at the blew-Bible in Green-Arbor, 1649. ESTC No. R203298. Grub Street ID 80416.
  • Prynne, William. A vindication of the imprisoned and secluded Members of the House of Commons, from the aspersions cast upon them, and the maiority of the House, in a paper lately printed and published: intituled, An humble answer of the Generall Councel of the officers of the Army under his Excellency Thomas Lord Fairfax, to the demands of the Honourable Commons of England in Parliament assembled: concerning the late securing or secluding some Members thereof. London: printed for Michael Spark an [sic] the blue Bible in Green-Arbour, 1649. ESTC No. R7280. Grub Street ID 127559.
  • Prynne, William. The substance of a speech made in the House of Commons by Wil. Prynn of Lincolns-Inn, Esquire; on Munday the fourth of December, 1648. Touching the Kings answer to the propositions of both Houses upon the whole treaty, whether they were satisfactory, or not satisfactory. Wherein the satisfactorinesse of the Kings answers to the propositions for settlement of a firm lasting peace, and future security of the subjects against all feared regall invasions and encroachments whatsoever is clearly demonstrated. As likewise, that there is no other probable or possible way to settle a speedy, firm and lasting peace, but by the Houses embracing and proceeding upon the large and extraordinary concessions to the King in this treaty, for the kingdoms present weal and future security. And that the armies remonstrance, Nov. 20. is a way to speedy and certain ruine; and a meer plot of the Jesuites to defame and destroy us. Put into writing, and published by him at the importunate request of divers memb. London: printed for Mich. Spark at the blew-bible in Green-arbor, 1649. ESTC No. R38011. Grub Street ID 120149.
  • Prynne, William. The substance of a speech made in the House of Commons by Wil. Prynn of Lincolns-Inn, Esquire; on Munday the fourth of December, 1648. Touching the Kings answer to the propositions of both Houses upon the whole treaty, whether they were satisfactory or not satisfactory? Wherein the satisfactoriness of the Kings answers to the propositions for settlement of a firm lasting peace, and future security of the subjects against all feared regal invasions, and encroachments whatsoever is clearly demonstrated. As likewise, that there is no other probable or possible way t settle a speedy firm and lasting peace, but by the Houses embracing and proceeding upon the large extraordinary concessions of the King in this treaty, for the kingdoms present weal and future security. And that the Armies remonstrance, Nov. 20. is a way to speedy and certain ruine; and a meer plo of the Jesuites to defame and destroy us. Put into writing, and published by him at the importunate request of divers Members, for . London: printed for Michael Spark at the blew-Bible in Green-Arbor, 1649. ESTC No. R203380. Grub Street ID 80482.
  • Prynne, William. The first part of an historical collection of the ancient Parliaments of England, from the yeer of our Lord 673, till the end of King John's reign, anno 1216. Wherein is cleerly demonstrated by histories and records beyond contradiction, that the ancient parliaments, and great councels of England, ... were constituted, and consisted onely of our kings, princes, dukes, earls, nobles, barons, spiritual and temporal lords, and those we now usually stile the House of Peers; and that both the legislative and judicial power of our parliaments resided onliy [sic] in them without any knights, citizens, burgesses of Parliament, or Commons House, not knowne, nor heard of, till of punier times then these. Published, to inform the ignorance, and check the insolent usurpations of those few commoners, who now call themselves not only the Commons House, but Parliament of England; and (as much as in them lies) have most unjustly excluded both our King and lords from being any Members, or branches of o. London: printed for Robert Hodges, 1649. ESTC No. R203232. Grub Street ID 80366.
  • Prynne, William. A legall vindication of the liberties of England, against illegall taxes and pretended Acts of Parliament lately enforced on the people: or, Reasons assigned by William Prynne of Swainswick in the county of Sommerset, Esquire, why he can neither in conscience, law, nor prudence submit to the new illegall tax or contribution of ninety thousand pounds the month; lately imposed on the kingdom, by a pretended Act of some commons in (or rather out of) Parliament. London: printed for Robert Hodges, and are to be sold by him, 1649. ESTC No. R206108. Grub Street ID 82680.
  • Prynne, William. Independency examined, unmasked, refuted, by twelve new particular interrogatories: detecting both the manifold absurdities, inconveniences that must necessarily attend it, to the great disturbance of church, state, the diminution, subversion of the lawfull undoubted power of all Christian magistrates, parliaments, synods: and shaking the chiefe pillars, wherewith it's patrons would support it. By William Prynne of Lincolnes Inne, Esquire. London: printed for Michael Sparke, and are to be sold at the Blew-Bible in Green-Arbour, 1651. ESTC No. R206466. Grub Street ID 82984.
  • Prynne, William. The sword of Christian magistracy supported: or A vindication of Christian magistrates authority under the Gospell, to punish idolatry, apostacy, heresie, blasphemy, and obstinate schism, with corporall, and in some cases with capitall punishments. Wherein this their jurisdiction is cleared by proofs, and arguments, from the Old and New Testament; by the laws, and practise of godly Christian emperors, kings, states, and magistrates; the common and statute laws of England; the consent of the best ancient and modern authors of all sorts; and the most materiall objections to the contrary, made by Donatists, Anabaptists, &c. fully answered and refuted. By William Prinne of Lincolns Inne, Esquire. London: printed by R[obert]. I[bbitson]. for John Bellamy, and are to be sold at his shop at the Three Golden Lyons in Cornhill, near the Royall Exchange, 1653. ESTC No. R15969. Grub Street ID 63858.
  • Prynne, William. A Gospel plea (interwoven with a rational and legal) for the lawfulnes & continuance of the ancient setled maintenance and tenthes of the ministers of the Gospel: proving, that there is a just, competent, comfortable maintenance due to all lawfull painfull preachers and ministers of the Gospel, by divine right, institution, and expresse texts and precepts of the Gospel: that glebes and tithes are such a maintenance, & due to ministers by divine right, law and Gospel: that if subtracted or detained, they may lawfully be inforced by coercive laws and penalties: tha tithes are no reall burden nor grievance to the people; the abolishing them, no ease or benefit to farmers, husband-men, or poor people, but a prejudice and losse. That the present opposition against tithes, proceeds not from any reall grounds of conscience, but base covetousnesse, carnall policy, &c. and a Jesuiticall and Anabaptisticall designe, to subvert and ruin our ministers, Church, religion. With a satisfactory answer . London: printed by E. Cotes for Michael Sparke, and are to be sold at the Blue Bible in Green Arbor, 1653. ESTC No. R203238. Grub Street ID 80372.
  • Prynne, William. A seasonable, legall, and historicall vindication and chronologicall collection of the good, old, fundamentall, liberties, franchises, rights, laws of all English freemen (their best inheritance, birthright, security, against arbitrary, tyrannicall, and Egyptian burdens) and of their strenuous defence in all former ages; of late years most dangerously undermined, and almost totally subverted, under the specious disguise of their defence and future establishment, upon a sure basis, their pretended, greatest propugners. Wherein is irrefragably evinced by Parliamentary records, proofs, presidents, that we have such fundamentall liberties, ... that to attempt or effect the subversion of all or any of them, ... is high treason: ... Collected, recommended to the whole English nation, as the best legacy, he can leave them. By William Prynne of Swainswick, Esquire. London: printed for the authour, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas in Green Arbour, 1654. ESTC No. R203290. Grub Street ID 80409.
  • Prynne, William. A seasonable, legall, and historicall vindication and chronologicall collection of the good, old, fundamentall, liberties, franchises, rights, laws of all English freemen (their best inheritance, birthright, security, against arbitrary, tyrannicall, and Egyptian burdens) and of their strenuous defence in all former ages; of late years most dangerously undermined, and almost totally subverted, under the specious disguise of their defence and future establishment, upon a sure basis, their pretended, greatest propugners. Wherein is irrefragably evinced by Parliamentary records, proofs, presidents, that we have such fundamentall liberties, ... that to attempt or effect the subversion of all or any of them, ... is high treason: ... Collected, recommended to the whole English nation, as the best legacy, he can leave them. By William Prynne of Swainswick, Esquire. London: printed for the authour, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas in Green Arbour, 1654. ESTC No. R207634. Grub Street ID 83994.
  • Prynne, William. A declaration and protestation against the illegal, detestable, oft-condemned, new tax and extortion of excise in general; and for hops (a native incertain commodity) in particular. By William Prynne of Swainswick, Esq;. London: printed for the author, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas in Green-Arbor, 1654. ESTC No. R203225. Grub Street ID 80358.
  • Prynne, William. Jus patronatus, or A briefe legal and rational plea for advowsons, or patrons ancient, lawfull, just and equitable rights, and titles to present incumbents to parish churches or vicaridges, upon vacancies. Wherein the true original of advowsons and patronages, together wit their justice, legality, equity, are demonstrated; and a full jury of legal writs and remedies (provided by our municipal lawes for defence and recovery of patrons rights, against all usurpations or encroachments on them) produced; as a seasonable antidote, against the late anomolus vote passed to their prejudice, without any hearing of patrons by their councel, or lawful tryal by their peers. Whose duty is here declared; and our fundamental laws defended. Compiled for the present and future benefit of our churches, ministers, and all true patrons of them. By William Prynne of Swainswick Esq;. London: printed for Edward Thomas, and are to be sold by him, dwelling in Green Arbour, 1654. ESTC No. R203240. Grub Street ID 80375.
  • Prynne, William. The Quakers unmasked, and clearly detected to be but the spawn of Romish frogs, Jesuites, and Franciscan fryers; sent from Rome to seduce the intoxicated giddy-headed English nation. By an information newly taken upon oath in the city of Bristol, Jan. 22. 1654. and some evident demonstrations. By William Prynne of Swainswick, Esq;. London: printed for Edward Thomas in Green Arbour, 1655. ESTC No. R203279. Grub Street ID 80399.
  • Prynne, William. The second part of A seasonable legal and historical vindication, and chronological collection of the good old fundamental liberties, franchises, rights, lawes, government of all English freemen; their best inheritance and onely security against all arbitrary tyranny and Ægyptian taxes. Wherein the extraordinary zeal, courage, care, vigilancy, civill, military and Parliamentary consultations, contests, to preserve, establish, perpetuate them to posterity, against all tyrants, usurpers, enemies, invaders, both under the ancient pagan and Christian Britons, Romans, Saxons. The laws and Parliamentall great councils of the Britons, Saxons. With some generall presidents, concerning the limited powers and prerogatives of our British and first Saxon kings; the fundamental rights, liberties, franchises, laws of their subjects, the severe punishments of their tyrannicall princes on the one side, and of unrighteous usurpers, traytors, regicides, treason, perfidiousnesse and disloyalty on the oth. London: printed for the author, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas dwelling in Green Arbour, 1655. ESTC No. R203292. Grub Street ID 80411.
  • Prynne, William. The Quakers unmasked, and clearly detected to be but the spawn of Romish frogs, Jesuites, and Franciscan freers; sent from Rome to seduce the intoxicated giddy-headed English nation. By an information newly taken upon oath in the city of Bristol, Jan. 22. 1654. and some other evident demonstrations. By William Prynne of Swainswick, Esq;. London: printed for Edward Thomas in Green Arbour, 1655. ESTC No. R207380. Grub Street ID 83770.
  • Prynne, William. A new discovery of free-state tyranny: containing, four letters, together with a subsequent remonstrance of several grievances and demand of common right, by William Prynne Esquire; written and sent by him to Mr. John Bradshaw and his associates at White-Hall (stiling themselves, the Councel of State) after their two years and three months close imprisonment of him, under soldiers, in the remote castles of Dunster and Taunton (in Somersetshire) and Pendennis in Cornwall; before, yea without any legal accusation, examination, inditement, triall, conviction, or objection of any particular crime against him; or since declared to him; notwithstanding his many former and late demands made to them, to know his offence and accusers. Published by the author, for his own vindication; the peoples common liberty and information; and his imprisoners just convictio of their tyranny, cruelty, iniquity, towards him, under their misnamed free-state. London: printed for the author, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas in Green Arbour, 1655. ESTC No. R203337. Grub Street ID 80453.
  • Prynne, William. The vvorks of William Prynne of Swainswick, Esquire; since his last imprisonment, viz. The first and second part of a seasonable, legal and historical vindication of the fundamental right and laws of England, much enlarged. A declaration and protestation against excise i general, and hops a native incertain commodity in particular. A polemicall desertation, of the inchoation and determination of the Lordsday Sabbath. An old Parliamentary prognostication, for the members there in consultation. The Quakers unmasked, and clearly detected to be the spawn of Romish frogs, &c. London: printed [by T. Mabb et al.]; and are to be sold by Edward Thomas dwelling in Green-Arbour, 1655. ESTC No. R20630. Grub Street ID 82834.
  • Prynne, William. A seasonable, legal, and historical vindication, and chronological collection of the good, old, fundamentall liberties, franchises, rights, laws of all English freemen their best inheritance, birthright, security, against all arbtrary tyranny, and Ægyptian burdens) and o their strenuous defence in all former ages; of late years most dangerously undermined, and almost totally subverted, under the specious disguise of their defence and future establishment, upon a sure basis, by thier pretended, greatest propuguers. Wherein is, irrefragably evinced by Parliamentary records, ... that we have such fundamental liberties, .... That to attempt or effect the subversion ... by fraud or force, is High Treason. The principal of them summed up in X. Propositions; .... Collected, recommended to the whole English Nation, as the best legacy he can leave them, by William Prynne of Swainswick, Esquire. London: printed for the Author, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas in Green Arbor, 1655. ESTC No. R205677. Grub Street ID 82354.
  • Prynne, William. A briefe polemicall dissertation, concerning the true time of the inchoation and determination of the Lordsday-Sabbath. Wherein is clearly and irrefragably manifested by Scripture, reason, authorities, in all ages till this present: that the Lordsday begins and ends at evening; and ought to be solemnized from evening to evening: against the novel errours, mistakes of such, who groundlesly assert; that it begins and ends at midnight, or day-breaking; and ought to be sanctified from midnight to midnight, or morning to morning: whose arguments are here examined, refuted as unsound, absurd, frivolous. Compiled in the Tower of London, and now published, for the information, reformation of all contrary judgment or practise. By William Prynne of Swainswick Esq;. London: printed by T. Mabb for Edward Thomas dwelling in Green Arbour, 1655. ESTC No. R203221. Grub Street ID 80355.
  • Prynne, William. A new discovery of some Romish emissaries, Quakers; as likewise of some popish errors, unadvisedly embraced, pursued by our anticommunion ministers. Discovering the dangerous effects of their discontinuing the frequent publick administration of the Lords Supper; the popish errors whereon it is bottomed; perswading the frequent celebration of it, to all visible church-members, with their free-admission thereunto; and prescribing some legal regal remedies to redress the new sacrilegious detaining of it from the people, where their ministers are obstinate. By William Prynne of Swainswicke Esquire, a bencher of Lincolns Inne. London: printed for the author, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas in Green-Arbor, 1656. ESTC No. R203274. Grub Street ID 80397.
  • Prynne, William. Pendennis and all other standing forts dismantled: or, Eight military aphorismes, demonstrating the uselesness, unprofitableness, hurtfulness, and prodigall expensivenes of all standing English forts and garrisons, to the people of England: their inability to protect them from invasions, depredations of enemies or pyrates by sea or land: the great mischiefs, pressures, inconveniences they draw upon the inhabitants, country, and adjacent places in times of open wars, when pretended most usefull: and the grand oversight, mistake, injury in continuing them for the present or furure [sic] reall defence of the peoples lives, liberties, estates, the only ends pretended for them. Penned by William Prynne of Swainswick, Esquire, during his close imprisonment in Pendennis Castle. And now published for the common benefit, ease, information of the whole nation. London: printed for the author, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas in Green-Arbour, 1657 [i.e. 1656]. ESTC No. R203277. Grub Street ID 80398.
  • Prynne, William. A seasonable vindication of free-admission, and frequent administration of the Holy Communion to all visible church-members, regenerate or unregenerate. From the institution, precept, president of Christ himself; the doctrine, practice of the primitive Church, fathers, councils, Christians: the confessions, articles, records, chief writers of our own and other reformed churches: the dangerous consequents, effects, schisms arising from the disusage, infrequency, monopoly of this sacrament, to visible or real saints alone; and suspension of all others from it, til approved worthy upon trial. And that upon meer Anabaptistical, and papistical false principles, practices, (here discovered) unadvisedly embraced, imitated, asserted, exceeded by sundry over-rigid, reforming ministers; to our Saviours dishonour, our Churches great disturbance, their own, their peoples prejudice; and the common enemies, and seducers grand advantage. By Will: Prynne of Swainswick Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne. London: printed by F. Leach for the author, 1656. ESTC No. R203285. Grub Street ID 80403.
  • Prynne, William. The second part of a Short demurrer to the Ievves long discontinued remitter into England. Containing a brief chronological collection of the most material records in the reigns of King John, Henry 3. and Edward 1. relating the history, affaires, state, condition, priviledges, obligations, debts, legal proceedings, justices, taxes, misdemeanors, forfeitures, restraints, transactions, of the Jews in, and final banishment out of England, never formerly published in print: with some short usefull observations upon them. Worthy the knowledge of all lawyers, scholars, statists, and of such Jews who desire re-admission into England. By VVilliam Prynne Esquire, a bencher of Lincolns-Inne. London: printed, and sold by Edward Thomas in Green Arbor, 1656. ESTC No. R203286. Grub Street ID 80404.
  • Prynne, William. A short demurrer to the Jewes long discontinued remitter into England. Comprising an exact chronological relation of their first admission into, their ill deportment, misdemeanors, condition, sufferings, oppressions, slaughters, plunders, by popular insurrections, and regal exactions in; and their total, final banishment by judgment and edict of Parliament, out of England, never to return again: collected out of the best historians. With a brief collection of such English laws, Scriptures, as seem strongly to plead, and conclude against their readmission into England, especially at this season, and against the general calling of the Jewish nation. With an answer to the chief allegations for their introduction. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolnes-Inne. Printed at London: for Edward Thomas dwelling in Green-Arbor, 1656. ESTC No. R203287. Grub Street ID 80405.
  • Prynne, William. A summary collection of the principal fundamental rights, liberties, proprieties of all English freemen; both in their persons, estates, and elections; and of the memorable votes, resolutions, and Acts of Parliament, for their vindication and corroboration, in the late Parliaments of 3 & 17 of King Charles; collected out of their Journals, and printed Ordinances. Most necessary to be known, considered, re-established (in this present juncture of publick affairs) with all possible old and new securities; against past, present, and future publick violations, under-minings, by force or fraud, for the much-desired healing of the manifold large mortal wounds in these chief vital parts, and repairing the various destructive subversive breaches in these prime foundations of our English state fabrick; without which no effectual present or future healing, union, peace, or settlement can possibly be expected, or established in our distracted nations. By William Prynne of Swainswick Esq; a benche. London: printed for the author, 1656. ESTC No. R206517. Grub Street ID 83024.
  • Prynne, William. A legal resolution of two important quæres of general present concernment. Clearly demonstrating from our statute, common, and canon laws, the bounden duty of ministers, & vicars of parish-churches, to administer the sacraments, as well as to preach to their parishioners with the legal remedies to reclaim them from, or punish and remove them for their wilfull obstinacy in denying the sacraments to them. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne; to whom these quæres were newly propounded by some clyents. London: printed by F[rancis]. L[each]., in the year, 1656. ESTC No. R235566. Grub Street ID 106632.
  • Prynne, William. A legal resolution of two important quæres of general present concernment. Clearly demonstrating from our statute, common, and canon laws, the bounden duty of ministers, & vicars of parish-churches, to administer the sacraments, as well as to preach to their parishioners with the legal remedies to reclaim them from, or punish and remove them for their wilfull obstinacy in denying the sacraments to them. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne; to whom these quæres were newly propounded by some clyents. London: printed by F[rancis]. L[each]., in the year, 1656. ESTC No. R219602. Grub Street ID 94112.
  • Prynne, William. A short demurrer to the Jewes long discontinued barred remitter into England. Comprising an exact chronological relation of their first admission into, their ill deportment, misdemeanors, condition, sufferings, oppressions, slaughters, plunders, by popular insurrections, and regal exactions in; and their total, final banishment by judgment and edict of Parliament, out of England, never to return again: collected out of the best historians and records. With a brief collection of such English laws, Scriptures, reasons as seem strongly to plead, and conclude against their readmission into England, especially at this season, and against the general calling of the Jewish nation. With an answer to the chief allegations for their introduction. The second Edition, enlarged. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolnes-Inne. Printed at London: for Edward Thomas dwelling in Green-Arbor, 1656. ESTC No. R205682. Grub Street ID 82356.
  • Prynne, William. A summary collection of the principal fundamental rights, liberties, proprieties of all English freemen; both in their persons, estates, and elections; and of the memorable votes, resolutions, and acts of Parliament, for their vindication and corroboration, in the late Parliaments of 3 & 17 of King Charles; collected out of their Journals, and printed Ordinances. Most necessary to be known, considered, re-established (in this present juncture of publick affairs) with all possible old and new securities; against past, present, and future publick violations, under-minings, by force or fraud, for the much-desired healing of the manifold large mortal wounds in these chief vital parts, and repairing the various destructive subversive breaches in these prime foundations of our English state-fabrick; without which no effectual present or future healing, union, peace, or settlement can possibly be expected, or established in our distracted nations. By William Prynne of Swainswick Esq; a benche. London: printed for the author, 1656. ESTC No. R204726. Grub Street ID 81617.
  • Prynne, William. A legal resolution of two important quæres of general present concernment. Clearly demonstrating from our statute, common and canon laws, the bounden duty of ministers, & vicars of parish churches, to administer the sacraments, as well as preach to their parishioners; with the legal remedies to reclaim them from, or punish and remove them for their wilfull obstinacy in denying the sacraments to them. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne; to whom these quæres were newly propounded by some clients. London: printed by F[rancis]. L[each]., in the yeare, 1656. ESTC No. R203242. Grub Street ID 80377.
  • Prynne, William. The Lords Supper briefly vindicated; and clearly demonstrated by Scripture and other authorities, to be a grace-begetting, soul-converting, (as well as confirming) ordinance; against all false, vain, absurd, irreligious cavils, objections, whimsies, delusions of those novellists, who have lately contradicted it, both in press and pulpit: here satisfactorily refuted, retorted, dissipated. By William Prynne of Swainswick Esquire; a bencher of Lincolns Inne. London: printed, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas in Green Arbor, 165.8 [sic] [i.e. 1657]. ESTC No. R35132. Grub Street ID 117574.
  • Prynne, William. King Richard the Third revived. Containing a memorable petition and declaration contrived by himself and his instruments, whiles Protector, in the name of the three estates of England, to importune and perswade him to accept of the kingship, and crown of England, by their joynt election, (as if he were unwilling to undertake, or accept, though he most ambitiously aspired after them, by the bloudy murthers of K. Henry 6. Edward 5. and sundry others) before his coronation; presented afterwards to, and confirmed by the three estates and himself, in his first Parliament, to give him a colourable title both by inheritance, and their election to the crown. Transcribed out of the Parliament roll of 1.R.3. (printed in Speeds History of Great Britain: where his other additionall policies to engage the City of London, lawyers, divines and people, to elect, and make him their king, are at large recorded.). London: printed for William Leak, at the Crown in Fleetstreet, betwixt the two Temple-gates, 1657. ESTC No. R203357. Grub Street ID 80468.
  • Prynne, William. A seasonable, legal, and historical vindication of the good old fundamental liberties, franchises, rights, properties, laws, government of all English freemen; with a chronological collection of their strenuous defenses, by wars, and otherwise: of all great parliamentary councills, synods, and chief laws, charters, proceedings in them; of the publike revolu[t]ions of state, with th[e] sins and vices occasioning them; and the exemplary judgements of God upon tyrants, oppressors, perjured persidious traitors, rebels, regicides, usurpers, during the reigns o[sic] fou Saxon and Danish kings, from the year of our Lord 600. till the coronation of William the Norman, anno 1066. Collected out of our antientest, and best historians, with brief usefull observations on and from them. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne. London: printed by F. Leach, for Richard Lownds at the sign of the White Lyon in St. Pauls Church-yard, 1657. ESTC No. R42407. Grub Street ID 123746.
  • Prynne, William. The third part of a seasonable, legal, and historical vindication of the good old fundamental liberties, franchises, rights, laws, government of all English freemen; with a chronological collection of their strenuous defenses, by wars, and otherwise: of all great Parliamentary Councills, synods, and chief laws, charters, proceedings in them; of the publike revolutions of state, with the sins and vices occasioning them; and the exemplary judgements of God upon tyrants, oppressors, perjured perfidious traitors, rebels, regicides, usurpers, during the reigns [sic] four Saxon and Danish Kings, from the year of our Lord 600. till the coronation of William the Norman, anno 1066. Collected out of our antientest, and best historians, with brief usefull observations on and from them. By William Prynne esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne. London: printed by Francis Leach, 1657. ESTC No. R207432. Grub Street ID 83819.
  • Prynne, William. The Lords Supper briefly vindicated; and clearly demonstrated by Scripture and other authorities, to be a grace-begetting, soul-converting (as well as confirming) ordinance; against all false, vain, absurd, irreligious cavils, objections, whimsies, delusions of those novellists, who have lately contradicted in both press and pulpit: here satisfactorily refuted, retorted, dissipated. By William Prynne of Swainswick Esquire; a bencher of Lincolns Inne. London: printed, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas in Green Arbor, 1657. ESTC No. R5158. Grub Street ID 125625.
  • Prynne, William. Richard the Third revived. Containing a memorable petition and declaration contrived by himself and his instruments, whiles Protector, in the name of the three estates of England, to importune and perswade him to accept of the kingship, and crown of England, by their joynt election, (as if he were unwilling to undertake, or accept, though he most ambitiously aspired after them,) by the bloudy murthers of K. Henry 6. Edward 5. and sundry others, before his coronation; presented afterwards to, and confirmed by the three estates and himself, in his first Parliament, to give him a colourable title both by inheritance, and their election to the crowne. Transcribed out of the Parliament roll of 1.R.2. (printed in Speeds history of Great Britain:) where his other additionall policies to engage the City of London, lawyers, divines and people, of own, and make him their King, are at large recorded. London: printed for William Leak, at the Crown in Fleetstreet, betwixt the two Temple-Gates, 1657. ESTC No. R182702. Grub Street ID 72695.
  • Prynne, William. Eight military aphorismes, demonstrating the uselesness, unprofitableness, hurtfulness and prodigall expensiveness of all standing English forts and garrisons, to the people of England: their inability to protect them from invasions, depredations of enemies, or pyrates by sea or land: the great mischief, pressures, inconveniences they draw upon the inhabitants, country, and adjacent places in times of open wars, when pretended most usefull: and the grand oversight, mistake, injury in continuing them for the present or future reall defence of the peoples lives, liberties, estates, the onely ends pretended for them. By William Prynne of Swanswick, Esquire; for the common benefit, ease and information of the whole nation. London: printed for the author, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas, at his shop at the signe of the Adam and Eve in Little Brittain, 1658. ESTC No. R22224. Grub Street ID 96264.
  • Prynne, William. A plea for the Lords, and House of Peers: or, A full, necessary, seasonable, enlarged vindication, of the just, antient hereditary right of the lords, peers, and barons of this realm to sit, vote, judge in all the Parliamemts [sic] of England: wherein their right of session, and sole power of judicature without the Commons House, in criminal, civil, ecclesiastical causes as well of commons as peers; ... is irrefragably evidenced by solid reasons, punctual authorities, memorable presidents ... the seditious anti-Parliamentary pamphlets, libels of Lilbourn, Overton, and other Levellers against the Lords House, and right of judging commoners, fully refuted: and larger discoveries made of the proceedings, judgements of the Lords in Parliament, ... by William Prynne Esquire, a bencher of Lincolnes Inne. London: printed for the author, 1658. ESTC No. R203295. Grub Street ID 80413.
  • Prynne, William. The subjection of all traytors, rebels, as well peers, as commons in Ireland, to the laws, statutes, and trials by juries of good and lawfull men of England, in the Kings Bench at Westminster, for treasons perpetuated by them in Ireland, or any foreign country out of the realm of England. Being an argument at law made in the Court of Kings Bench, Hil. 20 Caroli Regis, in the case of Connor Magwire, an Irish baron ... fully proving; that Irish peers, as well as commons may be lawfully tried in this court in England, by the statute of 35 H.8.c.2. for treasons committed by them in Ireland, by a Middlesex jury, and outed of a trial by Irish peers: which was accordingly adjudged, and he thereupon tried, condemned, executed as a traytor: ... By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolnes Inne. London: printed by J. Leach for the author, 1658. ESTC No. R203350. Grub Street ID 80464.
  • Prynne, William. Demophilos, or The assertor of the peoples liberty: plainly demonstrating by the principles even of nature itself, and by the primitive constitutions of all governments since the creation of the world. That the very essence and the fundamental of all governments and laws, was meerly the safety of the people, and the advancement of their rights and liberries [sic]. To which is added the general consent of all Parliaments in the nation, and the concurrence of theescore and two kings since first this island was visible in earnest and by commerce with other nations hat been refined from fable and neglect. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolns-Inne. London: printed for Francis Coles in the Old-Baily, 1658. ESTC No. R207716. Grub Street ID 84069.
  • Prynne, William. Some popish errors, unadvisedly embraced, and pursued by our anticommunion ministers. Wherein is discovered the dangerous effects of their discontinuing the frequent publick administration of the Lords Supper; the popish errors whereon it is bottomed; perswading the frequent celebration of it, to all visible church-members, with their free-admission thereunto; and prescribing some legal regal remedies to redress new sacrilegious detaining of it from the people, where their ministers are obstinate. With a new discovery of some Romish emmissaries, Quakers. By William Prynne of Swainswicke, Esquire, a bencher of Lincolns Inne. London: printed for the author, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas at his shop at the signe of the Adam and Eve in Little-Britain, 1658. ESTC No. R5157. Grub Street ID 125624.
  • Prynne, William. Demophilos, or The assertor of the peoples liberty. Plainly demonstrating by the principles even of nature it self, and by the primitive constitutions of all governments since the creation of the world. That the very essence and the fundamental of all governments and laws, was meerly the safety of the people, and the advancement of their rights and liberties. To which is added the general consent of all Parliaments in the nation, and the concurrence of threescore and two kings since first this island was visible in earnest, and by commerce with other nations, hath been refined from fable and neglect. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolns-Inne. London: printed for Francis Coles in the Old-Baily, 1658. ESTC No. R5727. Grub Street ID 126147.
  • Prynne, William. The first part of a brief register, kalendar and survey of the several kinds, forms of all parliamentary vvrits: comprising in 3. sections, all writs, forms of summons to great councils, parliaments, convocations in the Tower, from the 5th of King John (1203) till 23 Edw 4. (1483) to all sorts of spiritual and temporal Lords, greatmen (members of,) and the Kings counsil (assistants to) the House of Lords: with other rare writs, and 4. exact alphabetical, chronological tables: 1. Of all abbots, priors, masters of orders, clergy-men, (except bishops:) 2. Of all dukes, earls, forreign kings, marquesses, princes of Wales: 3. Of all lay-barons, lords, vicounts [sic], great men: 4. Of all the Kings counsil (justices, clerks, or other officers) with the several numbers of each of them, and of bishops, summoned to every council, parliament, and the years, rolls, dorses in every kings reign, wherein their names are recorded. Illustrated with choice, usefull annotations, observations concerning . London: printed for the author, and sold by Edward Thomas in Little Britain, and Henry Brome in Ivy-Lane, 1659. ESTC No. R33923. Grub Street ID 116486.
  • Prynne, William. A plea for the Lords and House of Peers. Or A full, necessary, seasonable enlarged vindication, of the just, antient hereditary right of the earls, lords, peers, and barons of this realm to sit, vote, judge, in all the Parliaments of England. Wherein their right of session, and sole power of judicature without the Commons House, in criminal, civil, ecclesiastical causes as well of commons as peers; ... are irrefragably evidenced by solid reasons, punctual authorities, memorable presidents ... the seditious anti-Parliamentary pamphlets, libels of Lilbourn, Overton, and other Levellers against the Lords House, and right of judging commoners, fully refuted: and larger discoveries made of the proceedings, iudgements of the Lords in Parliament, ... and of the Commons first summons to, and just power in Parliaments, than in any former publications whatsoever. By William Prynne Esquire, a bencher of Lincolnes Inne. London: printed for Henry Brome, at the sign of the Gun in Ivie Lane, and Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1659. ESTC No. R33925. Grub Street ID 116488.
  • Prynne, William. A short, legal, medicinal, usefull, safe, easie prescription, to recover our kingdom, Church, nation from their present dangerous, distractive, destructive confusion, and worse than Bedlam madnesse; seriously recommended to all English freemen who desire peace, safety, liberty, settlement. By William Prynne, Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne. London: printed, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1659. ESTC No. R203288. Grub Street ID 80406.
  • Prynne, William. A true and perfect narrative of what was acted, spoken by Mr. Prynne, other formerly and freshly secluded members, the Army-officers, and some now sitting in the lobby, house, elsewhere, the 7th. and 9th. of May last ... By William Prynne, Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne. ... London: printed for Edw. Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britaine, 1659. ESTC No. R19484. Grub Street ID 77083.
  • Prynne, William. The curtaine drawne, or the Parliament exposed to view. The names of the Members yet living of both Houses of Parliament forceably secluded by the army in 1648. or since excluded by a few of their fellow Members, confirming that force which they formerly disowned. London: printed for Henry Brome, at the Gun in Ivy-lane, 1659. ESTC No. R21828. Grub Street ID 92957.
  • Prynne, William. Theodidactus; or, The faithfull admonisher. Showing the great dishonour to God, and the protestant religion, by the divisions and the animosities of the ministers of the Church of England, and seasonably exhorting them to unity of spirit in their profession of the Gospell of truth. Representing withall at large that the holy communion of the Lords Supper belongeth unto all and every visible member of the church that is capable of selfe-examination, and that Christ himselfe admitted Judas though a devill to it. By William Prynne Esq; bencher of Lincolns-Inne. London: printed, and are to be sold by F[rancis]. Coles, dwelling at the signe of the Lamb in the Old-Baily, 1659. ESTC No. R182240. Grub Street ID 72483.
  • Prynne, William. The new cheaters forgeries, detected, disclaimed; by Will. Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne. London: printed for Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Brittain, 1659. ESTC No. R203301. Grub Street ID 80420.
  • Prynne, William. A seasonable, vindication, of the good old fuudamental [sic] rights, and governments of all English freemen. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolnes Inne. London: printed for Henry Broom at the sign of the Gun in Ivie Lane, 1659. ESTC No. R232121. Grub Street ID 103989.
  • Prynne, William. The remainder, or second part of a Gospel plea (interwoven with a rational and legal) for the lawfulness & continuance of the antient setled maintenance and tithes of the ministers of the Gospel: wherein the divine right of our ministers tithes is further asserted: the magistrates inforcement of the due payment of them by coercive penal laws, when substracted or detained, vindicated: that they are no real burden, or grievance to the people; the abolishing them no ease, benefit to farmers, tenants or poor-people; but a prejudice rather; and a gain to none but ric land-lords, cleared: that the present opposition against them, proceeds not from any true grounds of conscience, or real inconveniences in tithes themselves, but only from base covetousness, carnal policy, ... Yea, from a Jesuitical and Anabaptistical design to subvert, ruine our church, ministry, religion; and bring a perpetual infamie on our nation, and the reformed religion here professed. By William Prynne of Swainswick Esq. London: printed by T. Childe and L. Parry for Edward Thomas, and are to be sold at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1659. ESTC No. R15632. Grub Street ID 63550.
  • Prynne, William. Historiarchos, or The exact recorder: being the most faithfull remembrancer, of the most remarkable transactions of estate, and of all the English lawes, and the just motives of them; for the proprieties, rights, and liberties of the English subjects. As most elabourately they are collected for the benefit of them, out of the antiquities of the Saxon and Danish kings, unto the coronation of William the Conqueror; and continued unto the present government of Richard now Lord Protector. By William Prynne Esquire, and bencher of Lincolne Inne. London: printed for Francis Coles, dwelling at the signe of the halfe-Bowle in the Old Baily, 1659. ESTC No. R14832. Grub Street ID 62814.
  • Prynne, William. Concordia discors, or The dissonant harmony of sacred publique oathes, protestations, leagues, covenants, ingagements, lately taken by many time-serving saints, officers, without scruple of conscience; making a very unpleasant consort in the ears of our most faithfull oath-performing, covenant-keeping God, and all loyal consciencious subjects; sufficient to create a dolefull Hell, and tormenting horror in the awakned consciences of all those, who have taken, and violated them too, successively, without any fear of God, men, devils, or Hell. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolns-Inne. London: printed for Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1659. ESTC No. R22150. Grub Street ID 95641.
  • Prynne, William. Ten considerable quæries concerning tithes, the present petitioners and petitions for their total abolition, as antichristian, Jewish, burdensom, oppressive to the godly, consciencious people of the nation; excited, incouraged thereunto by disguised Jesuits, popish priests friers, and Romish emissaries, to starve, suppress, extirpate our Protestant ministers, church, religion; and bring them all to speedy confusion. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne. London: printed for Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1659. ESTC No. R15775. Grub Street ID 63677.
  • Prynne, William. A brief necessary vindication of the old and new secluded Members, from the false malicious calumnies; and of the fundamental rights, liberties, privileges, government, interest of the freemen, Parliaments, people of England, from the late avowed subversions 1. Of John Rogers, in his un-christian concertation with Mr. Prynne, and others. 2. Of M: Nedham, in his Interest will not lie. Wherein the true Good Old Cause is asserted, the false routed; the old secluded Members cleared from all pretended breach of trust; the old Parliament proved to be totally dissolved by the Kings death; the sitting juncto to be no Parliament and speedily to be dissolved by the Army-Officers; the oathes of supremacy, allegiance, fealty to the King, his heirs and successors, to be still binding, continuing: The new commonwealth to be the Iesuites project; Ch. Stewart not sworn t popery, as Nedham slanders him; the restitution of our hereditary King and kingly government, not an vtopian republicke, evidenced b. London: printed, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1659. ESTC No. R1799. Grub Street ID 71122.
  • Prynne, William. A brief narrative of the manner how divers Members of the House of Commons, that were illegally and unjustly imprisoned or secluded by the Armies force, in December, 1648. and May 7. 1659. coming upon Tuesday the 27th of December 1659. (upon the providential reducing of mos of the Army to obedience, by the immediate hand of God) to discharge their trusts for the several counties and places for which they serve, were again forcibly shut out by (pretended) orders of the Members now sitting at Westminster, who had formerly charged the Army with the guilt of the said force, and professed a desire to remove it, that all the Members might sit with freedom and safety. Published by some of the said Members, in discharge of their trust, and to prevent the peoples being deceived of their liberties and birthright, for want of right information from those who were elected to represent them, but are forcibly excluded publick councils by some of their fellow Members, particularly enumerated. London: printed for Edward Thomas, at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1660 [i.e. 1659]. ESTC No. R203219. Grub Street ID 80352.
  • Prynne, William. A brief necessary vindication of the old and new secluded Members, from the false malicious calumnies; and of the fundamental rights, liberties, privileges, government, interest of the freemen, parliaments, people of England, from the late avowed subversions 1. Of John Rogers, in his un-christian concertation with Mr. Prynne, and others. 2. Of M: Nedham, in his Interest will not lie. Wherein the true good old cause is asserted, the false routed; ... By William Prynne of Swainswick Esq; a bencher of Lincolns-Inne. London: printed, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1659. ESTC No. R203220. Grub Street ID 80354.
  • Prynne, William. A gospel plea (interwoven with a rational and legal) for the lawfulness & continuance of the antient setled maintenance and tenths of the ministers of the Gospel: in two parts. Proving that there is a just, competent, comfortable maintenance due to all lawfull painfull preachers & ministers of the Gospel, by divine right, institution, & express texts, precepts of the Gospel: that glebes & tithes are such a maintenance, & due to ministers by divine right, law, gospel: that if subtracted or detained, they may lawfully be inforced by coercive laws and penalties: that tithes are no real burder nor grievance to the people; ... That the present opposition against tithes, proceeds not from any real grounds of conscience, but base covetousnesse, ... with a satisfactory answer to all cavils and material objections to the contrary. By William Prynne of Swainswick, Esquire, a Bencher of Lincolns Inne. London: printed by T[homas]. Childe, and L[eonard]. Parry, for Edward Thomas, and are to be sold at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1660. ESTC No. R33924. Grub Street ID 116487.
  • Prynne, William. Three seasonable quæres, proposed to all those cities, counties and boroughs, whose respective citizens, knights and burgesses have been forcibly excluded, uniustly eiected, and disabled to sit in the Commons house, by those now acting at Westminster. London: printed for Edward Thomas, at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1660. ESTC No. R211480. Grub Street ID 87307.
  • Prynne, William. The signal loyalty and devotion of Gods true saints and pious Christians, tovvards their kings: (as also of some idolatrous pagans) both before, under the law and Gospel: expressed by their private and publike prayers, supplications, intercessions, thanksgivings, well-wishes for the health, safety, long life, prosperity, temporal, spiritual, eternal felicity of the kings and emperors under whom they lived, whether pagan or Christian, bad or good, heterodox or orthodox, persecutors or protectors of them: and likewise for their royal issue, posterity, realms and by their dutifull conscientious obedience and subjection to them; with the true reasons thereof from Scripture and policy. Evidenced by presidents, and testimonies in all ages, worthy the knowledge, imitation, and serious consideration of our present degenerated disloyal, antimonarchical generation. By William Prynne Esq. a bencher of Lincolns Inne. London: printed by T. C[hilde] and L. P[arry] and are to be sold by Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1660. ESTC No. R203319. Grub Street ID 80436.
  • Prynne, William. The second part of The signal loyalty and devotion of Gods true saints and pious Christians under the Gospel, (especially in this our island) towards their Christian kings & emperors, whether orthodox or heterodox, virtuous or vicious, Protestants or papists, protectors or persecutors, ever since their kings and emperors first became Christian, till this present. Expressed in, and evidenced by their publike and private supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, options, acclamations, for their long life, health, safety, prosperity, victory over enemies temporal, spiritual and eternal felicity; peaceable, just, glorious reign over them, &c. And likewise for their queens, children, royal posterity, realms, armies, counsels, officers. Largely manifested both in point of theory and practice in a chronological method, by fathers, councils, ecclesiastical histories, liturgies, missals, books of publike and private prayers, poems, panegyricks, epistles, records, charters, and autho. London: printed by T. Childe and L. Parry, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1660. ESTC No. R203326. Grub Street ID 80443.
  • Prynne, William. Mr. Pryns letter and proposals to our gracious lord and soveraign King Charles: and His Majesties gracious resolves to all his loving subjects, of what degree or quality soever. Published for general satisfaction. Loudon [sic]: printed for Nathaniel Cotes, 1660. ESTC No. R203356. Grub Street ID 80467.
  • Prynne, William. A full declaration of the true state of the secluded Members case. In vindication of themselves, and their privileges, and of the respective counties, cities and boroughs for which they were elected to serve in Parliament, against the vote of their discharge, published i print, Jan. 5. 1659. by their fellow Members. Compiled and published by some of the secluded Members, who could meet with safety and conveniencie, without danger of a forcible surprize by Red-coats. London: printed, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas, at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1660. ESTC No. R22149. Grub Street ID 95634.
  • Prynne, William. Conscientious, serious theological and legal quæres, propounded to the twice-dissipated, self-created anti-Parliamentary Westminster juncto, and its Members. To convince them of, humble them for, convert them from their transcendent treasons, rebellions, perjuries, violences, oppressive illegal taxes, excises, militiaes, imposts; destructive councils, proceedings against their lawfull Protestant hereditarie kings, the old dissolved Parliament, the whole House of Lords, the majoritie of their old secured, secluded, imprisoned fellow-Members, the counties, cities, boroughs, freemen, commons, Church, clergie of England, their Protestant brethren, allies; contrary to all their oathes, protestations, vowes, leagues, covenants, allegiance, remonstrances, declarations, ordinances, promises, obligations to them, the fundamental laws, liberties of the land and principles of the true Protestant religion; and to perswade them now at last to hearken to and embrace such counsels, as tend to publike. London: printed, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1660. ESTC No. R219595. Grub Street ID 94105.
  • Prynne, William. Conscientious, serious theological and legal quæres, propounded to the twice-dissipated, self-created anti-Parliamentary Westminster juncto, and its members. To convince them of, humble them for, convert them from their transcendent treasons, rebellions, perjuries, ... destructive councils, proceedings against their lawfull Protestant hereditarie kings, the old dissolved Parliament, the whole House of Lords, the majoritie of their old secured, secluded, imprisoned fellow Members, ... contrary to all their oathes, protestations, vowes, leagues, covenants, allegiance, remonstrances, declarations, ordinances, promises, obligations to them, the fundamental laws, liberties of the land; and prinicples of the true Protestant religion; and to perswade them now at last to hearken to and embrace such counsels, as tend to publike unitie, safetie, peace, settlement, and their own salvation. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne. London: printed, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1660. ESTC No. R2988. Grub Street ID 112793.
  • Prynne, William. The second part of a brief register and survey of the several kinds and forms of parliamentary vvrits. Comprising the several varieties and forms of writs for electing knights, citizens and burgesses for parliaments and great councils, issued to sheriffs of counties only with the antientest returns of these writs by sheriffs yet extant on record (from 49 H.3. til 22 E.4.) amongst the records in the Tower: intermixed with other rare writs, pertinent to this subject; and some writs of prorogation and re-sommons, with special usefull annotations and observations on them, after most of these writs recitals, for the readers information. Wherein the original of the Commons House, and elections of knights, citzens, burgesses, and barons of ports to sit in Parliament, is infallibly evidenced to be no antienter than 49 H. 3. the presidents and objections to the contrarie, answered: the original of antient boroughs, and how many they were under King Edward the 1. 2, 3. discovered: the power of t. London: printed by T. Childe and L. Parry, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1660. ESTC No. R1409. Grub Street ID 62138.
  • Prynne, William. The unbishoping of Timothy and Titus, and of the angel of the church of Ephesus: or, A brief elaborate discourse, proving Timothy and the angel to be no first, sole, or diocæsan bishop of Ephesus, nor Titus of Crete; and that the power of ordination, or imposition of hands, belongs jure divino to presbyters, as well as to bishops, and not to bishops only, as bishops; who by divine institution are evidenced to be one and the same with presbyters, and many over one city, church, not one over many cities or churches. Wherein all objections, pretences to the contrary are fully answered; and the pretended superiority of bishops over other ministers and presbyters, and their sole right of ordination jure divino, (now much contended for) are utterly subverted in a most perspicuous manner. By William Prynne Esquire, bencher of Lincolns Inne; a well-wisher to Gods truth, the Kings just prerogative, the peoples liberties, and the churches peace. [London]: First compiled, printed in the year 1636. Reprinted for publike good and satisfaction, anno 1660. And are to be sold by Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, [1660]. ESTC No. R1383. Grub Street ID 61903.
  • Prynne, William. Beheaded Dr. John Hewytts ghost pleading, yea crying for exemplarie justice against the arbitrary, un-exampled injustice of his late judges and executioners in the new High-Commission, or Court of Justice, sitting in Westminster-Hall. Conteining his legal plea, demurrer, and exceptions to their illegal jurisdiction, proceedings, and bloody sentence against him; drawn up by counsel, and left behinde him ready ingrossed; the substance whereof he pleaded before them by word of mouth, and would have tendred them in writing in due form of law, had he not discerned thei peremptory resolution to reject and over-rule, before they heard them read. London: printed by T. Childe and L. Parry, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas, at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1660. ESTC No. R203215. Grub Street ID 80348.
  • Prynne, William. The case of the old secured, secluded, and now excluded Members, briefly and truly stated; for their own vindication, and their electors and the kingdoms satisfaction. By William Prynne of Lincolns Inne Esq; one of those Members. [London: printed, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas, at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1660]. ESTC No. R203224. Grub Street ID 80357.
  • Prynne, William. A legal vindication of the liberties of England, against illegal taxes and pretended Acts of Parliament, lately enforced on the people: or, Reasons assigned by William Prynne of Swainswick in the county of Sommerset, esquire, why he can neither in conscience, law, nor prudence, submit to the new illegal tax or contribution of ninety thousand pounds the month; imposed on the kingdom by a pretended Act of some Commons in (or rather out of) Parliament, April 7 1649. (when this was first penned and printed,) nor to the one hundred thousand pound per mensem, newl laid upon England, Scotland and Ireland, Jan. 26. 1659 by a fragment of the old Commons House, ... London: printed for Edw. Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1660. ESTC No. R207282. Grub Street ID 83686.
  • Prynne, William. Conscientious, serious theological and legal quæres, propounded to the twice-dissipated, self-created anti-Parliamentary Westminster juncto, and its Members. To convince them of, humble them for, convert them from their transcendent treasons, rebellions, perjuries, violences, oppressive illegal taxes, excises, militiaes, imposts; destructive councils, proceedings against their lawfull Protestant hereditarie kings, the old dissolved Parliament, the whole House of Lords, the majoritie of their old secured, secluded, imprisoned fellow-Members, the counties, cities, boroughs, freemen, commons, Church, clergie of England, their Protestant brethren, allies; contrary to all their oathes, protestations, vowes, leagues, covenants, allegiance, remonstrances, declarations, ordinances, promises, obligations to them, the fundamental laws, liberties of the land and principles of the true Protestant religion; and to perswade them now at last to hearken to and embrace such counsels, as tend to publike. London: printed, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1660. ESTC No. R203226. Grub Street ID 80359.
  • Prynne, William. The title of kings proved to be jure divino and also that our royall soveraign, King Charles the II, is the right and lawful heir to the crown of England, and that the life of his father, Charles the First, was taken away unjustly, contrary to the common law, statute law and all other lawes of England ; wherein is laid down several proofs both of Scripture and law, clearly and plainly discovering that there can be no full and free Parliament without a king and House of Lords / by W.P., Esq. London: Printed for Nehemiah Price .., 1660. ESTC No. R5212. Grub Street ID 125678.
  • Prynne, William. The first and second part of the signal loyalty and devotion of Gods true saints and pious Christians (as also of some idolatrous pagans) tovvards their kings, both before and under the law, and Gospel; especially in this our island. Expressed in and by their private and publike private loyal supplications, prayers, intercession, thanksgiving, votes, acclamations, salutations, epistles, addresses, benedictions, options of long life, health, wealth, safety, victory, peace, prosperity, all temporal, spiritual, eternal blessings, felicities to their kings persons, families, queens, children, realms, armies, officers, chearfull subjections and dutifull obedience to them: whethe [sic] good, or bad, Christians, or pagans, orthodox, or heterodox, protectors, or persecutors of them. With the true reasons thereof from Scripture and policy. Evidenced by varieties of presidents, testimonies and authorities in al ages, ... Whereunto the several forms, ceremonies, prayers, collects, benedictions an. London: printed by T. Childe, and L. Parry, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little-brittain, 1660. ESTC No. R217939. Grub Street ID 92665.
  • Prynne, William. The unbishoping of Timothy and Titus and of the angel of the Church of Ephesus: or, A brief elaborate discourse, proving Timothy and the angel to be no first, sole, or diocesan bishop of Ephesus, nor Titus of Crete; and that the power of ordination, or imposition of hands, belongs jure divino to presbyters, as well as to bishops, and not to bishops only, as bishops; who by divine institution are evidenced to be one and the same with presbyters, and many over one city, church, not one over many cities or churches. Wherein all objections, pretences to the contrary are fully answered; and the pretended superiority of bishops over other ministers and presbyters, and their sole right of ordination jure divino, (now much contended for) are utterly subverted in a most perspicuous manner. By William Prynne Esquire, bencher of Lincolns-Inne; a well-wisher to Gods truth, the Kings just prerogative, the peoples liberties, and the Churches peace. [London]: First compiled, printed in the year 1636. Reprinted with additions for publike good and satisfaction, anno 1661. for Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little-Britain, [1661]. ESTC No. R34561. Grub Street ID 117085.
  • Prynne, William. A brief, pithy discourse upon I Corinthians 14. 40. Let all things be done decently and in order. Tending to search out the truth in this question: Whether it be lawfull for church=governours to command and impose indifferent decent things (not absolutely necessary) in the administration of Gods worship? Written some years past by a judicious divine, and seasonable for our present times. London: printed for Edward Thomas, and are to be sold at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1661. ESTC No. R230129. Grub Street ID 102503.
  • Prynne, William. Minors no senators: or A brief discourse, proving infants under 21. years of age, to be uncapable, in point of law, reason, prudence, of being elected or admitted members of the High Court of Parliament: and thatthe elections of such, are not only infamous to the electors, but injurious, prejudicial, dishonourable to the whole Parliament, and mere nullities, not fit to be connived at. Written by way of letter to a friend and clyent, for his private satisfaction, afterwards published in the year 1646. (as now reprinted with some inlargements) for the common good; by William Prynne Esquire, bencher of Lincolnes Inne, a true lover of his country, and honourer of Parliaments. London: printed for Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1661. ESTC No. R208028. Grub Street ID 84329.
  • Prynne, William. A short sober pacific examination of some exuberances in, and ceremonial appurtenances to the Common prayer; especially, of the use and frequent repetitions of Glory be to the Father, &c. standing up at it, at Gospels, creeds, and wearing white rochets, surplises, with other canonical vestments in the celebration of divine service and sacraments; whose originals, grounds of institution and prescription, are here truly related, and modestly discussed, for the instruction of the ignorant, the satisfaction of all contenders for, or oppugners of, and preventing future contests about them, for our churches union in Gods publike worship. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne. London: printed by T[homas]. C[hilde]. and L[eonard]. P[arry]. and are to be sold by Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1661. ESTC No. R5455. Grub Street ID 125897.
  • Prynne, William. Brevia parliamentaria rediviva. In XIII. sections. Conteining [sic] several catalogues of the numbers, dates of all bundles of original writs of summons and elections newly found, or formerly extant in the Tower of London during the reigns of King Edw. 1, 2, 3. R. 2. H. 4, 5, 6. and E. 4 being 117 bundles: of all the knights names of each county retorned on these writs; and all cities, boroughs, ports therin summoned to elect, send, or actually returning citizens, burgesses, barons, and how oft they did it during these kings reigns: with 3. catalogues of all the citizens, burgesses retorned on these writs for Bathe, Bristol, London: the ancient forms of elections, retorns cedules, indentures relating to each county, city, borough, port; besides sundry rare writs, records, memorials, and observations from them touching elections, retorns: the true original creation, continuance, discontinuance, exemption of antient boroughs: the late erections of new, and revival of some old petty borou. London: printed for the author, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britaine, 1662. ESTC No. R14426. Grub Street ID 62450.
  • Prynne, William. A moderate, seasonable apology for indulging just Christian liberty to truly tender consciences, conforming to the publike liturgy. In, not bowing at, or to the name of Jesus; and not kneeling in the act of receiving the Lords Supper; according to His Majesties most gracious declaration to all his loving subjects, concerning ecclesiastical affairs. Comprising the principal reasons for their nonconformity in point of judgement, conscience, (not humour or schism) to these two ceremonies; the first whereof is at large discussed both as a pretended duty of the text, or necessary ceremony grounded on Philippians 2. 9, 10, 11. and its true original, progresse, abuses in the Church of Rome fully discovered. The second briefly and occasionally touched, as inferred from that text. (p. 64 to 90.) In three serious and sober inquiries, concerning bowing at the name of Jesus; compiled above 30. years since: published (with some few additions) to prevent uncharitable censures, and satisfy or pacify . London: printed for the author by T[homas]. C[hilde]. and L[eonard]. P[arry]., 1662. ESTC No. R5505. Grub Street ID 125941.
  • Prynne, William. The fourth part of a brief register, kalender and survey of the several kinds, forms of Parliamentary vvrits. Comprising all writs de expensis militum, civium, et burgensium Parliamenti, extant in the Tower records: all petitions, acts, law-cases, matters concerning them the names, qualities, expenses of the knights, citizens, burgesses, and short duration of each parliament, great counsil, session mentioned in them, in the reigns of King Edward 1, 2, 3. Richard 2. Henry 4, 5, 6. and Edward 4. With a clear detection, refutation of the gross errors, and pretended antiquity, authority of that absurde imposture, intituled, Modus tenendi Parliamentum, and Sir Edward Cooks apology for it; ... Collected, illustrated with usefull annotations and observations, for the information, benefit of the present age and posterity. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher, and reader of the Honourable Society of Lincolnes-Inne. London: printed by T. Ratcliffe, for the author, and sold by George Thomason at the Rose and Crown in St. Pauls Church-yard, and Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little-Britain, 1664. ESTC No. R14784. Grub Street ID 62769.
  • Prynne, William. The Quakers unmasked, and clearly detected to be but the spawn of Romish frogs, Jesuites, and Franciscan fryers; sent from Rome to seduce the intoxicated giddy-headed English nation. By an information taken upon oath in the city of Bristol, January, 22. and some evident demonstrations. By William Prynne of Swainswick, Esq;. London: printed for Edward Thomas, at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1664. ESTC No. R8191. Grub Street ID 128390.
  • Prynne, William. The second tome of an exact chronological vindication and historical demonstration of our British, Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman, English kings supream ecclesiastical jurisdiction, over all prelates, persons, causes, within their kingdomes and dominions; from the first year of the reign of King John, anno Dom. 1199. till the death of King Henry the III. in the year 1273. ... By William Prynne Esquire, a bencher and reader of the honourable Society of Lincolnes Inne. London: printed for the author by Thomas Ratcliff, 1665. and are to be sold by Abel Roper at the Sun over against St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet; Gabriel Bedell at the Inner Temple Gate; and Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britaine, [1665]. ESTC No. R202325. Grub Street ID 79571.
  • Prynne, William. The first tome of an exact chronological vindication and historical demonstration of our British, Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman, English kings supreme ecclesiastical jurisdiction, in, over all spiritual, or religious affairs, causes, persons, as well as temporal within their realms of England, Scotland, Ireland, and other dominions. From the original planting, embracing of Christian religion therein, and reign of Lucius, our first Christian king, till the death of King Richard the First, anno Domini 1199. ... By William Prynne Esq; a bencher, and reader of the honourable Society of Lincolnes-Inne. London: printed for the author by Thomas Ratcliff, and are to be sold by Abel Roper at the Sun over against St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet; Gabriel Bedell at the Middle Temple Gate; and Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1666. ESTC No. R14735. Grub Street ID 62729.
  • Prynne, William. An exact chronological vindication and historical demonstration of our British, Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman, English kings supream ecclesiastical jurisdiction, over all prelates, persons, causes, within their kingdoms and dominions; the second tome. From the first year of the reign of King John, anno Domini 1199. till the death of King Henry the III. in the year 1273. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher, and reader of the honourable Society of Lincolnes-Inne. London: printed for the author by Thomas Ratcliffe; and are to be sold by Abel Roper at the Sun over against St Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet; Gabriel Bedell at the Middle Temple Gate; and Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1666. ESTC No. R10619. Grub Street ID 58971.
  • Prynne, William. Aurum reginæ; or A compendious tractate, and chronological collection of records in the Tower, and Court of Exchequer concerning queen-gold: evidencing the quiddity, quantity, quality, antiquity, legality of this golden prerogative, duty and revenue of the queen-consorts o England. The several oblations, fines out of which it springs both in England and Ireland; the Queens officers in the Exchequer to receive, collect, account to her for it, with their patents; ... With an addition of some records concerning our royal mines of gold and silver, and four patents of K. Henry the 6. by authority of Parliament, for finding the philosophers stone, to transubstantiate baser metals into solid real gold and silver, to satisfie all the creditors of the King and kingdom in few years space. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolns-Inne, Keeper of his Majesties record in the Tower of London. London: printed for the author by Thomas Ratcliffe, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little-Britain, and Josias Robinson at Lincolns-Inne Gate, Anno 1668. ESTC No. R4976. Grub Street ID 125456.
  • Prynne, William. An additional appendix to Aurum reginæ; making some further discoveries of the antiquity, legality, quiddity, quantity, quality of this royal duty; of the oblations, fines from which it ariseth, as well in Ireland as England; the process by, the lands, chattels out of which it is levyed; and that the unlevyed arears thereof, at the Queen-Consorts death, of right accrue to the King, and none other, by his royal prerogative, and ought to be levyed for his use, by the laws of the realm. Collected by William Prynne Esq; a bencher and reader of Lincolns-Inne, keeper of His Majesties records in the Tower of London. London: printed for the author by Tho. Ratcliffe and Tho. Daniel, and are to be sold by Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, and Josias Robinson at Lincolns-Inne Gate, 1668. ESTC No. R21840. Grub Street ID 93063.
  • Prynne, William. The third tome of an exact chronological vindication and historical demonstration of the supreme ecclesiastical jurisdiction of our British, Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman, English Kings: more particulary of King John, Henry the Third; but principally of the most illustrious King Edward the First, in, and over all matters, causes, persons spiritual, as well as temporal, within their realms and dominions. ... By William Prynne Esq; a bencher and reader of Lincolns Inne, keeper of His Majesties records in the Tower of London. London: printed for the author by Tho. Ratcliff and Tho. Daniel, and are to be sold by Abel Roper at the Sun over against St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet; Thomas Collins at the Middle Temple; Josias Robinson at Lincolns Inne Gate; and Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1668. ESTC No. R202326. Grub Street ID 79572.
  • Prynne, William. Brief animadversions on, amendments of, & additional explanatory records to, the fourth part of the institutes of the lawes of England; concerning the jurisdiction of courts, compiled by the late famous lawyer Sir Edward Cooke Knight, (Chief Justice of both Benches) in his life-time, but published and re-printed (with some disadvantage) since his death. Wherein the misquotations, mistakes of records, antiquities cited in them, are rectified, some doubtful passages explained; many defective omissions of usefull records supplyed, especially such as relate to the proceedings, priviledges, members of the High Court of Parliament, the courts of the High Steward, Constable, Marshal, Admiral, with other civil, ecclesiastical courts; ... the transcripts of which records out of the originals, are at large inserted, many others chronologically and briefly quoted; with several tables thereunto: for the publike benefit, ... By William Prynne Esquire, ... London: printed by Thomas Ratcliffe, and Thomas Daniel, for A. Crooke, W. Leake, A. Roper, F. Tyton, T. Collins, J. Place, [and 6 others] booksellers in Fleetstreet, Chancery-lane, and Holborne, 1669. ESTC No. R22356. Grub Street ID 97357.
  • Prynne, William. The history of King John, King Henry III. and the most illustrious King Edward the I. Wherein the ancient sovereign dominion of the kings of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, over all persons in all causes, is asserted and vindicated, against all incroachments, and innovations whatsoever. The mistakes in some printed statutes, cannonists, law-books, histories, &c. and other matters of moment, are rectified, and rescued from oblivion. Collected out of the ancient records of the Tower of London: ... By William Prynne Esq; a late bencher, and reader of Lincolnes-Inne, and keeper of His Majesties records in the Tower of London. And finished a little before his death. London: printed by Tho. Ratcliff, and Tho. Daniel, for Philip Chetwind, in Aldersgate-street, next door to the Black-Horse; Nathaniel Brook, at the Angel in Cornhill; and Edward Thomas, at the Adam and Eve in Little Brittain, 1670. ESTC No. R471. Grub Street ID 125111.
  • Prynne, William. Antiquæ constitutiones regni Angliæ, sub regibus Joanne, Henrico Tertio, et Edoardo Primo, circa jurisdictionem et potestatem ecclesiasticam. Ex archivis regiis in Turri Londinensi fideliter collectæ. Per Gul. Prynne, eorundem archivorum custodem. Londini: impensis authoris, MDCLXXII. [1672]. ESTC No. R2314. Grub Street ID 103478.
  • Prynne, William. A rational account why some of His Majesties Protestant subjects do not conform to some exuberances in, and ceremonial appurtenances to the Common prayer: published for the instruction of the ignorant, satisfaction of all contenders, and the churches union in Gods public worship. London: Printed, and are to be sold by booksellers in London and Westminster-Hall, 1673. ESTC No. R7507. Grub Street ID 127768.
  • Prynne, William. A plea for the Lords, and House of Peers: or, A full, necessary, seasonable, enlarged vindication of the just, antient, hereditary right of the lords, peers, and barons of this realm to sit, vote, judge in all the Parliaments of England. Wherein their right of session, and sole power of judicature without the Commons House, in criminal, civil, ecclesiastical causes as well of commons as peers; ... is irrefragably evidenced by solid reasons, punctual authorities, memorable presidents ... the seditious anti-Parliamentary pamphlets, and libels against the Lords House, and right of judging commoners, fully refuted: and larger discoveries made of the proceedings, judgements of the Lords in Parliament ... By William Prynne Esquire, a bencher, late of Lincolnes Inne. London: printed for Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britain, 1675. ESTC No. R203297. Grub Street ID 80415.
  • Prynne, William. A seasonable, legal, historical vindication and chronological collection of the good old, fundamental liberties, franchises, rights and laws of all English freemen. Their best inheritance, birthright and only security, irrefragably evinced by parliamentary records, proof and presidents, during all the Britons, Romans, Saxons, Danes, Normans and English kings reigns, to this present. Collected for publique benefit. Recommended to the whole English nation, as a legacy, by William Prynne Esquire, late bencher and reader of Lincoln's-Inne, &c. With an introductory epistle to all true, zealous Protestants freemen of England. Wherein is discovered the many wicked plots and designs of Jesuits against this kingdome of England, more fully then any yet extant. London: printed for Edward Thomas at the Adam and Eve in Little Britaine, where you may be furnished with any sort of this learned authors works that are to be had, with a printed catalogue, 1679. ESTC No. R28158. Grub Street ID 111254.
  • Prynne, William. The signal loyalty and devotion of God's true saints and pious Christians, especially in this our island towards their kings: (as also of some idolatrous pagans) Both before, and under the law and gospel; expressed by their private and publick prayers, supplications, intercessions, thanksgivings, well-wishes for the health, safety, long life, prosperity, temporal, spiritual, eternal felicity of the kings and emperours under whom they lived, whether pagan or Christian, bad or good, heterodox or orthodox, Papists or Protestants, persecutors or protectors of them and likewise for their royal issue, posterity realms; and by their dutiful conscientious obedience and subjection to them; with the true reasons thereof from scripture and policy. Evidenced by presidents and testimonies in all ages, worthy the knowledg, imitation, and serious consideration of our present degenerated disloyal, antimonarchical generation. In two parts. By William Prynne Esq; late bencher, and reader of Lincolns-Inn. London: printed for Edward Thomas, at the Adam and Eve in Little-Britain. 1680. Where you may be furnished with most of this learned authors works, and a printed catalogue, [1680]. ESTC No. R229902. Grub Street ID 102299.
  • Prynne, William. Concordia discors, or The dissonant harmony of sacred publique oaths, protestations, leagues, covenants, ingagements, lately taken by many time-serving saints, officers, without scruple of conscience; making a very unpleasant consort in the ears of our most faithful, oath-performing, covenant-keeping God, and all loyal consciencious subjects; sufficient to create a doleful hell, and tormenting horror in the awakened consciences of all those, who have taken, and violated them too, successively, without any fear of God, men, devils, or hell, or a discourse tending to prove that the oaths of supremacy and allegiance do in direct words, extend not only to the King's person, but his heirs and successors. And do inviolably bind our three kingdoms in perpetuity, in point of law and conscience, so long as there is any heir of the crown and royal line in being; and that upon many unanswerable Scripture-presidents, and legal considerations. By William Prynne, Esq; a bencher of Lincolns-Inn. London: printed for Edw. Thomas in Little-Britain, in 1659. And now reprinted by Samuel Lowndes, over against Exeter-Exchange in the Strand in 1683. And are to be sold by R. Davis in Amen-corner, [1683]. ESTC No. R28463. Grub Street ID 111528.
  • Prynne, William. The title of kings proved to be jure divino, and that King Charles II. was the rightful and lawful heir to the crown of England, and that the life of his father K. Charles I. was taken away unjustly, contrary to the Common Law, Statute Law, and all the Laws of England. In a Short Essay, written by W. Prynne Esquire. And published in the year 1660. And now reprinted, with a preface and postscript; and humbly proposed as an Antidote against the Poyson of Novel Doctrines. London: printed and sold by A. Baldwin at the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane, [1705?]. ESTC No. N14234. Grub Street ID 4113.
  • Prynne, William. A memorable new-year's-gift, the 1st of January, 1648-9. To the Rump-Parliament, the general, and officers of the army, &c. Being a most Christian memento, Loyal Protestation, and truly Heroick, as well as Accurate and Learned Remonstrance, against Their, then, most wicked and flagitious Proceedings; especially, their, then, intended Deposition, Tryal, and most execrable Murder, of one of the best of Men, as well as Kings, Their rightful and lawful Sovereign. The Lord's Anointed, and Royal Martyr, King Charles I. By that truly worthy and exemplary Convert to Loyalty, William Prynne, Esq; then Prisoner, under the Army's Tyranny, at the King's-Head in the Strand. Now re-publish'd, for the charitable information of posterity, with a suitable Preface, by a true lover o monarchy, and Christian (but not licentious) Liberty. London: printed for A. Moore, near St. Paul's, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1727. ESTC No. T108428. Grub Street ID 161324.