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A16565 A copie of a certaine letter written by a person of reputation, to a prelate of brabant, being at Brussels. The 25. of Februarie. 1599 1599 (1599) STC 3470; ESTC S108264 11,005 18 View Text
A37276 An anatomy of atheisme a poem / by a person of quality. Dawes, William, Sir, 1671-1724. 1694 (1694) Wing D453; ESTC R16785 11,428 40 View Text
B08144 The devotions and formes of prayer, daily vsed in the king of Svvedens army: being the first part of our intended booke concerning the Svvedish discipline; religious, civill, and military.. 1632 (1632) STC 23519.5; ESTC S126259 13,095 47 View Text
A41743 Graces, to be said at the table before and after meat Very necessary for young people and children, with morning and evening prayer. 1655 (1655) Wing G1476A; ESTC R177582 13,711 50 View Text
A74652 The peace-maker or, a brief motive to unity and charitie in religion. By W.P. D.D. W. P. 1652 (1652) Wing P135; Thomason E1417_2; ESTC R209452 13,834 99 View Text
A16925 Certaine briefe questions and answers, concerning chiefe poynts of Christian religion Gathered for the vse of the young people of the parish of S. Andrewes in Eastcheape: and may serue generally for all places. By N.A. Allsopp, Nicholas. 1620 (1620) STC 382.5; ESTC S116751 14,204 42 View Text
A52077 Certaine observations upon some texts of Scripture gathered together for the setting forth the Kings avthority and the peoples dvty. T. M. 1648 (1648) Wing M81; ESTC R26186 14,414 28 View Text
A61461 A sermon preached before the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, and Aldermen of the City of London at St. Mary-Le-Bow, Jan. 30th, 1693/4 by William Stephens ... Stephens, William, d. 1718. 1694 (1694) Wing S5462; ESTC R14148 15,463 35 View Text
A02607 An inquisition of the true church, and those that revolt from it being a sermon pronounced at the second session of the Parliament / by Christopher Lo. Archbishop of Armagh, and Primate of all Ireland. Hampton, Christopher, 1552-1625. 1622 (1622) STC 12737.5; ESTC S4341 16,169 42 View Text
A56403 A sermon preached before the Lord Bishop of Chichester at Lewes at his first visitation there / by Timothy Parker ... Parker, T. (Timothy) 1676 (1676) Wing P484; ESTC R34545 16,490 40 View Text
A30435 A sermon preached before the King and Queen at White-Hall on the 19th day of October, 1690, being the day of thanksgiving for His Majesties preservation and success in Ireland by the Right Reverend Father in God, Gilbert Lord Bishop of Sarum. Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715. 1690 (1690) Wing B5893; ESTC R4094 16,794 42 View Text
A13850 A Christian amendment delivered in a sermon on New-yeares day 1631. in St Martines Church in Oxford, and now published: by H. Tozer Mr of Arts and Fellow of Exceter Colledge in Oxford Tozer, Henry, 1602-1650. 1633 (1633) STC 24158; ESTC S121019 18,018 94 View Text
A60621 A catechism for bishops, deans, prebends, doctors, vicars, curates, and all prelaticals, for them to read in the fear of the Lord God, and with a meek and quiet spirit by William Smith. Smith, William, d. 1673. 1662 (1662) Wing S4291; ESTC R17813 18,536 24 View Text
A14273 The honourable prentice: or, This taylor is a man Shewed in the life and death of Sir John Hawekwood, sometime prentice of London: interlaced with the famous history of the noble Fitzwalter, Lord of Woodham in Essex, and of the poisoning of his faire daughter: Also of the merry customes of Dunmow, where any one may freely haue a gammon of bacon, that repents not mariage in a yeere and a day. Whereunto is annexed the most lamentable murther of Robert Hall at the high altar in Westminster Abbey. Vallans, William. 1615 (1615) STC 24588; ESTC S101782 18,713 40 View Text
A64511 The third part of The amours of Messalina wherein the secret intrigues of the four last years reign are compleated, and the love adventures of Polydorus King of the Gauls, and the late Queen of Albion, made publick / by a woman of quality ... Woman of quality, fl. 1689-1690.; Leti, Gregorio, 1630-1701. 1689 (1689) Wing T912; ESTC R14248 18,814 34 View Text
A60613 Two sermons preached at the Cathedral Church of Norwich the one upon the 3d of May being Wednesday in Rogation week, the other upon the 29th day of May being the solemnization of His Majesties birth and restauration / by William Smith, D.D., Preb. Smith, William, b. 1615 or 16. 1677 (1677) Wing S4284; ESTC R23652 19,007 40 View Text
A29785 Physick lies a bleeding, or, The apothecary turned doctor a comedy, acted every day in most apothecaries shops in London : and more especially to be seen by those who are willing to be cheated, the first of April, every year : absolutely necessary for all persons that are sick, or may be sick / by Tho. Brown. Brown, Thomas, 1663-1704. 1697 (1697) Wing B5068; ESTC R36385 19,706 33 View Text
A57353 A sermon prech'd in the cathedral church of Norwich, at the funeral of the Right Reverend Father in God, Edward, Lord Bishop of Norwich, who departed this life, July 28, 1676 by B. Riveley ... Riveley, Benedict, 1627 or 8-1695. 1677 (1677) Wing R1548; ESTC R14652 19,829 38 View Text
A81367 Desires after Jesus: or, Meditations upon the life and passion of our blessed saviour Jesus Christ. With short ejaculations and prayers drawn from each passage thereof. : Very proper to excite our love and affections towards him, and to help us in the expression of our desires for the imitation of his vertues, and to preserve a due and thankful remembrance of what he has done and suffered for us. 1698 (1698) Wing D1179A; ESTC R174516 21,958 60 View Text
A62883 A brief testimony to the great duty of prayer shewing the nature and benefit thereof. To which is added, above one hundred eminent and select instances that God did answer prayer. Collected out of the record of Holy Scriptures. By J.T. one of the people call'd Quakers. With a postscript by J.F. Tomkins, John, ca. 1663-1706.; Field, John, 1652-1723. Earnest perswasive, by way of postscript, for all to mind and receive God's Holy Spirit in their hearts. 1695 (1695) Wing T1831; ESTC R222215 22,136 114 View Text
A54515 A way propounded to make the poor in these and other nations happy, by bringing together a fit, suitable, and well qualified people unto one houshold-government, or little-common-wealth ... whereunto is also annexed an invitation to this society, or little common-wealth / by Peter Cornelius, Van-zurik-zee. Plockhoy, Pieter Corneliszoon, fl. 1659.; Peters, Hugh, 1598-1660. 1659 (1659) Wing P1724; ESTC R10376 24,803 38 View Text
A50564 A Melius inquirendum into the birth of the Prince of Wales, or, An account of several new depositions and arguments pro and con and the final decision of that affair by the grand inquest of Europe, being a supplement to the depostions. 1689 (1689) Wing M1646; ESTC R918 26,205 16 View Text
A15713 The christians mourning garment Worship, William. 1603 (1603) STC 25987; ESTC S113276 27,165 63 View Text
A07436 A plaine subuersyon or turnyng vp syde down of all the argumentes, that the Popecatholykes can make for the maintenaunce of auricular confession with a moste wholsome doctryne touchyng the due obedience, that we owe vnto ciuill magistrates, made dialogue wyse betwene the prentyse and the priest by Gracyous Menewe. Menewe, Gracious.; Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567, attributed name. 1555 (1555) STC 17822; ESTC S109991 27,582 98 View Text
A02203 Epigrams and sentences spirituall in vers, of Gregori Nazanzen, an auncient & famous bishop in the Greke churche Englished by Tho. Drant. Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint.; Drant, Thomas, d. 1578? 1568 (1568) STC 12345.5; ESTC S4328 27,951 96 View Text
A68991 The hauen of hope containing godlie praiers and meditations for diuers purposes. Gathered by R.A. Allin, Ralph. 1585 (1585) STC 376.3; ESTC S115873 28,164 222 View Text
A59944 The true news of the good new world shortly to come (Heb. 2. 5.) for all such as then shall be found real saints with the sudden end of all the enjoyments of this present evil world ... Sherwin, William, 1607-1687? 1675 (1675) Wing S3412; ESTC R34239 29,293 23 View Text
A02685 Absaloms funerall: preached at Banbyrie by a neighbour minister. Or, The lamentation of a louing father for a rebellious child Harris, Robert, 1581-1658. 1610 (1610) STC 12817; ESTC S116599 29,333 41 View Text
A29527 Prayer and praise, a two-fold tribute to be payed by all loyal subjects to their supream and subordinate soveraign a subject entred upon April 23, 1661, being the day of the solemn inauguration of King Charles the II and finished the Lord's Day following / as it was delivered to the Church of God at Great Yarmouth by John Brinsley ... Brinsley, John, 1600-1665. 1661 (1661) Wing B4724; ESTC R35787 29,831 38 View Text
A10301 A president for young pen-men. Or The letter-writer Containing letters of sundry sortes, with their seuerall answeres. Full of variety, delight, and pleasure, and most necessary for the instruction of those that can write, but haue not the guift of enditing. M. R., fl. 1638. 1615 (1615) STC 20584; ESTC S120927 31,955 64 View Text
A69200 Godly priuate prayers for housholders to meditate vpon, and to say in their families; Godlye private praiers for housholders in their families Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576. 1578 (1578) STC 6685.5; ESTC S105306 32,382 67 View Text
A06525 A very comfortable and necessary sermon in these our dayes made by the right reuerend father and faithfull seruaunt of Iesus Christ Martin Luther ; concerning the comming of our Sauior Christ to Iudgement and the signes that go before the Last Day, which sermon is an exposition of the Gospell appointed to be red in the church on the second Sonday in Aduent ; and is now newly translated out of Latin into English and something augmented and enlarged by the translator with certaine notes in the margent. Luther, Martin, 1483-1546.; Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567. 1570 (1570) STC 16997.5; ESTC S2800 32,573 96 View Text
A13104 A perfect pathway to felicitie conteining godly meditations and praiers, fit for all times, and necessarie to be practized of all good Christians. Stubbes, Phillip. 1592 (1592) STC 23398; ESTC S1141 32,816 248 View Text
A09134 [Fedele and Fortunio] [The deceites in loue: excellently discoursed in a very pleasaunt and fine conceited comoedie, of two Italian gentlemen. Translated out of Italian, and set downe according as it hath beene presented before the Queenes moste excellent Maiestie].; Fedele. English Pasqualigo, Luigi.; Munday, Anthony, 1553-1633. 1585 (1585) STC 19447; ESTC S110343 33,243 50 View Text
A17331 A sermon preached in the Cathedrall Church in Norwich, the xxi. day of December, 1589. by W. Burton, minister of the word of God there. And published for the satisfying of some which took offence thereat Burton, William, d. 1616. 1590 (1590) STC 4178; ESTC S114179 33,638 90 View Text
A63959 The Dying speeches, letters and prayers &c. of those eminent Protestants who suffered in the west of England (and elsewhere) under the cruel sentence of the late Lord Chancellour, then Lord Chief Justice Jefferys : with an account of their undaunted courage at the barr, and afterwards : with the most remarkable circumstances that attended their execution : never before published. 1689 (1689) Wing T3372A; Wing D2956_CANCELLED; ESTC R42261 33,759 40 View Text
A00972 The historie of the perfect-cursed-blessed man setting forth mans excellency by his generation, miserie [by his] degeneration, felicitie [by his] regeneration. By I.F. Master of Arts, preacher of Gods word, and rector of Wilbie in Suff. Fletcher, Joseph, 1577?-1637.; Cecil, Thomas, fl. 1630, engraver. 1628 (1628) STC 11078; ESTC S105608 35,115 104 View Text
A12143 Loves crueltie A tragedy, as it vvas presented by her Majesties Servants, at the private House in Drury Lane. Written by James Shirley Gent. Shirley, James, 1596-1666. 1640 (1640) STC 22449; ESTC S117371 35,959 66 View Text
A43479 The first part of the principles of the art military practiced in the warres of the United Netherlands, vnder the command of His Highnesse the Prince of Orange our Captaine Generall, for as much as concernes the duties of a souldier, and the officers of a companie of foote, as also of a troupe of horse, and the excerising of them through their severall motions : represented by figure, the word of commaund and demonstration / composed by Captaine Henry Hexham, Quartermaster to the Honourable Colonell Goring.; Principles of the art militarie Part 1 Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650? 1642 (1642) Wing H1652; ESTC R11968 36,185 55 View Text
A09331 A weekes worke, and a worke for every weeke by R.B. Bernard, Richard, 1568-1641. 1616 (1616) STC 1964.3; ESTC S1779 36,940 190 View Text
A19428 Father Cotton a Iesuite, the Kings confessour, his two and thirtie demands, to the ministers of France with the answeres added at the end of euerie demand. Also threescore and foure demands proposed to Father Cotton, by way of counter-change. By Peter Moulin, minister of the word of God in the church of Paris. Printed according to the French copie, printed in Paris. Also a new late chalenge, by a learned diuine, to all Papists, in 24. other Popish articles.; Trente-deux demandes proposées par le P. Cotton. English Du Moulin, Pierre, 1568-1658.; Coton, Pierre, 1564-1626.; Barnes, John, fl. 1600-1621. 1614 (1614) STC 5857; ESTC S116356 39,158 65 View Text
A02655 A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia of the commodities and of the nature and manners of the naturall inhabitants. Discouered by the English colon there seated by Sir Richard Greinuile Knight in the eere 1585. Which remained vnder the gouernement of twelue monethes, at the speciall charge and direction of the Honourable Sir Walter Raleigh Knight lord Warden of the stanneries who therein hath beene fauoured and authorised b her Maiestie :and her letters patents: This fore booke is made in English by Thomas Hariot seruant to the abouenamed Sir Walter, a member of the Colon, and there imploed in discouering Cum gratia et priuilegio Caes. Matis Speciali Hariot, Thomas, 1560-1621.; Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598. America.; White, John, fl. 1585-1593, artist.; Hakluyt, Richard, 1552?-1616.; Veen, Gijsbert van, 1558-1630, engraver. 1590 (1590) STC 12786; ESTC S106427 39,246 83 View Text
A31643 The cabinet open'd, or, The secret history of the amours of Madam de Maintenon, with the French king translated from the French copy.; Cassette ouverte. English Maintenon, Madame de, 1635-1719. 1690 (1690) Wing C190; ESTC R216402 39,425 154 View Text
A17444 An A.B.C. or holy alphabet conteyning some plaine lessons gathered out of the word, to the number of the letters in the English alphabet, to enter young beginners in the schoole of Christ. E. C., fl. 1626.; Cancellar, James, attributed name. 1626 (1626) STC 4264.5; ESTC S114411 39,537 142 View Text
A18400 Al fooles a comedy, presented at the Black Fryers, and lately before his Maiestie. Written by George Chapman. Chapman, George, 1559?-1634. 1605 (1605) STC 4963; ESTC S107687 40,521 74 View Text
A19453 The court of good counsell VVherein is set downe the true rules, how a man should choose a good wife from a bad, and a woman a good husband from a bad. Wherein is also expressed, the great care that parents should haue, for the bestowing of their children in mariage: and likewise how children ought to behaue themselues towardes their parents: and how maisters ought to gouerne their seruants, and how seruants ought to be obedient towards their maisters. Set forth as a patterne, for all people to learne wit by: published by one that hath dearely bought it by experience. Guazzo, Stefano, 1530-1593. Civil conversatione. 1607 (1607) STC 5876; ESTC S105096 41,315 73 View Text
A15549 A pleasant comedie, called VVily beguilde The chiefe actors be these: a poore scholler, a rich foole, and a knaue at a shifte.; Wily beguiled. 1606 (1606) STC 25818; ESTC S120127 42,655 78 View Text
A62052 The pastors farevvell, and vvish of vvelfare to his people, or, A valedictory sermon by George Swinnock ... Swinnock, George, 1627-1673. 1662 (1662) Wing S6280; ESTC R39111 44,281 80 View Text
A11988 The merry vviues of Windsor With the humours of Sir Iohn Falstaffe, as also the swaggering vaine of ancient Pistoll, and Corporall Nym. Written by William Shake-speare. Newly corrected. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. 1630 (1630) STC 22301; ESTC S111208 45,620 80 View Text
A12545 Sir Thomas Smithes voiage and entertainment in Rushia With the tragicall ends of two emperors, and one empresse, within one moneth during his being there: and the miraculous preseruation of the now raigning emperor, esteemed dead for 18. yeares. Smith, Thomas, Sir, 1558?-1625. 1605 (1605) STC 22869; ESTC S111002 46,009 102 View Text
A22192 The key of knovvledge Contayning sundry godly prayers and meditations, very necessary to occupy the mindes of well disposed persons. Achelley, Thomas. 1572 (1572) STC 85A; ESTC S115874 47,179 372 View Text
A22095 The lattre examinacyon of Anne Askewe latelye martyred in Smythfelde, by the wycked Synagoge of Antichrist, with the Elucydacyon of Iohan Bale. Askew, Anne, 1521-1546.; Bale, John, 1495-1563. 1547 (1547) STC 850; ESTC S109052 47,906 146 View Text
A31050 The monk unvail'd: or, A facetious dialogue, discovering the several intrigues, and subtil practises, together with the lewd and scandalous lives of monks, fryers, and other pretended religious votaries of the Church of Rome. Written by an eminent Papist in French. Faithfully translated by C.V. Gent. Barrin, Jean, ca. 1640-1718.; C. V. 1678 (1678) Wing B920A; ESTC R213529 50,045 154 View Text
A43256 The touch-stone of the reformed gospel wherein the principal heads and tenents of the Protestant doctrine (objected against Catholicks) are briefly refuted. By the express texts of the Protestants own Bible, set forth and approved by the Church of England. With the ancient fathers judgements thereon, in confirmation of the Catholick doctrine. Heigham, John, fl. 1639.; Kellison, Matthew, attributed name. 1676 (1676) Wing H1370E; ESTC R216621 50,365 158 View Text
A72264 The touch-stone of the reformed Ghospell. Wherin sundry chiefe heads and tenets of the protestants doctrine (obiected by them commonly against the Catholicks) are briefly refuted. By the expresse texts of the protestants owne Bible, set forth and approued by the Church of England. With the ancient fathers Iudgments thereon, in confirmation of the Catholike Doctrine; Gagge of the new gospel Heigham, John, fl. 1639. 1634 (1634) STC 13033.8; ESTC S125239 50,830 222 View Text
A40656 A collection of sermons ... together with Notes upon Jonah / by Thomas Fuller.; Sermons. Selections Fuller, Thomas, 1608-1661. 1655 (1655) Wing F2418; ESTC R21301 51,193 163 View Text
A14830 A sparing discouerie of our English Iesuits, and of Fa. Parsons proceedings vnder pretence of promoting the Catholike faith in England for a caueat to all true Catholiks our very louing brethren and friends, how they embrace such very vncatholike, though Iesuiticall deseignments. Bagshaw, Christopher, d. 1625?; Watson, William, 1559?-1603. 1601 (1601) STC 25126; ESTC S119548 53,231 85 View Text
A14004 The practise of the faithfull containing many godly praiers both of morning and euening and other necessarie occasions. Whereunto are added diuers profitable and comfortable meditations necessarie to be remembered and practised of euery Christian. Tuke, Thomas, d. 1657. 1613 (1613) STC 24314; ESTC S102481 54,477 274 View Text
A87420 Enochs walk and change opened in a sermon at Lawrence-Jury in London, Febr. 7th, 1655, at the funeral of the Reverend Mr. Richard Vines, minister of the Gospel there : with a short account of his life and death, with some elegies &c. on his death / by Tho. Jacombe ... Jacombe, Thomas, 1622-1687. 1656 (1656) Wing J115A; ESTC R202651 55,010 68 View Text
A51249 Theosplanchnistheis, or, The yernings of Christs bowels towards his languishing friends wherein the sincereity, ardency, constancy, and super-eminent excellency of the love of Jesus Christ as it workes from him towards his friends is delineated, discussed, and fitly applyed / by S.M. ... Moore, Samuel, b. 1617. 1647 (1647) Wing M2588; ESTC R9458 55,323 150 View Text
A09789 A president for parentes, teaching the vertuous training vp of children and holesome information of yongmen. / Written in greke by the prudent and wise phylosopher Chœroneus [sic] Plutarchus, translated and partly augmented by Ed. Grant: very profitable to be read of all those that desire to be parents of vertuous children. Anno. 1571. Seene and allowed according to the Quenes iniunctions.; De educatione puerorum. English Plutarch.; Grant, Edward, 1540?-1601. 1571 (1571) STC 20057.5; ESTC S110518 57,885 148 View Text
A14366 A moste necessary treatise of free wil not onlye against the Bapistes, but also against the Anabaptistes, which in these our daies, go about to renue the detestable heresies of Pelagius, and of the Luciferians, whiche say and affirm, that we be able by our own natural strength to fulfil the law and commaundementes of God. Made dialoge wyse by Iohn Veron, in a manner word by woorde, as he did set it forth in his lectures at Paules. Véron, John, d. 1563. 1561 (1561) STC 24684; ESTC S101311 58,715 178 View Text
A07603 Mohammedis imposturæ: that is, A discouery of the manifold forgeries, falshoods, and horrible impieties of the blasphemous seducer Mohammed with a demonstration of the insufficiencie of his law, contained in the cursed Alkoran; deliuered in a conference had betweene two Mohametans, in their returne from Mecha. Written long since in Arabicke, and now done into English by William Bedwell. Whereunto is annexed the Arabian trudgman, interpreting certaine Arabicke termes vsed by historians: together with an index of the chapters of the Alkoran, for the vnderstanding of the confutations of that booke. Bedwell, William, ca. 1561-1632. 1615 (1615) STC 17995; ESTC S112749 61,486 122 View Text
A25775 A short history of Valentinus Gentilis, the tritheist tryed, condemned, and put to death by the Protestant reformed city and church of Bern in Switzerland, for asserting the three divine persons of the Trinity, to be [three distinct, eternal spirits, &c.] / wrote in Latin, by Benedictus Aretius, a divine of that church, and now translated into English for the use of Dr. Sherlock ...; Valentini Gentilis justo capitis supplicio affecti brevis historia. English Aretius, Benedictus, d. 1574.; South, Robert, 1634-1716. 1696 (1696) Wing A3629; ESTC R6675 62,571 156 View Text
A06772 The fortresse of the faythfull agaynst [ye] cruel assautes of pouertie and honger newlye made for the comforte of poore nedye Christians, by Thomas Becon. Becon, Thomas, 1512-1567. 1550 (1550) STC 1721; ESTC S109202 62,711 184 View Text
A13812 An ansvvere to certein assertions of M. Fecknam, sometime abbot of Westminster which he made of late against a godly sermon of M. Iohn Goughes, preached in the Tower the xv. of Ianuarie. 1570. Seen and allowed. Tomson, Laurence, 1539-1608.; Feckenham, John de, 1518?-1585, attributed name.; Gough, John, fl. 1561-1570, attributed name. 1570 (1570) STC 24113; ESTC S113017 63,134 174 View Text
A16881 The second part of the true watch containing the perfect rule and summe of prayer: so plainlie set downe, that the weakest Christian, taking but the leas paines, may in a very short space, learne to pray of himselfe, with much assurance and comfort: both to get strength to obserue the Lords watch; and to helpe to turne away, or at least finde comfort in the euils that are to come.; True watch. Part 2 Brinsley, John, fl. 1581-1624. 1607 (1607) STC 3776; ESTC S119301 63,782 231 View Text
A42225 Guzman, Hinde, and Hannam outstript being a discovery of the whole art, mistery and antiquity of theeves and theeving, with their statutes, laws, customs and practises, together with many new and unheard of cheats and trepannings.; Desordenada codicia de los bienes agenos. English García, Carlos, doctor.; W. M. (William Melvin) 1657 (1657) Wing G211; ESTC R23341 63,892 284 View Text
A42233 Lavernæ, or, The Spanish gipsy the whole art, mystery, antiquity, company, noblenesse, and excellency of theeves and theeving : with their statutes, laws, customes, practices, varieties, and differences, also their originall, rise, and beginning, of what parents, education and breeding the author was : with a pleasant discourse hee had in prison with a most famous theefe, and also his last disgrace, being a work no lesse curious than delectable / first written in Spanish by Don. Garcia ; now in English by W.M.; Desordenada codicia de los bienes agenos. English Garcia, Carlos.; W. M. (William Melvin) 1650 (1650) Wing G212; ESTC R177476 64,069 288 View Text
A01433 The sonne of the rogue, or, The politick theefe with the antiquitie of theeves : a worke no lesse curious then delectable / first written in Spanish by Don Garcia ; afterwards translated into Dutch, and then into French by S.D. ; now Englished by W.M.; De sordenada codicia de los bienes agenos. English García, Carlos, doctor.; W. M. (William Melvin) 1638 (1638) STC 11550.4; ESTC S4312 64,197 282 View Text
A64231 A practical and short exposition of the catechism of the Church of England by way of question and answer. Wherein the divine authority and reasonableness of every question and answer, every doctrin and practice in it recommended, are evidenced and improved against most contemners of it and dissenters from it. With that moderation and plainness that it may engage all to adhere to, and especially may instruct children in the true Protestant religion of the Church of England. Humbly offered for the good of schools and youth. By Nathanael Taylor, M.A. Taylor, Nathanael, d. 1702. 1683 (1683) Wing T544B; ESTC R222427 64,394 147 View Text
A06078 The praise of solitarinesse set down in the forme of a dialogue, wherein is conteyned, a discourse philosophical, of the lyfe actiue, and contemplatiue. Baynes Roger, 1546-1623. 1577 (1577) STC 1651; ESTC S101586 64,469 96 View Text
A87478 The resurrection of dead bones, or, The conversion of the Jewes. In a treatise, wherein are clearly demonstrated the places where, and manner how the ten supposed lost Tribes of Israel do at this day subsist. With a description of the future glorious estate of the Twelve, at the incomparable union of Judah and Ephraim; which must shortly be in reference to its compleating the whole mysterie of mans redemption, and real establishing of the kingdom of Jesus Christ, after the Jews conversion. / Written by J.J. Philo-Judæus. J. J. 1655 (1655) Wing J19; Thomason E1501_1; ESTC R208651 64,571 139 View Text
A14369 A stronge defence of the maryage of pryestes agaynste the Pope Eustachians, and Tatanites of our time, made dialogue wise by Iohn Veron, betwixte Robin Papyste, and the true Christian. Véron, John, d. 1563. 1562 (1562) STC 24687; ESTC S106223 65,756 176 View Text
A25310 The amours of Messalina, late queen of Albion in which are briefly couch'd secrets of the imposture of the Cambrion prince, the Gothick league, and other court intrigues of the four last years reign, not yet made publick / by a woman of quality, a late confident of Q. Messalina. Woman of quality, fl. 1689-1690.; Leti, Gregorio, 1630-1701. 1689 (1689) Wing A3023; ESTC R38616 66,775 132 View Text
A05367 Hygiasticon: Or, The right course of preserving life and health unto extream old age together with soundnesse and integritie of the senses, judgement, and memorie. Written in Latine by Leonardus Lessius, and now done into English.; Hygiasticon. English Lessius, Leonardus, 1554-1623.; Cornaro, Luigi, 1475-1566. Discorsi della vita sobria. English.; Herbert, George, 1593-1633.; Ferrar, Nicholas, 1592-1637, attributed name.; Sheppard, Thomas, attributed name.; Landi, Ortensio, ca. 1512-ca. 1553. Esser miglior la vita parca della splendida & sontuosa. English. 1634 (1634) STC 15520; ESTC S113348 68,762 319 View Text
A05694 A christall glasse of christian reformation wherein the godly maye beholde the coloured abuses vsed in this our present tyme. Collected by Stephen Bateman Minister. Batman, Stephen, d. 1584. 1569 (1569) STC 1581; ESTC S115367 68,767 152 View Text
A14944 A moste frutefull, piththye and learned treatise, how a christen ma[n] ought to behaue himself in the dau[n]ger of death Werdmüller, Otto, 1511-1552.; Coverdale, Miles, 1488-1568.; Grey, Jane, Lady, 1537-1554. aut 1555 (1555) STC 25251; ESTC S100738 68,910 312 View Text
A47787 The temperate man, or, The right way of preserving life and health, together with soundness of the senses, judgment and memory unto extream old age in three treatises / the first written by the learned Leonardus Lessius, the second by Lodowich Cornaro, a noble gentleman of Venice, the third by a famous Italian; faithfully Englished.; Hygiasticon. English. 1678 Lessius, Leonardus, 1554-1623.; Cornarus, Ludwig.; Herbert, George, 1593-1633.; Ferrar, Nicholas, 1592-1637. 1678 (1678) Wing L1181; ESTC R32465 69,139 222 View Text
A19807 A continuation of the historie of France from the death of Charles the eight where Comines endeth, till the death of Henry the second. Collected by Thomas Danett Gentleman. Danett, Thomas, fl. 1566-1601. 1600 (1600) STC 6234; ESTC S109248 69,757 158 View Text
A31477 The innocent lady, or, The illustrious innocence being an excellent true history, and of modern times carried with handsome conceptions all along / written originally in French by the learned Father de Ceriziers of the Company of Jesus ; and now rendered into English by Sir William Lower, Knight.; Innocence reconnuë Cerisiers, René de, 1609-1662.; Lower, William, Sir, 1600?-1662. 1654 (1654) Wing C1679; ESTC R37539 69,822 175 View Text
A69364 Certaine select prayers gathered out of S. Augustine's meditations which he calleth his selfe talke with God.; De meditatione. English. Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. 1574 (1574) STC 924; ESTC S100328 71,249 294 View Text
A07328 The reigne of King Henry the Second written in seaven bookes. By his Majesties command. May, Thomas, 1595-1650.; Vaughan, Robert, engraver. 1633 (1633) STC 17715; ESTC S122115 72,475 216 View Text
A13221 The Svvedish discipline, religious, civile, and military The first part, in the formes of prayer daily used by those of the Swedish nation, in the armie. Together with two severall prayers, uttered upon severall occasions by that pious King; which God immediately heard and granted him. The second part, in the excellent orders observed in the armie; whereof we here present you the articles, by which the souldiery is governed. The third part, in the Kings commission for levying of a regiment: his order for drawing vp of a private company; of a squadron; and of a brigade: with his manner of enquartering a private regiment; and of an army royall: vnto which is added the best manner of building and fortifying of a towne of warre. All, in fiue severall figures expressed and explained. Last of all, is the famous Battell of Leipsich, in two fayre figures also set forth: and now this second time more fully and particularly described. Watts, William, 1590?-1649, attributed name.; Roe, Thomas, Sir, 1581?-1644, attributed name.; Abelin, Johann Philipp. Arma Suecica. English.; Sweden. Armén. 1632 (1632) STC 23520; ESTC S118094 72,824 144 View Text
A08304 A progresse of pietie. Or the harbour of heauenly harts ease to recreate the afflicted soules of all such as are shut vp in anye inward or outward affliction. By Iohn Norden. Norden, John, 1548-1625? 1596 (1596) STC 18633; ESTC S103531 73,609 218 View Text
A92862 The leaves of the tree of life: for the healing of the nations. Opening all the wounds of this kingdome, and of every party, and applying a remedy to them: by which we come to a right understanding between King and Parliament. A universal agreement and peace on all sides, and the kingdom restored and setled upon a sure and unmoveable foundation: by the light of God shining upon William Sedgwick. Sedgwick, William, 1609 or 10-1669? 1648 (1648) Wing S2386; Thomason E460_40; ESTC R204719 74,614 130 View Text
B20902 Mensalia sacra, or, Meditations on the Lord's Supper wherein the nature of the holy sacrament is explain'd and the most weighty cases of conscience about it are resolv'd / by the reverend Mr. Francis Crow, late minister of the Gospel at Clare in Suffolk ; to which is prefixt a brief account of the author's life and death. Crow, Francis, d. 1692. 1693 (1693) Wing C7365 75,143 146 View Text
A52036 An answer to a booke entitvled An hvmble remonstrance in which the originall of liturgy, episcopacy is discussed : and quares propounded concerning both : the parity of bishops and presbyters in Scripture demonstrated : the occasion of their imparity in antiquity discovered : the disparity of the ancient and our moderne bishops manifested : the antiquity of ruling elders in the church vindicated : the prelaticall church bownded / written by Smectymnvvs. Smectymnuus.; Milton, John, 1608-1674. 1641 (1641) Wing M748; ESTC R21898 76,341 112 View Text
A80038 The card of courtship or the language of love; fitted to the humours of all degrees, sexes, and conditions. Made up of all sorts of curious and ingenious dialogues, pithy and pleasant discourses, eloquent and winning letters, delicious songs and sonnets, fine fancies, harmonious odes, sweet rhapsodies. Musophilus. 1653 (1653) Wing C489; Thomason E1308_2; ESTC R13318 76,907 193 View Text
A65779 Controversy-logicke, or, The methode to come to truth in debates of religion written by Thomas White, Gentleman. White, Thomas, 1593-1676. 1659 (1659) Wing W1816; ESTC R8954 77,289 240 View Text
A63124 A cap of grey hairs for a green head, or, The fathers counsel to his son, an apprentice in London to which is added a discourse on the worth of a good name / by Caleb Trenchfield. Trenchfield, Caleb, 1624 or 5-1671. 1671 (1671) Wing T2118; ESTC R25830 77,548 215 View Text
A15606 Wits recreations. Selected from the finest fancies of moderne muses Herbert, George, 1592-1637.; Marshall, William, fl. 1617-1650, engraver. 1640 (1640) STC 25870; ESTC S120256 79,337 324 View Text
A40047 Essays suppos'd to be written by Monsieur Fouquet being reflections upon such maxims of Solomon as are most proper to guide us to the felicity of both the present and the future life / translated out of French. Fouquet, Nicolas, 1615-1680.; Gage, E. 1694 (1694) Wing F1650; ESTC R36469 80,413 228 View Text
A69768 Excellent contemplations, divine and moral written by the magnanimous and truly loyal Arthur Lord Capel, Baron of Hadham ; together with some account of his life, and his letters to several persons whilst he was prisoner in the tower ... likewise his affectionate letters to his lady, the day before his death ... March 9, 1648, with his pious advice to his son the late Earl of Essex. Capel of Hadham, Arthur Capel, Baron, 1610?-1649.; Holland, Henry Rich, Earl of, 1590-1649. His speech on the Scaffold, March 9, 1649. 1683 (1683) Wing C469; ESTC R4075 81,286 218 View Text
A08121 The palme of Christian fortitude. Or The glorious combats of Christians in Iaponia. Taken out of letters of the Society of Iesus from thence. Anno 1624; Lettera annua del Giappone dell' anno 1624. English. Selections Rodrigues, João, 1558-1633.; Neville, Edmund, 1605-1647. 1630 (1630) STC 18482; ESTC S113224 81,772 200 View Text
B14844 Six excellent treatises of life and death collected (and published in French) by Philip Mornay, sieur du Plessis ; and now (first) translated into English. Mornay, Philippe de, seigneur du Plessis-Marly, 1549-1623.; Cyprian, Saint, Bishop of Carthage.; Ambrose, Saint, Bishop of Milan, d. 397.; Cicero, Marcus Tullius.; Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, ca. 4 B.C.-65 A.D. 1607 (1607) STC 18155; ESTC S94239 82,027 544 View Text
A22106 The first examinacio[n] of Anne Askewe latelye martired in Smythfelde, by the Romyshe popes vpholders, wyth the elucydacyon of Iohan Bale. Askew, Anne, 1521-1546.; Bale, John, 1495-1563.; Askew, Anne, 1521-1546. Latter examynacyon of Anne Askewe latleye martyred in Smythfelde. aut 1547 (1547) STC 851; ESTC S114741 83,394 227 View Text
A04400 A discouery of the errors of the English Anabaptists As also an admonition to all such as are led by the like spirit of error. Wherein is set downe all their seuerall and maine points of error, which they hold. With a full answer to euery one of them seuerally, wherein the truth is manifested. By Edmond Iessop who sometime walked in the said errors with them. Etherington, John, fl. 1641-1645.; Jessop, Edmond, attributed name. 1623 (1623) STC 14520; ESTC S107746 83,433 114 View Text
A97184 A vindication of the English Catholiks from the pretended conspiracy against the life, and government of His Sacred Maiesty discovering the cheif lyes & contradictions contained in the narratiue of Titus Oates. The 2. edition with some additions: & an answer to two pamplets printed in defence of the narrative. Jtem a relation of some of Bedlows pranks in Spain, & Oate's letter concerning him. Warner, John, 1628-1692. 1681 (1681) Wing W912C; ESTC R229731 86,710 95 View Text
A02498 A letter sent by F.A. touchyng the proceedings in a priuate quarell and vnkindnesse betweene Arthur Hall, and Melchisedech Mallerie gentleman, to his very friende L.B. being in Italie. VVith an admonition to the father of F.A. to him being a burgesse of the Parliament, for his better behauiour therein. Hall, Arthur, 1539?-1605. 1576 (1576) STC 12629; ESTC S118961 87,420 125 View Text