William Prynne

Books by William Prynne

Total count: 522

• The perpetuitie of a regenerate mans estatewherein 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 here 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

  Printed [by William Jones] for Michael Sparke, dwelling in Greene-Arbour1627-01-01
• A briefe suruay and censure of Mr Cozens his couzening deuotionsProuing 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 Thomas Cotes1628-01-01
• 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 ChristiansIn 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, imprudent, and vnchristian cutting of their haire; the epidemicall vanities, and vices of our age. By William Prynne, Gent. Hospitij Lincolniensis

  Printed1628-01-01
• Healthes: sicknesse. Or A compendious and briefe discourse; prouing, the drinking and pledging of healthes, to be sinfull, and vtterly vnlawfull vnto Christiansby 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 Augustine Mathewes1628-01-01
• The Church of Englands old antithesis to new ArminianismeVVhere 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

  Printed by Augustine Mathewes and Elizabeth Allde for Michael Sparke1629-01-01
• God, no impostor nor deluder, or, An answer to a popish and Arminian cauill, in the defence of free-will, and vniuersall gracewherein 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

  [s.n.]1629-01-01
• God, no impostor nor deluder: or, An ansvver to a popish and Arminian cauill, in the defence of free-will, and vniuersall gracewherein 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

  Printed [by Elizabeth Allde1629-01-01
• Lame Giles his haultings. Or, A briefe survey of Giles Widdovves his confutation of an appendix, concerning bowing at the name of IesusTogether 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

  Imprinted for Giles Widdowes [i.e. Matthew Sparke1630-01-01
• God, no impostor, nor deluder. Or, An answer to a popish and Arminian cavill, in the defence of free-will, and vniversall gracewherein 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

  Printed [by Elizabeth Allde1630-01-01
• Anti-Arminianisme, or, The Chvrch of Englands old antithesis to new Arminianismewherein 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 present2nd ed., much enl.

  Imprinted, [by Elizabeth Allde for Michael Sparke1630-01-01
• Histrio-mastixthe players scourge, or actors tragaedie : divided into two parts : wherein it is largely evidenced, by divers arguments by the concurring authorities and resolutions of sundry texts of Scripture, of the whole primitive church, both under the law and Gospell, of the 55 synodes and councels, of the 71 fathers and Christian writers before the yeare of our Lord 1200, of above 150 foraigne and domestique protestant and popish authors since, of 40 heathen philosophers, historians, poets : of many heathen, many Christian nations, republiques, emperors, princes, magistrates, of sundry apostolicall, canonicall, imperiall constitutions, and of our owne English statutes, magistrates, universities, writers, preachers : that popular stage-playes (the very pompes of the divell which we renounce in baptisme, if we beleeve the fathers) 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 academical enterludes briefly discussed, besides sundry other particulars concerning dancing, dicing, health-drinking, &c. of which the table will informe you

  Printed by E.A. and W.I. for Michael Sparke ...1633-01-01
• Newes from Ipswichdiscovering certaine late detestable practises of some domineering lordly prelates, to undermine the established doctrine and discipline of our church, extirpate all orthodox sincere preachers and preaching of Gods word, usher in popery, superstition and idolatry : with their late notorious purgations of the new fastbooke, contrary to His Majesties proclamation, and their intolerable affront therein offred to the most illustrious Lady Elizabeth, the Kinge onely sister, and her children, (even vvhiles they are novv royally entertained at court) [i]n blotting them out of the collect, and to His Majesty, His Queene, and their royall progeny, in blotting them out of the number of Gods elect

  [s.n.]1636-01-01
• Newes from Ipswichdiscovering 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

  By G. Anderson1636-01-01
• 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 Creteand 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

  Printed by J.F. Stam1636-01-01
• A looking-glasse for all lordly prelateswherein they may cleerely behold the true divine originall and laudable pedigree, whence they are descended; together with their holy lives and actions laid open in a double parallell, the first, betweene the Divell; the second, betweene the Iewish high-priests, and lordly prelates; and by their double dissimilitude from Christ, and his Apostles

  Printed [s.n.1636-01-01
• Certaine quærespropounded to the bowers at the name of Iesvs and to the patrons thereof. Wherein the authorities, and reasons alleadged by Bishop Andrewes and his followers, in defence of this ceremony, are briefly examined and refuted; the mistranslation of Phil. 2.10.11. cleared, and that tet, with others acquitted both from commanding or authorizing this novell ceremony, here gived to be unlawfull in sundry respectsThe fourth edition corrected.

  J.F. Stam1636-01-01
• XVI. New quæresproposed to our Lord Prælates

  Printed by J.F. Stam1637-01-01
• A quench-coale. Or A briefe disquisition and inquirie, in vvhat place of the church or chancell the Lords-table ought to be situated, especially vvhen the Sacrament is administered?VVherein is evidently proved, that the Lords-table ought to be placed in the midst of the church, chancell, or quire north and south, not altar-wise, with one side against the wall: that it neither is nor ought to be stiled an altar; that Christians have no other altar but Christ alone, who hath abolished all other altars, which are either heathenish, Jewish, or popish, and not tollerable among Christians. All the pretences, authorities, arguments of Mr. Richard Shelford, Edmond Reeve, Dr. John Pocklington, and a late Coale from the altar, to the contrary in defence of altars, calling the Lords-table an altar, or placing it altarwise, are here likewise fully answered and proved to be vaine or forged

  Printed [at the Richt Right press1637-01-01
• Hier, wat nieuvvs, ontdeckende eenighe nieuwe grouwelijcke ende on-ghehoorde pracktijcken van sommighe domineerende ende heerschende bisschoppenom te onderr-mijnen de wel-gestelde leere ende discipline van onse kercke ... In het Nederduytsch over-gheset, uyt der vierden druck van het Engelsche exemplaer, dat ghenaemt wordt, Nieuws van Ipsvvich, in Engelandt

  publisher not identified1637-01-01
• A breviate of the prelates intollerable usurpations, both upon the Kings prerogative royall, and the subjects libertiesEdition 3. much enlarged.

  Printed by J.F. Stam1637-01-01
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