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1. THE Lives of ſundry Eminent Perſons in this latter Age, in two Parts: I. Of Divines, viz. Mr. Hugh Broughton, Mr. Rob. Boid, Dr. …wiſs, Mr. Tho. Wilſon, Dr. Sam. Bolton, Mr. Richard Vines, Mr. Richard Blackerby, Mr. Ralph Robinſon, Mr. John Janeway▪ Mr. John Machia, Dr. Sam. Winter, Mr. Tho. Tregoſs, Mr. Rich. Mather, Mr. Joſeph Allein, Dr. Staunton, Mr. Sam. Fairclough, Mr. Tho. Wadſworth, Mr. O. Stockton, and Mr. Tho. Gouge. To which are added ſome remarkable paſſages in the Lives and Deaths of divers Eminent Divines in the Church of Scotland, viz. Mr. John Scringer, Mr. Rob. Blair, Mr. Andr. Steward, Mr. John Welch, Mr. Hugh Kennedy, Mr. Rob. Bruce, Mr. Davidſon, and Mr. Patr. Simpſon. Together with an account of ſeveral Providences ſtrange and extraordinary. II. Of Nobility and Gentry of both Sexes, viz. Sir Phil. Sidney, Sir Charles Coot, Mr. John Lamot, Sir N. Bernardiſton, Mr. John Rowe, Sir Mat. Hale, Mrs. Mary Gunter, Lady Alice Lucy, Lady Mary Vere, Mrs. Kath. Clark, Counteſs of Warwick, Mrs. Marg. Baxter, Lady Armine, Lady Langham, and Counteſs of Suffolk, by Samuel Clark, ſometimes Paſtor of Bennet-Fink, London. To which is added the Life of the Author. In Folio.
2. Church-Hiſtory of the Government of Biſhops and their Councils, abbreviated, including the chief part of the Government of Chriſtian Princes and Popes, and a true account of the moſt troubling Controverſies and Hereſies till the Reformation. By Richard Baxter a Hater of falſe Hiſtory. In Quarto.
3. A Treatiſe of Epiſcopacy confuting by Scripture, Reaſon, and the Churches Teſtimony, that ſort of Dioceſan Churches, Prelacy and Government which caſteth out the Primitive Church Species, Epiſcopacy, Miniſtry and Diſcipline, and confounds the Chriſtian World by corruption, Uſurpation, Schiſm and Perſecution. Meditated in the year 1640, when the Et caetera Oath was impoſed; written 1671, and caſt by. Publiſhed 1680 by the importunity of our Superiors, who demand the Reaſons of our Nonconformity. By Rich. Baxter. In Quarto.
4. Forgetfulneſs of God the great Plague of mans heart, and Conſideration of the principal means to cure it. By W.D. M.A. and once fellow of Kings Col. Cambridge.
5. Londinum Triumphans, or an Hiſtorical Account of the grand influence the Actions of the City of London have had upon the affairs of the Nation for many ages paſt. Shewing the antiquities, honour, glory and renown of this famous City; the grounds of her rights, priviledges and franchiſes, the foundation of her Charter, the improbability of its forfeiture or ſeiſure; the power and ſtrength of the Citizens, and the ſeveral conteſts that have been betwixt the Magiſtracy and the Commonalty. Collected from the moſt authentick Authors, and illuſtrated with variety of remarks worthy the peruſal of every Citizen. By Will. Gough, Gent. In Octavo.
6. The five days Debate at Cicero's houſe in Tuſculum, 1. Upon Comforts againſt Death: 2. Patience under pain. 3. The cure of Diſcontent. 4. The Government of the Paſſions. 5. The chief end of man. Between Maſter and Sophiſter. In Oct.
7. The Samaritan, ſhewing that many and unneceſſary Impoſitions are not the oyl that muſt heal the Church; together with the way or means to do it. By a Country-Gentleman, who goes to Common-Prayer, and not to Meetings. In Octavo.
8. A Private Pſalter, or Manual of Devotion, compoſed by a Miniſter under the apprehenſion of the Stone; which may ſerve for all Chriſtians, with the omiſſion of any ſuch petition which is peculiar or not ſuitable, and the addition of others as are ſuitable to every ones proper condition. In Octavo.
9. Magna Charta made in the ninth year of King Henry the Third, and confirmed by King Edward the Firſt in the 28th. year of his Reign. With ſome ſhort but neceſſary obſervations from the L. Chief Juſtice Cook's Comments upon it. Faithfully tranſlated for the benefit of thoſe that do not underſtand the Latin. By Edw. Cook of the Middle-Temple, Eſq In Octavo.
10. The Plea of the Children of Believing Parents, for their intereſt in Abraham's Covenant, their right to Church-memberſhip with their Parents, and conſequently their title to Baptiſm. The cauſe of publiſhing this Diſcourſe after ſo many Learned men have laboured in this Province is declared in the Preface to the Reader. By Giles Firmin. In Octavo.
11. The Traveller's Guide, and the Countries ſafety: Being a Declaration of the Laws of England againſt High-way men, or Robbers upon the Road; what is neceſſary and requiſite to be done by ſuch perſons as are robbed in order to the recovering of their damages, againſt whom they are to bring their action, and the manner how it ought to be brought. Illuſtrated with variety of Law-Caſes, Hiſtorical Remarks, Cuſtoms, Uſages, Antiquities and Authentick Authorities. In Twelves.
12. The Right Honourable Pourtray'd, or the Vizard taken off pretenders, with perſwaſive reaſons to allure the will, and reduce mens actions to obtain the Title, as alſo a ſet boundary to the Honour of Saints departed. By Samuel Gilbert. In 12 s.
13. De Analogia, ſive Arte Latinae Linguae Commentariolus, in quo omnia, etiam reconditioris Grammaticae, Elementa, ratione nova tractantur, & ad breviſſimos Canones rediguntur. In uſum Provectioris adoleſcentiae. Opera Wilhelmi Baxteri, Philiſtoris. In Octavo.
14. A Modeſt Anſwer to Dr. Stillingfleet's Irenicum. By a Learned Pen. In Octavo.
15. A Peaceable Reſolution of Conſcience, touching our preſent Impoſitions, wherein Loyalty and Obedience are propoſed and ſetled upon their true foundation in Scripture, Reaſon, and the Conſtitution of this Kingdom againſt all reſiſtance of the preſent Powers; and for compliance with the Laws ſo far as may be in order to union. With a Draught or Specimen of a Bill for Accommodation. In Octavo.
16. Patriarcha non Monarcha: The Patriarch Unmonarch'd; being Obſervations on a late Treatiſe, and divers other Miſcellanies, Publiſhed under the name of Sir Rob. Filmer Baronet: In which the falſeneſs of thoſe opinions that would make Monarchy Jure Divino are laid down, and the true Principles of Government and Property (eſpecially in our Kingdom) aſſerted. By a Lover of Truth and of his Country. In Octavo.
17. Moral Prognoſtications: (1) What ſhall befall the Churches on Earth till their concord, by the reſtitution of their Primitive purity, ſimplicity and charity: (2) How that reſtitution is like to be made (if ever) and what ſhall befall them thenceforth unto the end, in that Golden Age of Love. Written by Rich. Baxter, when by the Kings Commiſſion we in vain treated for Concord, 1661, and now publiſht 1680. In Quarto.
18. The Lively Effigies of the Reverend Mr. Mathew Pool, ſo well performed as to repreſent his true Idea, to all that knew him, or had a veneration for him; deſign'd on purpoſe to befriend thoſe that would prefix it to his Synopſis Criticorum. Price 6 d.
19. The Lively Effigies of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, who was barbarouſly murdered by the Papiſt, 1678. Price 6 d.
20. The Genealogy of the Kings of England from William the Conquerour to his preſent Majeſty King Charles the Second, with their Atchievements truly Blazon'd, all well Engraven upon a large Broad-ſide.
21. The Hiſtory of the Succeſſions of the Kings of England from Canutus the firſt Monarch, giving a brief account of their Birth, Coronation, length of Reign, manner of their death and burials, with their Queens and Children, in folio. Price ſtitcht 1 s.—6 d.
22. Memorabilia, or the moſt remarkable Paſſages and Counſels collected out of the ſeveral Declarations and Speeches that have been made by the King, his Lord Chancellors and Keepers, and the Speakers of the Honourable Houſe of Commons in Parliament ſince his Majeſties happy Reſtauration, Anno 1666, till the end of the laſt Parliament 1680; reduced under four heads, viz. of the Proteſtant Religion: 2. Of Popery: 3. Of Liberty and Property, &c. 4. Of Parliaments. By Edward Cook of the Inner Temple, Eſq Humbly Dedicated to the Grand Council or Senate of this Kingdom. In Folio. Price ſtitcht 3 s.
23. An Hiſtorical Account of the wonderful Cures wrought by Scarbrough Spaw, on ſeveral Perſons afflicted with the Scurvy, Stone, Jaundice, Dropſie▪ &c. Together with an Account of many ſtrange Rarities of Nature found at Scarbrough. By Will. Simpſon, Med. D. In Twelves, Price 1 s.
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