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 unitie, safetie, peace, settlement, and their own salvation. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne.

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.

To the Right Honourable, the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and commons of the City of London in common council assembled; the humble petition and address of the sea-men, and water-men in and about the said City of London.

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 in print, Jan.5. 1659. by their Fellow Members. Compiled and published by some of the Secluded Members, who could meet with safety and convenience, without danger of a forcible surprize by Red-coats. ... (6 lines).

A legall 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 [Prynne] can neither in conscience, law, nor prudence submit to the new illegal 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.

Lord bishops, none of the Lords bishops. Or A short discourse, wherein 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 ...

Foure serious questions of grand importance, concerning excommunication, and suspention from the Sacrament;

propounded to the Reverend Assembly, and all moderate Christians, to prevent schismes, and settle unity among us, in these divided times /

Conscientious, serious theological and legal quæres,

propounded to the twice-dissipated, self-created antiparliamentary Westminster juncto, and its members ...

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 /

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.

A full vindication and ansvver of the Xl. [sic] accused Members :

viz. Denzill Holles, Esq; Sir Philip Stapleton, Sir William Lewis, Sir John Clotworthy, Sir William Waller, Sir Iohn Maynard Kts Major Gen. Massey, Iohn Glynne Esq; Recorder of London. Walter Long Esquire Col. Edward Harley, Anthony Nichols Esq to a late printed pamphlet intituled, A particular charge or impeachment, in the name of Sir Thomas Fairfax and the army under his command; against the said Members, by his appointment and the Councel of War.

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.

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 that the elections of such, are not only infamous to the electors, but inurious, 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.

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.

A vindication of the imprisoned and secluded Members of the House of Commons :

from the aspersions cast upon them, and the majority 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.

The re-publicans and others spurious good old cause, briefly and truly anatomized. :

To preserve our native country, kingdom, legal government, church, parliaments, laws, liberties, privileges of Parliament, and Protestant religion from ruine, scandal, and perpetual infamy; to reform, reclaim all Jesuit-ridden seduced republicans, officers, soldiers, sectaries, heretofore, or now engaged in the prosecution of this misintituled good old cause, from any future pursute thereof, and engage them for ever to abominate it, as apparently tending to publike ruin, their own temporal and eternal condemnation, infamy, our religions reproach, in present and succeeding ages. By William Prynne Esq; a bencher of Lincolns Inne.

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 ... 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.

The hypocrites unmasking· Or A cleare discovery of the grosse hypocrisy of the officers and agitators in the army :

concerning their pretended forwardnesse, and reall syncere desires to relieve Ireland, with the obstruction whereof they falsely charge some of the 11 impeached Members, (who cordialy advanced it) in the 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13.,[sic] 11, 12, & 14. articles of their mostfalse [sic] and scandalous charge. By a letter of the agitators to Lieutenant Generall Crumwell, March 30. 1647: and Colonell Robert Hammmond his unreasonable propositions to the Parliament; and some briefe observations concerning Sir Hardresse Waller, and the Lord Lisle; late governour of Ireland.

Hidden workes of darkenes brought to publike light :

or A necessary introduction to the history of the archbishop of Canterburie's trial : discovering to the world the severall secret dangerous plots, practises, proceedings of the pope and his confederates, both at home and in forraigne parts, to undermine the Protestant religion, usher the whole body of popery into our church, and reduce all our realms to their ancient vassalage to the sea of Rome, by insensible steps and degrees; from the first marriage treaty with Spaine, Anne 1617 till this present ... /

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 bencher of Lincolns Inne.