The Prose Works of John Milton; with an introductory review by R. Fletcher

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THE PROSE WORKS OF JOHN MILTON; WITH AN INTRODUCTORY REVIEW, BY ROBERT FLETCHER. LONDON: VVESTLEY AND DAVIS, STATIONERS' COURT STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY J. R. AND C. CHILDS, BUNGAY. MDCCCXXXIII. CONTENTS. Paok Page Introductory Review i the said Articles, Letter, with Colonel Jones's Answer to it, and Representation, &c, are prefixed .... 245 Of Reformation touching Church Discipline in England, and the causes that hitherto have hindered it : in two Books, written to a Friend 1 Eikonoclastes : in answer to a Book, entitled, Eikon Basilike, the Portraiture of his sacred Majesty in his Solitudes and Sufferings 272 Of Prelatical Episcopacy, and whether it may be deduced from the Apostolical Times, by virtue of those Testi- A Defence of the People of England, in answer to Salmasius's Defence of the King 338 monies which are alleged to that purpose in some late Treatises ; one whereof goes under the Name of James Archbishop of Armagh 22 A Treatise of Civil Power in Ecclesiastical Causes: shewing, that it is not lawful for any Power on Earth to compel in Matters of Religion 411 The Reason of Church Government urged against Prelaty.

In two Books 28 Considerations touching the likeliest Means to remove Hirelings out of the Church, &c 423 Animadversions upon the Remonstrant's Defence against Smectymnuus 55 A Letter to a Friend, concerning the Ruptures of the Commonwealth 439 An Apology for Smectymnuus '. 75 Of Education ; to Master Samuel Hartlib 98 The present Means and brief Delineation of a free Commonwealth, easy to be put in practice, and without delay.

In a Letter to General Monk 441 Areopagitica ; a Speech for the Liberty of unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England 103 The ready and easy Way to establish a Free Commonwealth, and the Excellence thereof, compared with the Inconveniences and Dangers of readmitting Kingship in this Nation • . . 442 The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce restored to the good of both Sexes, from the Bondage of Canon Law, and other Mistakes, to the true Meaning of Scripture in the Law and Gospel compared, &c. . ' 120 Brief Notes upon a late Sermon, titled, " The Fear of God and the King," preached, and since published, by Matthew Griffith, D. D. and Chaplain to the late King, wherein many notorious Wrestings of Scripture, and other Falsities, are observed 453 The Judgment of Martin Bucer concerning Divorce : written to Edward the Sixth, in his second Book of the Kingdom of Christ, &c 159 Tetrachordon : Expositions upon the four chief Places in Scripture which treat of Marriage, or Nullities in Marriage, &c * 175 Accedence commenced Grammar : supplied with sufficient Rules for the Use of such as, younger or elder, are desirous, without more Trouble than needs, to attain the Latin Tongue; the elder Sort especially with little Teaching, and their own Industry 455 Colasterion : a Reply to a nameless Answer against the Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: wherein the trivial Author of that Answer is discovered, the Licenser conferred with, and the Opinion, which they traduce, defended 220 The History of Britain, that Part especially now called England ; from the first traditional Beginning, continued to the Norman Conquest.