Bernard, Richard 1568-1641

Richard Bernard (1568-1641) was an English Puritan clergyman and writer.

Published work

• A Large Catechisme Following The Order Of The Common Authorized Catechisme Published For The Use Of his Christian friends and welwillers, the inhabitants of Worsopp, Gainsborough, and Epworth 1602, 1607, 1612
• The Faithfull Shepheard- The Shepheards Faithfulnesse: Wherein Is For The Matter Largely, But For The maner, in few words, set forth the excellencie and necessitie of the ministerie; a ministers properties and dutie; his entrance into this function and charge; etc, 1607
• Christian Advertisements And Counsels Of Peace Also Disswasions From The Separatists Schisme, Commonly called Brownisme, 1608 (Also The Separatists Schisme? - no copies exist)
• The Faithfull Shepheard Amended And Enlarged: With The Shepeards Practise In Preaching Annexed Thereto, 1609
• The Sinners Safetie, If Heere Hee Looke For Assurance, 1609
• Contemplative Pictures With Wholesome Precepts. The First Part: Of God. Of The Diuell. Of Goodnesse. Of badnesse. Of heaven: of Hell, 1610
• Plain evidences: The Church of England apostolical, the separation schismatical, 1610
• Josuahs Godly Resolution In Conference With Caleb, Touching Household Gouernement For Well Ordering A Family: A twofold catechisme: one short, the other more large; both for instruction. In the end, certaine rules, for guiding to a holy conversation, 1612, 1629
• Two Twinnes: Or Two Parts Of One Portion Of Scripture. I. Is Of Catechising. II. Of The Ministers Maintenance, 1613
• A Weekes Worke, And A Worke For Every Weeke, 1616, 1628, 1650? (A Weekes Worke Containing Rules And Directions How To Walke In The Wayes Of Godliness Both To God And to Men)
• Davids Musick: Or Psalmes Of That Royall Prophet, Once The Sweete Singer Of That Israel Unfolded Logically, 1616
• A Staffe of Comforth to Stay the Weake, 1616
• Key Of Knowledge For The Opening Of The Secret Mysteries Of St Johns Mysticall Revelation, 1617
• The Fabulous Foundation Of The Popedom: Or A Familiar Conference Between Two Friends to the truth Philalethes, and Orthologus, 1619
• The Seaven Golden Candlestickes, 1621
• The Good Mans Grace. Or His Stay In All Distresse, 1621
• Looke Beyond Luther, Or, An Answere To That Question, So Often And So Insultingly Proposed By Our adversaries, asking us; where this our religion was before Luthers time? Etc, 1623, 1624
• Rhemes Against Rome, 1626
• The Isle Of Man, Or, The Legall Proceeding In Man-Shire Against Sinne Wherein, By Way Of A Continued allegorie, the chiefe malefactors disturbing both Church and Common-wealth, are detected, etc 1627, 1628, 1629, 1630, 1640, 1632, 1634, 1635, 1648, 1658, 1659, 1668, 1674, 1677, 1683; 1719, 1778, 1997
• A Guide To Grand-Jury Men Divided Into Two Bookes: In The First, Is The Authors Best Advice To Them what to doe, before they bring in a billa vera in cases of witchcraft, etc, 1627, 1629, 1630
• Ruth's Recompense, 1628
• The Bible-Battells. Or The Sacred Art Military For The Rightly Wageing Of Warre According To Holy Writ, 1629
• The Common Catechisme With A Commentary Thereupon, By Questions And Answers, Following The Verie wordes, as they lie in their order without alteration and Good Christian, Looke to thy Creede, 1630, 1631, 1632, 1635, 1640
• Christian See To Thy Conscience Or A Treatise Of The Nature, The Kinds And Manifold Differences Of Conscience, 1631
• The Ready Way to Good Works, 1635
• The Anatomie Of The Service Book, Dedicated To The High Court Of Parliament Wherein Is Remonstrated the unlawfulnesse of it, etc (by Dwalphintramis), 1641
• A Threefold Treatise Of The Sabbath Distinctly Divided Into The Patriarchall, Mosaicall, Christian Sabbath: for the better clearing and manifestation, etc, 1641
• A short vievv of the prælaticall Church of England wherein is set forth the horrible abuses in discipline and government, layd open in tenne sections by way of quære and petition, the severall heads whereof are set downe in the next page : whereunto is added a short draught of church-government., Richard Bernard; John Bernard, [London : s.n.], 1641, 1661
• The Article of Christs Descension into Hell, 1641
• The Bibles Abstract And Epitome The Capitall Heads, Examples, Sentences, And Precepts Of All The Principall matters in theologie: collected together for the most part alphabetically, etc (Pro Richardo Barnardo), 1642
• An Epistle Directed To All Justices Of Peace In England And Wales, 1642
• Certaine Positions Seriously To Bee Considered Of Shewing The Danger Of Doing Any Thing In And About the worship of God that hath not warrant from his written word, 1644
• Thesaurus Biblicus, Seu, Promptuarium Sacrum Whereunto Are Added All The Marginal Readings With The words of the text, etc (with William Retchford), 1661, 1664
• Collected works in Latin and English, 1598 (?), 1607, 1614, 1629 and 1641.
• Bernard's first publication was a translation of the Latin poet Terence, which had at least six editions.

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The lives of the Puritans: containing a biographical account of those divines who distinguished themselves in the cause of religious liberty, from the reformation under Queen Elizabeth, to the Act of uniformity in 1662, Volume 2 (1813) (see page 459 for the entry on Richard Bernard)
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The ISLE OF MAN: or, The Legal Proceedings in Manshire Against Sin. Wherein, By Way of a Continued Allegory, The Chief Malefactos Disturbing both Church and Commonwealth, are detected and attached; with Their Arraignment and Judicial Trial, According to the Laws of England. The Spiritual Use Thereof: with An Apology for the Manner of Handling, Most Necessary to be first read, for Direction in the right Use of the Allegory -- A New Edition, Including an Account of the Author (1803)
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Sin Apprehended, Tried, and Condemned. Reprint of 'The Isle of Man', ed. by D. F. Jarman (1851)
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The Puritans and the Tithes (1905) By Thomas Hancock (see page 26 for entry on Richard Bernard)
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Richard Bernard Puritan: A blog devoted to Richard Bernard
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Ruth's Recompense: or A Commentary Upon the Book of Ruth: Wherein is showed her happy calling out of her own country and people, into the fellowship and society of the Lord's Inheritance: her Virtuous Life and holy carriage amongst them: and, then her reward in God's mercy, being by an honorable marriage made a mother in Israel - 1628
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