Quotation

"there is no condition of any in prosperity or adversity, peace or wars, health or sickness, inward or outward distress, with many particular causes in all these kinds, but he shall find some Psalms, which he may think almost to have been composed upon his own occasion"

From Preface to the Reader, David[']s Music[k]

Publications 30

Title: Thesaurus Biblicus seu Promptuarium sacrum Whereunto are added all the marginall readings, with the words of the text, and many words in the text expounded by the text, all alphabetically set downe throughout the Bible. In the end is annexed an abstract of the principal matters in the Holy Scripture. By Richard Bernard, late rector of Batcombe. See the contents and use of all, in the Epistle to the reader.
Imprint: Imprinted at London: by Felix Kingston, for Andrew Crooke at the Signe of the Greene-Dragon in Paules Church-Yard, 1644.
Date: 1644
Pages: [492] p

Copy from: Newberry Library

Notes: Frontis. portrait (A1v) of the author signed: W: Hollar Bohem, ad viuum del: Londini. Ie Wenceslaus Hollar (1607-1677). Signatures: A-2S6. Leaf 2S6 is blank. Another edition appeared the same year and also in 1661. The wiork contains a five page introduction by Bernard himself which is preceded by a three page one by John Conant (1586-1653). He was (from 1619) the rector of Lymington in Somerset.

Publications 29

Title: 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 ... / written by Mr. Richard Barnard.
Imprint: [London]: Printed for Giles Calvert, 1644.
Date: 1644
Pages: 38 p
Copy from: National Library of Scotland
Notes: Imperfect: Text begins with p 17

Publications 28

Title: 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, with the doctrine and uses compendiously explained of all the chiefe points therein contayned: taken out of the best moderne divines, both reverend and learned/pro Richardo Barnardo.
Imprint: London: by G. M. for Andrew Crooke, 1642.
Date: 1642
Pages: 176, [2] p
Copy from: Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery

Notes: Includes index

Publications 27

Title: An epistle directed to all iustices of peace in England and Wales
Imprint: London: Printed for M. S., 1642.
Date: 1642
Pages: 16 p
Copy from: Thomason Collection, British Library and Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery

Notes: Warning the justices of the dangers of Catholics in England.

Publications 26

Title: A short vievv of the praelaticall Church of England vvherein is set forth the horrible abuses in discipline and government: layd open in ten sections by way of quaere and petition to the high and honourable court of Parliament: the severall heads whereof are set downe in the next two pages: newly corrected with additions: together with a short draught of church-government. 1641.

Date: 1641

Imprint: London : Printed by Jo. Beale for Thomas Underhill, and are to be sold at his shop

Pages: 4, 43 p

Copy from: Thomason Collection, British library

Notes: A short preface is addressed to parliament. Further editions of what already appears to be a further edition already appeared in 1641 and then later again in 1661 (where he is called John Barnard) with an anatomy of the common prayer added. It is not clear whether Richard Bernard held such views upon episcopacy in 1641. This work may have been by John Bernard, a Presbyterian, author of The Independents catechisme. 1645. Cf. Emanuel Green, Bibliotheca Somersetensis. 1902. v. 2, p. 165.

Publications 25

Title: The article of Christs descension into hell fully in the true sense thereof layd open by Richard Bernard, pastor of the church at Batcombe

Date: 1641
Imprint: London: Printed by Jo. Beale for Thomas Underhill, and are to be sold at his shop in woode street at the sign of the Bible near the Counter, 1641.

Pages: [6], 39 p

Copy from: British Library
Notes: There is a brief dedication to "The right worshipful and worthily honoured Sir Charles Barkeley Knight" and heartily wishing him all true happiness. This is the Somerset based royalist Sir Charles Berkeley, later 2nd Viscount Fitzhardinge of Berehaven, who died in 1668. He was the husband of Penelope Godolphin.