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Royal Society (elected November 1681), but seems to have taken no part in its proceedings.

The following are Penn's principal works not mentioned in the text, the place of publication being in all cases London, unless otherwise stated, or uncertain: 1. ‘The Guide Mistaken, and Temporizing Rebuked; or, a Brief Reply to Jonathan Clapham's book intituled “A Guide to the True Religion,”’ 1668, 4to. 2. ‘The People's Ancient and Just Liberties asserted. In the Trial of William Penn and William Mead,’ 1670; frequent reprints. 3. ‘The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience once more debated and defended by the authority of Reason, Scripture, and Antiquity,’ 1670, 4to. 4. ‘A Seasonable Caveat against Popery,’ 1670, 4to; reprinted in 1852, ed. Robert Macbeth. 5. ‘Truth rescued from Imposture; or, a brief reply to a meer rapsodie of lies, folly, and slander, but a pretended answer to the tryal of William Penn, William Mead, &c.,’ 1670, 4to. 6. ‘A Serious Apology for the Principles and Practices of the People called Quakers’ (pt. ii. only, pt. i. being by George Whitehead [q. v.]), 1671, 4to. 7. ‘The Spirit of Truth vindicated against that of Error and Envy,’ 1672, 8vo. 8. ‘The New Witnesses [Reeve and Muggleton] proved Old Hereticks,’ 1672, 4to. 9. ‘Quakerism a new Nickname for Old Christianity’ (a reply to J. Faldo's ‘Quakerism no Christianity’), 1672, 8vo. 10. ‘Plain Dealing with a Traducing Anabaptist’ [i.e. John Mores], 1672, 4to. 11. ‘A Winding Sheet for Controversie ended’ (by H. Hedwood), 1672, 8vo. 12. ‘The Spirit of Alexander the Coppersmith, lately revived, now justly rebuked; or an Answer to a late pamphlet [by William Mucklowe] intituled “The Spirit of the Hat, or the Government of the Quakers,”’ 1673, 4to. 13. ‘Judas and the Jews combined against Christ and his Followers; being a rejoynder to the late nameless reply called “Tyranny and Hypocrisie detected,” made against a book entituled “The Spirit of Alexander the Coppersmith rebuked,”’ 1673, 4to. 14. ‘Wisdom justified of her Children’ (in answer to H. Halliwell's ‘Account of Familism, as it is revived and propagated by the Quakers’), 1673, 8vo. 15. ‘The Invalidity of John Faldo's Vindication of his Book called “Quakerism no Christianity,”’ 1673, 8vo. 16. ‘Reason against Railing and Truth against Fiction’ (in reply to two pamphlets by Thomas Hicks), 1673, 8vo. 17. ‘The Counterfeit Christian detected; or the Real Quaker justified’ (a reply to Thomas Hicks's ‘Third Dialogue’), 1674, 8vo. 18. ‘Return to John Faldo's Reply called “A Curb for William Penn's Confidence,”’ 1674, 8vo. 19. ‘Urim and Thummin; or the Apostolical Doctrines of Light and Perfection maintained,’ a reply to Samuel Grevill's ‘Testimony of the Light Within,’ 1674, 4to. 20. ‘A Just Rebuke to One and Twenty Learned and Reverend Divines,’ 1674, 4to. 21. ‘The Christian Quaker and his Divine Testimony vindicated by Scripture, Reason, and Authorities,’ pt. i. only, pt. ii. being by George Whitehead, 1674, fol.; 1699, 8vo; reprinted, with the ‘Sandy Foundation shaken’ and other pieces, at Philadelphia in 1824, 8vo. 23. ‘A Discourse of the General Rule of Faith and Life and Judge of Controversie,’ 1674, fol.; 1699, 8vo. 23. ‘A Treatise of Oaths, containing several weighty Reasons why the People call'd Quakers refuse to swear,’ 1675, 4to. 25. ‘England's Present Interest discover'd with Honour to the Prince and Safety to the People,’ 1675, 4to; reprints, with the title ‘England's True Interest,’ &c., 1698 and 1702, 12mo. 25. ‘The continued Cry of the Oppressed for Justice,’ 1675, 4to. 26. ‘Saul smitten to the Ground; being a brief but faithful Narrative of the dying Remorse of a late living enemy to the People called Quakers, and their faith and worship’ (Mathew Hide), 1675, 4to. 27. ‘Some Account of the Province of Pennsilvania in America,’ 1681, fol. 28. ‘A Brief Account of the Province of Pennsilvania,’ 1682, 4to. 29. ‘The Frame of the Government of the Province of Pennsilvania in America,’ 1682, fol. 30. ‘A Letter from William Penn, Proprietary and Governor of Pennsilvania in America, to the Committee of the Free Society of Traders of that Province … containing a General Description of the said Province. … With an Account of the Natives or Aborigines. To which is added An Account of the City of Philadelphia, newly laid out,’ 1683, fol. 31. ‘A Defence of the Duke of Buckingham's Book of Religion and Worship, from the exceptions of a nameless author,’ 1685, 4to. 32. ‘Letters on the Penal Laws,’ 1687–8, 4to. 33. ‘The Great and Popular Objection against the repeal of the Penal Laws and Tests briefly stated and considered,’ 1688, 4to. 34. ‘Reasonableness of Toleration,’ 1689, 4to. 35. ‘A Key opening a Way to every common Understanding, How to discern the Difference betwixt the Religion professed by the People called Quakers and the Perversions, Misrepresentations, and Calumnies of their several Adversaries,’ 1692, 8vo; numerous reprints, the last in 1817; also translations into French (1701, 8vo), Welsh (1703, 8vo), Danish (1705, 8vo), German (1802, 8vo).