Listed by year of first publication or, for diaries, journals and state calendars, first entry (where this is known). I have yet to point users in the direction of Early English Books Online where several of the texts cited here appear in full. You might also find some of the texts available via books.google.com.
Darrell, John, A Detection of that Sinnful, Shamful, Lying, and Ridiculous Discours, of Samuel Harshnet (n.l.: n.p., 1600 [British Library, 8630.e.39.(2). and C.71.d.26.(2).])
Darrell, John, A True Narration of the Strange and Greuous Vexation by the Deuil, of 7. Persons in Lancashire and William Somers of Nottingham (London: n.p., 1600 [British Library, 8630.e.(1). and G.19131.]; repr. in abridged ed., London: Thomas Harper, 1641 [see below]; repr. in Baron Somers, (ed.), A Collection of Scarce and Valuable Tracts, etc., vol. 3 (n.l.: n.p., 1810), 160-259)
More, George, A true Discourse concerning the certaine possession and dispossession of 7 persons in one familie in Lancashire (Middleburg: n.p., 1600 [British Library, 1395.a.15.])
Deacon, John and John Walker, Dialogicall Discourses of Spirits and Diuels (London: n.p., 1601; repr. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, and Norwood, NJ: Walter J. Johnson, 1976)
Deacon, John and John Walker, A Summarie Answere to al the Material Points in any of Master Darel his Bookes (London: George Bishop, 1601 [British Library, 1608/669 (2)])
Darrell, John, The Replie of Iohn Darrell, to the Answere of Iohn Deacon, and Iohn Walker, concerning the Doctrine of the Possession and Dispossession of Demoniakes (n.l.: n.p., 1602 [British Library, 1608/730.(2.)])
Darrell, John, A Suruey of certaine Dialogical Discourses written by Iohn Deacon and Iohn Walker concerning the Doctrine of Possession and Dispossession of Diuels (London: n.p., 1602 [British Library, 1608/730.(1).])
Bradwell, Stephen, Mary Glovers late woefull case, together with her joyful deliverance (MS only, 1603 [British Library, Sloane MS 831]; repr. in Michael MacDonald (ed.), Witchcraft and Hysteria in Elizabethan London: Edward Jorden and the Mary Glover Case (London: Tavistock/Routledge, 1991), ??)
Jorden, Edward, A briefe discourse of a disease called the Suffocation of the Mother (London: John Windet, 1603 [British Library, 1177.c.1.(1.)]; facsimile ed., New York: Da Capo Press, and Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1971; repr. in Michael MacDonald (ed.), Witchcraft and Hysteria in Elizabethan London: Edward Jorden and the Mary Glover Case (London: Tavistock/Routledge, 1991), ??)
The Manner of the Cruell Outragious Murther of William Storre, Mast. of Art, Minister. . . (Oxford: n.p., 1603)
Swan, John, A True and briefe Report of M. Glovers vexation, and of her deliverance by meanes of fastinge and prayer (London?, 1603 [British Library, 1606/325.]; repr. in Michael MacDonald (ed.), Witchcraft and Hysteria in Elizabethan London: Edward Jorden and the Mary Glover Case (London: Tavistock/Routledge, 1991), ??)
Two most unnaturall and bloodie Murthers. The one by Maister Caverley, a Yorkshire Gentleman . . . The other by Mistris Browne and her servant Peter. . . (London: n.p., 1605; repr. in John Payne Collier (ed.), Illustrations of Early English Popular Literature, 2 vols. (London: privately printed, 1863-4; repr. New York: Benjamin Blom, 1966), ??)
Marston, John, The Wonder of Women, or The Tragedie of Sophonisba (London: John Windet, 1606 [British Library, C.34.d.33. and Ashley1102]; various later eds.)
The Most Cruell and bloody murther committed by an Inkeepers Wife, called Annis Dell . . . With the severall Witchcrafts, and most damnable practises of one Iohane Harrison and her Daughter. . . (London: William Finebrand, John Wright, 1606 [British Library, C.27.c.28.]; repr. Bishop's Stortford: n.p., 1913; and in Barbara Rosen (ed.), Witchcraft in England, 1558-1618 (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1969 and 1991), ??)
A True Relation of the cruell Murthering of a young Boy, not fully three years olde, whose Sister likewise had her tongue cut out . . . by a woman called Mother Dell. . . (London: n.p., 1606)
The Apprehension, Arraignment, and execution of Elizabeth Abbot, alias Cebrooke, for a cruell ... murther (London: Henry Gosson, 1608 [British Library, D-6496.a.31. and 1471.k.20 (photocopy)])
The Merry Devil of Edmonton. As it hath beene sundry times acted, by His Majesties servants, at the Globe, on the banke-side (London: Henry Ballard for Arthur Johnson, 1608; various later eds.; online ed. at shakespeare-1.com)
Perkins, William, A discourse of the damned art of witchcraft (London: Cantrell Legge, Printer to the Universitie of Cambridge, 1608 [British Library, 1607/788.(1.).]; repr. Cambridge: C. Legge, 1610 [British Library, 719.b.19.(1.).]; in The Workes of that Famous and Worthie Minister of Christ in the University of Cambridge, Mr. William Perkins, 3 vols. (London: John Legatt, 1613; corrected ed., 2 vols., London: John Legatt, 1631), ??; and in James Sharpe (ed.), Early English Demonological Works (London: Pickering and Chatto, 2003), ??)
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The Holy Bible, also known as the King James or Authorized Version, ed. and trans. Miles Smith, Thomas Bilson, et al (London: Robert Barker, 1611 [British Library, C.35.l.11, and C.35.l.13.(1.).]; various later eds.; online eds. at The Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library and Project Gutenberg, among other sites)
Cotta, John, A Short Discouerie of the vnobserved dangers of seuerall Sorts of ignorant and vnconsiderate Practisers of Physicke in England (London: William Jones and Richard Boyle, 1612 [British Library, 551.a.2.(1.).]; repr. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, and New York: Da Capo Press, 1972)); later pub. as A True Discovery of the Empiricke with the Fugitive Physition and Quacksalver (London: William Jones for Edward [Weaver], 1617) - see below
Herbert, George, The English Poems of George Herbert, ed. C.A. Patrides (1612-; London: Dent, 1974); online eds., mainly selections, at Representative Poetry Online and Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
Jonson, Ben, Complete Poems (1612-; Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1975); online eds., including selections, at Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature, Project Gutenberg, Poetry Foundation and The Holloway Pages
Mason, James, The Anatomy of Sorcerie (London: J. Legatte, 1612 [British Library, 1607/809. and 1607/807.])
The Witches of Northamptonshire (London: T. Purfoot for A. Johnson, 1612 [British Library, G.2394.]; repr. in Barbara Rosen (ed.), Witchcraft in England, 1558-1618 (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1969 and 1991), ??)
Potts, Thomas, The Wonderfull Discoverie of Witches in the Countie of Lancaster (London: W. Stansby for J. Barnes, 1612 and 1613 [British Library, C.27.b.37. and G.19133.]; repr. in John Somers (ed.), A Collection of scarce and valuable Tracts, vol. 3 (London: F. Cogan, 1748), ??; in The Chetham Society, Remains Historical and Literary Connected with the Palatine Counties of Lancaster and Cheshire, vol. 6 (1844), ??; and in Barbara Rosen (ed.), Witchcraft in England, 1558-1618 (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1969 and 1991), ??); online ed. at Project Gutenberg
Charles, Nicholas, The Visitation of the County of Huntingdon... 1613, ed. Sir Henry Ellis (London: for the Camden Society, 1849); online ed. at Questia for which you will need to take out a subscription
Middleton, Thomas, The Witch (1613-1616, 1623?; various later eds. including ed. W.W. Greg, London: for the Malone Society at the Oxford University Press, 1950; ed. Elizabeth Schafer, London: A & C Black, 1994; repr. in Peter Corbin and Douglas Sedge (eds.), Three Jacobean Witchcraft Plays (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1986), 85-142; and in A Critical Edition of Thomas Middleton's The Witch, ed. Edward J. Esche, New York: Garland, 1993); online eds. at Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature and Chris Cleary's Middleton pages
Three bloodie Murders; the first committed by F. Cartwright upon W. Storre, Mr. of Art, minister and preacher at Market Raisin . . . the second committed by E. James, on the body of her mayde, in the parish of Egham. . . the third committed upon a stranger, very lately, neere High-gate . . . (London: for John Trundle, 1613 [British Library, 6495.a.63.])
Witches Apprehended, Examined and Executed, for notable villanies by them committed both by Land and Water (London: n.p., 1613; repr. in Barbara Rosen (ed.), Witchcraft in England, 1558-1618 (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1969 and 1991), ??); online ed. at J.P. Sommerville's course pages, Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison
A Miracle of Miracles (London: Iohn Trundle, 1614 [British Library, C.39.d.5.]); orig. pub. as A true and most Dreadfull discourse of a woman possessed with the Deuill (London: Thomas Nelson, 1584)
Cotta, John, The Triall of Witchcraft (London: George Purslowe for Samuel Rand, 1616 [British Library, 1608/727.]; repr. London: I. L[egatt] for Richard Higgenbotham, 1624 [British Library, 1474.aa.30.]; and Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, and New York: Da Capo Press, 1968); later pub. as The Infallible, True and Assured Witch. . . (London: I.L. for Richard Higginbotham, 1625)
Roberts, Alexander, A Treatise of Witchcraft. Wherein sundry propositions are laid downe, plainely discouering the wickednesse of that damnable art (London: N.O. for Samuel Man, 1616 [British Library, 1608/731. and G.19135.]; repr. in Witches and Witch-Hunters, ed. A. Edward Green (Wakefield: S.R. Publishers, 1971), ??); online eds. at Project Gutenberg and Cornell University Library Witchcraft Collection
Cotta, John, A True Discouery of the Empiricke with the Fugitive Physition and Quacksalver (London: William Jones for Edward [Weaver], 1617 [British Library, 551.a.2.(2.).]); orig. pub. as A Short Discoverie of the Unobserved Dangers of Severall Sorts of Ignorant and Unconsiderate Practisers of Physicke in England (London: William Jones, 1612) - see above
Belchier, Dabridgcourt, Hans Beer-Pot His Invisible Comedie of See me and See me not (London: Bernard Alsop, 1618 [British Library, 162.c.7. and C.34.c.6.])
Dalton, Michael, The Countrey Iustice (London: The Societie of Stationers, 1618 [British Library, 516.l.14.]; various early reprints; repr. as The Countrey Justice London: Professional Books, 1973; and Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, and Norwoord, NJ: Walter J. Johnson, 1975)
Goodcole, Henry, A True Declaration of the happy Conversion, contrition and Christian preparation of Francis Robinson. . . (London: n.p., 1618 [British Library, C.122.e.10.])
Goodcole, Henry, Londons Cry: Ascended to God, and entred into the hearts, and eares of men for Revenge of Blooshedders, Burglaiers and Vagabonds. . . (London: n.p., 1619)
The Wonderful discoverie of the Witchcrafts of Margaret and Philippa Flower, daughters of Joan Flower neere Bever Castle, executed at Lincolne, March II, 1618, . . . Together with the Several Examinations and Confessions of Anne Baker, Joan Willimot and Ellen Greene, Witches of Leicestershire (London: n.p., 1619 [British Library, C.27.b.35.]; repr. in John Nichols, The History and Antiquities of the County of Leicestershire (London: n.p., 1795; repr. Wakefield: S.R. Publishers/Leicestershire County Council, 1971), vol. 2, pt. 1, ??; A Collection of Rare and Curious Tracts Relating to Witchcraft (London: n.p., 1838), original pagination; London: G. Eld for I. Barnes, 1900; Leicester: Vance Harvey Publishing, 1970; Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, and New York: Da Capo Press, 1973; Providence, R.I.: Brown University Women Writers Project, 1999; and in Barbara Rosen (ed.), Witchcraft in England, 1558-1618, (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1969 and 1991), ??); online ed. at Cornell University Library Witchcraft Collection; also pub. as Strange and Wonderfull Witchcrafts (London: n.p., 1621)
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Bacon, Francis, Instauratio magna (1620; various later editions usually in translation); online editions based on nineteenth-century translations (as The Great Instauration) at the Hanover Historical Texts Project, the Constitution Society, and the University of Adelaide eBooks@Adelaide
Burton, Robert, The Anatomy of Melancholy (Oxford: John Lichfield and James Short for Henry Cripps, 1621 [British Library, C.45.c.30.]; various subsequent editions); online ed. based on a nineteenth-century ed. at Project Gutenberg
Fairfax, Edward, Daemonologia: A Discourse on Witchcraft (1621), ed. William Grainge (Harrogate: R. Ackrill, 1882; repr. London: Frederick Muller, 1971, and New York: Barnes and Noble, 1971)
Rowley, William, Thomas Dekker, and John Ford, The Witch of Edmonton, a Known True Story. Composed into a Tragi-comedy by Divers Well-esteemed Poets (1621; repr. London: J. Cottrel for E. Blackmore, 1658 [British Library, 644.c.17 and C.12.f.1.(5.)]; various subsequent editions); online ed. at Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
Goodcole, Henry, The Wonderfull Discoverie of Elizabeth Sawyer, a Witch, late of Edmonton, her conviction and condemnation and death (London: W. Butler, 1621 [British Library, C.27.b.38.])
Strange and Wonderfull Witchcrafts (London: n.p., 1621; repr. 1635); orig pub. as The Wonderful discoverie of the Witchcrafts of Margaret and Philippa Flower ... (London: n.p., 1619)
Baddeley, Richard, The Boy of Bilson; or a true discovery of the late notorious impostures of certaine Romish priests in their pretended Exorcisme or expulsion of the Diuell out of a young boy, named William Perry (London: F. K[ingston] for W. Barret, 1622 [British Library, 1608/656. and G.19136.])
The Crying Murther: Contayning the Cruell and Most Horrible Butcher of Mr. Trat, Curate. . . (London: F. Allde, 1624 [British Library, C.27.c.19.]; repr. in Joseph H. Marshburn and Alan R. Velie (eds.), Blood and Knavery: A Collection of English Renaissance Pamphlets and Ballads of Crime and Sin (Rutherford: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1973), 40-57)
Cotta, John, The Infallible, True and Assured Witch. . . (London: I.L[egatt] for Richard Higginbotham, 1625 [British Library, 1608/728.]); orig. pub. as The Triall of Witchcraft (London: George Purslowe for Samuel Rand, 1616; repr. Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1968); online ed. at Cornell University Library Witchcraft Collection
Bernard, Richard, A Guide to Grand Iury Men (London: Felix Kingston for Ed. Blackmore, 1627 [British Library, 518.a.4.]; 2nd ed., London: Felix Kyngston for Edw[ard] Blackmore, 1629 [British Library, Mic.A.589,(6.)]; repr. London, 1630 [British Library, 8632.aaa.41.])
A briefe description of the notorious life of Iohn Lambe (Amsterdam, 1628; repr. London: J. Barker, c.1810; Amsterdam: Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, 1976)
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Goodcole, Henry, The Adultresses Funerall Day: In flaming, scorching and consuming fire: Or the burning down to ashes of Alice Clarke late of Uxbridge . . . for the unnaturall poisoning of Fortune Clarke her Husband. . . (London: N. and I. Okes, 1635)
Goodcole, Henry, Heavens Speedie Hue and Cry sent after Lust and Murther. Manifested upon the suddaine apprehending of Thomas Shearwood and Elizabeth Evans. . . (London: N. and I. Okes, 1635)
Goodcole, Henry, Natures Cruell Step-Dames; or Matchlesse Monsters of the Female Sex: Elizabeth Barnes, and Anne Willis. Who were executed. . . for the unnatural murthering of their owne Children. . . (London: n.p., 1637)
Heywood, Thomas, The Wisewoman of Hogsdon, a comedie (London: M.P. for Henry Shephard, 1638; critical ed., ed. Michael Leonard, New York: Garland, 1980)
Law, Robert, Memorialls; or the The Memorable Things that fell out within this Island of Brittain from 1638 to 1684 by the Rev Mr Robert Law, ed. C.K. Sharpe (Edinburgh: Constable, 1818)
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Darrell, John, A True Relation of the grevious handling of William Sommers of Nottingham, being possessed with a devill (abridged ed. of Darrell's A True Narration (1600 - see above), London: Thomas Harper, 1641 [British Library, E.172.(13).])
A most certain, strange and true discovery of a witch. Being taken by some of the Parliament forces. . . (London: n.p., 1643)
Hopkins, Matthew, The Discovery of Witches in Answer to Severall Queries, Lately Delivered to the Justices of Assize for the County of Norfolk (London: n.p., 1647; repr. in Joseph H. Marshburn and Alan. R. Velie (eds.), Blood and Knavery: A Collection of English Renaissance Pamphlets and Ballads of Crime and Sin (Rutherford, NJ: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1973), 89-102
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Hobbes, Thomas, Leviathan: or, the Matter, Forme and Power of a Commonwealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil (1651; ed. C.B. Macpherson, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1968)
Ady, Thomas, A Candle in the Dark (London: R[obert] I[bbotson] for Thomas Newberry, 1656); online edition as part of the Witchcraft Collection of Cornell University Library
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Ady, Thomas, A Perfect Discovery of Witches (London: R[obert] I[bbotson] for H. Brome, 1661); online edition as part of the Witchcraft Collection of Cornell University Library
Stillingfleet, Edward, Origines Sacrae: Or, a Rational Account of the Grounds of the Christian Faith, as to the Truth and Divine Authority of the Scriptures and the Matters Therein Contained (London: n.p., 1662)
Aubrey, John, Brief Lives (collected between 1669 and 1696; various editions from the original manuscripts)
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The Doctrine of Devils, proved to be the grand apostacy of these later times (London: n.p., 1676)
Cudworth, Ralph, The True Intellectual System of the Universe, 2 vols. (London: Richard Royston, 1678; repr. London: J. Walthoe, 1743; London: Thomas Tegg, 1845; New York: Garland, 1978; London: Thoemmes, 1995)
Hale, Sir Matthew, Pleas of the Crown: A Methodical Summary 1678, ed. P.R. Glazebrook (London: Professional Books, 1972)
Oates, Titus, The Witch of Endor, or the Witchcrafts of the Roman Jesebel in which you have the account of the exorcisms or conjurations of the papists, as they be set forth in their agends, benedictinals, manuals, missals, journals, portasses, which they use in their churches concerning the hallowing of the water, salt, bread, candles . . . proposed and offered to the consideration of all sober Protestants (London: for Thomas Parkhurst and Thomas Cockeril, 1679)
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The Office of the Clerk of Assize (London: n.p., 1682)
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Baxter, Richard, The Certainty of the Worlds of Spirits (London: T. Parkhurst and J. Salusbury, 1691; repr. London: Joesph Smith, 1834; London: S. Cornish, 1841)
Solon Secundus, or Some Defects in the English Laws (London: n.p., 1695)
Baxter, Richard, Reliquiae Baxterianae, or, Mr Richard Baxter's narrative of the most memorable passages of his life and times (London: T. Parkhurst, J. Robinson, F. Lawrence, F. Dunton, 1696)
Young, Samuel, Vindiciae Anti-Baxterianae: or, Some Animadversions on a book, intituled Reliquiae Baxterianae (London: Samuel Young, 1696)
Long, Thomas, A review of Mr R. Baxter's life; wherein many mistakes are rectified (London, 1697)
The Second Part of the Boy of Bilson, or a true relation of the impostor, Susannah Fowles (London: E. Whitlock, 1698)
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