His position was enunciated by the works which he published in his lifetime. "Of the Blasphemie against the Holy Ghost", from 1646 or 1647, argued against Calvinists, starting from John Calvin's doctrine on blasphemy. "The Freeholders Grand Inquest" (1648) concerned English constitutional history. Filmer's early published works did not receive much attention, while "Patriarcha" circulated only in manuscript. "Anarchy of a Limited and Mixed Monarchy" (1648) was an attack on a treatise on monarchy by Philip Hunton, who had maintained that the king's prerogative was not superior to the authority of the Houses of Parliament.