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A96350	The first centvry of scandalous, malignant priests, made and admitted into benefices by the prelates, in whose hands the ordination of ministers and government of the church hath been. Or, A narration of the causes for which the Parliament hath ordered the sequestration of the benefices of severall ministers complained of before them, for vitiousnesse of life, errors in doctrine, contrary to the articles of our religion, and for practising and pressing superstitious innovations against law, and for malignancy against the Parliament. It is ordered this seventeenth day of November, 1643. by the Committee of the House of Commons in Parliament concerning printing, that this booke intituled, [The first century of scandalous, malignant priests, &c.] be printed by George Miller.	White, John, 1590-1645.; England and Wales. Parliament. aut	1643 (1643)	Wing W1777; Thomason E76_21; ESTC R19192	42,473	60

for not coming up to the railes though some of them begged it with teares and openly reviled them for not conforming to that superstitious Innovation calling them Doggs Rogues and Beggers and presented them to the Commissaries Court for the same to their great damage and vexation and hath published in his Church the Booke of Sports on the Lords day and commended the same and hath publikely in his Sermons affirmed That preaching is not necessary for the sanctification of the Sabbath and that the Sabbath was made for Ministers to rest in as well as for the people and that Lay-men ought not to meddle with the Scriptures but must beleeve as the Church beleeves which Church he made to be Arch-bishops and Bishops And the railes being removed he placed formes instead of them making his people kneele at them to receive the Lords Supper And hath preached That if the King should set up flat Idolatry we ought to submit and not to take up Armes as some doe now and enveighed against the Parliament for endeavouring to take away Episcopacy and hath not only refused to joyne in the publike defence but hath also discouraged such as have so done 25. The Benefice of Iohn Peckham Rector of the Parish Church of Hosteede parva in the County of Sussex who giveth out that he is the Kings Chaplaine is sequestred for that he hath been very negligent in his Cure absenting himselfe from his Parishioners sometimes a whole Moneth together without leaving any to Officiate for him and hath refused to administer the Lords Supper to those of his Parish that would not come up to the Railes and is a common drunkard and notorious adulterer and uncleane person having drawne divers women to commit uncleannesse with him and hath bragged that he could lie with women and never get them with child and hath used sordid and beastly carriages towards women to intice them to satisfie his lust not to be named among the Heathen and hath expressed great malignity against the Parliament and proceedings thereof and hath affirmed publikely that a man might live in murther adultery and other grosse sinnes from day to day and yet be a true penitent person 26. The stipend of Iohn Kidd Curate of Egerton in the County of Kent is sequestred for that he preacheth not to his Parish above once in a fort-night sometimes not once in a Moneth or two Moneths though there be in the said Parish neere 400. Communicants nor provided any other to instruct them and hath used frequent and unreasonable bowing to the Communion-Table in his said Church and perswaded his people so to doe and called them openly unreverent Puppies that passed by it without such bowing and in administring the Sacrament of the Lords Supper when he had received himselfe and was going to administer the Bread to his people assaulted one of the Communicants and pulled him by the haire of the head and thrust him out of the Church and Congregation without any just cause and hath never preached to his Parishioners upon any of the Fast dayes 27. The Benefice of Griffith Roberts Vicar of the Parish Church of Ridge in the County of Hertford is sequestred for that he hath not only practised the late Innovations and neglected the publike Fast and imployed his neighbours to carry home wood for him upon a Fast day but hath openly declared the Earle of Essex and all his followers and Armies of the Parliament to be Traitours and that whosoever sent Horses Money or Plate to the Parliament were also Traitours and that this Land was governed by Children and Fooles and that the Parliament had done that that they must die for even the best of them if ever the Lawes were setled and that the said Roberts is a common drunkard and tipler in Ale-houses and drinker of healths quarrelling with them that will not pledge him therein 28. The Benefice of Peter Dausem Vicar of the Parish Church of Camberwell in the County of Surry is sequestred for that he is a common drunkard and drunke at the times of his officiating at Burials and Baptizings and hath by his debaushed conversation disabled himselfe from preaching and hath not preached for these 12. yeares and upwards and did protect and hide a Romish Priest in his house from the Officers that came to seek him and hath extorted undue and unreasonable fees from his Parishioners and after the administring of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper expended the money given to the poore in Sack and dranke it in the Church And in delivering the Sacrament to one Mistris Wilson one of his Parishioners cast the Bread upon the ground saying to her take it there if thou wilt have it and is a common curser and swearer and hath read in his Church his Majesties Declaration against the Parliament concerning Levies and being told of an Ordinance of Parliament against the reading of such things answered He cared not for it 29. The Benefice of Iohn Mountford Doctor in Divinity Rector of the Parish Church of Austie in the County of Hertford is sequestred for that he hath introduced into his said Church and other Churches a turning of the Communion-Table Altar-wise and having a great Crucifix and Picture of the Virgin Mary in the East window over the said Table used bowings and cringings before the said Table and Crucifix set Altar-wise and caused the said Table to be railed in and the Jesuits Badge to be set upon the Carpet there compelled the people to come up to the railes there to kneele to receive the sacrament teaching them that God was alwayes present at the Altar by the presence of his grace and was therefore to be bowed unto and in his going up to the Table to reade second Service usually caused that part of the 43. Psalme to be sung viz. Then shall I to the Altar goe of God c. And hath endeavoured to leaven his people with the doctrines of Arminianisme and hath forbidden by vertue of a Commissary or Surrogates place he held under the Deane and Chapter of Paules preaching in the afternoone on the Lords day and expounding of the Catechisme within his Jurisdiction only tying them to use the same by bare Questions and Answers and pressing the reading of the Booke of Sports on the Sabbath day and usually enveighed in his Sermons against those that went out from his said Parish Church to heare Sermons when they had none at home and did arrest the Church-wardens of the said Parish and the Glasier for pulling downe the said scandalous Pictures in the said window in obedience to Order of Parliament and hath preached against praying ex tempore as unlawfull and hath in his absence substituted a very scandalous Curate very superstitious in his practises who preached that that conscience was neither good nor quiet that could not be content with one Sermon a day on the Lords day and charged them as Rebells that did not observe his superstitious practises of the late

his house on Sundayes after prayers to sit there with him and consume their time in drinking and tipling 35. The Benefice of Henry Hancocks Vicar of the Parish Church of Fornax-Pelham in the County of Hertford is sequestred for that he hath preached That it is as lawfull for a woman if she dislike her Husband to leave him and take another as for one to goe out of his Parish to heare another Minister And that to goe to another Church was as the sinne of Witch-craft and Idolatry and filleth as well his Sermons as his ordinary discourses with bitter invectives and slanders against those that are religiously affected especially presenting them under the names of Puritans and Round-heads and hath said in his Sermons That the Puritans forced the Parliament to make Lawes according to their own fantasies and not according to the Law of God And after the fight at Edge-hill said in his Sermon That he was overjoyed to thinke that God should put it into the heart of the King to fight the Lords battell on the Lords day to uphold the ould antient Catholike Faith And fearing the pulling up of the railes about the Communion-Table he walked with his Sword about the Church-yard in the night saying he would rather loose his life then suffer them to be pul'd up and that if the Bishops should command him to weare a Kettle upon his head he would doe it and is a common tipler and haunter of Ale-houses and a prophane swearer of bloudy oathes 36. The Benefice of Alexander Clarke Vicar of the Parish Church of Bredfield in the County of Suffolk is sequestred for that he hath used very frequent bowing to the Altar in his going and returning from it and hath pressed the observing thereof upon his Parishioners and refused to let the Church-wardens levell the ground where the Altar stood because it was holy and consecrated and not fit to be throwne out or mixed with common earth and hath enveighed in his Sermons aginst praying by the Spirit calling it a Monster conceived borne and dying all in an instant and hath read the Booke of Sports on the Lords day and incouraged his Parishioners to observe the same telling them that it was sitter to play and follow their businesse on the Lords day then on holy dayes and hath publikely sported himselfe with his parishioners on the Lords dayes at Barly-breake and hath taught to the people that he hath absolute power to forgive sinnes blaming them that they did not send for their ghostly Father to have them forgiven and hath seldome observed the monethly Fast enjoyned by Parliament and hath endeavoured to draw his Parishioners to the Forces raised against the Parliament affirming that the Parliament had driven the King away from them and that the proceedings of them about the King were just and that there was not a Papist neere him And hath affirmed that the Earle of Strafford did die wrongfully and that the Parliament put him to death without a cause and hath spoken reproachfully of the Earle of Pembrooke and hath threatned his neighbours to give a list of the Names of them to the King that incouraged any to contribute to the Parliament 37. The Benefice of Zachary Tusham Vicar of the Parish Church of Dallington in the County of Sussex is sequestred for that he is a common drunkard and hath solicited the chastity of one Alice Thorpe and is a common quarreller and did way-lay one Edmund Gore about mid-night and fell upon him and beare him and hath greatly neglected his Cure sometimes deserting the same for two-Moneths together without any supply and hath spoken very disgracefully of the Earle of Essex and expressed great malignity against the Parliament 38. The Benefice of Nicholas Wright Doctor in Divinity Rector of the Parish Church of Thoydon-Garnon in the County of Essex is sequestred for that he hath not preached above twice or thrice a yeare to his Parishioners and yet hath presented divers of them and put them to great charges in the Ecclesiasticall Courts for going to heare Sermons in other Churches when they had none at home and brought also such Ministers as they heard so preach into trouble And hath procured the Communion-Table to be set Altar-wise with stepps to it and railes about it and constantly bowed towards it at his coming and going out of the Church refusing to administer the Sacrament to divers of his Parishioners without any cause other then his own wilfulnesse and read the Booke for Sports on the Lords day in his said Church and preached to maintaine the lawfulnesse of it by meanes whereof the Lords day hath ever since been much prophaned by Foot-ball playing and other ungodly practises and hath deserted his said Cure ever since Palme-Sunday last and betaken himselfe to the Army of the Cavaleeres and is in actuall War against the Parliament and Kingdome And hath brought and continued long under him for his Curate a drunken lewd and scandalous person that hath been indited and found guilty at the Sessions for a common drunkard 39. The Benefice of Iohn Woodcock Vicar of the Parish Church of Elham in the County of Kent is sequestred for that he is a common frequenter of Ale-houses and commonly drunke and abuseth them that will not keepe company with him at the Ale-house and is a common swearer by Wounds Bloud and other like execrable Oathes and a common curser and hath deserted his said Cure ever since the first of August last and hath expressed great Malignity against the Parliament and the proceedings thereof 40. The Benefice of Iohn Manby Doctor in Divinity Rector of the Parish Church of Cottenham in the County of Cambridge is sequestred for that while the Table was set Altar-wise he did constantly bow to it eight or nine times in a fore-noone and though he knew that the Parishioners could not heare him yet did alwayes reade second Service at the Altar and affirmed That it was no matter whether they heard or not for he prayed for them at the Altar which was Sanctum Sanctorum and affirmed That God was there more peculiarly present then in any other place of the Church and hath pressed his people in his Sermons That they ought to bring their offerings to the Altar and offer them there to him for that he was there in Gods stead to receive them and preached That he had power not only to pronounce absolution but had undoubted power to forgive sinnes and that the same was given him by the Bishops laying on of hands and that the Holy-dayes ought to be kept with as much reverence as the Lords day and that he read the late new Cannons and exhorted the people to receive and observe them as Scripture affirming them to be drawn out of Scripture And refused to Baptise children brought to the Church on the Lords day at evening Prayer though earnestly desired giving no other reason for it but because it was not his pleasure and hath preached openly

Sermon on the weeke dayes was a will-worship 79. The place and stipend of Ioseph Daves Curate and Hospitler of S. Thomas Hospitall in Southwarke is sequestred for that he is a common drunkard and common haunter of Tavernes and Alehouses and a common swearer and hath expressed great malignancy against the Parliament affirming them to be all Rogues and that he was consident God would shew no mercy to them that died in the Parliaments service and that all that went forth in their service were Rogues and Rascals and that those that died in their service at Edge Hill went to the Devill 80. The Benefice of Henry Osbalston Doctor in Divinity Parson of the Parish Church of Much-Parudon in the County of Essex is sequestred for that he in his absence supplied his said Cure by scandalous and insufficient Curates and hath in his Sermons preached against frequent preaching affirming it to be properly no service of God and that it was never a merry world since there was so much of it and that if he could preach twice a day he would not and that once hearing of Common-prayer is better then 10. Sermons and hath read in his said Church the Booke of Sports on the Lords-day and encouraged men to Foot-ball and other like sports on that day and hath taught his people That the water in Baptisme doth wash away originall sinne and being desired to pray for a sick child that was two yeares old said in his prayer That actuall sinne it had committed none and as for originall it was done away at Baptisme and hath pressed his parishioners to come up to the railes to receive the Sacrament professing that otherwise he would not deliver it unto them And hath threatned to present such of his parishioners as went to heare Sermons elsewhere when they had none at home calling them Hypocrites and of the tribe of God and said to one of his parishioners that he could not abide him because he shanke of two Sermons a day And being demanded to contribute to the association of the Counties for the publike defence said he would first have his throate cut before he would 81. The Benefice of Humphrey Dawes Vicar of the Parish Church of Mount-Nezing in the county of Essex is sequestred for that he hath discouraged his parishioners from assisting the present defensive War affirming That they are damned and are Traitors to the King that have lent money to the Parliament and that he hath read the Book of Sports and incouraged his parishioners to prophane the Sabbath and hath been often drunke and came so drunke to Church on the Lords day as he bad his people sing a Chapter in the Hebrewes for a Psalme not knowing what he did 82. The Benefices of Richard Taylor Parson of the Parish Churches of Buntingford Westmill and Aspeden in the county of Hertford are sequestred for that he hath not only used frequent bowing to the Communion-Table set Altar-wise but affirmed That there was a more peculiar presence of God there then in the Church and hath compelled his people to come up to the railes to receive the Sacrament refusing to administer to such as scrupled to doe it and there being a Crosse at the head of the Font in his Church upon every approach towards the Font used to bow to it and urged some of the parish to make auricular confession to him affirming that he could forgive them and having the Office of Surrogate in the Ecclesiasticall Court he did improve his authority to introduce the late Innovations into the Church and in his preaching also pressed his people to bow three times at their comming into the Church and keepeth a picture of Christ in his Parlour which hee hath confessed was to put him in mind of his Saviour and hath affirmed the fourth Commandement to be meerely ceremoniall and accordingly useth to hire servants ride journeyes buy wood and send his Hopps to market on the Lords day and upon the dissolution of a late Parliament he said If he were as the King he would never have Parliament more while he lived And affirmed that the last Parliament was the weakest that ever sate because they went about to question the Kings servants and the Ministers that went to the Table to say second Service and said There was no need of a Parliament for the King might have money another way and charged this Parliament with doing great wrong in committing and executing the Earle of Strafford and would neither preach on the Sabbath daies in the after-noone nor suffer others to preach though he could doe it as he said with halfe an houres study and prosecuteth his people for going to other Churches to heare Sermons when they had none at home and hath expressed great malignity against the Parliament and refused to publish the Protestation and hath deserted his cure ever since a fort-night before Easter last 83. The Benefice of Thomas Baily Rector of the Parish Church of Brasteed in the county of Kent is sequestred for that he hath endeavoured to corrupt his people with the leaven of false Doctrine teaching them that ex tempore prayer was Pharisaicall at the best and that no prayer ought to be longer then the Lords prayer and that people ought not to pray privately or secretly any prayer that was not first written and shewed to and allowed by a Priest That though people confesse their sinnes to God yet they ought for more surety of forgivenesse to confesse them to their Priest their ghosty Father and that for want of auricular Confession some have beene brought to confesse at the Gallowes And hath laboured by his preaching and otherwise to draw his people to auricular confession averring that he had power to absolve them and that the Priest though wicked had power to forgive others sins though not his owne and that such as refused to give their children and servants liberty on the Lords day after their observation of the time of publike-worship to sport and play did breake Gods Commandements That Offering on the Altar upon their knees is of absolute necessity and accordingly while the Church-wardens are collecting the monies given at the Sacrament he useth to suspend the celebration thereof and when it is brought up to the Table takes it from them layes it on his booke blesseth it offers it up and re-delivers it unto them and then proceeds And hath also publikely preached That it is a great griefe to Gods people that Abbies are not againe erected because divers could not endure to live publikely that the curse of God was on them that kept the Abby-Lands and therefore they did not prosper That he turned the communion-Table Altar-wise railed it in used frequent bowing before it urged his people to come thither to receive set the Jesuites badge with a glory about it over the communion-Table on the East-wall and on the north-wall neare the Altar caused the picture of a flying Dove to be set over the Font