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A75650 Articles of accusation and impeachment of the House of Commons, and all the Commons of England against VVilliam Pierce Doctor of Divinitie and Bishop of Bath and Wells. England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. 1642 (1642) Wing A3832; Thomason E238_25; ESTC R19350 7,684 10

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ARTICLES OF ACCVSATION AND IMPEACHMENT Of the House of Commons and all the Commons of ENGLAND AGAINST VVilliam Pierce Doctor of Divinitie and Bishop of Bath and Wells London Printed for George Thomlinson and are to be sold in the Old-Baily 1642. Articles of Accusation and impeachment by the Comons House of Parliament against William Pierce Doctor of Divinity and Bishop of Bath and Wells 1. THat hee hath by his owne arbitrary power against Law since he was Bishop of Bath and wells being about ten yeares space of purpose to keepe the people in ignorance and hinder the Salvation of their Soules which he should promote suppressed all Lectures within his Diocesse both in Market Townes and elsewhere aswell those that the Ministers kept in their severall cures as others that were maintained by severall yearely stipends given by the founders our of their piety and devotion for such goodnesse or by the voluntary assistance of neighbour Ministers some of which * Among thes he hath suppersed the ancient weekly lecture at the City of Bath whither many Nobles and other strangers rosort especially in the spring and fall who by reason of their sicknesse both desire need preaching for the consolation instruction of their soules of which now they are there destitute to their great discomfort Lectures had continued for 50.40.30 yeares without interruption and where countenanced by his predecessors who used to preach at some of them in their turnes 2. That in stead of incouraging he hath suspended excommunicated and otherwise vexed the said Lectures glorying in this so doing and thanking God that he had not a Lecture left in all his Diocesse the very name whereof he sa●d he disliked and affirmed unto Master Cunnant a Minister who desired a continuance of a Lecture that hee would not leave one within his Diocesse the B●shop alleadging that though there was neede of Preaching in the infancy of the Church of the Apostles time yet now their was no such neede and thereupon required the said Minister upon his Canonicall obedience not to Preach and in like ma●ner he dealt with many other godly Ministers within his Diocesse And in par●icular he suspended Mastere Devenish the Minister of Bridgewater for preaching t●e Lecture in his owne Church on the market day there which Lecture had continued from Queene Elizabeths time till then and refused to absolve him till he had promised never to preach it more upon which promise the said Bishop absolved him with this admonition of our Saviour most prophanely applyed * Iohn 5.14 I dare say no Commentator whatsoever ever made so ill an application of this Text. Goe thy way sin no more least a worse thing happen to thee And not content to put downe Lectures in his own Diocesse he hath indeavored the suppression of them in others by conventing some ministers of his Diocesse before him as namely one Master Cunnant and Master Stickland and threatning to suspend them for preaching their turnes at Lectures in other Diocesses neere them 3. That in opposition to Preaching and the Sirituall cood of the peoples Soules * It appears by Act 20.20.31 Act. 2 46. ●3 4. 5. Lu. 21 37.38 Ioh. 8 22.19.47.2 tim 4.2 by Basil Magnus Hexaemeron Hom. 2.7 8.9 Hom. in Psal 114. by Saint Chrysostom Hom. 10.22 34. in Gen. Ad Pop. Antioch Hom. 19.13 5. De saceidotio l. 6. hom de Lazaro by Augusti Concio 2. in Psal 68. Tract 16.18 21. in Ioan. and other Fathers that Christ his Apostles and the Fathers preached every day and forenoone and afternoone on the Lo●ds day how dare then this prelate thus to affront their practise he hath most impiously and against Law put downe all afternoone Sermons on the Lords day throughout his Diocesse and charged the Ministers both publique in his visitation and privately not to preach at all on the Lords day on the afternoone upon any occasion under paine of suspension after which charge he suspended one Master Cornish a Minister onely for preaching a funera●l Sermon on a Lords day Evening 4. That divers godly Ministers of his Diocesse being restrained from Preaching did thereupon take great paines to Chatechise the people in the principals of Religion on the Lords day in the afterno●ne enlarging themselves upon the questions and answers of the Catechisme in the Common-prayer booke for the peoples better instruction using some short prayers before or after that exercise of which the said Bish●p having in●elligence conven●ed the said Ministers before him reproving them sharpely for the same threatning to punish them if they persisted in that way which he said was a Chatechisme Sermon-wise and as if they preached charging them that they should aske no questions nor receive any other answers from the people but such as were contained in the Catechisme in the Service booke which some not observing were convented threupon before the said Bishop and punished as namely Master Barret Rector of Barwick who was enjoyned Penance for transgressing the Bishops said order and likewise Humphrey Blake Church-warden of Bridgewater was enjoyned penance by the Bishop for not presenting Master Devenish Minister there for that he expounded upon the Church-Catechisme on the Lords day in the afternoone and made a short prayer before he began the same the Bishop alleaging that it was against his order and command as is abovesaid 5. That he hath both by precept example most prophanely opposed the due sanctification of the Lords day by approving and allowing of prophane Wakes and Revels on that day contrary to the Lawes and Statutes of this Realme for which purpose he * O prophane Impiety and Iniustice to punish ministers for preaching Catechising and doing that which God enioynes them commanded afternoone service on the Lords day not to be long that so the people might not bee hindred from their Recreations pressed and injoyned all the Ministers in his Diocesse in their proper persons to reade the booke of sports in their severall parish Churches in the middest of Divine Service at morning prayer on the Lords day contray to the words and perport of the said booke which some Ministers as Master Humphry Chambers and Master Thomas refusing to doe * Impiety and prophanenesse which no age can patterne many minister have been suspended and censured for shortning the Service that they might preach the longer and yet they are commanded to cor●al it by this Bishop that the people might have more time to play in Gods own day he therefore suspended them both from their Office and Benefice and kept them excommunicated for divers yeares notwithstanding the said booke was by the Bishops Order published in their churches by others he convented the ministers of Beererockham before him for having two Sermons on the said parish Revell day alleadging that it was a hinderance to the said Revell and to the 〈◊〉 of the Church-Ale provided to be spent on that day He converted and