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A31763 The Charge voted against Bishop Wren on Munday, 5 of July, 1641 in the afternoon which consists of these severall particulars following. England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons. 1641 (1641) Wing C2063; ESTC R29193 958 6

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THE CHARGE VOTED AGAINST BISHOP WREN On Munday 5. of July 1641. in the Afternoone which consists of these severall Particulars following ASPICIS VT VIVNNT PELLICANI SANGVINE PVLLI · SIC CHRISTO EFFVSO SANGVINE VIVIS HOMO* Printed in the yeare of our Praelates feare 1641. Munday 5 July 1641. This Afternoone the Charge was voted against Bishop Wren which consists of these severall Articles folllowing FIrst Excommunicating Depriving or Banishing in the space of 2 years 50 godly painfull learned Ministers Secondly Practising superstition in his own person Thirdly Causing the Communion Table to be placed Altar-wise and to be railed in kneeling and consecrating the Bread and Wine at the West side of the Communion-table with his backe towards the people and bowing to or before the same Fourthly Elevating the Bread and Wine over his head that the people might see it Fifthly Causing all his Pewes or Seats to be so contrived that the people must of necessity kneele with their faces towards the East Sixthly Employed his power to restraine powerfull preaching forbidding all Sermons on Sundayes Afternoons or in the week dayes without his lycense lest expounding the Catechisme and Common-prayer booke should be as bad as Preaching as hee and some of his Officers said therefore he inhibits any manner of exposition and injoines onely the bare Question and Answers in the Common-prayer booke Seventhly And to the end the people shall not know where there is any Sermons commands all ringing of Bells to be alike that so the people may not distinguish where there is a Sermon or where there is but prayer Eightly He permitted no Prayer to bee read before Sermon but that which is directed in the 39. Canon which hath no warrant of Law and after Sermon suffers no Prayer at all but onely Gloria Patri c. Ninthly He did publish a book of Articles to which the Church-wardens were to be sworne and these 39. Articles contain at least 897. Questions One whereof was this doth any man discourse profainly at Meale-time touching Religion or the holy Scripture Another Doth the Minister expound the holy Scripture according to the sense of the antient Fathers This I must beleeve will pussell the best learned Church-wardens in England to answer Thursday next is appointed to consider what penalty the Bishops have incur'd by making these Canons which tend to Sedition The Result and Conclusion which was drawn from the fore-mentioned Premisses was that it was resolved upon the Question that it is the opinion of this House that Matthew Wren Bishop of Ely is unworthy and unfit to hold or exrecise any Office of Dignity in the Church or Common-wealth Resolved that there be a Message sent to the Lords to desire them to joyne with the Commons to petition his Majesty to remove Bishop Wren both from his person and service FINIS