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A38049	The petition and articles exhibited in Parliament against Doctor Heywood, late chaplen to the Bishop of Canterburie by the parishioners of S. Giles in the Fields ; with some considerable circumstances, worth observing, in the hearing of the businesse before the grand committee for religion and of his demeanour since.	Saint Giles in the Fields Parish Church (London, England); Haywood, William, 1599 or 1600-1663, defendant.	1641 (1641)	Wing E2155; ESTC R13525	5,543	11

THE PETITION AND ARTICLES Exhibited in Parliament against Doctor Heywood late Chaplen to the Bishop of CANTERBURIE By the Parishioners of S. Giles in the Fields With some considerable circumstances worth observing in the Hearing of the Businesse before the grand Committee for Religion and of his demeanour since London printed 1641. TO THE HONOVRABLE the Knights Citizens and Burgesses of the Commons House in Parliament the humble Petition of divers of the Parishioners of the Parish of Saint Gyles in the fields in the County of Middlesex Most humbly sheweth THAT we live under the pastoral charge of one William Haywood Doctor of Divinity who hath lately published in sundry Sermons by him preached in his Parish Church most damnable and erronious Doctrines full of grosse Popish tenents And whilest he was House Chaplaine to the Archbishop of Canterbury did licence a Booke Intituled An Introduction to a devout Life containing the like Popish Doctrines all tending to the drawing away and seducing of the respective Readers and Hearers from the true Orthodox faith and to the upholding and advancing of the Popish Religion whose practise in Church discipline is superstitious and Idolatrous manifested by strange anticke jestures of cringings and bowings by using and approving of many Antiquated obsolet and Popish Ceremonies both in the Administration of the holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper and in other holy duties Contrary to the Lawes established within this Realme in whose Parish Church aforesaid are set up Crucifixes and divers Images of Saints and likewise Organs with other confused Musicke hindering devotion are maintained to the great and needlesse charge of the Parish The particulars are contained in a Scedule annexed ●all tending to the great dishonour of God the violation of his holy truth to the abuse of his holy Ordinances to the utter subversion and overthrow of the true Religion established to the unspeakeable griefe of our hearts who desire onely to serve the Lord according to the rule laid downe in his holy Word and who are hereby forced against our wills to seeke out the sincere saving truth in our neighbouring Churches not being able to heare and in our consciences not daring to joyne in such Idolatrous worship all which we are ready to make good as this Honourable Assembly shall appoint And therefore we doe most humbly pray that this Honourable Assembly will take such a course for his removall that we may hereafter enjoy a faithfull Pastor who may dispence unto us Gods Word and Sacraments in our Parish according to Gods owne Ordinance without the superstitious mixture of humane Inventions And we shall pray c. Some of the particular Erroneous Popish Doctrines preached in the Parish Church of Saint Gyles in the fields at severall times by William Haywood Doctor of Divinity I. 1. HE affirmed that a Minister hath power to remit and retaine sinnes and not declaratively or Ministerially onely as he said some would have it but actually and absolutely And for proofe whereof he cited Iohn 20.23 Whosoever sinnes ye remit they are c. II. 2. He affirmed that every man in his naturall condition is by the fall of Adam wounded onely and but halfe dead which he preached the seventh of June last past on the Sabbath day and proved it from Luke 10 30. A certain man went downe from Ierusalem to Jericho and fell among theeves who stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed Leaving him halfe dead III. 3 He affirmed that the Virgin Mary was free from and without any mortall sinnes which he preached lately on a Sabbath day on Iohn 2.4 Iesus saith unto her Woman what have I to doe with thee c. IV. 4 He affirmed that Confession to the Priest of our particular sins is very necessary to the forgivenesse of sinne and that they who did not do it were guilty of a great sin Cum multis al●● had they been noted Particular Erroneous Popish Doctrines contained in a Book Intituled An Introduction to a devout life allowed with a large approbation by the said Doctor to be Printed whilst hee was House Chap●ains to the Archbishop of Canterbury 1 To pray is a remedy against temptation but if that faile Then hastily run in spirit to the Crosse of our blessed Saviour Jesus imagining thou feest him hanging thereon before thy face and imbrace as it were the foot of the Crosse upon thy knees laying fast hold upon it as upon an assured Sanctuary page 591. chap. 7. 2 Stir up thy heart other times with corporall gestures of outward devotion prostrating thy selfe upon the ground laying thy armes a crosse before thy breast imbracing his Image which Exteriour Acts are onely to be used when thou art retired alone in some secret Closet Pa. 159. Cha 9. 3 By necessary obedience thou must obey thy Ecclesiasticall superiour as the supreme head of Christs Church Also Arch-bishops Bishops Pastors and such as are their Deputies Thou must obey thy Civill Superiours to wit the Princes and Magistrates but ever in that which he hath charge over us As in that which belongs to Civill Policy and publike affairs we must obey our Prince Our Prelate in that which belongs to Ecclesiastical matters p. 366 336.339 c. 11. 4 Call to the Saints of heaven our blessed Lady thy good Angell and the rest of the Saints to whom thou hast an especiall devotion to keepe thee in the way to heaven Page 691. Pray for the whole Church of God employing and imploring to that end the intercession of our blessed Lady Page 149. When thou commest before thy spirituall guide imagine thy selfe to be on Mount Calvary kneeling right under the feet of Jesus Christ crucified c. Pag. 10. 5 An example of the practise of good thoughts by S. Anselme Archbishop of Canterbury a Leveret started and sore pressed by hounds as this holy Prelate went on a journey ran under his horse as to the best place of refuge that the imminent danger of death suggested barking and bragging round about durst not presume to violate the Sanctuary to which their pray had taken recourse P. 183 184. 6 Examples of good and manfull courage of Saint Francis and Saint Bennet who feeling the great temptations of the flesh which they suffered the one cast himselfe naked into the thornes and the other into the Snow to mitigate them Page 571. 7 Now certaine it is that imperfections and veniall sins doe not take from us the life of grace for that is never lost but by deadly sin The onely care then that remaines is that these imperfections doe not daunt our courage Page 31. for a veniall sinne be it never so little displeaseth Almighty God though not so hainously that he will damme us for it Page 112. 8 It is no hainous sinne my Philotheus to tell some little lie in pastime to exceed somewhat in needlesse talke in carelesse lookes in apparell in mirth in play in dancing and such like toyes Page 114. 9 In the Sacrament