ARTICLES EXHIBITED In the PARLIAMENT, AGAINST VVILLIAM BEALE, Doctor of Divinity, and Master of St. Johns Colledge in the Vniver­sity of Cambridge, August the 6th. 1641

Printed in the yeare 1641.

ARTICLES Exhibited in the Parliament against WILLIAM BEALE, Doctor of DIVINITY, and MASTER of St. JOHNS COLLEDGE in the Vniversity of CAMBRIDGE, The 6th. of August. 1641.

1. THat hee presumptuously preached a Sermon at St. Pauls in London 1640. which did not only con­taine Hereticall Doctrine, but did al­so applaud and extoll the Papists to be the Kings truest Subjects, and most Loyall in the whole Kingdome.

2. That in another Sermon at the same [Page 2] Church he did positively confirm with an audatious confidence and insolency, that the Puritans were Traitors to the Crowns in three respects, (or at least as bad as Traitors.)

  • 1. Of their obstinacy.
  • 2. Of their Schismaticall Religion.
  • 3. Of their Disloyaltie.

And therefore in his opinion they ei­ther ought by coertion to bee compel­led to their Conformity, or to suffer ex­tremity of Law.

3. That by sufficient proof and autho­rity he preached in St. Maries against the Subjects freedome and liberty.

4. That in the same Sermon hee said it was a sin of damnation not to bow at the name of Jesus, and his Argu­ment he produced out of the Scripture false quoted, and that the sin was the same for not bowing with submissive reverence to the Comumnion Table [Page 3]both at our first entrance and depar­ture out of the Church.

5. That in his Colledge he did most ty­rannically usurp Conformity, and did exult in a most Majesteriall way, com­manding the Deanes of the said Col­ledge to execute the inflictions of se­vere punishments on all those who would not observe Conformity: as to bow very low at the comming in at the Chappel to the Communion Table, and likewise at their going out thereof without any exception both of the Fel­lowes, Schollers and Students of the said Colledge.

6. That because those Papisticall In­novations did oppose the pious Con­sciences of some which would not ob­serve them, there were foure expelled upon the non-performance thereof.

7. That after the expulsion of those hee commanded the President-Lectu­rers [Page 4]and Deanes to admit none into the Colledge, unlesse they tooke an absolute Oath of the performannce thereof.

8. That he was the sole encourager of Dr. Cozins in his Vice-Chancellour­ship, to tyranize in that lesuiticall, Po­pish, and Canterburian Religion, which doth manifestly appeare, first, that by his especiall meanes hee was elected Vice-Chancellour, then by his often frequenting, and eucouraging him unto tyrannycall usurpation, and publicke promulgation of that Romish Religion.

9 That he commanded the Deanes of the said Colledge to severely punish ac­cording to the exprest infliction who would not likewise convert their face toward the East, at Glory be to the Father, &c. and many times in Divine Service, so that he did luxuriously [Page 5]introduce Popish Innovations, and Ceremo­nies.

10. That at the Offring at the Communion he compelled the Fellowes to give 12. pence, the Batchellors of Arts 8. pence, and the Pensio­ners 6. pence, & the Subsizers 4. pence, which after it was collected was never given to the poore according to the intent of those which gave it charitably, but was forthwith put to their private use either for erecting Pictures, or Images, or divers others Idola­trous things, or Wax-candles, and a nume­rous multiplicity of the like detestations.

11. That hee did seduce and allure divers young Students out of other Colledges, promising them upon their Conformitie great preferment in his Colledge, which he did frequently: and those who were proper for preferment, were frustrated and with­all greatly contemned without any respect, because they did not observe his Papisti­call Superstition.

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