THE CHARGE VOTED AGAINST BISHOP WREN On Monday, 5. of July, 1641. in the Afternoon, which consists of these several Particulars following.  ASPICIS VT VIUNNT PELLICANI SANGVINE PULLI · SIC CHRISTO EFFUSO SANGVINE VIVIS HOMO*  printer's or publisher's device 
Printed in the year, of our Praelates fear, 1641.   

Monday, 5 July, 1641.  
This Afternoon the Charge was voted against Bishop Wren, which consists of these several Articles folllowing.  
FIrst, Excommunicating, Depriving, or Banishing in the space of 2 years 50 godly, painful, learned Ministers.  
Secondly, Practising superstition in his own person.  
Thirdly, Causing the Communion Table to be placed Altarwise, and to be railed in, & kneeling and consecrating the Bread and Wine at the West side of the Communion-table with his back 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 pews or Seats, to be so contrived, that the people must of necessity kneel with their faces towards the East.  
Sixthly, Employed his power to restrain powerful preaching, forbidding all Sermons on Sundays Afternoons, or in the week days, without his licence, & lest expounding the Catechism, and Common-prayer book, should be as bad as Preaching; as he and some of his Officers said, therefore he inhibits any manner of exposition, and injoines▪ only the bare Question and Answers in the Common-prayer book.  
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 be 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 only Gloria Patri, etc.  
Ninthly, He did publish a book of Articles, to which the Churchwardens were to be sworn, 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 ancient Fathers?  
This, I must believe, will pussel the best learned Churchwardens in England to answer.  
Thursday next, is appointed to consider what penalty the Bishops have incurred, by making these Canons which tend to Sedition.  
The Result and Conclusion which was drawn from the  Premises, 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 Commonwealth.  
Resolved that there be a Message sent to the Lords to desire them to join with the Commons to petition his Majesty to remove Bishop Wren both from his person and service.  
FINIS.