THE PETITION AND ARTICLES Exhibited in Parliament against JOHN POCKLINGTON, Doctor in Divinity, Parson of Yelden, in Bedford, hire, Anno 1641.  Jer. 23. v. 15. 
Therefore thus saith the ●ord of Hosts, concerning the Prophet's; behold I will feed them with wormwood, and make thence dr●n●e the water of gall; for from the Prophets of jerusalem is profaneness gon● forth into all the Land.  
Imprinted at London, 1641.   

ARTICLE, J.  
HE hath within these few years, in his Church of Yelden turned the Communion Table Altarwise.  
ARTICLE, II.  
He bows to or before this Altar, very low; as often as either he passeth by it, or makes his approach thereunto.  
ARTICLE, III.  
He shows more outward reverence to the Altar, then to the name of God: for one time in the Church protesting before GOD, and his holy Altar, when he made mention of the Altar, he turned himself towards it, and made low obey sance before it, but at the name of God he shown no such respect.  
ARTICLE, IU.  
He hath placed a Cross in a Cloth behind the Astar, called the Altar-cloth.  
ARTICLE, V.  
He useth much to magnify the Cross; and once in his Sermon speaking of Moses his prayer against Amalecke, he said, that Moses spread forth his arms in the form of a Cross, and that that posture of his was more available with God then his prayer.  
ARTICLE, VI  
He hath caused a Bell to be hung up in his Chancel, called a Sacring Bell, which the Clerk always rings at the going up to Se●ond Service, which he performs with variety of postures, sometimes turning his fa●e towards the South sometimes towards the East, and sometimes towards the West.  
ARTICLE, VII.  
He hath caused two clothes to be made, which He calls Corporals; and these be useth to lay over the Bread in the Sacrament; and each of these h●●n five. Grosses on it, one at each corner, and one in the middle.  
ARTICLE, VIII.  
That he refused to give the Sacrament on Easter-day, Anno 1638. to 12. or 14. of his Parishioners, though they had acquainted him before, that they intended to receive on that day, according to their usual custom; and though at the time of the administration of the sacrament, even from the beginning thereof to the end, they kneeled at the rails (for otherwise he would not administer it to them at any time) yet He still passed them by, and sent them away without it, to their great reproach and discomfort; having no just cause so to do.  
ARTICLE, IX.  
He hath also composed and published two books of Pamphlets, the one intituted Sunday no Sabbath, the other Altar Christianum, wherein he justifies and defends all those Innovations in Religion that have been unhappily introduced into this Church, which also he practices by himself; and besides in those books he asserts and maintains divers wicked, Popish & Antichrishian points, to the great danger & damage of this Church and state, justifies; sundry Popish canoni●ed Sain●s for true Saints & Martyrs of God and censures our own English Martyrs (mentioned in M. Fox's Calendar, before his book of Acts and Monuments, set forth by public Authority, and approved by the whole Convocation, Anno 1579.) for Traitor's Murderers, Rebels, and Heretics.  
ARTICLE, 10.  
He affirms and maintains the dedication and consecration of church's by Prayers and th●t (as he saith) from the Doctrine and Decrees of Popes of the first and best times, and confirmed by the Doctrine and practice of the holy Catholic Church. And he censures the Centurists for bold and impious, because they condemn & brand such kind of Popish Consecration of wood and stones, for the Mystery of iniquity, Alt. Chr. ca● 10. page 52.  
ARTICLE, XI.  
He teaches and affirms, that the distinction of places in the Church 〈…〉 ancient ●●●and observed even from the Apostles 〈…〉 ●●verall places in the Church were appo●●●ed or the ●●e●gy, and for the Laity, Alt. Chr. c. 8. p. 43, 44. And these several places had several degrees of holiness'. And it orium was the place for the Laity, and that was less holy; but Presbyterium was the place for the Clergy and this was more holy. And in the holy place namely the Chancel or Presbytery, there was a Throne or Chair placed.  
ARTICLE, XII.  
But He bethinks himself, and saith, that this Chair was not in all Churches, but only in the Churches of Bishops; and that such a Chair was in the Church of jerusalem and Rome: and then after affirms, that the Succession of Bishops in such a Chair, was one thing that kept St. Augustine from departing out of the bosom of the Catholic Church; for he brings him in, saying thus, The succession of Priests from St. Peter, keeps me of right in the Church: the name of this Catholic See (that is, of Rome) keeps me in, Alt. Chr. p. 47.   

The Copy of the Petition. To the right Honourable, the Lords of the upper House of Parliament, The humble Petition of I. H. of Cardington in the County of Bedford, Gentleman.  
Humbly showeth,  
THAT Ioh● Pocklington Doctor of Divinity, Rector of the Parish Church of Yelden in the County of Bedford, Vicar of Waresly in the County of Huntingdon, Prebend of Lincoln, Peterborough, and Windsor, hath been a chief Author and Ringleader in all those Innovations which have of late flowed into the Church of England.  
May it therefore please this Honourable House, to take the premises into your just and pious consideration, and to convent the said D. Pocklington before you, to answer the same, that so he may receive such condign and exemplary punishment, as may deter all others from the like dangerous Attempts, and I innovations: and your Petitioner shall ever pray, etc.  
FINIS.