Powling William

Powling William was a sawyer, of Thornham, in Kent, who, in the reign of Mary, made the following Confession, which was signed by himself ; and countersigned by Nicholas Harpsfield, Archdeacon of Canterbury, Warham St. Leger, Thomas Roydon, George Clerk, and Thomas Hendle, as Commissioners and Witnesses.

"I. William Powling confesseth, That, before his imprisonment, he refused to come to the Church, because the service is in a tongue that doth not edify ; and he thinketh it contrary to God's word ; and saith, that there are certain things used contrary to the Testament both Old and New. II. And saith That he doth not believe, that there is in the real natural body of our Saviour Jesus Christ the form of bread ; and that it is no article of faith ; and therefore refuseth to come to Church. III. And saith further, That it is no article of our faith, that there is One God and Three Persons, but One God Almighty, in whom he believeth; and saith that Christ is not almighty of himself, but received all power from his Father, and is made God over all things unto us ; and saith, that he was not God of the same substance of God from the beginning. IV. And as for the Holy Ghost, he saith, That he believeth he is not God, but believeth he is the spirit of God the Father only, given to the Son, and not God of himself."

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