Articles of visitation and enquiry within the diocess of Chichester, in the first episcopal visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God, Peter, by divine permission, Lord Bishop of Chichester in the second year of his consecration. Church of England. Diocese of Chichester. Bishop (1669-1675 : Gunning) 1670 Approx. 51 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 13 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2004-03 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A32941 Wing C4027 ESTC R40820 19329228 ocm 19329228 108638 This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Early English Books Online Text Creation Partnership. This Phase I text is available for reuse, according to the terms of Creative Commons 0 1.0 Universal . The text can be copied, modified, distributed and performed, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A32941) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 108638) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1683:42) Articles of visitation and enquiry within the diocess of Chichester, in the first episcopal visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God, Peter, by divine permission, Lord Bishop of Chichester in the second year of his consecration. Church of England. Diocese of Chichester. Bishop (1669-1675 : Gunning) Gunning, Peter, 1614-1684. [2], 21, [1] p. Printed by A. Maxwell, London : 1670. Reproduction of original in the British Library. Includes bibliographical references. Created by converting TCP files to TEI P5 using tcp2tei.xsl, TEI @ Oxford. Re-processed by University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Northwestern, with changes to facilitate morpho-syntactic tagging. Gap elements of known extent have been transformed into placeholder characters or elements to simplify the filling in of gaps by user contributors. 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In the Second Year of his Consecration . LONDON , Printed by A. Maxwell , 1670. The Tenour of the Oath to be administred to the Church-Wardens and Side-men . YOU shall Swear diligently to Enquire , and true Presentment make , of every person now or lately of your Parish , which hath made any default or offence enquirable by the King's Laws Ecclesiastical , and become known unto you : For your direction wherein , you shall duly consider all and every of these Articles given you in charge ; and neither present , nor spare to present any for favour or malice , hope of reward , or fear of displeasure : So help you God. Concerning Religion , and the Government of the Church established in this Realm . IMprimis . Is there any in your Parish , who are guilty of Atheistical or blasphemous Speeches against the Majesty of Almighty God , or Scoffers of Religion , ●n the Soul 's future Immortal state ? Is there any guilty of Speeches of Infidelity against the faith of our Lord Iesus Christ ? Any who in their communication , or otherwise , defend the Sociman , or Arrian Heresie , denying the Eternal Godhead of the Lord Iesus , or Pelagian , denying the nece●sity of Grace , and of Baptism for the washing away of Original Sin ? II. Is there any one that doth affirm or teach ( and who is he ) that the Holy Scripture doth not contain all things necessary to Salvation ? or , that what is contain'd in the thrée Créeds ought not throughly to be receiv'd and believed , or that the Church hath not Authority in Controversies of faith ? III. Is there any in your Parish that doth affirm and teach that the Church of England by law established , is not a true and Apostolical Church ▪ and a true member of the Catholick Church , having in her ●ll things necessary to Salvation ? Or is there any that d●th ●ffirm and teach that the xxxix Articles agreed upon by the Arch ▪ B●shops and Bishops of both Provinces , and the whole Clergy in the Convocation holden at London , A D. 1562 , are in any part erroneous , or superstitious , or such as may not with a good conscience be subscribed unto ? IV. Is there any in your P●rish that doth affirm and teach , that the form of God's W●rship in the Church of England established by law , and contain'd in the book of Common-Prayer , and Administration of Sacraments ▪ is a corrupt Popish , or any way superstitious or unlawful Worship of God , or containeth any thing in it that is repugnant to Scripture ; or to the Doctrine and Worship in the Catholick or Primitiv● Church ? V. Is there any that doth affirm or teach ( and who is he ) that Baptism of Infants according to the Church of England is unlawful or unnecessary , or better to be delayed , or not appointed for the Remission of Sins , or that it may be repeated , or that Infants duly baptized according to the ●hurch's Order , and dying before they commit ●ctual st●●●re not saved , everlastingly through God's grace given th●m in Baptis● ? VI. Is there any who doth affirm or teach that the K●ng's , Majesty hath not the same Preroga●ive in C●uses E●●●●si●st●cal , which we see hath been given ●lwaies to ●ll god●y Princes by God himself both among the Iews , and in the Christian Church ? Or that doth any way deny or impugn the King's Majesty's Royal Authority or Supremacy in C●use● Ecclesiastical in this Realm ? Or who denies that within his Maiestie's Realms of England , Scotland , and 〈◊〉 , and all other his Dominions and Countries ▪ our Lord the King is the highest Power under God , to whom the chief G●vernment of all Estates whether they be Ecclesiastical or Civil in ●ll Causes doth appertain without any subjection due from Him or his Subjects to any foreign Iurisdiction ? VII . Is there any who doth affirm and teach ( and who is he ) that the Government of the Church of 〈◊〉 under his Majesty by Arch-Bishops , Bishops , Deans , Arch-De●cons , or other chief Ministers bearing office in the same , or that the forms or manner of Ordaining and Consecrating of Bishops , Priests and Deacons established by law contains any thing that is Antichristi●n , or repugnant to the ●ord of God , or to the practice of the Catholick Church ? Or th●t pers●●s so ordained Bishops Priests or De●cons h●●e not s●ffic●ent external calling , or that they ought not to be 〈◊〉 truly Bishops , Priests , or Deacons till they h●ve some other external calling unto those divine Offices ? or 〈◊〉 teaches that those three Holy Orders above●●●● have not b●en ever in Christ's Church even from the Apostles time ? VIII . Is there any in your P●●i●h ( ●nd who is h● ) that by separation of himself from the Church , or by joyning himself to Convonticles breaks the Communion of the Church of England , or accounts of others as prophane , and none of the godly , for their orderly conforming themselves to the Church of England as established by law ? Or that any combining themselves in Assemblies or Congreg●tions of the King 's born Subjects within this Land , other then such as by the laws of this Land are held and allowed may truly take unto themselves the name of another purer Church , or of the Church of England ? IX . Is there any who doth affirm and teach ( and who is he ) that the Rites and Ceremonies , and the Rules of the Chu●ch of England by law established , are Antichristian , supe●stitious , or frivolous ; Or any way unlawful or burdensome , or such as may not be subscrib'd unto , and practis'd with a good consc●ence , or that the Church hath no power to decrée any such Rites and Ceremonies ? Concerning the Clergy ▪ their Duty and Office. I. IS the Parson , Uicar ( or also Curate ) in holy Orders by Episcopal Ordination , a Pri●st ordained according to the laws of the Church of England ▪ hath he béen legally instituted and inducted into his Benefice , or is he known or suspected to have obtain●d his Parsonage or Uicaridge by any Symoniacal Contract ? II. Did he within two Months after his Induction publickly in your Church or Chappel upon som● Sunday or Holy-day in the time of D●vine S●rvice openly read the xxxix . Articles established by Authorit● in this Church , A.D. 1562 ; and then profess and publish his assent , and subscribe his name thereto in the presence of the Church W●rdens ? Do you not know , or have you not ●ear● that ●n his reading , or pretending to read those xxxix Articles , he p●ssed over some one or more of them , or some part of one or more , and what part of the Articles was it that he left u●read ▪ Di● your P●rson ▪ Uicar or Curate upon some Lord●-d●y before ●he Feast of St. ●●rtholomew , A.D. 1662 , or some Lord●-day within two Months after Sis Induction , solemnly read in your Church or Chappel both Morning and Evening Prayer , as it is appointed in the book Common-Prayer by law established ? And did he after such reading , publickly before the Congregation declare his un●eigned assent and consent to the use of all things in the said book contained , as is prescribed in the Act of Parliament lately made for the Uniformity of publick Prayers ? And did he within thrée Months after the said Feast of St. Bartholomew 1662 , or within three Months after his Induction into your Church or Chappel , publickly upon some Lords-day in your Parish-Church read a Certificate under the hand and seal of the Arch-Bishop , Bishop or Ordinary of the Diocess , That he the said Parson , Uicar or Curate , did before his admission to be incumbent , subscribe a declaration of the unlawfulness to take up arms against the King , of his conforming to the Liturgy of this Church , and of his disavowing the unlawful Oath commonly call'd , The Solemn League and Covenant , according as is prescribed in the aforesaid Act for Uniformity ? III. Or after his lawful Entrance is your Pa●son or Uicar resident upon his benefice : or if his residence be legally dispens●d with , is his place supplied by a Curate allowed by the Bishops , and a licensed Pre●c●er , and const●ntly resident amongst you ? and what yearly Stipend doth your Minister allew him ? And if your P●rson or Uicar be both resident himself and keep a Curate , doth he notwithstanding himself , at least once a Month , openly read Common-Prayer in your Church or Ch●ppel , and ( if there be occ●sion ) administer each Sacrament in such order , manner and form as is prescribed in the Liturgy and Canons of this Church ? IV. Having both lawful Entrance and Residence among you ; is he ( your Parson , Uicar , or also Curate ) of blameless Conversation , the Husband of one Wife , sober , grave , not double tongu'd , not given to much wine , not greedy of filthy lucre , ruling his Children , and his own house well , sound in faith , in chari●y , in patience ? Or on the contrary , is he a frequenter of T●verns or Ale-houses , a common G●mester a prophane or obscene jester , a swearer , railer , scoffer , or qu●rreller ? Doth he set Neighbours at v●riance one with another ? Doth he f●miliarly converse with persons Excommunicate , ungodly or vicious ? Doth he resort to suspected and infamous houses ? Or is he himself vehemently suspected of Incontinency , with any person within or without your Parish ? Or doth your Curate or Minister lodg or board at any Tavern , Inn , Ale-house , or house of any ill report ? V. Doth your Minister or Curate plainly , audibly , distinctly , and reverently read the Divine Service of Morning and Evening-Prayer , without any diminution , addition , or alteration , upon all Sundays and Holy-days , not omitting also other days appointed by the book of Common-Prayer as fit and usual times , as Wednesdays and Fridays ( with the Litanies added ) and the Eves of every Sunday and Holy-day , with Ember and Rogation days ? And moreover , when he is at home , and not otherwise reasonably hindred himself , or not able to get two or three gathered together , doth he every day say Divine Service Morning and Ebening in the Parish-Church , where he ministers , and cause a Bell to be toll'd thereunto , that the People may come to hear Gods Word , and to pray with him ? VI. Doth your Minister reverently and publickly , at the Font only , administer the Holy Sacrament of Baptism ? Or doth he refuse or delay to Christen any child that is brought to him to Church on any Sunday or Holy-day , knowledg thereof being given to him over Night , or in the Morning before Morning-Prayer , or neglect to perswade all those who have the use of Reason , and are still unbaptiz'd ( having been seduced by An●b●p●ists ) to come to Holy Baptism , and doth he take care for their Baptism as in the Common-Prayer-book is prescribed ? Or doth he refuse or neglect at any time to sign the child baptized with the sign of the Cross ; or doth he admit such to be God-fathers or God-mothers who are either the Parents or who have not themselves receiv'd the Holy Communion ? VII . Doth your Minister duly and reverently administer the Holy Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ our Lord so often , at least , and at such times , as every Parishioner may Commu●icate at the least three times in every year in publick , whereof the Feast of Easter to be one ? And doth he reverently and carefully in all things obse●ve all the Churches Order in the Celebration ? D●th he give warning publickly in the Church at Morning-Prayer the Sunday before for the better preparation of his Parishioners ? And do such as purpose to Communicate , signifie their Names at least some time the day before ? and when he seeth the People negligent to come to the Communion , doth he use the Churches second Exhortation ? and when there is no Communion , doth your Minister every Sunday and Holy-day through●ut the year re●d the Communion Service , so much of it as is appointed to be read by the Book of 〈◊〉 - Prayer ▪ and a● the place app●●n●e● ▪ the●eb● ▪ profess●ng his and the Churches re●diness to the ●ore frequent Celebr●tion of th● Holy Eucharist , if Communi●●●●s 〈◊〉 of wanting ? V●II Doth your Minister wittingly admit to the receiving the Holy Communion , any one such who is known to live in open and notorious sin without repentance ? or that h●s wronged his Neighbour by word or deed , so as th●t the Congregation is thereby offended , or such betwixt whom he perceives malice or hatred to reign , and will not be reduc'd by him to a reconcilement , or to any who refuse to be present at the other publick Prayers of the Church or to any th●t be common or notorious depravers of the Book of Common-Prayer , or of any thing contained in the xxxix Articles ; or in the Book of Ordaining Bishops , Priests , and Deacons or to any that has spoken against his Majesties Supream Authority in Causes Ecclesiastical , except such persons do acknowledg to the Minister , before you the Church-Wardens that he is sorry for the same , and promise under his hand ( if he can write ) or otherwise by word of mouth , that he will do so no more ? Or lastly , to any that refuse to receive the said Holy Communion knéeling , and of all such persons by him put from the communion , doth he give an account to his Ordinary according to Law ? IX . Doth he at the Celebration of the Holy Communion in the due places appointed by the Liturgy , take the Paten into his hands , and break the bread , and lay his hand upon all the bread , and take the cup into his hand , and lay his hand upon every Uessel in which there is any Wine to be consecrated ? and when that which is consecrated is spent , doth he communicate any persons without consecrating more according to the form prescribed , and doth he severally deliver the Bread and Wine to every Communicant ; and at his delivering the same , doth he rehearse , the whole form prescribed in the Communion-book , saying , The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ , &c. And The Blood o● ou● Lord Jesus Christ which wa●shed , &c Or doth he use only some part thereof as he listeth himself ? and when all h●ve communicated doth he cover wh●t rem●ineth of the Consecrated Elements wi●h a fair Linnen-cloth ? and what remains is it reverently eaten and drunken by some of the Communicants within your C●urch ? X I●●ny person si●k or in health ( especially before the Rec●●ving th● Holy Communion fi●ding his conscience troubled with any w●ighty m●tters , doth for the quieting of his conscience , and for fu●●her comfort and counsel , unburden his conscience to his Priest or Minister ; doth then the said Priest or Minister upon special confession of his sins made ( to make which ●l●o h● is by the Minister to be moved ) upon his repentance administer unto him absolution , together with Ghostly counsel and advice ? and have you ever heard that the said Priest or Minister ha●h reveal'd or made known at any time to any person whatsoever directly or indirectly any crime or offence confessed to him in secret by any such Penitents whatsosoever ( except they be such crimes as by the Laws of this Realm for the publick concern , the Life of the said Priest may and ought to be called in question for concealing of them ? ) II. Is you● Minister ● li●ensed Preacher , by the Bishop , or either of the two Universities ? and if so , doth he then constantly , ● unless in case of sickness ▪ necessary absence , or other reasonabl● imped●ment himself preach in your Church or Chappel , or in some other near adjoyning , one Sermon every Lords-day ? or in such cases of impediment , doth he procure some lawful Minister and licensed Preacher , to read Praye●s and to pre●ch one Sermon and to pe●form other Ministerial Duties each such Day besides the F●●st● of Christs Nativity , Passion , and Ascension at the least ▪ or if no Sermon be , take care that one of the Hom●●ie● set forth by Authority , be there read by a Priest or Deacon lawfully ordained on every Sunday , and Holy-day in the Year ? hath he in his own Sermons at any time or in other Discourse ( as you know or have heard of ) preached or maintain'd any unsound Heretical , Seditio●s , or Schismatical Doctrine so far as you can judg ? or spoken ought privately in contempt of Religion , or that Religion or any part of it , which he by his office in this Church professeth ? XII . Doth he or any other admitted to preach in your Church , omit before his Sermon or Homily briefly to move and exhort the people in the form laid down in the 55 th Canon , or to the same effect , ( declaring for whom , and for what mercies they are to pray , and to give God thanks ) to joyn with him finally in Prayer for all those mercies in that most Holy and Comprehensible Prayer of our Lord ? XIII . Doth your Minister diligently catechize the Youth of your P●rish every Sunday and Holy-day by way of Question and Answer , according to the Church's publick Catechism , or also further instruct them in the sense thereof , as he shall think fit , and this after the second lesson openly in the Church ? Doth he by this and all other good me●ns and admonitions , prepare and procure them ( as occasion is offer'd devoutly to come and seek to be confirmed by the Bishop ; and himself either bring or send in writiting under his hand the names of● all such persons in his Parish , as he shall find by his Examination fit to be presented to the Bishop , humbly to seek and ask that benefit of Confirmation ? XIV . Doth your Minister endeavour privately to reclaim & reduce all Popish Recusants , & all Sectaries in your Parish to the Communion in the publick and established Worship of God in this Church ? Is he also ready to visit the sick ? And doth he call upon them to receive the holy Sacrament in their sickness ? And doth he administer it to them ? And is he also ready to baptize Infants in danger of death ▪ Is any Infant or more aged person in the Parish yet unbaptized by his default ? Have those Children that have been baptized in private houses by your Minister or other law●ul Minister , afterwards been brought into the Church and the Order of the Church concerning them , there duly observed ? XV. Hath your Minister , or any other , baptized Children , churched any Women , or ministred the holy Communion in any private house , ( where they have any Church or Chappel in the Parish ) otherwise then by Law is allowed in cases of necessity ? XVI . Doth your Minister on the three R●gation days before the Feast of the holy Ascension , go in pe●●m●ulation of the Circuit of the Parish ? And when he so goeth , do●● he admonish the people to give thanks to God , in the beholding of his benefits , for the encrease and abundance of his 〈◊〉 upon the face of the Earth ? And when there appears any ●ear of scarcity , to pray to God for his mercy and favo●● unto the L●nd , going into the Church with them , and reading the Litany and one part of one of the Homiles , set forth and appointed for that purpose of the Rogations ? XVII . Doth he bid or observe the Holy-days ▪ and Fasting-days , and days of Abstinence , and other solemn days for which particular Services are appointed , as they occur or return from time to time , giving notice to the Parishon●rs of every of the same in the Church , in the time of Divine Service , the Sunday next before ? XVIII . Doth your Minister always at the reading or celebrating any divine office , constantly wear the Surplice and other Scholastical Habit , according to his degree if he be a Gr●duate , and without a Ho●d ( only instead thereof a Tipet of black Stuff , not Silk being permitted him ) if he be no Graduate ? And doth he wear his Hair of a moderate and comely length ? Is his usual Apparel decent in fashion and in colour , such as in enjoyn'd him by the Canons of the Church ? XIX . Doth he in the presence ●f the Church-wardens , write and record in your Register Book , the Names and Sirnames of all persons baptiz'd , m●rried , and buried in your Parish from time to time , yearly transmitting a Copy of those Christenings , Marrying , and Bu●yings , subscribed with his own the Church-wardens or Overseers names into the Bishops and Registry ? XX. Doth your Minister permit any strange Ministers to preach in your Church who is not sufficiently licensed and Authoriz●d thereto ? XXI . Doth your Parson , U●●ar , or Curate celebrate Matrimony betwixt any persons without the Banes of Matrimony first pub●ished on three several Sundays or Holy-days in the Parish Church or Chappel where the said Parties dwell , or at the time by Law prohibited , without special Faculty or License in either case , granted by lawful Authority ? Or doth h● celebrate the same in any other place than in the Church ? or in the Church at any other time , then between the hours of eight and twelve in the forenoon ? Or betwixt such persons as are prohibited by the Laws of God. expressed in the Table of Marriage ; or under the Age of One and twenty years ▪ with●ut the consent of their Parents or of th●ir Guardians and Governours ( if their Parents be de●d ) signified unto him ? XXII . Or have any any such Licenses as above mention'd , that you know of , been granted by any under the Iurisdiction of this Dioc●ss , for the Celebr●tion of Matrimony , until it do appear to the person himself , who is judg in these cases , by the O●ths of two sufficient witnesses , one of them known to the Iudg , or to some person , whom the Iudg dares trust in this particular , That the express consent of the Parents or Parent ( if one be dead ) or Guardian or Guardi●ns of the Parties , is thereunto had and obtain'● , and until one of the Parties to be married have pesonally sworn , that he believeth there is no let or impediment of Pre-contract , Kindred or Alliance , nor any other lawful cause , nor any suit commenced in any Ecclesiastical Court to bar or hinder the proceeding of the said Matrimony ? XXIII . Hath your Minister admitted any Women begotten withChi●d in Adultery or Fornication , to be churched without license from the Ordinary ? XXIV . Doth your Minister serve more than one Church or Chappel in distinct Parishes on one day ? if so , how f●r distant are those Churches or Chappels which he so serveth ? XXV . Doth your Parson Uicar or Curate ( if commanded by the Ordinary ) openly some Sunday denounce and declare for to Excommunicate all such as stand Excommunicate by the Law of the Church , that others may be admonished to refrain their Company ? hath he s●id Divine Service whilst he knew such Excommunicate persons to have been in the Church ? or admitted such to the Communion whilst they stood so excommunicate . XXVI . Doth your Parson , Uicar , or Curate ( having convenient notice given ) delay or refuse to bury any that are brought to the Church or Church-yard according to the form prescrib'd in the Book of Common-Prayer except such as die unbaptized , Excommunicate 〈◊〉 Excommunicationepunc ; and no man able to testifie their Repentance , or have l●id violent hands upon themselves ? ) XXVII . Doth your Minister in the Parish Church or Chappel where he hath charge , read the Book of Can●ns and Constitutions , agréed on at the Synod holden at London A.D. 1603 , once every year upon some Sundays or Holy-days , in the afternoon before Divine Service , and doth he so divide the same , as the one half may be read one day , and the other half the other day ? XXVIII . Is any Lecture preach●d in your Church ? is he or are they who preach it , Licensed so to do by the Bishop ? Doth every such one , before his Lecture either read the whole publick Service himself appointed for that day by the Church in his Surplice , or at least be present at the whole reading thereof ? and is he in all respects conformable to the Laws and Orders of the Church of England ? Or doth he any way ende●vour to bring the Parson or Uicar of the place into disrepute with his Parishioners ? XXIX . Doth every one abide in his own calling whereunto he is called ? viz. Doth any Lay-man that is not duly ordain'd openly read Common-Prayer , or execute any Ministerial duty in your Church ? Or is there any Clergy-man , viz. in Holy Orders who doth voluntarily relinquish those his Orders , and use himself as a Lay-man only without taking any care of the Church of God ? Concerning the Pari●hioners . I HAve you any 〈◊〉 or person living in your Parish tha● to you● 〈◊〉 live not as becomes a Christian , according to his 〈◊〉 and vow made in his Baptism ; viz. de 〈…〉 world●y 〈◊〉 , living sob●●●y , j●stly and god 〈…〉 II. 〈…〉 in your Parish who wilfully absent themselves 〈…〉 Chu●ch or Ch●●pel either at Morning or 〈…〉 up●n S●ndays and other days ●ppointed by 〈…〉 ? Or who come late to the Ch●rch or 〈…〉 b●fore Service be done , and the blessing 〈…〉 up●n ●ny Holy-days imploy themselves in thei 〈…〉 labour , or apply or permit their servants so to 〈…〉 in 〈◊〉 of u●ge●t necessity , as may be in Ha●vest ? have you any that upon such days kéep open shops or sell wares especially in time of Divine Service ? Or have you any Uintuers , Inn-keep●rs , or other Uictuallers , or sel●ers of Bée● or Ale , that permit any on such days to tipple or game in their houses , or upon any pretence whatsoever , ( except in some necessity as of sickness ) to remain in their houses in the time of Divi●e Service , or Sermon , forenoon , or afternoon , upon those d●ys ? or any th●t will come to hear S●●mons but will not come to Common-Prayer and Worship of G●● appointed in this Church ? III A●● there any in your Parish of years of unde●standing that remain unbaptiz'd , or any that refuse to send their Infants to be b●p●iz●d publickly in the Church ( except in cases of necessi●y ) or in such cases do they procure them to be b●ptiz'd at home in due manner according to the order of the Church of England ? Or any persons that being unconfirmed are not brough●●o confirmation , or being of years , neglect themselves to seek it upon pretence of having receiv'd the Communion , or Orders , or upon any other pretence whats●ever ? Or are there any that being Sixteen years of Age , do not receive the Holy Sacrament of the Eucharist three times in the year , ( whereof E●ster to be one ? ) Or that doth forsake their own Parish-Church to receive elsewhere ? Or are there any marryed Women , who after their delivery from the Pai● and Peril of Child-bearing , refuse in convenient time to return a pubblick Thansgiving to God , according to the Order o● the Church ? Or are there any that refuse to bury their d●●d according to the Rites of the Church ? IV. Do any in your Parish entertain in their house any Sojou●n●● , common Guests , or other persons , who ●e●use to ●requent Divine Service , or receive the Holy Communion as aforesaid , and what are the names , qualities , and conditions of such S●journ●rs ? V. Do any refuse to be uncovered during the ●i●e of Divine Service , or dev●utly to kneel w●en by the Common-Prayer-book they are comm●nded so to do ? or to stand up , at the Glory be to the Father , &c. and at the C●●●ds and Holy G●sp●l , and to make answer at all the 〈…〉 appointed by the the said Book , and due reverence , when the N●me of ou● Lord Jesus is mentioned ? And say the Cre●d and the Lor●'s 〈◊〉 in a loud voyce with the Minister ▪ 〈…〉 in the time of Divine Service behave themselves 〈…〉 walking , talking , whispering , laughing ▪ or sleepi●● ▪ VI. Do any persons 〈…〉 into your Church in time of Divine 〈…〉 , or d●th any other person disturb your Ministe● doing 〈◊〉 part of his Ministerial Office ? or 〈…〉 challenge one another ▪ or fight in the Church or 〈…〉 Or are any Plays , Feasts Drinkings 〈…〉 in your Church or Church-yard ? VII Do an● 〈◊〉 ●n you● P●rish ●egles to ●●use 〈…〉 or other Persons living in their 〈…〉 yet learn't the Church's Catechism , to 〈…〉 come to Church on Sundays & Holy-days 〈…〉 by their Minister and instru●te● therein ? 〈…〉 any in your Parish , Master or S●●v●nt , 〈◊〉 , 〈…〉 Man or Woman , that live in Adultery , 〈…〉 h●ving married within the degrees pr●h●●i●ed 〈…〉 in a T●able set ●orth by Authority ) Or 〈◊〉 you 〈…〉 tog●ther in your Parish as man & wi●e , wh● 〈◊〉 in make known , when , where , or by whom they were Married ? Or any that being lawfully Married do yet live asunder wi●hou● separation in due form of Law ? Or h●ve you any B●wd● , Entertainers or concealers of incontinent persons , or any common Drunkards E●●ortioners , Swearers , Railers , R●vilers , common Slandere●s of their Neighbours , fi●thy and lascivious talkers , or which h●ve sollicited any person to unchastity ? or any which have used any Charmes , Inchantments ▪ or consult●ti●ns of these call'd Wizards , or cunning men and Sorc●rie● , such ●s a●e not made Felony by the Laws of this Realm ? or w●ich h●ve committed perjury in any Ecclesi●stical C●urt 〈…〉 ? IX . Are there any Recusants in your Parish or other Schismatically affect●d ●h● ke●p in their houses any that take upon them to be spiritual guides and iust u●ters , or any Schoolmaster in their Family which come n●t to Church to hear Divine Se●vice , and to receive the Holy C●mm●nion ? or that labour to seduce and w●thdraw others within , or without the Family , from the Religion in th●s Church est●blished ▪ or any in your Parish that retain , sell , or disperse any Popish books or writings , or other books or writings of ●ny Sectaries touching the Religion , State , or Government Eccl●si●stical of this Kingdom of England , or books of Heresie ? X. Have you any in your Parish that are suspected to be Ana-Baptists , Familists , Lib●rtin●s Brownists , Qu●kers , Independents , or Presbyterian opposers of the Epis●op●l Government . XI . Are there any in your Parish that do to your knowledg , or as you h●ve heard , with-hold the stock of the Church , or any part thereof , or any goods or legacies , or other things given to pious and charitable uses , any pr●visio●e for frée Schools , A●ms-houses or Hospitals ( such as are not of his M●jesties Found●tion or Patron●ge ) employed otherwise than according to the intent of their several fou●dations ? Are there any T●st●ments or Wills by any conce●l'd or improv'd , or any Goods unadministred by lawful Authority ? XII H●ve you any in your P●rish that refuse to pay their duty for ●●ster off●rings to your Minister or 〈◊〉 re●kon with him then , or tha● refuse to contribute and 〈◊〉 Rate c●ssed u●on them for the repair of your Church or Ch●●p●l ▪ or for the providing of such Books , Furniture , or necessary Ornaments as are requisite for the performance of any of the Divine Offices there ? XIII . Do you know of any person in your Parish having the Presentation or gift of any Ecclesi●stical Benefice , who hath presented a Minister to it upon any Bargain , either for Money , or Pension , or Lease , or reserve of Tythes , or Glebe , or any part thereof , or upon any other Symon●acal contract whatsoever ? Concerning Church-Wardens , Side-men , Parish-Clarks and Sextons . I. ARe the Church-Wardens of your Parish yearly and duly chosen , and sworn ? Have the last Church-Wardens given up their Accounts before the Minister and Parishioners , delivering up also the money remaining in your hands , and other things of right belonging to your Church or Chappel ? and is the s●me delivered to you by bill indented ? II. Doth any person or persons trouble or molest you the Church-Wardens for presenting any offenders in any of the premises , or for performing the duty that lies upon you in executing any part of your office , and who are they that do so molest and trouble you ? III. Do you the Church-Wardens against every Communion provide a sufficient quantity of fine white bread , and good and wholsome Wine for the number of the Communicants ? and do you bring ●he Wine so provided in a cle●● and swéet standing Flagon of Pewter , or other purer Metal . IV. Do you suffer the Table for the Holy Communion to be applied at any time , to any prophane ●r com●on use , as of writing , setting dead Corps upon it at Funerals , or others in the Church to sit upon it , or irreverently to make it a place to lay their arms or hats upon it ? V. Do you the Church-Wardens note them that come late to Church after Divine Service is begun , or depart before it be ended ? and do you take diligent notice of the absent and ( by Warrant desir'd from some of the Iustices of peace ) according as by law you are directed , do you lev●e by way of distress from every person of the Parish that doth not resort to your Parish-Church or Chappel on every Sunday and Holy-day ( having no l●wful or reasonable excuse to be absent ) the summ of 12 d. for every Sunday or Holy-day in which he is so absent ? and do you distribute the several summs so levied to the poor of your Parish according to the law in that case provided ? and before you present any for such default , do you first seriously admonish them ? VI. Do you suffer none in time of Divine Service to stand idle , or talk together in the Church-porch , or to walk in the Church or Church-yard , nor children playing or crying in or about the Church ? nor suffer any to bring Dogs , Hawks , or Hounds into the Church to the disturbance of the Congregation ? VII . Are the Side-men duly chosen ? do they assist the Church-Wardens in the executing their Office ? and do they joyn with them in framing Presentments ? VIII . Have you a Parish Clark aged 20 years at the least , chosen by your Minister , of honest life and conversation , and sufficiently able to perform his duty in reading , writing , and singing ? and doth he duly attend the Minister in all Divine Offices at the Church ? doth be kéep clean the Church , and carefully look to it , and to the Books ? and is he pay'd the ancient and usual wages as hath been accustomed ? IX . Doth your Clark , or your Sexton ( if there be any such in your Parish ) diligently look to the doors of the Church that they be locked and opened at due times , and the Bells toll'd and rung at the due and accustomed hours before the beginning of Morning and Evening Service , that the People may be warned and invited ; to come to the Church ? and when any person is passing out of this life , doth he upon notice given thereof , toll a Bell as hath been accustomed , that ●evout and charitable persons may thereby be warned to recommend the Soul of the dying person to the grace , mercy , and peace of God Almighty ? X. Do they at the instance of any , make any grave in any part of the Church ( except in such Isles where some person hath propriety ) w●thout the express consent of your Minister . Concerning Churches , and their Possessions , Ornaments , Utensils , and other Necessaries to the same belonging . I. IS your Church or Chappel kept in good repair ? are the roofs , the walls , the floors , windows , seats and doors , well maintained ? & is your Porch and Steeple in good repair , and Bels kept in good order by the care and oversight of the Church-Wardens at the charge of all persons occupying any La●ds or Tenements within your Parish , as well out-dwellers as Inhabitants , rating all proportionably for the Lands and Tenements they occupy therein ? And is your Church or Chappel-yard sufficiently fenced with walls , rails , or pales , as hath been accustomed , and that by the moneys cessed upon Lands and Tenements in your Parish as aforesaid , except you have a special custom otherwise directing you ? II. Are there any Isles adjoining to your Church or Chancel which time out of mind have been repair'd by the owners of any M●ss●age in your Parish ? if so do the owners thereof repair the same ? III. Is the Chancel of the Church sufficiently repair'd and beautifi●d by the Minister or other person to whom that doth belong ? IV. Is there any in your Parish that hath converted to his own , or to any common secular use , any Timber , Wood , Stone , or other Materials belonging to any Church or Chappel , Parson●ge or Uicaridge house , or out-houses thereof ? V. Have you in your Church a decent Font of stone for the Administration of Holy Baptism , and the same set in the ancient and usual place appointed for it ; and have you in the Chancell a decent Table for the Celebration of the Holy Communion , and for the Communion-service , and a Carpet of silk or other decent stuff , to lie continually upon th● T●ble , during the time of Divine Service , and a fair linnen cloth to lay on the same , at the time of the Holy Communion ? and have you i● fair Communion Cup of Silver , with a Cover , a Plate , and a Flagon of Pewter , or purer Metal , the one to place the Bread on , the other to bring the Wine into the Holy Table , and a fair linnen cloth for covering the Consecrated Elements ? Have you in your Church or Chappel a convenient reading Seat or Pew , erected for your Minister wherein to read the dayly Morning and Evening Service , as also a decent Pulpit set in a convenient place for the preaching of God's Word . VI. Have you belonging to the Church or Chappel a perfect Bible of the largest Uolumn , of the last Translation allowed by Authority ? Have you two Books of Common-Prayer set forth according to the last Act of Parliament for the Uniformity of publick Prayers ? And are both also of the largest Uolumn , fairly bound , one for the Minister , and another for the Clark , to use at the celebration of all Divine Offices ? the Book of Homilies , the Book of Canons and Constitutions made in the Synod held at London 1603 , a Table of Degrees in marriage prohibited , set forth by Authority , A. D. 1563 ; a Parchment Register-book , to register the several Christenings , Marriages , and Buryings within the Parish ? Have you a Book to set down the names of such Strangers as preach in your Church ? and another Book wherein to write down and keep the Accounts of the Church-Wardens , and an Inventory of all things provided and belonging to your Church ? Have any other Books , as the Works of Bishop Jewel , Erasmus his Paraphrase upon the Gospel , or any other good Books been carried out of the Church , into any mans private House , Or been l●s● ? VII . Are the ten Commandments and chosen Sentences of Scripture , or the Lords Pr●yer and others set up in your Church or Chappel , as the Canon does require ? V●II . Have you a large and decent Surplice , one , or more , for the Minist●r to wear at all times of his publick Ministrati●n ? And have you a Ho●d or Typet for your Minister to wear over his Surplice , if he be a Graduate ? IX H●ve you in your Church or Chappel a strong Chest 〈◊〉 three Lo●k● and Keys for the Alms of the poor , and a hole therefore in the upper part thereof ? and is one of those Keys in the custody of the Parson , Uicar , or Curate ? And have you one other convenient Chest , for keeping the Books and Furniture belonging to the Church ; and a Bier with a Herse-cloth for the burial of the dead ? X. Have any trees been cut down , growing in the Church-yard or fences thereof , and by whom , and for what use was it done ? what private doors are made into the Church-yard , whereby Nusances are committed , and by whom were those doors made ? Is any Encroachment made upon that ground ? XI . Have you any Lands or Tenements given or belonging to the repairing of your Church ? what is the quantity and value thereof , and in whose possession are they ? XII . When any of those things mentioned in the 6 , 7 , 8 or 9. Articles above are wanting , are they provided by the Church-Wardens , at the charge only of the Inhabitants of the Parish , according to each Inhabitants personal State , and not otherwise ? And do you the Church Wardens when you make a Rate for the same , and also for the buying of Bread and Wine for Communions , and for the expences of your selves and Side-men at Uisitations , and to pay for scouring your Plate , and washing the Surplice and Communion clothes , and if you have not a Custom to the contrary ) to pay your Parish Clark his ancient Wages ; When you m●ke , I say at any time such a Rate , or a Rate according to the first Article for the repair of your Church , do you give publick notice in the Church to the Parishioners of the time and place of your making them , and also of the time and place when and where your Rate shall be ●ffer'd to be confirmed by your Ordinary ? that the Objectio●s of any may be heard , before they be by the Ordinary ratified ? X●II . Is the House of your Parson Uicar , or Curate , with all the out● houses thereto belonging , kept in good and sufficient repair ? or have any of the said houses or out-houses been pull'd down without License from the Ordinary ? and by whom ? Hath any person 〈◊〉 upon any Orchad , Garden , Yard , or 〈◊〉 belonging to your Parsonage or Uicaridg●house , or fe●●d any tree thereon growing ? X●V 〈…〉 of the ancient Globe Lands belonging to your Minist●rs , been taken aw●y , or exchanged for other Lands , wi●●out the free consent of the Patron Incumbent , and License from the Ordinary ? And have you a perfect terrier of all Glebe-Lands , Maddows , Gardens , Orchads , Stocks , Implements , Tenements or Cottages belonging to your Parsonage , or Uicaridg ? as also , a Note of such Pensions , Rate-tithes , and Portions of Tithes ( or other yearly profits either within or without your Parish ) as belong thereunto ? and finding no such terier , do you the Church-Wardens and Side-men , together with your Minister and others of your Parish , make a terrier of the Premises in Parchment , subscribed and signed by you to be kept by your Minister , and a Copy thereof subscrib'd and sign'● sent into the Bishops Registry ? XV. Are the Bones of them th●t h●ve been buried in your Church or Church-yard kept decently , interred there , or laid up in some ●it place as beseemeth Christians ? and is the whole consecrated ground kept free from Swine and other filth and annoyance , as becomes a place so dedicated ? Concerning School-Masters , Physicians , Chyrurgeons and Midwives . I. DO any in your Parish teach or instruct Youth in any publick School , or private House , without License from his Ordinary ? and doth he cause his Scholars on Sund●ys and Holy-days to resort to Church , to hear Divine Service , Sermons and Catechize ? and does he see that they behave themselves there orderly and reverently ? and doth he himself teach them the Catechism set forth by Authority ? and is he deligent to bring them up in the fear of God , in good learning , and manners ? II. Do any in your Parish practise Physick or Surgery without a License from the Bishop himself if at home , or in his absence by the Ordinary upon the place ? Are your Midwives also licensed by the Ordinary ? Touching Publick Ecclesiastical Officers of the whole Diocess ( within the Bishops Visiration . ) I. ARe there any Ecclesiastical Officers ( within the Bishops Uisitation ) any Advocate , Register , Proctor , Clerk , Apparitor , or other Minister belonging to the Ecclesiastical Court , that takes and exacts any extraordinary or greater fees then are due and accustomed ? II. Hath any Apparitor taken Reward or Fee to excuse any appearance before the Ecclesiastical Court ? or hath the Register-sped any Act , or dismissed any person detected without the knowledg and actual consent of the Iudg ? Are any gifts or rewards taken by any for perverting justice . III. Hath ay person within your Parish paid or promised any summ of Money , or other reward for commu●ation of Penance for any crime of Ecclesiastical Cognisance ? If so , how hath the same been disposed of , to pious and charitable uses ( as far as you know ? ) FINIS . An Advertisement to the Church-Wardens , and Side-men , and Minister . IF you know of any other Default or Crime of Ecclesiastical Cognizance , you are to present the same . The Minister of every Parish , may joyn in Presentment with the Church-Wardens and Side-men , and if they be not faithful in their Care to admonish and present , then the Parsons or Vicars , or in their absence , the Curates ( being the persons that should principally have care of suppressing of sin and impieties in their Parishes ) may , and may find themselves in conscience obliged to present especially the greater Crimes , and whatsoever in their conscience they know needeth reformation in their Parish , as they tender the good of the Souls of their Parish ; Forsomuch as in both the Church-Wardens , with the Sidemen and the Minister , the true discharge of the duty of presenting is one chief means apppointed whereby publick Disorders , Sins , and Offences against God , may be reformed and punished ; so that their wilful refusing to make true presentment , leaves the unreformed Vices of the Nation at the Doors of such Officers , and for which they are to answer to Almighty God , and the sworn-men also to the King in his Ecclesiastical Courts . Notes, typically marginal, from the original text Notes for div A32941-e120 Artic. 1.2 , 3 , &c. Artic. 8. Can. 3. Can. 5. Can. 4. Galat. 3. Rubrick after Baptism Can. 1 & 2. Art. 37. Can. 7. Can. 8. Can. 9. Can. 6. Can. 10. Notes for div A32941-e660 Act. of Unifor . Car. II. 14. Ibid. Act of Parliament . Can. 47.48 . 1 Tim. 3. Can. 75 , Act of Uni●or . Rubric . Can. 14. Can. 15. Rubrick after Preface . Rubrick Can. 68. Rubr. of Baptism Can. 29.30 . Rubric . Rubr. Can. 21. Can. 22. R●b●ick Rubr. Can. 26. Can. 27. Rubr. Rubr. Can. 21. ● . Exhort . to Con. m. Can. 113 1. Exhort . for the Comm. in the Rubr. of the Visitation of the sick . & Can. Can. 45.46.49.47 . Can. 55. Rubric . Can. 66. Can , 67. Rub●ic . Rubric . Can. 22. Can 64. Rubric . Can. 62. Can. 103 & Constit●t . 1597. Tit. d. Moderandis indulgentiis . Can. 48. Can. 15.71 . Can. 65. Can. 68. Can. 53 , 54. Can. 76. Notes for div A32941-e2310 Tit. 2. 1 〈◊〉 cap. 2. R●br . of B●pti●m . C●n. 112 Can. 51. Can. 18. C●n 111 C●n. 59. C●n. 10● 115 Can. 114 Can. 92. Can. 112 114 Rubrick a●ter Comm. Notes for div A32941-e3010 C●n. 89. C●n. 90. C●n. 115 Rubr. Can. 20. Act. 1. ● Eliz. Can. 90. Can. 91. Can. 67. Notes for div A32941-e3410 Can. 15 Can. Can , 82 Can. Can. 87. Notes for div A32941-e3870 Can. 77.79 . Notes for div A32941-e4050 Can 113