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<P>ARTICLES OF Vi&s;itation and Enquiry.</P>
<P>Concerning MATTERS Eccle&s;ia&s;tical: EXHIBITED To the Mini&s;ters, Church-wardens, and Side-men of every Pari&s;h within the DIOCESS of <HI>SAR&V;M.</HI></P>
<P>In the EPISCOPAL VISITATION OF THE Right Reverend Father in God SETH By Divine Permi&s;&s;ion Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>SAR&V;M.</HI></P>
<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed for <HI>Ja. Collins</HI> at the <HI>King-Arms</HI> in <HI>Ludgate-&s;treet.</HI> 1674.</P>
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<HEAD>The Tenour of the Oath to be Admini&s;tred to the Church-Wardens, and Side-men of e|very Pari&s;h.</HEAD>
<P>YOu &s;hall Swear diligently to en|quire, and to make a true an&s;wer unto every Article in this Book now given you in charge; and to pre&s;ent every Per&s;on that now is, or of late was, inhabiting within your Pari&s;h, that hath done any Offence, or omitted any Duty therein mentioned. And this you &s;hall do uprightly and truly, without fa|vour or malice, hope of reward, or di&s;|plea&s;ure, &s;o far as by the Laws you are bound.</P>
<CLOSER>So help you God.</CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="articles of visitation">
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<HEAD>ARTICLES OF Vi&s;itation and Enquiry. WITHIN THE DIOCESS of <HI>SAR&V;M</HI></HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>TITUL. 1. Concerning Churches and Chappels, with the Ornaments, and Fur|niture thereunto belonging.</HEAD>
<P N="1"><HI>I. _IS</HI> your Pari&s;h-Church or Chappel kept in good and &s;ufficient repair?<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 85.</NOTE> Are the Roofs thereof well covered with Lead, Tile or Slat? the Windows well Glazed, the Floors well Paved, the Seats well fa&s;tned, and conveniently placed; and all things &s;o decently ordered, as becometh the Hou&s;e of God?</P>
<P N="2"><HI>II. HATH</HI> the Steeple or Tower of your Church or Chappel,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Lind. Prov. Con&s;t. lib. 3 de imunitat Eccle&s;iae.</NOTE> or any part thereof, been pulled down, or any of the Lead or Bells for|merly belonging thereunto been inbezelled, &s;old or made away? In who&s;e hands or cu&s;tody doth the &s;ame, or any part thereof, remain? Declare what you know, or have heard therein.</P>
<P N="3"><HI>III. IS</HI> there a Font of Stone, with a good cover thereunto,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 81.</NOTE> &s;tand|ing in convenient place towards the lower part of your Church, for the admini&s;tration of Bapti&s;m? And is there,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 82.</NOTE> in your Chancel a decent Communion Table, for the Admini&s;tration of the Lords Supper; with a Carpet of Silk, Stuff, or fine Woollen-Cloth, and another Covering of white and pure Linnen to &s;pread there|upon? and have you a fair Communion-Cup, or Chalice,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 20.</NOTE> with a
<PB REF="3" MS="y"> Cover of &s;ilver, and one or more Flagons of &s;ilver, or pewter, there|unto belonging.</P>
<P N="4"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 82.</NOTE><HI>IV. HAVE</HI> you in your &s;aid Church, or Chappel, a convenient Seat,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 83.</NOTE> or Pew, for your Mini&s;ter to read Divine Service in? A Pulpit, with a comely Cloth or Cu&s;hion for the &s;ame? A Bible of the la&s;t Tran&s;lation,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 80.</NOTE> in a large Volume, and the Book of Common-Prayer, (e&s;tabli&s;hed by the late Act of Parliament) both well and &s;ub&s;tan|tially bound? Have you likewi&s;e the Book of Homilies &s;et forth by Authority?<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ks. Conf. Ca|nons. Can. <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="faint" EXTENT="1 letter">9.</NOTE> A Book of Canons and Con&s;titutions Eccle&s;ia&s;ti|cal? and a Printed Table of the Degrees wherein Marriage is prohibited?</P>
<P N="5"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 58.</NOTE><HI>V.</HI> Have you a comely large Surplice for the Mini&s;ter to wear at all times of his Publick Mini&s;tration in the Church, provided, and to be duly wa&s;hed at the charge of your Pari&s;h?</P>
<P N="6"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 70.</NOTE><HI>VI.</HI> Have you a Regi&s;ter-Book of Parchment, wherein to regi|&s;ter the Names and Sirnames of all &s;uch per&s;ons as are Married, Chri&s;tened, or Buried, within your Pari&s;h, together with the Names and Sirnames of both the Parents of the Children &s;o Chri&s;tened, expre&s;sing the Day, Month, and Year of all &s;uch Chri&s;tenings, Mar|riages, and Burials? and is the tran&s;cript thereof yearly, within one Month next after the 25 of <HI>March,</HI> brought into the Bi&s;hops Re|gi&s;try?</P>
<P N="7"><NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">an. 52.</NOTE><HI>VII.</HI> Have you likewi&s;e another Book of Paper, wherein to re|cord the Names and Licen&s;es of all &s;uch Strangers as are admitted at any time to Preach in your Church or Chappel? As al&s;o a third Book wherein to write down the Church-wardens accounts: toge|ther with a &s;trong Che&s;t,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="2 letters">n. 89.</NOTE> with Locks and Keys, wherein to keep the afore&s;aid Books, and all the afore-mentioned Furniture, in &s;afe Cu|&s;tody? and la&s;tly, have you a Bier, with a black Hear&s;e-cloth, for the Burial of the Dead.</P>
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<HEAD>TIT. II. Concerning the Church-yard, the Hou&s;es, Glebes, and Tithes, be|longing to the Church.</HEAD>
<P N="1"><NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 word">. 85.</NOTE><HI>I.</HI> IS your Church-yard &s;ufficiently fenced with Walls, Rails, or Pales, and decently kept from the annoyance of Swine, Hor&s;es, and other Cattel? Hath any per&s;on encroached upon the &s;ame? or made any door into it, out of his own ground or habitation, without allowance from the Ordinary? have any Trees there growing been
<PB N="3" REF="3" MS="y"> cut down? how long &s;ince, by whom,<NOTE PLACE="marg">35 Ed. 1.</NOTE> and to who&s;e u&s;e and be|nefit?</P>
<P N="2"><HI>II. IS</HI> the Hou&s;e of your Par&s;on,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Lind lib. 1. de Offic. Archid.</NOTE> Vicar or Curate (with all the Out-hou&s;es thereunto belonging) kept in good and &s;ufficient re|pair? Or have any of the &s;aid Hou&s;es or Out-hou&s;es been defaced or pulled down without licen&s;e from the Ordinary? and by whom? Hath any per&s;on encroached upon any Garden, Yard, or Clo&s;e,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Ibid. de Eccle&s;. Edif.</NOTE> be|longing to your Par&s;onage or Vicarage Hou&s;e? or cut up any Trees growing thereon? or changed or removed the ancient Marks and Bounds of the &s;ame?</P>
<P N="3"><HI>III. HAVE</HI> you a true and perfect Terrier of all the Glebe-lands,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 87.</NOTE> Gardens, Orchards, Tenements, or Cottages, belonging to your Par&s;onage or Vicarage? As al&s;o a note of &s;uch Pen&s;ions, Rate-Tithes, and Portions of Tithes, or other yearly Profits (either within or without your Pari&s;h) as belong thereunto? Have any of the &s;ame been with-held from your Mini&s;ter? and by whom, as you know, or have heard?</P>
<P N="4"><HI>IV. HAVE</HI> any of the ancient Glebe-lands belonging to your Par&s;onage or Vicarage, been taken away, or exchanged for other,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Lind. lib. 3. de rebus Eccle&s;.</NOTE> without the free con&s;ent of the Incumbent, and licen&s;e from the Or|dinary? by whom hath the &s;ame been made, and how many years &s;ince? and how much is your Par&s;onage or Vicarage damnified thereby in the yearly value thereof; as you know, believe, or have heard?</P>
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<HEAD>TIT. III. Concerning Mini&s;ters.</HEAD>
<P N="1"><HI>I. IS</HI> your Mini&s;ter defamed,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Q. Eliz. In|junct. 26. Can. 36. Lind. lib. 3. 13 Q. Eliz. Cap. 12.</NOTE> or &s;u&s;pected to have obtained either his Benefice or Orders by any Simoniacal compact?</P>
<P N="2"><HI>II. HATH</HI> he been legally Inducted into his Benefice.</P>
<P N="3"><HI>III. DID</HI> he within two months after his Induction, publick|ly in the Church, upon &s;ome Sunday or Holyday, in the time of Divine Service, read the 39 Articles of the Church of <HI>Eng|land</HI> e&s;tabli&s;hed by Authority, and there publickly declare his a&s;&s;ent thereunto.</P>
<P N="4"><HI>IV. HATH</HI> he any other Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Benefice?<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 41.</NOTE> Is he con&s;tantly re&s;ident upon his Benefice among you? How many weeks in any one year hath he been ab&s;ent from it?</P>
<P N="5"><PB N="4" REF="4" MS="y"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 47. &amp; 48.</NOTE><HI>V. HATH</HI> your Mini&s;ter a Curate to a&s;si&s;t him? Who is that Curate? Is he conformable to the Laws and Orders of the Church of <HI>England?</HI> and doth he &s;erve in any other Church be&s;ide? and what yearly &s;tipend doth your Mini&s;ter allow him?</P>
<P N="4"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 14.21.68. Rubrick of Bapt.</NOTE><HI>IV. DOTH</HI> your Par&s;on, Vicar, or Curate, in reading the daily Morning and Evening Service, Admini&s;tration of the holy Sacraments, celebration of Marriage, Churching of Women after Child-birth, Vi&s;itation of the Sick, Burial of the Dead, and pronouncing Gods Commination again&s;t impenitent Sinners, u&s;e the form and words pre&s;cribed in the Book of Common-Prayer,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Commun. Vi&s;itat. Bur.</NOTE> without any addition, omi&s;sion, or alteration of the &s;ame? And doth he u&s;e all &s;uch Rites and Ceremonies in all parts of Divine Service,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Comin.</NOTE> as are appointed in the &s;aid Book, &s;o far as you have ob|&s;erved?</P>
<P N="7"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 58.</NOTE><HI>VII. DOTH</HI> your Mini&s;ter at the Reading or Celebrating the Divine Offices in your Church or Chappel, wear the Sur|plice.</P>
<P N="8"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 64. Rub. Com. Prayer. Q. Eliz. In|junct. 1559.</NOTE><HI>VIII. DOTH</HI> he ob&s;erve the Holy days and Fa&s;ting-days, as al &s;o the Ember weeks, and the yearly Perambulation in Rogation-week, as in the Common-Prayer Book is appointed? giving notice to the Pari&s;hioners of every of the &s;ame in the Church, in the time of Di|vine Service, upon the Sunday next before?</P>
<P N="9"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 48.</NOTE><HI>IX. HATH</HI> your Mini&s;ter been Licen&s;ed to preach by the Bi|&s;hop? If &s;o, doth he then con&s;tantly (unle&s;s in ca&s;e of Sickne&s;s, ne|ce&s;&s;ary ab&s;ence,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 49.</NOTE> or other rea&s;onable impediment) him&s;elf preach in your Church or Chappel, one Sermon every Sunday? Or if he be not a Licen&s;ed Preacher,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 45.46.</NOTE> or being &s;o Licen&s;ed be hindred by Sickne&s;s, or otherwi&s;e, as afore&s;aid; doth be procure a Sermon to be &s;o preached by &s;ome other Mini&s;ter, a Licen&s;ed Preacher? or one of the Homilies &s;et forth by Authority to be there read vy a Prie&s;t or Deacon?</P>
<P N="10"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 59. Can. 61. Can. 66.</NOTE><HI>X. DOTH</HI> your Mini&s;ter diligently in&s;truct the Youth of your Pari&s;h in the Church Catechi&s;m? and doth he prepare, and pre|&s;ent them, being &s;o in&s;tructed, to be confirmed by the Bi&s;hop? And doth he endeavour to reclaim all Popi&s;h Recu&s;ants and other Sect|aries (if any &s;uch be inhabiting within your Pari&s;h) to the true Re|ligion e&s;tabli&s;hed in the Church of <HI>England,</HI> and to their bounden duty in obeying the Law, and &s;ubmitting to the government there|of?</P>
<P N="6"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 67. Can. 68.</NOTE><HI>VI. DOTH</HI> he neglect or refu&s;e to vi&s;it the Sick, or delay the Bapti&s;m of any Infant that is in danger of death? Is there any Child pa&s;t Infancy, or other per&s;on of more years, through Mi|ni&s;ters
<PB N="5" REF="4" MS="y"> default, yet remaining unbaptized in your Pari&s;h?<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 69.</NOTE> Doth he u&s;e to baptize any without Godfathers and Godmothers? or admit either of the Parents to be Godfather or GodMother to their own Children?<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 29.</NOTE></P>
<P N="12"><HI>XII. HATH</HI> he at any time (as you know,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 5.</NOTE> or have heard) preach|ed any Fal&s;e, Heretical, Seditious, or Schi&s;matical Doctrine, thereby to &s;educe the people into parties and factions,<NOTE PLACE="marg">13 Q Eliz. 12.</NOTE> the di&s;turbance of the publick peace and unity either of Church or State?</P>
<P N="13"><HI>XIII.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 62.</NOTE> <HI>HATH</HI> he pre&s;umed to marry any per&s;ons in private hou&s;es? or &s;uch as, being under age, have not the con&s;ent of their Parents? or without the banes fir&s;t publi&s;hed on three Sundays or holy-days in the Church? or at any other hours then between eight and twelve in the Morning, unle&s;s he had a Licen&s;e or Di&s;pen|&s;ation &s;o to do.</P>
<P N="14"><HI>XIV. DOTH</HI> any per&s;on preach in your Pari&s;h as a Lecturer?<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 56.</NOTE> Hath he allowance from the Bi&s;hop for &s;o doing? Doth he, before his Lecture, read Divine Service, according to the Book of Com|mon-Prayer? and is he in all re&s;pects conformable to the Laws and Orders of the Church of <HI>England?</HI></P>
<P N="15"><HI>XV.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 72.</NOTE> <HI>HATH</HI> your Mini&s;ter taken upon him to appoint any pub|lick or private Fa&s;ts, Prophecyings, or Exerci&s;es, not appointed by Authority? or doth he, or any other, either Mini&s;ter or Lay-per|&s;on,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 73.</NOTE> hold any Conventicles or Meetings in private hou&s;es within your Pari&s;h, for People of &s;everal Families to re&s;ort unto, un|der the pretences of Preaching, Praying, Thank&s;giving or Hu|miliation, contrary to the Laws and Canons in that ca&s;e pro|vided?</P>
<P N="16"><HI>XVI. IS</HI> your Par&s;on, Vicar, Curate, or Lecturer,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 73.</NOTE> a man of a &s;o|ber, unblameable, and exemplary life? Doth he familiarly conver&s;e with ungodly, vitious, and excommunicate per&s;ons? Is he a fre|quenter of Taverns or Ale-hou&s;es? a common Game&s;ter? a Swearer, Railer, or Quarreller? Doth he &s;et Neighbours at va|riance one with another?<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 74.</NOTE> or encourage them to Suits and Con|tentions? is he noted to be an intemperate Drinker? or vehemently &s;u&s;pected of Incontinency with any per&s;on, either within your Pa|ri&s;h, or without? Is his apparel grave and decent, as the Canons of the Church require? Or is his Carriage and Conver&s;ation, in any kind what&s;oever, Di&s;orderly or Scandalous, and unbe&s;eeming a Mini&s;ter of Ie&s;us Chri&s;t?</P>
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<PB N="6" REF="5" MS="y">
<HEAD>TIT. IV. Concerning the Pari&s;hioners.</HEAD>
<P N="1"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 110.</NOTE><HI>I. IS</HI> there in your Pari&s;h any per&s;on a known or reputed Heretick or Schi&s;matick? any Papi&s;t, Famili&s;t, Ana|bapti&s;t, Quaker, or other Sectary, that refu&s;e to come unto the Publick A&s;&s;emblies, Prayers, or Services of the Church? or that makes profe&s;sion of any other Religion then what is e&s;tabi&s;h|ed in the Church of <HI>England,</HI> and if there be any &s;uch, what are their Names?</P>
<P N="2"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 109.</NOTE><HI>II. IS</HI> there any per&s;on in your Pari&s;h that liveth under a com|mon fame, or vehement &s;u&s;picion of Adultery, Fornication or In|ce&s;t? are there any common Drunkards within your Pari&s;h, or common Swearers, or Bla&s;phemers of Gods Name, or any that are noted to be Railers, unclean or filthy talkers, or &s;owers of &s;edition, faction, and di&s;cord among&s;t their Neighbours?</P>
<P N="3"><NOTE PLACE="marg">1 &amp; 6 Ed. 6. cap. 3. Can. 13.</NOTE><HI>III. DO</HI> any of your Pari&s;h upon Sundays or Holydays, fol|low their bodily or ordinary labour, or permit their Servants &s;o to do? Are any &s;hops kept open, or wares &s;old? or do any Vint|ners, Inn-keepers, or other Victualers and Sellers of Beer or Ale, &s;uffer any per&s;ons to tipple or game in their hou&s;es upon tho&s;e days?</P>
<P N="4"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Q. Eliz. 2.</NOTE><HI>IV. DOTH</HI> every per&s;on inhabiting, and &s;ojourning within your Pari&s;h, duly re&s;ort unto your Church or Chappel, upon every Sunday and Holyday appointed for Divine Service? Do they then and there abide quietly, with reverence, order, and decency, during all the whole time of Common-Prayer,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">an. 18.</NOTE> Preaching, or o|ther Service of God there u&s;ed?<NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">an. 111.</NOTE> and are there any among you that come only to the Preaching, and not to Common-Prayers of the Church?</P>
<P N="5"><NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">an. 18.</NOTE><HI>V. DOTH</HI> every per&s;on reverently uncover his head, and &s;o con|tinue all the time of Divine Service in the Church? Do they all reverently kneel at the Prayers, and &s;tand up when the Creed and Go&s;pel are read, making due Reverence when the Name of our Lord Ie&s;us is mentioned?</P>
<P N="6"><NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1+ letters">ub. Bapt.</NOTE><HI>VI. ARE</HI> there any in your Pari&s;h that refu&s;e to &s;end their In|fant children to be baptized publickly in the Church, unle&s;s in ca&s;e of urgent danger; in which ca&s;e the child may be baptized at home by a lawful Mini&s;ter, after the form and rites appointed in the Liturgy? Or do they &s;end them from their own Mini&s;ter to be baptized in any other Pari&s;hes, or after other form then is ap|pointed?
<PB N="7" REF="5" MS="y"> Or do they keep them unbaptized any longer time then the Church alloweth? And are there any Infants, or more aged per&s;ons in your Pari&s;h, as yet unbaptized?</P>
<P N="7"><HI>VII. DOTH</HI> every Hou&s;holder in your Pari&s;h,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Cap. 59.</NOTE> cau&s;e their children and &s;ervants to come to Church to learn their Catechi&s;m, and to give an account thereof unto your Mini&s;ter, as he &s;hall require it of them openly in the Church upon Sundays and Holy-days, as in the Book of Common-Prayer is appointed;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 61.</NOTE> that when they are well in&s;truct|ed in the &s;ame, they may be confirmed by the Bi&s;hop?</P>
<P N="8"><HI>VIII. IS</HI> there any per&s;on in your Pari&s;h,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 112.</NOTE> who being 16 years of age, doth not receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 114.</NOTE> at lea&s;t three times in the year, of which <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> is always to be one? Doth any in your Pari&s;h refu&s;e to receive the &s;ame, kneeling,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 21. Can. 27. Rub. C. Pr. Can 28. &amp; 57.</NOTE> or from the hands of your own Mini&s;ter, repairing for it to other Pari&s;hes and Mini&s;ters abroad? Or are there any &s;trangers, not of your Pari&s;h, that for&s;ake their own Churches, and u&s;ually repair to others for it?</P>
<P N="9"><HI>IX. HAVE</HI> you any among you that be denounced and declared ex|communicate for any crime committed?<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 65.</NOTE> how long have they been &s;o excommunicated? and do any of your Pari&s;h keep &s;ociety with them before they be reconciled to the Church, and ab&s;olved?</P>
<P N="10"><HI>X. ARE</HI> there any living in your Pari&s;h as Man and Wife who are within the degrees prohibited?<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 99.</NOTE> Or any that being lawfully divorced have Married again? Or any that being lawfully married,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 107.</NOTE> and not &s;eparated, or divorced by cour&s;e of Law, do not cohabit to|gether?</P>
<P N="11"><HI>XI. ARE</HI> there any married-women in your Pari&s;h, who,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rub. Com|mon-Prayer.</NOTE> after their delivery from the peril of Child-birth, refu&s;e to make their publick thank&s;giving to God in the Church? And when they come &s;o to do, do they come decently apparelled, and make their offerings according to cu&s;tom?</P>
<P N="12"><HI>XII. ARE</HI> there any belonging to your Pari&s;h who refu&s;e to pay their duty for <HI>Ea&s;ter-Offerings</HI> to your Mini&s;ter?<NOTE PLACE="marg">27. Hen. 8.20. Rub. Com. Prayer. Can. 85.</NOTE> Or any that refu&s;e to contribute and pay the Rate a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed upon them for the repair of your Church or Chappel, and for the providing of &s;uch Books, Fur|niture, and Ornaments, as be requi&s;ite for the performance of all Di|vine Offices there?</P>
<P N="13"><HI>XIII. DO</HI> any refu&s;e to bury their dead,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Rub. Com. Prayer. Can. 6. Can. 92. 21 Hen. 8.5. Lind. lib. 3. de Te&s;t.</NOTE> according to the Rites of the Church of <HI>England?</HI> and are there any Wills or Te&s;taments of per&s;ons dead in your Pari&s;h that be yet unproved? Or any Goods admini&s;tred, without a due grant from the Ordinary? Did any, dying in your Pari&s;h, or el&s;ewhere, leave any Legacy to your Church or Chappel? what were tho&s;e Legacies, and how have they been be&s;towed?</P>
<P N="14"><PB N="8" REF="6" MS="y"><HI>XIV. IS</HI> there any &s;trife and contention among any of your Pa|ri&s;h for their Pews or Seats in your Church? Have any new Pews been erected in your Chancel, or in the Body of your Church or Chappel, without leave from the Ordinary?</P>
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<HEAD>TIT. V. Concerning Pari&s;h-Clerks and Sextons.</HEAD>
<P N="1"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 91.</NOTE><HI>I. HAVE</HI> you belonging to your Church or Chappelry a Pari&s;h-Clerk, aged 21 years at the lea&s;t? Is he of hone&s;t life and conver&s;ation? and &s;ufficient or able to perform his duty in reading, writing, and &s;inging? Is he cho&s;en by your Mini&s;ter, and doth he duly attend him in all Divine Services at the Church? Are his wages duly paid unto him?</P>
<P N="2"><HI>II. DOTH</HI> he, or your Sexton (if there be any &s;uch appointed in your Pari&s;h) diligently look to your doors of your Church, that they be locked and opened at due time? And doth he keep your Church or Chappel clean from Du&s;t, Cobwebs, and other annoy|ance? Doth he Toll or Ring the Bells at the due accu&s;tomed hours before the beginning of Divine Service,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 67.</NOTE> Morning and Evening, that the people may be warned to come unto the Church? And when any per&s;on is pa&s;sing out of this life, doth he, upon notice given him thereof, toll a Bell, as hath been accu&s;tomed, that the Neighbours may thereby be warned to recommend the dying per&s;on to the Grace and Favour of God?</P>
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<HEAD>TIT. VI. Concerning Ho&s;pitals, Schools, School-ma&s;ters, Phy&s;icians, Chirur|geons, and Midwives.</HEAD>
<P N="1"><NOTE PLACE="marg">2 Hen. 5.1. Q. Eliz. A. 3.4.</NOTE><HI>I.</HI> IS there in your Pari&s;h, any Ho&s;pitals, Alms-hou&s;e, or Free-School, not of the Kings Foundation or Patronage? Who was the Founder, or is now the Patron thereof? And what is the yearly Revenue, or Stipend, belonging to the Governours or Ma|&s;ters of the &s;ame? Is the &s;ame ordered and governed in every re|&s;pect as it ought to be? and are the Revenues thereof rightly im|ployed, according to the intention of the Founder, and of &s;uch grants or ordinances as have been made concerning the &s;ame?</P>
<P N="2"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 77.</NOTE><HI>II. DOTH</HI> any man keep a publick or private School in your
<PB N="9" REF="6" MS="y"> Pari&s;h, who is not allowed thereunto by the Bi&s;hop?<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can 79.</NOTE> Doth your School-ma&s;ter teach his Scholars the Catechi&s;m of Religion &s;et forth by Authority? Doth he cau&s;e them upon Sundays and Holy|days orderly to repair to your Church or Chappel? and &s;ee that they behave them&s;elves there quietly and reverently, during the time of Divine Service and Sermon?</P>
<P N="3"><HI>III. DOTH</HI> any man in your Pari&s;h practi&s;e Phy&s;ick,<NOTE PLACE="marg">3 Hen. 8.11.</NOTE> or Chirur|gery, or any Woman take upon her to exerci&s;e the Office of a Mid|wife, without Approbation and Licen&s;e from the Ordinary?</P>
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<HEAD>TIT. VII. Queries to be put to the Mini&s;ter, concerning the Church-wardens and Side-men.</HEAD>
<P N="1"><HI>I. ARE</HI> the Church-wardens of your Pari&s;h yearly and duly cho|&s;en by the joynt con&s;ent of the Mini&s;ter and Pari&s;hioners;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 89.</NOTE> or one of them by the Mini&s;ter, and the other by the Pari&s;hioners?</P>
<P N="2"><HI>II. HAVE</HI> the former and la&s;t Church-wardens given up their due Accounts to the Pari&s;h,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 89.</NOTE> and delivered up to the &s;ucceeding Church wardens the moneys remaining in their hands, together with all other things belonging to your Church or Chappel?</P>
<P N="3"><HI>III. DO</HI> the Church-wardens and Side-men take diligent care,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 90.</NOTE> and &s;ee who of the Pari&s;hioners be ab&s;ent from the Divine Service and Sermon in your Church or Chappel upon Sunday and Holy|days? And if they find any of them to have ab&s;ented them&s;elves without a &s;ufficient cau&s;e, do they by warrant from &s;ome of the Iu&s;tices of Peace, levie of them, by way of di&s;tre&s;s upon their goods,<NOTE PLACE="marg">1 Q. Eliz. 2.</NOTE> the &s;um of 12 pence for every &s;uch day of their ab&s;ence, according to the Act of Parliament in that ca&s;e provided? And do they di&s;tribute the &s;everal &s;ums &s;o levied among the poor of your Pari&s;h, accord|ing to the Law?</P>
<P N="4"><HI>IV. DO</HI> they pre&s;ent them that come late to Church after Di|vine Service is begun, or depart before it be ended?<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 18.</NOTE> Do they &s;uf|fer none to &s;tand idle, or talk together in the Church-porch,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 19.</NOTE> or to walk in the Church or Church-yard, during the time of Prayers,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 90.</NOTE> Preaching, or other Sacred Offices?</P>
<P N="5"><HI>V. DO</HI> they &s;uffer no mi&s;-behaviour or di&s;order to be done by men,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 18.</NOTE> women, &s;ervants, or children in your Church or Chappel? Are they careful that none of them &s;it, lean,<NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 88.</NOTE> or lay their Hats upon the Communion-Table? Do they permit no Min&s;trels, no Morris-dancers,
<PB N="10" REF="7" MS="y"> no Dogs, Hawks, or Hounds, to be brought or come into your Church, to the di&s;turbance of the Congregation.</P>
<P N="6"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 20.</NOTE><HI>VI. DO</HI> they again&s;t every Communion appointed in your Church or Chappel, provide a &s;ufficient quantity of fine white Bread, and of good Wine, according to the number of Communi|cants?</P>
<P N="7"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 52.</NOTE><HI>VII. DO</HI> they cau&s;e all Srangers that preach in your Church or Chappel to &s;ub&s;cribe their Names the &s;ame day in a Book pro|vided for that purpo&s;e, together with the name of the Bi&s;hop that licen&s;ed them to preach in this Dioce&s;s? And do they permit no o|ther to preach?</P>
<P N="8"><NOTE PLACE="marg">Can. 119.</NOTE><HI>VIII. HAVE</HI> they (the Church-wardens and Side-men) now &s;worn to give in a true an&s;wer, unto all the&s;e Articles of Enquiry in all their &s;everal Titles, taken &s;ufficient time to draw up their Pre&s;ent|ments, and therein con&s;ulted with you their Mini&s;ter for your faith|ful a&s;si&s;tance.</P>
<P><HI>FOR know you a&s;&s;uredly, that as the true di&s;charging of your Office is the chief means whereby publick Di&s;orders, Sins, and Offences in your Pari&s;h may be reformed and puni&s;hed: So if you wilfully re|fu&s;e to pre&s;ent &s;uch crimes and faults as either you know to have been committed, or otherwi&s;e have heard of by publick fame; That, in &s;uch ca&s;es, the Bi&s;hop and his Officers are to proceed again&s;t you in their Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Courts, as in ca&s;es of wilful Omi&s;&s;ion and Perjury.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>SETH SAR&V;M.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>THE Mini&s;ters of every Pari&s;h are de&s;ired to give in the names of &s;uch of the younger &s;ort of their &s;everal Pari&s;hes, as they judge fit to receive Confirmation from the Bi&s;hop, and to pre&s;ent them to be confirmed: e&s;pecially &s;uch as having competently learned their Catechi&s;m, have not yet received the Holy Communion; and to pre|&s;ent them to the Bi&s;hop to be confirmed, as there &s;hall be oppor|tunity.</P>
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