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<DIV1 TYPE="preliminary instructions for churchwardens and sidemen">
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<PB REF="2">
<HEAD>The Charge of the Church-wardens and Side-men:</HEAD>
<P>HAving received a Copy of this Book, you are required to repair to your Mini&s;ter; to hear all the&s;e Articles duly and deliberately read over to you; duly, and diligently to con&s;ider of them; and by his Advice, (and if need be, with his Concurrence) to Pre&s;ent all, and every &s;uch Per&s;on or Per&s;ons of your Pari&s;h, as have committed any Offence, or made any Default, mentioned in the&s;e Articles, or any of them; or which are vehemently &s;u&s;pected for the &s;ame: Wherein you are to deal uprightly, and im|partially; all Affection and Favour, all Hatred and Malice, all hope of Reward, or Advantage, and fear of Di&s;plea&s;ure &s;et a&s;ide; Signing &s;uch your Pre&s;ent|ments with your Hands.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="form of churchwardens' and sidemens'oath">
<HEAD>The Form of their Oath.</HEAD>
<P>YOu &s;hall Swear, Truly and Faith|fully, to Execute the Office of <HI>Church-warden,</HI> according to the be&s;t of your Skill and Knowledge. <HI>So help you God.</HI></P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="title page">
<PB REF="2" MS="y">
<P>ARTICLES OF <HI>Vi&s;itation</HI> and <HI>Enquiry</HI> Concerning Matters ECCLESIASTICAL.</P>
<P>EXHIBITED To the Mini&s;ters, Church-Wardens and Side-Men, of every Pari&s;h, within the <HI>Dioce&s;s of Exeter,</HI> At the Primary VISITATION OF THE Right Reverend Father in GOD, JONATHAN, By Divine Permi&s;&s;ion, LORD Bi&s;hop of <HI>EXETER,</HI> In the Year of our Lord, 1689.</P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed, MDCLXXXIX.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="articles of visitation">
<PB REF="3">
<PB N="1" REF="3">
<HEAD>ARTICLES OF <HI>Vi&s;itation</HI> and <HI>Enquiry</HI> Within the DIOCESS of <HI>EXETER.</HI></HEAD>
<DIV2 N="1" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>TIT. I. <HI>Concerning Churches and Chappels; the Fabrick Furniture, and Ornaments thereof.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1. IS your Pari&s;h-Church or Chappel, kept in good and &s;ufficient Repair? Are the Uten&s;iles and Ornaments fairly kept, and pre&s;erved from Spoil, Abu&s;e, and Prophanation? And all things &s;o decently ordered as becometh the Hou&s;e of God?</P>
<P N="2">2. Hath the Steeple, or Tower, or any other part of your Church, or Chappel, been pull'd, or fallen down? Or have any of the Bells, Lead, or other Ma|terials, or Uten&s;iles, formerly belonging thereunto, been Imbezelled, &s;old, or made away? And by whom?</P>
<P N="3"><PB N="2" REF="4">
3. Is there a decent Font of Stone, fixed in the Ancient and u&s;ual Place in the lower part of the Church, for the Admini&s;tration of Holy Bapti&s;m, and a comely Table for the Holy Communion, placed in the Chancel where it ought to be, with a Carpet of &s;ome decent Stuff, and a fair Linnen Cloath to cover it, at the time of the Admini&s;tration of the Holy Eu|chari&s;t? And have you a fair Chalice or Communion-Cup with a Coves, and a Plate or Paten for the Bread, and a Flaggon for the wine, to be u&s;ed in the Holy Communion? And are they u&s;ed in the&s;e Holy Services only?</P>
<P N="4">4. Have you in your &s;aid Church or Chappel, a convenient Seat or Pew for your Mini&s;ter to read Di|vine Service in? A Pulpit with a comely Cloath, and Cu&s;hion; a Bible of the la&s;t Tran&s;lation, in a large Volume; and a Book of Common-Prayer, (E&s;tabli&s;h|ed by the late Act of <HI>&V;niformity?</HI> Have you likewi&s;e the Book of Homilies &s;et forth by Authority? A Book of Canons and Con&s;titutions <HI>Eccle&s;ia&s;tical,</HI> fir&s;t &s;et forth in the Year of our Lord, 1603. by the King's Autho|rity? And a Printed Table of the Degrees, wherein Marriage is Prohibited?</P>
<P N="5">5. 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 Wa&s;hed at the Charge of the Pari&s;h.</P>
<P N="6">6. Have you a Regi&s;ter-Book of Parchment where|in the Names and Sir-names of all Per&s;ons Married, Chri&s;tened, or Buried within your Pari&s;h, are duly Regi&s;tered from time to time? Have you likewi&s;e another Book of Paper, wherein are duly Recorded
<PB N="3" REF="4">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 are Entred the Church-wardens Accompts for every Year?</P>
<P N="7">7. Have you a Che&s;t or Coffer wherein to keep the afore&s;aid Books, and all the afore&s;aid Furniture in &s;afe Cu&s;tody? And another with a Hole in the upper part thereof, placed in the mo&s;t convenient part of the Church, that the Pari&s;hioners may put their Alms in|to it? And are both the &s;aid Che&s;ts &s;ecured with three &s;everal Locks and Keys; one Key remaining with the Mini&s;ter, and the other two with the Church-war|dens, &s;everally.</P>
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<DIV2 N="2" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>TIT. II. <HI>Concerning the Church-yard; the Hou&s;es and Glebes; the Tithes, and other Dues belonging to the Church.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1. IS your Church-yard &s;ufficiently Fenced and De|cently kept from all Prophanation and Encroach|ment? Hath any Per&s;on made any Door into it out of his own Hou&s;e or Ground? Who, and how long &s;ince?</P>
<P N="2">2. Is there a Hou&s;e belonging to your Par&s;on, Vicar, or Curate? And is the &s;ame, with all the Out-hou&s;es thereunto belonging, kept in good and &s;ufficient repair? Hath any one Encroached upon any Garden, Yard, or Clo&s;e belonging to your Par&s;onage, or Vicarage-Hou&s;e? Or changed, or removed the Ancient Marks and Bounds of the &s;ame.</P>
<P N="3"><PB N="4" REF="5">
3. Have you a true and perfect Terrier of all the Glebe-Lands, Gardens, Orchards, Tenements or Cot|tages, belonging to your Par&s;onage or Vicarage? As Al&s;o a Note of &s;uch Pen&s;ions, Rate-Tithes, and Por|tions of Tithes, or other yearly Profits (either within or without your Pari&s;h) as belong thereunto? And is there a Copy of the &s;aid Terrier and Note deliver'd in, to be laid up in the Regi&s;ter Office? Have any of the&s;e been with-held from your Mini&s;ter? And when, or by whom?</P>
<P N="4">4. Have any of the Ancient Glebe-lands belonging to your Par&s;onage, or Vicarage, been alienated, taken away, or Exchanged for others, and by whom, and when hath the &s;ame been done; And how much is your Par&s;onage or Vicarage damnified thereby, in the the yearly value thereof, as you know, believe, or have heard?</P>
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<DIV2 N="3" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>TIT. III. <HI>Concerning the Clergy.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1. IS your Mini&s;ter (&s;o far as you know, or believe) in Holy Orders, according to the Rules of the Church of <HI>England?</HI> Is he Lawfully admitted to the Cure of Souls in your Pari&s;h, as you believe or have heard? Or is he reported or &s;u&s;pected to have obtain|ed either his Orders by any undue Practices, or Ben|efice by any Simoniacal Contract?</P>
<P N="2">2. Did he within two Months after his Induction, publickly in the Church upon &s;ome <HI>Sunday</HI> or Holy|day,
<PB N="5" REF="5">in the time of Divine Service, Read the Thirty Nine Articles of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> E&s;tabli&s;hed by Authority, and there publickly declare his A&s;&s;ent thereunto? Did he within the &s;ame time, upon &s;ome Lord's-day, publickly read the appointed Morning and Evening-Prayers, and thereafter declare his un|feigned A&s;&s;ent and Con&s;ent to the u&s;e of all things in the Book of Common-Prayer, contained in the Form pre&s;cribed by the late Act of <HI>&V;niformity?</HI></P>
<P N="3">3. Is there any Chappel or Chappels of Ea&s;e, or Parochial, belonging to your Mother Church? If &s;o, at what di&s;tance are they, and how are they ferv'd and provided for?</P>
<P N="4">4, Hath your Mini&s;ter any other Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Be|nefice with Cure? And how far di&s;tant from you, and in what Dioce&s;s? Is he generally Re&s;ident among you? And when he is Re&s;ident, doth he con&s;tantly live in his incumbent Hou&s;e? Hath he any Curate u&s;ually to a&s;&s;i&s;t him when Re&s;ident? And when Ab&s;ent, on due Occa&s;ions, doth he provide one, able, &s;ufficient, and Conformable to the Laws, and Orders of the Church of <HI>England,</HI> and duly Licen&s;ed by the Bi&s;hop?</P>
<P N="5">5. Doth your Par&s;on, Vicar, or Curate, read Divine Service on all <HI>Sundays</HI> and Holy-days; and the <HI>Litany</HI> (at lea&s;t) on every <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> and <HI>Friday;</HI> and pub|lickly Admini&s;ter the Holy Sacraments of <HI>Bapti&s;m,</HI> and the <HI>Euchari&s;t,</HI> at lea&s;t three times a Year, at the three Great <HI>Fe&s;tivals,</HI> and perform all other Mini&s;terial Offices, and Duties, in &s;uch manner and form, as is di|rected by the Book of <HI>Common-Prayer,</HI> lately E&s;ta|bli&s;hed, and the Act of <HI>&V;niformity</HI> therewith Pub|li&s;hed?</P>
<P N="6"><PB N="6" REF="6">
6. Doth he on the Lord's-day give notice of the Holy-days, and Fa&s;ting-days in the Week following, that the People may be put in mind, and incited to re&s;ort to publick Prayers in the Church upon tho&s;e So|lemn Occa&s;ions? And doth your Mini&s;ter and Pari&s;h|oners ob&s;erve the Yearly Prayers and Perambulation in <HI>Rogation</HI> Week, for pre&s;erving the Bounds of the Par|i&s;h, and de&s;iring God's Ble&s;&s;ing upon the Fruits of the Earth?</P>
<P N="7">7. Doth he him&s;elf con&s;tantly every <HI>Sunday</HI> (un|le&s;s in ca&s;e of &s;ickne&s;s, or other rea&s;onable impediment) Preach in your Church or Chappel; or procure a Ser|mon to be &s;o Preached by &s;ome other Licens'd Prea|cher; or one of the Homilies &s;et forth by Authority to be there read by a Prie&s;t, or Deacon?</P>
<P N="8">8. Doth your Mini&s;ter diligently examine and in|&s;truct the Youth of your Pari&s;h in the Church <HI>Cate|chi&s;m,</HI> as in the Rubrick at the end of the &s;aid <HI>Cate|chi&s;m</HI> is Directed? And being thus prepared , and of convenient Age, doth he take care to Pre&s;ent them to a Bi&s;hop to be Confirmed?</P>
<P N="9">9. Doth he refu&s;e, or neglect to Vi&s;it, Comfort, and Pray with the Sick, or to Bury the Dead? Doth he delay the Bapti&s;m of any Infant that is in real danger of Death; or Baptize them in any other Place than the Church, when there is no &s;uch danger? And when they are (in ca&s;e of nece&s;&s;ity) thus privately Bap|tized, doth he cau&s;e them afterwards, if they live, to be brought into the Church, and certifie the Congre|gation of the Form of Bapti&s;m u&s;ed in Private, and proceed thereupon in all Points, as in the Office of Pri|vate Bapti&s;m is directed?</P>
<P N="10"><PB N="7" REF="6">
10. Hath he pre&s;umed to Marry any Per&s;ons in Pri|vate 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 than between Eight and Twelve in the Morning? unle&s;s he had a Li|cen&s;e or Di&s;pen&s;ation &s;o to do, granted by &s;uch Au|thority, and in &s;uch Form as the Canons direct?</P>
<P N="11">11. Is your Par&s;on, Vicar, or Curate, of a &s;ober, unblameable, and exemplary Life, given to Ho&s;pitality and Alms-deeds? Is he in his Apparrel, and in his whole outward gard and Dre&s;s, grave and decent, as the Canons of the Church require? Or, on the other &s;ide, is his Carriage and Conver&s;ation in any kind what&s;o|ever di&s;orderty, or &s;candalous, and unbe&s;eeming a Mini&s;ter of <HI>Je&s;us Chri&s;t?</HI></P>
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<HEAD>TIT. IV. <HI>Concerning the Pari&s;hioners,</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1. IS there any Per&s;on in your Pari&s;h that lieth un|der a common Fame, or vehement &s;u&s;picion of Adultery, Fornication, or Ince&s;t? Any common Drunk|ards, or common Swearers, or Bla&s;phemers of God's Holy Name? Or any that are noted to be Railers, un|clean, or filthy Talkers; &s;owers or maintainers of Se|dition, Faction, or Di&s;cord among their Neighbours? Or in &s;um, any who&s;e Life and Manners are contrary to Godline&s;s, Peace, and Hone&s;ty?</P>
<P N="2"><PB N="8" REF="7">
2. Do any of your Pari&s;h upon the <HI>Sundays</HI> or Holy|days, follow their Bodily, or ordinary Labour? Or compel, or permit their Servants &s;o to do? Are any Shops kept open, or Wares &s;old at &s;uch times? Or do any Vintners, Inn-keepers, or other Victuallers, and fellers of Beer and Ale, &s;uffer any Per&s;ons to Tipple or Game in their Hou&s;es upon tho&s;e days?</P>
<P N="3">3. Have you any among you, that be denounced and declared Excommunicate? How long have they been &s;o? 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="4">4. Are there any living in your Pari&s;h as Man and Wife, who are within the Degrees Prohibited? Or any that being lawfully Divorced, have Married again? Or any that being lawfully Married, and not &s;epara|ted, or Divorced by Cour&s;e of Law, do not co-habit together?</P>
<P N="5">5. Are there any belonging to your Pari&s;h, who refu&s;e to pay the ju&s;t dues to your Mini&s;ter? Or any that refu&s;e to contribute, or pay the Rate A&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed up|on them, for the Repair of your Church, or Chap|pel, and for the providing of &s;uch Books, Furniture, and Ornaments, as be requi&s;ite for the Performance of all Divine Offices there?</P>
<P N="6">6. 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?</P>
<P N="7">7. Is there any &s;trife, or contention among any of your Pari&s;h, for their Pews, or Seats in your Church? Or have any of them erected new Pews in your Chan|cel,
<PB N="9" REF="7">or in the Body of your Church, or Chappel, with|out leave from the Ordinary?</P>
<P N="8">8. Do you know of any that have Abu&s;ed the Church-wardens of your Pari&s;h, by giving them evil Words for Executing their Office, or to di&s;hearten and deter them from it, as by Oath and Duty they are bound?</P>
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<DIV2 N="5" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>TIT. V. <HI>Concerning Pari&s;h-Clerks and Sextons.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1. HAve you belonging to your Church or Chap|pel, a fit Pari&s;h-Clerk, Aged 21. years at lea&s;t, of Hone&s;t Life and Conver&s;ation, and &s;uffi|ciently able to perform his duty in Reading, Writing, and Singing? Is he duly cho&s;en by your Mini|&s;ter? and Licen&s;ed by the Ordinary? And doth he diligently attend your Mini&s;ter in all Divine Offices; audibly makeing and repeating, the Re&s;pon&s;es and Suffrages, as in the Liturgy he is directed?</P>
<P N="2">2. Doth he, or your Sexton, (if there be any such appointed in your Pari&s;h) diligently look to the Doors of your Church, that they be Locked, and opened at due times? Doth he keep your Church or Chappel, clean from Dirt, Du&s;t, Cobwebs, and other Annoy|ance? Doth he Ring and Toll the Bells at the due and accu&s;tomed hours, before Morning and Evening Ser|vice, that the People may be warned to come unto the Church?</P>
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<DIV2 N="6" TYPE="part">
<PB N="10" REF="8">
<HEAD>TIT. VI. <HI>Concerning Ho&s;pitals, Schools, School-ma&s;ters, Phy&s;icians,) Chirurgeons and Midwives.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1. IS there in your Pari&s;h any Ho&s;pital, Alms-hou&s;e, or Free-Shool? Who was the Founder? Who is now the Patron thereof? And what is the yearly Revenue? What Stipends belong to the Governors, or Ma&s;ters of the &s;ame? Is the &s;ame Ordered and Go|verned in every re&s;pect, as it ought to be? And are the Revenues thereof rightly employed, according to the intention of the Founder, and the Tenour of &s;uch Statutes and Ordinances, as have been made in pur|&s;uance of the &s;ame?</P>
<P N="2">2. Have any Living, or Dying in your Pari&s;h, or el&s;ewhere, given any Gift or Legacy, by Will, or otherwi&s;e, to the u&s;e of your Church, or Poor, or of the Pari&s;hioners in general? How is it &s;etled, and in who&s;e hands? And is it, or hath it been mi&s;imployed, or di&s;po&s;ed of to other U&s;es?</P>
<P N="3">3. Doth any Man keep a publick or private School in your Pari&s;h? Is he allowed &s;o to do by the Ordi|nary? Is he of &s;ober Life and hone&s;t Conver&s;ation, and. conformable to the Doctrine and Di&s;cipline E&s;tabli&s;h|ed? And doth he teach his Scholars good Manners, So|briety, Mode&s;ty and Obedience, as well as other Lear|ning?</P>
<P N="4">4. Doth any Man or Woman in your Pari&s;h take upon them to practice <HI>Phy&s;ick,</HI> or <HI>Chyrurgery?</HI> Or any
<PB N="11" REF="8">Woman to exerci&s;e the Office of a Midwife, without being fir&s;t Examined and approved, and thereupon Licen&s;ed by the Ordinary? Or doth any Woman take upon her to keep a School, and teach Girls, or young Women, not being duly allowed &s;o to do?</P>
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<DIV2 N="7" TYPE="part">
<HEAD>TIT. VII. <HI>Queries to be put to the Mini&s;ter, concerning the Church-wardens and Side-men.</HI></HEAD>
<P N="1">1. ARe the Church-wardens of your Pari&s;h duly cho&s;en by the joynt con&s;ent of the Mini&s;ter and Pari&s;hioners? Or one of them by the Mini&s;ter, and the other by the Pari&s;hioners? Or as the cu&s;tom of the Pari&s;h is?</P>
<P N="2">2. Have the former and la&s;t Church-wardens given up their due Accounts to the Pari&s;h, and delivered up to the &s;ucceeding Church-wardens the Monies remaining in their hands, together with all other things belong|ing to your Church, or Chappel?</P>
<P N="3">3. Do they take care that no misbehaviour or di&s;order be done by Men, Women, Servants, or Chil|dren, in your Church or Chappel, during the time of Divine Service?</P>
<P N="4">4. Do they again&s;t every Communion appointed in your Church or Chappel, provide a &s;ufficient quantity of Bread and of Wine, according to the number of Communicants, at the Pari&s;h Charge?</P>
<P N="5"><PB N="12" REF="9" MS="y">
5. Do they cau&s;e all Strangers that Preach in your Church, or Chappel, to enter their Names the same day in a Book provided 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 other to Preach?</P>
<P N="6">6. Have they (the Church-wardens and Side-men) taken &s;ufficient time to draw up their Pre&s;entments, and therein con&s;ulted with you their Mini&s;ter for your faithful A&s;&s;i&s;tance?</P>
<P>THE Mini&s;ters of the re&s;pective Pari&s;hes are re|quired to give in a Li&s;t of the Names of all &s;uch as they have Catechi&s;ed and Prepar'd, and do judge fit to receive Confirmation, and to pre&s;ent it to the Bi&s;hop, together with the Per&s;ons to be Confirmed, before the Vi&s;itation begins.</P>
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