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<P>ARTICLES OF VISITATION and ENQUIRY <HI>Concerning</HI> MATTERS Eccle&s;ia&s;tical: <HI>EXHIBITED</HI> To the Mini&s;ters, Church-Wardens, and Side-men of every Pari&s;h within the DIOCESE of <HI>WINCHESTER,</HI> In the VISITATION of the <HI>Right Reverend Father in God</HI> GEORGE <HI>By Divine Providence</HI> Lord Bi&s;hop of <HI>WINCHESTER.</HI></P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>T. Garthwait,</HI> 1668.</P>
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<HEAD>The Tenor of the Oath to be Admini&s;tred to the Church-wardens, and Sidemen, of every Pari&s;h.</HEAD>
<P>YOU &s;hall Swear diligently to enquire 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 omit|ted any Duty, therein mentioned. And this you &s;hall do, uprightly and truly, with|out Favour or Malice, Hope of Reward, or fear of Di&s;plea&s;ure, &s;o far as by Law you are bound.</P>
<CLOSER>So help you God.</CLOSER>
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<HEAD>ARTICLES OF VISITATION and ENQUIRY Within the DIOCESE of <HI>WINCHESTER.</HI></HEAD>
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<HEAD><HI>TITUL. I.</HI> Concerning Churches and Chappels, with the Ornaments and Furniture thereunto belonging.</HEAD>
<P><HI>I. IS</HI> your Pari&s;h-Church or Chappel, kept in good and &s;ufficient repair? Are the Roofs thereof well covered with Lead, Tile, or Slate? the Windows well Gla<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">ed, 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><HI>II. HATH</HI> the Steeple or Tower of your Church or Chappel, or any part thereof, been pulled down, or any of the Lead or Bells formerly belonging thereunto been imbezelled, &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 herein.</P>
<P><PB N="2" REF="3" MS="y"><HI>III. IS</HI> there a Font of Stone, with a good Cover thereunto, &s;tand|ing in a convenient place towards the lower part of your Church, for the Admini&s;tration of Bapti&s;me? And is there in your Chan|cel, 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;prend thereup|on? And have you a fair Communion-Cup, or Chalice, with a Co|ver of Silver, and one or more Flagone o<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Silver, or Powter, there|unto belonging?</P>
<P><HI>IV. HAVE</HI> you in your &s;aid Church or Chappel, a convenient Seat, 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;ums? A Bible of the la&s;t Tran&s;lation, in a large Volume, and the Book of Common-Prayer late Publi&s;hed <HI>Anno 1662.</HI> both well and &s;ub&s;tantially bound? Have you likewi&s;e the Book of Hominies, &s;et forth by Au|thority? A Book of Canons and Con&s;titutions Eccle&s;ia&s;tical? And a Printed Table of the Degrees wherein Marriage is prohi|bited?</P>
<P><HI>V. HAVE</HI> you a comely large Surplice for the Mini&s;ter to wear at all times of his Publick Mini&s;tration in the Church provibed, and to be duly wa&s;hed at the Charge of the Pari&s;h?</P>
<P><HI>VI. HAVE</HI> you a Regi&s;ter-Book of Parchment, wherein to Re|gi&s;ter the Names and Sirnames of all &s;uch per&s;ons as are Married, Chri&s;tned, 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;tnings, Mar|riages, and Burials? And is the tran&s;cript thereof yearly, within one Month next after the <HI>25</HI> of <HI>March,</HI> brought into the Bi&s;hops Re|gi&s;try.</P>
<P><HI>VII. HAVE</HI> you likewi&s;e another Book of Paper, wherein to record the Names and Licen&s;ee of all &s;uch Strangers as are admit|ted at any time to Preach in your Church or Chappel? As al&s;o, a third Book wherein to write down the Church-Wardens Ac|compts: Together, with a &s;trong Che&s;t with Locks and Keys, wherein to keep the afore&s;aid Books, and all other the aforementi|oned Furniture in &s;afe Cu&s;tody? And la&s;tly, have you a Bier, <HI>with a black Hear&s;-cloth,</HI> for the Burial of the Dead?</P>
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<HEAD><HI>TIT. II.</HI> Concerning the Church-yard, the Hou&s;es, Glebes, and Tithes belonging to the Church.</HEAD>
<P><HI>I. IS</HI> your Church-yard &s;ufficiently &s;enced with Walls, Railes, 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? <HI>or made any door into it,</HI> out of his own ground or habitation, without allowance from the Ordinary? Have any Trees there growing, been cut down? how long &s;ince? by whom? and to who&s;e u&s;e and bene|fit?</P>
<P><HI>II. IS</HI> the Hou&s;e of your Par&s;on, Vicar, or Curate, (with all the out-hou&s;es thereunto belonging) kept in good and &s;ufficient repair? <HI>Or have any of the &s;aid Hou&s;es, or Out-hou&s;es, been defaced or pulled down without Licence from the Ordinary? and by whom? Hath any per&s;on encroached upon any Garden, Yard, or Clo&s;e, belonging 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?</HI></P>
<P><HI>III. HAVE</HI> you a true and perfect Terrier of all the Glebe-Lands, 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 belonging 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><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, without the free con&s;ent of the incumbent, and Licen&s;e from the Ordinary?</P>
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<HEAD><HI>TIT. III.</HI> Concerning Mini&s;ters.</HEAD>
<P><HI>I. IS</HI> your Mini&s;ter defamed or &s;u&s;pected to have obtained either his Benefice or Orders by any Simonaical compact?</P>
<P><HI>II. HATH</HI> he been legally Iuducted into his Benefice?</P>
<P><HI>III.</HI> Did he within two months after his Induction, publickly in the Church, upon &s;ome Sunday, or Holy-day, in the time of Di|vine
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<PB N="4" REF="5" MS="y">Service, read the <HI>39</HI> 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?</P>
<P><HI>IV. HATH</HI> he any other Eccle&s;ia&s;tical Benefice? Is he con|&s;tantly re&s;ident upon his Benefice among&s;t you? How many weeks in any one year hath he been ab&s;ent from it?</P>
<P><HI>V. HATH</HI> your Mini&s;ter a Curate to a&s;&s;i&s;t him? and 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><HI>VI. 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 pro|nouncing Gods Commination again&s;t impenitent Sinners, u&s;e the form and words pre&s;cribed in the Book of Common-Prayer with|out 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, as are appointed in the &s;aid Book, performing his Office in all things according to the Rubrick of the Book of Common-Prayer lately Publi&s;hed, &s;o far as you have ob&s;erv'd?</P>
<P><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><HI>VIII. DOTH</HI> he ob&s;erve the Holy-daies and Fa&s;ting-daies, as al&s;o the Ember-weeks, and the yearly Perambulation in Rogation-week, as in the Common-Prayer-book, or by the Cccle&s;ia&s;tical Ca|nons is appointed? giving notice to the Pari&s;hioners of every of the &s;ame, in the Church, in the time of Divine Service, upon the Sun|day next before?</P>
<P><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 &s;ickne&s;s, nece&s;&s;ary ab&s;ence, 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, or being &s;o Licen&s;ed, be hindred by &s;ickne&s;s or otherwi&s;e, as afore&s;aid; doth he procure a Sermon to be &s;o Preached, or one of the Homilies &s;et forth by Authority, to be there read by a Prie&s;t or Deacon, lawfully Ordained?</P>
<P><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
<PB N="5" REF="5" MS="y">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 Sectaries, (if any &s;uch be inhabiting within your Pari&s;h) to the true Religion e&s;tabli&s;h|ed in the Church of <HI>England,</HI> and to their bounden duty in obeying the Laws, and &s;ubmitting to the Government thereof?</P>
<P><HI>XI. DOTH</HI> he refu&s;e, or neglect 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 your Mini&s;ters default, yet remaining unbaptized in your Pari&s;h? Doth he Baptize any without God-fathers and God-mothers, or admit ei|ther of the Parents to be God-father, or God-mother to their own Children?</P>
<P><HI>XII. HATH</HI> he at any time (as you know, or have heard) preach|ed any Fal&s;e, Heretical, Seditious, or Schi&s;matical Doctrine, there|by to &s;educe the people into parties and factions, to the di&s;turbance of the publick peace and unity, either of Church or State?</P>
<P><HI>XIII. 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 Pa|rents, or without the Banes fir&s;t publi&s;hed on three Sundaies or Holy-daies 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><HI>XIV. DOTH</HI> any per&s;on Preach in your Pari&s;h as a Lecturer? 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><HI>XV. HATH</HI> your Mini&s;ter taken upon him to appoint any publick or private Fa&s;ts, Prophe&s;yings, or Excerci&s;es not appoint|ed by Authority? or doth he, or any other, either Mini&s;ter or Lay|per&s;on, hold any Conventicles or Meetings in private Hou&s;es with|in your Pari&s;h for people of &s;everal Families to re&s;ort unto under the pretence of Preaching, Praying. Thank&s;giving, or Humilia|tion, contrary to the Laws and Canons in that ca&s;e provined?</P>
<P><HI>XVI. IS</HI> your Par&s;on, Vicar, Curate, or Lecturer, a man of &s;ober, unblameable, and exemplary Life? Doth he familiarly con|ver&s;e with ungodly, vicious, and excommunicate per&s;ons? Is he a frequenter of Taverns, or Ale-hou&s;es? a common Game|&s;ter? a Swearer, Rayler, or Quareller? Doth he &s;e<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter"> Neigh|bours at variance one with another? or encourage them to Suits and Contention? Is he noted to be an intemperate Drin|ker?
<PB N="6" REF="6" MS="y">or vehemently &s;u&s;pected of Incontinency with any per&s;on, ei|ther within your Pari&s;h, or without? Is his apparel grave and de|cent, 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 Scanda|lous, and unbe&s;eeming a Mini&s;ter of Ie&s;us Chri&s;t?</P>
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<HEAD><HI>TIT. IV.</HI> Concerning the Pari&s;hioners.</HEAD>
<P><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, Anabapti&s;t, Quaker, or other Sectary that refu&s;e to come unto the publick a&s;&s;emblies, prayers, or &s;ervices of the Church, or that make profe&s;sion of any other Religion then what is e&s;tabli&s;hed in the Church of <HI>England?</HI> and if there be any &s;uch, what are their Names?</P>
<P><HI>II. IS</HI> there any per&s;on in your Pari&s;h that lieth under a common fame, or vehement &s;u&s;picion of Adultery, Fornication, or Ince&s;t? Are there any common drunkards within your Pari&s;h, or common &s;wearers, 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><HI>III. DO</HI> any of your Pari&s;h upon the Sundaies or Holy-dayes, follow their bodily and ordinary labour? or permit their &s;ervants &s;o to do? are any &s;hops kept open, or wares &s;old?</P>
<P><HI>IV. DOTH</HI> every per&s;on inhabiting or &s;ojourning within your Pari&s;h, duly re&s;ort unto your Church or Chappel, upon every Sun|day and Holy-day appointed for Divine Service? Do they then and there abide quietly with reverence, order and decency, during all the whole time of Common-Prayer, Preaching, or other &s;ervice of God there u&s;ed? and are there any among you that come only to the Preaching, and not to the Common-Prayers of the Church?</P>
<P><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><HI>VI. ARE</HI> there any in your Pari&s;h that refu&s;e to &s;end their Infant Children to be Baptized publickly in the Church, unle&s;s in
<PB N="7" REF="6" MS="y">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 any other form than is ap|pointed? Or do they keep them unbaptized any longer time than the Church alloweth? And are there any Infants or more aged per&s;ons in your Pari&s;h as yet unbaptized?</P>
<P><HI>VII. DOTH</HI> every Hou&s;holder in your Pari&s;h cau&s;e their children and &s;ervants to come to Church and learn their Catechi&s;m, and to give an account thereof unto your Mini&s;ter, as he &s;hall re|quire it of them, openly in the Church upon Sundays and Holy-days, as in the Book of Common-Prayer is appointed: that when they are well In&s;tructed in the &s;ame, they may be confirmed by the Bi|&s;hop?</P>
<P><HI>VIII. IS</HI> there any per&s;on in your Pari&s;h, who being <HI>16</HI> years of age, doth not receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper, 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? 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 Pa|ri&s;h, that for&s;ake their own Churches, and u&s;ually repair to yours for it?</P>
<P><HI>IX. HAVE</HI> you any among you, that be denounced and declared excommunicate for any crime committed? 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><HI>X. ARE</HI> there any living in your Pari&s;h, as Man and Wife, who are within Degrees prohibited? Or any that being lawfully divorced have married again? Or any that being lawfully married, and not &s;eparated or divorced by cour&s;e of Law, do not cohabit together?</P>
<P><HI>XI. ARE</HI> there any married Women in your Pari&s;h, who 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><HI>XII. ARE</HI> there any belonging to your Pari&s;h who refu&s;e to p<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="pdcc" EXTENT="1 letter">y their duty for <HI>Ea&s;ter</HI> offerings to your Mini&s;ter? 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, furni|ture and ornaments, as be requi&s;ite for the performance of all Di|vine offices there?</P>
<P><PB N="8" REF="7" MS="y"><HI>XIII. DO</HI> any refu&s;e to bury their dead 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 dy|ing in your Pari&s;h, or el&s;ewhere, leave any Legacy to your Church or Chappel? What were tho&s;e Legacies?</P>
<P><HI>XIV. IS</HI> there any &s;trife and contention among any of your Pari&s;h for their Pews or Seats in your Church? Have any new Pews b&eacute;en erected in your Chancel, or in the Body of your Church or Chappel, without leave from the Ordinary?</P>
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<HEAD><HI>TIT. V.</HI> Concerning Pari&s;h-Clerks, and Sextons.</HEAD>
<P><HI>I. HAVE</HI> you belonging to your Church or Chappelry, a Pari&s;h-Clerk, aged <HI>21</HI> years at the lea&s;t? Is be 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 only attend him in all Divine Services at the Church? Are his Wages duly paid unto him? or who with-holdeth the &s;ame from him?</P>
<P><HI>II. DOTH</HI> he or your Sexton (if there be any &s;uch appointed in your Pari&s;h) diligently look to the 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 annoyance? Doth he toll or ring the Bells at the due accu&s;tomed hours before the begin|ning of Divine Service, Morning and Evening, that the people may be warned to come unto the Church? And when any per&s;on is pa&s;|&s;ing 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 war|ned to recommend the dying per&s;on to the grace and favour of God?</P>
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<HEAD><HI>TIT. VI</HI> Concerning Ho&s;pitals, Schools, School-Ma&s;ters, Phy&s;itians, Chi|rurgeons, and Midwives.</HEAD>
<P><HI>I. IS</HI> there in your Pari&s;h any Ho&s;pital, Almes-hou&s;e, or Free-School not of the King's foundation, or Patronage? Who was the Founder, or is now the Patron thereof? And what is the year|ly Revenue, or Stipend, belonging to the Governors, 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 employed, accor|ding to the intention of the Founder, and of &s;uch Grants and Ordi|nances as have been made concerning the &s;ame?</P>
<P><HI>II. DOTH</HI> any man keep a publick or private School in your Pari&s;h, who is not allowed thereunto by the Bi&s;hop? Doth your Schoool-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 Servics and Sermon?</P>
<P><HI>III. DOTH</HI> any man in your Pari&s;h, practi&s;e Phy&s;ick, 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><HI>TIT. VII.</HI> Queries to be put to the Mini&s;ters.</HEAD>
<P><HI>I. ARE</HI> the Church-Wardens of your Pari&s;h yearly and duly cho&s;en by the joynt cou&s;ent of the Mini&s;ter and Pari&s;hio|ners; or one of them by the Mini&s;ter, and the other by the Pa|ri&s;hioners?</P>
<P><HI>II. HAVE</HI> the former and la&s;t Church-Wardens given up their due Accompts to the Pari&s;h, 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><HI>III. DO</HI> the Church-Wardens and Side-men take diligent care, and &s;ee who of your Pari&s;hioners be ab&s;ent from the Divine Ser|vice and Sermon in your Church or Chappel, upon Sundays and Holy-days? And if they find any to have ab&s;ented them&s;elves with|out 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, the &s;um of <HI>12</HI> pence for every &s;uch day of their ab&s;ence, according to the Act
<PB N="10" REF="8" MS="y">of Parliament in that ca&s;e provided? And do they di&s;tribute the &s;e|veral &s;ums &s;o levied, among the poor of your Pari&s;h, according to the Law?</P>
<P><HI>IV. DO</HI> they pre&s;ent tho&s;e that come late to Church after Di|vine Service is begun, or depart before it be ended? Do they &s;uffer none to &s;tand idle, or talk to Jether in the Church Porch, or to walk in the Church, or Church-yard, during the time of Prayers, Prea|ching, or other Sacred Offices?</P>
<P><HI>V. DO</HI> they &s;uffer no mi&s;behaviour or di&s;order to be done by men women, or &s;ervants, or children, in your Church or Chappel? Are they careful that none of them &s;it, lean, or lay their Hats upon the Communion-Table? Do they permit no Min&s;trels, no Morris, dancers, no Dogs, Hawks, or Hounds, to be brought or come into your Church, to the di&s;turbance of the Congregation?</P>
<P><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, &amp; of good Wine, according to the number of Communicants?</P>
<P><HI>VII. DO</HI> they cau&s;e all Strangers 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 other to preach?</P>
<P><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 Inquiry in all their &s;everal Titles 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;t|ance?</P>
<P><HI>FOR know you a&s;&s;uredly, That as 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 refu&s;e to pre&s;ent &s;uch c imes and faults as either you know to have been commit|ted, 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>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>GEO. WINTON.</SIGNED>
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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, in their &s;everal Pari&s;hes, as they judge fit to receive Confirmation from the Bi&s;hop, and to prefent them to be confirmed; e&s;pecially &s;uch as having competently learned that Catechi&s;m, have not yet received the Holy Communion.</P>
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