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B02176	Articles to be enquired of in the primary visitation of the right reverend father in God John Lord Bishop of Rochester and exhibited to the church-wardens and side-men of every parish within the diocese of Rochester, in September, 1668.	Church of England. Diocese of Rochester. Bishop (1666-1683 : Dolben); Dolben, John, 1625-1686.	1668 (1668)	Wing C4097DA; ESTC R173899	5,726	15

ARTICLES To be Enquired of IN THE Primary Visitation OF THE Right Reverend Father in God JOHN Lord Bishop of ROCHESTER AND EXHIBITED To the Church-wardens and Side-men of every Parish within the DIOCESE of ROCHESTER In September 1668. LONDON Printed for T. Garthwait 1668. The Oath of the Church-wardens and Side-men YOu shall Swear that you and every one of you will diligently enquire and true Presentment make of all such Persons within your Parish as have offended against the Tenour of any of these Articles collected out of His Majesties Ecclesiastical Laws and given you in Charge You shall not Present any Person out of Malice or Ill-will nor spare any out of Fear Favour or Affection So help you God and by the Contents of this holy Book ARTICLES OF VISITATION and ENQUIRY Within the DIOCESE of ROCHESTER TITUL. I. Enquiries concerning the Church its Possessions Ornaments c. IS your Church or Chappel with the Chancels thereof in sufficient repair as becomes the house of God Are the Roofs well covered the Windows well glazed the Floors well paved and is your Stéeple in good repair and the Bells kept in good order II. ARE the Ten Commandments the Lords Prayer the Créed and certain choice Sentences of Scripture as also the Kings Arms set up in convenient Places in your Church And are there any that refuse to pay their Proportion of the Levies made for the repair of the Church and other uses requisite and accustomed III. HAVE you a Font of stone for Baptism and is it set in the usual place anciently appointed for it Have you a handsome Communion-Table conveniently placed for the Celebration of the Lords Supper Have you a Carpet of Silk or other decent Stuffe to cover it withal in time of Divine Service and a fair Linnen Cloth to be layd upon the same when the Holy Communion is administred And doth your Serton or Clark remove such careless and irreverent people as are apt to sit upon the Holy Table or otherwise abuse it in time of Divine Service Have you a Cup and a Cover of silver for the Consecrated Bread and Wine And have you a decent Flagon of Pewter or purer Metal and are they kept always very clean for that holy use IV. ARE your Reading-pew and Pulpit well maintained and placed with the best conveniency for publick Prayer and Sermons V. HAVE you a fair Bible of the largest Volume and the last Translation allowed by Authority Have you a Book of Common-Prayer according to the last Act of Parliament for Vnisormity of publick Prayers Have you the Book of Homilies allowed by Authority the Book of Canons made in the Synod held in the Year of our Lord 1603. and the printed Table of the Degrées prohibited in Marriage VI. HAVE you a Parchment Register-Book to register the several Christenings Marriages and Burials which happen within your Parish Are they registred therein fairly and distinctly assoon as conveniently can be after the respective Offices performed by your Minister and is there a Transcript thereof returned once at least every year into the Ordinary's Publick Registry Have you a Book to set down the Names of such Strangers as preach in your Parish Have you a strong Chest with three Locks wherein to preserve your Church-Furniture and the like Alms-Box for the Poor Have you also a large and decent Surplice for your Minister to wear in his publick Ministrations VII IS your Church-yard sufficiently and well fenced Are there any encroachments or Nusances upon it Or have there any Trées belonging to it been cut down and by whom VIII IS your Parsonage or Vicarage-House and the Out-houses as also the Gardens Orchards and Fences belonging to the same in good sufficient repair Have you a true Terrar of all the Glebe-Lands Tenements and other Revenue whatsoever belonging to your Church and is there a true Copy of it brought into the Bishops Registry Have any of the ancient Glebe-Lands belonging to your Church béen encroached upon taken away or else exchanged without such consent of Parties and License as is required by the Law TIT. II. Enquiries concerning the Ministers of the Respective Parishes IS your Parson Vicar or Curate a Priest ordained according to the Laws of the Church and Kingdom Hath he béen legally instituted and inducted into his Benefice Did he within two Moneths after his Induction read the XXXIX Articles in time of Divine Service in your Church and publickly declare his Assent thereunto II. HATH he read the Book of Common-Prayer and declared publickly his Assent and Consent to the use of all things in that Book contained within the time limited and in the manner prescribed in the Act of Parliament last made for the Vniformity of Publick Prayer and Printed in the beginning of the Book of Common-Prayer And hath he publickly read in your Church a Certificate of his having subscribed a Declaration of the Vnlawfulness of taking up Arms against the King of his Conforming to the Liturgy of the Church and of his Disavowing the unlawful Oath commonly called The Solemn League and Covenant within such time and in such manner as is further required by the said Act III. HATH he obtained or is he vehemently suspected to have obtained his Benefice by Money or other Simoniacal Compact Is he a man of sober chaste honest and peaceable Life Spare not to present him if he be in any way scandalous or of a Conversation not becoming a Minister of the Gospel IV. Doth he endeavour to keep and maintain Peace and Love among his Neighbors as much as in him lies Doth he also by discreet Applications according to his opportunities and Talent endeavour to reduce Popish Recusants Sectaries Separatists and refractory persons from their Errors offering himself or if he find not himself so able using the assistance of some Grave and Learned Divine of the Neighbourhood to conser with such in order to bring them into the bosom of the Church V. DOTH he in the Celebration of Divine Service Ministring the one and the other Sacrament Visiting the sick Burying the dead and in all other Rites and Offices of the Chureh use the whole Forms of Prayer prescribed by Authority without Omission Addition or Alteration More especially doth he read the Litany on every Sunday throughout the year at the Morning-Service Doth he read the Litany likewise on every Wednesday and Friday throughout the Year publickly in his Parish-Church Doth he perform all his Ministrations with Decency Gravity and Reverence wearing his Surplice with a Hood if he be a Graduate in the Vniversity as he is directed by Authority and the laudable Customes of the Church VI. DOTH he administer the Communion at least give notice of his readiness and desire to do it so often in the year that Devout people may not want opportunities to receive it at other times besides the usual solemn Festivals And doth he when he warnes a Communion on the Sunday or Holiday before read one of those