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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B08752	Articles of enquiry given by [his Right Reverend Father in God James Lord Bishop of Wort.] and delivered to the church- wardens, and side-men, to be considered and answered in his visitation, holden in the year of our Lord God.	Church of England. Diocese of Worcester. Bishop (1675-1683 : Fleetwood); Fleetwood, James, 1603-1683.	1680 (1680)	Wing C4009AC; ESTC R175783	5,097	18

Harvard College Library VERITAS FROM THE BEQUEST OF JOHN HARVEY TREAT OF LAWRENCE MASS CLASS OF 1862 ARTICLES OF ENQUIRY Given by the Right Reverend Father Fleetwodd in God famos Lord Bishop of Wort Worcester and delivered to the Church-Wardens and Side-men to be considered and answered in his Visitation holden in the Year of our Lord God 16●● C R DIEV ET MON DROIT HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE London Printed see a different Copy of A … y used by him at his visitation in 1676. The Oath to be Ministred to the Church-Wardens and Side-men YOU shall swear truly and faithfully to execute the Office of Church-warden within your Parish for the Year ensuing according to the best of your Skill and Knowledg and also present such things and persons as to your Knowledg are Presentable by the Laws Eccesiastical of this Realm So help you God ARTICLES OF ENQUIRY About the CHVRCHES and CHAPPELS And all things thereto pertaining IS your Parish Church or Chappel kept in good and sufficient Repair Are the Roofs Walls Pavements and Windows well Repaired And is the Church decently kept as befitteth the House of God Is your Church-Yard sufficiently fenced and maintained with Walls Rails or Pales as hath béen accustomed Or by whose fault are they decayed Hath any thing belonging to your Church been aliened embezelled or sold 2. Is there a Font of Stone for the Administration of Baptism in the usual place appointed for it And doth your Minister publickly Baptize in the same Font only Is there a convenient Table for the use of the Lords Supper Is there a Carpet of Silk or decent Stuff to lay upon the Table in time of Divine Service and a fair Linen Cloth to lay upon the same in the time of the Communion according to the eighty second Canon Have you a Communion Cup with a Paten for the Bread and is the Wine brought to the Communion Table in a clear standing Pot or Flagon of Pewter or of purer Metal 3. Have you a Reading Desk and Pulpit conveniently set up and placed for the use of publick Prayer and Sermons 4. Is there in your Church or Chappel the Common Prayer Book of the largest Volume according to the Act of Vniformity 1662. The Bible in Folio of the last Translation the Book of Homilies the Book of Canons and Constitutions Ecclesiastical made in the Synod 1603. And a Table of Degrees wherein Marriage is prohibited publickly set up in your Church And is there a decent Surplice for the Minister to wear at all times of his publick Ministration in the Church 5. Have you a Register Book in Parchment wherein to Register the Christenings Marriages and Burials in your Parish Is there a Book wherein to write down the Church-Wardens Accompts and a strong Chest with Locks and Keys wherein to preserve your Church Furniture and also for the Parishioners to put in their Alms for the relief of the Poor 6. Is the House and Out-houses of your Minister in good and sufficient Repair Doth he preserve the Gardens Orchards and Glebe belonging to him without embezelling changing or any way damnifying the same Inquiries about the Clergy 1. IS your Parson or Vicar Ordained Priest according to the Order of the Church of England Or doth your Minister or his Curate not being so Ordained Priest consecrate the Holy Sacrament of the Lords Supper 2. Is your Minister legally Instituted and Inducted into his Benefice Did he within two Months after his Induction publickly in the Church upon some Sunday or Holy-day read the thirty nine Articles of the Church of England and declare his assent thereunto And also on some Lords-day read both Morning and Evening Prayer and after his reading publickly declare his unfeigned Assent and Consent to the use of the things contained in the Book of Common-Prayer And within three Months after his Induction on some Lords-day in your Parish Church read a Certificate under the Hand and Seal of the Arch-Bishop or Bishop of the Diocess of his Subscription to the Declaration required in the Act of Vniformity 3. Doth your Minister read the full Service according to the direction of the Common-Prayer Book on Sundays and Holy-days at Morning and Evening Prayer and in ministring the Sacraments solemnizing Matrimony burying the Dead and Churching of Women use all the Rites and the whole Forms of Prayers according as they are prescribed in the Common Prayer Book without omission alteration or addition Or doth he negligently or in contempt of the Order of the Church omit or add to the same 4. Doth he usually read the Book of Cannos once every Year and wear a Surplice in the time of his Ministration 5. Doth he Preach a Sermon on every Sunday or procure a Sermon then to be preached Or else sometime read one of the Homilies which the Church hath appointed And doth he diligently instruct the Youth of your Parish in the Church Catechism And doth he endeavour to prepare them to be Confirmed by the Bishop 6. Is your Minister constantly resident upon his Benefice Or how long hath he been absent And in case he be licensed to be absent whether doth he cause his Cure to be supplied by a sufficient and licensed Preacher And is your Curate conformable to the Ecclesiastical Laws 7. Doth your Minister or Curate read the Service appointed for the Fifth of November the Thirtieth of January and the Twenty ninth of May And doth he give notice upon the Sunday of the Holy-days and Fasting-days which will be the Week following and observe the yearly perambulation in Rogation Week 8. Doth your Minister or Curate celebrate the Lords Supper in the Church so often that every Parishioner may receive the same at least thrice in the year Doth he give warning of it and read the Exhortation the Sunday before that thereby the Parishioners may be stirr'd up to the worthy Receiving thereof Doth he deliver severally the Bread and Wine to every Communicant kneeling Doth he admit them to the Communion which be openly known to live in sin notorious without repentance or to have maliciously and openly contended with their Neighbours before they be reconciled And if he hath repelled any person from the Communion doth he give account to the Ordinary within fourtéen days after 9. Doth he Baptise such Infants of his Parish according to the Order of the Common Prayer as upon warning given before are brought upon Sundays or Holy-days to the Church And upon lawful summons doth he Baptize Infants at home in case of danger and necessity Or through his fault doth the Infant die unbaptized 10. Doth he neglect to visit the Sick at their Houses when he is required Doth he pray with them and exhort them to Faith and Repentance forgiveness of Injuries and liberality to the Poor and comfort them in their distress And doth he give them that profess sorrow for their sins the Holy Communion if they desire it 11. Doth he marry any