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A69743	Articles to be ministred, enquired of and answered concerning matters ecclesiastical in the first episcopal visitation of the Right Reverend father in God Gilbert, by Gods divine providence Lord Bishop of Bristol, in the second year of his consecration.	Church of England. Diocese of Bristol. Bishop (1661-1671 : Ironside); Ironside, Gilbert, 1588-1671.	1662 (1662)	Wing C4018; ESTC R2365	3,566	16

ARTICLES TO BE Ministred Enquired of and Answered Concerning MATTERS Ecclesiastical In the first EPISCOPAL VISITATION Of the Right Reverend Father in God GILBERT By Gods Divine Providence Lord Bishop of BRISTOL In the second ye●● of his Consecration London Printed for H. Brome M.DC.LXII The Tenor of the Oath to be Ministred to the Church-wardens and Side-men Your Oath is THat you the Church-Wardens for your parts and you the Side-men for your parts shall well and faithfully execute and performe your several Places and Offices respectively for this your Parish for this year following in all things according to the use and custom there and the Law in that behalf And also duely and truly to present all such Crimes and Offences punishable by the Laws Ecclesiastical of this Land which upon view and consideration of these Articles given you in Charge by fame report or otherwise by your diligent inquiry shall come to your knowledge or notice All Favour and Affection Hatred and Malice or sinister respect set apart So help you God in Jesus Christ ARTICLES TO BE Ministred Enquired of and Answered IN THE DIOCESS of BRISTOL Concerning the Kings Majesties Authority in Causes Ecclesiastical 1. HAVE you any in your Parish that oppugne or gainsay any part of his Majesties Supremacy in the said Causes Ecclesiastical 2. HAVE you any that affirm That the Civil Magistrate ought not to prescribe any thing to Ecclesiastical persons in or about the publique Worship of God but that their duty only is to protect and defend the said persons Of the Church of England 1. HAVE you any in your Parish that affirm That the Church of England as now by Law Established is not a True and Apostolical Church reproaching the same as Antichristian 2. HAVE you any that affirm That the Book of Common-Prayer now established by Law containeth any thing in it that is Superstition and contrary to the Word of God and therefore that godly men ought not to approve and subscribe to the same 3. HAVE you any that seperate themselves from the Church of England and the publique Worship thereof and combine themselves in a new Brotherhood making Rules and Orders amongst themselves to be Ruled and Governed by in Church-matters or that come not to Church till Divine Service be ended and the Sermon to begin Of Divine Service 1. ARE the Lords-dayes and other Holy-dayes kept in your Parish according to the Orders of the Church of England prescribed in that behalf by frequenting the publique Worship and using all charitable and sober Conversation 2. DO your Church-wardens diligently observe what Irregular persons or Non-conformists absent themselves from their own Parish Church And do they repair to the Iustices of the Peace for their warrants to levy twelve pence upon the Goods of such persons according as by Law is required of them 3. IS the Common-Prayer Reverently used in your Church or Chappel upon such dayes as are appointed And is the Letany used upon Wenesdayes and Frydayes weekly by your Minister without adding or diminishing in the matter and form thereof And do the Parishioners resort thereunto 4. HAVE you any in your Parish that cover their heads in Church or Chappel in time of Divine Service except he hath some known Infirmity and then to wear a Cap only Or do your Church-wardens suffer any Idle persons to loyter either in the Church-yard or Church-porch in the time of Divine Service or Sermon Of the Sacraments 1. IS the Sacrament of the Lords Supper duly administred in your Parish at the least thrice a year Easter being one And doth the Minister give warning thereof at Morning Prayers the Sunday before such time And doth the Church-wardens provide a sufficient quantity of Bread and Wine for the same 2. HAVE you in your Church or Chappel a convenient Table covered in time of Divine Service with a Carpet and in the time of Administration with a fine Linnen Cloth Is the Wine brought to the Communion-table in a clean Stoope or Pot 3. DOTH your Minister admit any to the Sacrament of the Supper that are Excommunicate persons or any that are known to live in any grievous crime or live in open contention with their Neighbours Or any Church-wardens or Side-men that have heretofore neglected or refused to present such publique Offences as they know to be committed in their Parishes and so incur the horrible crime of Perjury 4. IS the Sacrament of Baptism duly Administred in your Church or Chappel according to the form thereof prescribed by the Church of England Is there a Font of Stone placed towards the lower end of the Church for that purpose And are there such Godfathers and Godmothers used therein as are of Age or have received the Sacrament of the Lords Supper 5. HAVE you any in your Parish that refuse to bring their Children to be Baptized by the Minister according to the Book of Common-Prayer who are they and how long have they done so For Ministers 1. DOTH your Minister when he readeth Publique Prayers or Administer the Sacrament wear a comly Surplice with sleeves And if he be a Graduate such Hood as by the Orders of the Vniversity is agreeable to his Degree 2. HATH your Minister more Benefices with cure then one and if so how far distant one from an other upon which doth he reside Hath he a sufficient Curate to teach and instruct the People Doth he Catechize the youth and ignorant persons of the Parish in the Ten Commandements the Creed and the Lords Prayer And do all Fathers Mothers Masters and Mistresses send their Children and Servants to be instructed accordingly when required thereunto 3. DOTH your Minister solemnly bid Ember-weeks Holy-dayes and Fasting-dayes as they are set down in the Kalender Doth he also use to visite the Sick 4. DOTH any Person Preach in your Parish as a Lecturer Doth he before his Lecture read Divine Service and is he Conformable to the Orders established in the Church of England 5. DOTH your Minister Preach or Administer the Sacraments in private Houses Or appoint private or publique Fasts without Authority 6. DOTH your Minister frequent Taverns or Alehouses or any suspected places or is he of an honest and sober Conversation such as becometh the Gospell of Christ Of School-Masters 1. HAVE you any School-Master in your Parish Hath he a License from the Bishop to teach School Doth he instruct his Schollers in the Catechism and good Manners as well as Learning 2. DOTH your School-Master upon Sundayes and Festival-dayes when there be Sermons preached in your Church or Chappel bring the Schollers to Church and see them there orderly to behave themselves and examine them at times convenient what they remember of the said Sermons Of the Church and Church-yard 1. HAVE you in your Church or Chappel a Bible of the largest Volum and of the late Translation The Book of Homilies set forth by Authority And have you the Book of Common-Prayer approved and commanded by the late Act of Parliament 2. HAVE you in your Church or Chappel a convenient Seat or Desk for your Minister to read Divine Service in And a comely and decent Pulpit with a Cloth or Cushion for the Preaching of Gods Word 3. IS your Church or Chappel sufficiently repaired the windows glased and all things there in such orderly sort as becometh the house of God 4. IS your Church-yard well and sufficiently fenced by those who by Law ought to fence the same 5. HAVE you in your Church or Chappel a Chest for Almes with a hole in the upper part thereof with three Keyes one for the Minister one for the Senior Church-warden and one for the Overseer for the Poor 6. HAVE you in your Church the Book of Divine Service to be used upon the Fifth of November the Thirtieth of January and the Nine and Twentieth of May And doth your Minister and the Parishioners duely observe those dayes yearly as they are appointed Have you also the Book of Canons and Constitutions 7. ARE the Seats in your Church kept in good repair And are the Ten Commandements set up in some convenient place in your Church with the Creed and the Lords Prayer and some choyse sentences of Scripture 8. HAVE you a Terrier of the Glebe-lands and other Possessions belonging to your Church Is your Ministers house kept in sufficient repair Of Church-wardens ARE your Church-wardens chosen by the Minister and Parishioners the Minister chusing one and do your Church-wardens at the end of the year give up an account of such Moneys as they have received Of Parish-Clerks HAVE you a Parish-Clerk chosen by the Minister sufficient for his Reading Writing and a competent skill in Singing And doth he receive his accustomed wages Of Marriages 1. IS there any in your Parish that have Marryed within the Degrees prohibited by the Laws of God expressed in a Table and set forth by Authority Anno 1563 And have you the Table set up in your Church 2. HATH your Minister Marryed any in your Parish under the age of 21 without the consent of their Parents Or hath he Marryed any persons in private houses Of Physitians Chirurgeons and Midwives DOTH any Man in your Parish take upon him to practise Physick or Chirurgery And doth any Woman take upon her to exercise the Office of a Midwife without approbation and license from the Ordinary Of Burials HAVE any been buried in your parish-Parish-Church or Church-yard that have been known Recusants or Excommunicated persons or such as have been Felones dese And doth your Minister bury the Dead according to the form prescribed in the Book of Common-Prayer Of the Parishioners 1. DOTH any in your Parish use bodily labour in their Vocations upon Sundayes and Holy dayes or suffer their Servants so to do Or do any of your Parish go to Taverns or Ale-houses to tipple or game on those dayes 2. ARE there any married Women in your Parish who after Child-birth refuse publiquely to give thanks to God for their safe delivery as is prescribed by the Book of Common-Prayer 3. IS there any in your Parish that is known or vehemently suspected of Adultery Fornication Incest or that are common Swearers and Drunkerds or Sowers of Sedition You are to present all such Knowing that the discharge of your duty herein is a means to reform such disorders in your Parish and to prevent the Judgements of God from falling on the same GILB BRISTOL