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A00254	Iniunctions giuen by the Reuerend Father in Christ John by Gods prouidence, Bishop of Sarisburie [sic], aswel to the cleargie, as to the churche wardens and enquirers of euerye seueral parish, aswel of his peculiar as general iurisdiction within and of the diocesse of Sarum to be obserued and kept of euery of them in their offices and callings, as to them shal appertaine, for the aduauncement of Gods honor, thincrease of vertue, and good order to be continued within his sayd diocesse, and the same to be enquired of and put in vse by all the Archdeacons, commissaries, and other officers excercising ecclesiastical iurisdiction vnder the sayde Bishop according to the limittes of their seueral offices and iurisdictions, in their synodes, visitations, inquiries, and courts.	Church of England. Diocese of Salisbury. Bishop (1559-1571 : Jewel); Jewel, John, 1522-1571.	1569 (1569)	STC 10326.5; ESTC S871	8,081	18

Iniunctions giuen by the reuerend father in christ Iohn by Gods prouidence Bishop of Sarisburie aswel to the Cleargie as to the Churchewardens and enquirers of euerye seueral Parish aswel of his peculiar as general iurisdiction within and of the Diocesse of Sarum to be obserued and kept of euery of them in their offices and callings as to them shal appertaine for the aduauncement of gods honor thincrease of vertue and good order to be continued within his sayd Diocesse and the same to be enquired of and put in vse by all the Archdeacons Commissaries and other officers excercising Ecclesiastical iurisdiction vnder the sayde Bishop according to the limittes of their seueral offices and iurisdictions in their Synodes visitations inquiries and Courts ❧ Imprinted at London by Henry Denham for Richard Iackson and are to be sold in Gutter Lane at the signe of the red Lion Anno. 1569. February 22. Iniunctions giuen by the reuerend father in Christ Iohn by Gods prouidence Bishop of Sarisburie c. ❧ For the Cleargie INPRIMIS you must trauell diligently and painefully to sette forth Gods true religion and adourne the same wyth example of godlye lyfe being circumspect that you offende no man eyther by light behauiour or by light apparell 2 Item vpon euery Sunday and holyday ye shall in your Churche at conuenient houres reuerently and distinctly say or sing the Common prayer appoynted by the lawes of thys Realme both in the fore noone and after noone so turning and placing your selues as the people may best heare the same and vpon euerye Wednesday and Fridaye not beyng holydaye ye shall say the Letanie and other Prayers appoynted for the day and shall also at all tymes requisite and conuenient duely and reuerently minister the two holy Sacraments according to such order as is set forth in the booke of Common prayer and administration of the Sacraments c. 3 Item ye shall euery Sunday and euerye holye day openly in the Churche heare and instruct the children and seruauntes of both sexes within your parish at the least so many of them at once by course as the tyme will serue and as ye may well heare and instruct for an houre at the least before Euening prayer in the ten commaundements the Articles of the beliefe and the Lordes prayer and diligently examine and teach them the Cathechisme set forth in the booke of common prayer 4 Item to the intent this thing maye bee more effectuallye executed ye shall take the names of all the children and seruaunts of both sexes in your parish that be aboue sixe yeres of age and vnder twentie which can not saye the Catechisine and shall call by course certaine of them by name euery Sunday and euery holye day to come to the Catechisme whereby you may easilye note and obserue what parentes or maisters be negligent in sendyng theyr children and seruauntes to be instructed and take occasion thereof both priuately and openly to exhort them to send their youth as they are appointed 5 Item you shall not admitte to the receyuing of the holy Communion any of your Parishe whiche be openly knowne to liue in anye notorious sinne without repentance vnlesse the same person do first openly reconcile him or hirselfe again to y e sati●●●ction of the congregation nor any malicious person that is notoriously out of charitye without priuate reconciliation first made to the party agaynst whom the malice shall be conceyued and borne 6 Item you shall not admit to the holy Communion any of your parishe men or women beyng aboue twentie yeares of age that can not say by heart the ten commaundements the Articles of the fayth and the Lordes prayer nor any beyng aboue twelue yeres and vnder twentie yeres of age that can not saye by heart the Catechisme that is set forth in the booke of common prayer 7 Item for that purpose ye shal before Easter and all other times of the yeare when the holy Communion is to be by you ministred giue warning before vnto your parishoners to come vnto you eyther in the after noone of some Sunday or holy day or the day before they purpose to receyue or at some other times before as necessitie shall cause you to appoint if there be any multitude or in the morning at the furthest before they shall receyue so that it be afore the beginning of Morning prayer so many of them as intende to receyue and not onelye to signifie vnto you their names to thintent ye may keepe a register or note of all such persons as from time to time shall communicate but also to be by you examined whether they can say by hart the ten commaundements the articles of the fayth the Lordes prayer and the Catechisme according as after the diuersitie of their ages is aboue required and such of them as either can not or will not recite the same by heart vnto you ye shall repell and put backe from the holy Communion vntill they shall be able and willing to learne and by heart recite the same vnto you For your better assistance wherein ye shall call vpon and require the Churchwardens and sworne men of your parish to be present one of them at the least at euery suche examination to thintent they maye helpe to put this good order in practise and take a note of such wilfull and negligent persons as shall be founde faultie in this behalfe so present the same to the Ordinarie 8 Item ye shall not admit to aunswere as Godfathers or Godmothers at the christening of anye childe any person or persons except he she and they haue before receyued the holy Communion and can say by hart the articles of the christian faith and will recite the same before the Minister if he she or they be therevnto required 9 Item ye shall euery Sunday when there is no sermon in your Churche distinctly and plainely read one of the Homelies set forth by the Queenes Maiesties authoritie or one part thereof at the least in such sort as the same is appoynted to be read 10 Item ye shall not take vpon you to expounde any scripture or matter of doctrine by way of exhortation or otherwise in your owne Churche or other where vnlesse ye be admitted so to doe by the Ordinarie or be licenced to preach 11 Item you shall reade openly in your Church in time of diuine seruice twice euery yeare vpon some of the Sundayes within one moneth next after the feastes of Easter and Saint Michaell tharchaungell plainly without addition or chaunge A declaration of certaine principall articles of religion set forth by both the Archbishops and the rest of the Bishops of this realme for the vnitie of doctrine 12 Item you shal preach or by such as are lawfully licensed shall cause to be preached in the Churches where ye are Persons or Uicars one sermon euery quarter of the yeare at the least 13 Item none of you shal serue ij cures at one time without speciall

licence vnder your ordinaries seale 14 Item no Curate shall serue anye cure within this Diocesse without speciall licence in writing vnder the Ordinaries seale 15 Item for the putting of the Churchewardens and sworne men better in remembraunce of theyr dutie in obseruing and noting all such as do offende in not comming to diuine seruice ye shall openlye euery sunday after ye haue read the second lesson at Morning and Euening prayer monish and warne the Churchwardens and sworn men of your parish to loke to their charge in this behalfe and to obserue who contrary to the lawe doe that day offende eyther in absenting themselues negligentlye or wilfully from their parish Church or Chappel or vnreuerently vse themselues in the time of diuine seruice and so note the same to the entent they may eyther present such offenders to the Ordinarie when they shall be required therevnto or leuie and take by way of distresse to the vse of the poore such forfeytures as are appoynted by a statute made in that behalfe 16 Item ye shall from time to tyme diligently call vpon and exhort your Parishioners to conferre and giue towardes the reliefe of the poore as they maye well spare and speciallye when ye visite them that be sicke and make their testaments and for your owne partes also shall charitablye relieue the poore to your habilitie 17 Item ye shall dayly read at the least one chapter of the olde testament and another of the newe with good aduisement and such of you as be vnder the degree of a Maister of Arte shall prouide and haue of your owne according to the Queenes Maiesties Iniunctions at the least the newe testament both in Latin and Englishe conferring the one with the other euery day one Chapter therof at the least so that vpon the examination of the Archdeacon Cōmissary or their officers in synodes and visitations it may appeare how ye profite in the studie of holy Scripture 18 Finally any of you shall not keepe any suspected woman in your house or be an incontinent liuer giuen to drunkennesse or ydlenesse or be a haunter of Tauernes Alehouses or suspected places or a hunter hawker dicer carder tabler swearer or otherwise giue any euill example of life but contrariwise at all times when ye shall haue leysure ye shall heare or read somwhat of holy scripture or shall occupie your selues with some other honest studie or exercise and oftentymes giue your selues to earnest prayer And shall alway doe the thinges which appertaine to honestie and moue your Parishioners to quiet and concorde helping to reconcile them which shall happen to be at variance at any time and by all meanes ye can endeuor to profite the common wealth hauing alwayes in mind that ye ought to excel all other in puritie of life and should be examples to the people to liue well christianly not giuing any way iust cause of offence ¶ For the Churchwardens and enquirers commonly called the sworne men of euery Parish INprimis y t you the Church wardens and enquirers in euerye Parish within the Diocesse of Sarum shall vpon your othes duly and truly certifie and present in writing vnto the Ordinarie Archedcacon of the place or Commissarie or to other officers appoynted in this behalfe once or oftener in euery yere as hereafter is appoynted at such certaine dayes and places as shall bee signified vnto you from time to tyme all such matters as hereafter ensue That is to say 1 First ye shall certifie and present once in euerye quarter of a yeare whether your Personnes Uicars and Curates doe diligentlye obedientlye and duly obserue and keepe all the sayde Iniunctions giuen vnto them as is aboue mencioned so far forth as the same doe anye maner of way concerne them or any of them and if they doe not then which and how many of the said Iniunctions do they not kepe and in what poynts doe they violate and breake the same 2 Item whether the Queenes maiesties Iniunctions be quarterly read by your Persons Uicars or Curates 3 Item to certifie and present quarterly whether there be any among you that is a hinderer of true religion or a fauourer of the Romish power or that stubbornely refuseth to conforme himselfe to vnitie and godly religion set forth by common aucthoritie or anye that wilfully and obstinatelye defende or maintaine any herisies or false doctrine contrary to the holye scriptures and what his or their names are 4 Item to present quarterly whether any parish Clark or any other persō not being ordred at y e least for a Deacon doe presume to solemnise matrimonie or minister the sacrament of baptisme or deliuer to the communicants the Lordes cup at the celebration of the holy communion and what he or they be that so doe And whether anye person not beyng a Minister Deacon or at the least tollerated by the Ordinarie in writyng doe attempt to say the common prayer and other diuine seruice openlye in the Churche and what he is that so doth 5 Item to certify quarterly whether your Curate presume to serue in your Parishe Churche without licence from the Ordinarie in writing and vnder seale or whether anye serue twoo cures without licence 6 Item to certifie yearely at the visitation whether your Parishe haue a Bible of their owne the booke of common prayer a Psalter the two bookes of Homilies the boke called the Paraphrases of Erasmus and other bookes requisite and a fayre and comly Communion cup of siluer with a couer of siluer for the same which couer may serue for the ministration of the Lordes breade 7 Item to certifie likewise whether your Quiere be comlye and orderly kept whether ye haue a faire and comly Communion table standing vpō a frame with a faire linnen cloth to lay vpon the same and some carpet or couering of silke Buckeram or suche like for the cleane keping thereof and a decent large Surples with sleeues for the Minister to be vsed of him in all his ministration within the Church and also a chist or boxe for the almose of the poore 8 Item to certifie quarterly whether your register booke of christenings mariages and burials be duly kept and the same christenings mariages and burials as they happen from time to time be entred by your Minister into the same booke in the presence of you the Churchwardens or one of you 9 Item to certifie quarterly whether whē any christian body is in passing the bell be tolled the Minister called to comfort the sicke person and after the time of his or hir passing there be any more ringing but one short peale before the buriall and another short peale after the buriall And whether on all Saints day after Euening prayer there be any ringing in your Church or other superstitious ceremonies vsed tending to the maintenance of the popish purgatorie or of praying for the dead and who they be that vse or doe the same And whether there be any ringing or tolling