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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07633	Articles to be enquired of in the ordinary visitation of the worshipfull, Mr. Lavvrence Pay, Archdeacon of Chichester. Anno Domini, 1635.	Church of England. Archdeaconry of Chichester (1635-1640 : Pay); Pay, Laurence, 1583 or 4-1640.	1635 (1635)	STC 10186; ESTC S92310	5,263	10

ARTICLES TO BE ENQVIRED OF IN THE ORDINARY Visitation of the Worshipfull Mr. LAVVRENCE PAY Archdeacon of Chichester Anno Domini 1635. 〈…〉 Printed by THOMAS COATES The forme of the Oath to be ministred to all and every the Church-wardens and Quest-men YOu shall sweare that all affection favour hatred hope of reward and gaine or feare of displeasure or malice set aside you shall upon due consideration of the Articles given you in charge present all and every such person of or within your Parish as hath committed any offence mentioned in these or any of these Articles or which are vehemently suspected and defamed of any such offence wherein you shall discharge your consciences uprightly and according to truth neither of malice presenting any contrary to truth nor of corrupt affection sparing to present any and so conceale the truth having in this action God before your eyes with an earnest zeale to maintaine truth and to suppresse vice So helpe you God and his faithfull promise contained in his holy Bookes GOD save the KING Articles concerning RELIGION PRAYER and SACRAMENTS FIrst Hereticall and Schismaticall opinion whether there be any abiding in or resorting to your parish that be knowne to defend or maintaine any Hereticall or Schismaticall opinions contrary to the holy Scriptures of God or doe openly or secretly impugne or dislike the publike worship of God or the Rites and ceremonies now established in the Church of England 2 Item Whether all and singular the Inhabitants or dwellers within your parish Absence from the Church doe diligently repaire to their parish Church on every Sabbath day and Holiday according to the orders of the Church of England prescribed in that behalfe 3 Item Labourers on Sundayes or holi-dayes Whether any person or persons within your parish have laboured or wrought or gone to plow or cart upon any Sabbath day or Holiday or have prophaned any Sabbath or Holiday by unlawfull Games drinking and tipling especially in the time of common prayer 4 Item Whether all and every one in your parish being of the age of 16. yeares and of discretion have received the holy communion thrice at the least this last yeare whereof once at Easter or thereabouts 5 Item Outward behaviour at prayers and Sacraments Whether all and every one within your parish doe use due reverence in the time of divine Service by the outward gesture of their bodies in kéeping their heads uncovered in knéeling standing and other decent behaviour as they are enioined by the 18. Constitution and Canon Ecclesiasticall 6 Item Children not baptized Whether any children dyed within your parish unbaptized and by whose default was not the Sacrament of Baptisme administred 7 Item Whether have you in your Church or Chappell or Church-yard any Plaies Feasts Banquets Suppers Church-ales Drinkings Temporall Courts or Léets Layiuries Prophanation of Churches Musters or any other prophane usage and who are the offenders or by whom such abuses are suffered Articles concerning Ministers and Preachers of Gods holy Word Titul 2 FIrst Observation of the forme of Common-Prayer whether doth your Minister say or sing divine Service according to the prescript forme confirmed by his Maiesties Authority distinctly and reverently on Sundaies and Holi-dayes Wednesdayes Fridayes and the Eves of every Sunday and holiday and at convenient usefull times of those dayes and in such place as is méetest for the hearing of the people and whether your Minister doe observe the Orders Rites and Ceremonies prescribed in the Book of Common prayer as well in reading of the holy Scripture and Prayers as in administration of the Sacraments without either adding or diminishing to or from the Booke of Common Prayer Diligent in execution of his office 2 Item Whether he be diligent and carefull faithfully to execute his Pastorall Office and Function by reading of the holy Scriptures and in case he be an allowed Preacher whether having no lawfull impediment he doth preach ordinarily And being not allowed doth procure Sermons in his Cure once in every moneth at the least Residence of the Minister 3 Item Is he a licened Preacher and by whom is he resident upon his Benefice or not if not then by whom is the cure served is your Curate licensed to serve the said Cure if yea then by whom doth your Curate preach if yea then by whom is he licensed so to preach Prayer for his Maiesty 4 Item whether your Minister before his Sermon Lecture or Homily doe pray for his Maiestie giving him his lawfull title as in his iust stile and commend his Highnesse and our Royall Quéene Prince in his prayers to Almighty God 5 Item Whether doth your Minister admit any to the holy Communion Notorious offenders not Communicants Sober conversation in Ministers that are knowne to be notorious offenders or any malicious or openly contentious persons untill they be reconciled 6 Item Whether your Parson Vicar or Curate do kéep any suspected woman in his house or be an incontinent person given to drunkennesse or idlenesse a haunter of Tavernes Ale-houses or suspected places or one that doth board or lodge in any such place a dicer carder tabler swearer or given to base or servile labour or otherwise doth give any evill example of life and whether his apparell be comely and grave as becommeth his function and calling A Register of Christnings Weddings and Burials Ministers hants 7 Item Whether your Minister and Church-wardens kéep a Register of the Christinings weddings and Burialls according to the prescript forme 8 Item Whether your Minister in time of Divine service or ministring the Sacraments being a Graduate doth wear a decent and comely surplice with sléeves and upon it a Hood sutable to his Degrée in the Vniversity and if he be no Graduate then doth he weare at such times such a surplice as is above mentioned Perambulations 9 Whether doe your Minister and parishioners yearely in Rogation wéeke walke the bounds of your parish according to the accident custome 10 Whether he doth Catechise duely according to the order set downe in the booke of Common Prayer and whether your parishioners doe duely send their children and servants especially such as be no Communicants to the catechizing if not to certifie the Parents and Masters names of such children and servants that a reformation may be had of the great defect in that Religious exercise 11 Whether all such houses out-houses barnes stables and other buildings belonging to your Parson Vicar or curate be kept in sufficient reparations or no if not what are the decayes and defects hereof Articles concerning the Church FIrst whether have you in your Church or Chappell Bookes and other implements of the Church the Titul 3 book of Common Prayer by the Kings Maiestie confirmed according to the Lawes of this Realme a Bible of the largest Volume and last translation the booke of Homilies allowed by authority a decent