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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32954	Articles of inquiry concerning matters ecclesiastical, exhibited to the ministers, church-wardens and side-men of every parish within the diocess of Lichfield and Coventry, in the second triennial visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God John by divine providence Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry in the seventh year of his consecration ... 1668.	Church of England. Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry. Bishop (1661-1670); Hacket, John, 1592-1670.	1668 (1668)	Wing C4052B; ESTC R40827	5,074	13

ARTICLES OF INQUIRY Concerning Matters ECCLESIASTICAL EXHIBITED To the Ministers Church-Wardens and Side-men of every Parish within the Diocess OF LICHFIELD and COVENTRY In the SECOND Triennial Visitation OF THE Right Reverend Father in GOD JOHN By Divine Providence LORD BISHOP OF LICHFIELD and COVENTRY In the Seventh Year of his Consecration Anno Domini 1668. LONDON Printed for John Place 1668. The Oath to be Administred to the Church-Wardens and Sides-men of every Parish YOU shall Swear to enquire with the best diligence that you may And present every person of your Parish as far as you are bound by Law that hath done any offence in your Parish contrary to the known Ecclesiastical Laws of this Kingdom now in force or omitted any Duty therein required And this you shall do without favour or hatred So help you God and the Contents of this Book ARTICLES OF INQUIRY Within the DIOCESS OF LICHFIELD and COVENTRY Inquiries about the Church and Church-yard I. IS your Parish-Church and Chancel decently kept for Gods honour Are the Roofs Walls Pavements and Windows well repaired Are the Ten Commandments Lords Prayer and the Creed drawn out in fair Letters in convenient Places and are the Kings Arms set up II. HAVE your late Church-Wardens made Leavies for the reparation of the Church and other holy uses And are there any that refuse to pay the proportion levied upon them III. IS there a Font of Stone decently covered standing towards the lower end of the Church for the Administration of Baptism Is there a comely Table placed conveniently in Church or Chappell for the use of the Lords Supper Is there a comely Carpet of Silk or good Stuff for that holy Table with a fair Linnen Cloth to spread upon it in the time of Administration And is there an handsome Cup of silver for the Wine and a Cover of silver to the same to put the Bread on And is there one or more Flaggons of Powter or better metal for that use IV. ARE your reading Desk and Pulpit conveniently set up and placed for the use of publick Prayer and Sermons And hath your Pulpit a Cushion and comely covering before it V. IS there in your Church the common-prayer-Common-Prayer-Book of the largest Volume set forth by Authority of this present Parliament And is there the Bible in Folio fairly bound of King James's Translation Is there a decent Surplice one or more for your Parson Vicar Curate or Lecturer to wear in the time of all publique Ministrations VI. ARE the Tombs Monuments Gravestones of the Dead in your Church or Church-yard preserved and not suffered to be broken taken down or removed VII IS there a Book of Parchment wherein be Registred the Christnings Marriages and Burials in your Parish Is there a strong Chest with three Locks wherein to preserve your Church Furniture And a Box for Alms placed in a fit place for the Relief of the Poor VIII 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 and the Trees growing in the said places without imbezelling changing or any way damnifying them IX IS the Church-yard decently kept and well fenced to keep out Beasts Inquiries about the Parson Vicar Curate and Lecturer I. HAVE the above-named received Episcopal Ordination according to the Laws of the Kingdom II. CAN you tell who did present your Parson or Vicar to his Benefice Have you heard or known that he came in Simoniacally Was he inducted into his Benefice before sufficient witness And did he read the nine and thirty Articles before or at Morning or Evening prayer And did he give his consent to them III. HATH he read the Book of Common prayer as it is injoyned by the late Act of Vniformity for publick Prayer Administration of the Sacraments c. on some Sunday before the four and twentieth of August Anno. 1662. And by the additoinal Act for such as were disabled before the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord Anno. 1663. and did and doth he wear the Surplice while he performed that Office and other Offices mentioned in that Common prayer-Prayer-Book IV. HATH he publish'd his consent unto the said Book on some Sunday before the time above-mentioned openly in time of Divine Service and hath he subscribed to the Declaration as it is exprest in the 77. page of the above-named Statute and manifested it to the Congregation openly V. DOTH he read the full Service according to the direction of the Common-prayer-book on every Sunday and Holy-day at Morning and Evening Prayer or doth he negligently omit any part of it VI. DOTH he Preach a Sermon on every Sunday or procure a Sermon then to be Preach'd Or else sometimes read one of the Homilies which the Church hath appointed And doth he often on Sundays and Holy-days before Divine Service instruct his Parishioners in the Catechism in the Church VII DOTH he read the Service appointed for the fifth of November thirtieth of January twenty ninth of May and doth he keep the yearly Perambulation and Rogation daies before or at the Feast of our Lords Ascension VIII IF your Parson or Vicar keep a Curate is he of godly Life and sufficient Learning Is he allowed by the Bishop and can you tell whether the said Curate have a competent allowance according to the value of the Living IX DOTH your Parish maintain a Lecturer Is he a Vertuous and Orthodox Divine Is he Licensed by the Bishop Doth he read the full Divine Service of Common-Prayer once a Moneth at the least wearing a Surplice X. HAVE you a Parson Vicar or Curate in your Parish or Hamlet If not how long have you been without one and who is the Patron that should present one to the Ordinary XI DO you observe to your best understanding that your Parson Vicar Lecturer or Curate do Preach the true Word of God Or do they to your judgment having consulted with other grave Parishioners vent dangerous Opinions derogating to the Glory of God and a pious Life Do they teach Sedition directly against his Majesty his Laws and Government or do you note that indirectly they cast out Seditious glances against the Civil State or Government Ecclesiastical XII DOTH your Minister celebrate the Lords Supper in the Church according to the Service of the Common-Prayer-book often every year Doth he repulse them from it that are scandalous by the sentence of the Laws Doth he Baptize such Infants of his Parish according to the Service of the Common-Prayer as upon warning given before are brought on Sundaies or Holy-daies to the Church with God-fathers and God-mothers and upon lawfull Summons doth he Baptize Infants at home in case of danger and necessity XIII DOTH he visit the Sick at their Houses when he is required upon lawful Summons Doth he Pray with them Exhort them to faith and repentance and comfort them Doth he give them the Holy Communion that profess faith in Christ and sorrow