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book_n	common_a	prayer_n	rite_n	2,290	5	10.0209	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32955	Articles to be enquired of within the diocese of Lincoln in the generall and trienniall visitation of the right Reverend Father in God, John, by Gods providence, Lord Bishop of Lincoln, to be held in the year of our Lord God 1641.	Church of England. Diocese of Lincoln. Bishop (1621-1641 : Williams); England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords.	1641 (1641)	Wing C4053; ESTC R11624	7,832	15

ARTICLES To be enquired of Within the DIOCESE of LINCOLN In the generall and trienniall Visitation of the right Reverend Father in God JOHN By Gods providence Lord Bishop of LINCOLN to be held in the yeer of our Lord God 1641. LONDON Printed by M. F. 1641. Concerning the Church the Vtensils and Ornaments thereof 1. INprimis whether have you in your severall Churches and Chappels the whole Bible of the largest volume and the book of common Prayer both fairly and substantially bound the book of Homilies a Font of stone set up in the ancient usuall place a convenient and decent Communion-table with a carpet of silk or some other decent stuffe continually laid upon the same at time of Divine service and a fair linen cloth thereon at the time of the receiving of the holy Communion And whether is the same Table placed in such convenient sort within the Chancell or Church as that the Minister may be best heard in his prayer and administration and that the greatest number may communicate Doth your said Communion ta●le stand in the ancient place where it ought to do or where it hath done for the greatest part of these sixty years last past or hath it been removed to the East end and placed Altar-wise and by whom and whose authority hath it been so placed And whether are the ten Commandments set upon the East end of your Church or Chappel where the people may best see and read them and other sentences of holy Scriptu●e written on the walls likewise for that purpose 2. Item whether have you afternoon Sermons in your severall Parish●s turned into Catechizing and an exposition of the same Catechisme and the heads thereof and according to the form prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer and otherwise and whether doth every Vicar Parson and Curate read Divine service according to the Liturgie printed by Authority 3 Item whether have you in your said Church or Chappel a convenient seat for your Minister to read Service in together with a comely Pulpit set up in a convenient place with a decent cloth or cushion for the same a comely large surplice a fair Communion-cup with a cover of silver a flagon of silver tin or pewter to put the wine in whereby it may be set upon the Communion-table at the time of the blessing thereof with all other things and ornaments necessary for the celebration of Divine Service and administration of the Sacraments And whether have you a strong chest for alms for the poor with three locks and keyes and another chest for keeping the books and ornaments of the Church and the Register-book And whether have you a Register-book in parchment for Christnings Weddings and Burials according to the former custome and practise 4 Is your Church or Chappell decently paved and is your Church-yard well and orderly kept without abuse Are the bones of the dead decently interred or laid up in some fit place as beseemeth Christians And is the whole consecrated ground kept free from swine and all other nastinesse as becometh the place so dedicated for praying preaching and the service of God Concerning the Clergie VVHether doth your Parson Vicar or Curate distinctly and reverently say Divine Service upon Sundayes and Holidayes and other dayes appointed to be observed by the book of Common Prayer as Wednesdayes and Fridayes and the Eves of every Sunday and Holiday at fit and usuall times And doth he duly observe the Orders Rites and Ceremonies prescribed in the said Book of Common Prayer as well in reading publike Prayers and the Letany as also in administring the Sacraments solemnization of Matrimonie visiting the Sick burying the Dead churching of Women and all other Rites and Offices of the Church in such manner and form as in the said Book of Common Prayer he is enjoyned without any omission or addition 2 Doth your Minister bid Holydayes and Fasting-Dayes as by the book of Common Prayer is appointed And doth he give warning before-hand to the Parishioners for the receiving of the holy Communion and whether doth he administer the holy Communion reverently as becometh so high a mysterie and so often and at such times as that every Parishioner may receive the same at the least thrice in every yeer whereof once at Easter as by the Book of Common Prayer is appointed And doth your Minister use the words of Institution according to the Book And doth he deliver the Bread and Wine to every Communicant severally and kneeling Whether hath he admitted to the holy Communion any declared notorious offender or put any from the Communion who are not publikely known to be infamous for some notorious crime Doth he use the signe of the Crosse in Baptisme 3 Whether hath your Minister married any without a Ring or without Banes published three severall Sundayes or Holy-dayes in time of Divine Service in the severall Churches or Chappels of their severall abode according to the Book of Common Prayer 4 Doth he refuse to bury any which ought to be interred in Christian buriall or defer the same longer then he should or bury any in Christian buriall which by the Constitutions of the Church of England or Laws of the Land ought not to be so interred 5 Do you know of any Parson Vicar or Curata that hath introduced any offensive Rites or Ceremonies into the Church not established by the Laws of the Land as namely that make three Courtesies towards the Communion-Table that call the said Table an Altar that enjoyn the people at their coming into the Church to bow towards the East or towards the Communion-Table that call upon them to stand up at the Te Deum Benedictus Magnificat the Gloria Patri or at other times then at the Creed and the Gospel that refuse to give the Communion to any that will not come up and receive it at the Rails that never pray before their Sermons but bid the people pray or use any other new and voluntary Rite or Ceremonie not warranted by Law You are to present then by vertue of your offices and places 6 Is your Minister a Preacher allowed If yea then by whom If not whether doth he procure some who are lawfully licenced to preach monethly among you at least and what doth he allow unto him 7 Doth your Minister being licensed preach usually either in his own Cure or in some other Church or Chappell neer adjoyning where no Preacher is and how often hath he been negligent in that behalf 8 Is your Minister continually resident upon his Benefice or how long time hath he been absent and in case he be licenced to be absent whether doth he cause his Cure to be sufficiently supplied with a preaching Minister Or in case he hath another Benefice whether doth he supply his absence by a Curate sufficiently licensed to preach in that Cure where he himself is not resident Or otherwise in case the smalnesse of the living cannot finde a preaching Minister doth he