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B02158	Articles of inquiry concerning matters ecclesiastical, exhibited to the ministers, church-wardens, and side-men of every parish within the Arch-Deaconry of Durham. Anno Dom. MDCLXIII.	Church of England.	1663 (1663)	Wing C4033AA; ESTC R173871	10,443	18

persons of your Parish who can bear witness of the same Do you not know or have you not heard that in his reading or pretending to read these 39 Articles of Religion be omitted or skipped over some one or more of them what Article was it or what part thereof that he left unread 3. DOTH he use any other words or form than what is prescribed in the Book of Common prayer in the publick reading of the dayly Morning any Evening Service and in the Letany which is to be added to the Morning Service upon Sundays Wednesdays and Frydays weekly and at all other times when it is appointed by the Bishop as likewise at the reading of the Communion-Service and the Administration of the two Sacrament Baptism and the Lords Supper at the Celebration of Matrimony Churching of Women after Child-birth burying the Dead and pronouncing Gods Commination against impenitent Sinners And doth he all their without omission addition or alteration of any of them using all the Rites and Ceremonies appointed in that Book And particularly doth he give due warning before the celebrating of the holy Communion that the people may come better prepared And whether doth he in particular according to the tenor of the exhortation before the Communion seriously admonish the people committed to his charge not to presume to come to that holy Sacrament before they have sincerely endeavoured to be reconciled as to God by true repentance and humble confession of their sins to God and if need be for the quiet of their own Conscience to Gods Priest also So in case of offence to be reconciled to their neighbour both by acknowledgment and likewise farther to their power by making restitution and satisfaction for any wrong by them done or for other mens ill-gotten goods heretofore at any time usurped under whatsoever publick or private pretence that so they may come to the Lords Table as they ought with clear and a quiet Conscience And whether if any persons sick or in health having confessed their sins privately unto him for the unburthening of their conscience and receiving of spiritual comfort by the ministerial absolution the said Minister hath revealed to any person whatsoever such crimes and offences so committed to his trust and secrecy contrary to 113 Canon 4. DOTH he alwayes at the reading or Celebrating and divine Office in your Church or Chapel constantly wear the Surplice and other his Ecclesiastical habit according to his Degree And doth he never omit it 5. DOTH he diligently instruct the youth of your Parish in their Catechism and visit the sick as he is directed for the performance of both those Offices in the Book of Common-Prayer 6. DOTH he bid and observe the Holy-days and Fasting day appointed by the Book of Common prayer as they occurr from time to time in the whole year together with the 5 of Nov. Jan. 30. and May 20 7. IS he a Graduate in either of the Vniversities of this Realm and to what degree hath he been there admitted 8 HATH he been Licenced by the Bishop to preach And doth he constantly preach in your Church or Chapel or when he is hindred by sickness or by some other urgent cause doth he procure a Sermon to be preached by a discreet able and approved Substitute every Sunday besides the Anniversary days of Christs Nativity and his Passion at the least And if there be no such Sermons preach'd both he his Substitute or Curate read one of the Sermons or Homilies appointed by publick authority for such several times and occasions 9. DOTH he or his Curate observe the Three Rogation days before the Feast of our Lords Ascension saying the Letany the Ciii and the Ciiii. Psalm with the Church-Wardens and other that accompany him in the perambulation of your Parish and when the perambulation is ended doth he go into the Church with them and read unto them divine Service and one of the Sermons set forth and appointed for that purpose 10 WHETHER doth your Preacher before his Sermon use a Prayer of his own private intention or doth he only exhort the people so pray for Christs holy Catholick Church the Kings Majesty c. as is prescribed in the 55 Canon And doth he once every month at least on the Lords day read divine service both morning and evening and likewise administer the holy Sacraments publickly in his Surplice and Habit with other Rifes of the Church in manner as is prescribed by the Book of Common prayer according to the late Act of Vniformity 11. DOTH he preach unfeigned faith and obedience to Gods holy Commandments Submission and Loyalty to the King and his Laws together with true Christian Plety and Charity among the people And hath he not at any time to your knowledge or as you have been sold by others that do know it preached any false heretical seditions or schismatical Doctrine in his Sermons whereby the people may be led into any Sect or Faction against the peace and unity of the Church or Realm 12. IS there any Lecture preached in your Parish Is he who preacheth it one or more allowed so to do by the Bishop Doth he before his Lecture read the publick Service of the Church appointed for that day by the Book of Common Prayer At the reading whereof doth he wear a Surplice when he Lectureth doth he use the Ecclesiastical habit appointed for all Ministers of the Church Doth he administer the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lords Supper twice in the year at the least according to the prescript form of the publick Liturgy And lastly doth he before the preaching of his Lecture constantly observe the Form of Prayer which is enjoyned him in the 55 Canon of the Ecclesiastical Constitutions 13. DOTH your Minister endeavour to reclaim all Popish Recusants and other Sectaries if there be any such inhabiting within your Parish to the unity obedience and true Religion established in the Church of England Doth he prepare and present the youth of your Parish to be confirmed by the Bishop Doth he admit any of them to the holy Communion or to be Contracted in Marriage or to be Godfather or Godmother in the administration of Baptism before they can give an Accompt of their Faith and Religion according to the Questions and Answers contained in the Church Catechism Hath he admitted any woman to her Thanksgiving after Child-birth before she hath done her Penance if her Child was born or begotten out of lawfull Matrimony Doth he presume to marry any persons in private houses or such as being under the age of 21 years having not the consent of their Parents or without the Banes first published on three several Sundays or Holydays in your Church or at any other hours than between 8 12 in the forenoone unless he hath a licence or dispensation to the contrary 14. HATH your Parson or Vicar any other Ecclesiastical Benefice Prehend or Dignity Doth he reside upon his Living among you or

long have they been so excommunicated And do any others of your Parish keep society with them before they be reconciled to God and the Church 11. ARE there any living in your Parish who have been unlawfully married contrary to the laws of God or any that being lawfully separated and divorced have been married again the former husband or wife still living Or any that being lawfully married and not separated or divorced by course of law do yet live a sunder and cohabit not together 12. ARE there any married-women in your Parish who refuse after their safe delivery from the peril of Child-birth to come and make their publick thanksgiving to God in your Church as they are required to do by the Book of Common Prayer And when they come so to do do they come decentlie veiled and make their offerings according to custome 13. ARE there any belonging to your Parish who refuse to pay their dutie for Easter offerings to your Minister Or any that refuse to contribute and pay the rate assessed upon them for the repair of your Church or Chapel and for the providing of such books furniture and ornaments as be requisite for the performance of all divine offices there 14. DO any refuse to bury their dead according to the Rites of the Church of England And are there any Wills or Testaments of persons dead in your parish that be yet unproved before lawfull authority Or any Goods administred without a due grant from the Ordinary Did any dying in your Parish or elsewhere leave any legacy to your Church or Chapel or to the use of poor and needy persons among you or to any other pious and charitable put poses What were those legacies and how have they been bestowed 15. IS there any Cospital Almshouse or Free-School founded in your parish And is the same well governed and used according to the foundation and Ordinances thereof 16. DO you know or have you heard of any Patron or other person in your Parish having the presentation or gift of any Ecclesiastical benefice who hath made gain thereof by presenting a Clerk or Minister to it upon any bargain either for money or pension or lease reserve of Tithes or Glebe or any part thereof or upon other Simoniacal compact whatsoever 17. IS there no strife and contention among any of your Parish for their Pews or Seats in your Church And whether have they erected any Pews in your Chancel or elswhere in the body of your Church or Chapel without leave and licence from the Ordinary 18. KNOW you any person or persons that have presumed to brawl fight or strike one another in your Church or in your Church-yard And if any such be what are there names 19. Whether have you any prophane persons who shewing thereby the little regard they have to the house of God make water against the Church walls or use other unseemliness about the same 20. Whether have you any Inn-keeper Vintner or Alehouse-keeper who in time of divine Service entertain any one either drinking or gaming TITUL. V. Concerning Parish-Clerks and Sextons 1. HAVE you belonging to your Church or Chapelry a Parish Clerk aged 21 years at the least Is he of honest life and Conversation and sufficient or able to perform his duty in reading writing or singing Is he chosen by your Minister and doth he duly attend him in all divine Services at the Church Doth he wear a Gown when he so attendeth and a Surplice over it if heretofore the Custome hath been such among you Are his wages duly paid unto him or who with-holdeth the same from him 2. DOTH he or your Sexton if there be any such appointed in your Parish diligently look to the doors of your Church that they be locked and opened at due time And doth he keep you Church or Chapel clean from noysome dust cobwebs litter straw or any other annoyance Doth be toul or ving the Bells at the due accustomed hours before the beginning of divine Service morning and evening that the people may be warned to come unto the Church And when any person is passing out of this life doth he upon notice given him thereof go and toul a Bell as hath been accustomed that the neighbours may thereby be warned to recommend the dying person to the grace and favour of God TITUL. VI. Concerning Curates School-masters Physicians Chirurgeons and Midwives 1 IS there any Curate or Minister imployed under the Parson or Vicar of your Parish Is he admitted and licensed to serve in that office by the Bishop of the Diocess Doth he demean himself soberly gravely and religiously in his place Doth he instruct the Youth of your Parish in the Catechism appointed them Is he diligent in visiting sick persons examining them in their Christian faith exhorting them to works of Charity if they be able to do them to make restitution where they have done any wrong to remit all injuries that they have received and to ask forgiveness of God and all others whom they have offended 2. DOTH any man in your parish practise Physick or Chirurgerie or any woman the office of a Midwife without approbation and lawfull License of the Ordinary 3. DOTH any man keep a publick or private School in your parish but such as be allowed thereunto by the Bishop or his Chancellor Doth he teach his Scholars the Catechism of Religion set forth by Authoritie Doth he cause them upon Sundaies and Holi-daies orderly to repair to your Church or Chapel and see that they behave themselves there quietly and humblie during the time of divine Service and Sermon TITUL. VII Concerning Church-Wardens and Sidemen 1 ARE the Church-werdens of your Parish yearly and duly chosen by the joynt consent of your minister and Parishioners or one of them by your Minister and the other by the Parishioners 2. HAVE the former and last Churchwardens given up their due Accompts to the Parish and delivered up to the succeeding Church wardens the moneys remaining in their hands together with all other things belonging to your Church or Chapel by Bill indented 3. DO you the Church-wardens and Side men take diligent care and see who of your Parishioners be absent from the divine Service and Sermon in your Church or Chapel upon Sundaies and Holidaies And if you find any to have absented themselves without a sufficient cause do you by Warrant from some of the Iustices of Peace levy of them by way of distress upon their goods the sum of 12 pence for every such day of their absence according to the Act of Parliament in that case provided And do you distribute the several sums so levied among the poor of your parish according to the Law 4 DO you note them that come late to Church after divine Service is begun or depart before it be ended Do you suffer none to stand idle or talk together in the Church-porch or to walk in the Church or Church Yard during the time of prayers preaching or other Sacred Offices 5. DO you suffer no misbehaviour or disorder to be done by men women or servants or children in your Church or Chapel Are you carefull that none of them sit lean or lay their Hats upon the Communion Table Do you permit no Minstrels no Morisdancers no dogs hawks or hounds to be brought or come into your Church but set your Sexton to keep them out that the Congregation and the Minister performing divine Service or preaching his Sermon may not be disturbed by them 6. DO you against the time of every holy Communion apppointed in your Church or Chapel provide a sufficient quantitie of fine white bread and of good Wine according to the advice and direction given you by your Minister for the number of Communicants 7 DO you cause all Preachers coming from other places to make Sermons in your Church or Chapel to subscribe their names the same day they preach in a Book provided for that purpose together with the name of the Bishop that licensed them to preach in this Diocess and do you permit no other to preach 8. HAVE you the Churchwardens and Sidemen now sworn to give in a true answer unto all these Articles of Inquirie in all their several Titles had a sufficient time to draw up your presentments and therein consulted or intreated your Minister for his faithfull assistance FOR know you assuredly that as the true discharging of your Office is the chief means whereby publick Disorders Sins and Offences in your Parish may be reformed and punished So if you wilfully refuse to present such crimes and faults as either you know to have been committed or otherwise have heard of them by publick fame That in such cases the Bishop and his Officers are to proceed against you in their Ecclesiastical Courts as in Cases of wilfull omission and Perjury THe Minister of every Parish may joyn in Presentment with the Church-wardens and Side-men and if they will not present then the Ministers themselves being the persons that should have the chief care for the suppressing of sin and impiety in their parishes may present the crimes aforesaid and such things as shall be thought to require due reformation Can. 113. There must be several presentments made to every several Article FINIS