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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32967	Articles of visitation & enquiry concerning matters ecclesiastical exhibited to the ministers, church-wardens, and side-men, of every parish within the diocess of Oxon, in the first episcopal visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God, Walter, by divine permission, Lord Bishop of Oxon.	Church of England. Diocese of Oxford. Bishop (1665-1671 : Blandford); Blandford, Walter, 1619-1675.	1666 (1666)	Wing C4074; ESTC R41875	7,806	13

Vicar or Curate in reading the daily Morning and Evening Service Administration of the holy Sacraments celebration of Marriage Churching of Women after Child-birth Visitation of the Sick Burial of the Dead and pronouncing Gods Commination against impenitent Sinners use the form and words prescribed in the Book of common-Common-Prayer without any addition omission or alteration of the same And doth he use all such Rites and Ceremonies in all parts of Divine Service as are appointed in the said Book so far as you have observed VII DOTH your Minister at the Reading or Celebrating the Divine Offices in your Church or Chappel wear the Surplice VIII DOTH be observe the Holy-days and Fasting-days as also the Ember-weeks and the yearly Perambulation in Rogation-week as in the common-Common-Prayer book is appointed giving notice to the Parishioners of every of the same in the Church in the time of Divine Service upon the Sunday next before IX HATH your Minister been licensed to preach by the Bishop If so doth he then constantly unless in case of Sickness necessary absence or other reasonable impediment himselfe Preach in your Church or Chappel one Sermon every Sunday Or if he be not a Licensed Preacher or being so Licensed he hindred by Sickness or otherwise as aforesaid doth he procure a Sermon to be so preached by some other Minister a Licensed preacher or one of the Homilies set forth by Authority to be there read by a Priest or Deacon X. DOTH your Minister diligently instruct the Youth of your Parish in the Church Catechism and doth he prepare and present them being so instructed to be Confirmed by the Bishop And doth he endeavour to reclaim all Popish Recusants and other Sectaries if any such be inhabiting within your Parish to the true Religion established in the Church of England and to their bounden duty in obeying the Laws and submitting to the Government thereof XI DOTH he neglect or refuse to visit the Sick or delay the Baptism of any Infant that is in danger of death Is there any Child past Infancy or other person of more years through your Ministers default yet remaining unbaptized in your Parish Doth he use to baptize any without Godfathers and Godmothers or admit either of the Parents to be Godfather or Godmother to their own Children XII HATH he at any time as you know or have heard preached any False Heretical Seditious or Schismatical Doctrine thereby to seduce the people into parties and factions to the disturbance of the publick peace and unity either of Church or State XIII HATH he presumed to Marry any persons in private houses or such as being under age have not the consent of their Parents or without the Banes first published on three Sundays or Holy-days in the Church or at any other hours then between Eight and Twelve in the Morning unless he had a License or Dispensation so to do Or hath he buried with Christian Burial any who died Vnbaptized or Excommunicated or that have laid violent hands upon themselves XIV DOTH any person Preach in your Parish as a Lecturer Hath he allowance from the Bishop for so doing Doth he before his Lecture read Divine Service according to the Book of Common-prayer and is he in all respects conformable to the Laws and Orders of the Church of England XV. HATH your Minister taken upon him to appoint any publick or private Fasts Prophecyings or Exercises not appointed by Authority or doth he or any other either Minister or Lay-person hold any Conventicles or Meetings in private houses within your Parish for people of several Families to resort unto under the pretence of Preaching Praying Thanksgiving or Humiliation contrary to the Laws and Canons in that case provided XVI IS your Parson Vicar Curate or Lecturer a man of a sover unblamable and exemplary life Doth he familiarly converse with ungodly vicious and Excommunicate persons Is he a frequenter of Taverns or Ale-houses a common Gamester a Swearer Railer or Quarreller Doth he set Neighbours at variance one with another or encourage them to Suits and Contention Is he noted to be an intemperate Drinker or vehemently suspected of Incontinencie with any persons either within your Parish or without Is his apparel grave and decent as the Canons of the Church require Or is his Carriage and Conversation in any kind whatsoever Disorderly or Scandalous and unbeseeming a Minister of Iesus Christ TIT. IV. Concerning the Parishioners I. IS there in your Parish any person a known or reputed Heretick or Schismatick any Papist Familist Anabaptist Quaker or other Sectarie that refuse to come unto the publick Assemblies Prayers or Services of the Church or that makes profession of any other Religion then what is established in the Church of England and if there be any such of what Sect are they and what are their Names II. IS there any person in your Parish that lieth under a common fame or vehement suspicion of Adultery Fornication or Incest Are there any common Drunkards within your Parish or common Swearers or blasphemers of Gods Name or any that are noted to be railers unclean or filthy talkers or sowers of sedition faction and discord amongst their neighbours III. DO any of your Parish upon Sundays or Holy-days follow their bodily or ordinary labour or permit their servants so to do Are any shops kept open or wares sold or do any Vintners Inn-keepers or other Victualers and sellers of Beer or Ale suffer any persons to tipple or game in their houses upon those days IV. DOTH every person inhabiting and so journing within your Parish duly resort unto your Church or Chappel upon every Sunday and Holy-day appointed for Divine Service Do they then and there abide quietly with Reverence Order and Decency during all the whole time of Common-Prayer Preaching or other Service of God there used and are there any among you that come only to the Preaching and not to the Common Prayers of the Church V. DOTH every person Reverently uncover his Head and so continue all the time of Divine Service in the Church Do they all Reverently Kneel at the Prayers and stand up when the Creed and Gospel are Read making due Reverence when the Name of our Lord Iesus is mentioned VI. ARE there any in your Parish that refuse to send their Infant children to be Baptized publickly in the Church unless in case of urgent danger in which case the Child may be Baptized at home by a lawful Minister after the Form and Rites appointed in the Liturgy Or do they send them from their own Minister to be Baptized in any other Parishes or after other Form then is appointed Or do they keep them unbaptized any longer time then the Church alloweth And are there any Infants or more aged persons in your Parish as yet unbaptized VII DOTH every Housholder in your Parish cause their children and servants to come to Church to learn their Catechism and to give an account thereof unto your Minister as he