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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02167	Articles of enquiry concerning matters ecclesiastical. Exhibited to the ministers, church-wardens, and side-men of every parish within the [archdeaconry] of [Hereford] in the visitation of the Reverend [Dr. Wm. Johnson Archdeacon there]	Church of England. Archdeaconry of Hereford.; Johnson, William, D.D.	1691 (1691)	Wing C4048A; ESTC R175790	6,474	18

Morning and Evening Service Administration of the holy Sacraments Celebration of Marriage Churching of Women after Childbirth Visitatation of the Sick Burial of the Dead and pronouncing God's 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 VII DOTH your Minister at the Reading or Celebrating any Divine Office in your Church or Chappel wear the Surplice together with such other Scholastical Habit as is sutable to his Degree VIII DOTH he observe the Holidays and Fasting-days as also the Ember-Weeks and the yearly Perambulation in Rogation-Week as in the Common-Prayer-Book or by the Ecclesiastical Canons 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 or either of the two Vniversities If so doth he then constantly unless in case of Sickness necessary absence or other reasonable impediment himself preach in your Church or Chappel one Sermon every Sunday Or if he be not a Licensed Preacher or being so Licensed be hindred by Sickness or otherwise as aforesaid doth he procure a Sermon to be so preached by some other Minister being a Licensed Preacher Or is one of the Homilies set forth by Authority there read by some Priest or Deacon lawfully Ordained X. DOTH your Minister diligently instruct the Youth of your Parish in the Church-Catechism And doth he prepare and present them being to instructed to be Confirmed by the Bishop And doth he endeavour to reclaim all Popish Recusants and other persons inhabiting within your Parish to their bounden Duty in obeying the Laws and submitting to the Government XI DOTH he neglect 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 or otherwise yet remaining unbaptized in your Parish Doth he Baptize any without Godfathers and Godmothers or admit either of the Parents to be Godfather or Godmother to their own Children Or doth he Baptize any at home except in case of imminent danger XII DOTH your Minister celebrate the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper so often every year that every Parishioner may receive thrice at the least And doth he expel those that live scandalous Lives or are guilty of any notorious Crime and give an account thereof unto the Bishops XIII DOTH he in his Sermons preach sound Doctrine tending to the Edification of the People in the Knowledg and Faith of Iesus Christ and Obedience to God's Holy Commandments Or 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 Vnity either of the Church or State XIV 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 than between Eight and Twelve in the Morning unless he had a License or Dispensation so to do XV. DOTH any Person preach in your Parish as a Lecture 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 comformable to the Laws and Orders of the Church of England XVI HATH your Minister taken upon him to appoint any publick or private Fasts Prophecyings or Exercises not appointed by Authority XVI IS your Parson Vicar Curate or Lecturer a Man of sober unblameable and exemplary Life Doth he familiarly converse with ungodly vicious and excommunicated Persons Is he a Frequenter of Taverns or Ale-houses A common Gamester A profane or obscene Iester A Swearer Railer Scoffer 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 Incontinency with any Person either within your Parish or without Doth he wear his Hair of an immoderate or uncomely length Is his Apparel grave and decent both for Fashion and Colour as the Canons of the Church require Or is his Carriage and Conversation in any kind whatsoever disorderly and scandalous and unbeseeming a Minister of Iesus Christ TIT. IV. Concerning the Parishioners I. IS there any Person in your Parish a known or reputed Papist or 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 God's Name or any that are noted to be Railers unclean or filthy Talkers Sowers of Sedition Faction and Discord among their Neighbours II. DO any of your Parish upon the Sundays or Holidays follow their bodily and ordinary Labours 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 Bear or Ale suffer any Persons to tipple or game in their Houses upon those days And do you sometimes during Divine Service and Sermon look into their Houses and present those Persons you there find Tippling and also the Master or Mistress of the said Houses where they are found III. DOTH every Person reverently uncover his Head and so continue all the time of Divine Service and Sermon in the Church Do they all reverently kneel at the Prayers and stand tip when the Creed and Gospel are Read making due Reverence when the Name of our Lord JESUS is mentioned IV. ARE there any living in your Parish who have been unlawfully Married within the Degrees prohibited Or any that being lawfully Divorced have Married again Or any that being lawfully Married and not separated or divorced by course of Law do not cohabit together V. ARE there any belonging to your Parish who refuse to pay their Duty 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 Chappel and for the providing of such Books Furniture and Ornaments as be requisite for the performance of all Divine Offices there VI. ARE there any Wills or Testaments of Persons dead in your Parish that be yet unproved 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 Chappel or to the use of the Poor or to any other pious or charitable Purposes What were their Legacies and how have they been bestowed And if there be any Stock of Money left in your Parish for the benefit of the Poor whether that be