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A00181 Articles to be enquired of by the church-wardens and sworne-men, within the peculiar iurisdiction of the deane and chapter of the cathedrall church of S. Peter in Exeter Church of England. Diocese of Exeter. Dean (1588-1629 : Sutcliffe); Sutcliffe, Matthew, 1550?-1629. 1609 (1609) STC 10207.5; ESTC S862 7,841 16

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ARTICLES To be enquired of by the Church-wardens and Sworne-men within the peculiar Iurisdiction of the Deane and Chapter of the Cathedrall Church of S. Peter in Exeter AT LONDON ❧ Printed by Thomas Purfoot An. Dom. 1609. ❧ The tenor of the Oath of the Church-wardens and Sworne-men YOV shall sweare that vpon due consideration of these Articles giuen you in charge you shall present euery such person of or within your Parish as you shall knowe to haue committed any offence or omitted any dutie mentioned in any of these Articles or which are publikely defamed or vehemently suspected of any such offence or negligence So helpe you God by the contents of his holy Gospell Touching the Church WHETHER is your Church or Chappell with the Chauncell thereof and euery part of either of them well and sufficiently repayred the windowes well glased the floores paued plaine and euen without dust or any thing noysome or vnséemely 2 Whether is your Churchyard well fenced with walles rayles pales as hath béene accustomed if not whose default is it 3 Whether hath there bin any fighting chiding brawling or quarrelling any playes feasts temporall Courts or Leets lay Iuries Musters or other prophane vsage in your Church or churchyard any Bels superstitiously rung on Holy-daies or their Eeues or at any other time without good cause allowed by the Minister Churchwardens haue any trées bin felled in your churchyard by whom 4 Whether is the Mansion house of your Parson Vicar or Curate with al the buildings thereunto belonging your Parish Almes-house and Church-house sufficiently repayred maintayned and to godly and their right vses employed 5 Whether haue you in your Church the Bible in the largest volume the Booke of common Prayer lately authorised by his Maiestie the bookes of Homilies allowed the two Psalters a conuenient Pulpit for the preaching a decent seat for the Minister to read seruice in conuenientlie placed a strong chest with a hole in the lid and thrée locks and keyes one for the Minister the other for the Church-wardens for the almes of the poore and the kéeping of the Register Booke of the Christenings Marriages and Burials 6 Whether haue you in your Church a Font of stone for baptisme set in the ancient vsuall place a decent Table for the Communion conuenientlie placed couered with silke or other decent stuffe in time of diuine Seruice and with a faire linnen cloth ouer that at the administration of the Communion 7 Whether haue you all such Bels Ornaments other Vtensils as haue ancientlie belonged to your Church a cōmunion cup of siluer with a couer a faire standing pot or stoape of pewter or purer mettall for the wine vpon the cōmunion table a comely surples with sléeues a Register Booke of parchment of christenings marriages burials a booke for the names of al strange Preachers subscribed with their names and the name of the Bishop or others where they had license 8 Whether is the almes for your poore quarterly at the least distributed by you the Churchwardens and the Minister in the presence of sixe of the chiefe Parishioners to your poore And are weekely the names and surnames of all persons married christened and buried and of their Parents with the day yeare entred in your said parchment booke and is euery leafe being full subscribed by you the Minister and Churchwardens 9 Whether are the ten Commandements set vp in the East end of the Church and other chosen Sentences of holy Scripture vpon the wals in conuenient places are all your seates in your Church in good repaire cleanlie kept conuenientlie placed and the parishioners in thē or elsewhere or o●●ly set and is there no contention or striuing for any seat or place amongst them Touching the Ministrie Seruice and Sacrament WHether is the common prayer said or sung by your Minister both morning and euening distinctly and reuerently euery Sunday and Holy-day and on their Eeues and at conuenient and vsuall times of those daies and in most conuenient place of the Church for the edifying of the people 2 Whether doth your Minister obserue the orders rightes and ceremonies prescribed in the booke of common prayer in reading the holy Scriptures Prayers administration of the Sacraments without diminishing in regard of preaching or any other respect or adding any thing in the matter or forme thereof 3 Whether doth your Minister on wednesdaies and fridaies not béeing holy daies at the accustomed houres of Seruice resort to the Church and say the Letanie prescribed and doth your Clarke or Sexton giue warning before by tolling of a bell on those daies 4 Whether doth your Minister as oft as he administreth the cōmunion first receiue it himselfe whether doth he vse any bread or wine newly brought before the words of Institution be rehearsed and the bread and wine present on the table doth he not deliuer the bread and wine to euery communicant seuerally 5 Whether doth your Minister giue warning publikly in the church at morning prayer on the Sunday before ●ée administreth the Communion for the better preparation of the Parishioners 6 Whether hath your Minister admitted to the Communion any notorious sinner openly knowne or defamed or any who hath openly and maliciouslie contended with his neighbour before repentance and reconciltation made and done by appointment of the ordinary 7 Whether hath your Minister admitted to the Communion any Church-warden or Side-man who hath wittingly and willingly neglected contrary to his oath to present any publike offence or scandall being mooued to present either by some of his Neighbours the Minister or his Ordinarie 8 Whether hath your Minister administred the communion to any but such as kneele or doe any refuse to kneele hath he administred to any who refuseth to be present at publike Prayer or who hath depraued the Booke of common Prayer administration of the Sacraments or the rights and ceremonies prescribed or the Articles of Religion agreed vpon or the Booke of ordering Priests and Bishops or against his Maiesties Supremacie or haue any beene for these causes repelled and haue they repented in writing or otherwise and what be their names 9 Whether hath your Minister more Benefices thē one if he haue how farre distant are they how often is hee absent in the yeare when he is absent hath he an allowed Preacher for his Curate 10 Whether is your Minister an allowed Preacher if he be doth he euery Sunday in your Church or some other néere adioyning where no Preacher is preach one Sermon euery Sunday 11 Whether doth your Minister being no Preacher allowed presume to expound the Scripture in his owne Cure or else where doth he procure euery moneth a Sermon to bee preached in his Cure by Preachers lawfully licensed and on euery Sunday when there is no Sermō doth he or his Curat read some one of the Homilies prescribed 12 Whether is your Curate allowed by the Ordinary vnder his hand and seale to serue in your Cure