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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A69745	Articles of visitation & enquiry concerning matters ecclesiastical exhibited to the ministers, church-wardens, and side-men of every parish within the Diocese of Landaffe, in the first episcopal visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God, Hugh, by divine providence Lord Bishop of Landaffe.	Church of England. Diocese of Llandaff. Bishop (1660-1667 : Lloyd); Lloyd, Hugh, 1586-1667.	1662 (1662)	Wing C4051; ESTC R7865	7,942	13

IV. HATH he any other Ecclesiastical Benefice Prebend or Dignity Is he constantly resident upon his Benefice among you How many wéeks in any one year hath he béen absent from it without urgent necessity V. HATH your Minister a Curate to assist him Is the said Curate in Holy Orders an able and discréet person and conformable to the Lawes and Orders of the Church of England Is he allowed by the Bishop to serve in your Church or Chappel and doth he serve in any other Church beside and what yearly stipend doth your Minister allow him VI. DOTH your Parson 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 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 suitable to his Degrée VIII DOTH he observe the Holy-daies and Fasting-daies 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 a Licensed Preacher or one of the Homilies set forth by Authority to be there read by a 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 so instructed to be confirmed by th● Bishop And doth he endeav●ur to reclaim all Popish Recusants and other Sectaries if any such be inh●biting 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 to visit the Sick or delay the Baptism of any Infant th●t is in danger o● Death In there any Child p●st Infancy or other person of more years through your Ministers default 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 XII 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 Gods 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 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 fi●st published on three Sundaies or Holy-daies in the Church or at any other hours then between eight and twelve in the morning unless he h●d a Licence or Dispensation so to do 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 If so present them with the time and place specified XVI IS your Parson Vicar Curate or Lecturer a man of sober unblameable 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 profane or obscene Iester a Swearer Ra●●er Scoffer or Quarreller Doth he set Neighbours at variance one with another or encourage them to Suits and Contention Is ●e noted to be an intemperate Drinker or vehemently susp●cted of Incontinency with any person either within your Par●sh 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 or Scandalous and unbeséeming a Minister of Iesus Christ TIT. IV. Concerning the Parishioners I. JS there in your Parish any person a known or reputed Heretick or Schismatick any Papist Presbyterian Familist Anabaptist Quaker or other Sectary that refuse to come unto the publick Assemblies Pr●yers or Services of the Church or that make profession of any other Religion then what is established in the Church of England and if there be any such what are their Names II. IS there any person in your Parish that lieth under a common fame or vehement suspition of Adultery Fornication or Incest Are there any common drunkards within your Parish or common sweaters 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 If so who are they III DO any of your Parish upon the Sundayes or Holy dayes follow their bodily and ordinary labour or permit their servants so to do are any sh●ps kept open or wares sold or do any Vintners Iunkéepers or other Victuallers and sellers of Bear or Ale suffer any persons to tipple or game in their houses upon those dayes Declare the persons so offending with the time and place IV. DOTH every person inhabiting or sojourning within your Parish duely resort unto your Church Ch●ppel or Chappels upon every Sunday and Holiday appointed for Divine Service Do they then and there ab●de 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 onely to the Preaching and not to the Common-Prayers of the Church who are they V. DOTH every person