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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32941	Articles of visitation and enquiry within the diocess of Chichester, in the first episcopal visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God, Peter, by divine permission, Lord Bishop of Chichester in the second year of his consecration.	Church of England. Diocese of Chichester. Bishop (1669-1675 : Gunning); Gunning, Peter, 1614-1684.	1670 (1670)	Wing C4027; ESTC R40820	16,328	25

Congregation declare his un●eigned assent and consent to the use of all things in the said book contained as is prescribed in the Act of Parliament lately made for the Uniformity of publick Prayers And did he within thrée Months after the said Feast of St. Bartholomew 1662 or within three Months after his Induction into your Church or Chappel publickly upon some Lords-day in your Parish-Church read a Certificate under the hand and seal of the Arch-Bishop Bishop or Ordinary of the Diocess That he the said Parson Uicar or Curate did before his admission to be incumbent subscribe a declaration of the unlawfulness to take up arms against the King of his conforming to the Liturgy of this Church and of his disavowing the unlawful Oath commonly call'd The Solemn League and Covenant according as is prescribed in the aforesaid Act for Uniformity III. Or after his lawful Entrance is your Pa●son or Uicar resident upon his benefice or if his residence be legally dispens●d with is his place supplied by a Curate allowed by the Bishops and a licensed Pre●c●er and const●ntly resident amongst you and what yearly Stipend doth your Minister allew him And if your P●rson or Uicar be both resident himself and keep a Curate doth he notwithstanding himself at least once a Month openly read Common-Prayer in your Church or Ch●ppel and if there be occ●sion administer each Sacrament in such order manner and form as is prescribed in the Liturgy and Canons of this Church IV. Having both lawful Entrance and Residence among you is he your Parson Uicar or also Curate of blameless Conversation the Husband of one Wife sober grave not double tongu'd not given to much wine not greedy of filthy lucre ruling his Children and his own house well sound in faith in chari●y in patience Or on the contrary is he a frequenter of T●verns or Ale-houses a common G●mester a prophane or obscene jester a swearer railer scoffer or qu●rreller Doth he set Neighbours at v●riance one with another Doth he f●miliarly converse with persons Excommunicate ungodly or vicious Doth he resort to suspected and infamous houses Or is he himself vehemently suspected of Incontinency with any person within or without your Parish Or doth your Curate or Minister lodg or board at any Tavern Inn Ale-house or house of any ill report V. Doth your Minister or Curate plainly audibly distinctly and reverently read the Divine Service of Morning and Evening-Prayer without any diminution addition or alteration upon all Sundays and Holy-days not omitting also other days appointed by the book of Common-Prayer as fit and usual times as Wednesdays and Fridays with the Litanies added and the Eves of every Sunday and Holy-day with Ember and Rogation days And moreover when he is at home and not otherwise reasonably hindred himself or not able to get two or three gathered together doth he every day say Divine Service Morning and Ebening in the Parish-Church where he ministers and cause a Bell to be toll'd thereunto that the People may come to hear Gods Word and to pray with him VI. Doth your Minister reverently and publickly at the Font only administer the Holy Sacrament of Baptism Or doth he refuse or delay to Christen any child that is brought to him to Church on any Sunday or Holy-day knowledg thereof being given to him over Night or in the Morning before Morning-Prayer or neglect to perswade all those who have the use of Reason and are still unbaptiz'd having been seduced by An●b●p●ists to come to Holy Baptism and doth he take care for their Baptism as in the Common-Prayer-book is prescribed Or doth he refuse or neglect at any time to sign the child baptized with the sign of the Cross or doth he admit such to be God-fathers or God-mothers who are either the Parents or who have not themselves receiv'd the Holy Communion VII Doth your Minister duly and reverently administer the Holy Sacrament of the Body and Blood of Christ our Lord so often at least and at such times as every Parishioner may Commu●icate at the least three times in every year in publick whereof the Feast of Easter to be one And doth he reverently and carefully in all things obse●ve all the Churches Order in the Celebration D●th he give warning publickly in the Church at Morning-Prayer the Sunday before for the better preparation of his Parishioners And do such as purpose to Communicate signifie their Names at least some time the day before and when he seeth the People negligent to come to the Communion doth he use the Churches second Exhortation and when there is no Communion doth your Minister every Sunday and Holy-day through●ut the year re●d the Communion Service so much of it as is appointed to be read by the Book of 〈◊〉 Prayer and a● the place app●●n●e● the●eb● profess●ng his and the Churches re●diness to the ●ore frequent Celebr●tion of th● Holy Eucharist if Communi●●●●s 〈◊〉 of wanting V●II Doth your Minister wittingly admit to the receiving the Holy Communion any one such who is known to live in open and notorious sin without repentance or that h●s wronged his Neighbour by word or deed so as th●t the Congregation is thereby offended or such betwixt whom he perceives malice or hatred to reign and will not be reduc'd by him to a reconcilement or to any who refuse to be present at the other publick Prayers of the Church or to any th●t be common or notorious depravers of the Book of Common-Prayer or of any thing contained in the xxxix Articles or in the Book of Ordaining Bishops Priests and Deacons or to any that has spoken against his Majesties Supream Authority in Causes Ecclesiastical except such persons do acknowledg to the Minister before you the Church-Wardens that he is sorry for the same and promise under his hand if he can write or otherwise by word of mouth that he will do so no more Or lastly to any that refuse to receive the said Holy Communion knéeling and of all such persons by him put from the communion doth he give an account to his Ordinary according to Law IX Doth he at the Celebration of the Holy Communion in the due places appointed by the Liturgy take the Paten into his hands and break the bread and lay his hand upon all the bread and take the cup into his hand and lay his hand upon every Uessel in which there is any Wine to be consecrated and when that which is consecrated is spent doth he communicate any persons without consecrating more according to the form prescribed and doth he severally deliver the Bread and Wine to every Communicant and at his delivering the same doth he rehearse the whole form prescribed in the Communion-book saying The Body of our Lord Jesus Christ c. And The Blood o● ou● Lord Jesus Christ which wa●shed c Or doth he use only some part thereof