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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00233	Articles to be inquired of vvithin the dioces of Norwich in the first visitation of the R. Reverend Father in God, Matthevv, Lord Bishop of Norwich.; Visitation articles. 1636	Church of England. Diocese of Norwich. Bishop (1635-1638 : Wren); Wren, Matthew, 1585-1667.	1636 (1636)	STC 10298; ESTC S122526	22,475	20

then comming from the Pulpit if the Sermon were made within the Church or Chappell doth he or whosoeuer then officiates at the same place where he left before the Sermon procéed to reade the remainder of the diuine Seruice and at the close of all to giue the Blessing 7 Doth euery Priest and Seacon in your Parish daily say the Morning and Euening prayer either priuately or openly vnlesse he be vpon lawfull cause hindered Doth your Curate say the same daily in your Church or Chappell with the tolling of a Bell before he begin Especially doth your Minister or Curate do it on euery Sunday and Holiday and their Eues and on the day of the conuersion of S. Paul S. Barnabies day and euery day of the holy wéeke next before Easter as also on all Wednesdayes and Fridayes at fit and vsuall times according to the forme prescribed in the Booke of Common Prayer in a reuerent manner euer and as audibly and distinctly as he vseth to preach Doth he also reade all those Psalmes and Lessons and no other with the Collect Epistle and Gospell which are appointed for the day At the end of euery Psalme doe they stand and say Glory be to the Father c. and doth he leaue out the Contents of the Chapters After the Lessons doth he vse any other Psalme or Hymne but those which the Booke of Common Prayer hath appointed Doth he reade the Créed of S. Athanasius called the Quicunque vult on all those dayes for which it is appointed and the Commination on Ashwednesday and the Letany on euery Wednesday and Friday 8 Doth your Minister and Curate at all times as well in preaching or reading the Homilies as in reading the Prayers and the Letany in administring the holy Sacraments solemnization of Mariage burying of the dead churching of women and all other Offices of the Church duly obserue the Orders and Rites prescribed without omission alteration or addition of any thing And doth he in performing all and euery of these weare the Surplice duly and neuer omit the wearing of the same nor of his Hood if he be a Graduate 9 Doth your Parson or Uicar hauing a Curate vnder him notwithstanding read diuine Seruice himselfe vpon two seuerall Sundayes in the yéere publikely at the vsuall times both in the forenoone and afternoone in the Church which he possesseth and doth he also administer both Sacraments as often in euery yéere in such manner and with the obseruation of all such Rites and Ceremonies as are prescribed in the booke of Common Prayer in that behalfe 10 Doth your Minister Preacher and Lecturer euery yéere of purpose and expresly yet not by way of disputation but by plaine conclusion and determination teach and declare the lawfull authority which the King hath ouer the State both Ecclesiasticall and Ciuill and the iust abolishing of all forraigne power or iurisdiction ouer the same 11 Doth your Minister publish in his Sermons any doctrine which is new and strange and disagréeing from the Word of God and from the Articles of Christian Faith and Religion agréed on and published Anno Domini 1562. And doth he teach any thing which he would haue the people religiously obserue and beleeue but that which is agréeable to the Scriptures and that which the Catholike Fathers and ancient Bishops haue gathered out of that Doctrine according to the Canon 12 Doth your Minister go to the administration of holy Baptisme euer immediately after the second Lesson Doth he alwayes at first aske whether for childe be baptized or no Afterward doth he euer vse and neuer omit both to take the childe in his hands and also to make the signe of the Crosse so as to touch the childs forehead in making the same Doth he at any time baptize but in the Font or with any Bason or Paile or other Uessell set into the Font Hath he euer deferred or willingly neglected or refused to baptize any infant within the Parish being in danger of death notice thereof hauing beene giuen to him And hath any childe died without baptisme by his default 13 Doth your Minister or Curate often admonish the people that they defer not the baptisme of their infants any longer after they are borne than is prescribed vnlesse vpon a great and reasonable cause declared to the Minister or Curate and approued by him nor that they procure them to be baptized at home without great necessity 14 Hath your Minister admitted any person to answer as Godfather or Godmother at the christning of a childe that hath not before receiued the holy Communion and is not able to recite the Lords Prayer the ten Commandements and the Articles of Beliefe and to answer to the same being required And doth he at the Font as soone as he hath baptized any child admonish them to bring the child to the Bishop to be confirmed as soone as he hath learned the Catechisme 15 Doth your Minister euery Sunday and holyday before euening prayer where no Sermon was wont to be halfe an houre or more catechize and instruct the youth and ignorant persons of your parish in the ten Commandements the Articles of Beliefe and the Lords Prayer And doth be vse for that purpose the Catechisme set forth in the booke of Common Prayer and diligently heare instruct and teach them in the said Catechisme Or what other Catechisme doth he vse either in publike or priuate And bee the youth and ignorant persons of your parish sent in due time vnto your Church by them that ought to send them to be catechized and instructed by the Minister And if not you are to present the names of those that make default in sending them and of all those that vse not to come 16 Are your after-noone Sermons if there were wont to be any turned into catechizing by question and answer where and whensoeuer there is 〈◊〉 great cause apparent to the contrary And is this truly and sincerely performed without mockery or in shew only 17 Doth your Minister vse to administer the holy Communion at least thrice in the yéere whereof once at Easter to euery parishioner in your Parish that is sixtéene yeeres of age and vpwards and first to receiue the same himselfe knéeling on euery day that he administreth it to others and to administer it to none but to such as doe knéele at the receiuing thereof And doth he alwayes vse the words of Institution according to the Booke of Common Prayer without alteration at euery time that the Bread and Wine is renewed Doth hee also vse to deliuer the Bread and Wine to euery Communicant seuerally and with his owne hand repeating to euery one all the words appointed to be said at the distribution of the holy Body and Bloud of our Lord IESUS and vpon no pretence omitting any part of the words or saying them all but now and then to many at once And is there warning giuen by him to the parishioners publikely in the Church at morning

prayer the Sunday before euery time of his administring of the holy Communion for their better preparation thereunto 18 Hath your Minister admitted vnto the holy Communion any of his cure or flock which bee openly knowne to liue in sinne notorious without repentance or any that haue maliciously and openly contended with their neighbours before they be reconciled or any Church-wardens or Side-men who hauing taken their oathes to present to their Ordinarie all such publike offences as they are particularly charged to inquire of in the Parish haue and doe notwithstanding wittingly and irreligiously incurre the horrible crime of periury either in neglecting or refusing to present such publike offences as they themselues know or haue heard to be committed within your Parish 19 Hath your Minister at any time admitted vnto the Communion any that refuse to bee present at publike prayers or who are notorious deprauers of the Booke of Common Prayer and administration of the Sacraments or of the Orders Rites or Ceremonies therein prescribed or of any thing contained in the thirty nine Articles or in the Booke of ordaining Priests and Bishops or who haue spoken against or depraued his Maiesties Soueraigne Authority in causes Ecclesiasticall vnlesse they and euery of them do first acknowledge their repentance for their sin and promise to do so no more 20 Doth your Minister or Curate admit any to the Communion before they can say their Catechisme and be confirmed 21 Doth your Minister together with the Churchwardens and Quest-men take diligent héed and care not onely that all and euery one of your owne Parishioners doe receiue thrice euery yéere but also that no strangers of any other Parish doe come often and commonly to your Church from their owne Parish Church or doe there receiue the Holy Communion 22 Doth your Minister before the seuerall times of the administration of the Lords Supper admonish and exhort his Parishioners if any of them haue their conscience troubled and disquieted to resort vnto him or to some other learned Minister and open their griefe that they may receiue such ghostly counsell and comfort as their conscience may be relieued and by the Minister they may receiue the benefit of Absolution to the quiet of their conscience and auoiding of all scruple And if any man confesse his secret and hidden sinnes being sicke or whole to the Minister for the vnburthening of his conscience and receiuing of spirituall consolation or ease of minde from him doth he the said Minister or hath hee at any time by word writing or signe openly or couertly directly or indirectly reueale and make knowne to any person whatsoeuer any crime or offence so committed to his trust and secresie 23 Hath your Minister solemnized the mariage of any person vnder the age of twenty one yéeres without the consent of their Parents or Gouernours or hath he maried any which doe not audibly say and answer in all things appointed by the Liturgie or any without a King or in times prohibited or without the Banes first published thrée seuerall Sundayes or Holydayes in time of diuine Seruice in the seuerall Churches or Chappels of their seuerall abodes without a speciall license from the Arch-bishop or Bishop of the Diocesse or his Chancellor or the Commissary first had and obtained And doth hee begin in the body of the Church and then goe vp to the Table as is appointed Also doth your Minister so oft as there is any mariage appoint to haue a Communion After the Gospell doth he say a Sermon if hee bee licensed to preach wherein to declare the office of man and wife according to holy Scripture or else doth hee reade that which the Church hath appointed to bee read at matrimony 24 Doth your Minister vse the forme of thanksgiuing for women after childe-birth immediately before the Communion Seruice Or hath he admitted thereunto any women begotten with-childe in adultery or fornication without license of his Ordinary 25 Doth your Minister carefully looke to the reliefe of the poore and from time to time call vpon his Parishioners to giue somewhat according to their abilities to godly and charitable vses especially doth hée in force it vpon them with earnest exhortation as is prescribed at the time of the oblation or offering before the Communion and vpon their sick beds or when they make their wils 26 Doth your Minister or Curate resort vnto such as bee dangerously sicke in your Parish if he be sent for or notice thereof be giuen to him to instruct or comfort them in their distresses according to the order of the Booke of Common Prayer not omitting then especially to mooue them earnestly to liberality towards the poore 27 If any being sick doe desire the prayers of the Congregation is it done according to the forme in the Liturgie at the time of diuine Seruice or is it done onely by giuing their names to the preacher and mentioning of them in the Pulpit before or after Sermon 28 Hath your Minister euer refused to bury any which ought to be interred with Christian buriall Or hath hee deferred the same longer than hee should Doth hee goe before the Corps to the graue and there say the whole seruice appointed not omitting the Lesson or any other part Doth he deuoutly kneele when hee saith the prayers and the Collect at buriall or hath he admitted any to Christian buriall which by the Lawes of the holy Church or of this Realme ought not to bee so interred 29 Doth your Minister being a Preacher and hauing any popish Recusant or Recusants in your Parish labour diligently with them from time to time to reclaime them from their errours Or otherwise is he ouer-conuersant with them or suspected to fauour them 30 Hath ydur Minister or any other taking vpon him the calling of a Minister preached baptized children except in case of necessity solemnized mariage churched any women or ministred the holy Communion in any priuate house or houses If yea then where when and how often hath he done it 31 Doe you know or haue heard of any which are reputed to be Ministers or of any other of the Laity either Male or Female that presume to make matters of Diuinity their ordinary Table-talke Or that vnder pretence of holinesse and edification take the liberty at their Trencher-meetings or where seuerall company not being all of the same family are assembled rashly and prophanely to discourse of holy Scripture Or amidst their cups to dispute or determine any Articles of Faith and Religion or touching any point of doctrine or Ecclesiasticall discipline at their owne pleasure and to their owne phansie You shall name the persons times and places as far as you know or haue heard and can remember 32 Doth your Minister euery six moneths in your Parish Church openly in the time of diuine seruice vpon some Sunday denounce and declare excommunicate by name such as doe perseuere in the sentence of excommunication not séeking to bée absolued And hath