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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75668	Articles of instruction for enquiry, exhibited to the church-wardens and side-men within the peculiar jurisdiction of the King's Free Chappel of S. Maires in Salop.	Church of England.; Harwood, John, 1660 or 61-1731.	1690 (1690)	Wing A3860AB; ESTC R176512	1,839	7

ARTICLES OF Instruction for Enquiry Exhibited to the Church-Wardens and Side-Men Within the peculiar Jurisdiction of the King 's Free Chappel OF S. MARIES in SALOP LONDON Printed in the YEAR 1690. Canon CXIX Convenient time to be assigned for framing Presentments FOR the avoiding of such Inconveniences as heretofore have happened by the hasty making of Bills of Presentments upon the Days of the Visitation and Synods it is ordered That always hereafter every Chancellour Arch-Deacon Commissary and Official and every other Person having Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction at the ordinary time when the Church-Wardens are sworn and the Arch-Bishop and Bishops when he or they do summon their Visitation shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Church-Wardens Quest-Men and Side-Men of every Parish or to some of them such Books of Articles as they or any of them shall require for the Year following the said Church-Wardens Quest-Men and Side-Men to ground their Presentments upon at such times as they are to exhibit them in which Book shall be contained the Form of the Oath which must be taken immediately before every such Presentment to the intent that having beforehand time sufficient not only to peruse and consider what their said Oath shall be but the Articles also whereupon they are to ground their Presentments they may frame them at home both advisedly and truly to the Discharge of their own Consciences after they are sworn as becometh honest and godly Men. The Tenour of the OATH to be administred to the Church-Wardens and Side-men of every Parish YOU shall swear truly and faithfully to Execute the Office of a Church-Warden within your Parish and according to the best of your Skill and Knowledge present such things and Persons as you know to be presentable by the Laws Ecclesiastical of this Realm So help you God and the Contents of this Book ARTICLES OF INSTRUCTION FOR ENQUIRY c. TIT. I. Concerning Churches and Chappels with the Ornaments and Furniture thereunto belonging I. IS your Church or Chappel with the Chancel in good Repair and decently kept as becomes the House of God II. Is the Furniture of your Church or Chappel as Bells Communion-Plate and Cloths Minister's Surplice Pulpit-Cloth Hearse-Cloth with other usual Ornaments duly provided and looked after III. Have you a fair Bible Book of Common-Prayer Books of Homilies and Canons Register of Births Burials and Marriages and is the said Register duly kept and the Transcript returned every Year into the Official's Registry Have you also a Registry of such Strangers as are admitted to Preach and a Book for the Entry of the Church-Wardens Accounts And are the said Books carefully looked to and made use of IV. Is the Church-Yard sufficiently fenced and preserved from Anoyance Encroachments and Waste T IT II. Concerning Ministers and Parishioners I. DOes your Parson or Curate constantly reverently and regularly officiate on the Lord's-day Holy-dayes and the Eves of them as also read the Litany upon all Wednesdays and Fridays weekly and observe Rogation and Ember days according to the Order of the Church and so perform all Offices without Addition or Diminution II. Are there in the Parish any Persons known or reputed to be Jews Hereticks Papists or Schismaticks and are they studious to pervert the Orthodox or insolent towards them for doing there Duty III. If there be any Assemblies for Religious Worship in your Parish besides the Parish-Church or Chappel Have the Places of such Meetings been certified according to the Statute Do any upon that pretence and who wholly abstain on Sundays from coming to any publick Place where there are Prayers or Sermons but spend their time in Ale-Houses or Houshold-Affairs IV. Are any of your Parish known or suspected to be guilty of Incest Adultery Fornication or any other enormous Crimes Do any profane the Lord's Day or other great Holy-Days or the Name of God or are irreverent in the Church or neglect the respective Duties incumbent on them in reference to the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper and other Rites as of Catechizing Confirmation Marriage Thanksgiving after Child-Birth Burial of the Dead or the Censures of the Church V. Are the Wills and Testaments of the Dead in your Parish or the Administration of their Goods duly taken out and executed Have any Lands Legacies or charitable Gifts bestowed on your Parish or any other good uses been embezled or unduly bestowed Has any Mony belonging to the Fabrick of your Church or other charitable purposes been employed to other uses TIT. III. Concerning Parish-Clerks and Sextons Schools Schoolmasters Physicians Chyrurgions and Midwives I. HAVE you belonging to your Church or Chappelry a sufficient Clerk or Sexton and doth he faithfully and diligently execute his Office II. Does any one within your Parish or Chappelry keep School without Licence from the Official or if Licensed neglect to teach the Youth committed to him the Catechism of the Church and to bring them to the Service of the Church III. Doth any within your Parish or Chappelry practise Physick or Chyrurgery or do the Office of a Midwife without Approbation and License from the Official Advertisement THE Curate of every Church or Chappel may joyn in Presentment with the Church-Wardens and Side-Men and if they fail to present the Ministers themselves who have the highest Obligation to endeavour the suppressing of Impiety and Disorder may and ought to do it JOHN HARWOOD L L. D. Official FINIS