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B00015	Articles to be inquired of within the dioces of Norwich, in the ordinary visitation of the reuerend father in God, Samuel, Lord Bishop of Norvvich. Anno Domini 1620. & translationis suæ, primo.	Church of England. Diocese of Norwich. Bishop (1619-1628 : Harsnett); Harsnett, Samuel, 1561-1631.	1620 (1620)	STC 10293; ESTC S92405	9,811	18

ARTICLES TO BE INQVIRED OF WITHIN THE DIOCES OF NORWICH in the ordinary visitation of the reuerend Father in God SAMVEL Lord Bishop of NORVVICH Anno Domini 1620. Translationis suae primo ANCHORA FIDEI SICELEVABITVR FILIVS HOMINIS· Io 3 Imprinted at London 1620. The forme of the Oath to be ministred vnto the Churchwardens and Sidemen YOu shall sweare to make diligent inquirie and true presentment of all and euery the offences mentioned in the subsequent Articles in this booke which be known to you either by notoriety of the fact confession of any party or by any publike speech and common fame or by other proofe had made without affection of loue or hatred to any person So helpe you God and the Contents of this Booke ARTICLES TO BE INQVIRED OF IN THE DIOCES OF NORWICH ANNO DOMINI 1620. TIT. 1. Articles concerning religion prayer and Sacraments 1. FIrst whether be there any person or persons abiding in your parish or resorting thereunto aboue the age of sixtéene yeares that wilfully and obstinately refuse to repaire to their parish Church Chappell or oratorie vpon sabboth daies and Holidaies and be thereby taken to be Popish or sectary recusants 2. Item whether be there any that be knowne to haue defended or maintayned any hereticall opinions contrary to the holy scriptures of God and first foure generall counsells or any of them and what be those opinions and who be the authors thereof 3. Item whether be there any in your parish that hath bene or is vehemently suspected to haue bene present at any vnlawful assemblies or priuate conuenticles vnder colour or pretence of any exercise of religion or doth affirme and maintaine such meetings to be lawfull 4. Item whether doth any person within your Parish depraue the forme of common praier and administration of the Sacraments rites and ceremonies set forth and prescribed in the booke of common praier of this realme 5. Item whether is there any doctrine taught published or preached by any person or persons directly or indirectly against the state eclesiasticall and lawfull gouernment of the Church of England and the consecrating of Archbishops and Bishops and the ordering of Deacons and Ministers after such manner and forme as is now vsed and prescribed by his Maiesties lawes within this Realme of England 6. Item whether be there any within your parish that deny or perswade any to deny withstand and impugne the kings Maiesties authority and supremacie in causes eclesiasticall within this realme 7. Item whether doth any person within your parish aboue the age of 16. yeeres refuse or forbeare thrice in euery yeare at Easter especially to communicate and receiue the blessed Sacrament of the Lords supper And what reuerence doe the people within your Parish vse by outward gestures of their bodies when they be partakers of that blessed Sacrament and whether doe they reuerently kneele vpon their knées when the minister deliuereth the same to them 8. Item whether doth any person within your Parish deferre the baptisme of his child longer then vntill the next Sabboth day or holiday after the birth thereof 9. Item whether hath any child died vnbaptised within your Parish and by whose default 10. Item whether be the parents of any childe to be Baptised admitted to be godfathers or godmothers to the same 11. Item whether haue the children of popish recusants or wilfull sectaries borne within your Parish bene priuately baptised by any lay man not in holy orders 12. Item whether hath any person not lawfully confirmed according to the forme of confirmation prescribed in the booke of common Prayer of this realme béene admitted to receiue the holy communion 13 Item whether hath any Popish recusant after he or she hath béene conformed repaired to Church and receiued the blessed sacrament of the Lords supper once a yeare at the least in that parish Church where he or she doe most vsually abide 14. Item whether doe any within your parish vpon Sabboth daies and holy daies negligently and carelesly repaire to your parish Church so that halfe or the most part of diuine seruice is ended before they come and vpon light occasion depart out of the Church before prayers be done TIT. 2. Articles Concerning the Ministers and Preachers of Gods holy word 1 FIrst whether doth the minister of your parish Church read the forme of common praier in such sort as is set forth in the booke of common praier confirmed by his Maiesties authority and administer the Sacraments with due obseruation of all rites and ceremonies prescribed to be vsed in the administration thereof without adding altering or omitting any part or parcell of the said praiers or innouating any other matter in the administration of either of the Sacraments 2. Item whether is the said forme of common praier duly and orderly red in your Church Chappell or oratorie vpon sabboth daies holy daies wednsdaies and fridaies and vpon holy eues and Sabboth eues 3. Item whether be the words of institution of the Sacrament of the Lords supper vsed by the minister in deliuery of the bread and wine to euery communicant 4. Item whether be the words in the administration of the sacrament of baptisme I signe thee with the signe of the Crosse onely vsed and noe visible or formall crosse made in the forehead of the child so baptized 5. Item whether is the sacrament of baptisme denied to any children borne out of wedlock and by whom 6. Item whether is the forme of common prayer red vpon the 24. of March the fifth of nouember and the fifth of August yearely in your parish Church and publique thanksgiuing vsed vpon those daies to almighty God for his Maiesties gratious succession to the royall crowne of this realme the deliuerance of his highnesse and the whole state from the damnable gunpowder treason and for his Maiesties preseruation from the conspiracy of Gowry 7. Item whether is the statute intituled An act for a publique thanksgiuing to almightie God c. euery yeare distinctly red in your parish Church at morning praier vpon the fifth day of Nouember 8. Item whether doth your Minister alwaies and at euery time both morning and euening reading diuine seruice and administring the sacraments weare the surplice and doth he neuer omit the wearing of the same at such times or at any of them 9 Item whether doth he catechise the youth of his parish vpon sundaies and holidaies before euening prayer for halfe an howre or more in the catechisme set forth in the booke of common Prayer and in none other And whether doe all the parishioners attend his catechising And whether doe any of them neglect or refuse to send their children to be catechized by him 10. Item whether doth your minister once euery yeare in your parish church read the booke of canons published Anno Domini 1603. and whether doth he visit the sicke as by law is required 11 Item whether doth he giue thanks for women after their

child-birth in such manner as is prescribed in the booke of common praier of this realme And doth he admit any to the performance of that holy action that doe not come hauing a decent vaile vpon their heads Matron like as hath béene accustomed heeretofore And whether doth any woman refuse to giue thanks in that manner after her childbirth 12. Item whether is your minister resiant at and vpon his benefice or spirituall promotion and doth he preach euery sabboth day or monthly in his said cure or read an homily when there is no sermon there preached 13. Item whether is your Minister a graduate and hath taken any scholasticall degrée of bachelor or Master of arts or batchelor or doctor in diuinity either in Cambridge or Oxeford and is he a preacher lawfully licensed and by whom 14 Item whether doth your Minister preach or teach any matter publiquely in his pulpit within his parish Church which is not agréeable to the doctrine of the old and new testament and which the learned Fathers and aunceient Bishops haue not taken and gathered out of the holy scriptures for an vndoubted truth 15 Item whether doth your minister side it in his preaching by taking part with one of them that be at variance and therevpon preach doctrine tending to the breach of christian loue and vnity and stirring vp of schisme and faction amongst his auditors offensiuely and scandalously and colour his schismaticall designements by a secret perswasiue of his desire of peace and vnitie in the Church 16. Item whether doth your Minister vse alwaies to pray for the Kings Maiesty the Prince Clergie and Counsell in the forme of Prayer prescribed in the constitutions published in that behalfe in the yeace of our Lord 1603. 17 Item Whether doth your Minister hold any more Benefices with cure of soules then one and by what dispensation doth he so retaine them 18 Item Whether is your Minister vehemently suspected by common voyce publike fame or credible report to haue obtained his spirituall promotion or benefice with cure of soules by any symoniacall compact directly or indirectly or for any lucre or gaine to haue resigned his said Benefice or spirituall promotion 19 Item Whether doth your Minister vpon light cause not warrantable by law and vpon priuate displeasure by him conceiued against any of his Parishioners repell and debarre any of them from the receiuing of the holy Communion 20 Item Whether hath any notorious or knowne fornicator adulterer scandalous person or blasphemer of Gods holy name béene admitted to receiue the holy Communion without publique repentance 21 Item Whether doth your Minister reade publike prayers at méete and conuenient houres and bid holidaies and fasting dayes 22 Item Whether doth your Minister euery sixe moneths denounce in his Parish Church all such as doe perseuere and continue in the sentence of excommunication not séeking to be absolued and whether hath hee admitted into the Church any excommunicate person without certificate of his absolution from the Ordinary or other competent Iudge vnder their authenticall seale 23 Item Whether doth your Minister diligently labour and endeauour to reclaime the Popish Recusants in his Parish from their errours if there be any such there-abiding 24 Item Whether is your Minister familier and conuersant with Popish Recusants or a fauourer of them and thereby taken not to be sound and sincere in Religion 25. Item Whether doth your Minister publikely in the Church vpon the Sabboth day next before his administration of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper giue knowledge of it to all his Parishioners that such as intend to communicate may prepare themselues for the receiuing of that blessed Sacrament 26. Item Whether is your Minister studious in the holy Scriptures and abstaineth from mechanicall trades or labour not befitting his function and from gaming swearing and drunkennesse or such notorious crimes 27. Item Is there any in your Parish who hauing béen admitted vnto holy Orders either Deacon or Priest doth relinquish and forsake his calling and liueth in the course of his life as a Laye man 28. Item whether hath any Laye man not in holy Orders read publique prayers in your Church or churched any women or buried any dead person within your parish 29. Item whether hath your Minister buried any excommunicate person not absolued from that censure 30. Item Whether hath your Minister with any other persons within your Parish vsed to méete in any priuate house or other place there to conferre and consult together how to impeach or depraue the booke of Common Prayer or the doctrine or discipline of the Church of England 31. Item Whether hath any person being méerely ignorant in the holy Scriptures not able to render a reason of his faith in Latine nor hauing a speciall guift of preaching béene from a manuall trade or artificer admitted to holy orders and to administer the Sacraments and preach the word of God 32 Item Whether is there any opposition amongst the preachers vsed publikely in matters of faith and doctrine in their sermons preached And what Ministers admitted to holy orders be within your Parish and allowed Preachers not hauing any pastorall charge or cure committed to them 33 Item Whether doth your Minister or Curate in Rogation wéeke goe in perambulation of the circuite of the Parish vsing thanksgiuing to God for his blessing according to law TIT. 3. Articles concerning Lectures FIrst Whether doth any person reade any publike Lecture or expound the holy Scriptures in your Church Chappell or Oratorie he being not in holy orders and lawfully licensed for a publique Preacher according to the lawes of this Realme 2 Item Whether doth euery such Lecturer before his Sermon or exposition of the Scriptures reade publique Prayers in his surplice according to the forme prescribed in the booke of common prayer of this realme without omission of any part thereof 3 Item whether doth your said lecturer before his sermons vse any other forme of prayer for the whole state of this realme then that which is prescribed in the constitutions eclesiasticall published and confirmed by his Maiesties authority Anno Domini 1603. 4 Item whether doth your said Lecturer maintaine any doctrine directly contrary or repugnant to the articles of christian faith and religion published and ratefied Anno Domini 1562. 5 Item whether is any lecturer admitted to preach in your Church that is not conformable to the discipline and gouernement eclesiasticall within the church of England but schismatically and phantastically affected to nouelties and innouations 6 Item whether doth your lecturer or sole preacher twice at the least euery yeare in his owne person read both morning and euening prayer two seuerall sundaies in the parish church where he preacheth and at those times weare the surplice ond twice euery yeare administer the Sacraments without omission of any rites or ceremonies that are prescribed in the booke of common prayer of this realme to be vsed at the administration thereof TIT. 4. 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