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B02169 Articles of enquiry concerning matters ecclesiastical within the diocess of Landaffe in the episcopal visitation of the right reverend father in God, Francis, Lord Bishop of Landaffe. Anno Dom. 1671. Church of England. Diocese of Llandaff. 1671 (1671) Wing C4051AA; ESTC R173881 5,454 11

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ARTICLES OF ENQUIRY CONCERNING MATTERS ECCLESIASTICAL Within the DIOCESS of LANDAFFE IN THE EPISCOPAL VISITATION Of the Right Reverend Father in God FRANCIS Lord Bishop of LANDAFFE Anno. Dom. 1671. LONDON Printed for James Collins in Westminster-Hall M.DC.LXXI The Tenor of the Oath to be Tendered to the Church-wardens and Side-men YOu shall Swear diligently to Enquire and true Presentment make of all Defaults and Offences as are Inquirable by the Laws Ecclesiastical of this Realm So God you help ARTICLES OF ENQUIRY within the DIOCESS OF LANDAFFE TIT. I. Concerning Churches or Chappels with the Ornaments Furniture and Possessions belonging to them 1. IS the Fabrick of your Church or Chappel with all things appertaining to it kept in good repair within and without in such order and decency as becometh the House dedicated to the Publick Worship of God 2. IS there any Chappel of Ease within your Parish What Consecration hath it had or what Instruments of its Allowance to be so Can you produce 3. IS there in the Church or Chappel a Font of Stone standing in the usual ancient place with a Cover to it for the Administration of Baptism Is there also a convenient Communion Table covered with a fair Carpet of Silk or other decent Stuff in time of Divine Service and with a fair Linnen Cloth at the time of Administring the Sacrament What Cup Chaiice Paten or Flagons have you belonging to that Service 4. HAVE you in your Church or Chappel a convenient Seat for the Minister to read Divine Service in And a Pulpit with a decent Cloth or Cushion for the same Have any Pews or Seats been erected by any private person of his own authority without leave from the Ordinary 5. HAVE you a large Folio Bible of the last Translation with two Books of Common-Prayer well bound one for the Minister the other for the Clerk Have you the Book of Homiles set forth by Authority the Book of Canons and the Table of Degrees allowed and prohibited in Marriage 6. HAVE you a Register Book of Parchment for all who are Christned married and buried in the Parish in which are set down the names of the parties with the day month and year of each Christning marriage and burial Is the Transcri●t thereof every year within one month after the Twenty fifth of March carried into the Bishops Registry 7. HAVE you a Paper book in which the names of Strangers who Preach or Officiate in the Church or Chappel are set down and another Book for the Church-wardens accompts 8. HAVE you a fair Surplice for the Minister to wear at all times of his publick Ministration provided at the charge of the Parish 9. HAVE you a Chest for Alms with three Locks and Keys and another Chest to keep the Books and Ornaments of the Church Have you a Bier with a black Herse-cloth for the burial of the Dead 10. IS the Church-yard sufficiently fenced with Walls Pales or Rails and decently kept from all annoyance or incroachments Are the Trees therein preserved 11. IS the Mansion-house of your Minister with all other houses thereto belonging kept in good Repair Have any of them been pulled down or defaced Have any incroached upon the Land thereto belonging or felled the Trees thereon growing 12. HAVE you a perfect Terrier of all Glebe-lands Gardens Orchards and Tenements belonging to your Parsonage or Vicarage also a particular List of such Pensions Tythes or other yearly profits either within or without the Parish as belong thereunto Are any of them withheld from your Minister as you know or have heard and by whom 13. HAVE any of the antient Glebe-lands belonging to your Parsonage or Vicarage been taken away or alienated by Safe or Exchange without Licence from the Ordinary and free consent of the Incumbent TIT. II. Concerning Ministers 1. IS your Minister Episcopally Ordained Deacon or Priest according to the Laws of the Realm of England Is he defamed or suspected to have obtained his Orders or Benefice by any Simoniacal Compact hath he been Legally Instituted and Inducted unto his Benefice and did he within two months after his Induction publickly read in the Church in the time of Divine Service the thirty nine Articles of Religion established in the Church of England And did he then and there declare his assent thereunto 2. HATH your Minister been Licenced to Preach by the Archbishop Bishop of this Diocess or either of the two Vniversities Doth he diligently read Divine Service and Preach every Lords day in the Church unless hindered by sickness or reasonable absence And in such cases doth he procure some lawful Minister to read Prayers to Preach and perform other Ministerial Duties 3. HATH your Minister or any other who Preached in your Church published in his Sermons any Doctrine which is new strang and disagreeing from the Word of God and the Articles of the Christian Faith or any thing against the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England or the Government of it as it is now established Doth he use before his Sermon the Form of Prayer prescribed by the Fifty fifth Canon 4. DOTH your Minister in the morning and evening Service in the Administration of the Sacraments and in performing other Religious offices appointed by the Church of England use the respective Forms in the Book of Common-Prayer together with all those Rites and Ceremonies which are enjoyned in this Church And doth he make use of the Surplice and the Hood proper for him if a Graduate when he reads Divine Service or administers the Sacraments 5. DOTH your Minister diligently Catechize the Youth of his Parish every Sunday and Holyday before Evening Service Doth he prepare and procure them as occasion is offered to come and be confirmed by the Bishop And doth he endeavour to reclaim all Popish Recusants and all Sectaries in your Parish to the true Religion 6. IS your Minister a man of a sober unblameable and exemplary life Is he grave modest and regular in his outward demeanor and apparel according to the Constitutions of the Church Or is his carriage conversation or company in any kind whatsoever disorderly or scandalous and unbeseeming his Calling and Charge 7. IS your Minister ready to visit the Sick and to baptize Infants in danger of death being so desired Is any Infant or more aged person in the Parish yet unbaptized by his default Have those Children which have been baptized in-private Houses by the Minister of the Parish afterward been brought into the Church and did the Minister there certifie the Congregation That the true Form of Baptism was by him privately before used Or if any children in the Parish have been baptized privately by any other lawful Minister have those Children been brought to your Church and hath the Minister of the Parish there examined whether such children were lawfully baptized or not Doth your Minister refuse to give the Sacrament to any in the Parish and for what cause Or doth he give it