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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79647	Articles of visitation and enquiry concerning matters ecclesiastical, exhibited to the ministers, church-wardens, and side-men of every parish within the Diocess of VVorchester, in the episcopal visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God VValter by divine permission Lord Bishop of Worcester.	Church of England. Diocese of Worcester. Bishop (1671-1675 : Blandford); Blandford, Walter, 1619-1675.	1674 (1674)	Wing C4091bA; ESTC R173916	6,977	12

Chappel unless hindered by Sickness or reasonable absence And in such cases doth he procure some lawfull Minister to read praiers to preach and perform other Ministerial duties IX Doth your Minister constantly on Sundaies in the afternoon immediately after the second Lesson diligently instruct the youth of your Parish in the Church Catechism And doth he prepare and present them being so instructed to be Confirmed by the Bishop And doth he endeavour to reclaim all Popish Recusants and other Sectaries if any such be inhabiting within your Parish to the true Religion established in the Church of England and to their bounden duty in obeying the laws and submitting to the Government thereof X. Doth your Minister celebrate the Sacrament of the Lords Supper so often every year that every Parishioner may receive thrice at the least And doth he repell those that ought not to be admitted giving an account of them to the Bishop XI Is he ready to Visit the Sick and to baptize Infants that are in danger of death Is there any Infant or other person by his default unbaptized in your Parish Doth he use to baptize any without God-fathers or God-mothers or admit either of the Parents to be Godfather or Godmother to their own Child or doth he baptize any at home except in case of imminent danger XII Hath he at any time as you know or have heard Preached any false heretical seditious or Schismatical Doctrine thereby to seduce the People into parties and factions to the disturbance of the publick peace and unity either of Church of State XIII Hath he presumed to marry any persons in private houses Or such as being under age have not the consent of their Parents or Guardians Or without the Banns first published on Three Sundaies or Holydaies in the Church Or any other hours then between Eight and Twelve in the morning unless he had a Licence so to do XIIII Hath your Minister taken upon him to appoint any publick or private Fasts Prophecying or Exercises not appointed by authority Or doth he or any other either Minister or Lay person hold any conventicles or meetings in private houses within your Parish for People of several Families to resort unto under the pretense of Preaching praying thanksgiving or humiliation contrary to the Laws and Canons in that case provided XV. Is your Minister conformable to the holy Rule and Great Example of our Lord Jesus Christ Is he a man of a studious sober peaceable and exemplary life for sanctity charity and industry in his Calling Is he grave modest and regular in his outward demeanour without Vanity in his hair and his apparrel such as may distinguish him from the Laity as the Canons of the Church require Is his discourse and whole Conversation becoming a Minister of the Gospel who remembers the great account he must give for his own and other Mens souls committed to his care Or is he in any kind whatsoever disorderly and Scandalous TIT. IV. Concerning the Parishioners I. ARe there any in your Parish that are reputed Hereticks or Schismaticks refusing communion with the Church of England or professing any other Religion then what is established in this Church seduceing others from it and railing against it Are there any convicted Papists known Anabaptists Familists Quakers and other Saperatists in your Parish II. Is there any person in your Parish that lyeth under any Common Fame or Vehement suspition of Adultery Fornication or Incest Are there any common Drunkards Swearers or Blasphemers of God's Name and his holy Word Are any noted for Railers unclean and filthy Talkers or Sowers of sedition or living in discord and contention III. Do any of your Parish upon Sundaies or Holydaies follow their bodily or ordinary labour or permit their servants so to do Are any Shops kept open or wares sold Or do any Vintners Inkeepers or Victuallers and sellers of Ale and Beer suffer any persons to tipple or game in their houses upon those daies IV. Doth every person inhabiting and sojourning within your Parish duly resort unto your Church or Chappel upon every Sunday and Holyday appointed for Divine Service Do they then quietly abide with reverence order and decency during all the whole time of Common Prayer Preaching or other Service of God there used And are there any among you that come only to the Preaching and not to the Common Prayers of the Church V. Doth every person uncover his head and so continue all the time of Divine Service in the Church Do they all reverently kneel at the Prayers and stand up when the Creed and Gospel are read making due reverence when the name of our Lord Jesus is mentioned VI. Are there any in your Parish that refuse to send their Infant Children to be baptized publickly in the Church unless in case of urgent danger in which case the Child may be baptized at home by a lawful Minister after the Form and Rites appointed in the Liturgy Or do they send them from their own Minister to be baptized in any other Parishes or make use of any other Minister to baptize when their own is at home Or do they keep their Children any longer unbaptized then the Church alloweth And are there any Infants or more aged persons in your Parish as yet unbaptized Who are they and of what Age VII Doth every Householder in your Parish cause their Children Apprentices and Servants to learn the Church Catechisme and give account of it to your Minister as he shall require it in the Church on Sundaies or Holydaies as it is appointed And when they are therein well instructed do they take care to have them brought by the Minister to Confirmation when occasion is offered by the Bishop for the increase of all spiritual gifts and graces in them VIII Is there any person in your Parish who being Sixteen years of age doth not receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper at least three times in the year of which Easter is alwaies to be one Doth any in your Parish refuse to receive the same kneeling or from the hands of your own Minister repairing for it to other Parishes and Ministers abroad IX Have you any among you that be denounced and declared Excommunicate for any crime committed How long have they bin so excommunicated And do any of your Parish keep Society with them before they be reconciled to the Church and absolved X. Are there any living in your Parish as Man and Wife who are within the degrees prohibited Or any that being lawfully divorced have Married again Or any that being lawfully Married and not separated or divorced by course of Law do not cohabit together XI Are there any Married Women in your Parish who after their delivery from the peril of Childbirth refuse to make their publick Thanksgiving to God in the Church and when they come so to do do they come decently apparrelled and make their Offerings according to custome XII Are there any of your Parish who