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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00204	Articles to be enquired of within the dioces of London, in the visitation of the Reuerend Father in God, Ihon Bishop of London, 1589 in the xxxj. yeare of the raigne of Our Most Gratious Soueraigne Lady Elizabeth by the grace of God Queene of England, Fraunce, and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c.	Church of England. Diocese of London. Bishop (1577-1594 : Aylmer); Aylmer, John, 1521-1594.	1589 (1589)	STC 10252.5; ESTC S866	11,106	16

❀ ARTICLES TO BE ENQVIRED OF within the Dioces of London in the visitation of the Reuerend Father in God Ihon Bishop of London 1589. In the xxxj yeare of the raigne of our most gratious soueraigne Lady ELIZABETH by the grace of GOD Queene of England Fraunce and Ireland defender of the faith c. Imprinted at London 1589. The tenor of the othe ministred to the Church-wardens and sworn-men YEe shall sweare that all affection fauour hatred hope of reward and gaine or feare of displeasure or malice set a side you shall vpon due consideration of the Articles geuen you in charge present all and euery such person of or within your parish as hath cōmitted any offence or fault or made any default mentioned in these or any of these Articles or which are vehemently suspected or otherwise defamed of any such offence fault or default wherein you shal deale vprightly and according to equitie neither of malice presenting any contrarie to truth nor of corrupt affection sparing to present anie and so conceale the truth hauing in this action God before your eyes with an earnest zeale to maintaine truth and to suppresse vice So helpe you God and his faithfull promises contained in these his holie bookes The charge of the Church-wardens and swornemen set downe for the better performance of their duties and discharge of their oathes THey are straightly charged to heare all these articles read ouer vnto them and diligently to consider and enquire thereof And for that the time is so short in this the visitation that they shall not be able to make a perfect answere vnto all of them and that notwithstanding there are manie notorious faultes presently worthy of presentment and reformation they are charged to make their answere vnto them presently so farre forth as their memory shall now serue them And to present now such faultes in their Parish as at this time are worthie of presentment and reformation And that after their comming home betwixt this and Michaelmas next they shall agayne heare all the Articles read ouer vnto them and diligently consider and enquire thereof with the Minister of the Parish who shall if he know any thing in the Parish to be reformed together with them make a due presentment and a true and full aunswere in wryting signed with their handes and markes wherein they shall present aswell all such faultes or offences contrarie to the Articles as they forgot or omitted to present at the time of the visitation as also all such faultes and offences contrarie to the Articles as shall happen and chaunce betwixt this and then ¶ Articles to be inquired of within the Dioces of London in this Visitation holden in the yeare of our Lord God 1589. Articles concerning the Cleargie WHether Common praier bée read by your Minister in your seuerall Churches or Chappels distinctly and reuerently and in such order as it is set foorth by the lawes of this Realme without any kind of alteration omitting or adding to any thing and at due and conuenient houres the Minister wearing a Surples And whether the holie Sacraments be likewise ministred reuerently in such manner as by the booke of Common praier is appoynted And whether vpon Wednesdaies and Fridaies not being holi-daies the Letanie and other praiers appoynted for the day be sayd accordingly 2. Item whether the forme of Comination against sinners bée by your Minister plainlie and distinctly read in your Church or Chappell vnto the people according to the Booke 3 Whether any Parson or Parsons not being ordered at the least be a Deacon do say Common praier openlie in your Church or Chappell or do solemnize matrimonie or administer the Sacraments of Baptisme and what be their names that do so 4 Whether the Parson Vicar or Farmer of your Benefice do cause or suffer any Curate or Minister to serue your Church before he bee examined and admitted by the Ordinarie in writing and do shewe his license to the Church-wardens 5 Whether your Minister doo serue two Cures in one daie whereby he must néedes be driuen to serue the one of them at inconuenient houses 6 Whether your Parson Vicar or Curate doo euerie Sonday whē there is no Sermon read distinctlie and plainlie some part of the Homilies prescribed and set foorth by the Quéenes authoritie to be read and whether any Minister not admitted by the Ordinarie or by other lawfull authoritie doe expound anie scripture or matter of doctrine by the waie of exhortation or otherwise and thereby omit and leaue off the reading of the Homilies Or be there any in your Parish that do depraue or speake against the Homilies and the vse of them in the Church 7 Whether any Lectures Conuenticles or priuate méetings bée read or vsed within your Parishes either publique in the Church or priuate in the house by any not sufficiently licensed thereunto by the Ordinarie or whether any such Reader do teach any Doctrine of Innouation to withdrawe the people from due obedience to the Ordinances of the Church set forth by publique authoritie or to cause them to forbeare participating in praier and Sacraments with our Church 8 How many Sermons doth your Parson or Vicar preach in his owne Church yearely and if he be no Preacher himselfe how many doth he yearely procure to be preached there and who haue preached them and whether bee they that do preach them licensed or no and by whom were they licensed 9 Whether your Minister haue or do receiue to the holie Communion any persons which be not of his owne Parish without testimonie from the Minister of the place where they dwell what they be that it may appeare that they be not persons excommunicate 10 Whether your Parson Vicar or Curate do euery Sonday and Holi-day openly in the Church call for heare and instruct all the children apprentises and seruants of both sexes that bee of conuenient age within your Parish or at the least so many of them by course as the time will serue and as he may well heare or instruct for one houre at the least before or after Euening praier in the tenne Commandements the Articles of the beléefe and the Lords praier and diligently examine and teach them the Catechisme as it is now allowed and set forth in the Booke of Common praier And whether for that purpose he doth take the names of them all and by course call certaine of them euery Sonday and Holi-day to come to the teaching of this Catechisme 11 Whether your Parson Vicar Curate or other Minister in your Church or Chappell hath admitted to the holie Communion any open and notorious fornicator adulterer or euill liuer by whom publique offence is giuen without due penaunce first done to the satisfaction of the Congregation enioyned him by his Ordinarie Or any malicious person that is notoriously knowne and detected to bée out of charitie or detected to haue done any open wrong to his neighbour by word or déede without due reconciliation