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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79631	Articles to be enquired of, and answered unto, by the church-wardens and side-men of every parish in the triennial visitation of the Right Reverend Father in God, Thomas, Lord Bishop of St. David. In the fifth year of his consecration.	Church of England. Diocese of Saint David's. Bishop (1687-1699 : Watson); Watson, Thomas, 1637-1717.	1691 (1691)	Wing C4083A; ESTC R173902	4,887	10

notice thereof VI. Doth your Minister diligently examine and instruct the Youth of your Parish in the Church-Catechism doth he present them so instructed and prepar'd to the Bishop to be confirm'd doth he endeavour to reclaim and reduce all Papists and Separatists if any be in the Parish to the true Religion established in the Church of England VII Doth your Minister presume to Marry any persons in private Houses or any under Age without the consent of Parents of Guardians or before Banns are published thrée Sundays or Holy-days in the Church in time of Divine Service or at any other hours than betwéen right and twelve in the morning unless he had license so to doe doth he duly visit comfort and pray with the Sick doth he observe the directions as well as form of Prayer in preparing them for Death in giving them the comfort of Absolution and the holy Eucharist upon the humble and hearty desire of the person visited doth he give Christian burial to all who dye not unbaptized excommunicated or laid violent hands upon themselves VIII Doth your Minister every Sunday declare to the people the days of Fasting and Abstinence and the Holy-days in the wéek following is he carefull and exemplary in observing them doth he every year twice reade the 39 Articles and Book of Canons that the people may understand and continue stedfast in the Doctrine and Discipline of the Church of England IX Is your Minister sober studious and peaceable and of exemplary life is he grave modest and regular in his behaviour and apparel is he in any kind whatsoever disorderly or scandalous is there any one in the Parish in holy Orders who hath laid aside his profession or any unlicensed or itinerant Clerk or any one under suspension or other censures of the Church for false doctrine or evil manners if any such how doth he behave and comply himself TIT. IV. Concerning Parishioners I. ARE there in your Parish known or found to be common swearers or blasphemers of God's name Drunkards Adulterers Fornicators or Incestuous persons or any that be noted to be profane persons railers unclean or filthy talkers standerers sowers of strife faction and discord among their neighbours or any Excommunicated persons II. Doth every Parishioner repair to and in your Church or Chappel both in time of Divine Service and preaching the Word of God behave themselves reverently knéeling at the Prayers and Sacrament standing when the Creed and Gospel are read saying audibly with the Minister the Confession Lord's-prayer and the Créed and making such answers as are appointed in the Book of Common-prayer III. Are there any in your Parish who neglect the Baptism of their Children or refuse to send them to be baptized at the Church except in case of necessity or do they send them to be baptized at other places or with any form but what is appointed or are there any persons unbaptiz'd in your Parish IV. Are there any married Women who after their delivery from Child-birth neglect or refuse to be Church't and make their publick Thanksgiving Do any in your Parish live as Man and Wife who are within the degrées prohibited or any that being lawfully married and not divorced by course of Law do not cohabit or any that being lawfully divorced have married again Do any refuse to pay their East●● Offerings of Duties or to pay their Rates for repair of the Church or any thing thereunto belonging V. Are any last Wills of persons departed conceal'd or not proved did any leave any Legacies to your Church or Chapel or to the Poor or any charitable and pious use which hath béen mis-spent or misapplied VI. Have any Seats or Pews béen erected in your Church or Chappel without leave from the Ordinary is there any dispute or contention about them hath there béen any disturbance clamour or riot in the Church at any time upon that account VII Are there any in your Parish who under pretence of Liberty of Conscience wholly neglect all publick worship of God neither going to Church nor any other Assembly or who do not assemble together according to the late Act for exempting Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the penalties of certain Laws VIII Have you any such Assembly of Dissenters in your Parish have they certified the place of their meeting to the Bishop or such other as that Act appoints do they meet with their doors lock'd barr'd or bolted during the time of their meeting have their Preachers subscribed the Articles of our Religion except those excepted in the Act and taken the Oaths and subscribed the Declaration therein required IX Are there any who profess themselves to be in the Communion of the Church of England who neglect resorting to their Parish-Church upon Sundays and other Holy-days and omit receiving the holy Sacrament being of years to receive it TIT. V. Concerning Parish-Clerks and Sextons I. HAve you a Parish-Clerk of at least One and twenty years of Age is he of good fame and honest conversation and ability for his Office in reading singing and writing is he chosen of your Minister does he attend him in all the Divine Services of the Church are his wages duly paid him and who with-holdeth them II. Doth your Sexton perform his duty diligently keeping the Church clean and decent in tolling and ringing the Bells at the due and accustomed times for Morning and Evening Prayer and all other occasions TIT. VI. Concerning Schole-Masters Scholes and Hospitals I. WHat Schole-master private or publick have you in your Parish is he licens'd by the Bishop doth he teach his Scholars the Church Catechism doth he cause them to repair orderly to the Church or Chapel and see that they behave themselves there quietly and reverently all the time of Divine Service and Sermon II. Hath any Hospital Alms-house or Free-schole been founded in your Parish is the Revenue and Vse ordered according to the Founder's appointment and the law of the Land III. What Legacies have any living or dying in your Parish given to the Church or Poor of your Pari●● 〈◊〉 ●re they setled and employ'd in their Revenue and Vse according to the VVill IV. Do any in your Parish practise Physick Surgery or Midwifery without license from the Ordinary TIT. VII Concerning Church-Wardens c. I. ARE the Church-wardens of your Parish yearly and duly chosen by consent of the Minister and Parishioners or one by the Minister and the other by the Parishioners II. Have the former Church-wardens given up their Accounts to the Parish and delivered up the money remaining in their hands to the succeeding Church-wardens together with all other things belonging to the Church or Chappel III. Do they provide against every Sacrament a sufficient quantity of fine white bread and good wine for the Communicants do they cause all strangers that preach in your Church or Chappel to enter their names with the name of the Bishop that licensed them in a Book for that purpose do they take care that no persons stand idle walk or talk together in the Church-yard during Divine Service or that no disorder or indecency be there FINIS