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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32949	Articles of visitation and enquiry, concerning matters ecclesiastical, exhibited to the ministers, church-wardens, and side-men of every parish within the arch-deaconry of Gloucester, in the first visitation of the Arch-Deacon	Church of England. Diocese of Gloucester. Bishop (1660-1672 : Nicholson); Nicholson, William, 1591-1672.	1663 (1663)	Wing C4045; ESTC R40823	9,808	16

ARTICLES OF VISITATION and ENQVIRY Concerning Matters Ecclesiastical EXHIBITED To the Ministers Church-Wardens and Side-men of every Parish within the Arch-deaconry of Gloucester In the First VISITATION OF THE ARCH-DEACON LONDON Printed for William Leak at the Sign of the Crown in Fleet street near the two Temple-Gates 1663. The Form of the Oath to be administred to the Church-Wardens and Side-men of every Parish YOU shall swear That upon due and faithful enquiry you will make a true answer unto every Article in this Book now given you in charge all affection favor hatred hope of reward gain fear of displeasure laid aside And present every person that now is or of late was inhabiting within your Parish that hath committed any offence or omitted any duty therein mentioned neither presenting or sparing to present any person contrary to truth And this you shall do as in the sight of God uprightly truly and impartially So help you God Articles of Visitation and Enquiry within the Archdeaconry of GLOUCESTER SECT 1. Concerning MINISTERS I. IS your Parsonage or Vicarage void and destitute of a Minister or Curate how long hath it béen void and who is known or accounted to be the rightful Patron thereof II. IS your Minister a Priest or Deacon Ordained by some Bishop according to the known Lawes of the Church of England III. IS he Defamed or suspected to have obtained either Holy Orders or his Benefice by Contract or Simony And HATH he béen lawfully instituted and inducted into his Benefice as you know or believe and did he within Two Months after his Induction openly on some Sunday in the time of Divine Service in the Parish Church of his Benefice read the 39. Articles of Religion of the Church of England established by Authority and there Publickly declare his Assent to every one of them and did he openly and publickly before the Congregation according to the Act of Parliament declare his unfeigned Assent and Consent to all things in the Book of Common-Prayer contained and prescribed in these words and no other I A. B. do hereby declare my unfeigned Assent and Consent to all and every thing contained in and by the Book intituled The Book of Common-Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church according to the use of the Church of England together with the Psalter or Psalms of David pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches and the Form or Manner of Making Ordaining and Consecrating Bishops Priests and Deacons IV. HATH he any other Ecclesiastical Benefice Prehend or Dignity is he constantly Resident upon his Benefice amongst you how many wéeks in any one year hath he béen absent from it without urgent Necessity allowed by the Bishop of the Diocess V. IF your Minister hath a Curate to assist him is the said Curate in Holy Orders an able Or hodor and Discréet Person and Conformable to the Lawes and Orders of the Church of England is he Licensed by the Bishop to serve in your Church or Chappel and doth be serve in any Church beside VI. DOTH your Minister read the whole Common-Prayer distinctly and reverently every Sunday and Holyday and observe the Orders Rites and Ceremonies prescribed in that Book of Common-Prayer at Morning and Evening Service Administration of the Holy Sacraments Celebration of Marriage Churching of Women after Childbirth Visitation of the Sick Burial of the Dead and pronouncing Gods Commination against Sinners use the Form and Words prescribed in the Book of Common-Prayer without any Addition Diminution or Alteration of the same and doth he use all such Rites and Ceremonies in all parts of Divine Service as are appointed in the said Book VII WHETHER your Minister after he hath Consecrated the Bread and Wine at the Communion Table doth first receive it himself and deliver both the Bread and Wine to every Communicant severally and give Notice publickly in the Church at Morning Prayer the Sunday before for the better preparation of the Parishoners and doth he admit to the Communion any notorious Sinner before Repentance or such as refuse to knéel or deny to be present at publick Prayers VIII DOTH your Minister at the Reading or Celebrating any Solemn or Divine Office in your Church or Chappel wear the Surplice or being a Graduate doth he wear a Hood according to the Order of the Vniversities agréeable to his Degrée IX DOTH he also observe the Holydayes and Fasting-dayes and also the Ember Weeks and the yearly Perambulation in Rogation Week and doth he give Notice to his Parishoners of every the same Duties in the Church in the time of Divine Service upon the Sunday next before X. HATH your Minister béen Licensed to Preach by the Bishop or either of the Two Vniversities or by any other lawful Authority doth he then constantly unless in Case of Sickness necessary Absence or other reasonable Impediment himself Preach in your Church or Chappel one Sermon every Sunday XI DOTH he in his Sermons four times in the Year at least Declare the Kings Majesties Power within His Realms to be the Highest Power under God to whom all People within the same owe Loyalty and Obedience and that all Forrain Power is justly taken away XII DOTH you Minister every Lords Day and Holyday before Evening Prayers for the space of half an houre at least hear the Youth and ignorant People of your Parish repeat the Catechism set down in the Book of Common-Prayer and in the time of Evening Prayer after the Second Lesson Instruct them and Expound to them some part of the said Catechism and doth he prepare and at fitting times 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 inhabit in your Parish to the true Religion established in the Church of England and to their bounden Duty in obeying the Lawes and submitting to the Government thereof XIII DOTH your Minister or Curate neglect to Visit the Sick or delay the Baptism of any Infant that is in danger of death is there in your Parish any Child past Infancy or other person of more years through your Ministers default or otherwise yet remaining unbaptized in your Parish doth he Baptize any without Godfathers and Godmothers who have not first received the Communion or admit either of the Parents to be Godfather or Godmother to their own Children XIV DOTH he in his Sermons Preach sound Doctrine tending to the Edification of the People in the Knowledge and Faith of Jesus Christ and in Obedience to Gods Holy Commandment or hath he at any time as you know or have heard held Conventicles or secret Méetings tending to the Depraving of the Common-Prayer and established Government of the Church or Preached any False Heretical Seditious or Schismatical Doctrine tending to the Breach of the Unity of the Church and with intent thereby to draw the People into Parties and Factions to