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A00233	Articles to be inquired of vvithin the dioces of Norwich in the first visitation of the R. Reverend Father in God, Matthevv, Lord Bishop of Norwich.; Visitation articles. 1636	Church of England. Diocese of Norwich. Bishop (1635-1638 : Wren); Wren, Matthew, 1585-1667.	1636 (1636)	STC 10298; ESTC S122526	22,475	20

then comming from the Pulpit if the Sermon were made within the Church or Chappell doth he or whosoeuer then officiates at the same place where he left before the Sermon procéed to reade the remainder of the diuine Seruice and at the close of all to giue the Blessing 7 Doth euery Priest and Seacon in your Parish daily say the Morning and Euening prayer either priuately or openly vnlesse he be vpon lawfull cause hindered Doth your Curate say the same daily in your Church or Chappell with the tolling of a Bell before he begin Especially doth your Minister or Curate do it on euery Sunday and Holiday and their Eues and on the day of the conuersion of S. Paul S. Barnabies day and euery day of the holy wéeke next before Easter as also on all Wednesdayes and Fridayes at fit and vsuall times according to the forme prescribed in the Booke of Common Prayer in a reuerent manner euer and as audibly and distinctly as he vseth to preach Doth he also reade all those Psalmes and Lessons and no other with the Collect Epistle and Gospell which are appointed for the day At the end of euery Psalme doe they stand and say Glory be to the Father c. and doth he leaue out the Contents of the Chapters After the Lessons doth he vse any other Psalme or Hymne but those which the Booke of Common Prayer hath appointed Doth he reade the Créed of S. Athanasius called the Quicunque vult on all those dayes for which it is appointed and the Commination on Ashwednesday and the Letany on euery Wednesday and Friday 8 Doth your Minister and Curate at all times as well in preaching or reading the Homilies as in reading the Prayers and the Letany in administring the holy Sacraments solemnization of Mariage burying of the dead churching of women and all other Offices of the Church duly obserue the Orders and Rites prescribed without omission alteration or addition of any thing And doth he in performing all and euery of these weare the Surplice duly and neuer omit the wearing of the same nor of his Hood if he be a Graduate 9 Doth your Parson or Uicar hauing a Curate vnder him notwithstanding read diuine Seruice himselfe vpon two seuerall Sundayes in the yéere publikely at the vsuall times both in the forenoone and afternoone in the Church which he possesseth and doth he also administer both Sacraments as often in euery yéere in such manner and with the obseruation of all such Rites and Ceremonies as are prescribed in the booke of Common Prayer in that behalfe 10 Doth your Minister Preacher and Lecturer euery yéere of purpose and expresly yet not by way of disputation but by plaine conclusion and determination teach and declare the lawfull authority which the King hath ouer the State both Ecclesiasticall and Ciuill and the iust abolishing of all forraigne power or iurisdiction ouer the same 11 Doth your Minister publish in his Sermons any doctrine which is new and strange and disagréeing from the Word of God and from the Articles of Christian Faith and Religion agréed on and published Anno Domini 1562. And doth he teach any thing which he would haue the people religiously obserue and beleeue but that which is agréeable to the Scriptures and that which the Catholike Fathers and ancient Bishops haue gathered out of that Doctrine according to the Canon 12 Doth your Minister go to the administration of holy Baptisme euer immediately after the second Lesson Doth he alwayes at first aske whether for childe be baptized or no Afterward doth he euer vse and neuer omit both to take the childe in his hands and also to make the signe of the Crosse so as to touch the childs forehead in making the same Doth he at any time baptize but in the Font or with any Bason or Paile or other Uessell set into the Font Hath he euer deferred or willingly neglected or refused to baptize any infant within the Parish being in danger of death notice thereof hauing beene giuen to him And hath any childe died without baptisme by his default 13 Doth your Minister or Curate often admonish the people that they defer not the baptisme of their infants any longer after they are borne than is prescribed vnlesse vpon a great and reasonable cause declared to the Minister or Curate and approued by him nor that they procure them to be baptized at home without great necessity 14 Hath your Minister admitted any person to answer as Godfather or Godmother at the christning of a childe that hath not before receiued the holy Communion and is not able to recite the Lords Prayer the ten Commandements and the Articles of Beliefe and to answer to the same being required And doth he at the Font as soone as he hath baptized any child admonish them to bring the child to the Bishop to be confirmed as soone as he hath learned the Catechisme 15 Doth your Minister euery Sunday and holyday before euening prayer where no Sermon was wont to be halfe an houre or more catechize and instruct the youth and ignorant persons of your parish in the ten Commandements the Articles of Beliefe and the Lords Prayer And doth be vse for that purpose the Catechisme set forth in the booke of Common Prayer and diligently heare instruct and teach them in the said Catechisme Or what other Catechisme doth he vse either in publike or priuate And bee the youth and ignorant persons of your parish sent in due time vnto your Church by them that ought to send them to be catechized and instructed by the Minister And if not you are to present the names of those that make default in sending them and of all those that vse not to come 16 Are your after-noone Sermons if there were wont to be any turned into catechizing by question and answer where and whensoeuer there is 〈◊〉 great cause apparent to the contrary And is this truly and sincerely performed without mockery or in shew only 17 Doth your Minister vse to administer the holy Communion at least thrice in the yéere whereof once at Easter to euery parishioner in your Parish that is sixtéene yeeres of age and vpwards and first to receiue the same himselfe knéeling on euery day that he administreth it to others and to administer it to none but to such as doe knéele at the receiuing thereof And doth he alwayes vse the words of Institution according to the Booke of Common Prayer without alteration at euery time that the Bread and Wine is renewed Doth hee also vse to deliuer the Bread and Wine to euery Communicant seuerally and with his owne hand repeating to euery one all the words appointed to be said at the distribution of the holy Body and Bloud of our Lord IESUS and vpon no pretence omitting any part of the words or saying them all but now and then to many at once And is there warning giuen by him to the parishioners publikely in the Church at morning

he said diuine Seruice whiles any excommunicate person hath beene present in the Church Or hath he admitted any person that hath beene excommunicate into the Church without a Certificate of his absolution from his Ordinary Or hath be staied or forborne to denounce any excommunication or suspension or absolution that hath beene sent him from his Ordinary 33 Hath your Minister béene at any priuate mé etings or conuenticles to consult there about the impeachment or deprauing of the Doctrine of the Church of England or of the Booke of Common Prayer or of any part of the gouernement and discipline of the Church or to practise any forme of their owne either for worship or discipline 34 Doth your Minister vpon Sundayes at Morning Prayer declare vnto the parishioners what Fasting-dayes and Holy-dayes are to be kept the wéeke following 35 Doth your Minister in the Rogation-dayes go the perambulation of the circuit of your Parish saying and vsing the Prayers Suffrages and Thanksgiuing vnto God appointed by Law according to his dutie thanking God for his blessings and praying for his grace and fauour 36 Doth your Parson or Uicar maintaine and kéepe in due reparation the Mansion-house and all other edifices belonging to his Parsonage or Uicarage without suffering them to grow into ruine or decay 37 Hath your Minister taken vpon him to appoint or to hold or continue any priuate or publike Fasts or meetings for preaching or lecturing on any working-day in his owne Parish or elsewhere or prophesies or exercises or any other such thing not approued by his Ordinary for the time being 38 Is your Minister studious in holy Scripture and abstaineth from mechanicall trades bodily labour soliciting of causes in Law common buying and selling of Horses or other Cattell and all other imployments not befitting his calling and holy Function Doth he vsually weare a Gowne with a standing collar and sléeues strait at the hands and a square Cap Doth he in iourneying vse a cloake with sléeues commonly called a Priests-clerke without guards buttons or cuts Doth he at any time in publike weare any coife or wrought night-cap but only a plaine cap of black silk satten or vel●et Doth he at any time goe abroad in his doublet and hose without a coat or cassock or weare any light coloured stockings Or is he any way excessie in apparell either himselfe or his wife 39 Is your Minister suspected or knowne to haue obtained his Benefice by any Simonai●●ll compact directly or indirectly Or is he reputed to be an incontinent person a frequenter of Tauernes Innes or Ale-houses a common gamester or player at dice or cards a common swearer or drunkard or otherwise faulty in any o●her kinde that is scandalous to his function 40 Hath your Minister publikly in your Parish Church or Chappell once euery yeere read ouer the Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiasticall agreed vpon by the Clergie of both Prouinces An●o Dom 1603. in such manner as the same is commanded to bée done 41 Is there any in your Parish or resorting thereunto who hauing taken holy Orders of Priest or Deacon doth voluntarily relinquish and forsake●h h●s calling and liues in the course of his life as a Lay-man Or any that hauing beene sil●nced or suspended by authority so remaineth without conforming himselfe in due obedience to the Church And how doth he imploy his time and where or whence hath he his maintenance as you know or haue heard 42 Are any admitted to preach in your Church who doe not before the Churchwardens subscribe their na●●s in your book prouided for that purpose and the day when he or they preached and the name of the Bishop or Bishops of whom they had license to preach 43 Doth any Preacher particularly impugne and confute any doctrine deliuered by any o●her Preacher in the same Church or in any Church neere adioyning before he hath acquainted the Bishop of the Dioces therewith and receiued order from him what to do in that ease 44 Haue you any Lecturer in your Parish and on what day is your Lecture If any such be doth he twice at the least euery yéere reade diuine Seruice both morning and euening two seuerall Sundayes publikely in his Surplice and Hood And also twice in the yéere administer both Sacraments with such Rites and Ceremonies as are prescribed by the Booke of Common Prayer 45 Doth the Lecturer whosoeuer he be reade the diuine Seruice according to the Liturgie printed by authority in his Surplice and Hood before euery Lecture 46 Doth your Preacher or Lecturer behaue himselfe in his Lectures and Sermons as he ought to doe teaching obedience and edifying his auditory in matters of faith and good life without intermedling with matters of State or newes or other discourses not fit for the Pulpit and also without fauouring or abetting Schismaticks or Separatists that are at home or are gone abroad either by speciall prayer for them or by any other approbation of them 47 Haue you any Lecture of Combination set up in your Parish And if so is it read by a companie of graue and orthodox Diuines néere adioyning and in the same Dioces And doth euery one of them preach in a Gowne and not in a Cloake And when and by whom were they appointed And what be their names 48 Is any single Lecturer maintained by your Towne or otherwise suffered to preach he not first pro●essing his willingnesse to take vpon him the cure of soules nor actually taking a Benefice or Cure so soone as it may be fairely procured for him What is his name and what license hath he And hath he a setled contribution affixed to the Lecturers place or is it arbitrary and for this Lecturer only What sum doth it amount to ordinarily By whom is it vsually paid or collected or of late yéeres hath béene 49 If any Psalmes be vsed to be sung in your Church before or after the morning and euening prayer or before or after the Sermons vpon which occasions only they are allowed to bee sung in Churches is it done according to that graue maner which first was in vse that such doe sing as can reade the Psalmes or haue learned them by heart and not after that vncough and vndecent custome of late taken vp to haue euery line first read and then sung by the people Chap. 5. Concerning Matrimony BE there any in your Parish that haue maried within the degrées of affinity or consanguinity by the Law of God forbidden as is expressed in a certaine Table published by authority in Anno 1563. And if any haue so maried what be their names and where were they maried and by whom 2 Hath any béene maried secretly in priuate houses or without their Parents or Gouernours consent signified being vnder the age of 21. yéeres 3 Haue any persons beene maried in your Parish the Banes hauing not been thrice published three seuerall Sundayes or Holydayes in time of diuine Seruice Who were the parties and who were present