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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68015	Articles to be inquired of vvithin the dioces of Ely in the first visitation of the R. Reverend Father in God Matthevv, Lord Bishop of Ely.; Visitation articles. 1638	Church of England. Diocese of Ely. Bishop (1638-1667 : Wren)	1638 (1638)	STC 10197; ESTC R960	26,209	24

euery Sunday and Holiday and their Eues and on the day of the conuersion of Saint Paul Saint Barnabies day and euery day of the holy Wéek next before Easter as also on all Wednesdaies and Fridayes at fit and vsuall times according to the forme prescribed in the Booke of Common Prayer in a reuerent manner ouer and as audibly and distinctly as he vseth to Preach Doth he also read 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 due they stand and say Glory be to the Father c. and doth hée leaue out and not read the Contents of the Chapters After the Lessons doth he use no other Psalme or Hymne but those which the Booke of Common Prayer hath appointed Doth hée read the Créed of S. Athanass●… called the Quicunque vult on all those dayes for which it is appointed and the Commination on Ash wednesday adding the Letany on euery Wednesday and Friday 9 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 10 Doth your Parson or Vicar hauing a Curate vnder him notwithstanding read diuine Seruice himselfe frequently and publikely at the vsuall times both in the forenoone and after noone in the Church which hée possesseth and doth hée also administer both Sacraments 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 and how oft in the yéere hath he done it 11 Doth your Minister Preacher and Lecturer euery yéere of purpose and expresly yet not by way of disputation but by plain conclusion determination only teach and declare the lawfull authority which the King hath ouer the State both Ecclesiasticall and Ciuill and the iust abolishing of all Popery and forraigne power or iurisdiction over the same 12 Hath your Minister or any Preacher among you published 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. Or hath he taught any thing which he would haue the people religiously obserue and belieue 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 as you conceiued or haue béene informed by others of better iudgement 13 Doth your Minister goe to the administration of holy Baptisme euer immediately after the second Lesson Doth he alwayes at first aske whether the child bée baptized or no Afterward doth he euer vse and neuer omit both to take the child in his hands and also to make the signe of the Crosse to as to touch the childs forehead in making the same Doth he at any time publikely baptize but in the Font or with any Bason Bucket or Paile or other vessell 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 béene giuen to him And hath any child dyed without baptisme by his default 14 Doth your Minister or Cur●…ten admonish the people that they deferre not the baptisme of their infants any ●…ger after they are borne than is prescribed vnlesse vpon a great and reasonable ●ain● declared withe Minister or Curate and approued by him nor that they procure them to bée baptized at home without great necessity 15 Hath your Minister admitted any person to answer as Godfather or Godmother at the christening of a child 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 hée 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 it hath learned the Catechisme 16 Doth your Minister euery Sunday and Holiday before euening prayer halfe an houre or more catechise and instruct the youth and ignorant persons of your Parish both male and female in the ten Commandements the Articles of Beliefe and the Lords Prayer And doth he vse for that purpose the Catechisme set forth in the Book 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 private And be 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 or care not to learne 17 Are your afternoone-sermons if there were wont to be any turned into catechizing by question and answer where and whensoeuer there is no great cause apparent to the contrary And is this truly and sincerely performed without mockery or in shew only and so without any long or large discourse Sermon-wise vpon the said Questions and Answers but only to explaine the same in few and briefe passages easie to be remembred 18 Doth your Minister vse to administer the holy Communion at least thrice in the yéere whereof once at Gaster to euery parishioner in your Parish that is sixtéene yéeres of age and upwards and first to receive 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 Book of Common Prayer without alteration at euery time that the Bread and Wine is renewed Doth hée 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 blood of our Lord IESUS and upon no pretence till the Church appoint otherwise 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 prayer the Sunday before euery time of his administring of the Holy Communion for their better preparation thereunto 19 Hath your Minister admitted vnto the holy Communion any of his cure or flocke which he openly known to liue in sinne notorious

Certificate of his absolution from his Ordinary vnder the seale of the office and not by any note or Ticket only under the hand of the Register or any other Clerk Or hath hee stayed or forborne to denounce any excommunication or suspension or absolution that hath béene sent him from his Ordinary further then the next Sunday or Holyday after receipt thereof under Seale 34 Hath your Minister béene at any priuate méetings or conuenticies to consult there about the impeachment or deprauing of the doctrine of the Church of England or of the Book of Common Prayer or of any part of the gouernment and discipline of the Church or to practise any forme of their owne either for worship or discipline 35 Doth your Minister vpon Sundayes at Morning Prayer declare vnto the Parishioners what Fasting-dayes and Holy dayes are to bee kept the wéek following 36 Doth your Minister in the Rogation dayes go the perambulation of the circuit of your Parish saying and using the Prayers Suffrages and Thanksgiuing unto God appointed by Law according to his duty thanking God for his blessings and praying for his grace and fauour 37 Doth your Parson or Vicar maintaine and kéepe in due reparation the Mansion-houses and all other edifices and fenses belonging to his Parsonage or Vicarage without suffering them to grow into ruine or decay 38 Hath your Minister taken upon him to appoint or to hold or continue any private or publike fasts or méetings for preaching or lecturing on any working-day in his owne Parish or elsewhere or prophesies or exercise or any other such thing not being approued by his Ordinary for the time being 39 Is your Minister studious in holy Scripture and abstaineth from mechanicall trades bodily labour soliciting of causes in Law common buying or selling of Horses or other Cattell and all other imployments not besitting his calling and holy Function Doth he vsually weare a Gowne with a standing coller and sléeues strait at the hands and a square Cap Doth he in iourneying vse a cloak with sléeues commonly called a Priests-cloake 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 silke satten or veluet and of a decent fashion and proper for Diuines Doth he at any time goe abroad in his dublet and hose without a Coat or Cassock or weare any light coloured stockings long haire deep bands great ruffled booted or any other vndecent thing Or is hee any way excessiue in apparrell either himselfe or his wife 40 Is your Minister suspected or knowne to haue obtained his Benefice by any Simoniacall compact directly or indirectly Or is he reputed to bée 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 a brabler or brawler giuen to contention vsury brocage or common merchandizing or otherwise faulty in any other kind that is scandalous to his function 41 Hath your Minister publikely in your Parish Church or Chappell once euery yéere read ouer the Constitutions and Canons Ecclesiasticall agréed upon by the Clergy of both Prouinces An. Dom 1603 in such manner as the same is commanded to be done 42 Is there any in your Parish or resorting thereunto who hauing taken holy Orders of Priest or Deacon doth uoluntarily relinquish and forsake his calling and liues in the course of his life as a lay man Or any that hauing béene silenced or suspended by authority so remaineth without conforming himself 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 43 Haue any béene admitted to preach in your Church who doe not before the Church-wardens subscribe their names in your booke 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 44 Hath any Preacher particularly impugned and confuted any doctrine deliuered by any other Preacher in the same Church or in any Church néere adioyning before he acquainted the Bishop of the Dioces therewith and receiued order from him what to do in that case 45 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 read diuine Seruice both morning and euening two seuerall Sundaies publikely in his Surplice and Hood And also twice in the yéere administer both Sacraments with such Rites and Ceremonies as are prescribed in the book of Common Prayer 46 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 47 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 a speciall prayer for them or by any other approbation of them and their schismaticall courses 48 Haue you any Lecture of Combination set vp in your Parish And if so is it read by a company of graue and orthodor Diuines néere adioyning and in the same Dioces And doth euery one of them Preach in a Gown and not in a Cloake And when and by whom were they appointed And what be their names 49 Is any single Lecture maintained by your Towne or otherwise suffered to preach he not first professing 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 〈…〉 at licence hath he And hath he a setled contribution affixed to the Lecture 〈…〉 is it arbitrary and for this Lecturer onely What summe doth it amount to ordinarilly By whom is it usually paid or collected or of late yéeres hath béene 50 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 be sung in Churches is it done according to that graue manner which first was in vse that such doe sing as can read the Psalmes or haue learned them by heart and not after that vncouth and vndecent custome of late taken vp to haue every line first read by one alone 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 private houses or