WHETHER haue you in your Church all things requisite for the Common Prayer , and due administration of the Sacraments , according to his Maiesties lawes , and Canons Ecclesiasticall lately established ? and namely , a faire Bible , the booke of Common Prayer lately ordained onely to be vsed , a Font of stone set 〈◇〉 in the ancient vsuall place , a decent Communion table standing ●●●n a frame , with a Carpet of Silke , or some other séemely stuffe , 〈◇〉 a faire Linnen cloth to lay thereon at the time of the Communi●● , a faire Communion cup with a couer of siluer , a decent Pulpit ●ith a cloth and Cushion for the same , a conuenient Pulpit or seat to ●ade seruice in , a comely large Surplisse , a strong Chest for almes for 〈◇〉 poore , hauing thrée lockes and keies , and another Chest for kéeping 〈◇〉 the Ornaments of the Church , & the Church Register booke ? & whe●●er haue you a Register booke of Parchment , of all Christnings , wed●●●gs , and burials ? and whether is the same kept according to the ●●anous ? and whether doth your Minister vpon euery Sunday reade 〈◇〉 names of such as haue béene Christened , married , or buried the 〈◇〉 ●e before ?

2 Whether your Church , Chancell , and Churchyard be kept in good ●●parations , aswell within , as without ? whether any prophanation 〈◇〉 vsed in thē , or any man hath incroached vpon them ? & whether your ●arsonage or Vicarage house , and all the housing thereunto belong●●g , be likewise maintained in sufficient reparations ? If not , through ●hese default is it ? and what is the defect ?

Whether haue you a Terrier of all the Gleabes , Lands , Mea●●es , Gardens , Orchards , Houses , Stockes , Implements , Tenements , and portions of tythes lying within , or without your ●●rish ; which belong vnto your Parsonage or Vicarage , and in wh●●● hands it doth remaine ? If not , you shall together with your Mini●●● make diligent inquiry of all the premisses , and exhibite with your 〈◇〉 presentment a true note of them in parchment , subcribed with y●● hands , specifying how they are buttalled and bounded , and in wh● accupation at this present they are ?

4 WHether diuine seruice be said in your Church by your ●●nister distinctly and reuerently , on all Sundayes , and h●●● dayes appointed to be obserued by the lawes of England , and on th●● Eeues , and on Wednesdays and Fridays at conuenient vsuall time and whether doth hee in ministring the Sacraments , solemnizing 〈◇〉 Matrimony , visitation of the sicke , burying the dead , churching of 〈◇〉 men , and all other Rites and offices of the Church , vse the formes 〈◇〉 Prayers prescribed in the booke of Common Prayers , without any ●mission or addition ? and whether doth he reade the booke of Cano● once yearely , and were a Surplisse according to the Canon ?

5 Whether doth your Minister solemnly giue warning to his P●rishioners for the administration of the holy Communion , and for t●●● obseruation of all holidayes , and fasting dayes ? and whether doth 〈◇〉 visite the sicke , & exhort them to gius to the poore ? and whether doth 〈◇〉 conferre with Recusants in your Parish ( if there be any ) according 〈◇〉 the Canons ? and whether doth he admit to the holy Communion a●● notorious offenders , Schismatickes , or strangers , or rei●ct any w●●●● are not by presentment , or publike scandall infamous for some notor●ous crime ? and whether doth he admit any Father to be Godfath●● to his owne childe , or any to be Godfathers and Godmothers , whi●● haue not receiued the holy Communion ? and whether doth he not v●●● the signé of the crosse in baptisme , or doth baptize in any Bason , or 〈◇〉 ther vessell , and not in the vsuall Font , or doth baptize in any childr●●● that were not borne within the Parish ? and whether doth he mar●●● any in any exempt place , or without Banes published thrée seuer●● Sundayes or holidays , or without a sufficient dispensation or licens●● or without license in times prohibited , albeit the Banes were thre●● published , or not , betwéene the houres of eight & twelue in the for noone , or ( if the parties be vnder the age of One and Twenty yeare●● before their Parents or Cournors haue signified their consent 〈◇〉 〈◇〉 and whether doth he refuse to christen , or to burie , or deser the 〈◇〉 longer then he should ? and whether by his default any child 〈◇〉 dyed without baptisme in your Parish ?

6 Whether doth hee preach , minister the Communion , baptize children , vnlesse in case of necessity , solemnize marriage , or church ●●omen in priuate houses ? or doth he kéepe or suffer any Fasts , pro●●hesies , Exercises , or Exorcismes , without lawfull authority ? or doth he hold or suffer any priuate conuenticles contrary to the Canons ? and whether doth he frequent Tauernes , Alehouses , or any ●lace suspected for incontinency ? or doth he table or lodge in any ●●ath house ? or is he a common gamster at Dice , Cards , Tables , or any other vnlawfull game ? or is he a swearer , or drunkard , or one that applyeth not himselfe to his studie , or is otherwise offensiue , or standalous to his function , and ministry ? or doth not he vse derency in his apparell , as by the Canons he is enioyned ?

7 Whether is he continually resident vpon his Benefice ? or how long time hath he béene absent from the same ? and ( in case hee hée licensed to be absent ) whether doth he cause his Cure to be sufficiently supplied according to the Canons ? whether ( if he be a Preacher allowed ) doth he preach one sermon euery Sunday , or ( if not so allowed ) doth he procure monthly Sermons , and reade Homilies ? and whether ( not being so allowed ) doth he expound any Scripture , or suffer any man to preach in your Church , whom you haue not well knowne to haue béene sufficiently licensed , and who hath not first subscribed his name , together with the day when he did preach , and who was not soberly or decently apparelled ?

8 Whether your Preacher and Lecturer reade diuine Seruice , and minister the Sacraments twise in the yeare at the least , in his owne person , according to the Canons ? and whether doth hee vse the forme of Prayer , before his Sermon , for the Kings most excellent Maiesty , exhorting the people to obedience to his Maiestie , and ●ther Magistrates in authority vnder him ?

9. Whether doth your Minister on Sundaies and holidayes catechise the youth and ignorant persons in your Parish , according to the order prescribed in the beake of Common Prayer , and according to the Canons ? and whether doth he in the Rogation dayes vse the pera●bulation of the rircuite of the Parish , appointed by the law , according to his dutie ?

10 Whether doth he euery sixe moneths denounce in your Parish Church , all such of your Parish as dot perseuere in the sentence 〈◇〉 Excommunication , not sée king to be absolued ? and whether hat● he admitted any such Excommunicate person to the Communion or to the Church , without Certificate of his absolution : and whether doth he , or any of your Parish , familiarly frequent the company of any such excommunicate person ?

11 WHether any of your Parishioners one not cause their children , seruants , and Apprentices to come to their Minister vpon Sundayes and holidayes , to be instructed in the Ga●iechsme by him ? and whether any of them refuse or neglect to come , or comming , refuse to learne those instructions set forth in the booke of Common Prayer ? and what be the names of them so not causing , or refusing ?

12 Whether any of your parishioners , or other strangers soiourning , lodging , or commonly resorting to any house within your Parish , being aboue Sixteene yeares of age , do wilfully or negligently absent themselues from your Parish Church , vpon Sundayes , or holidayes , at Morning and Euening prayer ? or who come very late to Church vpon the said dayes ? or who depart from Church before the diuine Seruice be finished ? or who doe not reuerently behaue themselues during the time of diuine Seruice , deuoutly knoeling at such times as the generall confession of sinnes , the Letany , the ten Commandements , and all prayers and Collects are read ? and what Men , Youthes , and Boyes , during all that time , haue not had their heads wholly vncouered , except in case of apparant sicknesse ? and who doe vse any gaming or pastime abroad , or in any house , or doe sit in the stréet , or Churchyard , or in any Tauerne or Victualling house , vpon any of those days in the time of diuine seruice ? and who haue quarrelled , brawled , or vsed violence to any person within your Church , or Churchyard ? and who haue vsed filthy and prophane talke , or other rude and immodest behauiour ? and what be the names of the offenders herein ?

13 Whether there be any of , or within your Parish , being Sixteene yeares of age , and vpward , that doe not receine the holy Communion in your Church thrice in this yeare at the least , and chiefty once at Caster next ? and whether any of your Parish doe not deuoutly knéele at the receiuing thereof ? and whether doth not your ●●nister receiue it himself ? on euery day that he administreth it to 〈◇〉 , and vse the words of Institution at euery time that the Bread ●●●ine is administred ? and whether haue all those persons which ●●●●e béen partakers of the holy Communion , signified their names ●nto the Minister , or vnto some other person by him thereunto ap●ointed oner-night , or else in the morning before the beginning of Morning prayers , according to the forme prescribed in the booke of Common Prayers aforesaid , to the intent that the Minister , and all ●thers appointed to haue the charge and care thereof , may fully bée ●●vertised , and take notice ( in due time ) of all them that haue ●●éne Communicants , and of all them that haue not béen Communicants at the time and times appointed for the same ? To which purpose , that the people may be prepared so to doe , the Minister shall giue publike warning thereof in the Church , on the next Sunday before the Communion shall be celebrated . And whether doe your selues diligently obserue your office , in marking what persons of or within your Parish offend against this , and the next precedent Article , in due presenting of their names ?

14 Whether any in your Parish hauing a Preacher to their Parson , Uicar , or Curate , doe absent themselues from his Sermons , and resort to other places to heare other Preachers ? and whether any hauing béene ordained Prieff , or Deacon , hath relinquished the same , and betaken himselfe to a course of life as a Lay man ? And whether any ( not being in Orders ) do openly reade common Prayer , or execute any ministeriall dutie in the Church , and what bée their names ?

15 Whether there be any that doe publikely or priuately speake against the booke of Common Prayer , deprauing the same , or any therein contained ? or doe so speake against , or depraue any of the Articles of Religion , agréed vpon in Anno Dom . 1562 ? or against the Kings rovall Supremacie in causes Ecclesiasticall ? or against any of the Rites or Ceremonies of the Church of England ? or against the gouernment of the said Church of England , vnder the kings most excellent Maiestie , by Archbishops , Bishops , Deanes , Archdeacon● , and other Officers thereunto lawfully appointed , affirming that the same is repugnant to the word of God , and that the said Ecclesiasticall Officers are not lawfully ordained ? or whether there be any that be Authors , or Maintainers of Schisme , or any persons in their houses , to eate , drinke , or play at any game during the time of diuine Seruice , or Sermon on those dayes ? an● you are to specifie the offences , and offenders .

24 Whether doe any in your Parish familiarly frequent th●● company of excommunicate persons ? and whether doth your Minister , or any of your Parish , without consent of your Ordinary , cause any to doe penance ? or to be censured or punished by any Vestrie méetings , or otherwise by their owne authority ? or one or haue taken any money for any crime or matter punishable by the Ecclesiasticall lawes ? and you are to specifie the names of them that haue béene so punished , and in what manner , and vpon what cause .

25 Whether haue you , and euery of you the Churcwardens , and Sidemen , within the space of one wéeke next and immediately ensuing your admission ( by vs , or our authority ) into this your Office , and sithence the same , once in euery moneth at the least , diligently and carefully rea●y , or heare read , and duely considered of all and euery of these Articles giuen you in charge ? and whether haue you , and euery of you diligently and carefully endeauoured to inquire and know the offences and offenders , against any of the contents of these Articles ? and whether haue you duely presented all and euery of them , vnto vs the Archdeacon of London your Ordinary , or vnto our Officiall , according to your seuerall oaths , by vs , or our authority in this behalfe , administred vnto you ? and if any one , or more of you the Churchwardens , and Sidemen , doe know , or haue heard of any fault inquired of in these Articles , or of any other crime ( the reformation whereof belongeth to the Ecclesiasticall Zurisdiction ) happening from the Fiue and twentieth day of March . Anno Dom . 1620. that then you shall informe one another thereof . and shall likewise present the same , by vertue of your oaths taken as aforesaid .

Whether haue you the Churchwardens , and Sidemen , at fif seasons , met togethers , and ( in the presence of your Minister ) conferred of your presentments to be made vpon , and your answers vnto euery of these preceding Articles ? and whether haue you required your Minister , to be present with you , and to assist you at those times ? In●●mating hereby , that if you will not present , according to your o●●●s , and charge , your Minister may himselfe present vnto vs , or●●● Officiall , such faults and crimes as are before particularly inquired of , in these precedent Articles , for the due refornation of the same

WHereas in diuers great Parishes within the Archdeaconry of London , multitudes of people vsually come to receiue the holy C●●●nunion , some of whome are persons excommunicated : It is thought to be very conuenient , that in euery Parish the names of all such persons excommunicated , be alwayes kept in writing , from time to time . That so the Minister ( when he is to administer that holy Sacrament ) may thereby be remembred of those persons excommunicated , and so auoyde them .