Tit . I. Concerning Churches and Chappels , with the Ornaments and Furniture thereunto belonging . I. IS your Parish-Church or Chappel kept in good repair in all parts of it , with such cleanliness , decency , and order , as becomeeth a House dedicated to the Publick Worship and Service of God ? II . Hath any thing belonging to them , as Bells , Lead or the like been sold or embezelled ? When , and by whom ? III . Is there a Font of Stone , with a good cover to it , standing in a convenient place , towards the lower part of your Church , for the Administration of Baptisme ? And is there in your Chancel a decent Communion-Table , with a fair Carpet of Silk , or fine Cloath , with another of fine Linnen , to spread thereon at the Administration of the Lord's Supper ? And have you a fair Communion-Cup or Chalice with a Cover of Silver , and one or more Flagons of Silver or Pewter belonging to that Service ? IV . Have you in your said Church or Chappel a convenient Seat or Pew for your Minister to read Divine Service in : a Pulpit , with a comely Cloath or Cushion for the same : a Bible of the last Translation in a large Volume , and two Books of Common-Prayer , one for the Minister , and the other for the Clerk , all well and substantially bound ? Have you likewise the Book of Homilies set forth by Authority ? A Book of Canons and Constitutions Ecclesiastical , The Book of Thirty Nine Articles of Religion , and a printed Table of the degrees wherein Marriage is prohibited ? Have you also His Majesties Proclamation commanded to be read yearly upon the Sunday before the Thirtieth day of January ? V. Have you a comely large Surplice , and other Ornaments for your Minister , according to his Degree , to wear in his publick Administrations , for outward decency and distinction ? VI . Have you a Book of Parchment , wherein are Registred the Names of all such persons as are Married , Christened and Buried within your Parish ? And is the Transcript thereof yearly , within a month next after the 25th of March , brought into the Bishops Registry ? VII . Have you likewise another Book of Paper , wherein to Record the Names and Licences of all such strangers as are admitted , at any time , to Preach in your Church or Chappel ? As also a third Book wherein to write down the Church-wardens Accounts ; and such sums of Money as have been collected in your Parish , upon any Briefs that have come unto it : together with a strong Chest with Locks and Keyes , wherein to keep the aforesaid Books , and all other the afore-mentioned Furniture in safe custody ? And lastly , Have you a Bier , with a Black Herse-cloth for the Burial of the Dead ?

Tit . II . Concerning the Church-yard ; the Houses , Glebe , and Tithes belonging to the Church . I. IS your Church-yard sufficiently fenced , and kept from all Annoyance ? Hath any person encroached upon the same , or cut down the Trees therein ? II . Is the Mansion-house of your Minister , with all other houses thereunto belonging , kept in good repair ? Have any of them been pulled down , or defaced ? Have any encroached upon the Land thereto belonging or fell'd the Trees thereon growing ? III . Have you a perfect Terrier of all Glebe-lands , Gardens , Orchards and Tenements belonging to your Parsonage or Vicarage ? Also a particular List of such Pensions , Tithes , Rents , Customs , and other yearly Profits within or without your Parish , as belong thereto ? Are any of them withheld from your Minister ? And by whom ? IV . Have any of the Antient Glebe-lands belonging to your Parsonage or Vicarage been taken away , or alienated by Lease , Sale , or Exchange , without Licence from the Ordinary , and the free consent of the Incumbent ? Have any Enclosures been made in your Parish , to the detriment of the Church ?

Tit . III . Concerning Ministers . I. IS your Minister Episcopally Ordained Priest or Deacon , according to the Laws of the Church of England ? II . Is he defamed , or suspected to have obtained either his Benefice or Orders by any Simoniacal compact ? III . Hath he been legally Instituted and Inducted into his Benefice : and did he , within two monthes , after his Induction , publickly in the Church , upon some Sunday , or Holyday , in the time of Divine Service , Read the 39 Articles of the Church of England , and there publickly declare his assent thereunto ? IV . Hath he any Ecclesiastical Benefice , or doth he supply any other Church besides his own ? Is he constantly resident among you , or is he at any time , for any long season , absent ? Hath he a setled Curate to assist him in his absence ? Is that Curate an able , discreet , and Conformable person , Licensed by the Bishop , residing and attending only upon that Cure ? And hath he a competent allowance according to the value of the Living ? V. Doth your Parson , Vicar , or Curate , Read the daily Morning and evening Service , with the Second Service ( as it is prescribed ) on Sundayes and Holydayes ? Doth he read also the Litany on Sundayes , as likewise on Wednesdayes and Frydayes . And doth he in Reading the Services , and in the Administration of the Holy Sacraments , Celebration of Marriage , Churching of Women after Child-birth , Visitation of the Sick , Burial of the Dead , and Pronouncing Gods Commination against impenitent sinners , use the Form and words presc●●●bed in the Book of Common-Prayer , without any addition , omission , 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 ? VI . Doth your Minister , at the Reading and Celebrating the Divine offices in your Church , or Chappel , constantly wear the Surplice , together with such other Scholastical habit , as is suitable to his Degree ? VII . Doth your Minister give you notice of , and duly observe Holydays , Festivals , or Feasts , with other Solemn times , as Ember and Rogation Weeks , according as it is by Laws and Canons of this Church appointed ? VIII . Hath your Minister been licenced to officiate , by the Bishop of this Diocess , or either of the two Vniversities ? Doth he , being thus licenced , diligently read Divine Service , and Preach every Lords-day in your Church or Chappel , unless hindred by Sickness , or reasonable absence ? And in such cases doth he procure some lawful Minister to read Prayers , to Preach and perform other Ministerial duties ? IX . Doth your Minister constantly on Sundayes in the afternoon , immediately after the second Lesson diligently instruct the youth of your Parish in the Church Catechism ? And doth he prepare and 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 be inhabiting within your Parish ) to the true Religion established in the Church of England , and their bounden duty in obeying the Laws , and submitting to the Government thereof ? X. Doth your Minister celebrate the Sacrament of the Lords Supper so often every year , that every Parishioner may receive thrice at least ? And doth he repell those that ought not to be admitted , giving an account of them to the Bishop ? XI . Is he ready to Visit the Sick , and to Baptize Infants that are in danger of death ? Is there any Infant , or other person , by his default Vnbaptized in your Parish ? Doth he use to Baptize any without God-fathers or God-mothers or admit either of the Parents to be Godfather or Godmother to their own Child , or doth he Baptize any at home , except in case of imminent danger ? XII . Hath he at any time ( as you know , or have heard ) Preached any False , Heretical , Sedetious , or Schismatical Doctrine , thereby to seduce the People into Parties and Factions , to the disturbance of the Publick Peace , and Unity either of Church or State ? XIII . Hath he presumed to Marry any Persons in private Houses ? Or such as being under age , have not the consent of their Parents , or Gaurdians ? Or without the Banns first Published on three Sundays or Holydayes in the Church ? Or at any other Hours than between Eight and Twelve in the morning , unless he had a Licence so to do ? XIV . Hath your Minister taken upon him to appoint any publick or private Fasts , Prophecying or Exercises not appointed by Authority ? Or doth he or any other , either Minister , or Lay-person , hold any Conventicles , or Meetings in private houses within your Parish , for People of several Famalies to resort unto , under the pretence of Preaching , Praying , Thanksgiving , or Humiliation , contrary to the Laws and Canons in that case provided ? XV . Is your Minister conformable to the holy Rule , and Great Example of our Lord Jesus Christ ? Is he a Man of a studious , sober , peaceable and exemplary life , for sanctity , charity and industry in his Calling ? Is he grave , modest and regular in his outward demeanour , without Vanity in his hair , and his Apparel such as may distinguish him from the Laity , as the Canons of the Church require ? Is his discourse and whole conversation becoming a Minister of the Gospel , who remembers the great account he must give for his own and other Mens Souls committed to his care ? Or is he in any kind whatsover Disorderly and Scandalous .

Tit . IV . Concerning the Parishioners . I. ARe there any in your Parish that are reputed Hereticks , or Schismaticks , refusing Communion with the Church of England , or professing any other Religion than what is established in this Church , seducing others from it , and railing against it ? Are there any convicted Papists , known Anabaptists , Familists , Quakers , or other Separatists in your Parish ? II . Is there any person in your Parish , that lyeth under any Common Fame , or Vehement suspition of Adultery , Fornication , or incest ? Are there any common Drunkards , Swearers or Blasphemers of Gods Name , and his holy Word ? Are any noted for Railers , Vnclean and Filthy Talkers , or Sowers of Sedition , or Living in discord and contention ? III . Do any of your Parish upon Sundays , or Holydayes , follow their bodily , or ordinary Labour , or permit their servants so to do ? Are any Shops kept open , or Wares sold ? Or do any Vintners . Inn-keepers , or Victuallers , and sellers of Ale and Beer , suffer any persons to tipple , or Game in their houses upon those dayes ? IV . Doth every person inhabiting and sojourning within your Parish duly resort unto your Church , or Chappel , upon every Sunday and Holyday appointed for Divine-Service ? Do they then quietly abide with Reverence , Order , and decency , during all the whole time of Common-Prayer , Preaching , or other Service of God there used ? And are there any among you that come only to the Preaching , and not to the Common-Prayers of the Church ? V. Doth every person uncover his head , and so continue all the time of Divine-Service and Sermon in the Church ? Do they all Reverently kneel at the Prayers , and stand up when the Creed and Gospel are Read , making Due Reverence when the Name of our Lord Jesus is mentioned ? VI . Are there any in your Parish that refuse to send their Infant Children to be Baptized publickly in the Church , unless in case of urgent danger ; in which case the Child may be Baptized at home by the lawful Minister , after the Form and Rites appointed in the Liturgy ? Or do they send them from their own Minister to be Baptized in any other Parishes , or make use of any other Minister to Baptize , when their own is at home ? Or do they keep their Children any longer unbaptized than the Church alloweth ? And are there any Infants or more Aged persons in your Parish as yet unbaptized ? Who are they , and of what age ; VII . Doth every Householder in your Parish cause their Children , Apprentices and Servants , to learn the Church-Catechism , and give account of it to your Minister , as he shall require it in the Church on Sundayes , or Holydayes , as it is appointed ? And when they are therein well instructed , do they take care to have them brought by the Minister to Confirmation , when occasion is offered by the Bishop , for the increase of all Spiritual Gifts and Graces in them ? VIII . Is there any person in your Parish , who being Sixteen years of age , doth not Receive the Sacrament of the Lords Supper , at least three times in the year , of which Easter is alwayes to be one ? Doth any in your Parish refuse to Receive the same kneeling , or from the hands of your own Minister , repairing for it to other Parishes , and Ministers abroad ? IX . Have you any among you that be denounced and declared Excommunicate for any Crime committed ? How long have they been so Excommunicated ? And do any of your Parish keep Society with them , before they be Reconciled to the Church , and Absolved ? X. Are there any living in your Parish as Man and Wife , who are not so , or who are within the degrees prohibited ? Or any that being lawfully Divorced , have Married again ? Or any that being lawfully Married , and not separated or Divorced by course of Law , do not cohabit together ? XI . Are there any Married Women in your Parish , who after their Delivery from the peril of Childbirth , refuse to make their Publick Thanksgiving to God in the Church ? and when they come so to do , do they come decently apparelled , and make their Offerings according to Custom ? XII . Are there any of your Parish who refuse to pay their Easter-Offerings , and other Duties to your Minister ; or to pay the Rates assessed on them for the repair and Provisions of the Church ? XIII . Do any refuse to bury their Dead according to the Rites of the Church of England ? And are there any Wills or Testaments of Persons dead in your Pacish , that be yet unproved ? Or any Goods Administred without a due Grant from the Ordinary ? Did any , dying in your Parish , or elsewhere , leave any Legacy to your Church or Chappel , or to the use of the Poor , or to any other pious and charitable purposes ? What were those Legacies , and how have they been bestowed ? XIV . Do you know , or have you heard of any in your Parish , who having the Presentation of an Ecclesiastical Living , hath made any Simoniacal Compact , or gain thereby , either in Money , or by reserve of any part of the Tithes , or Glebe belonging to that Benefice ? XV . Have any Pews or Seats been erected in your Church or Chappel , without leave from the Ordinary ? Is there any strife or Contention about Seats in the Church ? Have any occasioned Riot , Clamour , or Fighting in the Church at any time ?

Tit . V. Concerning Parish Clerks and Sextons . I. HAve you belonging to your Church or Chappelry a Parish-Clerk of honest Life and Conversation ? And doth he perform his Duty in Reading , Writing and Singing ? Is he chosen by your Minister ? and , Doth he duly attend him in all Divine Services at your Church ? And are his wages duly paid unto him ? II . Doth he or your Sexton take care of the Church , to keep it Lock'd and Clean , to open the Doors , and to Ring the Bells in due time , to call the Living to the Worship of God ; Also to admonish them , by Tolling of a Passing-Bell , of any that are Dying , thereby to meditate of their own death , and to commend the others weak condition to the Mercy of God ?

Tit . VI . Concerning Hospitals and Alms-houses , Schools , School-Masters , Physicians , Chirurgions , and Midwives . I. WHat Hospital , Alms-house , or Free-School , hath been Founded in your Parish ? Are they so ordered in the Revenue and Vse as the Founders appointed , and the Law of the Land allows ? II . What School-Master , private or publick , is there in your Parish ? Is he Licensed by the Bishop ? Doth he teach his Scholars in the Catechism of Religion set forth by Authority ? Doth he cause them upon Sundays and Holydays orderly to repair to your Church or Chappel , And see that they behave themselves there quietly and reverently during the time of Divine Service and Sermon ? III . Do any in your Parish practice Physick , Chyrurgery , or Midwifery , without Licence from the Ordinary ?

Tit . VII . Queries to be put to the Minister , concerning the Church-wardens and Side-men . I. ARe the Church-wardens of your Parish yearly and duly chosen , by the joynt consent of the Minister and Parishioners ; or one of them by the Minister , and the other by the Parishioners ? II . Have the former and last Church-wardens , given up their Accompts duly to the Parish , and delivered up to the succeeding Church-wardens , the Mony remaining in their hands , together with all other things belonging to your Church or Chappel ? III . Do your Church-wardens and Side-men diligently take notice of their Names , who , without a sufficient cause , are absent from Divine Service and Sermons on the Lord's dayes , and other Holydayes ? Do they , by Warrant from the next Iustices , Levy Twelve-pence , by way of Distress ( according to Law ) upon their Goods , in case they refuse to pay it , for their wilful and causeless absence ? And is the Money so Levyed distributed to the Poor of your Parish , and kept upon account in a Book ? IV . Do they present them that come late to Church , after Divine Service is begun , or depart before it be ended ? Do they suffer any to stand idle , or talk together in the Church-Porch , or walk in the Church , or Church-yard , during the time of Prayer , Preaching , or other Sacred Offices ? V. Do they , against every Communion appointed in your Church or Chappel , provide a sufficient quantity of Fine White Bread , and of good Wine , according to the number of Communicants ? VI . Do they cause all Strangers that Preach in your Church , or Chappel , to subscribe their names the same day , in a Book provided for that purpose , together with the Name of the Bishop that Licensed them to Pr●ach in this Diocess ? And do they permit no other to Preach ? VII . Have they ( the Church-wardens , and Side-men ) who are to give in a true answer , upon their Oathes , unto all these Articles of Enquiry , in their several Titles , taken sufficient time to draw up their Presentments at home , before they come to the Visitation ? And have they therein consulted with you their Minister for your faithful assistance ?

FOr both you and they are seriously to consider , that as the faithful discharge of your Trusts , according to your Duties , or Oaths , is a special means to Repress and reform all Sins and Disorders in your Parishes , and so to Preserve the Honor of Religion , and the Peace of this Church , to the Glory of our God and Saviour ( which are the great Uses and Ends of all Church-Government and Visitations : ) So if you neglect your Duties therein , by refusing to present such Crimes and Faults , as either you know to have been committed , or otherwise have heard of by publick Fame ; you will not only Sin against God , your Consciences and the Churches Prosperity , and consequently draw upon your selves the Guilt of being accessary to the said Decay of Religion , but also become liable to those Punishments , which , in case of willful Omission and Perjury , are , by the Law , to be Inflicted on you for your Defaults , and must expect that the Bishop and his Officers will proceed against you accordingly .