Articles of visitation and enquiry concerning matters ecclesiasticall according to the laws and canons of the Church of England, exhibited to the ministers, church-wardens, and side-men of every parish within the diocese of Worcester / by the right Reverend Father in God, John, Lord Bishop of Worcester.
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Articles of visitation and enquiry concerning matters ecclesiasticall according to the laws and canons of the Church of England, exhibited to the ministers, church-wardens, and side-men of every parish within the diocese of Worcester / by the right Reverend Father in God, John, Lord Bishop of Worcester.
Church of England. Diocese of Worcester. Bishop (1662 : Gauden)
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ARTICLES
OF
VISITATION
and
ENQUIRY
Concerning
Matters
Ecclesiasticall
,
according
to
the
Laws
and
Canons
of
the
Church
of
ENGLAND
,
EXHIBITED
To
the
Ministers
,
Church-Wardens
,
and
Side-men
of
every
Parish
within
the
Diocese
of
Worcester
,
By
the
Right
Reverend
Father
in
God
,
JOHN
Lord
Bishop
of
WORCESTER
.
LONDON
,
Printed
by
J.
G.
for
Richard
Royston
,
Bookseller
to
His
most
Sacred
Majesty
,
1662.
The
Tenor
of
the
Oath
to
be
tendered
to
the
Church-Wardens
and
Side-men
of
every
Parish
in
the
Diocese
of
VVorcester
.
YOu
shall
Swear
,
after
diligent
enquiry
,
to
make
a
true
answer
,
according
to
your
knowledge
,
unto
the
Articles
in
this
Book
now
given
you
in
Charge
;
and
to
present
such
of
your
Parish
as
are
Offenders
therein
,
contrary
to
the
duty
they
owe
to
God
and
the
Laws
Ecclesiasticall
:
and
this
you
shall
do
,
as
in
the
sight
of
God
,
uprightly
and
truly
.
So
help
you
God.
ARTICLES
Of
Visitation
and
Enquiry
,
&c.
TITUL.
I.
Concerning
Churches
or
Chappels
,
with
the
Ornaments
and
Furniture
belonging
to
them
.
I.
IS
your
Church-Fabrick
(
or
Chappel
)
with
all
things
appertaining
to
it
,
kept
in
good
repair
within
and
without
,
with
such
cleanlinesse
,
decency
and
order
,
as
becometh
the
house
dedicated
to
the
Publick
Worship
and
solemn
service
of
God
?
II.
Hath
any
part
of
them
,
or
any
thing
belonging
to
them
,
béen
sold
or
embezelled
?
when
?
and
by
whom
?
III.
Is
there
in
your
Church
or
Chappel
an
handsome
Font
of
Stone
,
standing
in
a
convenient
place
,
with
a
good
cover
to
it
,
for
the
Administration
of
Baptisme
?
Is
there
also
a
decent
Communion-Table
,
with
a
fair
Carpet
of
Silk
or
fine
Cloth
,
also
a
fine
linnen
covering
to
be
used
at
the
holy
Administration
of
the
Lords
Supper
?
What
Cup
,
Chalice
,
Patin
,
or
Flagons
have
you
belonging
to
that
Service
?
IV.
Have
you
in
your
Church
(
or
Chappel
)
a
convenient
Pew
for
your
Minister
to
read
Divine
Service
in
?
Also
a
Pulpit
,
with
a
decent
Cloth
and
Cushion
?
Have
you
a
large
Folio
Bible
of
the
last
Translation
,
with
two
Books
of
Common-Prayer
well
bound
,
one
for
the
Minister
,
the
other
for
the
Clark
?
Have
you
the
Book
of
Homilies
set
forth
by
Authority
;
also
the
Book
of
Canons
,
and
a
Table
of
allowed
deg●ée●
in
Marriage
?
V.
Have
you
a
Register
Book
of
Parchment
for
all
that
are
Christned
,
Married
,
and
Buried
in
your
Parish
,
in
which
are
set
down
the
names
of
the
parties
,
with
the
Day
,
Moneth
and
Year
of
each
Christning
,
Marriage
,
and
Burial
?
Is
the
transcript
of
these
every
year
within
one
moneth
after
March
25.
brought
in
to
the
Bishops
Registry
?
VI.
Have
you
a
Paper-Book
,
in
which
the
names
of
strangers
that
Preach
or
Officiate
in
your
Church
or
Chappel
are
set
down
;
and
another
Book
for
your
Church-wardens
accounts
.
VII
.
Have
you
a
fair
Surplice
and
other
Ornaments
,
according
to
his
degrée
,
for
your
Minister
to
use
in
his
Publick
Administrations
,
onely
for
outward
decency
,
order
,
and
distinction
?
VIII
.
Have
you
a
strong
Chest
,
with
Locks
and
Keys
,
wherein
the
Plate
and
other
Vessels
,
with
the
Books
and
Vestments
belonging
to
the
Church
,
may
be
safely
and
decently
kept
?
Have
you
a
Bier
with
a
black
Herse-cloth
for
the
decent
interment
of
the
dead
?
TIT.
II.
Concerning
the
Church-yard
,
Houses
,
Glebes
,
Tithes
or
Rents
belonging
to
the
Church
.
I.
IS
your
Church-yard
sufficiently
senced
with
Walls
,
Rails
,
or
Pales
,
and
decently
kept
from
all
annoyance
and
encroachment
?
Are
the
trées
therein
preserved
?
II.
Is
the
Mansion-house
of
your
Minister
,
with
all
other
houses
thereto
belonging
,
kept
in
good
repair
?
Have
any
of
them
béen
pulled
down
or
defaced
?
Hath
any
encroached
upon
the
Land
thereto
belonging
,
or
felled
the
Trées
there
on
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
ancient
Glebe-lands
belonging
to
your
Parsonage
or
Vicarage
béen
taken
away
,
or
alienated
by
Lease
,
Sale
,
or
Exchange
,
without
License
from
the
Ordinary
,
and
the
frée
consent
of
the
Incumbent
?
Have
any
Inclosures
béen
made
in
your
Parish
to
the
detriment
of
the
Church
?
TIT.
III.
Concerning
Ministers
.
I.
IS
your
Minister
Episcopally
Ordained
(
Deacon
or
Priest
)
according
to
the
Laws
of
the
Realm
of
England
,
and
the
ancient
practice
of
the
Church
universall
,
no
lesse
then
of
this
National
Church
?
II.
Is
he
defamed
or
suspected
to
have
obtained
his
Orders
or
Benefice
by
any
Simoniacal
compact
?
III.
Hath
he
béen
legally
Instituted
and
Inducted
into
his
Benefice
?
Did
he
within
two
moneths
after
his
Induction
publickly
read
in
the
Church
,
upon
some
Lords-day
or
other
Holy-day
,
in
the
time
of
Divine
Service
,
the
39.
Articles
of
Religion
established
in
the
Church
of
England
?
Did
he
then
and
there
publickly
declare
his
assent
thereunto
?
IV.
Hath
your
Minister
béen
Licenced
to
officiate
by
the
Bishop
of
this
Diocese
,
or
either
of
the
two
Universities
?
Doth
he
being
thus
Licenced
diligently
read
Divine
Service
,
and
Preach
every
Lords-day
,
in
your
Church
or
Chappel
,
unlesse
hindered
by
Sicknesse
or
reasonable
absence
?
and
in
such
cases
doth
he
procure
some
lawfull
Minister
to
read
Prayers
,
to
Preach
,
and
perform
other
Ministerial
duties
?
V.
Doth
your
Minister
Preach
sound
Doctrine
onely
,
both
for
Faith
and
Manners
,
tending
to
the
Edifying
of
people
in
the
knowledge
of
God
and
their
Saviour
Iesus
Christ
,
according
to
the
holy
rule
of
the
Scripture
,
and
the
obedience
of
the
Gospel
?
Do
you
know
that
he
hath
at
any
time
within
one
years
space
last
past
preached
any
False
,
Heretical
,
Seditious
,
Scandalous
or
Schismatical
Doctrine
,
thereby
to
seduce
people
to
Errour
or
Faction
,
to
the
danger
of
their
Souls
,
and
the
disturbance
of
the
Peace
of
this
Church
and
Kingdom
?
VI.
Doth
your
Minister
in
his
Prayer
before
Sermon
devoutly
and
discréetly
commend
to
the
grace
of
God
the
Church
Catholick
here
on
earth
,
particularly
these
British
Reformed
Churches
;
also
the
Kings
most
Excellent
Majesty
,
according
to
his
just
and
Royal
Titles
;
together
with
all
Estates
Ecclesiastical
and
Civil
?
Doth
he
praise
God
for
the
faithful
,
who
have
overcome
this
World
,
and
are
at
rest
from
their
labours
?
Doth
he
alwayes
conclude
with
the
Lords
Prayer
?
Doth
he
in
his
Prayer
or
Sermon
affect
any
odde
or
Fanatick
expressions
,
or
excessive
length
?
VII
.
Doth
your
Minister
in
the
Morning
and
Evening
Service
,
and
in
the
Administration
of
the
Holy
Sacraments
,
and
in
performing
of
other
publick
Religious
Offices
appointed
by
the
Church
of
England
,
use
the
respective
Forms
in
the
Book
of
Common
Prayer
,
together
with
those
Rites
and
Ceremonies
which
are
enjoyned
in
this
Church
,
and
declared
to
be
not
any
necessary
parts
of
Divine
Worship
,
but
onely
things
of
Decency
,
Order
,
and
Edification
,
tending
to
the
Peace
and
Uniformity
of
the
Church
?
VIII
.
Doth
your
Minister
diligently
examine
in
the
Church
-
Catechisme
the
Youth
of
your
Parish
every
Lords-day
in
the
afternoon
?
Doth
he
also
instruct
others
that
are
ignorant
in
the
Fundamental
points
of
Christian
Religion
?
Doth
he
prepare
and
,
as
occasion
is
offered
,
present
the
Youth
so
instruct
to
the
Bishop
,
to
be
Confirmed
by
the
laying
on
of
his
hands
,
with
Prayer
and
Benediction
,
in
that
faith
they
professe
,
according
to
the
Primitive
practice
of
the
Church
of
Christ
?
Doth
he
endeavour
to
reclaim
all
Popish
Recusants
,
and
other
Sectaries
in
your
Parish
,
to
the
true
Religion
established
in
the
Church
of
England
?
IX
.
Is
your
Minister
,
whether
Parson
,
Vicar
,
or
Curate
,
conformable
in
his
Doctrine
and
Life
to
the
holy
Rule
and
great
example
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
?
Is
he
a
man
of
a
studious
,
sober
,
peaceable
,
unblameable
and
exemplary
life
,
for
Piety
,
Sanctity
,
Charity
,
and
Industry
in
his
calling
?
Is
he
Grave
,
Modest
,
and
Regular
in
his
outward
demeanor
,
for
Haire
and
Clothes
,
according
to
the
Constitutions
and
Customes
of
the
Church
of
England
?
Is
his
Company
,
Carriage
and
Conversation
in
Word
and
Déed
such
as
becometh
a
Minister
of
the
Gospel
,
who
remembers
the
great
account
he
must
give
for
his
own
and
other
mens
Souls
committed
to
his
charge
?
X.
Is
he
ready
to
visit
the
Sick
,
and
to
perform
those
Offices
to
them
which
are
required
in
the
Church
of
England
;
al●o
to
Baptise
any
Infant
in
danger
of
Death
,
when
he
is
desired
so
to
do
?
Is
any
Infant
or
other
by
his
default
yet
unbaptized
in
your
Parish
?
Doth
he
refuse
to
give
the
Sacrament
to
any
in
your
Parish
,
and
for
what
Cause
?
or
doth
he
give
it
to
such
as
are
scandalous
notorious
sinners
,
or
such
as
are
excommunicate
,
or
refuse
to
be
reconciled
to
their
Neighbou●s
?
XI
.
Doth
your
Minister
Marry
any
persons
in
private
Houses
,
or
such
as
are
under
Age
,
not
having
the
consent
of
their
Parents
or
Guardians
?
Doth
he
marry
any
without
Bannes
first
published
three
Sundayes
or
Holy-dayes
in
the
Church
?
Doth
he
marry
at
other
Houres
than
betweene
eight
and
twelve
in
the
Forenoone
,
without
having
any
Licence
so
to
do
?
XII
.
Hath
your
Minister
taken
upon
him
to
appoint
any
publick
or
private
Fasts
,
Prophecyings
,
or
Religious
exercises
,
without
lawfull
Authority
?
Doth
he
in
those
that
are
duly
appointed
use
the
Forms
prescribed
by
Authority
?
Doth
he
,
or
any
other
Minister
or
Lay-person
,
hold
any
Conventicle
or
Religious
meetings
in
private
houses
within
your
Parish
,
for
people
of
severall
Families
to
resort
unto
,
contrary
to
the
Laws
and
Canons
in
that
case
provided
?
XIII
.
Is
your
Minister
constantly
Resident
among
you
?
And
how
many
wéeks
in
a
year
hath
he
been
absent
from
his
Benefice
?
Hath
he
any
Curate
to
assist
him
in
his
absence
or
presence
?
Is
that
Curate
in
Holy
Orders
according
to
the
Church
of
England
?
Hath
he
a
Licence
from
his
Bishop
to
serve
the
Cure
?
And
doth
he
carry
himself
also
as
an
able
and
discréet
Minister
,
and
conformable
to
the
Church
of
England
?
What
yearly
stipend
hath
he
?
XIV
.
Is
there
in
your
Parish
beside
the
Parson
,
or
Vicar
and
Curate
,
any
that
Preacheth
onely
as
a
Lecturer
?
Is
he
in
Holy
Orders
,
and
conformable
to
the
Church
of
England
,
and
Licenced
by
the
Bishop
of
this
Diocese
?
Doth
he
read
Divine
Service
before
his
Lecture
,
and
in
all
things
demean
himself
as
is
most
for
the
Peace
of
the
Church
of
England
and
of
your
Parish
?
XV.
Doth
your
Minister
give
notice
of
and
duly
observe
Holy-dayes
,
Festivals
,
or
Fasts
,
with
other
solemn
times
,
as
Ember
and
Rogation
Weeks
,
according
as
is
by
the
Laws
and
Canons
of
this
Church
appointed
?
TIT.
IV.
Concerning
Parishioners
.
I.
IS
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
rayling
against
it
?
Are
there
any
convicted
Papists
,
known
Anabaptists
,
Familists
,
Quakers
,
and
other
Separatists
in
your
Parish
?
II.
Is
there
any
person
in
your
Parish
that
lyeth
under
any
common
fame
or
vehement
suspicion
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
,
unclean
and
filthy
talkers
,
or
sowers
of
sedition
,
or
living
in
discord
and
contention
?
Are
there
any
excommunicated
by
the
censures
of
the
Church
,
and
not
yet
reconciled
?
III.
Do
any
of
your
Parish
profane
the
Lords-day
,
by
neglecting
of
publick
Holy
Duties
,
or
by
doing
the
works
of
their
ordinary
callings
,
or
by
using
unlawful
Recreations
,
or
permitting
their
Children
and
Servants
so
to
do
?
Do
they
duly
observe
other
Holy-dayes
,
Festivals
,
or
Fasts
appointed
by
Authority
,
for
the
advancement
of
piety
,
charity
,
and
devotion
?
IV.
Do
those
that
inhabit
or
sojourn
in
your
Parish
duly
resort
to
your
Church
or
Chappel
,
there
to
worship
God
according
to
the
Religion
of
the
Church
of
England
?
Do
they
come
thither
,
and
continue
there
during
Divine
Service
,
Sermons
,
and
other
Holy
Duties
,
with
that
reverence
,
order
and
decency
,
befitting
humble
and
devout
Christians
,
as
is
required
by
the
Laws
,
Canons
,
and
laudable
customs
of
the
Church
of
England
?
V.
Are
there
in
your
Parish
any
that
refuse
to
have
their
Infant
Children
Baptized
by
your
Minister
?
or
do
they
keep
them
unbaptized
longer
than
this
Church
alloweth
?
Are
there
any
Infants
or
more
aged
persons
in
your
Parish
not
yet
Baptized
?
VI.
Doth
every
House-holder
in
your
Parish
cause
their
Children
,
Apprentices
and
Servants
to
learn
the
Church
Catechisme
,
and
give
account
of
it
to
your
Minister
,
as
he
shall
require
it
in
the
Church
on
Sundayes
or
other
Holy-dayes
,
as
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
?
VII
.
Is
there
any
person
in
your
Parish
,
who
being
sixtéen
years
of
age
,
and
well
instructed
in
Religion
,
neglecteth
or
refuseth
to
receive
the
Blessed
Sacrament
of
the
Lords
Supper
at
least
thrée
times
in
one
year
(
of
which
Easter
to
be
one
?
)
Do
all
receive
this
Sacred
Mystery
with
that
outward
gesture
of
humility
,
reverence
,
and
lowly
adoration
,
which
becomes
them
to
their
God
and
Saviour
,
méekly
knéeling
,
according
to
the
Order
and
Custom
of
the
Church
of
England
?
VIII
.
Are
there
any
of
your
Parish
who
do
keep
familiar
Society
with
them
that
are
excommunicated
,
so
as
to
countenance
them
in
their
sins
,
or
encourage
them
in
their
contumacy
?
IX
.
Are
there
any
of
your
Parish
who
are
known
or
suspected
to
be
unlawfully
marryed
,
contrary
to
the
Laws
of
God
and
this
Church
?
Are
there
any
who
having
béen
lawfully
divorced
do
live
together
again
;
or
who
being
lawfully
marryed
and
not
divorced
,
do
yet
live
asunder
?
X.
Are
there
any
marryed
Women
in
your
Parish
,
who
after
their
safe
delivery
from
Child-birth
refuse
to
make
their
humble
and
publick
thanksgiving
to
God
for
so
great
a
mercy
,
according
to
the
Rites
and
Appointment
of
the
Church
of
England
?
XI
.
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
repaire
and
provisions
of
the
Church
?
XII
.
Do
any
among
you
refuse
to
bury
their
dead
according
to
the
Forms
and
Rites
of
the
Church
of
England
,
which
are
so
consonant
to
the
faith
,
hope
,
and
charity
of
true
Christians
,
towards
those
that
dye
in
the
peace
of
the
Church
?
Are
there
any
Wills
or
Testaments
of
persons
dead
in
your
Parish
yet
unproved
,
or
any
Goods
Administred
without
a
legal
grant
from
the
Ordinary
?
Do
you
know
of
any
Legacies
given
to
your
Church
,
or
the
poor
,
or
other
pious
and
charitable
uses
,
not
yet
received
by
you
,
or
detained
from
you
?
XIII
.
Do
you
know
or
have
heard
of
any
in
your
Parish
,
who
having
the
presentation
of
an
Ecclesiastical
Living
,
hath
made
any
Simoniacal
compact
or
gain
thereby
,
either
in
mony
,
or
by
reserve
of
any
part
of
the
Tithes
or
Glebe
belonging
to
that
Benefice
?
XIV
.
Have
any
Pews
or
Seats
been
erécted
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
,
Clamor
,
or
Fighting
in
the
Church
at
any
time
?
TIT.
V.
Concerning
Parish-Clerks
and
Sextons
belonging
to
the
Church
.
I.
HAve
you
a
Parish-Clerk
,
who
is
of
a
sober
life
and
good
report
?
Is
he
able
for
Reading
,
Writing
,
and
Singing
as
a
Clerk
?
Is
he
chosen
by
your
Minister
and
approved
by
the
Parish
?
Are
his
wages
duly
paid
him
?
II.
Doth
he
or
your
Sexton
take
care
of
the
Church
,
to
kéep
it
lockt
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
Deaths
,
and
to
commend
the
others
weak
condition
to
the
mercy
of
God
?
TIT.
VI.
Concerning
Hospitals
and
Almes-houses
,
Schools
and
School-masters
,
Physicians
,
Chirurgeons
,
and
Midwives
.
I.
WHat
Hospital
,
Almes-house
,
or
Free-school
hath
béen
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
(
or
they
)
Licenced
by
the
Bishop
or
his
Chancellor
?
Doth
he
instruct
his
Scholars
in
the
Catechisme
and
Religion
of
the
Church
of
England
,
according
to
that
Conformity
and
Order
which
is
established
as
necessa●y
for
the
Publick
Peace
?
III.
Do
any
in
your
Parish
practise
Physick
,
Chirurgery
or
Midwifery
,
without
Licence
from
the
Ordinary
?
TIT.
VII
.
Concerning
Church-Wardens
and
Side-men
.
I.
ARe
the
Church-wardens
of
your
Parish
yearly
chosen
according
to
Law
,
and
do
they
appoint
Side-men
to
assist
them
for
the
due
ordering
of
the
Church
?
II.
Have
the
last
Church-wardens
given
up
their
accounts
to
those
that
succéed
them
,
together
with
all
monies
and
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
Lords-dayes
and
other
Holy-dayes
?
Do
they
by
Warrant
from
the
next
Iustices
levy
12.
pence
by
way
of
distresse
(
according
to
Law
)
upon
their
Goods
,
in
case
they
refuse
to
pay
it
,
for
their
wilful
and
causelesse
absence
?
and
is
the
money
so
levyed
distributed
to
the
poor
of
your
Parish
,
and
kept
upon
account
in
a
Book
?
IV.
Do
you
suffer
none
to
stand
idle
,
or
to
play
,
or
walk
,
or
talk
together
,
or
to
behave
themselves
rudely
and
unseemly
within
or
without
the
Church
during
the
time
of
Gods
Holy
Worship
and
Service
,
to
the
scandal
and
disturbance
of
the
Minister
and
Congregation
?
V.
Do
you
provide
fine
White-Bread
and
good
Wine
against
every
Communion
,
according
to
the
number
of
Communicants
?
VI.
Do
you
cause
all
strangers
who
preach
in
your
Church
to
enter
their
names
in
a
Book
,
and
by
what
Bishop
they
are
Licenced
to
Preach
?
VII
.
Have
you
taken
care
to
give
a
true
Answer
unto
these
Articles
,
and
to
draw
up
your
presentments
according
to
your
Oaths
,
consulting
with
your
Minister
and
other
Neighbours
?
THis
you
are
seriously
to
consider
,
That
as
the
faithful
discharge
of
your
Offices
according
to
your
Oaths
and
Duties
is
a
special
means
to
repress
,
punish
,
and
reform
sins
,
scandals
,
and
disorders
in
your
Parish
;
also
to
preserve
the
honour
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
Discipline
:
)
So
if
you
neglect
your
Duties
herein
,
you
sin
against
God
,
your
Consciences
,
and
the
Churches
Prosperity
,
being
liable
,
in
case
of
wilful
Omission
and
Perjury
,
to
those
Punishments
which
are
by
the
Law
to
be
inflicted
on
you
for
your
defaults
.
The
Ministers
of
every
Parish
,
are
desired
to
given
in
the
Names
of
such
as
having
not
yet
received
the
Lords
Supper
,
are
by
them
upon
examination
judged
fit
for
Confirmation
,
and
so
for
the
Holy
Communion
.
THE
END
.