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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	add_v	holy_a	scripture_n	1,651	5	5.5616	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00272	Ar[c?]ticles to be inquired of, in the visitation of the most reverend father in God, Richard, by the providence of God, Lord Arch-bishop of Yorke, primate of England, and metropolitane had in the yeere of our Lord God 1636.	Church of England. Province of York. Archbishop (1631-1640 : Neile); Neile, Richard, 1562-1640.	1636 (1636)	STC 10380.5; ESTC S2656	10,484	18

ARCTICLES TO BE INQVIRED OF IN THE VISITATION OF the most Reverend Father in God RICHARD by the Providence of GOD Lord Arch-bishop of York● Primate of England and Metropolitane Had in the Yeere of our Lord God 1636. LONDON Printed by JOHN NORTON 1636. The Advertisem●nt THe Minister and Church-wardens are to call unto them the Neyghboures of the Parish and out of them to make choyce according to the custome of the place of two of the discreetest parishioners to be Side-men and they altogether are to reade over these Articles divers times Then after they have duely considered of them they are to write their answere or presentment unto every Article particularly and truely according to their consciences Lastly they are all of them to bring their presentments to the Visitation and there the Church-wardens and Side-men upon their oathes but the Minister according to the Canon in that behalfe are to deliver them up under their handes The oath to bee ministred to the Church-wardens Sworne men YOu shall sweare that all affection favour hatred hope of reward and gaine or feare of displeasure or malice set aside you shall upon due consideration of the Articles given you in charge present all and every such person of or within your Parish as hath committed any offence or fault or made any default mentioned in these or any of these Articles or which are vehemently suspected and defamed of any such offence fault or default wherein you shall deliver uprightly and according to truth neyther of malice presenting any contrary to truth nor of corrupt affection sparing to present any and so conceale the truth having in this action God before your eyes with an earnest zeale to mayntaine truth to suppresse Vice so helpe you God and the contents of this Booke Touching the Church Church-yard Parsonage and Vicarage-house FIrst whether your Church Chappell and Chancell be well and sufficiently repaired in the walls and roofe the Seats convenient the floore paved the windowes glazed your Bells in tune and all these cleanely kept and the mansion-house of your Parson or Vicar with the building thereunto belonging be likewise well and sufficiently repayred and your Church-yard well fenced with walls rayles or payles and cleanely kept 2 Whether hath your Church or Church-yard beene abused and prophaned by any fighting chiding brawling or quarrelling any playes Lords of misrule summer Lords morris dancers pedlers bowlers bearewards butchers feasts schooles temporall courts o● Leets Lay Iuries musters or other prophane usage in your Church or Church-yard any hells superstitiously rung on Holidayes or their eeves or at any other time without good cause allowed by the Minister and Church-wardens have any Trees beene felled in your Church-yard and by whom 3 Whether are your Almes-houses and Church-House if you have any sufficently repayred mayntained and to godly and their right use imployed 4 Whether have you in your Church all things necessary for common prayer as the Bible in the largest volume the books of common Prayer the booke of Homilies allowed two bookes of common Prayer a convenient Pulpit for the preaching a decent seat for the Minister to reade Service in conveniently placed a strong chest with three lockes and keyes one for the Minister the other for the Church-wardens for the keéping of the Register booke of the Christnings Marriages and Burials and a poore mans boxe with three locks conveniently placed neere the Church doore 5 Whether have you in your Church a font of stone for baptisme set in the ancient usuall place a decent table for the communion conveniently placed covered with silke or other decent stuffe in time of Divine Service and with a faire linnen cloth over that at the administration of the Communion 6 Whether have you all such bells ornaments and other utensils as have anciently belonged to your Church a communion-cup of silver with a cover a faire standing pot or two of pewter or purer metall for the wine upon the communion table a comely Surplesse with sleeves a Register booke of parchment for christnings marriages burials a booke for the names of all strange preachers subscribed with their names and the name of the Bishop or other by whom they had license to preach 7 Whether is the Almes for the poore duely distributed and are the names surnames of all persons married christened and buried and of their parents with the day and yeere entred in your parchment Register booke 8 Whether are the ten Commandements set up in your Church or Chappell and other chosen sentences of holy Scripture upon the walls in convenient places and the Table of the degrees prohibited in marriage set forth 1563 9 Whether have you in your Church or Chappell the booke of the Canons agreed upon in the convocation holden at London Anno. Dom. 1603. and confirmed by his Maiesties royall authority and whether your Minister have read the same in your Church or Chappell once every yeere according to his Maiesties Iniunctions in that behalfe Touching the Ministery Service and Sacraments VVHether is the common prayer said or sung by your Minister both morning evening distinctly reverently every Sunday and Holiday and on their eeves and at convenient and usuall times of those dayes and in most convenient place of the Church for the edifying of the people 2 Whether doth your Minister observe the orders rites ceremonies prescribed in the booke of common prayer in reading holy Scriptures prayers administration of the Sacraments without diminishing in regard of preaching or any other respect or adding any thing in the manner or forme thereof 3 Whether doth your Minister on wednesdaies and fridaies not being holidaies at the accustomed houres of service resort to the Church and say the ordinary prayers and Letany prescribed And doth your Clarke or Sexton give warning before by tolling of a bell on those daies 4 Whether any Minister leaving the use of the Font doe in your Church or Chappell christen or baptize in any basons or other profane vessells or whether your Minister do baptize or christen any out of the face of the Church Congregation without speciall cause or without Godfathers or Godmothers And whether any person or persons be admitted to answere as Godfather Godmother at the christening of any child except he or sh● have before received the holy Communion and whether doth your Minister in the baptizing of children observe the orders rites ceremonies appointed prescribed in the booke of common prayer without addition omission or other innovation 5 Whether doe you know any Parents that keepe children unchristened or that were not christened at their owne Parish Church or Chappell for what cause they remaine yet unchristened or have not beene christened at their Parish Church or Chappell or doe you know have heard or vehemently suspect any parents whose children have beene christened by any Popish Priest or otherwise than by the lawes of the Church of England is allowed 6 Whether doth