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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	administration_n	prayer_n	sacrament_n	2,563	5	7.2488	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00191	Articles to be inquired of the clergie set foorth by the reuerend father in God, Thomas Bishop of Lincoln, in his first visitation for his diocesse, anno Domini 1571.	Church of England. Diocese of Lincoln. Bishop (1570-1584 : Cooper); Cooper, Thomas, 1517?-1594.	1571 (1571)	STC 10228.5; ESTC S2637	4,728	12

Articles to be inquired of the Clergie Set foorth by the Reuerend Father in God Thomas Bishop of Lincoln̄ in his first visitation for his Diocesse Anno Domini 1571. ¶ Imprinted at London in Fleetstreete by Rafe Newbery Articles FIrst whether your Persons Vicars and Curates do say their diuine seruice in their Churches at due howres and conuenient times and also doo reuerently minister the Sacraments to their Parishoners according to the booke of Common Praier set out by common aucthoritie of the Parliament of this Realme 2. Item whether they do exercise themselues in godly studie of the holy Scriptures and in vertuous bringing vp of youth as in teaching of them the Cathechisme and other Godly exercises from time to time or no. 3. Item whether they do decently and orderly go in their apparel according to the booke of Aduertisements lately set fourth in that behalfe 4. Item whether they or any of them do frequent or vse any Tauerne Alehouse or any other suspected house or do vse vnlawfull Huntinge and Hawkinge contrary to the Ecclesiasticall law and their order 5. Item whether they be residente vppon their benefices and mainteine Hospitality to their hability and whether they haue moe benefices then one and whether their houses and Chauncels be in sufficient reparacion 6. Item whether such as be absente from their benefices do leaue sufficient Curates in their places and whither any of them do serue two Cures without speciall licence of the Ordinary 7. Item whether any of them do discourage any person from the reading of any part of the Bible either in Latin or English and do not rather comfort and exhorte euery person to the reading of the same at conuenient times as the eternall worde of God the true foode of Mans soule 8. Item whether they haue admitted any man to Preache in their Cures not being lawfully licenced or haue refused and denied such to preache as haue ben licenced accordingly 9. Item whether they do vse to pray for the Quéenes Maiesty in their Churches and exhorte the people to obedience of her grace and other Magistrates being in aucthority vnder her 10. Item whether they exhorte their Parishioners to receaue the holy Communion at the least fowre times in the yeare and whether they presume to minister the same to any person that is out of Charitie or infamed with any notorious Crime 11. Item whether they haue theyr foure quarter Sermons by such as be licenced to preache and whether they do reade once in the yeare vpon some solemne day in their Church openly when the most resorte of people shal be present the Confession and articles agréed vpon by the Reuerende Father in God the Archbishop of Canterbury and Yorke and other Bishoppes of this Realme 12. Item whether your Parsons and Vicars be married or no and if they be not whether they kepe in their houses any suspected Wemen vnder the name and colour of their Butlers Kinswomen or otherwaies 13. Item whether they or any of them haue any sedicious bookes priuily or openly lately set forth by Doctor Harding other his complices enimies of Gods true Religion and to their Natiue Countrey or if any of them do supporte maiteyne or succoure the saide Doctor Hardinge or any of his Complices with money or otherwaies whereas they be in the partes beyond the Seas 14. Item whether they do distinctly and sincerely reade the homilies set forthe by the Quéenes Maiesties aucthority vppon the Sondayes and Holidayes when there is no Sermon and whether they do visite the sicke in exhortinge them to consider the poore and other Charitable deedes 15. Item that no Minister in the Ministration of the holy Sacramentes shall vse any Popishe or supersticious Garment sauing that kinde of Garmente as shall be appointed by common aucthority or by the Bishoppe of the Dioces and whether they receaue any to be Godfathers or Godmothers that haue not receiued the Communion or no. 16. Item whether your Parsons Vicars or Curates do vse to tole any Bell in the time of Lent as to confession in the Popishe time whether their tables be hanged like Aultars or no whether they baptise any Children on the workenday or no and bid and keepe any other holy dayes and fasting dayes then which are appoynted by the Booke 17. Item whether any of them do go in their Surplesses in the Rogation wéeke and whether they do read the Quéenes Maiesties Iniunctions quarterly or no. 18. Item whether they deliuer the holy Sacramente of the Lordes supper to their people rather into their mouthes then into their handes and whether they or any of them do whisper or breathe ouer the Breade in the time of consecration or no. 19. Item whether they do kepe the order for the bringing of the Coarse to the Buriall according to the Booke c. 20. Item whether they do visit the sicke and impotent persons to comforte them in the time of their sicknesse with necessary Doctrine out of the holy Scriptures necessary for that purpose Articles to be inquired of the Laytie FIRST whether you haue the Bible of the greatest volume the booke of common Prayer set forth by aucthority of Parliament the Paraphrase both partes of the homilies the Psalter and other bookes necessary accordinge to the Queenes Maiesties Iniunctions 2. Item whether there be a comly desent framed Communion table with a Carpet to the same according to the order of a boke set forth in that behalfe and also a conuenient Pulpit set vp in such place of the Churche as Gods word may be best heard out of it 3. Item whether any in your Parish do depraue or dispraise the booke of Common Praier set forth by aucthority of Parliament or speake against the homilies or do maintaine or holde any eronious opinions contrary to the worde of God and the lawes of the Realme 4. Item whether any man do stubbernly contemne or dispise the order of Administration of the holy Sacraments set forth in the English tongue and do obstinately refuse to receaue the holie Communion at the least foure times in the yeare 5. Item whether any man doth absent him selfe from diuine Seruice in the holy daies without lawfull● and iust cause and if such do whether the Churchewardens do leuie by the way of distresse the penalty according to the statute and put the same in the poore mans Boxe 6. Item whether there be any within your Parishe that doth not reuerently vse the ministers or whether there be any common swearers seditious slaunderers of their neighbours or haūters of any Alehouses in the time of diuine seruice or any walkers Ianglers or Talkers that disturbeth the minister in the time of diuine seruice 7. Item whether there be any whoremongers adulterers or any that do vse any sorcery inchauntmentes or witchcraftes or vehemently suspected of naughty liuinge within your Parish or no. 8. Item whether all monumentes of Superstition be defaced and taken downe within your churches or whether