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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
A86477	Mr. Hollis his speech to the Lords in Parliament concerning peace. With a motion for some course to be taken for repairing of trade, that so poore tradesmen may be preserved to hold out during these troublesome times. Whereunto is added a relation of a vision of blood in the skie, that appeared about Redding on Tuesday night last.	Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680.	1643 (1643)	Wing H2478; Thomason E90_18; ESTC R19938	15,536	34

in the Church to gather the almes of the people and to distribute them according to the necessitie of the poore by the advice of the Consistory Art 2. They shall gather together the almes after the Sermon and shall procure and keepe faithfully the goods of the poore And if necessitie so require they shall goe from house to house of those that are willing to gather that which it shall please them to give Art 3. They shall distribute nothing without the advice of the Consistory if there be not urgent necessitie Art 4. The almes shall be distributed principally to those which are of the houshold of faith and if there be any overplus it may serve to helpe the strangers Art 5. To meet with all suspition the Deacons shall keepe the Booke as well of the receits as also of the distribution of the almes the which they shall count in presence of the Minister and of one of the Elders Art 6. The Deacons shall render their accompts every Communion day after the latter Sermon in the presence of the Ministers the Ancients and the people if there be any that will assist them And therefore they shall be exhorted to be present there Art 7. They shall endeavour that the poore shall be nourished without going about a begging And they shall make suite to the Governours that the youth fit for labour may be set to occupations And shall advertise the Masters the Justices to the end they may give order that none goe from house to house to beg Art 8. They shall visite the poore sicke and impotent and the prisoners to comfort and assist them in their necessitie Art 9. They shall be assistant to the Consistory with the Ministers and Ancients and there shall propose the necessitie of the poore and tell their advice but in the choice of other Deacons they shall have definitive voice Art 10. There shall be two Deacons in every Parish or else the Elders shall have this charge of gathering and distributing the almes of the people The Ecclesiasticall Liturgie wherein is contained the Preaching of the Word the Administration of the Sacraments Marriage the visitation of the Sicke wherein also is spoken of Buriall CHAP. VIII Of the Preaching of the Word Article I. THe people shall assemble themselves twice every Sunday within the Church to heare the Gospell preached and shall be assistant to the publike prayers And also they shall assemble themselves once or twice every weeke upon the dayes which shall be commodious for the Parishes And every house-holder shall cause to be present his family Art 2. The people being assembled before the Sermon one shall reade a Chapter out of the Canonicall Scripture onely and not out of the Apocrypha Bookes and that it be done by one that hath charge in the Church or of one of good conversation at the least Art 3. During the time of prayers every one shall kneele having the head bare Item during the time of singing of Psalmes and the administration of the Sacraments and whiles the Minister shall read his Text every one shall be uncovered and be attentive to that which is said and done of him Art 4. At the publike Catechismes which the Minister shall make on the Sunday after dinner he shall chuse a Text out of the Word of God which is agreeable unto the section he is to treate of and shall reade in the beginning of the said Text and shall have it for a foundation of the doctrine which shall be spoken of in the said section Art 5. The doores of the Church shall be shut after the Sermon and publike prayers to wipe away all superstition And the sears shall be set in good order that every one may commodiously understand the voice of the Minister preaching Art 6. The Churches which are dedicated to the speciall service of God shall not be imployed to any prophane uses And the Magistrate shall be desired that he would not hold there any civill jurisdiction CHAP. IX Of Baptisme Article I. THe holy Baptisme shall be administred in the Church after the preaching of the Word of God before the blessing Art 2. The Fathers of the children if they be not upon a voyage shall with the witnesses stand neere to the child to present it to God and make promise for the instruction of it as they are bound there to doe Art 3. None shall be received to present a childe at the Baptisme unlesse he have received the Lords Supper or else if he be not fit to receive it and that he make promise to doe it at the next Communion whereof if he be a stranger he shall bring testimony Art 4. He which would present a childe to be Baptised shall advertise the Minister in good time Art 5. The Minister shall not receive the names of Heathen of Idolls names attributed to God in the Scripture neither the names of Office as Angels Baptist Apostle Art 6. Every Parish shall register all their Baptismes of the Fathers Mothers and Witnesses of children and of the day wherein they were baptized and likewise of the Marriages and of the dayes all which shall be carefully kept CHAP. X. Of the Lords Supper Article I. THe holy Supper of our Lord Jesus Christ shall be celebrated foure times in the yeare at Easter or the first Sunday of Aprill the first Sunday of July the first Sunday of October and the first Sunday of Januarie And this shall be done after the Sermon the which shall be made expresly of this matter or at the least shall be touched at the latter end of the Sermon Art 2. They shall follow this order The Table shall be set in some commodious place by the Pulpit where they shall communicate in order being set which is most conformable to the first institution or standing as it is the custome of some Churches the men first and the women after and none shall goe away till after the thankesgiving and blessing of the people Art 3. Those which would communicate at the holy Supper shall be catechised first of all by the Minister to render a reason of their faith They ought to know the Lords Prayer the Articles of their faith and the ten Commandements at the least the substance of them and renounce the Pope the Masse and all Idolatry and Superstition Art 4. None shall be received to the holy Supper which is not of age and discretion and which hath not good testimony of his life and conversation and which doth not promise to subject himselfe to the discipline Art 5. If there be any which is accused in justice to have committed some crime he shall be exhorted to abstaine from the Communion till such time as he shall be justified Art 6. There shall not be received to the Lords Supper any of other Parishes without good testimony from his Pastor or of two of the Elders where there is no Minister Art 7. Those that will not be reconciled shall be deprived of