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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	christian_a	church_n	faith_n	1,944	5	5.0013	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07634	Articles to be enquired of in the ordinary visitation of the right worshipfull, Iames Marsh, Dr. of Divinity, Arch-Deacon of Chichester. Holden Anno Dom. 1640..	Church of England. Archdeaconry of Chichester. Archdeacon (1640-? : Marsh).; Marsh, James, b. 1593 or 4.	1640 (1640)	STC 10188; ESTC S92312	9,736	18

falling bands downe to his shoulders or any other vnséemely garments not proper to his Ministery 6 Doth your Minister vse such servile bodily labour as is not fit for one set apart by Imposition of hands for Divine Imployments Is he a defamed Vsurer or Broker a Chopper of Church-Liuings a frader in Faires or Markets doth he idely vague vp and downs a fault so often censured in ancient Councels or doth he any way else so entangle himselfe in secular affaires as to neglect the duties of his calling 7 Is your Minister so zealous of the good of his Flock as diligently to labour the reclaiming of Recusants of all sorts within their charge whether they be such as with periil of their soules superstitiously adhere to the Church of Rome or such in the other extreame who having perversly relinquish'd our Communion find nothing to adhere to but their owne private fancies 8 Is Divine Service orderly perform'd in your Church by your Minister or Curate vpon appointed times as the Booke of Common Prayer prescribeth without any kind of alteration addition or omission particularly doth he read the Letany on Wednesdays and Fridayes 9 Is he entirely conformable to all Orders Rites Ceremonies of the Church or vsing them onely for a shew doth he privately or publikely speake any thing in derogation of them 10 Doth he in celebration of divine Service vse such vestments as are enjoyned by authority doth he constantly in performing that Duty weare a Surplice and an Hood if he be a Graduate sutable to his degrée 11 Doth he before his Sermon vse such forme of Prayers as is prescribed by the Ecclesiasticall Canon for the prevention of the indiscréet flying out of some in their extemporary Prayers 12 Doth he preach in such a solemne habit as becomes him in a long Gowne and Cassocke not in a riding or ambulatory Cloake 13 Doth he in his Sermons preach Christ and him crucified abstaining from those high points of speculation which haue in severall ages raised combustion in Christian Churches and therefore to preserue peace among vs forbidden by his sacred Majesty in his late Declaration 14 Doth he sometimes take occasion in his Sermons to teach obedience to the King as supreme to all Magistrates substituted vnder him to all Lawes of the State all Canons and Constitutions of the Church which being lawfully enioyn'd we are to obey not onely for feare but for conscience sake 15 Hath your Minister at any time reveal'd the Confession of any made to him in secret contrary to the 113. Canon and so hath brought a scandall vpon that ancient Remedy of sinne and sinners 16 Doth he at any time from the Pulpit point out particular men damning some and saving others and in his inuectiues against vice doth he fall from the generall and particularly designe such as hée thinkes delinquents 17 Doth your Preacher or Lecturer read divine Service before his Sermon or Lecture doth he besides twice a yeare at least administer the Sacraments in his owne person 18 Doth he in Rogation wéeke yearely vse the accustomed perambulation informing his Parishioners not onely of the cill vse of that custome but also of the religious to pray to God for his blessing on the fruits of the earth and to deprecate his anger 19 Hath your Minister taken vpon him to appoint any publike or private Fasts Prophesies or exercises not approved by Law or publike Authority or hath he béene present at any Conventicle where either the Doctrine or Discipline of the Church hath béene traduced 20 Doth he in the time of divine Service vse due and lowly reverence at the mention of the blessed name of JESUS instructing others to doe the like not as an adoration of the bare sound of the word but as an humble acknowledgement that there is not either in heauen or earth any name by which we shall be saved but that alone 21 Is your Minister a Preacher licenced by lawfull Authorityor not if he be having no lawfull impediment doth he preach ordinarily in his Cure If he be not doth he procure Sermons once a moneth at least to be preached by such as are lawfully licensed 22 Doth your Minister vpon every Sunday when there is no Sermon read on Homily out of the Booke appointed 23 Doth he once in the yeare vpon some Sundayes or Holidayes read over the Booke of Canons before Evening Prayer that euery one may the better know what the Church requires of them Of the Sacrament of Baptisme DOth your Minister or Curate in their Sermons or otherwise or any other teach or maintaine that Baptisme in Gods ordinary dispensation with man is not the doore that lets vs into the Church nor any way necessary to salvation doth he not admonish you that are his Parishioners not to deferre it beyond the accustomed time least some suddaine sicknesse should take away the infant without the seale of the new couenant 2 Doth your Minister baptize the child at the Font the place assign'd for it doth he doe it in cleane pure water Doth he take it in his armes signe it with the sign of the Crosse asking such Questions and vsing such Prayers as are enjoyned 3 Doth he baptize any without any Godfathers or Godmothers to answer for them Or doth he not giue to them such directions as are prescribed in the Rituall for the education of the child in true Religion 4 In case of necessity where the child is in danger of death doth the Minister being sent for refuse or delay to come to giue it private Baptisme or doth he privately baptize where there is no necessity 5 Haue any children in your Parish died vnbaptized how long remained they so before they died and by whose default was it that they were deprived of that holy Sacrament Of Confirmation and Chatechisme preparatory to it 1 IS your Minister carefull in examining and instructing the youth and ignorant persons of the Parish by teaching them Principles and grounds of Christian Religion delivered in that short Catechisme approved by the Church and insorted in the Common Prayer Booke 2 Doth he according to his Majesties Instructions convert the popular afternoone Sermons on the Sunday into catechizing by Question and Answer 3 When children by the benefit of thus catechizing are able to giue an account of their faith doth he admonish their Parents to bring them to the Bishop to receiue by Prayer such confirmation as may strengthen them in Captismall Grace received Of the Sacrament of the Lords Supper 1 IS this blessed Sacrament administred in the Church every moneth vpon the first Sunday or at least thrice in the yeare whereof Easter to be one 2 Is it administred in that reverend and decent manner as becomes so high a mystery are the words of Consecration solemnly pronounced the Elements reverently touched and handled 3 Doth your Minister deliver this Sacrament to any standing or sitting or in any other posture than vpon the knée doth he first receiue it