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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
book_n	holy_a	scripture_n	teach_v	2,798	5	6.1836	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B00010	Articles to be inquired of by the church-wardens and sworne-men, in the ordinarie visitation of Lancelot Lord Bishop of Elie, within the Diocesse of Elie, Ann. 1610.	Church of England. Diocese of Ely. Bishop (1609-1619 : Andrewes).; Andrewes, Lancelot, 1555-1626.	1610 (1610)	STC 10195; ESTC S92329	7,548	14

to serue for your Cure and whether doth he serue two churches or chappels in one day 13. Whether doth your Minister in saying the publike prayers and administring the Sacraments weare a decent surplesse with fleeues and beeing a graduate doth he weare therewith a hood by the order of the Vniuersities agreeable to his degree 14. Whether hath your Minister or any other Preacher in your Church preached any thing to confute and impugne any Doctrine deliuered by any other Preacher and hath he and they prayed for Christs catholike Church as is prescribed by the Canon 15. Whether hath or doth any preach in your Church which refuseth to conforme himselfe to the Lawes Rites and ordinances established or which hath not first shewed a sufficient licence 16. Whether doth your Minister in his sermons foure times in the yeare at the least teach and declare the Kings Maiesties power within his Realmes to be the highest power vnder God to whom all within the same owe most loyaltie and obedience and that all forraine power is iustly taken away 17. Whether doth your Minister euery Sunday and Holyday halfe an houre before Euening prayer or more examine and instruct the youth in the ten Commandements the Beleefe the Lords prayer and the catechisme set forth in the Booke of common Prayer 18. Whether hath your Minister maried any which haue not been three seuerall Sundayes or Holydaies asked in your Church in the time of Diuine seruice without licence and hath he with licence or without maried any whereof neither dwelt in your Parish or with any licence but onely from the Bishop of Elie or his Chancellers or from his grace of Canterbury 19. Whether hath your Minister with licence or without maried any at any other times then betweene the houres of Eight and Twelue in the fore-noone or in any priuate house or when there is no licence before their Parents and Gouernours the parties beeing vnder the age of 21. yeares haue testified their consents 20. Whether doth your Minister declare to the people euerie Sunday at the time appointed what Holydaies and fasting-dayes be the weeke following doth he beeing a Preacher conferre with all Recusants and persons Excommunicate or suspended beeing no Preacher doth he procure a sufficient Preacher to reclaime them thereby 21. Whether doth your Minister keepe a Note of all persons excommunicate and once euerie sixe moneths doth be denounce them which haue not obtained their absolution on some Sunday in seruice time that others may be admonished to refraine their companie 22. Whether doth your Minister hauing notice giuen him diligently visite the sicke the Disease not beeing infectious doth he instruct and comfort them doth he then mooue them to make their Testaments and remember the poore and other workes of charitie and the passing Bell tolling doth he then neglect his last dutie 23. Whether hath your Minister refused to baptize any Childe brought to the Church vpon any Sunday or holyday or to burie any Corps brought into the Church or churchyard or to church any women hauing had conuenient warning thereof 24. Whether hath your Minister beeing truely enformed of the danger of death of any Infant vnbaptized and beeing desired to goe to the place where the child is to baptize it neglected to goe by meanes whereof the child died vnbaptized 25. Whether doth your Minister at any time preach or ad●●nister the Communion in any priuate house except when any are so impotent that they cannot goe to Church or verie dangerously sicke 26. Whether hath your Minister held or appointed any publique fast or beene present at such doth he or any other in your Parish hold any lecture or exercise or attempt by fasting or prayer or otherwise to east out any Deuils without the licence of the Bishop vnder his hand and seale 27. Whether hath there beene any secret conuenticles or meetings in your parish by any Priests Ministers or others tending to the deprauing of the forme of prayer doctrine gouernment of the Church 28. Whether doth your Minister in his iourney weare a cloake with sleeues called a priests cloake without gards welts long buttons or cuts 29. Whether doth your Minister weare a wrought night-cap abroad or doth he weare any cut or pinckt apparell doth he in publike goe in hi● Dublet and Hose without a coat or cassocke and doth he weare any light coloured slockings 30. Whether doth your Minister resort to any Tauerns or Ale-houses except for his honest necessities or doth he boord or lodge in any such place doth he vse any base or seruile labour drinking ryot dice cardes tables or any other vnlawfull games is he contentious a hunter hawker swearer dauncer suspected of incontinencie or giue cuill example of life 31. Whether is there in your parish any Minister or Deacon who hath forsaken his calling vsing himselfe in his course of life as a gentleman or other lay man Touching Schoole-masters WHether haue you in your Parish any Schoole-master who teacheth either in publike Schoole or priuate house doth he giue any euill example of life is he allowed by the Ordinarie or doth your Minister or Curate teach and is he allowed in like manner 2. Whether doth your Minister or Schoolemaster who teacheth teach the catechisme by authoritie set forth doth he when there is any sermō or diuine seruice bring his Schollers to Church see them quietly and soberly ordered doth he examine them after their returne what they haue learned of the sermon 3. Whether doth he at other times teach them such sentences of holy Scripture as may induce them to godlinesse doth he teach the Grammar set forth by King Henrie the eight continued by King Edward the sixt and Queene Elizabeth 4. Whether hath he spoken writ or taught against any thing whereunto he formerly subscribed as the Kings supremacie the Articles of religion Booke of common prayer or any thing therein contained Touching the Parish Clarke and Sexton WHether haue you a Parish Clarke sufficient for his place of the age of 20. yeares at the least is he of honest conuersation can he read write and sing is he diligent in his office and seruiceable to his Minister and not giuen to ouermuch drinke 2. Whether doth your Clarke meddle with any thing aboue his Office as churching of women burying of the dead reading of Prayers or such like Whether doth your Clarke or Sexton keep your church cleane the dores safe locked is any thing by his default lost or spoyled in the church doth he suffer vnseasonable ringing or any prophane exercise in your Church 4. Whether doth your Clarke or Sexton when one is passing out of this life neglect to tole a Bell hauing notice thereof or the partie beeing dead doth he suffer any more then one short peale and before his buriall one and after the same another 5. Whether doth any of your Parish refuse to pay vnto the Parish-Clarke or Sexton such wages as are vnto them due and haue beene accustomably paid