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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	according_a	justice_n	law_n	1,616	5	4.3920	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A32972	Articles of visitation and enquiry concerning matters ecclesiasticall according to the laws and canons of the Church of England, exhibited to the ministers, church-wardens, and side-men of every parish within the diocese of Worcester / by the right Reverend Father in God, John, Lord Bishop of Worcester.	Church of England. Diocese of Worcester. Bishop (1662 : Gauden); Gauden, John, 1605-1662.	1662 (1662)	Wing C4090; ESTC R38740	6,493	15

the repaire and provisions of the Church XII Do any among you refuse to bury their dead according to the Forms and Rites of the Church of England which are so consonant to the faith hope and charity of true Christians towards those that dye in the peace of the Church Are there any Wills or Testaments of persons dead in your Parish yet unproved or any Goods Administred without a legal grant from the Ordinary Do you know of any Legacies given to your Church or the poor or other pious and charitable uses not yet received by you or detained from you XIII Do you know or have heard of any in your Parish who having the presentation of an Ecclesiastical Living hath made any Simoniacal compact or gain thereby either in mony or by reserve of any part of the Tithes or Glebe belonging to that Benefice XIV Have any Pews or Seats been erécted in your Church or Chappel without leave from the Ordinary Is there any strife or contention about Seats in the Church Have any occasioned Riot Clamor or Fighting in the Church at any time TIT. V. Concerning Parish-Clerks and Sextons belonging to the Church I. HAve you a Parish-Clerk who is of a sober life and good report Is he able for Reading Writing and Singing as a Clerk Is he chosen by your Minister and approved by the Parish Are his wages duly paid him II. Doth he or your Sexton take care of the Church to kéep it lockt and clean to open the doors and to ring the Bells in due time to call the living to the Worship of God also to admonish them by tolling of a Passing-Bell of any that are dying thereby to meditate of their own Deaths and to commend the others weak condition to the mercy of God TIT. VI. Concerning Hospitals and Almes-houses Schools and School-masters Physicians Chirurgeons and Midwives I. WHat Hospital Almes-house or Free-school hath béen Founded in your Parish Are they so ordered in the Revenue and Vse as the Founders appointed and the Law of the Land allows II. What School-master private or publick is there in your Parish Is he or they Licenced by the Bishop or his Chancellor Doth he instruct his Scholars in the Catechisme and Religion of the Church of England according to that Conformity and Order which is established as necessa●y for the Publick Peace III. Do any in your Parish practise Physick Chirurgery or Midwifery without Licence from the Ordinary TIT. VII Concerning Church-Wardens and Side-men I. ARe the Church-wardens of your Parish yearly chosen according to Law and do they appoint Side-men to assist them for the due ordering of the Church II. Have the last Church-wardens given up their accounts to those that succéed them together with all monies and other things belonging to your Church or Chappel III. Do your Church-wardens and Side-men diligently take notice of their names who without a sufficient cause are absent from Divine Service and Sermons on the Lords-dayes and other Holy-dayes Do they by Warrant from the next Iustices levy 12. pence by way of distresse according to Law upon their Goods in case they refuse to pay it for their wilful and causelesse absence and is the money so levyed distributed to the poor of your Parish and kept upon account in a Book IV. Do you suffer none to stand idle or to play or walk or talk together or to behave themselves rudely and unseemly within or without the Church during the time of Gods Holy Worship and Service to the scandal and disturbance of the Minister and Congregation V. Do you provide fine White-Bread and good Wine against every Communion according to the number of Communicants VI. Do you cause all strangers who preach in your Church to enter their names in a Book and by what Bishop they are Licenced to Preach VII Have you taken care to give a true Answer unto these Articles and to draw up your presentments according to your Oaths consulting with your Minister and other Neighbours THis you are seriously to consider That as the faithful discharge of your Offices according to your Oaths and Duties is a special means to repress punish and reform sins scandals and disorders in your Parish also to preserve the honour of Religion and the Peace of this Church to the glory of our God and Saviour which are the great Uses and Ends of all Church-Government and Discipline So if you neglect your Duties herein you sin against God your Consciences and the Churches Prosperity being liable in case of wilful Omission and Perjury to those Punishments which are by the Law to be inflicted on you for your defaults The Ministers of every Parish are desired to given in the Names of such as having not yet received the Lords Supper are by them upon examination judged fit for Confirmation and so for the Holy Communion THE END