Selected quad for the lemma: cause_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bishop_n	church_n	person_n	1,806	5	4.8836	4	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A68015	Articles to be inquired of vvithin the dioces of Ely in the first visitation of the R. Reverend Father in God Matthevv, Lord Bishop of Ely.; Visitation articles. 1638	Church of England. Diocese of Ely. Bishop (1638-1667 : Wren)	1638 (1638)	STC 10197; ESTC R960	26,209	24

children which were priuately baptized if they liued béene afterwards brought to your Church that the Congregation and the Minister of the Parish in case they were not baptised by him might be certified whether they were lawfully baptised or no 7 Haue the children that haue béene borne to any Popish Recusant in your Parish béene publikely baptised in your Parish Church by your owne Parson Vicar or Curate Or by whom else were they baptised or where to your knowledge or as you haue heard you are to giue all the notice you can both of them and of their Parents 8 Hath the blessed Sacrament of the Lords Supper béene duly and reuerently administred in your Church or Chappell so often and at such conuenient times that at least thrice euery yéere whereof once at Easter euery Parishioner within your Parish being of the age of 16 yéeres or vpwards might receiue the same 9 Hath the said blessed Sacrament béen deliuered vnto any or receiued by any the Communicants within your Parish that did vnrcuerently either sit stand or leane or that did not deuoutly and humbly knéele vpon their knées in plaine and open view without collusion or hypocrisie 10 Haue any of your Parish which are openly knowne to liue in notorious sinne without repentance or any excommunicate persons or schismaticks common and notorious deprauers of the Religion and Gouernment of this Realme without vnfained sorrow shewed by them for their impiety and wickednesse béene admitted to be partakers of the holy Communion 11 Hath any of your Parish béen debarred from the said holy Communion without iust cause or without intimation presently giuen to the Ordinarie or Bishop of the Dioces Name euery such person and the person that debarred him or them Chap. 3. Concerning the Church the furniture and possessions thereof 1 HAue you a Parish Church and Chancell now standing and in vse or is the same prophaned or demolished in part or in whole 2 Haue you in your Church or Chappell the whole Bible in the largest Volume of the last translation the Booke of Common Prayer the two Bookes of Homilies and Bishop Iewels Works all well and fairely bound And haue you also in your Church the forme of the Diuine Seruice for the 5th day of Nouember and for the 27th day of March and the Book of Constitutions or Canons Ecclesiasticall 3 Haue you in your Church or Chappell a Font of stone set and fastened in the ancient vsuall place whole and cleane and fit to hold water A conuenient and decent Communion Table with a carpet of silke or some other decent stuffe continually laid vpon the Table at the time of diuine Seruice and a faire linnen cloth thereon laid at the time of administring the Communion what did either of them cost what be they now worth in value And is the same Table placed conueniently so as the Minister may best be heard in his administration and the greatest number may reuerently communicate To that end doth it ordinarily stand vp at the East end of the Chancell where the Altar in former times stood the ends thereof being placed North and South Is it at any time vsed vnreuerently by leaning or sitting on it throwing hats or any thing else vpon it or writing on it or is it abused to any other prophane or common vse Are there any steps or ascents in your Chancell vp to the Communion Table Haue you also a decent raile of wood or some other comely inclosure couered with cloth or silk placed handsomely aboue those steps before the Holy Table néere one yard high and reaching crosse from the North wall to the South except by the order of the Diocesan it be made with the ends returning vnto the East wall with two conuenient doores to open before the Table And if it be a Raile are the Pillars or Ballisters thereof so close that doggs may not any where get in Also are the ten Commandements set vp in your Church or Chappell where the people may see and read them and other chosen sentences written vpon the wals of your said Church or Chappell in places conuenient for the same purpose 4 Haue you in your said Church or Chappell a conuenient seat for your Minister to read diuine Seruice in Where and in what part of the Church doth it stand how farre from the Chancell and which way doth the standing thereof cause the Minister to turne his face when he knéeleth therein at prayer Haue you also a comely Pulpit set vp in a conuenient place with a decent Cloth or Cushion for the same Haue you a comely large Surplice what cost it by the yard and how long haue you had the same Haue you also a faire Communion Cup of siluer and a couer agréeable to the same a Flagon of siluer or pewter with all other things and Ornaments necessary for the celebration of diuine Seruice and administration of the Sacraments And haue you a chest wherein to put the almes for the poore with thrée lockes and keyes vnto it and another Chest for the kéeping of the Bookes and the Communion Vessels and Ornaments of the Church Or where are they kept ordinarily 5 In the said Chest haue you a Register booke in Parchment wherein to register the Christenings Weddings and Burials And is the same booke written and kept in all points according to the Canon And is the Christian name of the mother as well as of the father therein duly registred And is there a transcript thereof tran●mitted euery yéere into the Bishops principall Registry Haue you also a faire Paxer-booke wherein euery Preacher which is a stranger is to subscribe his name the day when he preached and by whose authority he is licensed And haue you also a Table set vp in your Church of the degrées wherein by Law men are prohibited to marrie 6 Is your Church or Chappell with the Chancell thereof as also the Vestrey and the Church Porch if you haue any and your Parsonage house or Vtcarage-house and all other houses thereto belonging your Parish Almes-house and Church-house in good reparations And are they imployed to godly and their right holy vses And if any of them be ruinated and wasted in whom is the default And is your Church Chancell and Chappell decently and comely kept as well within as without and are the seats in them well maintained and the bottomes of them either boarded or paued the Stéeple and Bels preserued the windowes in no part stopt vp but well glazed the roofe and wals cleane the whole floore kept paued plaine and euen and all things there in orderly and decent sort without dust rubbish straw or litter or any thing that may he either noysome or vnséemly for the house of God The Parishioners vsing none but Pesses and fast matts in their seats as néed shall require 7 Are there any armes and furniture for souldiers or other munition ladders buckets timber or any other implements for publike or priuate vse stored and kept in

without Repentance or any that haue maliciously and openly contended with their neighbours before they bée reconciled or any Church-wardens or Side-m●…n who hauing taken their oathes to present to their Ordinary all such publike offences as they are particularly charged to enquire of in the Parish have and doe notwithstanding wittingly and irreligiously incurre the horrible crime of periury either in neglecting or refusing to present such publike offences as they themselues know or haue heard to bée committed within your Parish 20 Hath your Minister at any time admitted vnto the Communion any that refuse to be present at publike prayers or who are notorious deprauers of the Booke of Common Prayer and administration of the Sacraments or of the Orders Rites or Ceremonies therein prescribed or of any thing contained in the thirty nine Articles or in the Book of ordaining Priests and Bishops Or who haue spoken against or depraued his Maiesties Soueraigne Authority in causes Ecclesiasticall vnlesse they and euery of them doe first acknowledge their repentance for their sin and promise to do so no more 21 Doth your Minister or Curate admit any to the Communion before they can say their Catechisme and be confirmed 22 Doth your Minister together with the Church-wardens and Quest-men take diligent héed and care not only that all and euery one of your owne Parishioners do receiue thrice euery yéere but also that no strangers of any other Parish doe come often and commonly to your Church from their owne Parish Church or do there receiue the holy Communion 23 Doth your Minister before the seuerall times of administration of the Lords Supper admonish and exhort his Parishioners if any of them haue their Conscience troubled and disquieted to resort vnto him or to some other learned Minister and open their griefe that they may receiue such ghostly counsell and comfort as their conscience may be relieued and by the Minister they may receiue the benefit of Absolution to the quiet of their Conscience and auoiding of all scruple And if any man confesse his secret and hidden sinnes being sicke or whole to the Minister for the vnburthening of his conscience and receiuing of spirituall consolation or ease of minde from him Doth he the said Minister or hath he at any time by word writing or signe openly or couertly directly or indirectly reueale and make knowne to any person whatsoeuer any Crime or Offence so committed to his trust and secrecie 24 Hath your Minister solemnized the Mariage of any person under the age of twenty one yéeres without the consent of their Parents or Gouernours or hath hée maried any which doe not audibly say and answer in all things appointed by the Liturgie or any without a King or in times prohibited or without the Banes first published thrée seuerall Sundaies or Holidaies in time of diuine Seruice in the seuerall Churches or Chappels of their seuerall abodes except they brought him a speciall licence from the Arch-bishop or Bishop of the Dioces or his Chancellor so to doe And both hée begin in the body of the Church and then goe up to the Table as to appointed Also doth your Minister so oft as there is any mariage appoint to haue a Communion After the Gospell doth hee say a Sermon if hée bée licenced to preach wherein to declare the office of man and wife according to holy Scripture Or else doth hee read that which the Church hath appointed to bée read at Matrimony 25 Doth your Minister vse the forme of thanksgiuing for women after childe-birth immediately before the Communion Seruice Or hath hée admitted thereunto any women begotten with child in Adultery or Fornication without licence of his Ordinary 26 Doth your Minister carefully looke to the reliefe of the poore and from time to time call vpon his Parishioners to giue somewhat according to their abilities to godly and charitable vses especially doth be enforce it vpon them with earnest exhortation as is prescribed at the time of the oblation or offering before the Communion and vpon their sick beds or when they make their wils 27 Doth your Minister or Curate resort vnto such as bée dangerously sicke in your Parish if he be sent for or notice of their sicknesse being given vnto him to instruct or comfort them in their distresses according to the order of the Book of Common Prayer not omitting then especially to moue them earnestly to liberality towards the ●…oore 28. If any being sicke doe desire the prayers of the Congregation is it done at the time of diuine Seruice after the thrée Collects and according to the forme in the Liturgie for the Visitation of the sick and not onely by giuing their names to the Preacher and mentioning of them in the Pulpit before or after a Sermon 29 Hath your Minister euer refused to bury any which ought to bee interred with Christian buriall Or hath hee deferred the same longer than hee should Doth hee goe before the Corps to the Graue and there say the whole seruice appointed not omitting the Lesson or any other part Doth be deuoutly kneele when hee saith the prayers and the Collects at buriall or hath hee admitted any to Christian buriall which by the Lawes of the holy Church of this Realme ought not to bee so interred 30 Doth your Minister being a Preacher well studied indiuinity and hauing any Popish Recusant or Recusants in your Parish labour diligently with them from time to time to reclame them from their errors Or otherwise is he ouer conuersant with them or suspected to fauour them 31 Hath your Minister or any other taking upon him the calling of a Minister preached baptized children except in case of necessity solemnized mariage churched any women or ministred the holy Communion in any private house or houses If yea then where when and how often hath he done it 32 Doe you know or haue heard of any which are reputed to bee Ministers or of any other of the Laity either Male or Female that presume to make matters of Diuinity their ordinary Table-talk Or that under pretence of holynesse and edification take the liberty at their Trencher-meetings or where seuerall company not being all of the same family are assembled rashly and prophanely to discourse of holy Scripture Or amidst their cups to dispute or determine any Articles of Faith and Religion or touching any point of doctrine or Ecclesiasticall discipline at their owne pleasure did to their owne phansie you shall name the persons times and places as far as you know or haue heard and can remember 33 Doth your Minister euery six moneths in your Parish Church openly in the time of diuine Seruice vpon some Sunday denounce and declare excommunicate by name such as doe perseuere in the sentence of excommunication not seeking to be absolued And hath hee said diuine Seruice whiles any excommunicate person hath béene present in the Church Or hath admitted any person that hath beene excommunicate into the Church without a