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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
cause_n	bishop_n	ecclesiastical_a	person_n	2,205	5	5.3328	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B07647	Articles, to be enquired of vvithin the dioces of London, in the third generall visitation of the reuerend Father in God, Richard, Bishop of London. Holden in the yeere of our Lord God 1604. In the second yeere of the raigne of our most gratious Soueraigne Lord Iames, by the grace of God of England, Fraunce, and Ireland, king, defender of the fayth; and of Scotland the thirtie eight, &c..	Church of England. Diocese of London. Bishop (1597-1604 : Bancroft); Bancroft, Richard, 1544-1610.	1604 (1604)	STC 10255; ESTC S92374	12,178	17

perambulation of the circuite of your parish appoynted by Law and whether doth he in the sayd perambulation moone the people to giue thankes to God in the beholding of his benefites for the increase and aboundance of his fruites vpon the face of the earth and sing or say the two Psalmes beginning Prayse the Lord O my soule c. with the Letanie suffrages therevnto belonging and at certaine conuenient places reade the Homily of thanksgiuing to God alreadie deuised and diuided into foure partes without addition of any superstitious ceremonie heretofore vsed 8 Whether doth any man being neither Minister nor Deacon read common prayer openly in your Church or Chappel or administer the sacrament of baptisme or solemnize matrimony or take vpon him to practise any other ministeriall dutie in the church that is prescribed to be executed particularly by such as are either ministers or Deacons what is his name that so doth 9 Whether is your Parson or Vicar a Preacher licensed to preach by lawfull authoritie according to Law if he be how many Sermons doth he preach yeerely if he be not how many doth he procure to be preached by others who hath preached them and whether were they Preachers lycensed as is before expressed 10 Whether doth your Parson Vicar or Curate euery Sunday Holy day when there is no Sermon read distinctly and plainely some part of the Homilies prescribed and set foorth by Law 11 Whether doth the Parson Vicar or Farmour of the Benefice in your parish cause or suffer any Curate or Minister either to read seruice c. or to preach before he the said Curate being no preacher be examined admitted by the Ordinarie in writing and before he the said Curate being a preacher be thereunto admitted according to Law and before they shew their sayd seuerall licences vnto the Churchwardens 12 Whether doth your Preacher in his prayer which he maketh at the entraunce into his Sermon vse at all times the prayer for his Maiestie for our geacious Queene the Prince and all the rest of the royall progenie with his whole title as King of England Scotland Fraunce and Ireland defender of the fayth c. and of all causes and ouer all persons within his highnesse dominions as well ecclesiasticall as temporall next and immediatly vnder God supreme gouernor And whether doth he in like manner then pray for the Archbishops and Bishops as by law is also appoynted 13 Whether your Minister doth serue two Cures in one day 14 Whether doth your Parson Vicar or Curate euery Sunday and Holy day openly in the Church earnestly call for heare and instruct all the Children Apprentises and Seruants of both sexes that be of conuenient age within your Parish or at the least so many of them by course as the time will serue and as he may well heare instruct one houre at the least before or after euening prayer in the ten Commandements the Articles of the beliefe and the Lords prayer and diligently examine teach them the Catechisme as it is now allowed and set foorth in the booke of Common prayer 15 Whether is there any man in your parish being neither your Parson Vicar nor Curate that taketh vpon him to preach or read Lectures eyther in priuate houses or publikely in your church or chappell who is not licensed to preach or read there or who doth not once a yeere at the least administer the Sacraments in your sayd Church or Chappell where he so preacheth or readeth according to the booke 16 Whether your Minister hath or doth receiue to the holy Communion any persons which be not of his owne parish without testimonie from the Minister of the place where they dwell what they be that it may appeare that they be not persons excommunicate or otherwise infamous 17 Whether doth your Parson Vicar or Curate reiect any from the holy Communion who is not by publique fame or by presentment of the Church-wardens detected for a notorious Fornicator Adulterer or other wicked lyuer or disturber of his neighbours by whom publique offence is giuen and whether he receiue any such person so infamed or presented to the holy Communion before publique penaunce inioyned by his Ordinarie be by him first performed to the satisfaction of the Congregation according to the Law in that case prouided 18 Whether doth your Parson Vicar or Curate or any other Minister or Preacher baptise in your Parish-church or Chappell any Infants not in the Font according to the antient custome but in a Bason and vrge the parentes of the sayd Infant to be present in place of Godfathers for their children 19 Whether doth your Parson Vicar or Curate once euery quarter of the yeere read his Maiesties Iniunctions openly and deliberately before his parishioners at one time or at two seuerall times in one day according as in the sayd Iniunctions it is prescribed 20 Whether hath your Parson Vicar or Curate or any other Minister publiquely or priuately preached declared or spoken any thing in your parish in derogation of the booke of Common-prayer which is set foorth by the lawes of this Realme dispraysing or deprauing the same or any thing therein contayned or against the present estate of the Ecclesiasticall gouernement established by the same authoritie or agaynst any office function or part thereof affirming the same to be vnlawfull 21 Whether hath your Parson or Vicar more Benefices then one yf he hath not whether is he resident vpon that one yf he be not resident where doth he remayne and whether doth he leaue a sufficient Minister and Preacher to supply his absence allowyng something yeerely towardes the reliefe of the poore and what doth he so allow 22 Whether is your Parson or Vicar who hath two Benefices within this Dioces or one Benefice in this Dioces an other foorth of the same resident one halfe of the yeere on one of them and the other halfe yeere or the greater part thereof vpon his other Benefice and whether doth he leaue the Benefice in your parysh prouided of a sufficient Preacher to serue it and hath an especial care of some conuenient hospitality to be kept in his absence according to his ability and the proportion of that lyuing 23 Whether doth your Parson Vicar or Curate keepe a iust and perfect note of all such as do communicate in your parish and do not rather regarding their priuate gayne receiue their offeringes at Easter delyuer them Tokens enter them into their booke and so certifie as communicantes those who neuer receiued 24 Whether doth your Parson Vicar or Curate keepe any man or woman in their houses that are suspected to be eyther of euill religion or of bad life or whether be they or any of them incontinent persons themselues or giuen to drunkennes or to be haunters of tauerns alehouses or suspected places common Dicers Carders Tableplayers Swearers Dauncers or otherwise suspected persons of any notorious crime or light and vnseemely