Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	bind_v	church_n	communion_n	1,436	5	9.0889	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A72017	A booke of certaine canons, concernyng some parte of the discipline of the Churche of England In the yeare of our Lord. 1571.; Constitutions and canons. 1571	Church of England.	1571 (1571)	STC 10064; ESTC S125375	11,018	27

declare vnto hys Ordinary When he is come to the Church he together with hys prebendaries resident shall foresee that the statutes of his church if they be not contrary to the woorde of God as many are and that the statutes of this realme whatsoeuer concerning ecclesiasticall order and all Iniunctions eyther set foorth by the Queenes Maiestie or enioyned by the bishop in his visitation of the same Church be diligently obserued Moreouer the Deane and Residentaries shall endeuour as much as lyeth in thē that the peticanons or vicares and other ministers of their Church lest they lyue idlely and vnprofitably in slouthfulnes and geue themselues to vnlawfull gaming be constrayned to the studye of the holy Scriptures and that euery one of them haue the new Testament not onely in Latine but also in English The Deanes and Residentaries shall see that there be no other forme obserued in singing or saying prayers or in the administration of the Sacramentes but onely that which is sette foorth and prescribed in the booke of Common Prayers neyther shall they suffer any straunger to preach vnto the people except the Queenes Maiestie or the Archbishop of the same Prouince or the Byshop of the same Dioces haue graunted him licence thereunto And if such a Preacher so allowed eyther by the Queenes Maiestie or by the Archbishop or Byshop shall in hys Sermon publish any doctrine eyther straunge wicked or disagreeable wyth the worde of God or with the Articles of our Religion agreed vpon in the Conuocation house which no doubt are consonant to the Scriptures or with the booke of common Prayers the Deane or the Residentes shall assone as may be geue notice of the same to the Byshop by theyr letters subscribed also with some of theyr handes which hearde him preach that he may determine on the matter as he shall see good Archedeacons EVery Archedeacon shall haue in hys house both the other bookes and namely those which are entituled Monumentes of Martyrs Euery Archedeacon whiche hath authoritie to visite eyther by common law or by prescription shall visite hys territory once euery yeare in hys owne person and he shall not substitute any to be his Officiall but such a one as hath bene brought vp in the vniuersities and hath studyed the ciuill law and is of the full age of xxiiij yeares beyng able not onely in learnyng but also in grauety and modesty to discharge that office Archedeacons and theyr substitutes whom they call Officialles shall call the clergie to accompt in theyr visitations how much euery one of them hath profited in the study of Scripture and shall geue vnto so many of them as haue not taken the degree of a maister of Arte vpon them in the vniuersitie some parte of the new Testament to be learned without booke and at the next Synode shall compell them to make repetition thereof and they shall detecte vnto the Bishop such as are eyther stubburne or negligent herein When the visitation is finished the Archedeacon shall signifie vnto the Byshop whome he hath founde in euery Deanery so furnished with learnyng and iudgement that they may be thought worthy to enstruct the people in sermōs and to rule and gouerne others Of these the bishop may chuse some whome he wil haue rural Deanes Archdeacons shall straightly and seuerely punish all offenders not winke at their faultes or suffer any man to escape vnpunished who is knowen to haue offended Archedeacons shall haue a speciall care that the monumentes of theyr actes and doinges be faythfully and safely preserued and shall once euery yeare bryng to theyr bishop all the originall copies of such testamentes which shal be proued before them the yeare before that they may be preserued by the Bishops Register They shall write out the copies of the same Testamentes to their owne vse if they wyll Chauncellors Commissaries and their Officials EVery Chauncellor Commissary and officiall shal be learned in the ecclesiasticall and ciuil lawes and such one as is twenty and sixe yeres olde and hath taken some degrée in the scholes for learninges sake and is reasonably well practised in course of law touching whose lyfe and maners no euill reporte be heard Besides euery one of these either shall be in the ministerie or if he be not yet shall he be well affected and zealously bent toward religion and such he shall openly and freely shew himselfe and before he enter his office he shall take an othe of the authoritie and supremacy of the Prince and also shall subscribe to the articles of religion allowed in the conuocation of Bishops None of these neyther Chauncellor Commissary nor Officiall shal proceede in examination of matters vnto the sentence of excommunication but onely in causes of instances In matters of correction they shall doe all other things which lawfully they may and are wont to be done But the sentence of excommunication they shall leaue onely to the Byshoppe which either he himselfe shall pronounce or shall commit the pronouncing therof to some graue man which is in the ministerie After that he hath geuen sentence he shall also adde for a warning and terror to the people a certaine order of wordes vpon in the conuocation and wheresoeuer the Byshop shall commaunde shall declare hys conscience to the people what he thynketh of those articles and the whole doctrine And he beyng once admitted into the holy ministery shall from thencefoorth neuer departe from it nor shall vse himselfe as a laye man eyther in apparell or in any part of his lyfe Euery Parson Vicar or Curate shall yearly before twenty dayes after Easter exhibite to the Bishop or to his Chaūcellor or Commissary the names and surnames of his parishoners as well men as women of those I say which beyng fourtene yeares of age come not to the holy Communion as by the statutes and ecclesiasticall lawes of thys Realme they are bound such as refuse to be examined by the minister of the church in learnyng the Catechisme and articles of christian religion and what parentes or maisters thincke scorne to sende theyr children or seruauntes to churche at the tymes appoynted to heare and learne the same Catechisme They shall suffer none to vndertake for an Infante at Baptisme except he haue receiued the Communion and haue bene partaker of the holy misteries and he shal admit none to the partaking of the sacramēts which hath not learned the Catechisme and articles of the fayth Euery sonday and holiday the parsons vicars and curates shall come to the churche so timely and conueniently in due season that the parishioners hauyng done theyr busines may come thether with their children seruantes And there they shall reuerently as it is fit godly say or sing the holy seruice so plainly so manifestly distinctly that the people may heare vnderstand what is sayd or song therof receaue comfort and commoditie The lyke reuerence and godlynes they shall obserue in celebratyng the most