Selected quad for the lemma: christian_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
christian_n	christian_a	church_n	unity_n	1,522	5	9.2638	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00158	Articles to be enquired of, within the prouince of Canterburie, in the metropoliticall visitation of the Moste Reuerende Father in God, Edmonde, Archbishop of Canterburie, primate of all Englande, and metropolitane in the xviij yeare of the reygne of our most gracious souereygne Ladie Elizabeth, by the grace of God, Queene of Englande, Fraunce, and Irelande, defender of the fayth, &c.	Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Archbishop (1575-1583 : Grindal); Grindal, Edmund, 1519?-1583.	1577 (1577)	STC 10155.3; ESTC S857	12,846	24

in some tauerne or Alehouse or else about some worldlye businesse or at Bowles Cardes Tables or other gaming without regarde of their office and duetie in that behalfe 50 Whether any man hath pulled downe or discouered anye church chauncell or chappell or any part of any of them anye church porche Uestrie or Steeple almosehouse or such like or haue plucked downe the belles or haue felled or spoiled any wood or timber in any churchyarde 51 Whether your Hospitals Spittles and Almosehouses be well and godly vsed according to the foundation and auncient ordinances of the same whether there be any other placed in them then poore impotent and needie persons that haue not wherwith or whereby to liue 52 Whether any of your parish being of conuenient age haue not receyued the holy communion thrise this last yeare at the least ▪ and namely at Easter last or thereabouts for once and what their names are or receiuing haue not signified the same before to your person vicar or curate that he might conueniently examine them or that haue refused to come to him to be examined 53 Whether there be any in your parish that hath or doth offend contrarie to the statute made in the xxxvii yere of the reigne of King Henrie the eyght for reformation of vsurie reuiued by an Acte made in the xiii yere of the reigne of the Queenes Maiestie what be the names of such offenders what is the maner of their vsury 54 Whether there be any in your parish that minister the goods of those that be dead without lawfull authoritie or any that suppresse the last will of the deede or any executors that haue not fulfilled their testators will specially in paying of Legacies giuē to the Church or to other good and godly vses as to the reliefe of pouertie to Orphanes poore schollers poore maydes mariages high wayes schooles and such like 55 Whether there be any which of late haue bequeathed in their testaments any Iewels Plate ornaments cattle or grayne or other moueable stocks Annuities or summes of money for the erection or finding of any obites diriges trentales torches lights tapers lampes or any such like vse now by lawe forbidden which are not payde out of any lands and wherevnto the Queenes Maiestie is not entytled by any Acte of Parliament and if there be any such Legacie or appointment what is the names of such testators and of the executors of their testaments what is the quantitie and qualitie of the gyft and to what godly and lawfull vse is the same conuerted and employed 56 Whether there be any money or stocke appertaining to your parishe church or chappell or to the poore of your parish in anye mans handes that refuseth or deferreth to paye the same or that vseth fraud deceit or delay to make any accompt in the presence of the honest of the parish for the same and whether any such stocke be decayed by whose negligence and in whose handes and whether the store of the poore mens boxe be openly indifferently giuen where neede is without partiall affection 57 Whether the schoole maisters which teach within your parishe eyther openly or priuately in any Noble or Gentlemans house or in any other place there be of good and syncere religion and conuersation and be diligent in teaching and bringing vp of youth whether they be examined allowed and licenced by the ordinarie or his officer in that behalfe whether they teach the Grāmer set forth by King Henrie the eyght of Noble memorie and none other whether they teach any thing contrarie to the order of religion now established by publike authoritie and whether they teach not their schollers the Catechisme in Latine lately set forth and such sentences of scripture as shall be most expedient and meete to moue them to the loue and due reuerence of Gods true religion now truely set forth by the Queenes Maiesties authoritie and to induce them to all godlynesse and honest conuersation and what be the names and surnames of all such schoolemaysters and teachers of youth within your parish aswell of such as teach publikely as those that teach in the houses of Noble men Gentlemen or other priuate men 58 Whether there be any among you that vse Sorcerie or Witchcraft or that be suspected of the same and whether any vse any charmes or vnlawfull prayers or inuocations in Latine or otherwise and namely Midwyues in the time of womens trauayle of child and whether any doe resort to any such for helpe or counsayle and what be their names 59 Whether there be among you any blasphemers of the nams of God greate or often swearers adulterers for nicators incestuous persons Bawdes or receyuers of naughtie and incontinent persons ▪ or harborers of women with childe which be vnmaried conueying or suffering them to goe away before they doe any penance or make satisfaction to the congregation or any that be vehemently suspected of such faults or that be not of good name and fame touching such crimes and faultes any drunkards or ribalds or any that be malicious contentions or vncharitable persons 〈…〉 slanderers of their neighbors raylers scolders or 〈…〉 betweene neighbors 60 Whether be any in these partes that haue maried with in the degrees of affinitie or consanguinitie by the lawes of God forbidden so set out for an admonition in a table nowe appoynted to be affayred in euery parish church within the Dioces or any that being diuorsed or seperated for the same ▪ doe yet notwithstanding cohabite and kepe company stil togither or any that being maried without those degrees haue vnlawfully forsaken their wiues or hosbands and maried others Any man that hath two wyues or any woman that hath two husbands any that being diuorced or seperated a sunder haue married agayne Any married that haue made precontracts Any that haue made priuie of secret contracts Any that haue married or contracted themselues without the consent of their parents tutors or gouernours Any that haue married without banes thrise solemnely asked Any cupples married that liue not togither but slaunderously liue apart Any that haue married out of the parish church where they ought to haue solemnised their marriage 61 Whether the Minister Churchwardens haue suffered any Lords of Misrule or summer Lords or Ladies or any disguised persons or others in Christmas or at Maygames or any Morrice dauncers or at any other times to come vnreuerently into the church or churchyard there to daunce or play any vnsemely parts with scoffes ieastes wanton gestures or ribald talke namely in the time of common prayer And what they be that commit such disorder or accompanie or maintayne them 62 Whether the Archdeacon Chauncelour Commissarie Officiall or any other vsing Ecclesiasticall iurisdiction in this Dioces their Registrares or Arctuaries Apparitors or Summōers haue at any time winked at and suffered any adulteries fornications incests or other faults and offences to passe and remayne vnpunished and vncorrected for mony rewardes brybes pleasure frendship or any other partiall or affectionate respect or any of them haue bene burdensome ▪ to any in this Dioces by exacting or taking excessiue fees excessiue procurations any rewardes or commodities by the way of promotion gift contribution helpe redemption of penance omission of quarter Sermons obtayning of any benefices or office or any other like wayes or meanes 63 Howe many Adulteries Incests and Fornications are notoriously knowne to haue bene committed in your parishe since Easter .1575 Howe many offenders in any such faults haue bene put to open penance and openly corrected and howe many haue bene wynked at and borne withall or haue fined and payed mony to the Archdeacon Chauncelour Commissarie Officiall or their deputies or to the Deanes Registrares or Sumners or any of them for to escape open punishment and correction and what their names and surnames be 64 Whether the Deanes Rurals and Sumners or any of thē doe pay any annuall rent fee or pension for their offices and what they pay and to whome 65 Generally whether there be among you any notorious euil lyuers or any suspected of any notorious sinne fault or cryme to the offence of Christian people committed any that stubburnly refuse to conforme themselues to vnitie and godly religion now established by publike authoritie or any that bruteth abroad rumors of the alteration of the same or otherwise that disturbeth good orders and the quietnesse of Christes Church and the christian congregation The tenor of the othe ministred to the Church-wardens and swornemen YE shall sweare by all mightie God that ye shall diligently consider all and euery the Articles giuen to you in charge and make a true aunswere vnto the same in writing presenting all and euery-such person persons dwelling within your parish as haue committed any offence or fault or make any default mentioned in any of the sayde articles or which are vehemently suspected or defamed of any such offence fault or default wherein ye shall not present any person or persons of any euill will malice or hatred contrarie to the truth nor shall for loue fauour mede dread or any corrupt affection spare to present any that be offendours suspected or defamed in any of these cases but shal do vprightly as men hauing the feare of God before your eyes and desirous to mayntayne vertue and suppresse vice So God helpe you