Selected quad for the lemma: church_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
church_n	day_n	keep_v	sabbath_n	10,295	5	10.1047	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79627	Articles to be inquired of in the diocesse of S. Asaph. In the fift visitation of the reverend father in God, Iohn, Lord Bishop of S. Asaph. 1642	Church of England. Diocese of Saint Asaph. Bishop (1660-1666 : Griffith); Griffith, George, 1601-1666.	1642 (1642)	Wing C4080A; ESTC R231297	7,368	15

Profaning the Lords day Whether doe any in your Parish prophane the Sunday by unlawfull games drinking or tipling in the time of common Prayer or Sermon by working and doing the ordinary workes of their vocation and trades 2. Item Impugning the Rites of the Church Is there any in your Parish that do impugne or speake against the Rites and ceremonies of the Church of England or the lawfull use of them government of this Church under his Majestie by Arch-Bishops Bishops and other Ecclesiasticall officers 3. Item Reverent behaviour at divine service Who in your Parish do come to the Sermon only not to divine Service who do not reverently behave themselves during the time of divine Service devoutly knéeling when the general confession of sins the Letany the ten Commandements and all Praiers and Collects are read or who doe give themselves to babling talking or walking and are not attentive to heare the Word read and preached 4. Item Are there any of your Parish Leaving their own Churches to goe to others having a Preacher to their minister that do absent themselves from his Sermons and resort to other places to hear other Preachers or doe any in your parish communicate or baptize their children in any other Parish 5. Item Opening of shops upon the Sunday Whether doe any in your Parish exercise any trade or labour buy or sell or keepe open shops or set out any wares to be sold upon Sundaies and holydayes by themselves their servants or apprentices or have otherwise prophaned the said daies 6. Item Whether is the 5. of November kept holy Keeping holy the fift of November and thanksgiving made to God according to the order set forth in that behalfe 7. Item Are there any in your Parish that be Adultery Fornication Incest c. or are commonly knowne or reputed to be blasphemers of Gods holy Name drunkards adulterers fornicators incestuous persons concealors or harbourers of fornicators or adulterers have any béene detected of such notorious crimes what penance have they done for the same 8. Item Whether there be any In-kéepers victualers or Ale-house-kéepers within your parish that admit unto orsuffer in their houses any person at the time of commnn Prayer or Sermon upon any Sabbath day or holy day who they be that hant such Tauerns Innes or tipling houses at prayer time 9. Item Whether any markets or selling of any meat or other wares be suffered or used in your Church yard or néere the same upon the Sabbath day and whether any butchers packmen pedlers or any mercers or other trades-men within your parish open their shops or make any common or open sale of their stuffe upon Sabbath dayes and holy dayes 10. Item What Recusant Papists are there in your Parish and whether do they or any of them kéepe any Schoole-master in their house which commeth not to Church to heare divine Service and receive the holy Communion what is his name and how long hath he taught 11. Item Whether hath your Minister or any other of your Parishioners béen at any schismaticall conventicles in any private house or houses within your Parish and there have conferred about any private orders for prayers preaching or expounding the Scriptures contrary to the book of common Prayers and the laws established in that behalfe Or whether any lay men have then taken upon them to expound the Scriptures or preach if so you shall present them all Articles concerning Schoolemastees Physitians and Chirurgions and Parish-clarkes FIrst is there any Schoole-master in your Parish that teacheth publikly or privately not licenced by the Ordinary doth he teach any Papist or Sectaries children that come-not to Church And doth he instruct all his Schollars to learne the short catechisme by Law established contained in the book of common Prayer Is he a Graduate and sufficient to teach 2. Item Physicians not licensed What Physitian or Chirurgion is in your parish unlicensed and being not a Doctor of Phisick in either of the Vniversities doth practice Phisick And what ignorant persons have left their trade and taken upon them to professe Phisick or Chirurgery who bée they that so abuse the people and doe any in your parish take upon them to heale and cure men or cattell by charmes spels witchcraft or any other unlawfull wayes or meanes 3. Item Have you a fit parish clarke Parish clark aged twenty yéeres at least of honest life able to read write are his and the Sextons wages paid without fraud if not then whose default is it by whom is he chosen Is he diligent in his office serviceable to the Minister doth he meddle with any thing above his office doth he keepe the Church cleane the doores locked Is any thing lost or spoiled by his default and doth he execute his office duely Articles concerning Ecclesiasticall offices FIrst Exceslive fees Whether be there any Ecclesiasticall Officers that exercise Ecclesiasticall jurisdiction within this Diocesse that take and receive or exact any extraordinary fées for any cause whether have your Churchwardens and Questment concealed any abuses or offences punishable in the Ecclesiasticall Court whether such offences being presented are suppressed and unpunished 2. Item Table of fees in Court Whether is there not a table of fées in the Court of the consistory allowed and subscribed by the Iudge and Register of the Court of Consistory Anno Dom. 1597. and the same every Court day hung up in some publike place of the Court and Registry 3. Abuses in Apparitors and Sumners Item Have any Apparators or Sumners under pretence of authority cited or summoned any person unlawfully or hath taken any reward for the concealing of any offence or sinne or the avoiding of punishment of the offenders and who be they that have done so Or doe they take any fees not accustomable Have they threatned any to prosecute them if they have no reward and do they summon any without a citation first had If you know any other default or crime of Ecclesiasticall cognisans you are to present the same The Minister of every Parish may joyne in presentment with the Church-wardens and Side-men and if they will not present then the Ministers themselves being the persons that should have the chiefe care for the suppressing of sin and impietie in their Parishes may present the crimes aforesaid and such things as shall be thought to require due Reformation FINIS