Selected quad for the lemma: duty_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
duty_n	child_n	fault_n	parent_n	1,043	5	9.1125	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A00176	Articles to be inquired of, by the reuerende father in God, Richarde by Gods prouidence Bishop of Elye for the churchwardens and inquirers of euery seuerall parishe vvithin his diocesse, in his visitation, holden in the yeare of our Lord God, 1573.	Church of England. Diocese of Ely. Bishop (1559-1581 : Cox); Cox, Richard, 1500-1581.	1573 (1573)	STC 10194.5; ESTC S2097	4,798	14

¶ ARTICLES to be inquired of by the reuerende Father in God Richarde by Gods prouidence Bishop of Elye For the Churchwardens and Inquirers of euery seuerall Parishe vvithin his Diocesse in his visitation holden in the yeare of our Lord GOD 1573. PRINTED AT LONDON by Henry Bynneman for Humfrey Toy ¶ To the Persons Vicars and Curates Churchwardens and Inquirers vvithin the Diocesse of Ely. FOr as much as in my former Visitations I deliuered out certayne Iniunctions as well vnto you of the Clergie as vnto the Churchwardens and other sworne men to be diligently obserued and kept it shall not be néedefull to repeate and inioyne the same agayne In case any newe matter of disorder maye appéere vnto you by the inquirie of my Articles ye shall doe well and duetifully to receiue and take the true sense and meaning of the sayd Articles to be in place and steade of Iniunctions bothe vnto the Clergie and also to the Laytie as we vse to call them Which Articles by the way of questions I thought good to mynister vnto you to the intent both that ye may by the helpe of them more easily fynd out and declare all the disorders whiche are vsed in your Paryshes to the euill example of others and to the highe dishonor of Almightie god And that also by your faithfull information vpon your othes I may be the better able to redresse all disorders and faultes to the edifying of the people in your parysh and to the glorie of the Almightie and euerlasting god These Articles yée Churchwardens muste diligently examine and truely answere to euery Article according to your othes IN primis whether your Person or Vicar doe preach against the vsurped power of the Bishop of Rome and his romish doctrine and errors according to the Quenes Maiesties Iniunctions 2 Item whether he reade twice in the yeare the confession concerning the principall articles of Religion set forth by the Archbyshop of Canterburie and other Byshops 3 Item whether you haue one Sermon euery quarter at the least in your parishe Church 4 Item whether there be any Monuments of superstition remayning as Images Crosses holy water stockes Roodeloftes and such like 5 Item whether there be any in your parishe that speaketh agaynste any pointe of Religion nowe establyshed in this Realme or any that be despisers mockers or gainesayers of Preachers and Ministers doing their duties 6 Item whether there bee any knowne Papists or any receyuers of such as doe not consent to the Queene hir Maiesties Supremacie 7 Item whether your Chancell Church and Churchyarde be in good and sufficient reparatiō 8 Item whether your Person or Vicar haue moe benefices than one whether your Curate serue moe cures than one 9 Item whether your Curate reade distinctly so that he may be heard and vnderstanded of the parishioners whether he hath speciall Licence vnder the Ordinaries Seale 10 Item whether your Curate reade an Homely when there is no Sermon 11 Item whether the Churchwardens do collect and take of those that do not come to church vpon the Sundayes and Holidayes the forfetures of twelue pens to the vse of the poore for euery time that they be so absent without iuste cause 12 Item whether a Certificat be made at the least euery quarter of all swearers blasphemers of Gods holy name Drunkardes Adulterers incestuous persons Fornicators Rybaudes Baudes or receiuers of such inconuenient people and of strange women with chylde whose husbandes are vnknowne or any persons that are vehemently suspected of such faults al sowers of discorde betweene neyghboures within your paryshe 13 Item whether the Statute of the prouisiō for the poore be duely obserued and kept if not in whome the faulte is and whether any refuse to contribute to the reliefe of the poore 14 Item whether there be any that doe stubbornely contemne or despise the order of Admynistration of the holy Sacramentes sette forth in the English tongue or haue not receiued or do obstinately refuse to receyue the holy Communion at the least three times in the yeare 15 Item whether there bee any cloth hanged on the wall where the high alter stoode and the table often commaundements fixed to the same 16 Item whether your Person Vicar or Curate say or sing his seruice in such decent vesture as is prescribed by publique authoritie 17 Item whether any of your Parishe after that he be excommunicated doe at any tyme resort to the Churche at Diuine seruice not beeing absolued and restored to the Church agayne and whether any of your Parishe keepe any suche excommunicated person companie 18 Item whether the Children bee instructed in the English Cathechisme lastly sette forth by authoritie euery Sundaye and Holydaye before Euening praier by the space of one whole houre and if they bee not whether the faulte bee in the Parentes and Maisters of the Chyldren or in the Curate neglecting his duetie 19 Itē whether ther be admitted to the receyuing of the Communion any notorious sinners within your parish without open reconciliation declaration of repentance for the same offence 20 Item whether the Queenes Maiesties Iniunctions bee read quarterly by the Person Vicar or Curate 21 Item whether any of your Paryshiones walke talke or otherwise vnreuerently beehaue themselues in the Churche or vse any gaming abroade or in any house or sitte in the streates or Churchyardes or any Tauerne or Alehouse vppon the Sundayes or Holydayes in tyme of Common prayer seruice Preaching or reading of the Homelies or whether any Inkeepers Alewiues Victualers or Typlers do suffer them 22 Item whether any Butchers Bruers Shomakers or others vse to bring carie or sell any such things vpon Sundayes or Holydays in the time of Common prayer Sermon or reading of Homelies and whether any other artificer dothe vtter any wares or Marchandize in the like times 23 Item whether the Churchwardens doe see the names of all Preachers that preache in their parysh Churches to be noted in a boke for that purpose whether euery Preacher do subscribe his name of whom he had his Licence 24 Item whether any man trouble or moleste the Churchwardens for doing their dueties 25 Itē whether the Churchwardens be chosen by the cōsent of the Person Vicar or Curat without whose consent they may not be chosen 26 Item whether the Churchwardens haue prouided these bookes following that is to saye the English Bible in a great volume the boke of seruice the bokes of Homelies with the Homely against rebellion bokes of Psalmes the boke of holy Articles with Canons and rules of discipline in Englishe the booke of the Queenes Maiesties Iniunctions the booke of aduertisements the table of degrees of Matrimonie the ten Commaundementes and the Byshops Iniunctions the bookes of peculiar prayer set forth at any tyme at the costes and charges of the Parishioners 27 Item whether the Paraphrases of Erasmus or else the exposition of Master Musculus vpon the Gospell of Saint Mathewe be hadde