Selected quad for the lemma: prayer_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
prayer_n	pray_v	tongue_n	unknown_a	2,458	5	9.8592	5	false

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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

hath inhibited or letted any from preaching hauing sufficient licence 11 Whether any person or persons not being ordred at the least for a Deacon or licenced by the Ordinarie do say common prayer openly in your Church or Chappell or any not being at the lest a Deacon doe solemnise matrimonie or administer the Sacrament of Baptisme or deliuer vnto the Communicants the Lords Cup at the celebration of the holy Communion and what he or they be that so doe And whether the Person Uicar or Fermer of your benefice do cause or suffer any Curat or Minister to serue your Church before he be examined and admitted by the Ordinarie or his Deputie in writing and doe shewe his licence to the Churchwardens and whether any Curate doe serue two Cures at one time without the speciall licence of the Ordinarie or his Deputie in that behalfe in writing first had 12 Whether your Person Uicar or Curat doe euery sunday when there is no sermon reade distinctly and plainly some part of the Homelies prescribed and set forth by the Queenes authoritie to be read and euery holyday when there is no sermon immediately after the Gospel openly playnely and distinctly recite to his parishioners the Lordes prayer the Articles of the faith and the ten Commaundements in English and whether any Minister not admitted by the Ordinarie or by other lawfull authoritie doe expound any scripture or matter of doctrine by the way of exhortation or otherwise and thereby omit and leaue of the reading of the Homelies Whether your Person Uicar or Curate do euery Sunday and holyday openly in the Church call for heare and instruct all the Children Aprentises 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 and instruct for halfe an houre at the least before or at the euening prayer in the ten Commandements the Articles of the beliefe and the Lordes prayer and diligently examine and teach them the Catechisme as it is now allowed and set forth And whether for that purpose he doth take the names of them all and by course call certayne of them by name euery sunday and holyday to come to the teaching of the same Catechisme 14 Whether all fathers and mothers maysters and dames of your parishe cause their children seruants and apprentices both mankind and womankinde being aboue seuen yeres of age and vnder twentie which haue not learned the Catechisme to come to the Church on Sundayes and holydayes at the times appointed or at the least such and so many of them as your Minister shal appoynt and there diligently and obediently to heare and to be ordered by the Minister vntill such time as they haue learned the same Catechisme and what be the names of those that doe not cause their children seruantes and apprentises so to come to the Church to be instructed and examined and how many of the said children seruants and apprentises be in your parishe which being aboue seuen yeares olde and vnder twentie yeares of age can not say by heart the sayde Catechisme and what be their names and age and with whom they dwell 15 Whether your Person Uicar Curate or other Minister in your Church or Chappell hath admitted to the receyuing of the holy Communion any open and notorious fornicatour adulterer or euill liuer by whom the congregation is offended without due penance first done to the satisfaction of the congregation or any malicious person that is notoriously known to be out of charitie or that hath done any open wrong to his neighbour by word or deede without due reconciliation first made to the partie that is wronged 16 Whether your Person Uicar Curate or Minister hath admitted to the holy Communion any of his Parishe being aboue twentie yeares of age eyther mankinde or womankinde that can not say by heart the ten Commaundementes the Articles of the fayth and the Lordes prayer in English and what be the names of such as cannot say the same or being aboue fouretene yeares and vnder twentie yeares of age that cannot say the Catechisme allowed and set forth in the sayd booke of Common prayer And whether he marie any persons which were single before that cannot say the Catechisme And whether he vseth to examine his parishioners at conuenient times before he administer vnto them namely before Easter yearely to the intent he may knowe whether they can say by heart the same which is required in this behalfe or no 17 Whether your Priests and Ministers be peacemakers and no brawlers or fowers of discorde and exhort their parishioners to obedience towardes their Prince and all other that be authoritie and to charitie and mutuall loue among themselues whether they be diligent in visiting the sick and comforting them and doe moue them earnestly especially when they make their Testaments to consider the necessitie of the poore and to giue to their boxe or chest their charitable deuotion and almose 18 Whether they neglect the studie of the holy Scriptures and of the worde of God and whether such of them as be vnder the degree of a maister of Arte haue of their owne at the least the newe Testament both in Englishe and Latine and whether they doe euery day with good aduisement conferre one Chapter of the Latine and English togither at the least And whether they haue giuen due accompt therof and to whom 19 Whether any of your persons vicars curats or ministers be fauourers of the Romishe or forreyne power letters of true religion preachers of corrupt and Popishe doctrine or mainteyners of sectaries or doe set forth and extoll vayne and supersticious religion or be maintainers of the vnlearned people in ignorance and errour encouraging or moouing them rather to pray in an vnknowne tongue than in English or to put their trust in a certayne number of prayers as in saying ouer a number of beades Ladie Psalcers or other like 20 Whether any doe preach declare or speake any thing in derogation of the booke of common prayer which is set forth by the lawes of this Realme dispraysing the same or any thing therin contayned 21 Whether your Person Uicar or Curate hath or doth mainteine any doctrine contrarie or repugnant to any of the Articles agreed vpon by the Clergie in the Conuocation holden at London Anno. domini .1562 for the auoyding of diuersities of opinions for establishment of consent touching true religion set forth by the Queenes authoritie whether any hauing bene admitted to his benefice since the thirtenth yeare of the Queenes reigne hath noe within two monethes after his induction publickly redde the said Articles in your Church in the time of Common prayer there with a declaration of his vnfayned assent therevnto 22 Whether your person vicar curate minister or reader doe church any vnmaried woman which hath bene gotten wyth childe out of lawfull mariage say for hir the