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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A19564	Catechismus, that is to say, a shorte instruction into Christian religion for the synguler commoditie and profyte of childre[n] and yong people. Set forth by the mooste reuerende father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, primate of all England and Metropolitane	Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556.; Jonas, Justus, 1493-1555.	1548 (1548)	STC 5993; ESTC S109272	142,949	534

oure neyghbour for Goddes sake But when we wyll serue God onely with suche a kynde of worke that perteyneth not to our neyghbour but is propre and seuerall to God alone than God commauÌ„deth you not to set before your eyes any outwarde worke but to rest from such workes For this God requireth of vs in thys commaundement And now good children listen vnto me and you shall know the cause why god doth thus He is so riche a God and his maiestie is so mighty y t he hath no nede of our outwarde workes nor wourshyppinges Againe he is so gentle lyberal and mercyfull that of his awne accorde he desireth to do good to all men wherby his name is praysed and honored Therfore he y t wil do pure seruice honor to God let hym gyue himselfe to rest and quietnes not workyng to be made holy by his owne outwarde workes but let hym kepe holy day let him suffer the benefites of God to be powred lyberally and frely vpoÌ„ hym For to beleue that we receaue all good thinges frely from God to acknowlege them with a trew fayth and gladly to prayse thanke God for thesame is the most excellente and highest honor that can be yelded to him in this life But it is not sufficieÌ„t for vs to kepe y e Sabboth day But the Lorde saith Thou shalte sanctifie the Sabboth day that is to saye we shall bestowe that day about holy heuenly godly thynges Now yf ye desier to knowe with what holye workes you shoulde passe away this day you shal vnderstaÌ„de that we can do no geater holy workes thaÌ„ to heare y e worde of god and to learne y e trew feare of God the right faith in him to prepare our selfes that we may worthely be partakers of the Lordes table therby to receyue great comfort to the quiet of our consciences confirmatioÌ„ of oure fayth And moreouer on such dayes cheflye we ought in faythe and spirite feruently to praye to God to gyue vs all good thinges that we lacke and haue nede of and to defende and deliuer vs froÌ„ all yl thynges And thus praing we shal not faile to be hearde These be y e chiefe holy daye workes by the whiche God rather serueth and worketh for vs then we for him For when he by hys mynisters causeth his wourde to be preached vnto vs when he distributeth to vs ineffable gyftes of hys sacramentes when he heareth our prayers he is rather beneficial vnto vs theÌ„ we be to him Therfore theffecte suÌ„me of this commaundement is as God shoulde say thus Good childerne wil you serue me do that thing that may please me then truste not in your awne workes nor put your confidence in theim For I haue no nede of your labour and workes Come hyther I wyll teache you what ye ought to beleue and to do I wil comforte you wyth the meruelous giftes of my sacrameÌ„tes I wil heare your praiers you can not giue to me greater honor theÌ„ to repayre to me and to suffer me y t I maye powre my benefites vpon you that you may acknowlege me to be your father that you may cast your hole affiance in me and y t you maye loue me as chyldren loueth their fathers and mothers But of this matter you shal heare more in the Crede or articles of the faith In the meane tyme you shall specially marke that althoughe euery man hath nede to labour daily for his dayly fode yet God hath gyuen vs Sabboth dayes or resting tymes in the whiche he hath commaunded not onelye the maisters themselues but also their seruantes and cattel to cesse from bodily labores And yet on those dayes he fedeth vs aswel as on the workynge dayes By the whiche he signifieth vnto vs that althoughe we toyle not continually vntil we be wery yet he wil gyue vs abouÌ„dantly all thinges necessarie when we obey his will first of all seke the kyngdome of God that all other thinges maye be gyuen vs. Hytherto good children you haue bene taughte in what holy workes you ought to spende the Sabboth day now it shall be declared vnto you how great a sinne it is not to sanctifye the same The whiche synne is then committed when we vpon the holye dayes do not heare with greate dilygence and reuerence sermons the most frutefull woorde of God when we do not gyue our myndes to prayer and other Godly workes but to idlenes eatinge drynkynge bankettynge dauncynge lechery dicing cardynge backebytynge slaunderyng and other vngodly workes For the which abuse of holy daies God is grieuously prouoked and punisheth vs greuouslye with dyuerse kyndes of plages but specially with nede and pouertie For so God threateneth in the .xxviii. chapter of Deuteronomie that meÌ„ shall labour and toyle bothe daye and nyght and yet shall not be able to worke themselues out of pouertie And it is no meruell For when God gyueth them restynge dayes they doo not sanctifie the same they do not heare the worde of God nor pray to him but wickedly dispise God and his honor spendyng the sabboth daye in the aboue named synfull and vngodly lyfe wherfore God iustly punisheth them with pouertie But peraduenture you wyl say God doth not punishe all y e breakers of this commaundemente with nede and pouertie Trueth it is in deede some there be whiche God doeth not punishe in this lyfe but defferreth theyr punishement vntill the houre of death wheÌ„ they be vtterlye forsaken of hym whiche is a payne most horrible and euerlastyngly condemned if they amend not in due tyme. Therfore good children eschewe these synnes that be so heynous in the sight of god sanctifie youre Sabboth daye be desirouse to heare the woorde of God praye continually and gyue thankes to God for all his benefites In so doyng you shall surelye please hym and he shall sende you his grace fauour blessynge that all thing maye prosper wyth you that you maye with ioye and gladnes serue youre Lorde God and enioy manye sabbothes or restyng dayes For God is wel content that we haue many restynge dayes so that we spende them wel in holy and godlye exercises and cause not only oure bodyes to rest from labours but also oure myndes from synne For we must kepe the Sabbothe daye not onelye with our bodye but also with oure hartes and myndes which we do when we bridle our owne wil and fleshely lustes and with all reuerence humble our selues to Goddes wyll so that when we reherse the Lordes prayer we maye saye trewly and hertely Thy wyll be donne in earth as it is in heauen For so God testifieth by the prophet Esaie in the .lviii. chapiter saying yf thou wilt absteyne from doyng thy wyll on my holy daye then thou shalt be called a pleasaÌ„t Sabboth day that is to saie wheÌ„ we submit our wyl to the holy wil of God and patiently suffre those thinges whiche he worketh in vs and willeth vs to suffre

ten commaundementes Â¶ A general preface to be rehersed in the begynnynge of euery sermon made vpon the articles of our Faith commonly called the Crede YHe holy apostle saynct Paule good childern writteth expressely that withoute faith it is vnpossible to please God Also Christ himselfe saieth He that beleuethe and is baptised shall be saued Now I trust ther is none among you but he is desirous to please God and enioye euerlastynge lyfe Then yf you wyll attayne therto you must chiefely and most diligently applye youre myndes to learne the christian faythe and the articles of the same For you haue hearde that without it there is nothing able to reconcile vs to God y e father to pacifie his wrath and to bringe vs to the lyfe euerlastyng For althoughe the tenne commauÌ„dementes are an excelleÌ„t godly and heauenly doctrine yet we can not be saued or iustifyed by theym For we be not able of our owne strength and power to fulfyll the lawe and goddes holy commaundementes But by theym we onelye do learne what God requireth of vs and so be brought to the knowledge of our synne For this is the office of the lawe as saincte Paule sayeth to teache vs our offences and to set before our eyes the great feare of God and the indignation whiche we haue deserued by breakynge his commaundementes to the intent that we acknowledgyng our owne weakenesse shoulde flye to Goddes grace and mercye This feare of God is learned in the ten commaundementes and it is the begynnyng of wysedome But the holy christian fayth is a muche more hyghe and excellente knowledge and wysedome as sayncte Paule wytnesseth saying We speake wysedome amonge theym that are perfecte such wisdome as is not of thys worlde nor of the rulers of thys worlde whiche be mortall but we teache the wysedome of God whiche is secret and hyd which God ordeyned before the worlde vnto oure glorye whiche wysedome none of the rulers of this worlde dyd knowe These be the wordes of sayncte Paule whereby he declareth that the science of fayth passeth al other sciences and teacheth heauenly and eternall wisedome that excedeth all mennes philosophye For by faythe we learne to knowe God what he is and what loue he beareth towarde vs and howe great benefites he hath heaped vpon vs. For by fayth we be made y e childreÌ„ of God and he giueth vnto vs the holy goost whiche doeth lyghten and kyndle our hartes that we maye begynne to kepe hys lawe whiche els of our owne strengthe we were not able to kepe and fulfyll Wherfore good children it is necessarie for you to learne y e doctrine of faithe for without it we can not be iustified or brought agayne into gods fauour For no man is iust or rightuous before God that hath not the holy gost and he that will receyue the holy gooste muste beleue in Christe for by faith we receyue the holy goost therefore by faith we be iustified Agayne yf we wyll be saued we must knowe God and our Lord Iesus Christ as it is written Iohn the .xvii. But we can not knowe God and his sonne Iesus Christ but by faith therfore faith iustifieth vs and bringeth lyfe euerlastyng Wherfore good children applye your selfes dylygently to learne â–ª the Christian faith the which nowe I wil shortely reherse vnto you The Apostles Crede I Beleue in God the father almighty maker of heauen and erth And in Iesus christ his only sonne our Lord which was conceiued by the holye goost borne of the virgin Marye Suffred vnder Ponce Pylat was crucified dead and buried he descended into hel And the third dai he rose againe from death He ascended into heaueÌ„ and sitteth on the ryghte hande of God the father almightye From thence he shal come to iudge the quicke and the dead I Beleue in the holy gost The holy Catholyke churche The communion of saintes the forgiuenes of sinnes The resurrection of the bodye And lyfe euerlasting Amen This is the summe of oure christian faith wherein God hath shewed vnto vs what he is how great benefites he hath gyueÌ„ and daily doth gyue vnto vs to thentent that we should cast y e anchore of our faith vpon him take sure holde of his mercye and goodnes and comforte oure selues with the same bothe in oure lyfe tyme and also at our death Wherfore good children be dilygent not onely to saye by rote the wourdes of your Crede but also to vnderstande what is ment by the same so y t wheÌ„ you be asked any question therof you maye be able to make a direct answere and also in tyme to come to teache y e same to your children For what thiÌ„g can be more shame to a Christen man then to professe the relygion of Christ and yet to be ignorant in the chief pointes of Christes faith and his doctrine Considering that euery Christen man is bounde openly to declare his faith wheÌ„ nede shal so require and to instruct his children in the same y t they maye come to the true knowledge of Christ. This generall begynnynge muste go before euery sermon of the Crede The first sermon of the Creation TO thentent good children that you maye the better vnderstande the true Christian faythe and doctrine you muste fyrste of all learne and knowe that God is a spirituall or gostly substance as Christ sayth Iohn the .iiii. God is not a bodily thing whiche maye be sene and felte He is present in euery place he seeth and beholdeth all thinges whiche we do speake or thynke and yet he is not measured with any ende tyme or place And forasmuche as mannes witte coulde not serche or fynde out the knowlege of thys highe misterie of the substaunce of God Christ himselfe the sonne of God dyd open to vs that beleue in hym what God is That is to say that there is God the father God the sonne and God the holy goste three persones and yet one true and euerlastyng God And it is your bouÌ„deÌ„ dutie good children diligently to learne thys lesson And although these thinges passe all mennes capacities and is a doctrine harde for you to learne yet in tyme to come you shal heare more of this matier In the meane season beare awaye I praye you thys one lesson that there is one true and euerlastinge God and yet three persones the father the sonne and the holy gost And this we call the Trinitie because these thre the father the son and the holy goost are one godlye substaunce And it is a great shame for you that be christeÌ„ children not to learne this lesson For all you were baptised in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy goost and thereby you were made christen and the childreÌ„ of God and obteyned remission of youre synnes Wherfore it is your dutie to learne knowe in whose name you ar baptised that so you maye truly know God and youre father which you

Lordes supper to theym that receyue the sacramente althoughe Christe hymselfe sayeth playnely Take eate thys is my bodye And why do they not beleue this verely because they dyd neuer trulye beleue thys article that God is almyghtye but they thynke that God is not able to work or do that thing which they can not compasse with their awne wit and reason But you good children folowe not suche but beleue you with all youre hearte that God is almyghtye that he is able to worke and do all thynge that he wylleth and perfourme all thing that he speaketh or promiseth And in so doyng you shall fynde great peace and quietnes in your consciences For this is an excedyng comforte for vs stedfastly to beleue this article that God is almyghty For hereby we be perswaded in all perels and aduersities to put our trust in him forasmoche as he is able to delyuer vs out of al troubles and affections although they seme to mans reason remediles Hereby also we be taught to humble oure selues before God and not to be proude neyther to dyspyse or forget hym when all thynges goeth after our owne wyll but to consyder that God is almightie and able with a becke to ouerturne kingdomes to cast downe the ryche to exalte the poore to punyshe the wicked and to destroy vs yf we prouoke him to angre Wherefore good children marke well this worde Almighty whiche is as muche to saye as this No man is so sore sycke but God is able to heale hym No man is so poore but God can make hym riche No maÌ„ is so symple or dul wytted whom he is not able to make wyse No man is so vyle or lytle regarded but he is able to promote him to highe honours No man is so greate a synner but he is able to iustifye him Wherefore in all chaunces we must put our truste in God onelye For he is able to do what soeuer he willeth and all thynge is subiecte vnder hys dominion Furthermore in this article God is called maker of heauen and earth that is to saye God made heauen and earthe and all thynge contayned therein of no thynge For God made not these thynges as a carpenter maketh an house whiche can not woorke yf he lacke hys toyles stuffe But he onelye sayde lette it be done and by and by all thinges were done And therefore he hathe a newe title whiche was neuer herde among all the Philosophers beynge called the creatour of the worlde that is to saye that by his woorde he wonderfullye made all thynges of nothynge And as soone as he did speake by and by al the worlde stode vp and was made Thus he made manne and gaue hym bodye and soule reason and wysedome and dyd sette vnder his gouernaunce the yerth and all thyng that groweth theron as all kynde of trees wyth their fruytes all kyndes of herbes and floures all fyshes of the sea foules of the ayer and al maner of beastes tame or wylde and he made man Lorde ouer all these creatures that he myghte vse theym partely to his norishement and foode and partely to hys apparell and ornament of hys bodye in so muche that he made the Sunne Moone and all y e sterres for thys ende that they shoulde serue maÌ„ And that is most comforte to vs of all he made al these creatures before he did creat maÌ„ declaryng therby that he is carefull for vs and prouydeth suche thinges as we haue nede of yea before we be borne Wherefore good children let vs be of good chere and putting our trust in God let vs reason on this fashioÌ„ For asmuch as God made heaueÌ„ and earth it is euideÌ„t therby that he is Lorde and mayster of the same and that all thynges aswell in heauen as in earthe are donne accordyng to his wil. And forasmuche as he made all thynge for vs it is also manyfest therby y t he willeth all creatures to do vs seruice let vs therfore folow y e counsel of Christ who saith Be not careful for your life what ye shall eate or drynke nor yet for your bodye what raiment ye shal put on Is not y e lyfe more worth then meat and the bodye more of value then rayment Beholde the foules of the ayer the whiche do neyther sowe nor reape nor carye into the barnes and yet your heauenly father doth feade theim Are not you much better theÌ„ thei CoÌ„sider the lilies of the feld how they growe They labour not thei spynne not And yet I saye vnto you that SalomoÌ„ himselfe when he was in his most gorgious roialtie and glorye was not apparelled lyke one of these Nowe yf God dothe so apparell a floure which althoughe it florysheth to day yet to morow it wythereth away is cast into a fournas shal he not muche more do y e same for you o ye men of litle faith These be the wordes of Christ good children by the which he exhorteth vs to put our trust and confidence in God our father and stedfastlye to beleue that he whiche hath gyuen to vs our lyfe is both able willyng also to gyue vs all thynges necessarye to the maintenaunce of our lyfe For he is the maker of al thinges all creatures obey hys wyl and commaundement and if there lacked any thinges y t shuld helpe vs he is able euery daye to make all newe agayne as euery yeare he maketh all thynges to renewe and spryng agayn Thus by these wordes we learne y t God hath made heauen and earth and all thynges conteyned therin for vs and for oure commoditie and that he is both can and wyl gyue vs our dayly foode and lyuyng Wherfore let no maÌ„ trust to his own wit reasoÌ„ or coÌ„passinge thinking y e he is able to get his liuing or riches by hys awne carefulnes or to maynteyne hys lyfe but let vs put our trust in God oure father almightie he will feade nouryshe and mainteyne vs as long as it shall please him Neuertheles it is our parte to laboure diligentlye and euery man is bounde to do his dutie in his vocatioÌ„ and calling For God willeth not that we shoulde be idle and lye all the day on the one syde lokyng that he shuld put meat in our moughtes as the nourse dothe feade yong children but he commaundeth vs to plye our laboures and occupations and then to cast all carefulnes and put it vnto hym Thus good children I haue expounded vnto you y e first article of our belyfe conteinyng the doctryne of the creation and making of the worlde the whiche heauenly philosophie to the intent you may the more easely beare it in youre memories I wyl knit it vp in few wordes that wheÌ„ you be demaunded howe vnderstande you the fyrste article of youre belyfe you maye thus shortly answere I beleue that God y e father hath made me and al creatures in heaueÌ„ and earth that he hath gyueÌ„ to me and conserueth my bodye and

may y e more assuredly beleue this both Christ himself rose from death and many saintes also w t hym Fourthely we must beleue euerlastyng lyfe Wherefore it foloweth in the Crede I beleue euerlastynge lyfe that is to saye I beleue that whaÌ„ we shall ryse from death then we shall lyue euer with Christe in parfite holynes and iustice and in suche a gloriouse ioy as no toung can tell nor hart thincke And this treatise of the Crede we must end with this wourde Amen which is asmuche to saye as I beleue that al the articles of our beliefe before rehersed be very true and thereof I haue a sure faithe trust and confidence Therefore good children from the bottome of your hartes you must beleue in the holy gost whiche doth promyse vnto vs remission of our synnes by al y e true preachers ministers of goddes worde And he dothe also geue light to our hartes and myndes and moueth vs to beleue goddes worde and to put our faith and trust in hym And the same holy goost dothe dayly purifye sanctifye vs purge and clense vs from sinne and after this bodily death shall rayse vs agayne to euerlasting life And take this for a sure conclusion and doubt nothynge thereof that the holy goost as he hath begonne these thiÌ„ges in vs so he will fynyshe thesame in vs yf we obey him and continue in faith vnto theÌ„de of our liues For he y t coÌ„tinueth vnto y e ende shal be saued And this is the summe and also the most plaine vnderstaÌ„ding of this thirde parte of the Crede entreatyng of our sanctificatioÌ„ or halowing Wherefore good children marke well this lesson that when ye be demaunded howe vnderstande you the thirde parte of the Crede yee may answer thus I beleue y t neither by maÌ„s strength power or wysedome neyther by myne awne endeuour nor coÌ„passe of myn awne reason I am able to beleue in Iesus Christ or to come vnto hym But the holy goost did call me by the worde of y e gospell and with y e giftes of his grace he hath hitherto endowed me halowed me and in the true faith he hathe hitherto preserued and confirmed me this he hath not done only to me but also he calleth and gathereth togyther in the vnitye of one faith and one baptisme all the vniuersal churche that is here in earth and he halloweth kepeth and preserueth thesame in the true knowledge of Christ and faith in his promyses And in this churche he geueth free and general pardoÌ„ to me and to al that beleue in him of al our synnes offences and trespasses and at the last day he shall rayse me and all other y t be deade and al that dyed in the true faithe of Iesus Christ he shall glorifye in the lyfe euerlastyng Therefore to the sayde holy gost that sanctefyeth vs with y e father that made and created vs and the sonne that redemed vs be geuen all honour and glorye world without ende Amen Â¶ A generall preface to be rehersed in the begynnynge of euery sermon made vpon the Lordes prayer YE haue learned heretofore good childreÌ„ in y e Crede what we ought to beleue and in the ten coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„tes what we ought to do but we can neyther beleue nor do as we ought to do excepte the holy gost worke with in vs bothe a true faith also a dewe obedyence towardes God and his lawe For faith is the gyfte of God and all good thinges commeth from the father of lightes Therefore we must nedes aske and craue these benefites at his hande whiche only is the gyuer of theim For so Christ saieth that God the father wyll gyue to vs his children all thinges so that we sue to hym for theim And the prophet Dauyd saieth Cal vpon me in the daye of thy trouble and I shal deliuer the and thou shalt glorifye me Also our Sauioure Christ commauÌ„deth vs to do y e same sayng Aske and you shal haue seke and you shall fynde knocke and the dore shall be opened vnto you Now therfore seyng that we haue learned what we shoulde beleue and do it is most necessary for vs to cal for gods grace with most ferueÌ„t and ernest prayers that we may be able to performe y e thinge whiche we are bounde to do For our sauiour Christ hath promised vs that what soeuer we aske the father in his name he wyll gyue it vs. Also he saieth that what soeuer we aske yf we beleue we shal receaue y e same Wher is to be noted that yf we wyll obteyne oure requestes we must aske in y e name of Christ and also trust assuredly that for Christes sake our praiers shal be heard To aske in Christes name is to aske accordynge to his wil that is to say to aske y t which he hath commaunded Therefore when we praye we may saye thus O God our father and the father of our Lorde Iesu Christ which art in heueÌ„ I durst not of myne awn head be so bold to come vnto thy most highe and excellent maiestye to desyer any thyng of the but thy welbeloued sonne our Lord Iesus Christ hath commauÌ„ded me so to do and only in his name and at his commauÌ„demente am so bolde Therfore yf thou hear me y u hearest thy dearly beloued sonne oure Lorde Iesus Christ. And yf thou heare me not theÌ„ thou hearest not Iesus Christ him selfe who hath sent me to the and hath commaunded me to aske in his name Of this prayer made in fayth speaketh saincte Iohn in his epistle saying This trust we haue in God y t when we aske any thynge accordinge to his will he doth heare vs. Therefore we shoulde stedfastly beleue that God doth heare our prayer For he that beleueth not he shall obtayne nothynge And therefore Christe saith If you beleue you shall obtayne And to thentent that we should beleue surely thynke that we be herde he hath promysed to graunt what soeuer we aske in his name And agayne to thentent that we shuld knowe and be suer that we praye accordyng to his wil he hymselfe hath taught vs howe what we should praye and aske Therfore it is not in our lybertye whether we wil praie or not but by goddes commaundement we be bouÌ„de to praye as you haue hearde in the seconde commaundement Now therefore with all dilygence lerne good children y e holy prayer of y e Lord which y e greate doctour and our Lorde Iesus Christ taught vs hymselfe saying to his disciples Ye shall praye after this maner OUre father which art in heaueÌ„ halowed be thy name Thy kyngdome come Thy wil be don in earth as it is in heaueÌ„ Geue vs this day our daily bread And forgeue vs our trespaces as we forgeue them that trespace against vs. And suffre vs not to be led into temptacion But delyuer vs from euyl Amen This good children is the prayer of the Lorde

the euerlastynge glorye and kyngdome of God shalbe reueled whan at the laste daye we shalbe raysed from death to lyfe and be receyued into the kyngdome of heauen where we shalbe made perfytely iuste holy and safe for euer whiche thynge so long as we be here in this worlde is hyde from vs and appereth not clerlye vnto vs but at that last daye shal appere to all men that excedynge ioye which no tonge is able to expresse As saith saint Iohn in hys Canonical epistle Yet it appereth not what we shalbe but we know that whan it shall appere we shalbe lyke vnto hym and we shall see hym euen as he is All these thynges oure Lorde God causeth to be preached in the hole worlde of his mere goodnes and most abundaÌ„t mercie not for our workes or merites but before we desiered him But although it be preached through y e world yet it should not auayle vs if we beleued not that is to say if he came not into oure hartes yf the kyngdome of God wer not within vs. Therefore must we with all dilygence praye that God not onely may make this to be preched but also y t he wil gyue faith not onely to other but also to our selfes And shortly this is the summe of this petition that God by his syncere preachers wil sende his worde and gospel of Christ and by his holy spirite brynge vs to the faith and obedience to God and daily to encreace the same And than vtterly to abolyshe and take awaye from vs the rest of the worlde whiche is wicked and disobedieÌ„t withal their sinne and wickednes and to receiue vs in to his eternall kyngdome and glorye This is the meanyng plaine vnderstanding of this secoÌ„de petition The kyngdome of god coÌ„meth of it selfe w tout our prayer but here we pray that it may com to vs. Whiche commeth to passe whan the heauenly father gyueth vs his spirite to beleue his holy word to lyue wel and godly here in his churche for a tyme and after in heauen for euer The thirde petition Thy wil be done in earth as it is in heauen YE haue herde how in the former petycions we require of our Lord God to gyue vs al thinges that perteyne to his glorye and to the kyngdom of heauen whereof he hath gyuen vs commaundemente in the three preceptes written in the first table Nowe foloweth the thirde peticyon wherin we praye God to grauÌ„t vs that we maye fulfyll the other seuen commauÌ„dementes also the whiche intreat of matiers concernyng this worldly kingdome and transitorye lyfe that is to saye to honoure our parentes and gouernours to kyl no man to committe none adulterye to absteyne from thefte and lyinge and to behaue our selfes in all thinges obedyentlye honestlye peaceably and godly And these be the wordes of this petitioÌ„ Thy wil be don in erth as it is in heauen And to the intent that you maye the better vnderstande this petition you shall knowe that there be two maner of kingdomes The first is the kingdome of God or of heauen wherof we spake in the second petition The other is an earthly or worldly kyngdome of the whiche you shall nowe heare Nowe our Lord God is the chiefe ruler and gouernoure in bothe these kyngdomes In the kyngdome of heauen he doth so raygne that he begynneth in vs here in this world the kingdome of euerlastyng lyfe and saluation And the worldlye kingedomes he doeth so gouerne that here he gyueth vs peace and quietnes that we may heare and learne the kyngdome of God and so atteyne the kyngdom of heuen And God hath ordeined in this erthlye kyngdome commen officers and rulers vnder him whiche he hath appoynted for thys purpose that they shoulde in his name gouerne the commen people and laboure with all dyligence that peace and quietnes maye be maynteyned in the same And he hath gyuen them the authoritie of the sworde that they shoulde not onely therewyth defende the godlye but also punishe malefactours and breakers of the commen peace and quietnes as traytours rebellions maÌ„quellers adulterers theues and false wytnesse bearers and all wronge doers to other men accordynge to the sayinge of sayncte Paule in the .xiii. chapiter to the Romayns Let euery soule saieth he submit himself vnto the higher powers For there is no power but that commeth of God And the powers that be are ordeyned of God Whosoeuer therfore resisteth the superiour powers resisteth the ordinaunce of God And they that resist do purchase to theÌ„selues damnation For the rulers are not fearefull to theym that do good but to theym that do euell wylte thou be withoute feare of the powers do well then and so shalte thou be praised of the same For he is the minister of God for thy wealth But yf thou do euell then feare for he beareth not the sworde in vayne For he is y e mynister of God to punishe him that doeth euell Wherefore you muste nedes obey not onely for feare of punyshement but also for veraye conscience By these wordes you may well perceyue good children that it is Gods will and pleasure that we shoulde leade here in this worlde an honest and quyet lyfe and that they whiche be sedytyous and full of trouble and vnquietnes in the commen wealthe shoulde be punyshed And vpon these considerations he hath gyueÌ„ vs these commaundementes Honour thy father and mother Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not commytte adulterye Thou shalte not steale Thou shalte beare no false witnesse against thy neyghboure Thou shalt not desier anye thynge that is thy neyghbours And God hath commaunded the gouerners of commen welthes to punyshe suche as do not obey these commaundementes and he himselfe wyll punyshe theym also wherefore lette suche as be disobedient loke for punyshment not onely of the gouerners here in the sight of the worlde but also of God hymselfe And the gouernours whiche accordyng to gods commaundement do correcte and punyshe offenders they do wourshyppe God highly and do to him a pleasaunt and acceptable sacryfice And God hathe ordeyned the higher powers and quietnes to be in commen welthes that thereby we might heare and learne the gospell more easely and quietly For where as warre and sedycion is there is not the place to preach the worde of god with fruyt profit For the whiche cause saynt Paul wrytynge to Tymothye sayeth on this wyse I charge you that prayers and supplications be made for all men for kinges and for al that are in authoritie that we may lyue a quiet and a peaseable lyfe with all godlynesse and honestye For this is good and accepted in the syght of God our sauiour whiche wylleth all men to be saued and to come to the knowlege of the truth Nowe therefore forasmuche as we know by Goddes holy commaundementes what his wyll is it is our part to confirme our willes to his wyll and to desier him to giue vs his grace and ayde to accomplyshe his most holy

wyll saying as Christ hath taught vs. Thy wyll be donne in earthe as it is in heauen And because the wyl of God wherby he requireth here in earth obedience to lawes and gouernours is expressed very plainly in the seuen latter commaundementes before rehersed therefore whensoeuer you wyll make thys prayer to God and saye Thy wil good Lorde be done in earth as it is in heauen you must before call to your remembraunce these seuen commaundementes with their exposition vnto you hertofore declared For in this shorte request you comprise asmuche as yf you shuld praye on this fashion O God oure mooste mercyfull father in heauen gyue vs thy grace and healpe that we maye obey our parentes and commen officers and honour them with all our hertes keape vs frome manslaughter from enuye hatred malice anger desyre of reuengynge and all euell myndes towarde our neyghbours Graunt that we may hartely loue oure neyghbours and do theim good both in wordes and deades Graunte vs to lyue purelye and chastely to auoyde all occations of offence to prouoke no bodye to vncleane lyuynge but y t we maye studye to saue euery mans womans chastitie and honestye Graunt that neyther by thefte gyle or anye craftye meanes we take brybe or keape awaye anye mans goods from him but rather that we maye helpe theim to saue and kepe their riches and yf any of theÌ„ be in pouertie that we maye be wyllyng to releaue them wyth our almes and charitie Graunte that we hurte no man wyth false witnes bearing or lying but that we maye bothe iudge and speake all goodnes of our neyghboure Kepe vs from all euell lustes and desyres that we couet not oure neyghbors goodes nor hauke or hunt after any thinge that is hys For all these be the commaundementes of thy holy godlye wyll wherto thou hast commauÌ„ded vs to be obedyente And marke well these wordes I praye you good children that we do not onely praye God that hys wyll maye be donne but also we desyer y t it maye be fulfylled here of men in erth euen as it is of the angels in heauen Nowe the angels in heauen fulfyll Gods wyll most perfectlye bothe with moost feruent loue and moste perfyte obedience And there is not in anye of the heauenly spirites any euell desier to do any thynge contrarye to gods wyll but they be whollye inflamed with moste perfecte loue towarde God Euen so oughte we also to be that dwell here in earth But the wekenes and euylnes of mans hart is so greate that we be not able to perfourme the same For oftentymes we obey Gods wyll nothyng at all but gyue our selues wholly to the lustes of our fleshe oftentimes we do that God requirethe of vs grudgynglye coldly as it were halfe agaynste our willes This is a great feblenes or rather an horrible sykenes lepry corruption and pestylente contagion of originall synne by meanes wherof they that be most holy here in earthe be not perfecttely iust and rightuous but euer they want many thinges that belong to their perfection We must therefore continually praye God to gyue vs his grace helpe that we may fulfyll his holy wyll and be made as iust and obediente as the angels whiche be in heauen Forthermore good children you shall note that when we saye thy wyll be donne we do not onelye praye for our selues but for other also that bothe we they maye do the holy wyl of God And wheÌ„ any man goeth about to do anye vngodly thinge whiche is agaynste gods wyll then we praye in this petition that God wyll let his naughty purpose that gods wyl onely maye be donne This praier also is against the deuyl and thys most corrupte worlde that neither the deuels will neither the wyll of the wicked worlde maye be done For when we heare the gospell preached vnto vs and gyue credyte to it and frame our lyfes and conuersation after the same then Satan rageth and is sore greued and vexed than he calleth all hys wittes vnto him setteth all hys studye craftye to styrre vp false and braynesyke doctors to sowe the cockell of heresye and erroneous opinions wher the good sede of gods word was first soweÌ„ TheÌ„ he is busye to rayse vp persecutions seditioÌ„s insurrections coÌ„motyons warre and blasphemies whereby ye maye let the worde of God to haue his course and trouble the kingdome of Christe And Satan is not alone wheÌ„ he fyghteth against Christ and his kyngdome but he hath on his syde this false and deceyuable worlde and also oure owne fleshe whyche do not cease to intyce and moue vs agaynst gods most holy wil. But when we say in the lordes prayer thy wyll be donne then we do not only pray that both we and other maye kepe gods commaundemeÌ„tes but we praye also that the moste naughty wyll of the Deuel and the corrupte worlde maye be broken and only the wyll of God maye be fulfilled that in commen welthes maye be peace and quietnes the gospell frely fruitefully preached and that we may lede in this world holy and godly lyues And forasmuche as Christe oure Lord hath cammaunded vs thus to praye and hath promysed that whatsoeuer we aske the father in his name he wyl gyue it vnto vs we ought stedfastly to beleue and nothyng doubte but that he wyll staye all the craftye imaginations and compassynges of the worlde and the deuel and defende vs against all persecutions that we maye kepe and lerne his worde in peace and quietnes Wherefore our dewtie is stedfastly to cleue to the gospell dylygently to studye and learne the worde of God and constantly w tout feare to confesse and abyde by the same For Christ himself saith He that confesseth me before men I wyll also confesse and acknowlege him before my father in heauen But he that denyeth me before men I wyll denye hym before my father in heauen Also good childreÌ„ you shal dilygently learne this lesson whiche I praye you to prynt wel in your memories that in this peticion we yelde oure selues wholly to God to be ordered after his wyll and pleasure and willynglye to beare what soeuer crosse or trouble he shal lay vpon our sholders For we praye y t hys wil maye be done than we forsake our awne wyl and make a whole resignation thereof into Gods haÌ„des that it may not take effecte whiche of it selfe desier nothynge but helth of body riches honors rest and quietnes where as gods wyll is contrarye that oftentymes we shoulde be tryed in oure faithe by aduersyties and beare oure crosse as our Lorde and mayster Christ was crowned with thornes and nayled on the crosse for oure sakes This sainct Paule witnesseth writyng these wordes whom God hathe choseÌ„ before the beginnyng of the worlde them also hath he ordeyned to be lyke the image of his sonne And our sauioure Christe himselfe sayeth He that taketh not his crosse foloweth me is not worthye to

be my dysciple And this is not a token of gods angre when he sendeth vs afflyetion or aduersitie but rather a signe of his loue toward vs. For he chasteseth euery childe whome he loueth as the wyse man Salomon witnesseth And they that fele not his rodde be not his true children but rather bastardes as sainte Paule writeth in thepistle to the Hebrues Wherefore good children larne patience that you may gladly suffer aduersitie For correction is a teachyng and wheÌ„ God shall trye your faith with sycknes pouertie persecution or any other kynde of aduersitie reioyce and be glad For these be euident tokens of gods fatherly loue towarde you and that he wil kepe you cleane from synne and corruption of this worlde and brydle your wyll that you maye learne to knowe gods holy wyll whiche is a wonderful wisdome And therefore sayncte Paule so many tymes repeteth in his epystles these wordes that is to say that you maye knowe the wyll of God For this knowledge is a most high and heaueÌ„ly wysedome and obedyence most lyke to the obedience and holines of thangels in heauen And you be bounde to obey God in sufferyng his rodde and crosse For God in our baptysme hath made this couenaunt with vs that we must dye and be buryed with Christe be grafted in his passion and death if we wil ryse againe and be glorified with him in the kyngdome of heauen whereunto he is rysen and assended Wherefore good children marke wel these lessons that you maye learne pacience in all afflictions and aduersities whether you suffre sycknes pouertie reproches or persecution for the gospel And what soeuer kynde of aduersitie troubleth you perswade your selues for a suertye that it is Gods wil that you should suffer and be tryed And therfore Christ sayeth One heare shal not fal from your headde without the wyll of your father whiche is in heauen Therfore yf perchaunce at any tyme you shalbe moued to impacience in your trouble and aduersitie then with all your hertes call vpon God for his ayde and succour desyre hym to sende you the gyfte of pacience and saye Thy wyll good Lorde be done and not ours For so oure sauyour Christ hath not onely taught vs to pray but he himselfe also dyd vse the lyke prayer not longe before he suffered his passion And this is the playne meaning of this thirde petition concernyng y e fulfyllyng of Gods wyll Nowe I pray you good children applye your willes and mindes to learne y e same that wheÌ„ you be demaunded how vnderstaÌ„d you y e thirde petition you may answer after this maner Althoughe Gods holy wyll be done w tout our praier yet we pray that it maye be done in vs and fulfylled among vs here in earth Which is done whan God doeth ouerthrow and destroy the wicked counsels of the deuell of worldlye people and of oure owne fleshe whiche do all that lyeth in theim to let and hynder the kyngdome of God and the halowynge of his name and doeth kepe vs in the true knowledge of his worde in the lyuely faithe of Christ in hys loue and obedyence of hys commaundementes For this is the holye and perfecte wyll of God whiche God graunte vs to keape nowe and euer Amen Gyue vs this daye our dayly breade YE haue herd how in the former petitions we desyer of God to gyue vs al thinges that belong to the fulfyllynge of hys holy commaundementes that we maye leade a godly lyfe aswell towardes God as also towarde oure neighbours Wherby we be euidently taught that we be not able to fulfyll the lawe and commaundementes of God without the grace of Christe and Goddes healpe Nowe foloweth the other four peticions in the whiche we praye God that he wyll vouche safe to gyue vs all those thinges whiche be promysed vnto vs in the gospell and whiche our Crede teacheth vs to loke for And first in this fourth petition we sue to God to graunte vs all those thinges which we be taught to beleue in the first parte of oure Crede concernyng our creation For when we saye Gyue vs thys daye oure daylye breade we praye to God that as through his great mercye and goodnesse he dydde create vs so he wil lykewyse nouryshe and feade vs. Wherefore good children yf you wyll vnderstande this peticion you must call to your remembraunce those lessons which wer taught you in the first article of oure belefe intreatyng of the creation For seynge that God hathe made heauen and earth he is lorde and mayster of al creatures in heauen or erthe and all be vnder his wil and pleasure And forasmuche as he made them all for vs he hath appointed them all to serue vs and to healpe and releue our necessities Wherefore let vs not be carefull for meate or drincke or other thinges necessary for oure lyuynge But lette vs put oure confidence in God oure father whiche hath made vs and giuen vs our lifes and we may be sure that he wyll also sende vs all thinges necessarie for the preseruation and maintenauÌ„ce of the same For seyng that he made al creatures of nothing it muste nedes be that all creatures muste obey hys wil and commaundemente And in case ther were not in the world creatures sufficient to nourish vs yet we shoulde not mistrust hym for he is able to make newe creatures to gyue vs all thinges necessarie And to the intent that no man shoulde truste in hymselfe thynkynge that by his owne wysdome or laboure he is able to get all thynges necessarye to the maintenaunce of his lyfe Christe hathe taught vs to aske these thynges of oure heauenlye father whiche onely is able to preserue and feade vs. Of him therefore oughte we hertely to aske the same saying Gyue vs this daye oure daylye breade For this thinge tendeth to the glorie of god and syngulerly pleasethe him whan we aske of hym al thynges necessarie for vs. And for this cause God hath commaunded vs to praye contynually wythout ceasynge And our sauyour Christ hath promysed vs that he wyl gyue vs all thynges whiche we shall aske in his name And it is euident by the wordes of this petition that we ought oftentymes to praye For Christ hath not taught vs to aske our sustinaunce for fyfthy or thre score yeare nor yet for one yeare no nor for one moneth or weake but he hath wylled vs to aske our dayly breade And he saieth Be not carefull for to morowe for to morow bryngeth care enough of it selfe Now yf we shal not be careful for to morow but onely require of God sustinance necessarye for the present daye it is manyfest hereby that it is gods wyll that we shoulde aske agayne of him to morow For we shal haue asmuch nede of meate and drynke to morowe as we haue this preseÌ„t daye yet we praye not for to mrowes fode but for this dayes sustinance onli Wherefore good children accustome

God thou shalt haue none other Goddes but me â–ª The seconde Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vayne for he shal not be gyltles before the Lorde that taketh hys name in vaine The thirde Remember that thou sanctifye the Sabboth daye The fourthe Honour thy father and thy mother that thou mayst lyue a longe lyfe in the lande whiche the lord thy God shall gyue vnto thee The fifthe Thou shalt not kyll The sixte Thou shalt committe no adulterye The seuenth Thou shalt not steale The eyght Thou shalt not beare false witnes agaynst thy neighboure The nynthe Thou shalt not couet thy neyghbours house The tenth Thou shalt not couet thy neyghboures wyfe nor hys man seruaunte nor his mayde seruaunt nor hys oxe nor hys asse nor anye thynge that is thy neyghboures Nowe good children these are the ten holye commaundementes of the lorde God in the whiche he hath opened his wyl vnto vs and hath declared what is godly and what is vngodly what we should do and what we should not do These ye shall learne with greate diligence not only to reherse them but also to vnderstande what is ment by them and what the lorde God doeth require of vs in these his commaundementes to thinteÌ„t that when you be asked any questian of them you maye answere to y â— purpose and that also in time to come you may teache your children to feare God after suche sort and maner as you your selfes be nowe instructed For it is a great shame bothe before God and the worlde for a Christen man to be ignoraunt in the commaundemeÌ„tes of God and not to know that doctryne that perteyneth to euery Christen man seynge that euerye Christen man is bounde openly to declare his doctrine to gyue a rekenyng of his fayth wheÌ„ nede shall so requyre and to brynge vp his children in the same The first sermon Thou shalt haue none other Goddes but me A declaration of the first commaundement TO thintente good children that you maye the better vnderstande the lawe of the tenne commaundementes you muste firste of all knowe that God gaue to Moses the ten commaundementes writteÌ„ in two tables of stone wherfore they be diuided in two partes In the first table were written the three firste commaundementes pertaynynge to God whiche teache vs howe we shoulde behaue our selues toward God as well inwardelye in harte and mynde as outwardly in wordes and deades In thother table were grauen seuen preceptes perteynynge to oure neyghboures whiche teache vs howe we oughte to ordre our selues towardes our Prynces magistrates and rulers towardes oure wyues children seruauntes and towardes all states of men teachynge vs that we shoulde not be dysobedient that we do wronge to no man that we hurt no man that we ley not in wayte to kyll anye man that we defloure not other mennes wyfes and to be shorte that we hurte not our neighboures neither in body goods nor good name But nowe let vs consyder the first commaundement and the declaracion of the same I am the Lorde thy God thou shalte haue none other goddes but me This commaundemente good children teacheth vs howe we ought to vse oure hartes towarde God Firste that we ought to acknoulege with all our harte that God made heauen and earthe and all thinges conteyned therin and to take hym onely to be the true God and to be our God Secondarely this commaundement teacheth vs to feare him as a lyuyng God because he doeth punyshe the vngodlye and to cleaue vnto him with a sure faith because he is true and faithfull and doeth not deceyue vs in any thing whiche he hath spoken or promysed Thyrdly this commaundement teacheth vs to loue him with all our heart for of him we receiue oure lyfe oure breath oure health and all other gyftes both bodyly and goostly And we haue not the least of his giftes by our desertes but he poureth them all vpon vs frely through his infinite goodnes and endles mercy Contrarywise we ought not to receaue into our hertes as God any creature eyther in heauen or in earth that is to saye we oughte to feare no creature neither in heaueÌ„ nor in earth so much as God neyther ought we to put such coÌ„fideÌ„ce truste in any thynge neyther should we so hartily loue any creature as our Lorde God omnipotent For yf we attribute to anye creature so much feare trust loue as apperteyneth only to him that made all creatures by and by we make that creature our God â–ª and of it we frame to oure selues an Ydoll The whiche is a very heynous an abominable horrible sinne directly against the first table and the first and chefest commaundement of God Therefore suche greate offences the trewe and lyuinge Lorde God will not leaue vnpunished for he hymselfe sayeth I am the Lorde my title my name is the Lorde I wyl not gyue my glorye to another meanyng therby that he wyll not suffer that any other thinge shoulde be estemed as God besydes hymselfe or that we shoulde gyue godly honoure in heart affection woorde or deede to anye creature but onely to hym that was neuer created and yet dyd create all thinges But here peraduenture you wil muse good children askyng this question How can we haue other goddes before the Lorde seeynge there is but one God one Lorde whiche hathe made heauen and yearth To thys I aunswere that in deede there is none other God but that most excellent and omnipotent Lorde Ley sure hold on this article w t a stedfast faithe good children â–ª beleue this dowbting nothing therin cleaue surely to this rocke But yet this not withstandyng fooles infidels vngodlye men take some other thing for theyr God the which in dede is not god nor can be by any meanes For lyke as many times we take some men for honest riche or noble whiche be not so in dede so oftentimes we feare something asmuche as we do God whiche is not God in dede And of creatures we make goddes thre manner of wayes The fyrst is when a man feareth anye creature and thynketh thus with himself yf such a thing be taken away from me yf such a greate man be angrye wyth me yf I escape not suche a daungier then I am vtterly vndone then I knowe not whether to runne for ayde and succoure whether then shall I goo who shall saue or helpe me yf thou haue anye suche thought of any creature trewly in thine harte thou makest it a God althoughe with thy mouthe thou doest not call it God And this affeccion lieth lurckynge so deaply hydde within manye mens hartes that they theimselfes scaselye feale or perceaue it But this feare oughte to be remoued farre from vs. For we must cleaue stedfastly by faithe to the trew and lyuynge God and in all kynde of aduersitie reason on this faschion Althoughe men of greate power be myne enemyes althoughe this or that perrell doeth presse me verye

soule reason senses eyes eares all my other members Also I beleue that the same almyghtye Lorde and God doeth dayly gyue to me and to vs al meat dryncke cloth wife children house lande ryches cattell and all thynges necessarye to the mayntenaunce of our lyues and y t he doth dayly defende kepe and preserue vs from al peril and delyuer vs from all euell And all thys he doethe of hys owne mere mercie and goodnes without our worthynes or deseruynges For the which benefites it is our dutie to render to hym continualll and euerlastyng thankes to obey hym in all thynges to take hede that we be not vnkynde to him y t hathe shewed so greate kyndnesse towardes vs. Â¶ A generall conclusion to be rehersed at the ende of euery sermon made vpon the Crede Thus you haue heard good children the true and playne meanynge of this parte of the Crede Now it is youre parte deapely to prynte the same in youre heartes that you maye put your hole trust and confidence in the true and lyuynge God oure heauenly father And forasmuche as fayth is the worke of god and the light of our hartes whiche God putteth in vs by hys worde and holy spirite so that we can not atteyne fayth and the knowledge of Christ withoute goddes word and true preachers therfore accustome your selfes eueÌ„ from youre tendre age to hear the worde of God that he by his holy spirite maye moue and sturre vp your hertes to true fayth knowledge of him And beside that you shall desier God with moste harty praiers that as he hath giuen you the gifte of fayth so he wyll contynew and increase the same in you that as you growe in age so also you may growe in the knowledge of Christ. For he that beleueth in Christ is made thereby the sonne of god heyre of lyfe euerlasting And then he gyueth vs his holye spirite to kyndle charitie in oure hartes wherby we loue God and kepe all hys commaundementes All these benefytes we receyue by faythe in the whiche who so euer contynueth vnto the ende of his lyfe shalbe saued the whiche God graunte to vs all Amen The seconde sermon of our Redemption I Declared vnto you heretofore good childreÌ„ that the Crede entreateth chiefly of thre thynges that is to saye of God the father that made the world of God the sonne that redemed the worlde and of God the holy goost that sanctifieth the worlde And in the former sermon I taught you the hygh heauenly philosophie of the creation Wherfore now I will vttre vnto you the great mistery of our redempcion whiche is conteyned in these wordes of the Crede I beleue in Iesus Christ his only begotten sonne our Lorde whiche was conceyued by the holye goost borne of the virgin Marie suffered vnder Ponce Pilate was crucified dead and buried He descended into hell The thirde daye he rose from death He asceÌ„ded to heauen He sytteth on the ryghte hande of God the father almyghtie From thense he shall come to iudge the quicke and the dead In this seconde part of the Crede we may learne to know the secoÌ„de person in trinitie the soÌ„ne of god Iesus christ our lord And as in y e first article ye haue learned what benefytes we receyue of God the father to the sustentation maintenauÌ„ce of this temporal transitorie lyfe so in this seconde parte we shall lerne to know how great treasures and ryche gyftes we haue receyued by y e sonne of God Iesus Christ to the atteinyng of y e perfect euerlastiÌ„g lyfe And here you may coÌ„sider good childreÌ„ how great was the miserie how horrible was the indignation of God whiche we were brought vnto by Adam So great it was that neyther golde nor syluer nor anye other thynge was able to bye vs out of the same but onely Iesus Christ y e sonne of God y t by hys death effusion of hys moost precious blod And of this great misery and indignation of God towarde vs this was the cause At what tyme God had made Adam and Eue and set theÌ„ in paradyse he intreated them lyke a most louyng and gentle father For he made theym lordes ouer al liuely creatures both beastes fyshe and fowle and did giue vnto them al trees y t bare fruit that thei might feade thereon Onely he forbad theym that they shoulde not eate of the tree of knowlege of good ylle And yet he gaue theym warnynge of y e great losse damage that they should suffer if they eat of that tree saying When soeuer you shall tast of the fruyt of that tree you shalbe made mortal and shall dye Their dutie had bene vnto so gentle a God and so mercifull a father in their hartes to haue beleued him trusted him loued him to haue obeyed hym and to kepe all his commaundemeÌ„tes gladly But our most craftye enemy Satan enuying mans felicitie spake to Eue by the serpent and sayde No you shall not dye but you shall be lyke Gods knowyng both good euell And with these most poysened wordes perswaded Eue to eate of the fruyt whiche was forbydde And Eue gaue of the same to Adam who also did eat therof and so did breake gods commaundemente Nowe I praye you marke good childreÌ„ what thei lost by this their disobedience First when Adam and Eue wer thus deceyued by y e serpent and perswaded that God dyd not fauoure theym but had enuye at theim that they shoulde haue knowledge of good and yll and that for enuye he forbad theÌ„ to eate of that fruit that shoulde gyue to them so great knowlege they did no more trust God but beganne to trust themselues and did study to care prouide for theÌ„ selues Secondarily wheÌ„ they no more trusted God they coulde no more finde in their hartes to loue hym but began to dote vpoÌ„ them selues to thynke y t they had no better frende neither in heaueÌ„ nor earth theÌ„ their awn selfes And after y t thei had thus put their trust and coÌ„fidence in themselues and dotyngly loued all that was their awne by by folowed feare and concupiscence For by an by they beganne to hate and eschewe all thinges that wer paynful or vnpleasant to the fleshe and dotynglye to lust long for such thinges as wer delectable and pleasant to the fleshe Hereby you perceiue good children how our first pareÌ„tes Adam and Eue poisened with the venome of the serpente were cast into .iiii. horrible vices or diseases The firste is that they dyd not trust in God The second that they dyd not loue God The third that they did not feare him but as a cruell tyranne The fourth that they were replenished with concupiscence and euyll desiers lustes and appetites And these be the rotes of originall synne oute of the whiche all other synnes do spryng and growe So Adam and Eue had a very great fal that fel from gods benediction

and make holy all those that beleue the gospell For he that beleueth in Iesus Christe that he is oure Lorde and oure redemer to him God gyueth the holy gost to make him holye and ryghtuouse As sayncte Paule witnesseth saiyng No man can cal Iesus lord but by the holy goste And for asmuch as now it hath ben plainelie declared vnto you after what sorte and manner the holy gooste doth sanctifie vs it is your part not onely to emprynt this lesson diligently in youre myndes but also to desier God with continuall and earnest prayers that he wyll vouchesafe more and more to sanctifie you And as muche as lyeth in you apply your selfes to heare godly sermons and gyue youre hartes to God lyke waxe apte and mete to receyue what thyng so euer it shal please him to prynt in you For he that is wyllynge and glad to lysten to godly sermons he that is studyous to learne the word of god wherin christ is preached w t a stedfast faith cleueth to y e promise of y e gospel â–ª he is made partaker of this SaÌ„ctificatioÌ„ and holynesse and of this so great comforte and euerlastyng saluation For God sayeth by his prophet Esaye My worde shall not returne to me in vayne And saynct Paule sayeth that the gospell is the power of God where wyth he wourketh the saluation of all them that beleue Nowe the rest that folowethe in the Crede is a shorte declaration of these thynges before rehersed For it foloweth in the Crede I beleue the holy catholycke churche that is to saye all godly and ChristeÌ„ men must beleue that the gospel or doctryne of goddes grace thorowe the merites of oure sauiour Iesus Christ is neuer in vayne published in the worlde or sowed abrode without fruit but euer there is founde some companye of men or some congregacion of good people whiche beleue the gospel and be saued And this coÌ„panie of men whiche beleueth the gospell although here vpoÌ„ earth thei be seuered in soÌ„dry places yet are they called one holy catholike or vniuersal churche of Christe that is to saie a multitude coÌ„gregation or companye of Christen people For this worde churche doth not here betoken a temple or churche buylded of tymber and stone but it signifieth a companye of men lyghtened with the spirite of Christe whiche do receaue the gospel and come together to heare gods wourde and to praye And this ChristeÌ„ churche is a coÌ„munyon of sainctes that is to saye all that be of this coÌ„munion or coÌ„pany be holy be one holy body vnder Christe their heed they be one holy congregation or assemble And this congregation receaueth of their hedde and Lorde Iesus Christe all spirituall riches and gyftes that perteyneth to the sanctification and making holy of the same bodye And these gostly treasuers be commen to y e hole body and to euery membre of the same For he that is vnfainedly a faythfull and Godly man is made partaker of these benefites And these are the sayde gyftes which be commeÌ„ to y e hole church of Christ and to euery membre of the same The first is that God the father that euerlastiÌ„g and endles maiestye is our most gentle mercyful father That God y e sonne is our redemer and mediatour betwene the father and vs. And that God the holy gost is y e commen sanctifier or halower of all theim y t haue a true faithe in God The second is the preaching of y e gospel thadministration of baptisme and the sacrament of the bodye and bloude of our Lorde Iesus Christ by the whiche we are made partakers of all the inheritaunce of heaueÌ„ of all the benefites of Christe The third is prayer The fourth is the crosse of affliction and aduersitie whiche God sendeth to all godly men to make theim to knowe him to proue therby trye their faith to mortifye their fleshe to make clene the corruption of the same And here I speake onely of the crosse which good men suffre For thafflictions of the vnfaithful and vngodly do rather hurt them then make them holy For inasmuch as their vnpatientnes is encreaced by such aduersitie thei be brought to more disperatioÌ„ and damnatioÌ„ Nowe it is very good for you to knowe these thinges that you may also knowe that there is nothyng in heaueÌ„ or erthe better for vs thaÌ„ is the true knowlege of God and that these excellent gyftes and benefites cannot be had but onely in the foresayde churche or coÌ„gregatioÌ„ and no where els But whan the true churche which is ruled by the holy gost the worde of God dothe promyse vs these so great riches and benefites we ought not to doute but that we haue alredye receaued them And when y e churche doth happoint and ordeine vs to be preachers and ministers of these most pretiouse treasures we must stedfastly beleue that God effectuously worketh with vs that he is present with vs and that he at all tymes doth strengthen vs agaynst the worlde and the deuyll and that he doth helpe vs to do all thynges accordyng to our callyng prosperously and with good successe Secondly we must beleue the remission of synnes Therfore next vnto this article I beleue the holy catholique churche the communion of saintes is added y e forgeuenes of synnes For where so euer the churche of Christ is there is frely offred that eternall comfort aboue all measure that is to say the fauore of God and remission of synnes And without that churche is no remission of synne Wherefore we must seke remission of synnes in the churche of Christ and desier absolution That when y e true churche by their ministers doth promyse vs remissyon of our synnes and here in erthe dothe absolue vs we may surely trust that in heaueÌ„ also before God we be absolued pardoned Thirdly We must beleue the resurrection of the fleshe wherefore after tharticle of the remission of synne foloweth next this article I beleue the rysing agayne of y e fleshe for among other ponyshmentes for originall syn layd vpon Adam his posterity we daily see this horrible paine that the goodly beawtiful bodye of man created to immortalitie must nedes ones be dissolued by deathe and brought to a filthye and stinckyng corse and graue that the tyranny of synne whiche so long as we liue rageth in our fleshe by our deathe may ceasse haue an ende as saint Paule saith vnto the Romanes For by deathe of the body cease all the desires concupiscences and rages of y e mynde whiche be against the wil and commaundementes of God There ceassith also all synnes against our neighbours as Ire enuie lechery couetuousnes pride and all ill affectyons and at the last day god shall rayse vs agayne froÌ„ death so that such infirmities and synnes shall no more be founde in vs but we shal be pure spiritual and immortal and lyke to the bright clere bodye of Christ. And that we

correction yet we se how the fathers loue remayneth what pitie and compassioÌ„ he hath of them howe lothe he is to beate theim and wolde rather forgyue theim yf it wer not for their benefite and amendment And wheÌ„ the childe falleth on his knees and asketh forgyuenes promysynge amendement we see how redy and willynge the father is to forgiue Now seyng our earthly fathers be so louynge to their children muche more God our heauenlye father wil be our most kynde and louyng father wil nourysh kepe and defende vs teache instructe vs the way to euerlastyng saluation And yf we fall into anye errore or synne yet for Christes sake he is wyllynge to forgyue vs and althoughe he punysheth vs here for a tyme yet he doethe it of fatherlye loue that he beareth towardes vs not to punyshe vs for euer but to amend vs and to make vs to know our faultes and to bryng vs agayne into the right waye And lyke a most louyng father he correcteth vs for a smal tyme in this worlde lest he shoulde punyshe vs for euer in y e worlde to come Of this therefore so louyng and so mightie a father we may wel reioyce and haue an excedynge great comforte farre passyng any harte to thynke or tongue to tel And hym agayn we ought moste entierlye to loue and obey seyng that he is our father and hath loden vs with so many gyftes and benefites With glad hartes therfore you ought to saye this prayer which whaÌ„ you say you speake with God the father in heauen he heareth you and lyke a most kynde father dothe graunt al that you aske Often tymes also and ernestly you must praye whan you ryse in the mornyng whan you go to the churche whan you eate drynke whan you go to bed whan you awake out of your slepe that froÌ„ your youth you maye accustome your selfes both gladly and ofteÌ„ to praye For by prayer we shall obteyne all thynges that eyther Christ hathe purchased for vs or our heuenly father hath promised to vs. Nowe this also you must dilygently considre that we say O father which art in heueÌ„ to dyscerne hym from our fathers whiche be here vpon earthe For we haue fathers here in earth whiche be but men and be not able to saue vs. But in heauen we haue an other maner of father of far more might a spiritual an euerlastiÌ„g father whiche in al oure nedes is able to helpe vs and finallye to gyue vs helth lyfe euerlasting And as childreÌ„ take of their carnal fathers fleshe and blode and many tymes be veray lyke theim in their face and countenaunce so take we of our heueÌ„ly father our soule and spirite and therein we ought to resemble our heueÌ„ly father that is to saye we ought to beleue his worde obey his commauÌ„dementes forbere those thinges that he forbyddeth and in all thynges be conformable to hys holy wyl and worde And than is he assuredlye oure gentle father and we his dere children And than as he dwelleth in heuen in a lyght passynge all measure euyn so shall we dwel wyth hym in heauen for euer These great thynges whiche far excede the capacitie of mannes vnderstanding our sauiour Christ doth teache in these fewe wordes whan he teacheth vs to saye O our father whiche art in heauen Now folowe in this holy praier certen petitions wherein be comprehended all thynges that be either conteyned in y e ten CommauÌ„dementes or elles promised in the Crede These petitions good childreÌ„ you shall lerne with al diligence that you may know what you shoulde aske The thre first petitions entreate of the matters perteynynge to y e first table The other .iiii. speake of thiÌ„ges promised in the Crede belongynge to the seconde table as herafter you shall heare The first petition conteyneth matters of the first and seconde commaundement I am thy God Thou shalt not take the name of thy Lord God in vaine And these be the wordes of that petition Thy name be halowed BEfore I told you good children y t we go not before god we pray not first that God wil be our God and our father but god of hys inestimable mercye dothe preuent vs dothe cal vs by hys worde dothe cal vs vnto faithe doth gyue vs his spirite to know him for our father and Lorde before we coulde thynke therof and seke for God But now seing that by his word faith he hath called vs and by Baptisme hath grafted vs in Christ and made vs membres of his churche we ought not to be slouthful nor ydle but study to go forwarde increace in godlynes and to praye thus Our father whiche art in heuen for asmuche as thou hast gyuen vnto vs being vnworthy thi holy gospell and hast chosen vs and not we the and seyng that thou haste sent vnto vs preachers whiche teache vnto vs thy word wherby we be sanctified and instructed in the faith so that nowe we maye know the for God and partelye fulfyl the first commaundemente now fulfyl O father y t thou haste begonne procede to helpe vs that we maye fulfyl the seconde commauÌ„demeÌ„t that is y t thy name mai be halowed that is to say may be honored as holy This prayer pleaseth God and he heareth it God giueth vs grace strength that we maye halowe his name To halowe the name of God is not to make it holye whiche in it selfe is euer most holy but to halowe his name is to take it for holy reuerentlye to vse it as a most holy thing of great feare and loue to God to beware that we speake not of his name vaynely nor with out great reuerence to confesse his name to laud him extolle him in all necessities to call vpon hym And on the other syde we do violate the holye name of God whan we abuse the same to euyll and naughty thinges whan we speake euyll of God or godlye thynges whan we teache any false doctrine of God and his religion or abuse the name of God to ydoltarie and errours or whan by the name of God we be forsworne Also whan by the name of God we curse meÌ„ or other creatures or whan we speake of God godlye thiÌ„ges make therof but scoffing gestyng And whan we lyue not accordynge to the worde of God and regarde not God but gyue euyl exaÌ„ple to other both to thinke and speake of God and godly thinges lyghtly and contemptuously as they passed not of them But nowe it is an horryble hearyng good childreÌ„ that we be called the churche of Christ and christen men we be taughte that God is oure Lorde and father and yet we be so faynte so euyll naughtye and vnkynde people that we do not halow nor reuereÌ„tli vse his name Therfore it is more than nede to praye and instantlye to pray for Gods helpe that we mysuse not his name vnreuereÌ„tly but that we maye halowe it and most hyghly honour it

be their true and faithfull subiectes of their realmes And euery king geueth commaundementes vnto his subiectes gouerneth theim in suche wyse that they do not euery man what he lyst hym selfe but what it pleaseth his prince to coÌ„maunde hym Euen so almighty God hath here in earth in his church an heuenly kyngdoÌ„ And this kyngdoÌ„ which Christ in his gospell so often calleth the kyngdome of heauen begynneth among his faithful peoble in this worlde And al that truly beleue kepe his commauÌ„dementes parteyne vnto thys kyngdom And whan God by his gospel begynneth to cal vs vnto this kyngdom than the kyngdom of God commeth vnto vs and begynneth in vs. For God beginneth and in dede is the kyng and Lorde of theim that be godly he gouerneth and ruleth theim so that they worke not after y e lustes and desiers of their owne fleshe but as the Lord God who is their kyng teacheth and commauÌ„deth theim by his worde And kynges and great men in this worlde rule and gouerne by forse by soore threatenynges and greuous paynes and comstrayne their subiectes to obedyence and so they ought to do for it is the ordinance of God but God doeth not order his affaires so iÌ„ this forsaid kingdom of heuen but ruleth his subiectes lyke a gentle father by the worde of his gospel and by the holy gost that after this sort God causeth his ghospel to be preached vnto vs howe Christe for our sakes suffered death was buried and rose againe as before you herd in y e Crede Moreouer he openeth oure hertes gyueth vs faith to beleue his gospel And to them y t beleue his gospel he giueth the holy gost which doth gouerne vs and leade vs vnto all trueth For fyrste by faythe we be iustified before God for fayth maketh vs partakers of y e iustice of christ and planteth vs in Christ and he that by true faithe do receyue the promyse of grace to him God gyuethe the holye ghoste by whome charitie is spred abrode in our hertes whiche perfourmethe all the commaundementes Therfore he that beleueth in Christ and truely beleueth y e gospel he is iust holy before God by y e iustice of Christ whiche is imputed gyueÌ„ vnto hiÌ„ as Paule saith Ro. iii. we thinke y t maÌ„ is iustified by faith w tout workes He is also iust before y e world because of y e loue charitie which the holy gost worketh in his herte Secondly faith worketh peace and quietnes in oure heartes and conscieÌ„ces For by faith we be certified that our synnes be forgiuen Therfore saythe sayncte Paule to the Romanes Beyng iustified we haue peace and quyetnesse wyth God by our Lorde Iesus Christ. Thirdely this peace bringeth vnto vs a great and synguler ioy in our hertes and consciences and maketh vs for this excedyng benefite of gods mercy and grace towarde vs feruentely to loue him gladly to laude and praise him to honoure his name and to professe the same before all the worlde euermore to gyue vnto hym moste harti thankes and to be swift and redye to do all thinges that maye please God and to eschewe those thynges that may dysplease hym Thys good children is the sayd kyngdome of God whan by the gospell and the holy ghoste God raygneth in oure hartes whan he worketh in vs our Iustification that we hauynge peace of conscience may haue ioye and comforte in the holy gost of the abundance and plentifulnes of grace and the benefytes of Christe And this is that thinge whiche sayncte Paule speaketh of to y e Romaynes The kyngdome of God is iustice peace and ioy in the holy gost Nowe as an earthly kyng doeth gouerne his subiectes by hys lawes and commaundementes and by his mighte and power so doeth God rule and gouerne his church and true faithfull people whiche although they be here in earth yet they be of his heuenly kyngdome suche I saye he gouerneth by the holy worde of his gospell and the power of the holy ghost whom he powreth plentifully vpon al them that beleue the gospel and by that comfortable worde of the ghospell he gentilly entiseth and drawethe vs vnto him that we should gladly of our owne free will obey him For God loueth not seruyce constrayned by forse suche as slaues and bonde menne do more for the feare then loue but he wold haue his people to serue him willyngly of hearte and loue as Dauid said in the .cx. Psalme And this is the forsayde kyngdome of God whan he dothe in suche wyse raigne in vs and gouerne vs that we do not wourke after our owne wylles but in body and minde do ceasse rest from our owne euyl workes and shrewed wylles and folowe the workyng of God and the holye goste in vs. And this is to sanctifye the sabbot daye that is to say to kepe an holy rest whan we honor God with true honour whan we heare dilygently the worde of God wheÌ„ we yelde our selfes clerly to God that his holy spirite maye worke in vs holy godly heuenly workes y t is to say iustice peace comfort other workes of y e holy gost Therfore he that praieth thus Thy kingdome come he prayeth nothynge elles but that God wil gyue vs grace that we maye rest from our own propre willes that we do not those thynges that delyte the body and please oure appetites but that we maye suffre God by his holy worde spirite to worke in vs holy workes that so the thirde coÌ„maundement maye be fulfilled Remembre that thou sanctifye the sabboth daye For so doth Esaye declare this commauÌ„dement saying If thou worke not after thine own wyl in my holy day than thou shalt be called a pleasant rest to sanctifye and honoure the Lorde yf thou honoure him so that thou worke not after thyne owne wayes nor fynde the meanes to folowe thyne own wil nor speake thyne owne pleasure than shalt thou haue pleasure in the Lorde For all these thynges therfore good children ought you to praye to God that hys kyngdome maye come that he wil here in earth begynne his kyngdome in vs that we maye obey him in suche wyse as you haue herde Nowe the kyngdome of God commeth vnto vs two maner of wayes first by his worde faithe whan the gospell is preached vnto vs that our Lorde Iesus Christ delyuered vs froÌ„ synne death and hel by crosse death resurrection For by the preaching of his word we do lerne to put oure truste in God and to loue God And this knowlege and faith in Christe increaseth from tyme to tyme not only in theim that haue but newlye begonne to beleue but they also whiche many yeares haue professed Christe do profyt in the same faith more and more For their faith and loue towardes God by the dayly preachyng of the gospel is confirmed made more strong Secondly the kyngdome of God shall come to vs at the laste daye whan

patiently suffre al dyseases aduersities whiche it shal please god to send you and than without dowte you shalbe saued Wherefore good childreÌ„ learne these thinges dilygentlye and when you be demaunded what is baptisme TheÌ„ you shal answer baptisme is not water alone but it is water inclosed and ioyned to the worde of God and to the couenaunte of Gods promyse And these be the wordes wherby our Lorde Iesus Christ did ordeine baptisme which be written in the last chapter of sainct Mathew Go and teache all nations baptisynge theym in the name of the father and the sonne and the holy ghost And when you shalbe asked what auayleth baptisme you shal answer Baptisme worketh forgyuenes of synne it delyuereth from the kyngdome of the deuel and from death giueth lyfe and euerlastyng saluation to all them that beleue these wordes of Christ promise of god which are wrytten in the laste chapter of sainct Marke his gospel He that wil beleue and be baptised shalbe saued But he that will not beleue shalbe damned Thirdly yf a man aske you how can water bryng to passe so greate thynges ye shall aunswer Uerely the water worketh not these thynges but the worde of God whych is ioyned to the water and fayth whiche dothe beleue the worde of God For without the worde of God water is water and not baptisme but when the worde of the lyuyng God is ioyned to the water then it is baptisme and water of wonderful holsomnes and the bath of regeneration through the holy gohst as saincte Paule writeth God saued vs by the bath of regeneratioÌ„ and renewyng of the holy ghost whom he powred vpon vs plenteously by Iesus Christ our sauiour that we beyng made rightuous by his grace maye be heyres of euerlastyng lyfe Fourthly Yf a maÌ„ aske you what doth the baptisynge in the water betoken aunswer ye it betokeneth that olde Adam with all synnes and euel desyers ought daylye to be kylled in vs by trewe contritioÌ„ and repentaunce that he may rise againe from death and after he is risen with Christ may be a new man a new creature and may liue euerlastyngly in God and before God in rightuousnes and holynes As saincte Paule wryteth saying All we y t are baptised are buried w t Christe in to death that as Christ rose agayne by the glorie of his father so we also should walke in newnes of lyfe Thus ye haue hearde good children what is ment by y e wordes of baptisme by the which we are borne again and made newe to euerlastynge lyfe Learne these thynges dilygentlye and thanke God who in Christ hath called you to be partakers of so large and ample benefites And expresse baptisme in your lyfe and baptisme shalbe the greatest comforte to you bothe in your lyfe tyme and also in youre death bed For by baptisme we be grafted into the death of Christe wherfore synne deathe or hell can not hurte vs but we shall ouercome all these thynges by fayth as Christe himselfe ouercame theym And so by this newe byrthe we shall enter into the kyngdome of God and lyfe euerlastynge The whiche God graunte vs all Amen Â¶ A sermon of the authoritie of the Kayes THe holye Apostle sainct Paul good children in the tenth chapiter of hys epistle to the Romaynes wryteth on this fashion Who so euer shal cal vpon the name of y e lord shall be saued But how shal they call on hym on whom they beleue not How shal they beleue on him of whome they haue not hearde Howe shall they heare without a preacher Howe shal they preach expcept they be sente By the whiche wourdes saynct Paule doeth euidently declare vnto vs two lessons The fyrst is that it is necessary to our saluation to haue prechers and ministers of Goddes mooste holy worde to instructe vs in the true fayth and knowlege of God The seconde is that preachers must not runne to this hyghe honore before they be called therto but they muste be ordeyned and appoynted to this office and sent to vs by God For it is not possible to be saued or to please God without fayth no maÌ„ can truely beleue in God by his owne wytte for of oure selfes we knowe not what we shoulde beleue but we must nedes heare Gods woorde taught vs by other Agayne the teachers except thei be called and sent can not frutfully teache For the seede of Goddes wourde doeth neuer brynge forth fruyt onles the Lorde of the haruest do gyue increase and by hys holye spirite do wourke with the sower But God doeth not worke with the preacher whom he hathe not sente as saynct Paule sayeth Howe shall they preache yf they be not sent Wherfore it is requisite that preachers should be called and sent of god and they must preache according to the authoritie and commission of God grauÌ„ted vnto them wherby they may strengthen mennes belefe and assure their consciences that God hath commauÌ„ded them to preache after this or that fashion For els euerie manne shoulde styll be in doubt and thinke after this sort Who knoweth whether thys be true whiche I heare the preacher saye who can tell whether God hath commaunded him to preach these thynges or no And in case he teacheth no thynge but truth yet I am not sure that God wyll wourke with me as the preacher promyseth Perchaunce these promises perteine to other and not to me These doubtes in the tyme of temptation might trouble mens myndes yf we were not assured that our Lorde Iesus Christ him selfe hathe both ordeyned and appointed ministers preachers to teache vs his holye wourde and to minister his sacramentes and also hath appoynted theym what they shall teache in his name and what they shall do vnto vs. Therfore he called them and sent them and gaue theÌ„ instructions what they should do and speake to vs in his name to the intente that we shoulde gyue sure credence vnto theyr wordes and beleue that god wyll worke with vs accordyng to his wordes by them spoken And he hath promised therfore y t what soeuer they shoulde bynde vpon earth shoulde be bounde in heaueÌ„ whatsoeuer they shuld lose vpon earth shuld be losed in heauen also Wherfore good children to the intente you maye stedfastlye beleue all thinges whiche god by his ministers doeth teache and promise vnto you and so be saued by your fayth learne diligently I prai you by what wordes our lord Iesus Christ gaue this coÌ„missioÌ„ coÌ„maundemeÌ„t to his ministers reherse theÌ„ here worde for word that so you may print theÌ„ in your memories and recite them the better when you come home The wordes of Christ be these Â¶ Our Lorde Iesus brethed on his Apostles sayd Receaue the holye gost whose synnes ye forgyue they are forgyuen vnto them And whose synnes you reserue they are reserued Now good childreÌ„ you shal employ your selfes not onely to reherse these wordes without boke but also to vnderstande

what our Lord Iesus Christ ment by them that when you shall be asked any question herein you maye make a dyrect answere and that also in tyme to come you maye be able to instruct your children in the same For what greater shame can ther be eyther in the sight of God or of man then to professe thi selfe to be a Christen maÌ„ yet to be ignoraÌ„t in what place of scripture and by what wordes Christ commauÌ„ded faith and forgyuenes of synnes to be preached Seing y t a ChristeÌ„ man ought to beleue nothyng as an article of his faith except he be assured that eyther it is gods coÌ„maundement or his worde Now good children that you maye the better vnderstande these wordes of our sauiour Christe you shall knowe y t our Lorde Iesus Christ wheÌ„ he beganne to preache he ded cal and chose his twelue Apostils and afterwarde besydes those twelue he sent forth thre score and tenne dysciples and gaue theÌ„ authoritie to preach the gospel And a litle before his death and passioÌ„ he made his prayer to his heuenly father for theim for all those that shoulde beleue thorow their preaching As it is declared in the gospel of sainct Iohn Now it is not to be doubted but y t Christes praier was heard of his heauenly father wherefore it foloweth that as mani as beleued the preaching of Christes discyples were as surely saued as yf they had heard and beleued Christ hymselfe And after Christes assention the Apostelles gaue authoritie to other godly and holye men to minyster gods worde and chiefely in those places wher ther wer Christen meÌ„ alredy whiche lacked preachers and the Apostles theim selues could not longer abide with them For the Apostles dyd walke abrod into diuerse partes of the worlde and did studye to plant the gospel in many places Wherefore wher they founde godly men and mete to preache gods worde they layed their handes vpoÌ„ them and gaue them the holy gost as they theimselues receaued of Christ the same holy gost to execute this office And they that were so ordeyned were in dede and also were called the ministers of God as the Apostles theimselues were as Paule sayeth vnto Tymothy And so the ministratioÌ„ of gods worde which our Lorde Iesus Christ hymselfe dyd first institute was deryued from the Apostles vnto other after theim by imposition of haÌ„des and gyuynge the holy ghost from the Apostles tyme to our dayes And this was the consecration ordres vnction of the Apostles wherby they at the begynnynge made Byshopes and pryestes and this shall continewe in y e churche euen to the worldes ende And what soeuer rite or ceremonye hath ben added more than this commeth of mannes ordinaunce and policye and is not commauÌ„ded by goddes worde Wherefore good children you shal gyue due reuerence honour to the ministers of y e churche and shal not meanely or lyghtly esteme them in the executioÌ„ of their office but you shall take them for gods ministers and the messengers of our Lorde Iesus Christe For Christ himselfe saieth in y e gospel He that heareth you heareth me And he y t dyspiseth you dyspiseth me wherefore good children you shal stedfastly beleue al those thinges whiche suche ministers shall speake vnto you from the mouth and by the commauÌ„dement of our Lorde Iesus Christ. And what soeuer they do to you as when they baptyse you when they gyue you absolution and dystribute to you the bodye and bloude of our Lord Iesus Christe these you shall so esteme as yf Christe hymselfe in his awne person dyd speake and minister vnto you For Christe hath commaunded his ministers to do this vnto you and he hymselfe althoughe you see him not with your bodily eyes is present with his ministers and worketh by the holy ghost in thadministration of his sacramentes And on the other syde you shall take good hede beware of false and priuye preachers whiche pryuely crepe into cities and preache in corners hauyng none authoritie nor being called to this office For Christe is not present with such prechers â–ª and therefore dothe not the holy gost worke by their preching but their worde is withoute fruite or profyt and they do great hurte in commen welthes For suche as be not called of God they no doubte of it do erre and sow abrode heresye and naughty doctrine And yet you shal not thinke good childreÌ„ that preachers whiche be lawfully called haue authoritie to do or teache what soeuer shal please theÌ„ But our Lord Iesus Christ hath gyuen them playne instructions what they ought to teache and do And yf thei teache or do any other thynge then is conteyned in their commission then it is of no force nor we ought not to regarde it And for this cause our sauioure Christ dyd breath into hys discyples and gaue them the holy gost For where the holy gost is ther he so worketh that he causeth vs to do those thynges whiche Christe hath commaunded And whaÌ„ that is not done than the holy ghost is not there Wherefore all thynges whiche we shall so speake or do can take none effecte Now the summe of the commission whiche Christ gaue to his dysciples was this that they shoulde preache repentaunce and forgyuenes of synne in his name And he added therto bothe a promise a threatnyng saying He that wil beleue and be baptised shalbe saued But he that wil not beleue shall be damned Wherfore all thinges whiche the ministers of y e churche do saye or do to vs ought to be directed to this ende y t they maye lowse vs and declare vnto vs the forgyuenes of our synnes wheÌ„ we truly repent and beleue in Christ. But when we do not repent vs of our synne and forsake the same or do not beleue the gospel then they ought to bind or reserue sinne and to declare vnto vs that yf we styl continew in sinne we shal be dampned for euer And when the minysters do thus execute their coÌ„mission then they obey God whose synnes soeuer they forgyue in earth their synnes be forgyuen in heauen also And contrarye wyse whome soeuer they binde in earth their sinnes be bouÌ„de also in heaueÌ„ But yf the ministers wolde interprise to do contrary to their coÌ„mission that is to say to forgyue synnes to vnrepentaunte synners and vnbeleuers or to bynde their synnes and denye theim absolution that be repentaunte and truste in the mercye of God then they shoulde not do wel nor their acte shoulde be of any force but they shoulde deceaue themselues and other also And than shoulde that be true that Christ speaketh in the gospell When the blynde leadeth the blinde both fall into the diche But when the ministers do trulye execute their office you oughte good children to take great comforte and to confirme your faithe therby that you maye stedfastlye beleue and in all temptations answere your aduersarye the deuell after this maner God hathe

sente to me one of hys ministers he in the name and place of God hathe declared to me the forgyuenes of my synnes and hath baptised me in the assurance of the same Wherfore I doubte not but that my synnes be forgyuen and that I am made the sonne heire of God Thus good children you ought generally in all temptations to fortifie youre fayth and to comforte your selfes with the authoritie of Goddes word but specially you shall learne this also that oure Lorde Iesus Christe dyd entende by this authoritie of the Kayes to comforte the troubled consciences of them that after their baptisme do fall in to haynous offences For it is not so easye a thyng to rise agayn from synne as the mad and blynde worlde doeth thynke but when the deuel and oure faith shall skyrmishe together then in those straites and troubles of coÌ„science we haue nede of the helpe of some trewe minister of y e churche whych as it were in our swonynge maye lyft vs vp wyth the wourde of God comforte and refreshe vs. As the wyse kyng Salomon doth declare by thys sentence Wo to that man whyche is alone for when he falleth he hath no maÌ„ to lyft hym vp agayn And oure Lorde Iesus Christe doeth speake so often tymes in the gospel of the authoritie of the kayes and hathe added so great promyses to the same that it may wel appere by the earnestnes of Christes wourdes how careful he was for troubled consciences and how fatherly an effection he had to comforte thesame Wherof it vndoutedly foloweth y t we haue great nede of thys comforte and that it is moche to be estemed and set by For first of al our sauiour Christ before he gaue these kayes iÌ„ dede he promysed to Peter y t he would gyue them saying I wyl gyue to the the kayes of the kyngdome of heauen What so euer thou shalt bynde vpon earth shalbe bounde in heauen and what so euer thou shall louse vpon earth shalbe also loused in heauen Secondarelye Christe doeth teache vs howe we shall vse these kayes both in open and in secrete synnes Of the vse of the kayes in opeÌ„ synnes Christ speaketh these wourdes Yf thy brother trespace agaynst the go and tell hym hys faulte betwene him and the alone Yf he hear the thou hast wonne thy brother But yf he heare the not then take yet wyth the one or two that vpoÌ„ the mouthe of two or thre wytnesses euery worde maye stande Yf he heare not them tell it vnto the coÌ„gregacion Yf he heare not the coÌ„gregation let hym be vnto the as an hethen and publican Uerely I saye vnto you what so euerye bynde on earth shalbe bounde in heauen And what so euer ye lose on earth shalbe loused in heauen And of the vse of the kayes in priuye and secrete synnes oure sauiour Christ hath taught vs by his awne dede and example For the maÌ„ that was sycke of the palsey Christ said thus Sonne coÌ„ceaue a stedfast fayth thy synnes be forgyuen the. And as touching byndyng of synnes he sayd to y e hard herted and stubburne Iewes Yf you were blinde you shulde haue no synne But nowe bycause you saye you see your synne abydeth styll that is to saye it is not forgyuen Thyrdlye oure Sauioure Christe after his resurrectioÌ„ gaue the kaies to his apostles as before he had promysed breathynge vpon theim and saying Receaue the holy gost whose synnes ye shall forgyue they are for gyuen Now forasmuche as oure sauioure Christe in gyuynge the keyes did promise vs so great coÌ„forte dyd so dylygentlye teache the vse of them and dyd so faythfully and louyngly ordeyne and commende them and put theim as it wer into the handes of his apostles their successors we ought in no wyse to dyspyse this greate authoritie whiche God hath gyuen vnto men but thankefully to vse it For knowe this for a suertye good children that it is a very great offence against God lytle to care for hys great gyftes and benefites Therefore when we fal agayne to great synnes after that we are ones baptysed we oughte not to walke in a certeÌ„ rechelesnes thynkyng that our synnes be forgyuen vs onely because God is merciful For this opinion or wauering imaginatioÌ„ is more weake and feble theÌ„ that in the feare and battaile of the conscience it is able to stande against the violent force and craftye assaultes of the deuel But in this fight betwene our coÌ„science the deuel our great trust and comforte is y e sure worde and worke of God whiche maye asserteyne vs that our synnes are forgyuen that is to say whan we obteyne forgyuenes of oure synnes and absolutioÌ„ of the ministers of the churche to whome Christ hath deliuered the kaies and hath promysed saying Whose synnes ye shall forgyue in earthe their synnes be forgyuen in heauen also And this also is to be reproued that some men whiche continue in manyfest and open synne and go not about to amende their lyfes yet they wil be counted christeÌ„ meÌ„ and interpryse to receaue the same sacrameÌ„tes that other do to come to y e churche to worship God and to praye with other Suche muste be warned of their fautes and yf they refuse to heare and amende then they ought to be excommunicate and put out of the christen coÌ„gregation vntil they repente and amende their lyfes Lest by suche manifest sinne and euel examples other men might be prouoked to do the lyke and so at length many might be infected and the ChristeÌ„ religyon dispysed and euel spoken of as thoughe it wer the worst relygyon forasmuche as Christian men shoulde thaÌ„ leade a shameful and vngodly lyfe And so by this meanes y e name of God and God himselfe might be blasphemed amonge the heathen people And althoughe those canons ordynances and rites whiche be agreable to the gospel and were ordeyned in tyme past to punyshe suche opeÌ„ traÌ„sgressors and malefactors are nowe in oure tyme almost vtterly abolyshed and taken awaye yet for this cause we ought not to dispise or cast awaye the authoritye vse of the kayes For they which presumptuously do cast away all pokes of ecclesiasticall discipline or chasticement do let that such kynde of correction whiche is agreable to the gospel maye not be restored againe shall haue without doubte God for their iudge But let vs praye our Lord Iesus Christ that as it hath pleased him to restore vnto vs his moste blessed worde and the true vnderstaÌ„dyng of the same so also he wyll vouchesaue to rendre and sende agayne to vs these and suche lyke good and holsome ordinances agreable to his worde Now when a man after baptisme hath greuously synned and doubteth in his conscience whether he be in the fauour of God or no as oftentymes yt happeneth then it is harde for hym to trust to his awn bare imaginations thinking on this fashion I know y t I haue synned but yet I

am in this opinion that God is not so cruel a reuenger But that he hath forgyuen me For suche an opinion without goddes worde is not a trew faith nor is able to stande in the dauÌ„gerous skirmyshes of teÌ„ptation But trewe faith must euer be stayed vpon the certen worde wourke of God Now God dothe not speake to vs with a voyce soundynge out of heauen But he hath giuen the kayes of the kingdom of heauen and the authoritie to forgyue synne to the ministers of the churche Wherefore let him that is a sinner go to one of theim let him knowlege and confesse his synne and praye him that accordyng to gods commaundemente he wyll gyue him absolution and coÌ„fort him with y e worde of grace and forgyuenes of his synnes And when the minister dothe so then I ought stedfastly to beleue that my synnes are truly forgyueÌ„ me in heauen And suche a faythe is able to stande stronge in all skyrmyshes and assautes of oure mortal enemy y e deuel forasmuche as it is buylded vpoÌ„ a sure rocke that is to say vpoÌ„ the certen word and worke of God For he that is absolued knoweth for a suertye that his synnes be forgyuen him by the minister And he knoweth assuredlye also that the minister hath autoritie from God himselfe so to do And thirdely he knoweth that God hath made this promise to his ministers sayed to them To whom ye forgyue synnes vpon earth to him also they shall be forgyuen in heauen Wherefore good children gyue good eare to this doctrine when your synnes do make you afrayed and sadde then seke and desyer absolution forgyuenes of your synnes of the ministers whiche haue receaued a commission and commaundement from Christ hymselfe to forgyue men their synnes and then youre conferences shal haue peace tranquillitie quietnes But he that dothe not obey this counsell but beyng ether blynd or proude doth dispyse the same he shal not fynde forgyuenes of his synnes neither in hys awne good wourkes nor yet in paineful chastysementes of his bodye or any other thynge whereto God hath not promysed remission of sinnes Wherfore dispyse not absolution for it is the commaundemente and ordinance of God and the holy spirit of God is present and causeth these thinto take effect in vs to worke our saluatioÌ„ And this is the meaning and playne vnderstandynge of these wordes of Christ which you hearde heretofore rehersed whiche are writen to thenteÌ„t y t we shoulde beleue that whatsoeuer goddes ministers do to vs by Gods commauÌ„dement are as muche auaileable as yf God hymselfe shoulde do the same For whether y e minysters do excommunicate opeÌ„ malefactors and vnrepentant persons or do gyue absolution to those which be truly repentant for their synnes and amende their lyues these actes of the ministers haue as great power authoritie and be coÌ„firmed and ratified in heaueÌ„ as thoughe oure Lorde Iesus Christ himselfe had done the same Wherefore good children learne these thinges dilygentlye And wheÌ„ you be asked how vndrestaÌ„de you the wordes before rehersed ye shall answer I do beleue that what soeuer y e ministers of Christ do to vs by gods commauÌ„demeÌ„t either in excommunicatinge open and vnrepentante synners or in absoluyng repentant persons all these their actes be of as greate authoritie and as suerly coÌ„firmed in heauen as yf Christe shoulde speake the wordes out of heauen So ye haue good children the begynnynge and foundation of the ministers of gods worde and of the authoritie of the kayes as our lord Iesus Christ did first ordeyne and institute the same The whiche our sauiour Christ did institute and appointe for this purpose that our consciences myghte thereby be comforted and assured of the forgyuenes of synnes and to haue the inestimable thresures of the gospel as often as we haue nede thereof That we thereby being made stronge in oure faith might so continewe to thende of our life And he that continueth to the ende shal be saued The which graunt vs the most merciful God Amen Â¶ A sermon of the CommunioÌ„ or the Lordes supper OUr Lorde Iesus Christ good children in the .xv. chapter of Iohn speketh these wordes I am the true vyne and my father is the husbande man Euerye braunche that beareth not fruyte in me he wyll take awaye And euerye braunche that beareth fruyt he wyll prune that it maye bring forth more fruit Now are ye cleane thorowe the wourdes whych I haue spoken to you Dwell in me and I wyll dwel in you As the braunche can not beare fruit of it selfe excepte it growe in the vyne no more can ye excepte ye abid in me I am the vine ye are the braunches He that abideth in me I in hym bryngeth forthe muche fruite For wythout me ye can do nothiÌ„g By these wordes our Lord Iesus Christe doeth teache vs veraye plainlye how we be iustified saued before god For as y e braunch of a vyne briÌ„geth forth no fruyt except it abyde in the vyne so we can not be rightuous excepte we abyd in Christ. And as y e brauÌ„che of a vine doeth not flouriche nor kepe loÌ„g his sappe but withereth away is cast into the fier when it is cut from the vyne euen so be we damned and can not be saued wheÌ„ we forsake our master Christ Nowe ye haue heard good children howe by baptisme we are so plaÌ„ted in Christ y t by him we haue forgyuenes of our sinnes and are grafted in hym as the braunche is in the vyne And as the braunches haue sappe and lyfe of the vyne that they maye bryng forth fruyte so we also which beleue in Christe and are baptised haue receyued of hym the holy goste that we maye be iustified And yf it chaunce vs to fall from Christe thorowe synne or vnbelefe or to be put out of the Christen congregation for our open and manifest synnes yet ye haue hearde howe we are receyued agayne in to the bosome of the churche and ioyned to Christes bodye by the authoritie of the Kaies and absolution But yf we wil be iustified and saued it is not ynoughe to be planted in Christ but we must also abide and continue in hym Wherfore nowe foloweth that doctrine which teacheth vs how we ought to ordre our selues that we maye styll abyde and growe in Christe after that we are grafted in hym And this doctrine is conteyned in the institution and receauynge of the supper of oure Lorde Iesus Christ. For as by baptisme we are borne agayne and as by the authoritie of the Kaies and penance we are lifted vp agayne when we are fallen in to synne after baptisme so by the commuinion of the holy supper of the Lorde we are preserued and strengthened that we maye be able stedfastly to staÌ„d fyght against the violent inuasioÌ„s of sin the power of y e deuel Wherefore good children forasmuche as ye be alredye planted in Christ by baptisme learne also I praye you

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