They are certayne customeable reuereÌt doings and Ceremonyes ordeyned by Christe that by them he might put vs in remeÌbraÌce of his benefits we myght declare oure profession that we be of the nomber of theÌ which are partakers of the same benefites and whyche fasten all theyr affiaunce in hym that we are not ashamed of the name of Christ or to bee termed Christes Scholers Master Tell me my sonne how these two sacramentes be ministred baptisme and that whyche Paule calleth the supper of the Lord. Scholer Hym that beleueth in Christ professeth the Articles of the Christian religion myndeth to be baptised I speake nowe of theÌ that be groweÌ to ripe yeres of discretion sith for the yoÌg babes theyr parentes or the churches professioÌ sufficeth the minister dyppeth in or washeth with pure cleane water onlye in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy ghost theÌ commendeth him by praier to God in to whose churche he is now openly as it wear enrowled that it mai please God to graunte hym hys grace whearhy ⪠he may answer in belefe and life agreablye to his profession Master What is the vse of the Lordes supper Scholer EueÌ the very same that was ordayned by the Lord himself Iesus Christ ⪠Which as S. Paul sayeth y â same nyghte that he was betrayed tooke breade and when he had geuen thankes brake it sayde Thys is my body which is brokeÌ for you Do thys in the remembrauÌnce of me In like maner wheÌ supper was ended he gaue theÌ the cuppe sayenge Thys cuppe is the newe testameÌt in my bloud ⪠Do thys as ofte as ye shall drinck thearof in the remeÌbraunce of me Thys was the maner and order of the Lordes supper whyche we ought to holde kepe that the remeÌbraunce of so great a benefite the passyon and deathe of Christ be alwaye kepte in mynde that after that the worlde is ended he may come and make vs to fit wyth hym at hys owne borde Master What doth baptisme represeÌt set befor oureyes Scholer That we are by the spirite of Christ new borne and cleansed from syn that we be members and partes of his churche receiued into the communion of sainctes For water signifieth the spi rite Baptisiue is also a fygure of our burial in Christ and that we shall be raysed vp agayne wyth hym in a newe lyfe as I haue before declared in Christes resurrection Master What declareth betokeneth the supper vnto vs whych we solemnly vse in the remembraunce of the Lorde ⪠Scho. The Supper as I haue shewed a lytle before is a certayne thankfull remembraunce of the deathe of Christe for asmuch as the bread representeth his bodi betrayed to be crucifyed for vs The wyne standeth in steade place of his bloude plentuouslye shed for vs. And euen as by breade and wyne oure natural bodies are susteined and nourished so by the body that is y â flesh bloude of Christ the soule is fedde through fayth and quickened to the heauenlye and godly lyfe Master Howe come these thynges to passe Scholer Theese thynges come to passe by a certayne secreate meane and liuelye working of the spirit when we beleue that Christ hath ones for all gyuen vppe his bodye aud bloude for vs to make a sacrifice and moost pleasauÌt offring to his heauenly father and also when we coÌfesse and acknowledge him oure onlye sauyour hie Bishoppe mediatoure and redemer to whome is dewe all honour and glory Master All this thou doest well vnderstande For me thinketh thy meanynge is that faith is the mouthe of the soule whearby we receiue thys verye heauenlye meate full both of saluatioÌ and immortalitye dealt among vs by the meanes of the holy ghost Now sythe we haue entreated of the sacramentes passe forward to the other partes of Gods seruyce Scholer I will do your coÌmauÌdemeÌt Thear remaine two thinges belongyng to the perfection of Gods seruice First our Lord Iesus Christes wil was that ther shoulde be teachers and Euangelistes that is to saye preachers of the gospell to this entent that hys voyce myght continually be hard souÌd in his church He that coueteth as all oughte to couet to beare the name of a Christiane maye haue no doubte that he ought wyth moste earnest affection and ferueÌt desyre endeuour himselfe to heare and soke into his mynde the worde of the Lord not lyke the words of anye man but lyke as it is in dede the word of almigh tie god SecoÌdarily bicause all that is good and that ought of a Christian to be desyred cometh vnto vs froÌ God and is by him graunted thearefore of hym we ought to require al things and by thankesgeuinge acknowledge them all receyued of him Which thing he so well liketh that he estemeth it in stede of a passing pleasauut sacrifice as it is most euideÌt by the witnesse of the prophets Apostles Master Hast thou any certayne and appoynted maner of prayeng Scho. Yea forsoth euen the very same that oure Lorde taught his disciples and in them all other Christians Who beynge on a tyme required to teache them some sort of praier taughte them this WheÌ ye pray quod he say Our father whych art in heauen hallowed be thy name Thi kingdom come Thy will be done in earthe as it is in heauen Gyue vs thys day our dayly breade and forgyue vs our trespasses as we forgyue theÌ that trespasse agaynste vs. And lead vs not into temptacioÌ But delyuer vs from euell For thyne is the kyngdom power glory for euer AmeÌ Maist. How thinkest thouâ⦠is it lawfull for vs to vse any other wordes of prayer Scho. Althoughe in thys short abridgement are suffiently conteyned all thinges that euery Christian ought to praye for yet hathe not Christe in thys prayer tyed vs vp so shorte as that it we are not lawfull for vs to vse other woordes and maner of prayer But he hathe set out in this prayer certain principall poyntes whearvnto all our prayers should he referred But let eche maÌ aske of God as hys present nede requireth Whatsoeuer ye aske the Father in my name saith Christ he shall gyue it you Master For as much as there is in all this praier nothing doubtfull or beside the purpose I woulde heare thy mynde of it Scholer I do well perceyue what y â wordes do signifie Master Thinkest thou then that there is in it nothynge ââ¦arcke nothynge hidde nothyng hard to vnderstaÌd Scholer Nothing at al. For neither was it Christes plesure that there shuld be any thynge in it dareke or farre from our capacity specyally sithe it belongeth egally to all and is as necessarye for the lewd as the learned Mast. Therefore declare vn to me in fewe woordes eche parte by it selfe Scholer When I say oure father which art in heaueÌ thys do I thincke with my selfe
peââ¦ysh in the worcââ¦es of darckenes but to kindle the lyghte of thy ââ¦ountenaunce in my hearte that the godly knowledge maye daylye increase in me thorowe a ryghte and pure fayth and that I maye alwayes be ââ¦ounde to walcke and lyue aââ¦ter thy wyll and pleasure thorowe ââ¦sus Christe ouââ¦e Lord and Sanioââ¦re Amen Lorde into thy handes I commend my spryte thou haste Redemed me Lord God of truth ¶ IMPRYNted at ãâã ââ¦y ãâã Day dwelling ouer Alberâ⦠gate beneth Sayââ¦ct Martyââ¦s â These Cathechismes are to bee ââ¦olde at hâ⦠ãâã ⪠bâ⦠ãâã ãâã Counââ¦uit in Cheââ¦syde at the sygne of the ãâã â â â Cum pââ¦iuilegio adimpri mââ¦ndum soluâ⦠Al Christians shulde know their profession ⪠Teachyng by questyons ⪠Chylââ¦reÌ to be taughte trew relygion ChristiaÌ re ligion Partes of ChristiaÌ re ligion What god is The ãâã and the gos pell The scriptures preserued froÌ the begynnyng The creââ¦e called a ââ¦mbole ââ¦awes of the first table One God Images Takyug the name of God The Sabbat ââ¦awes of the seconde table Honour of Parentes Murther ââ¦duoutry ââ¦heft False wyt nesse Couetise of anothers The rewarde of y â godly aud vngodly The suÌme of the lawe by Christe The lawe of nature Ignorance brought iâ⦠by corrupââ¦ion of nature Why the lawe was wrytten in tables None made righteous by y â ââ¦awe Ceremonies of the law Sinnes for giuen by Christes death only Why the lawe was gyuen to one people The moral lawe commune to al The crede The maââ¦uge and preseruation of the world Why wee cal God fa ther. The making of maÌ The names of Adam ãâã The image that man was made after Gods ymage defa ced in maÌ Origynall synne The meanes of ãâã tion Gods ãâã The Serpents head The seede of the woman ⪠Christes ãâã deathe ⪠refurreccion and ascension The spirite seÌt downe The resurrection of Christe necessarie Christ gouernith his Church ab ââ¦ent God Christe is absent and presente in the worrd ⪠Christes ãâã cension Christes bo dily preseÌce Christe coÌpared to y â sonne Our profit by Christes ascenciâ⦠Causes of Christes as cââ¦tion Christ do ingââ¦s for ãâã behofe ChristiaÌ ex ample of lyfe vnto vs. Donor of Christ. The end of â⦠world The ââ¦ay of dome The resur rection The holly Church Who be of Christs churthe Causes of our iustification Iustification by fayth Irewe faithe and works vnseparate ⪠The churche Marks of the church Keies to bynde and loose The holly Ghost Why the holy goste is called holy Whearin resteth the holy gostâ⦠sanctifica tion Communion of Sainctes Why the churche is called vniuersall CoÌmunioÌ of saints Paââ¦tes of godstrew inward ser uice The Sabbat Outward seruice of God What sacraments are The ministracion of baptysme The vse of the Lords supper The meaninge of baptisme The meaninge of y â Lords sup per. The bread The wyne Howe we feede vpoÌ Christes bodye and bloud Fayth the mouthe of the soule Offyce of Preachers Prayer The lords prayer Whether we maye vse anye other praier but the pa ter noster Nothyng in y â lardes prayer hard to vn derstande What we gather of our father What is meant by whych are in heauen God is ech wheat God alwaye present to helpe vs. How goddes name is to be hal lowed Christes kingdome not yet per fect Christes kingdom Gods will to be done Our dayly bread What bread mea neth EpiousioÌ Daylye breade or supernaturall Why wee aske oure bread to be daylye Forgyuenes of trespasses Our couenant with god as we forgiue c Charitable forgiuenesse one to and ther ceaseth bram les The harmes of coÌtencion Good not euell to be reÌdred for euell Our weak nesse Temptation Whi this is added for thyne is y â kingdome c. Fayth in prayer What to be asked in prayer ââ¦onest frame of lyfe Knoledge desier fear loue of God Christeâ⦠benefites to vs. Godlessnesse Superstition hipâ⦠crisie Charitie The name of brethreÌ The law of nature Measure another ãâã thy selfe Degrees of chariti Uices to be rooted out y â vertues maye be planted in theyr place The blysse of the god lye
execute moste greuous punyshmente On the other side he that liueth accordynge to the rule of these lawes shal fynde both prayse and blysse and God also hys mercyful and bouÌtyfull good Lord. Master Thou haste shortlye sette out the. x. commaundementes Now then tell me how all these thinges that thou haste particularlye declared Christe hath in fewe wordes conteyned settyngâ⦠forth vnto vs in a suÌme the whole pyth of the law Scholer Wil you that I knit vp in a briefe abrydgement all that belongeth bothe to God to men Master ââ¦ea Scho. Christ sayeth thus Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God wyth al thy hart wyth all thy soule wyth all thy mynde and with al thy strength Thys is the greatest commaundement in the lawe The other is lyke vn ⪠to this Thou shalâ⦠loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe Up ⪠on these two commaundemeÌtes hang the whole law ⪠and the Prophetes Master I wyll nowe that thou tell me further what lawe is that whyche thou speakest of that whych we call the lawe of nature or some other besydes Scholer I remeÌber maister that I learned that of you longe ago that it was ingraffed by God in the nature of man whyle nature was yet sounde and vncorrupted But after the eÌtraÌâ⦠of synne although the wyse were somewhat after a sort ââ¦ot vtterly ignorant of that ââ¦yght of nature yet was it ââ¦y that tyme so hydde from the greatest part of meÌ that they scaÌt perceyued any shadow thereof Master What is the cause that god willed it to be written out in tables and that iâ⦠should be priuatli appointed to one people alone Scholer I wyll shewe you ⪠By oryginal synnâ⦠and euel custome the image of God in maÌ was so at the begynning darkened the iudgemeÌt of nature so corrupted that man him selfe doth noâ⦠snfficiently vnderstaÌd whaâ⦠difference is betwene hoâ⦠stye and dyshonestye ryghâ⦠and wrong The bountyfull God thearefore myndynge to renewe that image in vs fyrst wrought this by y â law wrytten in tables that wee myght knowe our selues therin as it were in a glasse behold the fylthe and spots of oure soule and stubborne hardnes of a corrupted hert that by thys meane yet acknowledgynge our synne perceiuing the weakenes of our fleshe and the wrathe of God fearââ¦ely bent agaynste vs for synne we myghte the ââ¦ore feruently long for oure ââ¦ior Christ Iesus which ââ¦y hys deathe and precious ââ¦prynklynge of hys bloude hath clensed and washed away our sinnes pacified the wrath of the almyghtye father by the holye breathe of hys Spirite createth newe hartes in vs and reneweth our mindes after the image and lykenesse of theyr Creator in true ryghteousnes holynes Whych thyng neither the iustyce of the lawe nor any sacrifices of Moses were able to performe And that no man is made ryghteous bi the law it is euideÌt not onelye thereby that the ryghteous lyueth by fayth but also hereby that no mortal man is able to fulfyll all that the law of both the tables commaundeth For we haue hindrauÌces that striue agaynste the lawe as the weakenes of the fleshe frowarde appetite and lust naturally engeÌdred As for sacrifice cleansynges washinges and other ceremonies of the lawe they were but shadoes lykenesses images and figures of the trew and euerlastyng sacrifice of Iesus Christ done vppon the crosse By the benefit wherof alone all the synnes of all beleuers euen from the begynnynge of the worlde ⪠ar ââ¦ardoned by the onlye mercye of God and by no desert of ours Master I heare not yet why almyghty Gods wyll was to declare hys secrete pleasure to one people alone whi che was the Israelites Scholer Forsooth that had I almost forgotten I suppose it was not don for this entent as thoughe the lawe of the. x. commauudements dyd not belong generally to ail men for asmuche as the Lord our God is not onelye the God of the Iewes but also of the Gentiles but rather this was ment thearby that the true Messias whiche is our Christ myght be knowen at hys commynge into the worlde who muste nedes haue beene borne of that natioÌ and none other for true perfourmannce of the promise For the whych cause Gods pleasure was to appoynt out for hymselfe one certaine people holy soÌdred from the rest and as it were peculiarly hys owne That bi this meane his diuine worde might be continually kept holy pure and vncorrupted Master Hitherto thou hast wel satisfied me deare soÌne Now lette vs come to the Christian confession whych I wyll that thou playnlye reherse vnto me Scholer It shall be done I beleue in God the father al myghty maker of heauen and earthe And in Iesu Christ hys only sonne our Lorde whych was conceiued by the holy Gost borne of the virgin Mary Suffered vnder PoÌce Pilate was crucified dead and buryed He went downe to hell the thyrde daye he rose agayne from the deade He went vp to heauen sytteth on the ryght hande of God the father almighty from thence shall he come to iudge the quycke and the dead I beleue in y â holy gost I beleue the holy vniuersall church the communion of sayntes the forgeuenes of synnes the rysynge agayne of the flesh the lyfe euerlastynge Master All these my soÌne thou hast rehersed generallye and shortelye Therefore thou shalt do wel to set out largelye all that thou hast spokeÌ particularlye that I may playnly perceiue what thy belefe is concerning ech of them And fyrst I wolde heare of the knowledge of god afterward of the right seruing of hym Scholer I wil wyth a good wyl obey your plesure dear Maister as far as my simple wytte wyll suffer me Aboue all thynges we muste stedfastly beleue and holde that God almyghtye the father in the begynnyng of nothyng made fashyoned this whole frame of the world and al things what soeuer are conteined therin and that they all are made by the power of hys worde that is of Iesu Christe the sonne of God Which thing is sufficientlye approued by witnes of scriptures Moreouer that wheÌ he had thus shapen all creatures he ruled gouerned saued them by hys bountie and liberall hand hath ministred yet also ministreth most largelye all that is needefull for mayntenaunce and preseruynge of oure lyfe that we should so vse them as behoueth myndeful and godlye chyldren Master Why dost thou call God father Scholer For two causes the one for that he made vs all at the beginning and gaue life vnto vs all the other is more weyghtye for that by hys holy spirit and by faith he hath begotteÌ vs agayne makynge vs hys chyldren gyuing vs hys kyngdome and the enheritaunce of lyfâ⦠euerlastynge wyth Iesu Christ hys owne trew and naturall sonne Master Seynge then God hath created all other thinges to serue man and made man to obey honour gloryfye him What canst thou say more of the
begynning and makyng of man Scholer Euen that whyche Moses wrote that God shaped the fyrste man of claye and put into hym soule and life theÌ that he cast Adam in a deade sleepe brought foorth a woman whome he drewe oute of hys syde to make her a companioÌ with hym of al his life wealth And therfore was man called Adam because he tooke hys beginning of the earth and the womaÌ called Eue. because she was appoynted to be the mother of al liuiÌg Mast. What image is that after the lykenesse whereof thou sayest that man was made Scholer That is most absolute righteousnesse and perfect holynes whyche moste nearely belongeth to the ââ¦ry nature of God and mosâ⦠clearely appeared in Christ our new AdaÌ Of the whyche in vs thear scante are to be seen any sparcles Master What ⪠are ther scâ⦠to be seen Scholer It is true forsooth for they do not now so shiâ⦠as they dyd in the begynning before mans fall for as much as man by the darknesse of synnes and myst of errours hath corrupted the bryghtnesse of thys image In suche sorte hath God iâ⦠hys wrathe wreaked hym vpon the synful man Maister But I pray the tell me wherefore came it thus to passe ⪠Scholer I wyll shewe you When the Lorde God had made the frame of thys world he hym selfe planted a garden full of delyte and pleasure in a certaine place Eastward and called it Eden Wherein besyde other passynge fayre trees not far froÌ the myddes of the garden was thear one specially called the tree of lyfe and another called y â tre of knowledge of good euell Herein the Lord of his singuler loue placed man and committed vnto hym the garden to dresse and looke vnto geuynge hym libertie to eate of the fruites of all the trees of paradyse except the fruite of the tree of knowledge of good euell The fruite of thys tree if euer he tasted he shoulde wythout fayle die for it But Eue deceyued by the deuell counterfetynge the shape of a serpent gathered of the forbidden fruite whych was for the fayrenes to the eye to be desyred for the sweetenesse in tast to be reached at and pleasauÌt for the knowledge of good euell ⪠and she eate thearof and gaue vnto her housbaâ⦠to eate of the same For which doing they both immediatly dyed that is to say were not only subiect to the death of the bodye but also lost the life of the soule whyche is ryghteousnesse And foorthwith the image of God was defaced in theÌ and the most beautiful proportion of ryghteousnesse holynesse ⪠truth and knowledge of God was confouÌded and in a maner vtterly blotted out Thear remayned the earthly image ioyned with vnrighteousnesse guyle fleshly mynde depe ignorauÌce of godli and heauenly thinges Hereof grew the weakenes of our fleshâ⦠⪠hereof came thys corruptioÌ and disorder of lustes affectioÌs hereof came that pestilence hereof came that seede and nurishmeÌt of sins wherwyth mankynd is infected and it is called synne originall Moreouer therby nature was so corrupted ouerthrowen that vnlesse the goodnes and mercye of almyghty God had holpeÌ vs bi the medicine of grace eueÌ as in bodi we are thrust down into al wretchednessâ⦠of death so muste it needes haue bene that al meÌ of all sortes should be throwen into euerlasting punyshment and fyre vnquencheable Master Oh the vnthankefulnesse of men But what hope had our first parents and from thence fourth the rest whearby they wear releueâ⦠⪠Scholer When the Lorde God had both wyth words and dedes chastised Adam and Eue for he thrust them both out of the gardeÌ wyth a most greeuous reproche he then cursed the serpent threatnynge hym that the tyme should one day come when the seede of the ââ¦omaÌ should breake hys head After ward the Lord God stablyshed that same gloryous and most bountiful promise fyrst with a couenant made betwene hym and AbrahaÌ by circumcision and in Isaac hys sonne then agayne by Moses last of all by the oracles of y e noble prophets Master What meaneth the serpentes head that seede that God speaketh of ⪠Scholer In the serpeÌts head lieth all his venimâ⦠ââ¦d the whole pyth of hys lyfe and force Thearfore do I take the serpents head to betokâ⦠the whole power and king dome or more truli the tiraÌnie of the old serpeââ¦t the deuel The sede as saint ⪠Paul doth plainly teache is ⪠Iesus Christ the sonne of God very God and veri man coÌceaned of the holy Gost engendred of the wombe and substauÌââ¦e of Marie the blessed pure vndefiled maide and was so borne ââ¦ostred by her as other babes de sauinge that he was most far from all infection of synne Master All these foundaââ¦ions that thou hast layed ar most ââ¦rew Nowe thearfore let vs go forwarde to those hys doinges whearin lieâ⦠our saluaââ¦ion and conquest agaynst that old serpent Scholer It shalbe done good Maister After that Christe Iesus hadde delyuered incharge to his Apostles that most ioyfull and in al pointes heauenlye doctryne the gospell whych in greeke is called Euangelion in Englysh good tidinges and had as by sealyng stablished the same wyth tokens and miracles innumerable wheâ⦠of all hys lyfe was full at leÌgth was he sore sââ¦urged mocked wyth pottyng scoââ¦nyng and spyttynge in hys face laste of all hys handes and ââ¦ete bored thorow with nayles and he fastened to a crosse Then he trulye dyed and was truly buryed that by hys moste sweete sacrifice he myghte pacifye his fathers wrath against maÌkynde and subdue hym by his death who had y e authoritie of deathe which was the deuel forasmuch not onlye the lyuinge but also the deade wear they in hell or elsse whear they all felt the power force of this death to whom lieng in prison as Peter sayeth Christe preached though dead in body yet relyued in Spirite The third daye after he vprose a gayne a lyue in bodye also and wyth manye notable profes the space of .xl. daies he abode among hys disciples eatyng and drynkyng with theÌ In whose syghte he was conueyed away in a cloud vp into heauen or rather aboue al heaueÌs wher he now sitteth at the ryght hand of God the father being made Lorde of all thinges be they in heauen or in earth kynge of all kynges our euerlasting onlye hee Bisshoppe our only attournye only mediatour onelyâ⦠peace maker betwene God and men Now sitheÌs that he is entred into his glorious maiestie by sendynge downe his holy spirit vnto vs as he promised he lighteneth our dark blyndnesse moueth ruleth teacheth cleanseth coÌforteth and reioyseth our myndes and so will he styll continually do tyll the end of the worlde Master Well I se thou hast touched the chiefe Articles of our religion and hast set out as in a shorte abrydgement the Creede that thou diddest
rehearse Now therfore I wyll demaunde the questioÌs of certain pointes Scholer Do as shall please you Maister for ye maye more perfectlye instruct me in those thinges that I do not throughly vnderstand and put me in remembraÌce of that I haue forgotteÌ and printe in my mynde deeper suche thynges as haue not taken stedfast hold thearin Master Tell me thâ⦠ââ¦f by his death we get pardon of oure sinnes was not that enough but that he must also rise againe froÌ the deade ⪠Scho. It was not inough yf ye haue a respect eyther to hym or to vs. For vnlesse he hadde rysen agayne he shoulde not be taken for the sonne of God For whyche cause also whyle he hong vpoÌ the crosse thei that saw hym vpbrayded hym and sayde he hath saued other but can not saue hym selfe Let hym now come downe from the crosse and we will beleue hym But now vprisyng from the dead to euerlasting continuaunce of life he hathe shewed a mutche greater power of hys godheade then if by commyng downe froÌ the crosse he had fled from the terrible paines of death For to dye is comoÌ to all men but to louse the bondes of death and by his owne power to rise againe that properlye belongeth to Iesus Christe the onlye begotten sonne of God the only author of lyfe Moreouer it was necessarye that he should ryse again with glorie that the sayengs of Dauid and other prophetes of God myghte be fulfylled whych told before that neither hys body should se corruption nor hys soule be left in hel As for vs we neither had bene iustified nor had had anye hope left to ryse agayne had not he rysen agayne as Paule doth in diuerse places playnly shewe For if he had remayned in the prisoÌ of death in graue and bene holden in corruption as al men besyde how could we haue hoped for saf ty by hym whych saued not himself It was mete therfore needefull for the part that he had in haÌd and for the chiefe staye of our sauegarde that Christe shoulde fyrst delyuer hymselfe from deathe and afterwarde assure vs of safetye by his vprisyng agayne Master Thou hast touched my sonne the chiefe cause of Christes risinge agayâ⦠⪠Now would I faine heart thy mynde of his going vp into heauen What answere thinkest thou is to be made to them that say it had beâ⦠better for hym to tarie hear with vs presentlye to rule gouerne vs For besyde other diuerse causes it is ââ¦lye that the loue of the people toward theyr prince specially beyng good and gracious should grow the grea ter by his present company Scholer All theese thynges whych he should do present that is to saye if he were in company amoÌg vs he doth theÌ absent He ruleth maintayneth strengthneth defeÌdeth rebuketh punysheth correcteth and performeth all suche thynges as do become such a prince or rather God himself Al those thinges I saye performeth he which belong eyther to our neede or profit honour or coÌmoditie Beside this Christ is not so all together absent from the world as mani do suppose For albeit the substaunce of his body be takeÌ vp from vs yet is his Godheade perpetuallye presente wyth vs although not subiect to the sight of our eyes For thynges that be not bââ¦dylye can not be perceiued by any bodyly meane Who euer sawe hys owne soulâ⦠No man Yet what is theaâ⦠more present or what to ãâã man nearer than hys owne soule Spiritual thinges ãâã not to be seen but wyth the eye of the spirite The arfeâ⦠he that in earth wyll see the Godhead of Christ let hym open the eyes not of his bodye but of hys mynde but of his faith and he shall set him preseÌt whom eye hath not seen he shall see him present and in the myddes of them whearsoeuer be two or three gathered together in his name he shal see him present wyth vs euen vnto the ende of the ⪠world What sayde ⪠Iâ⦠shall he see Christe present ⪠Yea he shall both se feele him dwellyng within himselfe in sutch sorte as he dothe hys owne proper soule For he dwelleth and ââ¦ydeth in the mynde and harte of hym whyche fasteneth all hys trust in hym Master Uery well but oure confession is that he is asceÌded by into heauen Tell me thearfore how that is to be vnderstanded Scholer So vse we commoÌlye to say of him that hath attayned to any hye degree or dignitie that he is ascended vp or aduaunced in to some hye roume some hye place or state because heâ⦠hath chaunged hys formeâ⦠case and is become of more honor thaÌ the rest In sutâ⦠case is Christ gon vp as hâ⦠before came down He came downe from hiest honour to deepest dishonoure euen the dishonour and vyle state of a seruant and of the crosse ⪠And lykewyse afterwards he went vp from the depest dyshonoure to the hyest honoure euen that same honour whych he had before hys goyng vp into heauen yea aboue all heauens to the very roial throne of god muste needes be euident by moste iust reason that hys glory and maiestye myghte in comparison agreably answer to the proportioÌ of hys basenesse and reprochefull estate This doth Paul teach vs in hys wrytynge to the Philippians he became obedient eueÌ vnto death yea the very death of the crosse Whearfore God bath both aduaunced hym to the hyest state of honour and also geuen hym a name aboue al names that at y â name of Iesus eueri kne shold bow of al things in heaueÌ earth hell But although he be alredy gone vp into heaueÌ neuertheles bi his nature of godhead by his spirit he shal alwaies be preseÌt in his church eueÌ to the end of the world Yet thys proueth not that he is preseÌt amoÌg vs in his body For his Godhead hath one propertye his maÌhead another Hys maÌhead was create his godhed vncreate His maÌhead is in soÌâ⦠one place of heaueÌ his godhed is in such sort ech wher that it filleth both heauen ⪠earthe But to make thys poiÌt plainer by a similitude or comparing of like to like Ther is nothyng that doth trulier like a shadow expres Christ theÌ the soÌne for it is a fit image of the light and brightnes of Christ. The soÌ doth alway kepe the heaueÌ yet do we sai that it is preseÌe also in y â ⪠world for without lyght thear is nothyng present that is to say nothyng to be seen of any man for the sonne wyth hys lyghte fulfilleth al things So Christ is lyfted vp aboue all heauens that he maye be preseÌt wyth all and fully furnyshe all things as S. Paul doth saye But as touchynge the bodylye presente of Christe heare in earthe if it be lawfull to place in comparison great thinges wyth small Christes bodye is present to our faith as the sonne whâ⦠it is seen is preseÌt to the eyâ⦠⪠the bodie wherof
thaÌkes geuing and to be commended to the people of God ¶ Of ciuile Magistrates THe king of Englande is Supreame head in earth next vn der Christe of the churche of England and Ireland THe Byshoppe of Rome hathe no iurisdiction in thââ¦s realin of Englande THe ciuile magistrate is ordeined and alowed of god wher fore we must obey him not on ly for feare of punishment but also for conscience sake THe ciuile lawes may punyshe christen men with deathe for hainous greuous offences IT is lawfull for Christians at the commaundement of the ma gistrate to were weapons and to serue in lawfull warres Christian mennes gooddes are not commune THe riches gooddes of Christians are not commune as touchinge the righte title and possession of the same as certayn Anabaptiââ¦es do fasly boast not withstanding euery man oughte of such thinges as he possesseth li berally to geue almes to the pore according to his hability ¶ Christian menne maye take an Othe AS we confesse that vayne rashe swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lorde Iesu Christ his apostle Iames so we iudge that Christian religion doeth not prohibite but that â⦠man may sweare when the Magistrate requireth in a cause of faythe and charitye so it be done according to the Prophetes teachynge in iustyce iudgemente and truthe The resurrectioÌ of the dead is not yet broughte to passe THe resurreccioÌ of the dead is not as yet brought to passe as though it only belonged to the soule which by the grace of Christ is raised from the death of synne but it is to be loked for at the laste day For then as Scripture ãâã most manifestly testifie to all that be dead theyr owne bodies ste she and bone shalbe restored that the whole maÌ may accordinge to hys workes haue other reward orpu nishment as he hath liued vertuoufly or wickedly The soules of them that depart this life doe neither die wyth ãâã the bodies nor sleape idly THey which say that the soules of suche as depart hence dooe sleepe beyng wythout al sence feling or perceiuing vntyl the day of iudgmente ⪠or affirme that the soules dye with the bodies and at the last day shalbe raised vp wyth the same do vtterly dissente from the righte belefe declared to vs in holye Scripture Heritikes called Millenarii THey that go aboute to renewe the fable of heretickes called Millenarii be repugnaunt to holy scripture and cast theÌ selues headlong into a Iewishe dotage ¶ Al men shall not be saued at the length THey also are worthy of condeÌnation who endeuout at thys tyme to restore the dauÌgerous opinion that al men be theineues so vngodly shal at length be saued wheÌ they haue suffered paynes for theyr synnes a certayne tyme appoynted bâ⦠Gods iustice The ende of the Articles ¶ A generall Confession to be sayd in the Morning AL mighty and most merciful father we haue erred and strayed from thy wayes like lost shepe We haue followed to mutche the deuises and desires of our owne hartes We haue offended agaynst thy holye laââ¦es Wee haue lefte vndone those thynges whyche we ought to haue done â⦠we haue done those things whiche we ought not to haue done and ther is no health in vs but thou O Lord haue mercye vpon vs miserable offendours Spare thou them O God whych confesse theyr faultes Restore thou them that be ââ¦tent accordyng to thy prompses declared vnto mankynde in Christ Ieso our Lord. And graunt O most mercifull father for his sake that we may here ãâã liââ¦e a godly righteous and sober lyfe to the glorye of thy holy name Amen A prayer to be sayd in the Mornynge OMercifull Lord God heââ¦uenlye father I reÌder most high laudes praise and thanks vnto the that thou hast preserued me both thys nyght and all the tyme and dayes of my lyfe hitherto vnder thy protection and hast suffered ãâã to liue vntill this present houre And I beseeche the hartely that thou wilt vouchesafe to receiue me this day and the residue of my whole lyfe from hence forth into thy tuââ¦ion ⪠rulyng and gouernyng ãâã with thy holy spirite that all maner of darkenesse of misbeliefe infidelitie and of carnal luâ⦠and affections may be vtterly chased and driuen oute of my hearte and that I may be iustified and saued both bodye and soule thorow â⦠ryght and a perfect fayth and so walke in the light of thy most godlye truth to thy glorye and prayse and to the profyt and furtheraunce of my neighbour thorow Iesus Christ our Lorde and Sauiour Amen ¶ A Praiet to be saied of Children before they studie their lesson at schole OBlessed Lorde whiche arte the welspring of al wisdom and knowledge sitheÌs it hath pleased the of thy mercy to prouyde for me such meanes to be instructed in my teÌder age as wherby I may haue knowledge to vse my selfe honestlye and to behaue my selfe godlye to leade the whole course of my life in thy holy seruice let it be thy pleasure also to illumynate my darke wyt and blynde vnderstandinge so that it may be able to receyue accordyngly the learning that shall be vttered refreshe thou my memorye yea imprinte thou it in my remembrauÌce that I may kepe it assuredlye dispose thou my hearte also ãâã ãâã and frame my wyll that ââ¦mape apply my minde to receiââ¦e it with such affecââ¦ion and feruente desire as it behoââ¦eth to to this end that the most happye occasyon which thou offerest vnto me do not peaââ¦ish through my vnthââ¦kfulnes and that these thinges may come to passe let it staÌd with thy gracoius pleasure to powre out thy holy spirit into my heart thy spirit I saye of vnderstanding of truth iudgment wisdoÌâ⦠knowledge wheââ¦eby I may become apt to learne and my scholemaster not lese his payne in teachyug me and what study soeuer I apply my mynd vnto I may reduce â⦠bryng it to the right end that is to glorifâ⦠the in our sauiouâ⦠Christ to whoââ¦e wyth the and the holye ghost be all honoure and glorye for euer and euer Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Kinges Maiestye ALmightye God whose kingdome is euerlastyng and power infinit haue mercye vpon the whole congregaââ¦yon and so rule the heart of thy choseâ⦠seruaunt Edward the sixth ouâ⦠king and gouernoure that he knowyng whose mynyââ¦er he is may aboue al thynges seeke thy honour and glory and y â we his subiectes duly coÌsidering whose authority he hath maye faythfullye serue honour and humbly obey him in the and for the according ãâã thy blessed woorde and ãâã Thorow Iesus Christ our Lord whâ⦠ãâã the and the holy ghost liueth and ãâã euer one God worlde wythout ãâã Amen ¶ A Prayer to be sayde at nyghte going to bed OMercifull Lorde God heauenly ãâã ther whether we sleepe or wake liue ordye we are alwayes thyne Wheâ⦠fore I beseche the hartelye that thou wyââ¦ââ¦ouchsafe to take care and charge of me not to suffer me to