thy worde nowe sowen emongest vs may take suche depe roote that neither the burninge heate of persecution cause it to wither nether the thorny cares of this lyfe do choke it but that as seede sowen in good grownde it may bringe forth thirtie sixtie ād an hundreth folde as thy heauenly wisdome hathe appointed And becawse we haue nede continuallie to craue many thinges at thy handes we humbly beseche thee ò heauēly father to graunt vs thy holy 4 luk 11. b. rom 8. c. Iam. 5. d. 1. Ioh. 5. c. rom 12. c. wisdome 9. c. spirite to directe our peticions that they may procede frome suche a feruēt mynde as may be agreable to thy moste blessed wyll And seinge that our infirmitie is hable to do nothinge without thy helpe 5 2. Cor. 3. a. Io. 15. a. phil 2. b. and that thou arte not ignorant with how many and greate 6 psa 40. c. 1. pet 1. a. temptations we poore wretches are on euery side inclosed and compassed let thy strenghe ò lord susteyne our weaknes that we beinge defended with the force of thy grace may be sauely preserued against all assaultes of Satan who goeth abowte cōtinually like a 7 2. Peter 5. b. roaringe lyō sekinge to deuoure vs. 8 luk 17. a. Encrease our faith ò mercifull father that we do not swarue at any tyme frome thy heauēly worde but augment in vs hope and loue with a carefull kepinge of all thy commaundementes that no 9 Psal 95. b. Hebr. 3.4 c. hardnes of harte no hypocrisie no 10 1. Ioh. 2. c. concupiscence of the eys nor intysementes of the worlde do drawe vs away frome thy obedience And seinge we lyue nowe in these moste 11 1. Tim. 4. a. 2. peter 3. a. 2. Tim. 3. a. Iude a. b. c. d. perillous tymes let thy fatherly prouidēce defende vs against the violence of all our enemies which do euery where pursue vs but chiefely againste the wicked rage and furious vproares of that Romyshe idoll ennemie 12 2. Thes 2. a. 1. Ioh. 2. c. reue 13. d. 17. d to thy Christe Fordermore forasmoche as by thy holy Apostle we be taught to make our 13 1. Tim. 2. a. prayers and supplications for all men we praye not onely for our selues here present but beseche the also to reduce all suche as be yet ignorant from the miserable captiuitie of blindnes and error to the pure vnderstandinge and knowlage of thy heauenly trueth that we all with one 14 Rom. 15. b. 1. Cor. 1. b. Ephe. 4. a. consent and vnitie of myndes may wourshippe thee our onely God and sauiour And that all Pastors shepherds and ministers to whome thou hast committed the 15 Ioh. 21. d. Matt. 28. d. 1. Cor. 9. c. Mark 16. d. dispensation of thy holy woord and 16 1. Peter 5. a. charge of thy chosen people may bothe in their lyfe and doctrine be fownde faithfull settinge onely before their eyes thy glorie and that by theim all poore shepe which wander and go astray may be gathered ād broght home to thy foulde Moreouer becawse the 17 prouer 21 a. hartes of rulers are in thy hands we beseche thee to direct and gouerne the hartes of all kinges Princes and Magistrates to whome thou haste cōmitted the 18 Rom. 11. b. Ioh. 19. b. sworde especially ò lord accordinge to our bondendutie we beseche thee to mainteyne ād increase the honorable estate of this Citie For the prosperous estate of Geneus into whose defense we are receyued the Magistrates the counsell and all the whole bodye of this commō weale Let thy fatherlye fauor so preserue theym and thy holy spirite so gouerne their hartes that they may in suche sorte execute their office that thy religion may be purely mainteyned 19 1. Tim. 1. a. lam 1. d. māners refourmed ād synne ponished accordinge to the precise rule of thy holy woord And for that we be all 20 1. Cor 12. d. rom 12.2 mēbres of the mysticall body of Christ Iesu we make our requestes vnto the ò heauenly father for all suche as are 21 Iam 5. c. afflicted with any kinde of crosse or tribulation as warre plague famine sikenes pouertie imprisonement persecution banishemēt or any other kinde of thy roddes whether it be 22 2. Cor. 1. b. Heb. 13. a. calamitie of bodie or vexation of mynde that it wold please thee to gyue them pacience and constancie tyll thou send them full deliuerance of all their troubles And as we be bownde to loue and 23 Exo. 20. b. honor our parentes kinsfolkes friendes and contrye so we moste humbly beseche thee For England to shewe thy pitie vpon our miserable contrie of England which once through thy mercie was called to libertie and now for their and our synnes is broght vnto moste vile slauery and Babylonicall bondage Roote owte from thence ò lord all raueninge 24 Matt. 7. c. act 20. f. wolues which to fyll their 25 Ezech. 34. a. Rom. 16. c. philip 3. d. bellies destroie thy flocke And shewe thy great mercies vpon those our bretherne which are persecuted cast in 26 Heb. 13. d. Rom. 8. g. psal 43. d. prison and dayly condemned to deathe for the testimonie of thy trueth And thogh they be vtterly destitute of all 27 Ioh. 16. f. mans ayde yet let thy swete comfort neuer departe frome them but so inflame their hartes with thy holy spirite that thei may boldely and chearefully abide suche 28 1. peter 1. b. tryall as thy 29 Act. 2. d. Matt. 10. d. luk 21. d godly wisdome shall appoint So that at lenght aswell by their 40 Rom. 14. b deathe as by their life the kingdome of thy sonne Iesus Christ may increase and shyne through all the worlde In whose name we make our humble peticions vnto thee as he hath taught vs. Our father Which arte in heauen etc. ALMIGHTIE and euer lyuinge God vouchsaue we beseche thee to grant vs perfite contynuance in thy liuely faith 1 luk 17. b. augmentinge the same in vs dayly tyll we growe to the full measure of our 2 Ephes 4. a. perfection in Christ wherof we make our confession sayinge I beleue in God c. Then the people singe a Psalme which ended the minister pronounceth one of these blessinges and so the congregation departeth THE lord blesse you and saue you Nom. 6. d the lord make his face shyne vpon you and be mercifull vnto you the lord turne his countenance towardes you and graunt you his peace THE grace of our lord Iesus Christ 2. Cor. 13. d. the loue of God and communion of the holie ghoste be with you all so be it IT shall not be necessarie for the minister dayly to repete all these thinges before mentioned but beginnynge with some maner of confession to procede to the sermon which ended he either vseth the prayer for all
But as for them that feare the lord no lacke shal be to suche verse ל ל Come nere therfore my children dere and to my worde geue eare I shall you teache the perfecte waye howe you the lorde shoulde feare verse × × Who is that man that wolde liue loÌ„ge 1. Pet. 3 b and leade a blessed life verse × × See thou refraine thy tongue and lippes from all deceite and strife verse × × Turne backe thy face from doing yll and doe the godly dede Enquyre for peace and quietnes Hebr. 4. c. Eccliastic 15. d and folowe it with spede verse ×¢ ×¢ For why the eyes of God aboue vpon the iuste are bente His eares lykewyse do heare the plaint of the poore innocente verse × × But he doth frowne bende his browes vpon the wicked trayne And cutteth a waye the memory that shoulde of them remayne verse צ צ But whan the iust do call and crye the lorde doth heare them so That out of payne and mysery forthwith he letteth them go verse ק ק The lorde is kynde and straight at haÌ„d to suche as be contrite He saueth also the sorowfull the meke and poore in sprite verse ר ר Full many be the miseryes that ryghteous men doe suffer But out of all aduersityes the lorde doth them delyuer verse ש ש The lord doth so preserue and kepe his verie bones alwaye That not so muche as one of them doth peryshe or decaye verse ת ת The synne shall slay the wicked man which he hym self hathe wroght and suche as hate the rightuous man shall sone be broght to noght verse פ פ But they that serue the lyuyng lord the lorde doth saue them sounde And who that put theyr truste in him nothyng shall them confounde Beatus qui intelligit Psal XLI Th. Ster ¶ Dauid beyng greuously afflicted blesseth theym that pittie his case and complayneth of the treason of his owne frendes and famyliers as came to passe in Iudas Ioh. 13. After he feelyng the great mercies of god gentelie chastisyng hym and not sufferyng his ennemies to triumphe agaynste hym geueth moste hartie thankes vnto god THe man ys blest that carfull ys the nedy to consider for in the season perelous the lorde wyl hym deliuer The lorde wyll make hym saf and sounde and happy in the land and he wyll not deliuer hym in to his enmyes hand verse 3 3 And in his bed when he lyeth sycke the lorde wyll hym restore And thou o lorde wilt turne to health his syckenes and his sore verse 4 4 Then in my syckenes thus saye I haue mercye lorde on me And heale my soule which is ful woe that I offended thee verse 5 5 Myne enmyes wyshed me ill in heart and thus of me did saye When shal he dye that all his name maye vanyshe quite awaye verse 6 6 And when they come to visite me they aske if I do well but in theyr hartes mischief they hatche and to theyr mates it tell verse 7 7 They bite theyr lippes and whisper so as thogh they wolde me charme and cast their fetches how to trape me with some mortall harme verse 8 8 Some greuous synne hath broght hym to this sickenes say they playne he is so lowe that withowte doute rise can he not agayne verse 9 9 The man also that I did truste with me dyd vse dysceyte Ioh. 13. b. Acte 1. c. who at my table eat my bread the same for me layed “ heb he lift vp his heele agaiÌ„st me or vsed deceit aÌ„d therfore Iacob had his name by takinge by the hee le ad dâ—ceyuinge Gen. 25. d. 27. e. wayte verse 10 10 Haue mercye lorde on me therefore and let me be preserude That I maye render vnto them the thynges they haue deserude verse 11 11 By this I knowe assuredlye to be beloued of the when that myne enmyes haue no cause to triumphe ouer me verse 12 12 But in my right thou hast me kept and mayntayned all way And in thy presence place assigned where I shall dwell for aye verse 13 13 The lorde the God of Israell be praysed euermore euen so be it lord will I say euenso be it therfore Quemadmodum desiderat Psal XLII I. H. ¶ The prophete grieuously complayneth that beinge letted by his persecutours he coulde not be present in the congregation of gods people protestinge that althogh he was separat in bodie from them yet his heart was thitherwarde affectioned And last of all he sheweth that he was not so farre ouercome with these sorrowes and thoghtes but that he contynually put his confidence in the lorde LYke as the hart doth breth and bray the welspringes to obtayne so doth my soull desyre alway with thee lorde to remayne my soull dothe thyrst and wold drawe nere the lyuyng god of myght o when shall I come and appeare in presence of his syght It is death to a ChristiaÌ„ hart to heare his god blasphemed verse 3 3 The teares all tymes are my repaste Whiche from myne eyes doe slyde When wicked men crye out so faste Where now is God thy guyde verse 4 4 Alas what grief is it to thincke what freedome once I had what grief it is to a godly man to be out of the congregation wher by prayer and confession of faith he might call vpon god Therfore my soule as at pittes brincke is moste heauye and sad When I did marche in good array fournished with my trayne Vnto the temple was our waye with songes and hartes moste fayne verse 5 5 My soule why arte thou sad always and fraitst thus in my brest Trust still in god for him to praise I holde it euer best By him I haue delyuerance against all payne and grief He is my god which with all spede will haste to sende relief verse 6 6 And this my soule within me lord doth faint to thinke vpon The land of Iordan and record the litle hill Hermon God tryeth his children by dyuers and often afflictions 7 One grief an other in doth call As cloudes burste out theyr voyce The floudes of euyls that do fall Runne ouer me with noyce verse 8 8 Yet I by day felt his goodnes and helpe at al assayes Likewise by nyght I did not ceasse The liuing God to prayse verse 9 9 I am persuaded thus to say To hym with pure pretence O Lord thou are my guyde and stay My rocke and my defence why doe I then in pensiuenes The papistes and infideles esteme not god and therfore mocke all such as professe his name Hanging the head thus walke whyle that myne enmies me oppres And vexe me with theyr talke verse 10 10 For whye they perse mine inward partes With panges to be abhorde When they crye out with stubberne hertes where is thy god thy lord verse 11 11 So sone why dost thou faint quayle My soule with paynes opprest with thoghtes why dost thy selfe assayle So sore within my brest Trust in
lordship haue Their ymage and their royall porte shall fade and quite decaye when as from house to pitt they passe with wo and weale a waye verse 15 15 But god will surely preserue me from death endles paine Because he will of his good grace Selab my soule receyue agayne verse 16 16 If any man waxe wonders riche feare not I say therfore Althogh the glory of his house increaseth more and more Iob. 27. 1. Tim. 6. 17 For whē he dieth of al these thinges nothing shal he receiue His glory wil not folow him his pompe wil take her leaue verse 18 18 Yet in thys lyfe he taketh hymselfe the happiest vnder sunne and others likewise flatter hym sayng all is well done verse 19 19 And presuppose he lyue as longe as did his fathers olde yet moste he nedes at length gyue place and be broght to deathes folde verse 20 20 Thus man to hounor god hath called yet dothe he not consider but like brute beastes so doth he lyue which turne to duste and powder Miserere mei Deus Psal LI. ¶ when Dauid was rebuked by the Prophete Nathan for his great offences he dyd not only acknowlage the same to god with protestation of his naturall corruption and iniquitie but also left a memoriall therof to his posteritie Therfore first he desireth god to forgiue his synnes and renewe in him his holy spirite with promesse that he will not be vnmyndfull of those great graces finally fearinge lest god wolde ponishe the whole churche for his faute he requireth that he wolde rather increase his graces towards the same O Lorde consider my distresse and now with speed some pitie take my synnes deface my fautes redresse good lorde for thy great mercies sake Washe me ó lorde and make me cleane from this iniuste and synnefull acte and purifie yet once againe my hainous crime and bloodie facte verse 3 3 Remorce and sorrowe do constrayne me to acknowlege myne excesse My synne alas dothe still remayne before my face withowte relesse verse 4 4 For thee alone I haue offended comittyng euell in thy sight Rom. 3. and if I were therfore condemned yet were thy iudgement iust and right verse 5 5 It is to manifest alas that first I was conceyud in synne yea of my mother so borne was and yet vile wretche remaine therin verse 6 6 But notwithstanding thou doest loue the inwarde trueth of a pure hart therfore thy wisedome from aboue Nu. 19. Iea. 14. Isa 1. thou haste reueld me to conuert verse 7 7 If thou with hissope purge this blot I shal be cleaner then the glasse and if thou washe away my spot the snowe in whitenes shall I passe verse 8 8 Therfore o lorde suche ioy me send that inwardelie I may fynde grace and that my strength may now amend which thou haste swagd for my trespas verse 9 9 Turne backe thy face and frowning ire for I haue felt ynough thy hand and purge my synnes I thee desire which do in nomber passe the sand verse 10 10 Make new my harte within my brest and frame it to thy holy will thy constant spirit in me let rest which may these ragyng enmys kill verse 11 11 Cast me not owte lorde frō thy face but spedelie my torments ende take not from me thy spirite grace which may from daungers me defend verse 12 12 Restore me to those ioyes agayne which I was wonte in thee to fynde and let me thy free spirite retayne which vnto thee may styre my mynde verse 13 13 Thus when I shall thy mercies knowe I shall instructe others therin and men that are likewise broght lowe by myne ensample shall flee synne verse 14 14 O god that of my health art lorde forgyue me thus my bloodie vice my harte and tongue shall then accorde to synge thy mercies and iustice verse 15 15 Touche thou my lippes my tōg vntie ò lorde which art the onlie kaye and then my mouthe shall testifie thy wōdrous woorkes and prayse alway verse 16 16 And as for owteward sacrifice I wolde haue offred many one but thou estemes theym of no prise and therin pleasure takest thou none verse 17 17 The heauie hart the mynde opprest ò lorde thou neuer doest reiecte and to speake truthe it is the best and of all sacrifice theffecte verse 18 18 Lorde vnto Zion tourne thy face powre owte thy mercies on thy hill and on Hierusalem thy grace builde vp the walles and loue it still verse 19 19 Thow shalt accept then our offrynges of peace and rightuousnes I saye yea calues and many other thynges vpon thyne aulter will we laye Quid gloriaris Psal LII I. H. ¶ Dauid describeth the arrogant tyrannie of his aduersarie Doeg Sauls chief shepherde who by false surmises caused Achimelech with the rest of the pryestes to be slayne Dauid prophecieth his distruction and encourageth the faithfull to put their confidence in god whose iudgements are moste sharpe against his aduersaries And finally he rendreth thanks to god for his deliuerance In this psal is liuely set fourth the kyngdome of Antichriste VVhy doest thou tyrant boast abroad thy wicked workes to prayse dost thou not know ther is a god whose mercies last alwayes why doth thy mynd yet styll deuyse such wicked wiles to warpe thy tonge vntrue in forginge lyes is lyke a rasour sharpe verse 3 3 On mischiefe why settst thou thy minde and wilt not walke vpright Thou hast more lust false tales to fynd Selah than bring the trueth to light verse 4 4 Thou dost delite in fraude and guile In mischief blood and wrong Thy lippes haue learnde the flatteryng style O false disceitful tong verse 5 5 Therfore shal God for euer confound And pluck thee from the place Thy seede roote out from of the ground Selah And so shal thee deface verse 6 6 The iust when they beholde thy falle with feare wil prayse the lord And in reproche of thee withal “ hebr shall laugh or mocke Crye out with one accord verse 7 7 Behold the man which would not take The lord for his defence But of his goodes hys god did make And trust his corrupt sense verse 8 8 But I an Olyue freshe and greene Shal spryng and sprede abrod For why my trust al tymes hath bene Vpon the liuyng God verse 9 9 For this therfore will I geue prayse To thee with heart and voyce I wil set furth thy name alwayes Wherin thy sayntes reioyce Deus Deus meus Psal LXIII Th. St. ¶ Dauid after he had bene in great daunger by Saul in the desert of Ziph made this psalme wherin he giueth thankes to god for his wonderfull delyuerannce in whose mercies he trusted euen in the myddes of his myseries propheciynge the destruccion of godes ennymies and contrariwise happynes to all theym that trust in the lorde 1. Sam. 23. O God my God I watche betyme to come to thee in haste for why my soule and
7 By what reason callest thou Christ the onely sonne of God synce God doth name vs also hys chyldren ¶ The childe As touching that that we are Gods children we be not so borne neither doth it come of our nature but only by his fatherly adoption by grace in that that God doeth vouchesafe to accepte vs and take vs for his children now our Lord Iesus beyng begotten of one very substance with his father and beynge of the selfe same nature and godhead may euen of good ryght be called Gods onelye sonne for that there is none other that can clayme that tytle by naturall ryghte but he alone ¶ The minister This is then the meaning that thys honour pertayneth peculiarelye vnto hym alone as vnto whome it belongeth by course naturall the whiche notwithstandinge he hath by free gyft of hys goodnes communicated vnto vs makyng vs partakers thereof in that we are becomen his own membres ¶ The childe It is euen so and therfore in respect of that his communicatyng and alyaunce with vs the scripture calleth Christe in an other place the fyrste borne among many brethren ¶ The minister What is the meanyng of that that foloweth ¶ The childe It doth vs to wete after what sort the sonne of God was annoynted of hys father to becume our sauior that is to say he tooke vpon hym our flesh therin fulfilled al thinges necessarye for our redempcion according as they be here rehearsed ¶ The minister What meanest thou by these two clauses Conceyued by the holye Ghoste Borne of the virgin Mary ¶ The childe The meanyng thereof is Christ became very manne Psal 32 Mat. 1. Luke 1. that he was fashioned in the blessed virgins wombe takyng very substaunce and manhod of her own body that he myght therby become the seede of Dauid as the Prophetes hadde a longe tyme before sygnyfyed and yet notwithstandyng all thys was wroughte by the secrete and merueilous power of the holye goste with out the company of man ¶ The minister Was it then nedefull that he shoulde take vpon hym oure very fleshe ¶ The childe Roma 3. Yea verely for it was conuenient that mans transgression and his disobedience agaynste God shoulde be purged lyke wise by the nature of man And moreouer if Christe had not bene partaker of our very nature 1. Timo. 2 Hebr. 4. he had not bene a meete mediatoure to make vs at one and to ioyne vs together with God his father ¶ The minister Than thys is thy saying that it behoued that Christ shoulde become very man to the ende he myghte execute the office of a sauiour in our shape and persone ¶ The childe Christe hath perfourmed that which lacked in vs. Yea verely For we must borowe of him all that which is lacking in our selues for this our defaut cold not otherwise be recouered ¶ The minister But for what cause was thys thyng wrought by gods holy spirite and not rather by the company of man according to the ordre of nature ¶ The childe Because the seede of manne is of it selfe all to gether corrupted with synne it behooued that thys conception of Christ should be wroughte by the power of the holy goste Christe was conceiued by the spirit of God wherby our sauiour might be preserued from all corrupcyon of synne and replenysshed with all maner of holynes ¶ The minister So then by these sayinges it is euidenly declared vnto vs that he whiche should purifye and clense other from fylthe of synne muste be hymselfe free and cleare from all spottes therof and euen from his mothers wombe dedicated kept holy vnto God in purenesse of nature so that he may not be giltie of that corrupcyon where with the whole stocke of man is generally infected ¶ The childe That is the very meanyng of my woordes ¶ The minister Sonday 8 How cummeth it to passe that he is our Lorde ¶ The childe Euen by the ordinance of God himselfe Christ is our lord who also made hym our gouernor to the ende that he myght execute hys fathers kyngdom both in heauen and in earth and that he myght be heade and ruler bothe of Aungelles and of goddes faythfull people ¶ The minister Wherfore speakest thou of his deathe immediatlye after hys birth leaueste out the whole story of hys lyfe ¶ The childe For because there is nothyng mencioned or spoken of in our Cred but that whiche peculiarelye belongeth to the pyth and substance of our redemption ¶ The minister Why is it not sayde playnely in one woorde that he dyed withoute anye speakynge of Ponce Pilate by whose iugement he suffered ¶ The childe The mencion that is made of Ponce Pilate was not onelye for this consideracion to make the storye of Christes Passion to haue more euident assurance but also to declare vnto vs that his death hath taken a way our condemnacion ¶ The minister How so ¶ The childe Fyrst he suffered deathe to the ende to take a waye the payne that was due vnto vs that we might be therby clearely delyuered from the same Now for so muche as we were in faute and gyltie before gods iudgemente as wicked mysdoers Christ myndyng to take vpon him our persone and to bayle vs Christe was condemned to cleare vs. by susteyning all our miserie vouchsaued to shew hymselfe before yearthly iudges to be condemned by the sentence or iudgement of the same that therby we myght be giltlesse cleare before the iudgemente seate of oure heauenlye iudge hys father ¶ The minister Notwithstanding Mat. 27. Luke 23. Pilate doth pronounce hym innocent and so by that he doeth not condemne hym as woorthye of deathe ¶ The childe Pilate dyd bothe the one and the other Christe was cōdened for vs. first he was pronounced innocente iust by the iudges owne mouth to sygnifye that he suffered not for hys owne deserte but for our trespaces And yet withal the same iudge dyd dyd geue solemnelye the sentence of deathe agaynst hym to testifye and expresse that he is our true pledge raunsome Christ was our raunsonne as he who also hath taken vnto hym oure condemnation to make vs quite and to deliuer vs from the same ¶ The minister That is wel sayd for if he had bene a sinner in deede he had not bene meete to haue suffered death for the offences of other and neuerthelesse to the end that we myght be clearely quitte and delyuered by hys condemnacyon Esai 53. it was necessary that he should be taken and counted as a malefactoure or misdoer ¶ The childe I meane no other thynge ¶ The minister Sonday 9 Wher thou saist Christ suffred on the crosse was that kynde of deathe more auaylable and of more importaunce than if he had bene otherwyse put to deathe Christe toke vpon hymselfe the curse due vnto vs that we might be free ¶ The childe Yea verely and touching that matter Sainct Paule
the satysfaction which was made in the death of Christe as it oughte to be but in that that we forgette the wronges and damnages done vnto vs we folowe hys exaumple in gentlenes and meekenes And nowe to declare that we are his chyldren he hath geuen vs this as a marke or badge to be knowen by and to certyfye oure selues that we are so on the other parte also he doth vs to wete that we may loke for nothing at his iudgemente but extreme rigorouse handlynge if we wyll not as his chyldren shewe our selues ready to pardon and shew fauoure vnto them whiche be in debte daunger and faute towardes vs. ¶ The minister whō god refuseth to count as his children Thou meanest then that GOD here refuseth to take them for hys chyldren whiche cannot forget wronges and trespasses commytted against them to the entente they shoulde not thynke themselues to be partakers of that mercye and fauour whiche the faythfull doe loke for ¶ The childe Yea verely and also to the ende that all men myght haue knoweledge that the selfe same measure whiche they meate vnto other shal be payed vnto them agayne ¶ The minister Sonday 43 What is the nexte peticion ¶ The childe peti ∣ tion The 6. Leade vs not into temptacion but delyuer vs from euyll ¶ The minister Makest thou but one request of thys ¶ The childe No for the seconde parte doth expounde the fyrst ¶ The minister What is the pyth and substaunce of this peticion ¶ The childe We desyre that God doe not suffer vs to fall to wickednes Roma 7 neyther permyt vs to be ouercome of the deuyll nor to be lead with the naughtye lustes of oure fleshe which continually warre againste vs but that he wyll geue vnto vs power to withstande them holdynge vs vp with hys hande and kepynge vs al wayes in hys sauegarde to be our protectour and guyde ¶ The minister By what meanes is thys brought to passe ¶ The childe What tyme God doeth guyde vs by hys holy spyryte therby causynge vs to loue goodnes and to hate euyll to seke after ryghteousnes and to flie from synne for he maketh vs by hys holy spyrite able to ouercome the deuyl synne and the fles he ¶ The minister Hath euery man nede thus to be guyded ¶ The childe 1. pet 5 Yea euery man for the deuyll watcheth continuallye for vs euen as a roaringe Lion ready to deuoute vs and we on the other parte be so feble and frayle that he woulde oute of hande ouercome vs if God dyd not bothe strengthen vs and geue vs the victoire ¶ The minister What signifieth this woorde temptacyon ¶ The childe The wilye guiles and subtyll assaultes of the deuyll what is temptacion wherewith he assaulteth vs and goeth aboute to entrap vs who knoweth full wel that we are naturally apte to be deceiued yea ready to deceyue our selues and our wyl is wholy bente to doe euyll and no whitte to doe good ¶ The minister But wherfore requireste thou of God that he doe not induce and lead vs into euyl since that is an offyce belongynge peculiarly to the deuyll ¶ The childe Euen as God of his infinite mercye doeth preserue hys faythful not sufferyng the deuyll to leade them oute of the waye neyther permyttynge that sinne haue the vpper hande of them so lykewise he doeth not onely geue vp caste of and withdraw his grace from suche as his pleasure is to punishe but also he delyuereth them to the deuyll commyttyng them vnto hys tyranny he strikethe theym with blindnes and giueth theym vp into reprobate myndes that they be come vtterly slaues vnto synne and subiect to all temptacions ¶ The minister What meaneth the clause whiche foloweth for vnto thee belongeth the kingdom power and glorye worlde withouc ende ¶ The childe It putteth vs agayne in remembraunce that oure prayers be grounded vpon God and vpon hys almyghtye power and goodnes and not in any thynge that is in vs since we of our selues be vnworthy once to open our mouthes to call vpon hym agayne we are taughte hereby to conclude or ende all oure prayers in the laudynge and praysyng of hys power and goodnes ¶ The minister Sonday 44 Is it not lawefull for vs to aske any other petycyon or thyng then is here rehearsed ¶ The childe Albeit we are not forbydden to vse other woordes and to frame them also after another sort yet there can no praier be acceptable vnto God vnlesse it be in effecte and sence framed after this which is vnto vs as it were a perfect rule wherby to praye as we oughte to doe ¶ The minister The fowrth kinde of honoure due to godde It semeth nowe conuenyente tyme to come to the fourth poynte touchinge the honoure due vnto God ¶ The childe We haue sayde already that it consysteth in acknowledgyng with the hearte and in confessyng with the mouth that God is the authour of all goodnes that thereby we maye mayntayne his glory ¶ The minister Hath God set forth no rule to teache vs howe we shoulde do thys ¶ The childe All the exemples in the scripture of lauding praysyng and thākesgeuynge ought to be as rules and instructions vnto vs. ¶ The minister Is there nothyng contayned in the Lordes prayer touching thys matter ¶ The childe Yes verelye for in that we praye that his name maye be glorifyed we desire also that all hys workes maye be sene according as they be in dede excellente and prayse worthy ī such sorte that if he punisshe vs we may therby prayse the vprightnes of his iudgement if he pardon oure fautes we maye therby haue occasiō to magnifye his mercy when he performeth his promyse we maye acknoweledge him to be the infallyble trueth bryefelye we require that there be nothynge at all done wherein the bryghtnes of hys glorye be not shewed foorth vnto vs and this is to geue vnto hym the laude and prayse of al goodnes ¶ The minister What conclusion may we gather of al that we haue hitherto spoken ¶ The childe Verelye we may well conclude of thys the saying of Christ whiche is the trueth it selfe that this is life euerlastīg to know the verye liuing God and him whome he hath sent Ihon. 17. our sauiour Christe to know him I say to the end to rendre due honor vnto him what euerlasting lyfe is Mat. 1. that therby he may become vnto vs not onelye a Lorde and maister but also a father and sauiour wherby also we on the other parte may be his seruauntes his children and a people wholy consecrated to his glory ¶ The minister Sonday 45 What is the meanes to come by a state so excellent ¶ The childe He hath for the same purpose left with vs hys holy woorde Euerlasting life is offered ad presented vnto vs by gods worde which is vnto vs as it were an entree into the kyngdome of heauen ¶ The minister Where shall
I signify therby that we may not occupye oure myndes in considering the outwarde or earthly sygnes Howe Christe oughte to be soght in hys sacramentes as though we would seke our health saluacion in thē neither may we ymagine that there is anie peculiare vertue inclosed or hidde in thē but contrariwise we do take the signe for an ayde or helpe to leade to directe our mindes straight into heauen to the intent that we maye there seeke our sauiour Christ al health and goodnes in him alone ¶ The minister If faith then be required in the ministracion of them how may it be that they are ordeined geuen vnto vs to strengthen stablishe vs in the faith and to assure vs of gods promises ¶ The childe It is not inough that faith be once begonne in vs for a tyme The sacramētes be meanes to nouryshe our faith but we must styll nourishe it mayntaine it so that it may grow daily be encreased in vs. For the nourishement strength encrease therefore of our faythe God hath geuen vs the sacramentes conteining hys merciful promises the which thing Sainct Paule declareth Rom. 4. sayng that the vse of thē is to seale or-print the promises of God in our hartes ¶ The minister But tell me is not thys a token of infidelitie whan the promyses of God be not sufficient of themselues to geue vs certayne assurance onlesse there be some visible sygne as an ayde ioyned vnto them ¶ The childe Verely as ye say it is a token of a litle slender weake fayth yet of that sort the fayth of the most part of al the childrē of God is Godes children are not fully perfecte in this lyfe notwithstandyng they ceasse not therfore to be called faythfull albeit they haue not as yet attayned vnto the perfection thereof For so longe as we lyue in thys worlde there abydeth cōtinually certayn remnauntes of vnbeliefe in oure fleshe therfore we must endeuour by al meanes continually to profit encrease in fayth ¶ The minister Sonday 48 Howe many sacramentes be there in the churche of Christe ¶ The childe How many sacramentes ther be Ther be but .ii. which be commune vnto all menne and whyche Christ hymselfe ordayned for hys whole faythfull flocke ¶ The minister What be they ¶ The childe The sacrament of Baptisme and the holy Supper ¶ The minister In what poyntes doe they agree and wherin dyffer they the one frō the other ¶ The childe Baptysme is as it were an entree into the felowshippe or congregation of God Of baptisme for it witnesseth certaynly vnto vs that wheras we were before straungers from God he doth now receiue vs into his family and houshoulde The Supper of the Lorde is a sure witnesse or testymonye vnto vs that God wyll nouryshe and refreshe vs with foode euen as a good master of a house studieth with paynefull dilygence to sustayne feede suche as be of hys houshoulde ¶ The minister To the ende that we maye vnderstande them both somuch the better The signification of baptisme let vs consider them a parte one after another fyrste what is the ryghte sygnificacyon of Baptisme ¶ The childe The significacion thereof standeth in .ii. poyntes fyrst our lord representeth vnto vs herin the remissyon of our synnes secondarely Ephe. 5 Rom. 6. oure regeneration or newe byrth in spirite ¶ The minister Sonday 49 What similitude or agreablenes is there betwene water and those thynges whereby it maye be thoughte meete to represente them ¶ The childe Fyrste the remission of synnes is a maner of washing The mistery of the water in Baptisme wherby oure soules are clensed from theyr fylthynes euen as the vnclenly fylthe of our body is washed a waye with water ¶ The minister What saiest thou concerning the other poynt of regeneration ¶ The childe Because the beginning of our regeneration standeth in the mortyfycation of our nature that is to say in the killyng of our affections and the ful accomplishynge of the same consisteth in that that we become newe creatures as touchinge our cōuersaciō through the spirite of God therfore the water is powred vpon the head to sygnifye that we are dead or buryed Wherfore the water is powred on the head that in suche sorte that our risyng againe into a new life is therwithall fygured in that that the powring of the water is but a thing of a very shorte continuance and not ordeined that we shoulde be drouned herby ¶ The minister Thou meanest not that the water is the thyng wher with oure soules be washed The water doth not clense vs but the blood of Christ onely 1. Ihon. 1.2 Peter 1. ¶ The childe No for that belongeth to the bloude of oure sauioure Christ alone which was shed to the ēde that al oure fylthe vnclēnes myght be cleane wipt away that we myghte be counted pure and withoute spotte euen before God the whiche thinge then taketh effecte in vs what tyme oure consciences be sprinkled therwith by Goddes holy spirite but the sacramente doth testifye and declare it vnto vs. ¶ The minister Why then meanest thou that the water standeth in no othet stead vnto vs but as a figure ¶ The childe It is suche a figure as hath the veritie substāce of that thing which it signifieth The water is not a bare sygne The promyse is ioyned to it ioyned vnto it for God is a true keper of hys promise deceaueth no man wherfore it is certaine that remission of synnes and newnes of lyfe is offered vnto vs in baptysme that we receiue the same there ¶ The minister Is this grace receyued indifferently of all men ¶ The childe No for dyuers through theyr peruerse minde and vnbeliefe do refuse this free offer wherby it standeth thē in no steade neuertheles the sacrament loseth not hys propertye for it offereth thys gyfte vnto them also albeit that none feele the comfort therof but onely the faithfull ¶ The minister What thynge is that wherby our regeneracion is wrought in vs ¶ The childe wherby we are renued in spirite By the death and resurrection of oure sauioure Christe for hys death standeth in this steade vnto vs that by it our olde Adam is crucified and our synnefull nature is as it were buried so that the affections and desires therof beare no more rule in vs. As touchynge the other part which is the newnes of lyfe to vse a newe conuersacion in obeying Goddes wyll and folowyng hys ryghteousnes that we obtayne by hys resurrection ¶ The minister Howe is it that we obtayne thys grace in baptysme ¶ The childe It is geuen vnto vs in that that Christ doth there garnish and decke our soules with the garmente of hys holy spirite if so be that we make not our selues vnworthy of hys promyses whiche be there geuen vnto vs. ¶ The minister As touchyng our