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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A73731	The institution of a Christen man conteynynge the exposytion or interpretation of the commune Crede, of the seuen Sacramentes, of the .x. commandementes, and of the Pater noster, and the Aue Maria, iustyfication [and] purgatory.	Church of England.	1537 (1537)	STC 5164; ESTC S107820	135,176	202

heuenly father whiche of thyne infinite beneuolence and onely mercy hast taught and commaunded vs by thy onely and dere beloued sonne Iesu Christe to beleue constantely that for his sake thou haste admytted vs into the nombre of thy chyldren and made vs the veray inherytours of thy kyngedome where as in dede thou myghtest of iustyce and good ryght haue vtterly renounced and refused vs for thy chyldren and haue ben a strayt and a greuous Iudge agaynst vs synners for as moche as we haue so ofte and so abhomynably offended and transgressed thy godly and most holy wyll and haue gyuen the soo iuste occasyon of dyspleasure ageynste vs Lo here we nowe thy chyldren hauynge conceyued in our hartes ferme and stedfaste truste of thy fatherly loue towardes vs and lamentynge in our hartes to see howe many wayes thy godly name is dyshonoured and blasphemed here in this vale of myserie We moost humbly and euen frome the rote and botome of oure hartes beseche and praye the that thy name maye be halowed honoured praysed and glorified amonge vs here in this worlde Make we beseche the that al wytchecraftes and false charmes may be vtterly abolisshe amonge vs. Cause all coniurations by the whiche Satan or other creatures be enchaunted to cesse by thy blessed name Make that all false fayth by the whiche men eyther mystrust the or put theyr confydence in any other thynge than in the may be destroyed Make that all heresies and false doctrines maye vanysshe awaye and that thy worde may be trewely taught and set forthe vnto all the worlde and that all infidels maye receyue the same and be conuerted vnto the ryght catholyke fayth Make that we be not deceyued by hypocrisie or counterfaytyng of trouthe of rightuousnes or of holynes Make that no man swere in vayne by thy name or abuse thy name to lye or to deceyue his neyghboure Kepe vs from pryde and from the vayne ambition and desyre of worldely glorye and fame Kepe vs frome all enuy malyce couetousnes adultery gloteny slouthe frome backbytynge and sclaunderynge of oure neyghbours and frome all other yuell and wycked thoughtes and dedes wherby thy name maye be dyshonoured and blasphemed Graunt vs that in all peryls and daungers we may runne vnto the as vnto our onely refuge and calle vpon thy holy name Graunt that in our good wordes and workes we may only please and magnifie the. Kepe vs frome the moost dampnable synne of vnkyndenes towardes the. Graunte that we whiche do alredy professe thy ryghte faythe maye styll contynue in the same and may declare and expresse the same as wel in our outwarde cōuersation as in professynge the same with our mouthe Graunt that by our good lyfe and our good workes all other maye be moued to good and that by our yuell workes and synnes no man may take occasyon to sclaunder thy name or diminisshe thy laude prayse kepe vs that we desyre nothynge whiche shulde not retourne to the honour prayse of thy name And yf we aske any suche thynge heare not our folysshnes Make that our lyfe be suche that we maye be truely founde thy chyldren in dede and that we shall not in vayne call the our father but that in all thynges we may study and seke for the honoure glory of thy name ¶ For the better and more ample declaratyon of this fyrst petition we thynke it conuenyent that al bysshoppes and preachers shal instructe and teache the people cōmitted vnto theyr spirituall charge Fyrste that our sauyour Iesu Christ was the auctour and maker of the Pater noster And that therfore lyke as he was of infinite wysedome and of infinite loue charytie towardes vs Euen soo all chrysten men oughte to thynke and beleue that the same prayer is the most excellent and the moost sufficient and moost perfite of all others And surely so it is in veray dede For neyther there is any thyng in this prayer superfluous neyther there wanteth any petition suite or request whiche may be necessary for our iourney and passage in this worlde or for our furtheraunce to the attaynynge of the lyfe and glorie euerlastynge Psal ix Psal c. xvii et Psal c. xxxvii et Pro. iii. Sa. viii Mat. vii ¶ Seconde that euery good chrysten man maye be assured to attayne his requestes made in this prayer yf he shall enforce hym selfe and applie his hole harte and wyll to the wyll and grace of hym vnto whom this prayer is made and also yf he shall vtter and offer the sayde petitions inwardely with his harte and with suche confidence and truste in god as he requireth For surely no prayer is thankefull vnto god but that whiche spryngeth frome the harte And therfore the prophete Dauid cryeth to our lorde with all his harte And Moyses is noted to crie out alowde whan he spake no worde with his mouthe but he spake alowde in his harte Esai xxix Mat. xv And our lorde by his prophete noteth that some praye with theyr lyppes and in theyr harte mynde nothynge lesse than that whiche they praye for And therfore who so euer entendeth by sayeng of this Pater noster to attayn that he desyreth in the same he muste fyrst here hym selfe and vnderstande what he sayth and so conioyne the worde of his mouth with the same worde in his harte and say as the prophete Dauid sayd Psal lxx et Cxviii The hymnes and praysynges whiche I shall yelde to the good lorde shall yssue out frome the inwarde lyppes of my harte to the lyppes of my mouthe whan I shall synge lawdes and prayses vnto the. Thyrdely that all christen men ought to conceyue great comforte and ioye in that they be taught and cōmaunded in this prayer to take almyghty god for theyr father and so to calle hym If our soueraygne lorde the kynge wolde saye to any of vs take me for your father and so calle me what ioye in harte what comforte what confidence wolde we conceyue of so fauourable and gracious wordes Moche more than incomparably haue we cause to reioyse that the kynge and prince of al princes sheweth vnto vs this grace and goodnes to make vs his chyldren And surely as the naturall sonne may assuredly trust that his father wol do for hym al thynges that may be for his settynge forthe and auauncement euen so we maye vndoubtedly assure our selfes that hauyng almyghty god to our father we shall lacke nothyng neyther in this worlde nor in the worlde to come whiche may be profytable and expedyent for vs towardes the euerlastyng enheritaunce whiche our heuenly father hath prepared for vs. Fourthely that lyke as this worde Father declareth the great beneuolence mercy loue of god towardes vs soo it admonyssheth vs agayn of our duetie towardes hym howe we be bounde to shewe agayn vnto him our hole harty loue and our obedyence and redynes to fulfyll all his preceptes and commaundementes with al gladnes and humilitie

wordes woll not serue the fathers and mothers muste put to correction and by suche discipline saue theyr soules or elles they shall answere to god for them And truely they greatly deserue the indignation of god that whan they haue receyued of hym chyldren do not brynge them vp to his seruyce but without regard what commeth of them suffreth them to ren to the seruice of the diuell Thyrdely we thynke it conuenient that all bysshops and preachers shall instructe and teache the people commytted vnto theyr spirituall charge that all christen men be bounde to exhibite and do vnto them whiche vnder god be their spiritual fathers and parentes of theyr soules the lyke and the selfe same honour i. Cor. iiii whiche as is aforesayde chyldren of duetie do owe vnto theyr naturall fathers ¶ Item that these spyrytuall fathers be appoynted by god Act. xx to mynister his sacramentes vnto them to brynge them vp and to fede theym with the worde of god and to teache them his gospelle and scripture and by the same to gouerne Hebr. xiii to conducte and to leade them in the streyght waye to the father in heuen euerlastynge ¶ Item that our sauiour Christe in the gospell maketh mention as well of the obedience as also of the corporalle sustynaunce Math. x. Luc. x. whiche al christen people do owe vnto theyr spiritual fathers Of the obedience he sayth that who so euer receyueth you receyueth me And in an other place he saythe He that hereth you hereth me and he that despisethe you despysethe me And in an other place he saythe Math. xxiii Hebr. xiii what so euer they bydde you do do it And sayncte Paule sayth Obeye your prelates and gyue place vnto them for they haue moche charge and care for your soules as they whiche muste gyue an accompte therfore that they maye do it with ioye and not with griefe that is to saye that they maye gladly and with moche comforte do theyr cure and charge whan they doo perceyue that the people be obedient to theyr teachynge lyke as on the contrary wyse they haue lyttell ioy or pleasure to do it whan they fynde the people disobedient and repugnant And for the sustynaunce of their lyuynge which is comprysed in this worde Honour as before is declared Christe sayth in the gospelle The workeman is worthye his wages Luc. x. i. Cor. ix And saynt Paule sayth who goeth on warrefare vpon his owne stipende And who planteth the vyne and eateth no parte of the fruicte And who fedeth the flocke and eateth no parte of the mylke And after foloweth Euen so hath the lorde ordeyned that they whiche preache the gospell shulde lyue of the gospell And therfore in an other place it is writen i. Tim. v. Priestes or auncientes that rule wel be worthy of double honour specially they that labour in the ministration of the worde of god and his doctrine In whiche place the apostell meaneth by double honour not onely the reuerence whiche is due vnto the spyrytuall fathers as is aforesayde but also that all chrysten people be bounde to mynister fynde and gyue vnto theyr spyrytuall fathers sufficiency of al thynges necessarie and requysite as well for theyr sustinaunce and fyndynge as for the quyete and commodiouse exercysynge and executynge of theyr sayde office ¶ Fourthly we thynke it conuenient that all bysshops and preachers shall instructe and teache the people commytted vnto theyr spirituall charge that this commaundement also conteyneth the honour and obedience whiche subiectes owe vnto theyr prynces also the office of princis towarde theyr subiectes Esai xlix For scripture taketh princes to be as it were fathers and nouryces to theyr subiectes And by scripture it appereth that it apperteyneth vnto thoffyce of princes to se that the ryght religion and trewe doctrine of Christe maye be maynteyned and taughte and that their subiectes maye be well ruled and gouerned by good and iust lawes and to prouyde and care for them that all thynges necessarie for theym maye be plentuouse and that the people and commune weale maye encrease and to defende theym frome oppressyon and inuasyon as well within the realme as without and to se that iustyce be ministred vnto them indifferently and to here benignely al theyr complayntes and to shewe towardes them although they offende fatherly pytie And finally so to correcte them that be euyll that they had yet rather saue them than lose them yf it were not for respect of iustyce and maintenaunce of peace and good order in the commune weale And therfore al theyr subiectes must ageyne on theyr parties and be bounde by this commaundement not onely to honour and obey theyr sayde prynces accordynge as subiectes be bounde to do and to owe theyr trouthe and fidelitie vnto theym as vnto theyr naturall lordes but they must also loue them as chyldren do loue theyr fathers yea they must more tendre the suertie of theyr princis person and his estate than their owne Euen lyke as the health of the heed is more to be tendered thā the health of any other membre And by this commaundemente also subiectes be bounde not to withdrawe theyr sayd feaultie trowthe loue and obedyence towardes theyr prynce for any cause what soo euer it be Ne for any cause they may conspire ageynst his person ne doo any thynge towardes the hynderaunce or hurte therof nor of his astate And furthermore by this commaundement they be bounde also to obeye all the lawes proclamations preceptes and commaundements made by theyr prynces and gouernours excepte they be ageynst the commaundementes of god And lykewyse they be bounde to obey all suche as be in auctorytie vnder theyr prynce as farre as he woll haue them obeyed They must also gyue vnto theyr prynce ayde helpe and assistence whan soo euer he shall require the same eyther for suertie preseruation or mayntenaunce of his person astate or of the realme or for the defence of any of the same ageynste all persons And when so euer subiectes be called by theyr prynce vnto priuey councell or vnto the parlyament whiche is the generall councell of this realme than they be bounde to gyue vnto theyr prynce as theyr lernynge wysedome or experyence can serue them the mooste faythfull counsell they can and suche as may be to the honour of god to the honour and suretie of his regall person and astate and to the generall welth of all his hole realme And further yf any subiect shal knowe of any thyng whiche is or may be to the annoyaunce or damage of his pryncis person or astate he is bounde by this commaundement to dysclose the same with all spede to the prince hym selfe or to some of his counceyll For it is the veraye lawe of nature that euery membre shall employe hym selfe to preserue and defende the heed And surely wysedome and policie woll the same For of conspiracie and treason commeth neuer no goodnes but infinite hurte