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A09973 A little catechisme, that is to saye, a short instruction touching Christian religion set forth by Theodorus Beza ... Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605. 1579 (1579) STC 2023.5; ESTC S4128 6,665 15

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vsuall labor to doe a worke which is better and more profitable The sixt section Qu. 1 You haue said that they only are good works which God hath commanded VVherfore tel me can we accōplish fulfil the commaundements of God A. No not so much as begin to doe anye thing but by a certaine singuler and speciall grace of god Yea there neuer hath bine or shall be a man excepting Iesus Christ only which hath perfectly fulfilled the same Qu 2 VVherefore say you so A. Because God will saue vs thorowe his onely mercy in Iesus Christ Qu. 3 Yet so it is that a good life is the way to saluation A. It is true that repentaunce amendment is ioyned with the forgiuenesse of our sinnes but yet followeth not therevpon that we be saued by our workes Qu. 4 And vvhy shall vvee not bee saued by oure vvorks seeing that they are good A. Because they be not good ynough for that purpose Qu. 5 VVherefore then are they good A. To set forth Gods honour to winne or else to strengthen our neighbours and to make vs know and feele in our selues that we are the children of God. Qu 6 Good vvorks then make vs not gods childrē A. No for contrariwise a man must first be the childe of God before hee can doe good workes but this is a marke or badge wherby a man may know the children of God. Qu. 7 VVhat then maketh vs the children and sonnes of God A. The onely grace and mercye of God by his holye spirite because hee hath elected and chosen vs from before all euerlastingnes according to hys good pleasure The seuenth section Qu. 1 The holy ghost then is he vvhich maketh vs the children of God but vvhat instruments or means doth he ordinarily and commonly vse to bring vs to that honour and keepe vs in the same A. The preaching of the worde prayer and the vse of the Sacraments Qu. 2 VVhat call you preaching of the word A. An exposition of the writinges of the Prophets and Apostles which is don in the Church by such as he hath called to that holy ministry of whom it is sayd he that receiueth you receiueth me Qu. 3 Hovv doe you pray A. Saying O our father which art in heauen c. Qu. 4 To whom speak you these words A. To God the Father Qu. 5 Hovv is he your father seing that he hath but one onely Sonne that is to saye IESVS CHRIST A. First bicause that Iesus Christe his eternall sonne being made man is become our brother secondly bicause he loueth me in Iesus Christ his sonne with a greater then a fatherly loue and affection Qu. 6 Albeit then that you direct not your speach and words eyther to the Sonne or to the holy ghost yet you doe not exclude or shutte out eyther the one or the other A. No for I can not cal him father but in the name of his sonne Iesus Christe nor pray vnto him but by the holy Ghost Qu. 7 And is it not lavvful for a man to frame or make his prayer to the person of the sonne of the holy Ghost A. Yea in deede For seeing that the three persons are one only and the selfe same God inuocation or prayer doth equally belong vnto them And whether I call vpon the father in the name of the son by the holye ghost or that I make my praier vnto the loue to lead and bring me to the father or that I pray the holy ghost to teach me the father the sonne all commeth to one The eyght section Qu. 1 And vvhat is a Sacrament A. It is a thing which God setteth before mens eyes in his Church to signifie vnto vs for our saluation an other thing which men see not Qu. 2 And wherefore hath God ordeyned these signes to his promises A. For to make vs so much the more assured of the certainty of them Qu. 3 Hovve manye suche signes are there in the christian Church A. Two that is to saye Baptisme and the holy Supper Qu. 4 VVhat see you in Baptisme A. Water Qu. 5 VVhat doth this water signifie vnto you A. The bloud of Iesus Christ Qu. 6 To vvhat ende A. To make cleane my sinnes as the water being occupied maketh cleane the filthines of the body Qu 7 Doth this water make cleane and purge sins A. No but it signifieth vnto mee that which washeth my sinnes to wit the bloude of Iesus Christ Qu. 8 Meane you that this matter or substance of the bloud of Iesus Christ vvasheth our soules A. No for our soules can not be clensed with any matter as our bodyes But this bloud maketh me cleane because that Iesus Christ hath shed it for satisfaction and ful recompence for my sinnes Qu 9 Is there anye difference betewene the water of Baptisme and common vvater A. No as concerning the matter and substance for it is alwayes water but there is very great difference as concerning the vse for the common water serueth to washe and make cleane our bodely filthinesses and the water vsed in Baptisme is a sacrament of the washing of our soules The ninth section Qu. 1 VVhat see you in the supper A. The bread and the wine which is ther giuen and receiued according to the ordinance and institution of God. Qu. 2 VVhat doth this bread and this vvine signifie vnto you A. The bread signifieth to me the bodye crucified for me and the wine signifieth vnto me the bloud shed out for me Qu. 3 To what end A. To testifie vnto me to assure me that euen as this bread this wine are ordeyned for the maintenance and nourishment of this life so our Lord Iesus Christ hath giuen his body and his bloud for me giueth himselfe to me to the ende that from him as from a fountaine there may flowe vnto me eternall life Qu. 4 Are this bread and vvine our spirituall nourishment A. No but they signifie vnto vs that from whence very eternall lyfe it selfe procedeth that is to saye from him which hath suffered his death and passion to take away the cause of our death that is to saye sinnes and to renue vs vnto eternall life thorow a spirituall liuelinesse which resteth and remaineth in him Qu. 5 Is there any difference betvvene the breade and vvine vsed in this sacrament and common breade and vvine A. No as touching the matter and substance for it is alwayes bread and wine but there is very great difference as concerning the vse for ordinary and cōmon meates are appoynted for the vse of this present life but this sacrament is ordeined to signify and seale vnto vs our spirituall and euerlasting nourishment The tenth section Qu. 1 VVherefore hath the Lord ordeyned instituted tvvo signes in his holy Supper seing that in Baptisme there is but one onely A. To assure vs that hee doth not feede vs to the halues but wholly being not only our meate but also our drinke Qu. 2 VVhere is Iesus