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A18174	A short catechisme, or playne instruction, conteynynge the su[m]me of Christian learninge sett fourth by the kings maiesties authoritie, for all scholemaisters to teache. To thys catechisme are adioyned the Articles agreed vpon by the bishoppes [and] other learned and godly men, in the last conuocatio[n] at London, in the yeare of our Lorde, M.D.LII. for to roote out the discord of of [sic] opinions, and stablish the agreme[n]t of trew religion: Likewyse published by the Kinges maiesties authoritie. 1553.; Catechismus brevis Christianae disciplinae summam continens, omnibus ludimagistris authoritate Regia commendatus. English.	Ponet, John, 1516?-1556, attributed name. aut	1553 (1553)	STC 4812; ESTC S119226	42,500	192

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 boūtyfull 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 settyng●… forth vnto vs in a sūme 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 ●…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 shal●… loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe Up ▪ on these two commaundemētes 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 remēber 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 ētrā●… of synne although the wyse were somewhat after a sort ●…ot vtterly ignorant of that ●…yght of nature yet was it ●…y that tyme so hydde from the greatest part of mē that they scāt perceyued any shadow thereof Master What is the cause that god willed it to be written out in tables and that i●… should be priuatli appointed to one people alone Scholer I wyll shewe you ▪ By oryginal synn●… and euel custome the image of God in mā was so at the begynning darkened the iudgemēt of nature so corrupted that man him selfe doth no●… snfficiently vnderstād wha●… difference is betwene ho●… stye and dyshonestye rygh●… and wrong The bountyfull God thearefore myndynge to renewe that image in vs fyrst wrought this by y ● 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 fear●…ely bent agaynste vs for synne we myghte the ●…ore feruently long for oure ●…ior Christ Iesus which ●…y hys deathe and precious ●…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 euidēt 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 hindraūces that striue agaynste the lawe as the weakenes of the fleshe frowarde appetite and lust naturally engēdred 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 ●…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 natiō 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 sōdred 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 sōne 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 Pōce 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 ● 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 sōne thou hast rehersed generallye and shortelye Therefore thou shalt do wel to set out largelye all that thou hast spokē 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 whē 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 begottē vs agayne makynge vs hys chyldren gyuing vs hys kyngdome and the enheritaunce of lyf●… 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

that it canne not be but that he must heare me and be pleased wyth my praiers For I am hys Sonne although vnprofitable disobedient and he on the other side is my moste bountyfull father moste readye to take pity and pardon me Maist. Why doste thousaye he is in heauen is he in sō●… o●…e certayne and lymited place in heauen ▪ what me●… ▪ neth that which he sayth of hym selfe I fyll bothe heauen and earthe agayn the heauen is my seate and the earthe my footestoole Scholer Hereof haue I spoken some what before wher vnto I wyl ioyne this that foloweth Fyrst of all as oft as we do say which arte in heauen it is as much to sai as heauēly and diuine For we ought to thyncke much hier of our heauenly father thā of our earthly He is also sayde to be in heauen for this cause that in that hye and heauēly place the n●… ble and wonderful workes of God do the more clearly and gloriously shewe them selues and he is now declared to be in euerlasting and full felicity whereas we abide yet banyshed in earthe full wretchedlye Moreouer as the heauen by vnmeasurable widnesse of compasse conteyneth all places the earthe and the sea and no place is thear that maye be hidde from the large reatch of heauen sith it is at euery instāt of time to euery thing present So hearby may we vnderstād that god is likewyse present to eche thynge in eche place He seeth heareth and gouerneth al thinges he beyng hym self a spirite and moste farre from al earthlye and mortall state Wytnesse whereof Hieremy the Prophete Am not I saythe the Lorde a God neare vnto you and am not I a God farre of shall anye man be able to shroude hym selfe in suche a corner that I can not espye hym This is a pithye sentence to driue feare into vs that we offend not that Lorde of so large a dominion wherby also we are perswaded assuredly to beleue that God wyll heare whensoeuer we shall stande in nede For he is at al times and in all places presente This foundacion then laid and so sweete and plesaunte entraunce prepared ther foloweth the fyrst parte of the Lordes prayer wherein we requyre that not onlye wee but also all other who soeuer maye in holynes honor reuerence and worshyp hys name Master Howe is that to bee done Scholer I shall shewe you then we do that when leauing all those that haue the name of gods be thei in hea uen or in earthe or worshipped in temples in dyuerse shapes and images wee acknowledge him alone oure father Prai to the true god and Iesus Christ hys onlye sonne whome he hath sent and by pure vnfained praier call vpon him alone wyth vprightnes of life and innocencye Master Thou hast sayd berye well proceede Scholer In the second parte we require that hys kyngedome come For we see not yet all thynges in subiection to Christe we see not the stone he wed offrō the moūtayne wythoute woorke of mā which all to brosed and brought to nought y ● image whiche Daniell desc●…iueth that the onlye rocke Christe may obtayn and possesse the dominiō of the hole world graūted him of his father Antichrist is not yet slayne For thys cause do we longe for and praye that it may at length come to passe and be fulfylled that Christe may reign with his sainctes accordinge to Gods promises that hee maye lyue and bee Lorde in the worlde accordynge to the decrees of the holye Gospell not after the traditions and lawes of mē nor pleasure of worldlye tyrauntes Master God graunte hys kyngdome may come and that spedilye Scholer Moreouer sithe it is the chyldrens duty to frame theyr lyfe too theyr fathers wyll and not the fathers to bowe to the childrens pleasure forasmuch as our wyl is ●…ommonly by tickling of affeccions and stirringe of lustes drawen to dooe those thynges that God is displesed with it is reasō that we hange whollye vppon the b●…k of our heauēly father wholy submit oure selues to his heauenli gouermnēt Wherefore for thys cause we mortall mē do pray that we maye in like case be obedient to his commaūdemēt as are the sonne and Mone and other sterres in heauen whiche bothe by ordinarye courses and by lightninge the earthe with vncessaun●…e beames execute the Lordes wyll continuallye Or that we as the āgels and other spirites ▪ diuine in al pointes obey him which bestowe al theyr trauayle diligently to accomplish hys godly commaundementes Next after that he teacheth vs to aske of our heauenly father our breade wherby he meaneth not meate onlye but also all thynges elles needefull for maynetenaunce and preseruinge of life that we maye learn that God alone is authoure of al thynges which maketh the fruytes of the earthe bothe to growe and encrease to plentye Wherefore it is meete that we c●…ll vpon hym alone in prayer which as Dauid sayth ●… loue feedeth a●…d maynteyneth all thinges Master Some suppose this place to meane that bread that Christe maketh men●…on of in the .vi. of Ihon. That is of the true knoweledge and taste of Christe that was borne and dyed for vs wherwyth the faithfull soule is fedde The reasō wherupon they gather this is the greke woorde epiousion whereby they vnderstande supernaturall ghostly heauenly and diuine This mea nynge I refuse not for both these expositions may fitlye agree with this place but whi calleth he it daily bred whiche is also signified by thys worde epiousion Scholer We aske daily bread that myghte be alwayes presente and accompanye vs contynuallye to slake and satisfye oure thyrstye desyre and vnsaciat stomacke least otherwise we shuld be as Christ sayeth carefull for to morowe because the morowe shall care for it selfe For it shall come not wythout his own discōmoditie care Wherfore it is not reason that one day shoulde encrease the euell of another It shall be sufficient for vs dayly to aske that our most bountifull father is readye dayly to gyue Now foloweth the fifthe requeste wherein we beseeche the father to forgeue vs oure trespasses and de●…auts that we haue committed This request doutles is veri necessarye sithe there is no man liuinge free from sinne Here therfore must we cast away all trust of our selues Heare must we plucke downe our courage Here must we prai oure moste mercifull father for the loue of Iesu Christe hys moste deare and obedyent sonne to pardō forgeue and vtterly blot oute of hys boke our innumerable offēces Heare oughte we in the meane seasō to be myndfull of the couenauute we make wyth God That it maye please God so to forgeue vs our trespaces as we our selues forgiue theim that trespasse agaynste vs. Therfore it is necessarye that we forgyue and pardone all men all theyr offenses of what sort or condition so euer thei be If we forgiue men there faultes our

heauenly father shall forgiue vs oures Master Were these things my sonne thus vsed thear shuld not at this daye thus violentlye reigne so manye brawles so many contentions so many so haynous disagremēts eninities and hatreds of one man to another But nowe wheras ech man so stādeth in hys owne conceite that he wy●… not les●… an ynche of hys ryght neyther in honoure or wealthe it chaunceth ofte that they lease bothe theyr wealthe theyr honour and their life it selfe wythal Yea they put from them selues and turne awaye the fauoure of God and euerlasting glory But thou my sonne must not be ignorante of Christes commaūdemēt nor of that whiche Paul techeth that thou suffer not thy self to be ouercome of euell that is suffer not thy selfe fo to be seduced by any other mans offence as to repay euel for euel but rather ouercome euell with good I meane by doing hi good y t hath done the euell by vsing hun frēdly y ● hath shewed him self thi most cru ●…ll foe Now go forward to the sixthe request Scholer I wyl with a good will as you cōmaunde me Forasmuchas we be feble weake subiect to a thousād periles a M. tēptatiōs easy to be ouercome redy to yeld to euerye lyght occasyon either to men fraughte wyth malice or to our owne ●…ste and appetit or finally 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 crafti malicious serpent 〈◊〉 deuel Therefore we beseche oure father that hee bringe vs into no such hard 〈◊〉 and peril nor leaue vs in the verye plunge of daunger but if it come to that poynt that hee rather take vs awaye from the present myschief and engynes of the deuell the authoure and principall cause of all euell then suffer vs to runne headlong into destruction Now haue you good Mayster in fewe woordes all that you haue taught me vnlesse paraduē ture somewhat be ouerslipped in the rehearsall Master Because thyne is the kyngdome power and glorye for euer Amen Why was it Christes pleasure to knytte vp our prayer with this clause in the ende Scholer Partly that we shuld declare our assured trust to obtayne al things that we before haue required For there is nothynge whyche if it be asked with faithe he is not able or not willing to geue who ruleth gouerneth all thynges who is able to doo all thynges who is garnyshed wyth endlesse glorye These thynges when we rehearse of God oure father there remaineth no cause to dout or suspect that we shal receaue denyall Partlye by so saying we teache our selues how mete it is to make our sute to God sithe besyde hym none glistreth with so shining glory none hath dominion so large or force so great to be able to stay him from geuing that he hathe appoynted according to his pleasure or to take awaye that he hath already geuen vs. And there is no euell of oures so great that may not be put awaye by his exceadynge greate power glorye and wysdome Master I like wel my son thys thy shorte declaration and I see nothing left out that oughte to haue beene spoken Scholer But yet thys one thynge wyll I adde therto The chiefe and Princypall thynge required in prayer is that without al douting we stedfastli beliue that god oure father wyll graunte what we do aske so y ● it bee neyther vnprofytable for vs to receiue nor vnfyt for him to giue For hee that is not assured but doutful let him not thincke as Iames. saieth to gette anye thynge at the handes of God Master I se now my deare sonne howe diligently and hedefullye thou hast applyed thy mynde to those thinges that I haue taughte y ● howe godlye and vpryghte a iudgemente thou haste of gods true seruice and of the duites of neighbours one to another Thys remayneth that from hensforth thou so frame thy life that this hea uenly and godli knowledge decai not in the nor lie soulelesse and dead as it were in a tombe of the flesh But rather see that thou whollye gyue thy self continually earnestly to these godlie studies So shalt thou liue not onlye in this present life but also in the life to come ▪ whiche is much better and blesseder than thys life present For Godlines as Paul saieth hathe a promise not in thys lyfe onlye but in the other It is conuenient therfore that we earnestlye follow godlines which plainly openeth the way to heauen if we wyll seke to attain therunto And the principal poīt of godlines is as thou hast declared euen now veri well to know God only to couet him only as the chefe felicity to feare him as oure Lord to loue and reuerence him as our father with his sonne oure sauyoure Iesus Christe Thys is he y ● hath be gotten and regenerat vs. This is he which at the beginninge gaue vs life and soule whiche mainteineth which blesseth vs with life of euerlasting cōtinuāce To thys godlynesse is directlye cōtrary godlessnesse As for supersticion and hipocrisye they counterfet in dede and resemble it wher as neuerthelesse they are most farre different from all true godlinesse therfore we ought to auoide theym as a pestylence as the venime most contagious enemyes of our soul and saluaciō The next poynt of godlines is to loue eche man as oure brother For if God did at the beginning create vs al if he doth fede and gouerne vs finally if he be the cause and author of our dwelling in this wide frame of the world the name of brother must nedes most fitly agree with vs with so muche streyghter bonde shall we be bound together as we approche nearer to Christ which is oure brother y ● fyrst begottē eldest whō he y ● knoweth not he y ● hath no hold of is vnrightous in dede hath no place amonge the people of God For Christ is the roote and foundation of al ryght and iustice he hathe poured into our hartes certaine naturall lessōs as Do that sayeth he to another that thou woldest haue done vn to thi self Beware therfore thou do nothing to ani mā that thou thy self wouldest not willinglye suffer Measure all wayes another by thine own minde as thou select in thy selfe If it greue the to suffer iniurye if thou thincke it wronge that another man doth to the iudge likewise the same in the per son of thy neyghboure that thou fealest in thy selfe and thou shalte perceiue that y ● dost no lesse wrongfullye in hurtyng another thā other do in hurtīg the. Heare if we would stedfastlye fasten our fote heareunto if we would earnestlye trauaill we shuld attaine to y ● very hiest top of innocencye For the firste degre therof is to offēd ●…omā The next to helpe as much as in vs lieth al mē at least to wil wish wel to al. The third which is acoūted the cheif and perfectest is to do good