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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09959	A little catechisme, that is to say, a short instruction touching christian religion, set forth by Theodorus Beza Minister of the Church of God in Geneua; Petit catéchisme. English.	Bèze, Théodore de, 1519-1605.	1578 (1578)	STC 2022; ESTC S120273	6,658	18

A little Catechisme that is to say a short instruction touching christian religion set forth by Theodorus Beza Minister of the Church of God in Geneua The first section Question 1 WHerefore hath God placed vs in this world Aunswere To know and serue him Q 2. Wil he be knowen and serued according to our vnderstanding and will or according to that which it hath pleased himselfe to declare and set out vnto vs touching the same Answere According to that which he hath declared vnto vs concerning the same Q 3. Where hath he declared and set out the same vnto vs A. In that booke which we call the Bible comprehending togither with diuers histories the law and the gospel Q 4. Who hath made this booke A. God him selfe by the ministerye of hys holy Prophets and Apostles Q. 5. What is the law A. The doctrine which teacheth vs what we ought to do as well towards God as one of vs towards an other Q. 6. What is the Gospel A. That heauenly doctrine which teacheth vs what we must beleeue to our saluation thorow Iesus Christ only Q. 7. Doth this word conteine al that which we must beleeue and doe A. Yea without hauing any neede to adde or ioyne any thing thereto or to take anye thing therefrom Q. 8. Say now the articles of your beleefe A. I beleue in God the father almighty c The second section Q. 1. Doth this Doctrine teach vs that there is but one onely God or that there are more gods then one A. It teacheth that there is but one God only and that we may not haue more Q. 2. Wherfore say you so A. Because it must needes be that he whiche is God should be aboue all other thinges and therfore he may not haue a fellowe or companion ioyned with him Q. 3. Yet you in naming God haue seemed to rehearse three that is to say the father the sonne and the holy Ghost A. In deede there are three persons in one only Godhead but yet these three persons are but one and the selfe same onely God. Q. 4. Meane you that God is diuided into three partes A. No for God can not be diuided but I say that euery one of these three persons is one and the selfe same onely God altogeathere perfect Q. 5. How can this be A. It is a misterie or secreat beyonde al our vnderstanding and yet notwythstandyng most certayne and sure for God hath so declared it and set it forth vnto vs by hys holy word Q. 6. Doe you then beleeue in one onelye God the father the sonne and the holy ghost A. Yea and by Gods goodnes will. dye in this faith The third section Q. 1. How is the sonne of God called A. IESVS CHRIST Q. 2. What meane these wordse IESVS CHRIST A. Iesus is as much to say as Sauior and Christe is as muche as annoynted and consecrated to be our soueraigne king hauing power ouer all creatures our soueraigne or high prophet who hath fullye declared vnto vs the wyl of God his father touching our saluation and our soueraigne or high prieste which hath fullye appeased an pacified the wrathe of God agaynste vs for our sinnes Q. 3. What hath hee done and suffered to saue vs A. He was conceiued by the holy ghoste and borne of the virgin Mary suffered vnder Pontius Pilate c. Q. 4. Can God suffer or dye A. No. Q. 5. Is not Iesus Christ true and very God eternall with his father and the holy ghost A Yea. Q. 6. How then is he sayd to haue dyed A. Because that being verye God he was made man also to the end that in his person our nature mighte beare or suffer the whole punishment due to our sinnes and traunsgressions Q. 7. Doe you meane that the sonne of God was changed into man A. No because then he should be no more God and god can not eyther change him selfe or be changed But being of himselfe verye God he hath taken our nature vnto himselfe that so he might be very god and very man. Q. 8. If he had not bin God coulde he haue bin our sauiour A. No for it belongeth vnto God onely to pardon and forgiue sins and to giue eternall life Q. 9. And if he had not bin man coulde he haue bin our sauiour A. If he had not bin man he could not haue dyed and therefore we our selues shoulde haue bin subiect vnto death The fourth section Q. 1. Shall all the world be saued A. No for the greater part of the world refuse their saluation Q. 2. Who thē are they which shal be saued A. They that haue faith and beleeue Q. 3. And what is fayth A. A certaine perswasion and assurance which euery true christian man oughte to- haue that God the father loueth him for Iesus Christ his sons sake Q. 4. Wherefore doe you say for Iesus Christes sake A. Because that we being altogither corrupted and wholly peruerse in our selues God could not loue vs but in respecte of him onely which is man altogither iuste and perfect that is to say Iesus Christ his sonne Q. 5. Commeth this fayth of our selues A. No but from the onely grace and goodnes of God which doth frely giue it to his elect and chosen ones Q. 6. And they which haue this fayth are they saued A. Yea of necessitie for god hath giuen his sonne to the ende that euery one which beleueth in him should haue life euerlasting and he is not a lyer The fifth section Q. 1. But wherby may a man knowe whether he haue fayth or no A. By good workes Q. 2. Which be good woorkes and which be euill A. Those onely are good which he himselfe hath commanded and those euill which he hath forbidden Q. 3. Rehearse nowe the commandements of God. A. Heare Israell c. The summe wherof is thou shalt loue the Lord thy God. Q. 4. To knowe Gods commandements is not onely to know to say them but men must also vnderstand that which they say wherfore I demaund of you what meaneth that which is sayd in the third commaundement to take the name of God. A. It is to name God which we muste neuer doe but vpon iust and good cause and with feare of his maiesty whom we name Q. 5. Then it is by stronger and greater reason more forbidden to sweare by God in vain that is to say to take him for a witnes and iudge without iust and good cause why A. It is so in deede Q. 6. What meaneth it to sanctifie the Sabaoth day or day of rest A. It is to dedicate and consecrate it to the glory of God. Q. 7. Ought we not also to dedicate vnto him all the rest of the dayes of our life A. Yea but this day is particularlye and cheefely ordayned for this end and purpose Q. 8. Doe men forbid to trauaile or worke on the Saboth day as though to labor were a thing euill of it selfe A. No but they forbid