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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

rehearse Now therfore I wyll demaunde the questiōs of certain pointes Scholer Do as shall please you Maister for ye maye more perfectlye instruct me in those thinges that I do not throughly vnderstand and put me in remembrāce of that I haue forgottē and printe in my mynde deeper suche thynges as haue not taken stedfast hold thearin Master Tell me th●… ●…f by his death we get pardon of oure sinnes was not that enough but that he must also rise againe frō the deade ▪ Scho. It was not inough yf ye haue a respect eyther to hym or to vs. For vnlesse he hadde rysen agayne he shoulde not be taken for the sonne of God For whyche cause also whyle he hong vpō the crosse thei that saw hym vpbrayded hym and sayde he hath saued other but can not saue hym selfe Let hym now come downe from the crosse and we will beleue hym But now vprisyng from the dead to euerlasting continuaunce of life he hathe shewed a mutche greater power of hys godheade then if by commyng downe frō the crosse he had fled from the terrible paines of death For to dye is comō to all men but to louse the bondes of death and by his owne power to rise againe that properlye belongeth to Iesus Christe the onlye begotten sonne of God the only author of lyfe Moreouer it was necessarye that he should ryse again with glorie that the sayengs of Dauid and other prophetes of God myghte be fulfylled whych told before that neither hys body should se corruption nor hys soule be left in hel As for vs we neither had bene iustified nor had had anye hope left to ryse agayne had not he rysen agayne as Paule doth in diuerse places playnly shewe For if he had remayned in the prisō of death in graue and bene holden in corruption as al men besyde how could we haue hoped for saf ty by hym whych saued not himself It was mete therfore needefull for the part that he had in hād and for the chiefe staye of our sauegarde that Christe shoulde fyrst delyuer hymselfe from deathe and afterwarde assure vs of safetye by his vprisyng agayne Master Thou hast touched my sonne the chiefe cause of Christes risinge agay●… ▪ Now would I faine heart thy mynde of his going vp into heauen What answere thinkest thou is to be made to them that say it had be●… better for hym to tarie hear with vs presentlye to rule gouerne vs For besyde other diuerse causes it is ●…lye that the loue of the people toward theyr prince specially beyng good and gracious should grow the grea ter by his present company Scholer All theese thynges whych he should do present that is to saye if he were in company amōg vs he doth thē absent He ruleth maintayneth strengthneth defēdeth rebuketh punysheth correcteth and performeth all suche thynges as do become such a prince or rather God himself Al those thinges I saye performeth he which belong eyther to our neede or profit honour or cōmoditie Beside this Christ is not so all together absent from the world as mani do suppose For albeit the substaunce of his body be takē vp from vs yet is his Godheade perpetuallye presente wyth vs although not subiect to the sight of our eyes For thynges that be not b●…dylye can not be perceiued by any bodyly meane Who euer sawe hys owne soul●… No man Yet what is thea●… more present or what to 〈◊〉 man nearer than hys owne soule Spiritual thinges 〈◊〉 not to be seen but wyth the eye of the spirite The arfe●… he that in earth wyll see the Godhead of Christ let hym open the eyes not of his bodye but of hys mynde but of his faith and he shall set him presēt whom eye hath not seen he shall see him present and in the myddes of them whearsoeuer be two or three gathered together in his name he shal see him present wyth vs euen vnto the ende of the ▪ world What sayde ▪ I●… shall he see Christe present ▪ Yea he shall both se feele him dwellyng within himselfe in sutch sorte as he dothe hys owne proper soule For he dwelleth and ●…ydeth in the mynde and harte of hym whyche fasteneth all hys trust in hym Master Uery well but oure confession is that he is ascēded by into heauen Tell me thearfore how that is to be vnderstanded Scholer So vse we commōlye to say of him that hath attayned to any hye degree or dignitie that he is ascended vp or aduaunced in to some hye roume some hye place or state because he●… hath chaunged hys forme●… case and is become of more honor thā the rest In sut●… case is Christ gon vp as h●… before came down He came downe from hiest honour to deepest dishonoure euen the dishonour and vyle state of a seruant and of the crosse ▪ And lykewyse afterwards he went vp from the depest dyshonoure to the hyest honoure euen that same honour whych he had before hys goyng vp into heauen yea aboue all heauens to the very roial throne of god muste needes be euident by moste iust reason that hys glory and maiestye myghte in comparison agreably answer to the proportiō of hys basenesse and reprochefull estate This doth Paul teach vs in hys wrytynge to the Philippians he became obedient euē vnto death yea the very death of the crosse Whearfore God bath both aduaunced hym to the hyest state of honour and also geuen hym a name aboue al names that at y ● name of Iesus eueri kne shold bow of al things in heauē earth hell But although he be alredy gone vp into heauē neuertheles bi his nature of godhead by his spirit he shal alwaies be presēt in his church euē to the end of the world Yet thys proueth not that he is presēt amōg vs in his body For his Godhead hath one propertye his māhead another Hys māhead was create his godhed vncreate His māhead is in sō●… one place of heauē his godhed is in such sort ech wher that it filleth both heauen ▪ earthe But to make thys poīt plainer by a similitude or comparing of like to like Ther is nothyng that doth trulier like a shadow expres Christ thē the sōne for it is a fit image of the light and brightnes of Christ. The sō doth alway kepe the heauē yet do we sai that it is presēe also in y ● ▪ world for without lyght thear is nothyng present that is to say nothyng to be seen of any man for the sonne wyth hys lyghte fulfilleth al things So Christ is lyfted vp aboue all heauens that he maye be presēt wyth all and fully furnyshe all things as S. Paul doth saye But as touchynge the bodylye presente of Christe heare in earthe if it be lawfull to place in comparison great thinges wyth small Christes bodye is present to our faith as the sonne wh●… it is seen is presēt to the ey●… ▪ the bodie wherof

Scholer I will proue howe well I can do it your pleasure is maister as I take it that I point ye out some certaine congregation that may be seene Master That it is in dede so it shal be good for y ● to do Scholer That congregation is nothing elsse but a certayne multytude of menne which wher soeuer they be professe the pure vprighte learning of Christ and that in such sort as it is faithfully set fourth in the holye testamēt by the Euangelists and Apostles whiche in al points are gouerned and ru led by the lawes statutes of theyr kinge and hye Byshoppe Christe in the bonde of charity which vse his ho lye misteryes that are commonlie called sacramentes with such purenesse simplicity as touchinge theire nature and substaunce as the Apostles of Christ vsed and left behinde in writing The marckes therefore of this churche are firste pure preachyng of the gospel thē brotherly loue out of which as members of al one body springeth good wyl of eche to other thirdlye vprighte and vncorrupted vse of the Lordes sacraments accordynge to the ordynaunce of the Gospell laste of all brotherlye correction and excōmunication or banishynge those out of the church that wyll not amend their liues This marcke the holye fathers tearmed discipline This is that same churche that is grounded vpon the assured rocke Iesus Christ and vpō trust in hym This is that same church which Paul calleth the piller and vpholding stay of truth To this church belōg the keies whearwyth heauen is locked and vnlocked for that is done by the ministration of the worde wherunto properly appertayneth the power to bynde and louse to holde for gylty and forgiue synnes So that whosoeuer beleueth the Gospell preached in thys church he shal be saued but whoso beleueth not he shal be dāpned Master Now wold I fain heare thy beliefe of the holy ghost Scholer I confesse him to be the thyrd person of the holy trinitie Andsith be is equal with the father the sonne of the verye same nature that he ought egally to bee worshipped with thē bothe Mast. Whi is he called holy Scholer Not onelye for hys owne holynesse but for that by hym are made holye the chosen of God and members of Christe And thearfore haue the scriptures termed him the spirit of sanctification or makyng holy Master Wherin consysteth thys sanctification Scholer Fyrste we be newe gotten by his inward motion And therfor said Christ we muste be newe borne of water and of the spirit Thē by his inspiration are we adopted as it wer bi choise made the chyldren of God For whych cause he is not causelesse called the spirit of adoption By his lyght are we lightened to vnderstand Gods misteryes By hys iudgemēt are sinnes pardoned and reteined By his power is the fleshe wyth her lustes kept downe tamed Bi his pleasure ar the manifold gyftes dealt amonge the holye Finallye by hys meanes shal our mortal bodies be relyued Therfore in the author of so great gifts we do not wythout a cause beleue honor cal vpō him ▪ Master Wel thou hast now said sufficiently of the holly ghost But thys woulde I heare of thee why it immediatelye foloweth that we beleue the holye vniuersall churche and the communiō of Sayntes Scholer These two thinges I haue alwai thoght to be most fitly coupled togither Because the felowshyppes and incorporacions of other men procede and be gouerned by other meanes policies but the church whyche is an assemble of men called to euerlastinge saluacion is bothe gathered together gouerned by the holy ghost of whom we euē now made mention Which thyng sith it can not be perceiued bi bodily sense or light of nature is by right and for good rea son heare reckened amonge thynges that are knowē by beleife And thearfore thys calling togither of the faith full is called vniuersall because it is bonde to no one speciall place For God thorowout al costes of y ● world hath them that worshyppe hym Whych thoughe they be far scattered a sonder by diuerse distāce of countries and dominions yet ar they members most nearlye ioyned of that same bodi wherof Christe is the heade and haue one spirit fayth sacramētes prayers forgiuenesse of sinnes and heauēly blisse common among them all and be so knyt with the bōd of loue that they e●…deuour thēselues in nothyng more than eche to help other and to build together in Christ. Master Seynge thou haste already spokē of the knowledge of god and his members I woulde also heare ▪ what is the true seruyce of God Scholer Fyrst we must consider that the right trewe knowledge of God is the principal and onli fundatiō of Gods seruyce The same knowledge fear doth foster and mayntayne whyche in scriptures is called the begynnyng of wisedōe Faith and hope are the proppes and staies whearupō leane all the rest that I haue rehearsed Furthermore charitie whych we call loue is lyke an euerlastyng bonde by the strayght knot wherof al other vertues be boūd in one together and theyr force encreased These be the inward partes of Gods seruice that is to say whyche consyst in the mynde Master What hast thou to say of the Sabbat or the ho ly dai which euē now thou madest mention of amonge the lawes of the firste table Scholer Sabbat is as much to sai as rest It was apoin ted for onlye honoure and seruice of God and it is a figure of that reast and quiet nes whiche they haue that beleue in Christe For oure trust in Christ doth set our myndes at liberty from all slauishe feare of the law sin deathe and hel assuring vs in the meane season that by him we please God that he hath made vs hys chyldren and heiers of his kingdome wherby thear groweth in our hartes peace and true quietnes of mind whiche is a certayn foretaste of y ● moste blessed quiet whiche we shall haue in hys kyngdome As for those thynges that are vsed to bee done on the sabbothe daye as Ceremonies and exercises in the seruyce of God they are tokens and wytnesses of thys assured truste And mete it is that faithfull Christiās on such daies as are apointed oute for holye thynges shold lay asyde vnholy your kes and gyue them selues earnestly to religion and ser uynge of God Master What be the parts of that outwarde seruynge God whyche thou saydest euen now dyd stand in certain bodily exercises which are also tokēs of the inward seruinge hym Scholer Fyrst to teache and heare the learnynge of the gospel thē the pure and naturall vse of the ceremonies and sacramentes last of all prayer made vnto God by Christe and in the name of Christ which without faile obteineth the holly ghoste the moste assured author of all trew seruynge God and vpryght religion Master Tell me what thou callest sacramentes Scholer

thākes geuing and to be commended to the people of God ¶ Of ciuile Magistrates THe king of Englande is Supreame head in earth next vn der Christe of the churche of England and Ireland THe Byshoppe of Rome hathe no iurisdiction in th●…s realin of Englande THe ciuile magistrate is ordeined and alowed of god wher fore we must obey him not on ly for feare of punishment but also for conscience sake THe ciuile lawes may punyshe christen men with deathe for hainous greuous offences IT is lawfull for Christians at the commaundement of the ma gistrate to were weapons and to serue in lawfull warres Christian mennes gooddes are not commune THe riches gooddes of Christians are not commune as touchinge the righte title and possession of the same as certayn Anabapti●…es do fasly boast not withstanding euery man oughte of such thinges as he possesseth li berally to geue almes to the pore according to his hability ¶ Christian menne maye take an Othe AS we confesse that vayne rashe swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lorde Iesu Christ his apostle Iames so we iudge that Christian religion doeth not prohibite but that ●… man may sweare when the Magistrate requireth in a cause of faythe and charitye so it be done according to the Prophetes teachynge in iustyce iudgemente and truthe The resurrectiō of the dead is not yet broughte to passe THe resurrecciō of the dead is not as yet brought to passe as though it only belonged to the soule which by the grace of Christ is raised from the death of synne but it is to be loked for at the laste day For then as Scripture 〈◊〉 most manifestly testifie to all that be dead theyr owne bodies ste she and bone shalbe restored that the whole mā may accordinge to hys workes haue other reward orpu nishment as he hath liued vertuoufly or wickedly The soules of them that depart this life doe neither die wyth 〈◊〉 the bodies nor sleape idly THey which say that the soules of suche as depart hence dooe sleepe beyng wythout al sence feling or perceiuing vntyl the day of iudgmente ▪ or affirme that the soules dye with the bodies and at the last day shalbe raised vp wyth the same do vtterly dissente from the righte belefe declared to vs in holye Scripture Heritikes called Millenarii THey that go aboute to renewe the fable of heretickes called Millenarii be repugnaunt to holy scripture and cast thē selues headlong into a Iewishe dotage ¶ Al men shall not be saued at the length THey also are worthy of condēnation who endeuout at thys tyme to restore the daūgerous opinion that al men be theineues so vngodly shal at length be saued whē they haue suffered paynes for theyr synnes a certayne tyme appoynted b●… Gods iustice The ende of the Articles ¶ A generall Confession to be sayd in the Morning AL mighty and most merciful father we haue erred and strayed from thy wayes like lost shepe We haue followed to mutche the deuises and desires of our owne hartes We haue offended agaynst thy holye la●…es Wee haue lefte vndone those thynges whyche we ought to haue done ●… we haue done those things whiche we ought not to haue done and ther is no health in vs but thou O Lord haue mercye vpon vs miserable offendours Spare thou them O God whych confesse theyr faultes Restore thou them that be ●…tent accordyng to thy prompses declared vnto mankynde in Christ Ieso our Lord. And graunt O most mercifull father for his sake that we may here 〈◊〉 li●…e a godly righteous and sober lyfe to the glorye of thy holy name Amen A prayer to be sayd in the Mornynge OMercifull Lord God he●…uenlye father I rēder most high laudes praise and thanks vnto the that thou hast preserued me both thys nyght and all the tyme and dayes of my lyfe hitherto vnder thy protection and hast suffered 〈◊〉 to liue vntill this present houre And I beseeche the hartely that thou wilt vouchesafe to receiue me this day and the residue of my whole lyfe from hence forth into thy tu●…ion ▪ rulyng and gouernyng 〈◊〉 with thy holy spirite that all maner of darkenesse of misbeliefe infidelitie and of carnal lu●… and affections may be vtterly chased and driuen oute of my hearte and that I may be iustified and saued both bodye and soule thorow ●… ryght and a perfect fayth and so walke in the light of thy most godlye truth to thy glorye and prayse and to the profyt and furtheraunce of my neighbour thorow Iesus Christ our Lorde and Sauiour Amen ¶ A Praiet to be saied of Children before they studie their lesson at schole OBlessed Lorde whiche arte the welspring of al wisdom and knowledge sithēs it hath pleased the of thy mercy to prouyde for me such meanes to be instructed in my tēder age as wherby I may haue knowledge to vse my selfe honestlye and to behaue my selfe godlye to leade the whole course of my life in thy holy seruice let it be thy pleasure also to illumynate my darke wyt and blynde vnderstandinge so that it may be able to receyue accordyngly the learning that shall be vttered refreshe thou my memorye yea imprinte thou it in my remembraūce that I may kepe it assuredlye dispose thou my hearte also 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and frame my wyll that ●…mape apply my minde to recei●…e it with such affec●…ion and feruente desire as it beho●…eth to to this end that the most happye occasyon which thou offerest vnto me do not pea●…ish through my vnth●…kfulnes and that these thinges may come to passe let it stād with thy gracoius pleasure to powre out thy holy spirit into my heart thy spirit I saye of vnderstanding of truth iudgment wisdō●… knowledge whe●…eby I may become apt to learne and my scholemaster not lese his payne in teachyug me and what study soeuer I apply my mynd vnto I may reduce ●… bryng it to the right end that is to glorif●… the in our sauiou●… Christ to who●…e wyth the and the holye ghost be all honoure and glorye for euer and euer Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Kinges Maiestye ALmightye God whose kingdome is euerlastyng and power infinit haue mercye vpon the whole congrega●…yon and so rule the heart of thy chose●… seruaunt Edward the sixth ou●… king and gouernoure that he knowyng whose myny●…er he is may aboue al thynges seeke thy honour and glory and y ● we his subiectes duly cōsidering whose authority he hath maye faythfullye serue honour and humbly obey him in the and for the according 〈◊〉 thy blessed woorde and 〈◊〉 Thorow Iesus Christ our Lord wh●… 〈◊〉 the and the holy ghost liueth and 〈◊〉 euer one God worlde wythout 〈◊〉 Amen ¶ A Prayer to be sayde at nyghte going to bed OMercifull Lorde God heauenly 〈◊〉 ther whether we sleepe or wake liue ordye we are alwayes thyne Whe●… fore I beseche the hartelye that thou wy●…●…ouchsafe to take care and charge of me not to suffer me to

pe●…ysh in the worc●…es of darckenes but to kindle the lyghte of thy ●…ountenaunce in my hearte that the godly knowledge maye daylye increase in me thorowe a ryghte and pure fayth and that I maye alwayes be ●…ounde to walcke and lyue a●…ter thy wyll and pleasure thorowe ●…sus Christe ou●…e Lord and Sanio●…re Amen Lorde into thy handes I commend my spryte thou haste Redemed me Lord God of truth ¶ IMPRYNted at 〈◊〉 ●…y 〈◊〉 Day dwelling ouer Alber●… gate beneth Say●…ct Marty●…s ☞ These Cathechismes are to bee ●…olde at h●… 〈◊〉 ▪ b●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Coun●…uit in Che●…syde at the sygne of the 〈◊〉 ☞ ☞ ☜ Cum p●…iuilegio adimpri m●…ndum solu●… Al Christians shulde know their profession ▪ Teachyng by questyons ▪ Chyl●…rē to be taughte trew relygion Christiā re ligion Partes of Christiā re ligion What god is The 〈◊〉 and the gos pell The scriptures preserued frō the begynnyng The cre●…e called a ●…mbole ●…awes of the first table One God Images Takyug the name of God The Sabbat ●…awes of the seconde table Honour of Parentes Murther ●…duoutry ●…heft False wyt nesse Couetise of anothers The rewarde of y ● godly aud vngodly The sūme of the lawe by Christe The lawe of nature Ignorance brought i●… by corrup●…ion of nature Why the lawe was wrytten in tables None made righteous by y ● ●…awe Ceremonies of the law Sinnes for giuen by Christes death only Why the lawe was gyuen to one people The moral lawe commune to al The crede The ma●…uge and preseruation of the world Why wee cal God fa ther. The making of mā The names of Adam 〈◊〉 The image that man was made after Gods ymage defa ced in mā Origynall synne The meanes of 〈◊〉 tion Gods 〈◊〉 The Serpents head The seede of the woman ▪ Christes 〈◊〉 deathe ▪ refurreccion and ascension The spirite sēt downe The resurrection of Christe necessarie Christ gouernith his Church ab ●…ent God Christe is absent and presente in the worrd ▪ Christes 〈◊〉 cension Christes bo dily presēce Christe cōpared to y ● sonne Our profit by Christes ascenci●… Causes of Christes as c●…tion Christ do ing●…s for 〈◊〉 behofe Christiā ex ample of lyfe vnto vs. Donor of Christ. The end of ●… world The ●…ay of dome The resur rection The holly Church Who be of Christs churthe Causes of our iustification Iustification by fayth Irewe faithe and works vnseparate ▪ The churche Marks of the church Keies to bynde and loose The holly Ghost Why the holy goste is called holy Whearin resteth the holy gost●… sanctifica tion Communion of Sainctes Why the churche is called vniuersall Cōmuniō of saints Pa●…tes of godstrew inward ser uice The Sabbat Outward seruice of God What sacraments are The ministracion of baptysme The vse of the Lords supper The meaninge of baptisme The meaninge of y ● Lords sup per. The bread The wyne Howe we feede vpō Christes bodye and bloud Fayth the mouthe of the soule Offyce of Preachers Prayer The lords prayer Whether we maye vse anye other praier but the pa ter noster Nothyng in y ● lardes prayer hard to vn derstande What we gather of our father What is meant by whych are in heauen God is ech wheat God alwaye present to helpe vs. How goddes name is to be hal lowed Christes kingdome not yet per fect Christes kingdom Gods will to be done Our dayly bread What bread mea neth Epiousiō Daylye breade or supernaturall Why wee aske oure bread to be daylye Forgyuenes of trespasses Our couenant with god as we forgiue c Charitable forgiuenesse one to and ther ceaseth bram les The harmes of cōtencion Good not euell to be rēdred for euell Our weak nesse Temptation Whi this is added for thyne is y ● kingdome c. Fayth in prayer What to be asked in prayer ●…onest frame of lyfe Knoledge desier fear loue of God Christe●… benefites to vs. Godlessnesse Superstition hip●… crisie Charitie The name of brethrē The law of nature Measure another 〈◊〉 thy selfe Degrees of chariti Uices to be rooted out y ● vertues maye be planted in theyr place The blysse of the god lye