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A19564	Catechismus, that is to say, a shorte instruction into Christian religion for the synguler commoditie and profyte of childre[n] and yong people. Set forth by the mooste reuerende father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, primate of all England and Metropolitane	Cranmer, Thomas, 1489-1556.; Jonas, Justus, 1493-1555.	1548 (1548)	STC 5993; ESTC S109272	142,949	534

fauoure loue in to gods curse angre dyspleasure that fel from original iustyce into original syn by the which fal al the streÌ„gth and powers both of their bodyes and soules were sore decaied corrupted And as oure firste parentes Adam Eue were infected and corrupted euen so be we that be their children For as we see by dayly experience y t commenly gowtie parentes begetteth gowtie children And yf the father and the mother be infected with the leprie we se commenly that the childreÌ„ borne betwene them haue the same dysease So lykewyse as our first pareÌ„tes Adam and Eue dyd not put their trust in God no more do they y t be carnally borne of theim And as they loued not God so their childreÌ„ loue him not And as they folowed their owne concupiscence lustes and appetytes and not the wil of God euen so do all their yssue So that all their posteritie vpon earth be sinners euen in their mothers wombes For thei haue not their truste in God they loue not God they haue not a fatherly feare vnto hym they be ful of yl lustes appetites desiers as you haue herde good children in the .ix. and tenth commaundementes And for this cause the scripture dothe say that all we are conceyued and borne in synne And sainct Paule sayeth that by nature we be the children of Gods wrathe So that we all shuld euerlastingly be damned yf Christ by his death had not redemed vs. Wherfore good children marke well this parte of youre Crede that teacheth you bothe to knowe Christe and by what meanes he dyd redeme you For firste in the Crede he is called the only sonne or onely begotten sonne of God Whereof it muste nedes folowe y t he is very God by nature borne of God the father before the fouÌ„dacion of the worlde was layde He is the euerlastyng wisedome and worde of God by the whiche God the father made all thinges That he is also verye man it is euidently expressed in these wordes I beleue in Iesus Christe whiche was conceyued by the holy gooste borne of the virgyne Marye suffered vnder Ponce Pilate was crucified deade and buried And these .ii. forsaide thinges I can not comprehende more shortely nor aptely than by these wordes Christ our Lorde is verye God and very man Secondly learne this also by what meanes Christ dyd redeme vs. For what soeuer God hath commaunded in the ten commaundementes whiche we haue not fulfylled because we be all synners y t Christe himselfe hathe fulfylled for vs. And what soeuer punishment we haue deserued to suffre of God for oure synnes and offences that Christe hath taken vpoÌ„ himself suffered for vs. By this you may perceyue howe requisite it was that Christ God and man should be conceyued by the holy gooste and borne of a pure virgyn For if Christ shoulde redeme vs and satisfye for our synnes than must he nedes be holy without synne For yf he had bene gyltye and a synner then coulde not he haue holpen his owne selfe but he must nedes haue had an other Sauyor and Redemer for him aswel as we haue for vs. For what soeuer he had done or suffred shuld haue bene worthely for hys owne offences yet could he not haue satisfied for hym selfe muche lesse then he coulde haue satysfyed for other Wherfore it was necessary yf he should satisfye for vs that he should be conceyued of the holy gooste and borne of a virgyn that his natyuitie myght be pure wythout synne and not corrupte as ours is That oure corrupte and damnable natiuitie myghte be purified and made holy by the holy and pure natiuitie of Christ. Therfore we say in the Crede He was conceyued of the holy goost borne of the virgyn Marye that Christe beynge pure and cleane frome all synne mighte redeme synners and satisfye for theim Now for asmuch as the iustice of God dydde require that Christe should suffer and make satisfaction for vs and do all thynges that we were bound to do it was necessarie that he should be made man For if he had not bene a veray naturall man he coulde not haue done for vs all those thynges which we were bound to do And agayne yf he had not bene veraye God he coulde not haue bene pure and cleane from al syn and so haue made a true and perfect satisfaction for oure synnes For no man can perfectly fulfyll the wyl of God but God himself alone Wherfore in that he suffered for our synnes therby he declared that he was a verye pure and natural manne Agayne he gaue moost certayne and euydente tokens of hys Godhed in that he ouercomed and vanquyshed the deuell synne and deathe For yf he hadde not bene veraye God he coulde not haue losed the bandes of death nether haue raysed himselfe froÌ„ death to lyfe So you hear good childreÌ„ y t our lorde Iesus Christ was very God and very man not coÌ„ceyued in syn as we be but conceyued by the holye goost and borne of the moste pure virgyn Marie And as man he suffred deathe for vs and descended into hell But as naturally God he losed the bandes and paynes of hell he destroyed the kyngdome of death he rose from deathe to lyfe and so payed the rauÌ„some for our synnes and toke away all the gylthynes of the same Therfore when we beleue in Christ and stedfastly cleuyng to the worde of God suerly perswade oure selues in oure hartes that we be thus redemed by Christe then God is no more angry or displeased with vs for our synnes but freely and mercyfullye he forgyueth vs all our offences for the deathe and passioÌ„ of his sonne Iesus Christ and he gyueth vs also the holye gooste by whose healpe we maye wythstande synne and be delyuered from the same The whiche matiers sayncte Paule doth knyt vp in one bryef sentence not so shorte as notable and weyghtye sayinge Christe was delyuered to deathe for oure synnes and dyd ryse agayne for oure iustification In the whiche sentence saynct Paule doeth not onely declare what Christe dyd but also for what ende and for whome he suffered death and rose agayne For seynge that Christe was that moost innocent lambe that neuer was blotted with any spot of syn and yet he suffered for vs as a synner it is euident hereby that he dyed not for himselfe but toke vpon him oure synnes and bore for vs the burden which we shuld haue borne Moreouer seing that Christ was not ouercome by deth but by his myghty power he dyd vanquyshe death and rose frome deathe to lyfe and sytteth at the ryght hande of the father hereby we maye euidently perceyue that the great wrath and indignation of God to vs hathe an ende and that by our liuely faith in hiÌ„ our synnes be forgyuen vs and that we be reconsiled into the fauoure of God made holy and ryghtuous For than God doth no more impute vnto vs our former synnes but he doth impute

and giue vnto vs the iustice and ryghtuousnes of his sonne Iesus Christ whiche suffered for vs. These are but fewe wordes but surely they be of greate importaunce For in this sentence saynct Paule includeth the summe and effecte of the holy ghospell when he sayeth Christ was deliuered to death for our synnes and rose agayne for oure ryghtuousnes For lykewise as when an other man doeth pay my raunsome and satisfye or suffre for me I my selfe am iudged to paye the same and no man after can accuse me therof And wheÌ„ an other is bounde for me yf he be by any lawful meanes discharged I my selfe am counted to be dyscharged also euen so forasmuche as Christe hymselfe toke vpon him the bande of death for vs and to satisfye for vs so did in deede by hys death we our selues for whoÌ„ he was thus bounde iustely be delyuered and dyscharged from death and damnation And so we be counted righteous for asmuche as no man dare accuse vs for that syn for the which satisfaction is made by our Sauiour Christ. And when oure sauiour Iesus Christ had thus satisfied for our synne and so ouercame deathe and hell than lyke a most valiant conquerer he ascended into heauen where God hys father receyued him with a moost gloriouse triumphe and placed hym on hys ryghte hande and made him Lorde ouer all creatures and therefore he is called in y e crede also our Lorde For yf he had not raunsomed and redemed vs we had bene cast downe to hel for euer But seynge y t he redemed and bought vs therfore bewe his he is our Lorde and mayster hym we must loue obey and serue And this is oure moste hye and euerlastynge comforte that Iesus Christ is our Lorde and we his seruauntes For because he is oure Lorde therefore he wyll defende vs and delyuer vs from all daungers And althoughe we be synners yet he wil forgiue vs our synnes because he hathe payed y e rauÌ„some and det due for thesame And althoughe we dye yet he wil rayse vs vp agayne because he hathe ouercome and conquered death And althoughe we be neuer so muche afrayed of the sorowes and paynes of hell yet they shall not be able to holde vs bycause that to theym that be hys seruauntes he hathe broken hell and set open the gates thereof Wherfore seynge that we haue so myghtye a Lorde and maister we be out of all peryll and daunger But we agayne aboue all thynges we muste studye to obey oure lord mayster and do those thinges whiche he commaundeth For he hath redemed and bought vs for thys entente and purpose that we shoulde be iust and holy as he hymselfe is holy And he that is not obedieÌ„t vnto Christes commaundementes shall be sore punyshed for oure Lorde Iesus Christ shal come agayne to iudge both the quicke and the dead Wherefore good children laboure wyth all diligence and studye that when Christe shall come againe to iudge the world he may finde you holy and obedient For then he wyll rewarde you wyth euerlastyng lyfe After thys maner Christ redemed vs froÌ„ synne and from the horryble offence of Adam by whome we were al condemned For by Christes passyon death by hys ghospell we haue obteined thus much that we may beleue and trust in god And trustyng in God we haue his holy spirite whereby we maye also loue God And thys holy gooste renueth vs and clemeth vs from all euell lustes and desires that we beynge thus made holye and rightuouse maye kepe Goddes commaundemeÌ„tes and serue our Lord Iesus Christ. Wherfore good chyldren beleue ye with al your heart in thys Iesus Christ the onelye sonne of God oure Lord and doubte not but that he hath suffered for our synnes and contented the iustyce of his father for y e same and hath brought vs agayne vnto his fauour made vs his wel beloued children and heyres of hys kyngdome And when you be asked howe vnderstande you the second parte of the Crede you shall answer I beleue that Iesus Christ veray God begotten of God the father and verye manne borne of the virgin Marie is my Lorde whiche by hys precyouse bloode and holy passyon hathe redemed me a myserable damned wretch from all my synnes frome death eternall and from the tyrannie of the Deuell that I should be his owne true subiect and lyue within his kyngdome and serue hym in a newe and euerlastynge lyfe and iustice euen as oure Lorde Christe after he rose from deathe to lyfe lyueth and raygneth euerlastyngly Or elles if you wyl answere more shortely you may say thus I beleue that Christe was deliuered to death for our sinnes and rose againe for our iustification The thirde sermon of our Sanctification NOwe remayneth the third parte of the Crede to be declared whiche entreateth of our sanctificatioÌ„ how we be made holy And it is spokeÌ„ in these wordes Â¶ I beleue in the holy gost the holy catholicke churche the communion of saynctes the forgyuenes of synnes the risyng agayne of the bodye and lyfe euerlastyng Amen IN the seconde parte of the Crede which treateth of our Redemption and pryce giuen for vs you haue bene taughte good children to knowe the seconde persone in Trinitie Iesus Christe what he is and what he hath done for vs that he was made man for our sakes that he toke vpon him our synnes and suffered for vs y e feare and panges of deathe hel and had victory ouer them by hys passioÌ„ and death And after by his godly and victorious power he arose again from death to lyfe And after this most glorious conquest he ascended into heauen where he sitteth at the ryghte hande of his father is our Lorde and we his seruantes derely boughte All this you haue learned in the last sermon but now good childreÌ„ in this thirde parte of the Crede you shall lerne to knowe the thirde person in trinitie y e holy gost and also his benefites and giftes that we maye knowe what we haue receyued of God after our redeÌ„ption wherby we may be made mete to come to euerlastynge lyfe thorough the merites of Christ. For althoughe our Lord Iesus Christ hath redemed vs from y e captiuitie of synne death and hel and hath set vs agayne in the fauor of God yet we should haue no knowledge of these great benefites we should feale in our coÌ„sciences no comforte ioy or peace by the same yf they were not declared vnto vs by the preachiÌ„g of gods most holy word And our consciences should styl remaine troubled and the feare of eternal death and all noughty desiers and concupiscences of the frayle fleshe shoulde euer remaine in vs eueÌ„ as froÌ„ Adams time thei be in vs as sone as we be borne and so we shuld be vtterly vnapte to the kyngdoÌ„ of God lyfe euerlasting yf we shulde stil remayne as we be borne For yf we wyl be the heyres of god euerlastynge

youre selfes frome youre tender age to pray gladly and often for that pleaseth God and he is veray redy to giue you al thinges that you nede so that we giue him his due honoure and aske of hym as our dutie is But specyally they that be godly muste vse to praye whan they go to bedde whan they ryse whan they go to the churche or syt doune at the table For these times are chiefly appoynted to prayer as scripture doth witnesse in many places And forasmuch as we be not able to get our dayly breade by oure owne wit laboure and dylygence except God giue it vs let vs therfore before all thynges seke his kyngdome and studye to please him that he may gyue vs al thinges necessarye for vs. And although many men in this worlde get their lyuyng and ryches by crafte and deceipte yet let vs absteyne from such vnlawful meanes For they do rather bryng pouertye to a man then ryches And althoughe brybers extorcyoners vsurers and craftye deceauers of their neighbours do prosper for a while in this worlde yet they seldome establyshe theyr thynges For it is written that scasely the thyrde heyre shal enioy goods yll gotten And God doth only wynke at theim suffryng theÌ„ to floryshe for a tyme that afterwarde he maye y e more greuouslye punyshe and sodenly destroy theÌ„ And when we desyer God to gyue vs our dayly breade thynke not Good children that our heuenly father wyl gyue vs only a morsell of bread and nothyng besyde but vnder the name of breade be all thinges conteyned whiche be necessarie to the maintenance of our lyfe as meate dryncke apparell house landes cattell and monye accordyng to the saying of sainct Paule God gyueth all thynge to our vse richely and aboundantly But Christe teacheth vs in this petition to aske only for our dayly breade for this entent that we shoulde be content with suche a meane as oure dayly vse and necessitie doth require and that we should not by ouermuche eatyng and drynkynge wastfully spende those thynges wher w t poore people myght be relyued For sayncte Paul doth commaunde vs to laboure and worke that we maye eate our awne breade also gyue to theÌ„ that haue nede The which commaundement we shall easely kepe yf we wyll be contente with a meane dyet and kepe a measure in our apparell But they that delyght in superfluitie of gorgyous apparel and deynty fare make pleasure the ende of their eatynge and drynkyng â–ª and not necessitie they be not wont to gyue muche to the poore but commenly suche do deceaue the nedye brybe and pyle from theÌ„ and oftentynes by plaine robberies force do steale other mens goods that they maye haue wherwith to mainteyne their charges and sumptuous expeÌ„ses As we see by daily experience that couetous persons and the ryche men of this worlde that be gyuen to ryot superfluitye vse to gyue lytle or nothyng at all to y e poore Furthermore in this petition we do not only desier our bodily fode and sustinance but also all thyng necessarye to the same wherby we maye vse and inioy suche as God hath sent vs that is to saye we praye for seasonable wether and holsomenes of the ayer for helthe of bodye for peace and quyetnes of the commen welthe for trustye and faithful seruantes and suche lyke For except God sende a faire and seasenable wether all the fruites and corne growyng vpon the earth are lyke to peryshe and so all our laboure in plowyng sowyng and plantyng shall be bestowed in vaine Also he y t hath not his helth he can haue no pleasure in his riches or greatly ioy in his meat or drinke be it neuer so deinty Furthermore in warre time all thoughe God sende vs great pleÌ„tye of corne and wyne yet all is destroyed of oure ennemyes somuche that we maye scante truste our frendes from spoilyng of vs. For than all is full of robbynge burnynge beatyng kyllynge and wasting with fire sworde And yf we haue any thinge lefte vs in the tyme of warre yet we can not quyetly haue y e vse of it for feare care and trouble of the warres And yf it be a tyme of peace yet yf thou haue an enemye within the walles of thyne awne house that is to saye yf thou haue an vnkynde or vnfaythful wyfe vnthryftye children vntrustye and neglygente seruauntes then by them thy lyuynge is wasted and coÌ„sumed For al these do defraude the of thy dayly breade and by y e occasion of thy greate losse and hynderance The principal cause of all these aduersities is the deuel For he is so mortal an enemie to mankynde that he is desyrous not onli to destroy our souls with false doctrine and erroneous opinions but also throughe tempestes infection of the ayer dyuerse kyndes of sykenesses by famyne batteyl by the malyce and falsehed of oure owne householde and of our neyghbours he wolde fayne coÌ„sume our lyfe helth house and goods clerely destroy them And this wicked spirite woulde ouerthrowe in a momente of an houre whole realmes commen welthes yf God dyd not let hym Wherefore we must ernestly pray to God that he wil staye this wycked spirite and gyue vs our daily bread that he wil preserue vs froÌ„ all sycknes that hauynge helthe of our bodyes we may vse inioy our substance And that also he wil sende vs godly and dilygente rulers to defeÌ„de vs from our enemyes and to prouide that nether our goodes be stollen from vs by thefes or robbers neyther lost or conuayed from vs thorowe the vntrustynes or falsenes of oure householde seruauntes Furthermore you shall note good childreÌ„ that our Lorde Iesus Christ hath not taught vs to saye father gyue me my dayly breade but gyue vs oure dailye breade and lykewyse in all the petitions that folowe no man prayeth in the synguler noumber for himselfe alone but in the plurel noumber aswel for other as for himselfe By y e whiche lesson we be admonyshed of the brotherly charitie whiche one of vs shoulde beare towardes an other For we be all offenders and from our birth the children of yre Neuertheles God so loued vs that he gaue his only sonne Iesus Christ to suffer deathe for vs to obteyne for vs remyssion of oure synnes to reconcile vs to him to make vs his children Therefore nowe is God our father Christe oure brother and we be goddes children and heyres and coinheriters with Christ and amonge oure selues we be brethren and all brethreÌ„ to Christ. And therefore we ought to ioyne altogyther in one prayer and to be glad one to healpe another bothe in worde and dede to the vttermost of our power Furthermore this is a great comforte for vs to know that all the church and congregation of Christ doeth praye for vs and that all the treasurs of Gods riches that is to say Christ himselfe the kyngdome of heauen the holy gospell the sacramentes and the prayers of al

these sacramentes is baptisme by the whiche we be borne again to a new and heauenly lyfe and be receaued into gods churche and congregation whiche is the foundation and pyller of the trueth The seconde is absolution or the authoritie of y e keyes wherby we be absolued from suche synnes as we be fallen into after oure baptisme The thirde sacrament is the communion or y e Lordes supper by the whiche we be fedde and nourished and fortified in y e faith of the ghospell and knowlege of Christ that by this fode we maye growe more and more in newnes of lyfe so that we maye be no longer children but maye waxe perfecte men and ful groweÌ„ in Christ. For I wolde you should wel know this good children that a Christen maÌ„s knowlege and lyfe is a more excelleÌ„t thing than vnlerned people can iudge For a christen man hathe the certen worde of God where vpon he maye grounde hys conscience that he is made a christen man and is one of Christes meÌ„bers which he is assured of by baptisme For he that is baptysed maye assuredlye saye thus I am not now in this wauering opinioÌ„ that I only suppose my selfe to be a christiaÌ„ man but I am in a sure belefe that I am made a Christen maÌ„ For I know for a suerty that I am baptised I am sure also that baptysme was ordeyned of God and that he whiche baptysed me did it by gods commission and commaundemente And the holy goste doth witnes that he whiche is baptysed hathe put vpon hym Christ. Wherfore the holy gost in my baptisme assureth me that I am a Christen man And this is a true and syncere fayth whiche is able to stande agaynste the gates of hell for asmuche as it hath for it the euydence of gods worde and leaneth not to any mans saying or opinion Furthermore good chyldren you shall dylygentlye learne the cause wherefore we are baptysed You haue alredy herde y t by baptisme we be borne agayne The cause of this our secoÌ„d birth is the synfulnes and filthynes of our first birth For by our first natiuitie whan we were borne of our fathers and mothers all we were borne in synne and wheÌ„ we yssued out of oure mothers wombe we were laden with synne and Gods angre as it was at large declared vnto you in the exposition of y e ten coÌ„maundements and speciallye in the last coÌ„maundement For as Adam did synne and by sinne was so corrupted both in his body and soule that by his awne power or streÌ„gth he was not able to do any good thinge euen so all the children ofspring of Adam be borne synners so that they can not be iustified by themselues or by their awn strength but are inclined and bent to synne at all tymes And as saynt Paul saieth by nature they be the children of Gods wrath That is to saye God is angrye w t vs for those synnes whiche by nature be as it wer a kynne to vs and we be borne with theim into this world But when we be borne againe by baptisme theÌ„ our sinnes he forgyuen vs and the holy goste is giueÌ„ vs which doth make vs al so holy doth moue vs to al goodnes Wherefore good children wheÌ„ a man is baptysed it is as muche to saye as he dothe there confesse that he is a synner and that he is vnder the rule and gouernauÌ„ce of sinne so that of himselfe he can not be good or ryghtuous And therefore he commeth to baptisme and there seketh for helpe and remedy and desyreth God first to forgyue him his synnes at length to deliuer him clerely from all synne and perfectely to heale his soule from the sykenes of synne as the physitian doth perfectely heale his patient from bodely diseases And for his parte he promyseth to God againe and solemply voweth that he wyl fyght againste synne with all his strength and power that he wyll gladly beare the crosse and al suche afflictioÌ„s as it shal please God to lay vpon him and that also he wil be conteÌ„t to dye y t he may be perfectly healed and delyuered from synne For God doth forgiue vs our synnes by faith but by afflyctions and death he dothe take theim cleane away as saint Peter witnesseth sainge He y t suffereth or is afflycted in y e fleshe doth cesse from synne And sainct Paule sayeth he that is deade is iustified or delyuered from synne These be the promyses which we make wheÌ„ we are baptised And of this mind must all they be whiche shall haue any fruite by baptisme Wherfore seyng all you that be here are alredy baptysed continewe I praye you in this good mynde and purpose knowlege in your hartes before God that you be synners be sory for y e same and praye to God to heale and delyuer you froÌ„ youre sinne Beware you fal not to sinne againe haue no delite in sinne nor synne not wyllyngly But be godly and holy and suffer gladly suche afflictions as God shall lay vpon your backes And yf you do thus then your baptisme shal be auaile able vnto you God shall worke in you by his holy spirit and shall fynyshe in you all those thinges which by baptisme he hath begon Hitherto you haue herde what we promyse to God when we are baptised now learne also I pray you what God worketh in vs by baptisme what benefites he gyueth vs in the same For baptysme is not water alone and nothinge els besides but it is the water of god and hath his strength by y e worde of God and is a seale of gods promyse Wherefore it doth worke in vs all those thinges where vnto God hath ordeyned it For oure Lord Iesus Christ saieth Go and teache all nations and baptyse them in the name of y e father and the sonne and the holy gost This god commaunded his disciples to do Wherfore by the vertue of this commauÌ„dement which came from heuen euen from the bosome of god baptisme doeth wourke in vs as the wourke of God For when we be baptised in the name of God that is as muche to saye as God him selfe shoulde baptise vs. Wherfore we oughte not to haue an eye only to the water but to God rather whiche did ordeine the baptisme of water and commauÌ„ded it to be done in his name For he is almyghtye and able to worke in vs by baptisme forgiuenes of our synnes al those wonderful effectes and operatioÌ„s for the whiche he hathe ordeyned the same althoughe mannes reason is not able to conceyue the same Therfore consider good chyldren the greate treasures and benefytes whereof God maketh vs partakers when we are baptised whiche be these The firste is that in baptisme our synnes be forgyuen vs as sainct Peter witnesseth saiynge Let euerye one of you be baptised for the forgiuenes of his synnes The seconde is that the holy gost is gyuen vs the whiche doth sprede abrod the loue of

God in oure harte whereby we maye kepe Goddes commaundementes accordyng to this saying of saynt Peter Let euerie one of you he baptised in the name of christ and then you shall receyue the gyft of the holy ghost The thirde is that by baptisme the whole rightuousnes of Christ is gyuen vnto vs that we maye clayme the same as our owne For so saincte Paule teachethe saying As many of ye as are baptised in Christe haue putte vpon you Christ. Fourthly by baptisme we die with Christ and are buried as it were in his bloude death that we shoulde suffer afflictions and death as Christ himself hath suffered And as that man whiche is baptised doth promise to God that he wyll dye with Christ that he maye be deade to synne and to the old Adam so on the other part God doth promise againe to him that he shalbe partaker of christes death and passion And also God maketh al afflictions whiche he sufferethe to be good and profitable vnto him as was the passion of Christ and not damnable as it was to Iudas and dyuerse other vngodlye parsons By thys which I haue hetherto spoken I trust you vnderstaÌ„de good children wherfore baptisme is called the bath of regeneratioÌ„ and howe in baptisme we be borne agayne and be made new creatures in Christe The whiche doctryne you shall the better vnderstande yf you consider in what coÌ„dition you were before you were baptised and in what state you stande in after your baptisme Firste before we were baptised it is euideÌ„t that we were synners and he that is a synner can haue no peace nor quietnes of coÌ„science before he come to Christ so muche he feareth Goddes wroth and euerlastyng damnation But after that oure synnes in baptisme be forgyuen vs and we beleue the promyse of God and so by oure faith be iustified than our conscyences be quieted and we be glad and mery trustyng assuredly that God is no more angrye with vs for our former offences and that we shal not be damned for y e same And thys is a meruelous alteration and renewyng of the inward manne the whyche coulde be wrought by the power of no creature but by God alone Also before we were baptised we were slaues and boundemen to synne so that we neyther coulde do that good which we would haue done nor could kepe vs from that euil whiche we would not haue done as saint Paule complaynethe of himselfe But whan by baptysme the holy gost was gyuen vs the whiche did spread abrode the loue of god in our hartes and did also delyuer vs from y e boundage and tyrannye of synne and gaue vs new strength power to wrastle against synne and manfullye to withstande our gostly enemye the deuel thaÌ„ after a certen maner we were able to fulfyl gods commauÌ„dementes And this is a greate chaunge and renewyng of the inwarde man And this I wold you shoulde know for a suertye good childreÌ„ stedfastly beleue y e same that no child of y e Iewes or Turkes whiche is not baptysed hathe the holy ghoste neyther that anye suche can vnderstande the worde of God neyther that anye suche is holy or righteous before God Wherefore you shall thanke God with all youre harte whiche hath brought you to baptysme And when you beleue in the name of Christ and loue the ghospell and are glad dyligeÌ„t to hear y e same theÌ„ this is a suer tokeÌ„ y t by the gospel you haue receaued y e holy gost Furthermore he that is a synner not baptised althoughe he had the holy ghoste to this effecte to helpe him to fight againste synne yet oftentymes he is ouer come and falleth to synne And althoughe he doth oftentimes ouercome sinne yet this is a great vnperfectenes y t he dothe it not willingly but that this fight against sinne is tedious and greuous vnto him Wherefore he is euer in perrel lest he be ouercome of syn And in case he doth manfully w tstande synne yet he seeth that his iustyce and obedience be to weake and vnperfecte to stande before the iudgement of God as in dede no man not the holyest is able to stande before y e iudgemeÌ„t of God by his awne rightuousnes But when in baptisme the rightuousenes of Christ is gyuen and imputed to hym then he is delyuered from al those perrels For he knoweth for a suerty that he hath put vpoÌ„ him Christ and that his weakenes imperfectioÌ„ is couered hydde with the perfecte ryghtuousnes and holynes of Christ. Wherfore after baptisme he doth not trust in his awne rightuousnes but in Christ only And he is no more pensyue or doubteful coÌ„syderynge his awne weaknes but he is ioyful because he coÌ„sidereth that he is made partaker of Christes rightuousnes And this agayne is a great alteratioÌ„ and renewyng of the inwarde man These newe affections and spiritual mocions are in the soulles of suche as are borne again by baptisme but they be vnknowne to worldly men and suche as be not led by the spirite of God And wheÌ„ they that beleue and be baptysed do continewe in this their faith to â—he ende of their lyues then God shall rayse them vp from death to lyfe that they maye be immortall and lyue euerlastingly with christ And then when syn and the kingdome of death is vtterli abolished and destroied we shalbe perfectly holy and rightuous both in body and soule And for this cause our sauioure Christ doth cal in y e gospel the rysyng againe from death a regeneration or a seconde begettyng Al these thynges doth baptisme worke in vs wheÌ„ we beleue in Christe And therefore Christe sayeth He that wyll beleue and be baptysed shall be saued But he that wyl not beleue shalbe damned Wherefore good children learne dylygentlye I praye you the fruyt operation of baptisme For it worketh forgyuenes of sin it delyuereth from death power of the deuel it gyueth saluation euerlastynge lyfe to all them that beleue As the wordes of Christes promyse doth euydently witnesse But peraduenture some wil saye Howe can water worke so greate thinges To whome I answere that it is not the water that dothe these thinges but the almyghtye worde of God whiche is knyt and ioyned to the water faith which receyueth gods worde promyse For with out the worde of God water is water and not baptisme But when the worde of the liuing God is added and ioyned to the water then it is the bathe of regeneration and baptisme water and the lyuely springe of eternall saluation and a bathe that wassheth our soules by the holy ghoste as saynct Paule calleth it saying God hath saued vs thorowe hys mercy and made vs partakers of the rightuosnes of hys welbeloued sonne Iesus Christ. Now consyder depely I praie you how great benefytes these be that you maye not be vnkynde to him that hath done so much for you but stedfastlye beleue these thinges mortifye synne

sore although I see nothinge before myne eyes but present deathe or dauÌ„ger yet wyl I not despaire yet will I not mystrust God yet wyl I not hurt my soule w t sinne For I am sure that this creature whiche so sore persecuteth vexeth or troubleth me is no God but is vnder the hand power of y e trew lyuinge God I knowe that one heere of my heade can not be takeÌ„ away from me without the wil of hym that is onelye and alone the trew liuing god He is my maker my lord my god him wil I feare more then the mighty power of any man more then the crafty imaginations of myne enemyes yea more then any creature in heauen or in earthe Yf I be wrongfully entreated and do suffer iniustli he can easely delyuer me â–ª and so preserue me that no parrel shal touch me The second way is wheÌ„ men put their hole confidence in other thinges than in God and haue these or suche lyke thoughtes wythin themselfes I woulde I hadde suche riches or landes I woulde suche a man were my frende then shoulde I be ryche happye and blessed theÌ„ should I be sufficiently defended and armed agaynste all chaunces that maye happen vnto me in thys worlde They that thinke thus haue such riches landes and creatures for a God â–ª although with their tongue they say not so yea althoughe thys affection lye hidde in our hearte so secretly that we our selfes shoulde scantly knowe of it But the godly maye not suffer any such thoughtes to entre in to their heartes but ought thus to reason with theimselues Althoughe I haue veraye great aboundance of frendes and riches although I flowe in pleasures honor and glorye and in all worldely thynges whyche a man can desire yet by these thynges I haue not true saluation For these creatures are not God wherfore they can not saue me neither delyuer me from the tyrannie of the deuyll or the wrath of God But the lorde is God alone Yf I shal displease him he is able to take al my frendes and riches away from me or elles otherwayes to brynge to passe that all these thynges shall worke my distructioÌ„ Wherfore he alone is to be feared and in hym alone we must fasten the anker of our trust and confidence The thirde way is when a man so hartly loueth and delighteth in any thyng besydes God that for it he doeth and suffereth willingly all thynges that are to be done or suffered not greatly regardynge whether it pleaseth or dyspleaseth God then this man maketh thys creature whiche he so feruently loueth his god although in wordes he doth not vtter it But let Christian people weede out from the botome of their hartes the rootes of suche inordinate loue of any creature And let them thinke after thys sorte wherefore shoulde I offende God for this or that thing I know that this lucre or this honor vpon the whiche I am tempted and do somuch set my harte is not God it is but a creature which can not saue me nether delyuer me from death or any other aduersite Wherefore I wyll loue only my God wyth all myne harte I wyll do all thynges for his sake chiefly and I wyll onely aboue all thynges obey him Hytherto you haue herde how by these thre waies by fearing by trustyng and by louyng we maie easely make a God of a creature whiche in dede is no God but rather an ydoll set vp by oure awne phantasie But this is an horrible sinne against the first commaundement of God and so muche the more parrellous because it lurketh in the corners of mannes hart most secretly The worlde is ful of this synne and specially they that haue hypocrite hartes for all their paynted holynes are infected with the rustenes of these vices And to thentent that you maye the better knowe these haynous offenses against the first commaundemente and the soner eschewe them I will declare them vnto you by a fewe and shorte examples Some ther be y t do so greatly feare the coÌ„iuÌ„ctions and influencis of the heauenly planettes and bodies aboue that when they iudge by their lernynge in Astronomye or heare say of other men that the signes in heauen do threaten commen plages or calamities by and by they tremble for feare and not castynge theyre hope and trust in God they be soo amased that they can not tel whether to runne to auoyde the daunger Other ther be that thinke that when the Sonne Moone or any other planetes is in this or y t signe it is an vnlucky thinge to enterpryse this or that and vpon suche dismolde daies as they call them they wyll begyn no new enterprise because they thinke y t it shulde not haue good successe or prosperous ende And many lyke kyndes of ydolatrye is vsed euen among christen people But y e prophet Hieremie doth expressely forbyd this in the .x. chapter sayng Feare not the signes of the skie as the hethen do Furthermore manye there be that stande in suche awe to tyrannes that for feare of them they denye the trew word of God These meÌ„ take tyrannes and rulers of this worlde for goddes For they imagyne that yf suche men fauoure them theÌ„ thei shalbe safe for euer But the prophete Dauid in the .cxlvi. psalme doth gyue contrarie counsel sayng thus Put not your coÌ„fidence in princes in the sonnes of men in y e which is no saluatioÌ„ Some men also put their hole affiaunce in money and phantesie that they whiche haue plentye of money can lacke nothing Therfore they gyue themselfes holye to couetusnes to the desier to hurd vp riches they set their minde vpon filthy lucre they scratche what they can not regardynge whether they get by right or by wrong Suche men wurship their riches for their God But saint Paule in the .iii. chapter to the Colossians saieth Forsake couetusnes whiche is a seruice to ydolles Some set their trust in their owne wourkes thinkyng that by them they may be deliuered from synne reconcyled to the fauour of God iustified before him and by them also to atteyne eternal saluacion These haue their merites wourkes in the steade of God This is the greatest ydolatrie that can be vnder the sunne and a playne denyall of the fayth in christ as here after it shall be declared vnto you at large in the treatise of fayth Other ther be that be seruauÌ„tes to their owne belyes gyuynge theim selues holly to eatynge and drynking bodely pleasures somuch y t in coÌ„parisoÌ„ of bodily pleasures they eyther dispise or elles forget God Such men make their belie their God as saint Paule writeth of theÌ„ saying Some therbe which sellyng the wourde of God do teache peruersely whose God is their belye But that thinge where in they do nowe glorye shalbe their confusion By these examples you maye easelye perceaue howe by to muche fearing trusting and louyng we make a God of a creature which in dede is not God

as ymages be neither necessary nor profitable in our churches and teÌ„ples nor were not vsed at the begynnynge in Christe nor thapostilles tyme nor many yeres after and that at length they were brought in by Byshoppes of Rome maugre TheÌ„perours tethe seing also that they be veri slaunderous to Christes relygion for by them the name of God is blasphemed among the infideles Turkes and Iewes whiche because of oure ymages do call christen religion Idolatry and wourshipping of ymages And for asmuche also as they haue bene so wonderfully abused within this Ralme to the highe contumelye and dyshonor of God and haue been great cause of blyndnes and of muche contention amonge the kinges maiesties louing subiectes and were lyke so to be still yf they shoulde remayne and chiefly seyng goddes worde speaketh somuche against theÌ„ You may herby right well consydre what greate causes and groundes the kinges maiestie had to take them away within his Realme folowing herin the example of the godly kinge Ezechias who brake downe the brasen serpent whan he sawe it worshypped and was therefore greatly praysed of God not withstandynge at the firste the same was made and set vp by goddes commaundemente and was not only a remembrauÌ„ce of goddes benefites before receaued but also a figure of Christ to come And not onely Ezechias but also Manasses and Iosophat and Iosias the best kynges that were of the Iewes did pull doune ymages in the tyme of their Reygne Consider than howe Godlye anacte is this to take away so manye ymages not made by goddes coÌ„maundementes wherunto contrary to goddes commaundementes and his honor wer so manye Idolatries coÌ„mitted For vnto ChristeÌ„ Princes office and cure appertayneth y e defeÌ„ce of goddes true word ChristeÌ„ relygion to take away all those thinges which hynder or let true godlynes and relygion or make trouble contention within their realmes So good children you haue herde the true meanyng of these wordes Thou shalt make to the no graueÌ„ ymage thou shalt not bowe downe worship y e same the which I pray you graue depely in your memories y t wheÌ„ you be demaunded what is ment by the wordes heretofore rehersed you may answer This coÌ„maundemeÌ„t forbiddeth vs al kind of ydolatry aswel bodely as goostly inhibiteth vs to geue y e honor whiche is due vnto god to any creature or ymage of creature but to worshyp God alone And now note further good childreÌ„ y t to thinteÌ„t we shuld honore only God obey him He saieth y t he is y e Lorde our God in whom be al good thiÌ„ges of whoÌ„ wee haue all He saith also y t he is strong of such force y t he can ponishe vs at his pleasure if we dysobey him Moreouer he calleth him selfe Ialose because he can abyde no coÌ„panioÌ„ but as a man y e more pure chast he is y e more he is greued if he perceue his wife to set her loue vpoÌ„ any other euen so is god who hath takeÌ„ vs to his spouse if he se vs defiled w t filthy ydolatry Furthermore he saith y t he wyl reueÌ„ge his maiesty glori if any maÌ„ wil translate y t vnto any creature picture or ymage y t w t such vengeance y t it shal exteÌ„de vnto theyr childreÌ„ nephewes nephewes childreÌ„ Like as on y e other side he promiseth his mercye and goodnes to their posterite that kepe his law coÌ„mauÌ„dementes Employ therfore youre hole hartes myndes to his preceptes good childreÌ„ exchewiÌ„g al ydolatry or honoring of caruinges or paintiÌ„ges geue to god only his due honor and glory now froÌ„ hensforth world w tout ende AmeÌ„ The seconde sermon YE haue herd the declaracioÌ„ of y e first coÌ„maundemeÌ„t in y e whiche we be taught howe we oughte to behaue oure selues towardes god in our hertes now foloweth y e secoÌ„de coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t which is this Â¶ Thou shalte not take the name of the Lord thy God in vaine for he shal not be gyltles in the sight of the Lorde that taketh his name in vayne THis coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t good childreÌ„ teacheth vs how we oughte to behaue our selfes toward God in wourdes biddynge vs not to speake of the name of God in vaine or without great cause but to vse it only wheÌ„ it tendeth to y e praise and glory of God to the profit of our neighboure that euerye man maye perceaue by oure wourdes and communication that we in our hartes do reuerentlye and humbly feare magnifie and worship God his holy name For by this oure good example other men are prouoked and encoraged to glorifye y e name of God And contrariwyse when in scoffynge iestyng we be lighte to abuse the name of God then other meÌ„ are offended therby also are made more vnreuerent toward God and lesse passe of god godly thinges and so by this meanes we burden oure selues with an other mans synne For Christe sayeth in the ghospel of Mathew the .xviii. chapter He that gyueth cause of offence to anye of the weake bretherne it were better for him that a mil stone wer hanged aboute his necke so drowned in the botome of the sea Wherefore I pray you diligently beware that you gyue no such kinde of offeÌ„ce to your brethreÌ„ Wherfore you shal now lerne how the name of God is taken in vaine to thenteÌ„t you maye y e soner eschew this syn For y e name of god is takeÌ„ in vaine diuerse wayes The first is when men gyue the title name of God to those thinges whiche are not God in dede As the heathen did call the Sonne the Moone and the starres goddes also they called certen men as kinges tyrannes goddes as y e Iewes did whiche made a calfe of gold and sayed This is the God whiche brought vs out of Egipt And this good children is so heinous a faulte that God in the olde testamente commaunded him to suffre death that shoulde committe this synne and yf anye citie had so offended he willed y e same cytie to be burned and vtterly destroyed and all that were founde therin to be kylled Therefore let vs dilygently eschew this offence or elles God wyll horriblye punyshe vs. The seconde waye of takynge the name of God in vayne is wheÌ„ we forswere oure selues or sweare deceiptfully other in commen iudgement or in oure dayly affaires and communicacion entendynge thereby to deceiue our neighbour Wherefore you muste diligentlye take hede that you vse not to swer lyghtly thorough an euell custome but do as Christ teacheth vs. Let your communicacion be yea yea and nay nay But when necessite dryueth you to an othe or y e publyke officer commaundeth you to sweare then be not forsworne but speake the trueth and faithfullye perfourme and obserue that thing that you haue sworne And yf it shall chaunche any of you in tyme to come when you shall come to mans state to be called to

oure neyghbour for Goddes sake But when we wyll serue God onely with suche a kynde of worke that perteyneth not to our neyghbour but is propre and seuerall to God alone than God commauÌ„deth you not to set before your eyes any outwarde worke but to rest from such workes For this God requireth of vs in thys commaundement And now good children listen vnto me and you shall know the cause why god doth thus He is so riche a God and his maiestie is so mighty y t he hath no nede of our outwarde workes nor wourshyppinges Againe he is so gentle lyberal and mercyfull that of his awne accorde he desireth to do good to all men wherby his name is praysed and honored Therfore he y t wil do pure seruice honor to God let hym gyue himselfe to rest and quietnes not workyng to be made holy by his owne outwarde workes but let hym kepe holy day let him suffer the benefites of God to be powred lyberally and frely vpoÌ„ hym For to beleue that we receaue all good thinges frely from God to acknowlege them with a trew fayth and gladly to prayse thanke God for thesame is the most excellente and highest honor that can be yelded to him in this life But it is not sufficieÌ„t for vs to kepe y e Sabboth day But the Lorde saith Thou shalte sanctifie the Sabboth day that is to saye we shall bestowe that day about holy heuenly godly thynges Now yf ye desier to knowe with what holye workes you shoulde passe away this day you shal vnderstaÌ„de that we can do no geater holy workes thaÌ„ to heare y e worde of god and to learne y e trew feare of God the right faith in him to prepare our selfes that we may worthely be partakers of the Lordes table therby to receyue great comfort to the quiet of our consciences confirmatioÌ„ of oure fayth And moreouer on such dayes cheflye we ought in faythe and spirite feruently to praye to God to gyue vs all good thinges that we lacke and haue nede of and to defende and deliuer vs froÌ„ all yl thynges And thus praing we shal not faile to be hearde These be y e chiefe holy daye workes by the whiche God rather serueth and worketh for vs then we for him For when he by hys mynisters causeth his wourde to be preached vnto vs when he distributeth to vs ineffable gyftes of hys sacramentes when he heareth our prayers he is rather beneficial vnto vs theÌ„ we be to him Therfore theffecte suÌ„me of this commaundement is as God shoulde say thus Good childerne wil you serue me do that thing that may please me then truste not in your awne workes nor put your confidence in theim For I haue no nede of your labour and workes Come hyther I wyll teache you what ye ought to beleue and to do I wil comforte you wyth the meruelous giftes of my sacrameÌ„tes I wil heare your praiers you can not giue to me greater honor theÌ„ to repayre to me and to suffer me y t I maye powre my benefites vpon you that you may acknowlege me to be your father that you may cast your hole affiance in me and y t you maye loue me as chyldren loueth their fathers and mothers But of this matter you shal heare more in the Crede or articles of the faith In the meane tyme you shall specially marke that althoughe euery man hath nede to labour daily for his dayly fode yet God hath gyuen vs Sabboth dayes or resting tymes in the whiche he hath commaunded not onelye the maisters themselues but also their seruantes and cattel to cesse from bodily labores And yet on those dayes he fedeth vs aswel as on the workynge dayes By the whiche he signifieth vnto vs that althoughe we toyle not continually vntil we be wery yet he wil gyue vs abouÌ„dantly all thinges necessarie when we obey his will first of all seke the kyngdome of God that all other thinges maye be gyuen vs. Hytherto good children you haue bene taughte in what holy workes you ought to spende the Sabboth day now it shall be declared vnto you how great a sinne it is not to sanctifye the same The whiche synne is then committed when we vpon the holye dayes do not heare with greate dilygence and reuerence sermons the most frutefull woorde of God when we do not gyue our myndes to prayer and other Godly workes but to idlenes eatinge drynkynge bankettynge dauncynge lechery dicing cardynge backebytynge slaunderyng and other vngodly workes For the which abuse of holy daies God is grieuously prouoked and punisheth vs greuouslye with dyuerse kyndes of plages but specially with nede and pouertie For so God threateneth in the .xxviii. chapter of Deuteronomie that meÌ„ shall labour and toyle bothe daye and nyght and yet shall not be able to worke themselues out of pouertie And it is no meruell For when God gyueth them restynge dayes they doo not sanctifie the same they do not heare the worde of God nor pray to him but wickedly dispise God and his honor spendyng the sabboth daye in the aboue named synfull and vngodly lyfe wherfore God iustly punisheth them with pouertie But peraduenture you wyl say God doth not punishe all y e breakers of this commaundemente with nede and pouertie Trueth it is in deede some there be whiche God doeth not punishe in this lyfe but defferreth theyr punishement vntill the houre of death wheÌ„ they be vtterlye forsaken of hym whiche is a payne most horrible and euerlastyngly condemned if they amend not in due tyme. Therfore good children eschewe these synnes that be so heynous in the sight of god sanctifie youre Sabboth daye be desirouse to heare the woorde of God praye continually and gyue thankes to God for all his benefites In so doyng you shall surelye please hym and he shall sende you his grace fauour blessynge that all thing maye prosper wyth you that you maye with ioye and gladnes serue youre Lorde God and enioy manye sabbothes or restyng dayes For God is wel content that we haue many restynge dayes so that we spende them wel in holy and godlye exercises and cause not only oure bodyes to rest from labours but also oure myndes from synne For we must kepe the Sabbothe daye not onelye with our bodye but also with oure hartes and myndes which we do when we bridle our owne wil and fleshely lustes and with all reuerence humble our selues to Goddes wyll so that when we reherse the Lordes prayer we maye saye trewly and hertely Thy wyll be donne in earth as it is in heauen For so God testifieth by the prophet Esaie in the .lviii. chapiter saying yf thou wilt absteyne from doyng thy wyll on my holy daye then thou shalt be called a pleasaÌ„t Sabboth day that is to saie wheÌ„ we submit our wyl to the holy wil of God and patiently suffre those thinges whiche he worketh in vs and willeth vs to suffre

this fashion we ought to behaue our selues towardes our fathers and mothers and when so euer we be able to do them any pleasure we must honour them after the sayde maner and reuerently beseche theÌ„ that they wyll take well in worth suche small tokens of our deutye and loue towardes them For we can not rendre vnto oure fathers mothers any gyft or presente so weyghty y t shal be able to couÌ„terpoyse the kyndnes which they haue deserued at our handes or can in any part recumpense the great goodnes benefites which thei haue heaped vpoÌ„ vs without nuÌ„bre So good children note well I pray you what is ment by this worde honor whiche in this place compreheÌ„deth feare dreade reuerence obedience loue towardes our parentes and that it is oure dewtie to lade theim with all kindes of gentlenes and lyberalitie And when we haue donne all that we can do yet not to loke for thankes againe at their handes but rather to thanke them that they wolde vouchesafe so gently to accept our small benefytes For god hath appointed theÌ„ to be our maisters tutors and gouernors ouer vs wherefore of dewtye we owe vnto them this seruice and obedience And onlesse we ordre our selues to oure parentes after suche maner as is before rehersed God wil be greuously offeÌ„ded with vs sore punishe vs. As it is plainly declared in Moses law in the .xxi. chapter of Deuteronomie where these wordes are writteÌ„ If a man haue a frowarde and stubburne childe whiche wil not heare his fathers mothers coÌ„maundemeÌ„t beyng corrected disdaines to obey them they shall take him bryng him before the iudges of the cytie and shall saye thus Thys oure sonne is stubburne disobedyent he wil not heare vs nor be ruled by vs he is a ryoter lyueth vngodly Then all the people shall stone him to death that this myscheuous wede may be weded out of y e congregation and al the people maye heare of his punishmeÌ„t and feare to committe lyke offeÌ„ce Hereby you may learne good children how greatly thys synne dyspleaseth God seyng that in hys lawe he hath appoynted so payneful a punishement for dysobedient children Hitherto you haue herde what it is to honor your pareÌ„tes now heare also the cause why God hathe so diligeÌ„tly coÌ„maunded this thinge Our lorde God hath gyuen vs so many benefites by our fathers and mothers y t no tongue can worthely expresse theim For God vseth our parentes as his meanes by whome he gyueth vs lyfe breth fode and al thinges necessarie to the maintenauÌ„ce of this lyfe Therfore we oughte to wourshyp theym as the chosen instrumentes of God And forasmuche as God hymselfe is inuisible to vs here in earth whome we neyther se bodily nor heare hys voyce therfore he hathe appoynted oure fathers and mothers in hys stede to talke wyth vs and to teache vs what we ought to do and what to eschewe Euen as the scholemaster doth oftentymes commyt hys scholers to hys vscher that he in the scholemasters absence maye teache and gouerne them and hym they ought to reuerence and obey And as the scholemaster doth sharpely correcte chastiseth those schollers y t wyl not be ruled by his vscher so God wil greuously punyshe those children y t doeth not obey their fathers mothers For he hath appoynted them to be his deputies vschers in y e educatioÌ„ gouernaÌ„ce of vs his children For God is the chefeste worker and maker of all thynges he is the hyghest scholemaker and our fathers mothers are the instrumentes and toyles wherby God doth worke vs make vs and fashyoneth vs. For God is the eternall and mooste maruelous creator and he daylye doeth create But when he entendeth to make maÌ„ he maketh him not now of a glod of earth as he did wheÌ„ he first made Adam but he vseth our pareÌ„tes to this straunge wondrefull worke maketh vs by theym And this is the firste and greatest benefite that God by oure parentes doth gyue vs bothe bodye and sowle And after that yonge chylderne be borne into this world we se how they lye certen yeres crying in their cradels not able to helpe themselues At what tyme excepte God did nouryshe vs by oure fathers and mothers ther wer no remedie but y t we muste neades peryshe And when god doth entend to feade vs in our cradels he doth not sende downe breade from heauen as he did MaÌ„na but he wonderfully fylleth our mothers dugges full of mylke wherwyth she may gyue sucke to vs and also he sendeth to oure fathers sufficiente riches wherby they maye brynge vp their children And this is the seconde benefite that God by our parentes doth nurse vs feade vs and bryng vs vp more tendrely then the henne doth her yong chekyns Furthermore God sendeth vs Christian pareÌ„tes which cause vs to be baptised and grafted into Christ and to be made the children of God For yf our parentes were not christened we were lyke to be wrapped in coÌ„tinuall blindnes and errours For you see no Iewes children come to be baptised and if we should haue heathen parentes dye without baptisme we should be daÌ„ned euerlastingly And in case we died not in our infancie yet we shoulde be vngodly brought vp in thouses of HeatheÌ„ and vnchristened parentes and should be taughte euen from oure tendre age to hate and dispise the trew faith of Christ as we may see an example by Turkes Iewes children whiche vehemently hate the fayth of Christ among tenne thousaÌ„d of them scase one desireth to be baptised And this is y e third great benefit y e God by our pareÌ„tes doth briÌ„g vs to baptisme to Christ his church doth plant in our hertes an ernest loue towards Christes religion that wyllynglye and gladly we become Christians Besides this when we be groweÌ„ to suche age y t it is tyme for vs to go to schole then god teacheth vs by our parentes his most excellent doctrine that is to saye tharticles of our faythe the ten commaundementes the Lordes prayer Furthermore oure parentes do teache vs the nourture and ciuilitie of good maners that we maye proue gentle quiet and faire coÌ„ditioned and suche with whom honest men wyll be gladde to kepe companye From our parentes we haue oure countrey then whyche nothynge is more pleasant vnto vs and the fredome fraunchesies and lyberties of y e citie in the whiche we wer borne Our parentes also leaue vnto vs ofteÌ„times great plentie of riches and landes for oure inherytaÌ„ce They also teache vs dyuerse wayes of marchaundise mani handycraftes and all kyndes of sciences by the which we may honestly and in the waye of treuth get oure lyuyng here in this world And although they be compelled of necessitie oftentymes to vse the ayde and helpe of scholemasters and other connyng men in dyuerse kyndes of faculties yet because all these thinges be done at the commaundemente costes and charges

ten commaundementes Â¶ A general preface to be rehersed in the begynnynge of euery sermon made vpon the articles of our Faith commonly called the Crede YHe holy apostle saynct Paule good childern writteth expressely that withoute faith it is vnpossible to please God Also Christ himselfe saieth He that beleuethe and is baptised shall be saued Now I trust ther is none among you but he is desirous to please God and enioye euerlastynge lyfe Then yf you wyll attayne therto you must chiefely and most diligently applye youre myndes to learne the christian faythe and the articles of the same For you haue hearde that without it there is nothing able to reconcile vs to God y e father to pacifie his wrath and to bringe vs to the lyfe euerlastyng For althoughe the tenne commauÌ„dementes are an excelleÌ„t godly and heauenly doctrine yet we can not be saued or iustifyed by theym For we be not able of our owne strength and power to fulfyll the lawe and goddes holy commaundementes But by theym we onelye do learne what God requireth of vs and so be brought to the knowledge of our synne For this is the office of the lawe as saincte Paule sayeth to teache vs our offences and to set before our eyes the great feare of God and the indignation whiche we haue deserued by breakynge his commaundementes to the intent that we acknowledgyng our owne weakenesse shoulde flye to Goddes grace and mercye This feare of God is learned in the ten commaundementes and it is the begynnyng of wysedome But the holy christian fayth is a muche more hyghe and excellente knowledge and wysedome as sayncte Paule wytnesseth saying We speake wysedome amonge theym that are perfecte such wisdome as is not of thys worlde nor of the rulers of thys worlde whiche be mortall but we teache the wysedome of God whiche is secret and hyd which God ordeyned before the worlde vnto oure glorye whiche wysedome none of the rulers of this worlde dyd knowe These be the wordes of sayncte Paule whereby he declareth that the science of fayth passeth al other sciences and teacheth heauenly and eternall wisedome that excedeth all mennes philosophye For by faythe we learne to knowe God what he is and what loue he beareth towarde vs and howe great benefites he hath heaped vpon vs. For by fayth we be made y e childreÌ„ of God and he giueth vnto vs the holy goost whiche doeth lyghten and kyndle our hartes that we maye begynne to kepe hys lawe whiche els of our owne strengthe we were not able to kepe and fulfyll Wherfore good children it is necessarie for you to learne y e doctrine of faithe for without it we can not be iustified or brought agayne into gods fauour For no man is iust or rightuous before God that hath not the holy gost and he that will receyue the holy gooste muste beleue in Christe for by faith we receyue the holy goost therefore by faith we be iustified Agayne yf we wyll be saued we must knowe God and our Lord Iesus Christ as it is written Iohn the .xvii. But we can not knowe God and his sonne Iesus Christ but by faith therfore faith iustifieth vs and bringeth lyfe euerlastyng Wherfore good children applye your selfes dylygently to learne â–ª the Christian faith the which nowe I wil shortely reherse vnto you The Apostles Crede I Beleue in God the father almighty maker of heauen and erth And in Iesus christ his only sonne our Lord which was conceiued by the holye goost borne of the virgin Marye Suffred vnder Ponce Pylat was crucified dead and buried he descended into hel And the third dai he rose againe from death He ascended into heaueÌ„ and sitteth on the ryghte hande of God the father almightye From thence he shal come to iudge the quicke and the dead I Beleue in the holy gost The holy Catholyke churche The communion of saintes the forgiuenes of sinnes The resurrection of the bodye And lyfe euerlasting Amen This is the summe of oure christian faith wherein God hath shewed vnto vs what he is how great benefites he hath gyueÌ„ and daily doth gyue vnto vs to thentent that we should cast y e anchore of our faith vpon him take sure holde of his mercye and goodnes and comforte oure selues with the same bothe in oure lyfe tyme and also at our death Wherfore good children be dilygent not onely to saye by rote the wourdes of your Crede but also to vnderstande what is ment by the same so y t wheÌ„ you be asked any question therof you maye be able to make a direct answere and also in tyme to come to teache y e same to your children For what thiÌ„g can be more shame to a Christen man then to professe the relygion of Christ and yet to be ignorant in the chief pointes of Christes faith and his doctrine Considering that euery Christen man is bounde openly to declare his faith wheÌ„ nede shal so require and to instruct his children in the same y t they maye come to the true knowledge of Christ. This generall begynnynge muste go before euery sermon of the Crede The first sermon of the Creation TO thentent good children that you maye the better vnderstande the true Christian faythe and doctrine you muste fyrste of all learne and knowe that God is a spirituall or gostly substance as Christ sayth Iohn the .iiii. God is not a bodily thing whiche maye be sene and felte He is present in euery place he seeth and beholdeth all thinges whiche we do speake or thynke and yet he is not measured with any ende tyme or place And forasmuche as mannes witte coulde not serche or fynde out the knowlege of thys highe misterie of the substaunce of God Christ himselfe the sonne of God dyd open to vs that beleue in hym what God is That is to say that there is God the father God the sonne and God the holy goste three persones and yet one true and euerlastyng God And it is your bouÌ„deÌ„ dutie good children diligently to learne thys lesson And although these thinges passe all mennes capacities and is a doctrine harde for you to learne yet in tyme to come you shal heare more of this matier In the meane season beare awaye I praye you thys one lesson that there is one true and euerlastinge God and yet three persones the father the sonne and the holy gost And this we call the Trinitie because these thre the father the son and the holy goost are one godlye substaunce And it is a great shame for you that be christeÌ„ children not to learne this lesson For all you were baptised in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy goost and thereby you were made christen and the childreÌ„ of God and obteyned remission of youre synnes Wherfore it is your dutie to learne knowe in whose name you ar baptised that so you maye truly know God and youre father which you

lyfe we must be borne agayne sanctified or made holy as apperteyneth to y e childreÌ„ of y e most holy God Nowe this newe birthe and sanctification the holy gost worketh in vs. And therfore he is called the holy gost because al thing that is sanctified or hallowed is sanctified or made holy by hym Wherfore when the holy goost is not in man then it is not possible that he should be holy althoughe he dyd all the good workes vnder y e sunne And for this cause saincte Paule writing to the Romaines doth cal the holy gost the spirite of sanctification that is to say the spirit that maketh holynes Lerne therefore good children that al we must be made holy and newe men by the vertue of the holy gost and that we can not atteyne this holines by our awn strength or workes and therfore we must beleue in the holy gost that he wil sanctyfye vs at such tyme and place and after that sorte maner as it shall please him And it is our part to gyue place to his workynge not to w tstande thesame And therfore we saye in this Crede I beleue in the holy gost But it is necessarye some thynges here to speake of the maner of sanctification how and after what maner y e holy gost doth hallowe vs y t we maye so prepare our selfes or rather gyue place to the holy goost whiche preuenteth vs that he with his lyght and almighty strenght and power maye worke hys wyll in vs. Now I desier you to marke dyligently by what meanes fashion the holy gost dothe worke thys sanctification or halowyng in vs. After y t our Lorde Iesus Christ by his death passion and resurrection had redemed vs and obteyned for vs that our synnes should be forgyuen and we be made the childreÌ„ of God shortly after in the feest of PeÌ„tecoste he sent down vp on his Apostles the holy goost in the lykenes of fyery tongues The whiche holy goost gaue them wysdome connynge audacitie and constaÌ„cie to teach boldly this holy gospell of Christe that is to saye this christen faith whereof we do speake And where they could not be preseÌ„t theÌ„selfe or long abide continew in their awne persons thither they sent their disciples other godly learned meÌ„ to theÌ„ they gaue the holy gost by layng their haÌ„des vpoÌ„ their heades And this rite or ceremonie to ordeÌ„ preachers mynisters of gods worde hath coÌ„tinued in the churche euen from the Apostles tyme vnto this day and shall endure vnto the worldes ende For saincte Paule saieth How shal men beleue without a preacher And how shal men preache excepte they be sente And here you may learne that this holy gospel whiche we preache and the doctrine of y e grace of Christe taught in the hole churche coÌ„meth not of the wil of maÌ„ but by the coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t of God by y e motion of the holy gost which doth sturre vp meÌ„s myndes to publishe gods most holy worde and doth worke by his secret inspiration in the prechers and ministers of the same For they wer not able so muche as to open their moughtes to teache so highe mysteries and heauenlye wysedome yf the holy gost did not moue theim therto and worke in theim Neyther wolde the hearers so greatlye esteme the preachers worde and giue so good eare vnto it excepte the holy goost dyd parsuade theym that y e doctrine of the gospell wer of God and cam from heauen Now the holy goost worketh by this worde on this fashioÌ„ First he that beleueth y e gospel and receaueth the doctrine of Christ is made the sonne of God as sayncte Iohn witnesseth in his gospel saiyng As manye as receiue him he hath gyueÌ„ them power to be made the children of God For when we beleue in Christ and are baptised then we be borne agayne and are made the children of God And when we be his children then he gyueth the holy gost into our hartes as sainct Paule testifieth writyng thus Forasmuche as you be now the children of God therfore God hath sent the spirite of hys sonne into your hartes which cryeth Abba father And when we haue receaued y e holy gost he doth kyndle in our hartes true loue towarde God as saincte Paull writeth in the pistle to the Romaynes in the fifthe chapter The loue of God saith he is poured abrode in our hartes by the holy gost which is gyuen to vs. And where as the true loue of God raygneth there are gods commaundements kept and there begynneth a certen obedience to his wil and pleasure Forthermore the holy goost dothe staye the fleshe and y e lustes of thesame and helpeth vs to ouercome theim that we be not caried away by them but may continew in clennes and holynes of lyfe These be the benefites and workes of y e holy gost in vs. And to thentent you maye the more easely beare them awaye I wil as briefly as I can repete theym agayne vnto you First of all y e holy gost prouoketh stirreth vp men to preache gods worde Than he moueth meÌ„s hartes to faith calleth them to baptisme and than by faith and baptisme he worketh so y t he maketh vs newe men agayne And wheÌ„ we be thus newely borne and made again and be bicome the children of God then the holy gost doth dwel in vs and make vs holy godly that we may be y e temples of God in whome God maye dwell and inhabite Also thys holy ghoste doeth daylye more and more encrease and establyshe our faythe that we lyke moste louing childreÌ„ maie colle and embrace our heueÌ„ly father and hang fast about his necke The same holy goost doeth also assure and warrant vs that our synnes be forgyuen and that our pardon is signed with Gods seal He doeth also kyndle in vs a feruent loue towardes God and maketh vs wylling to kepe gods law and commaundementes and helpeth vs also to fyght agaynste synne and to wythstande oure yll appetites and desyers Furthermore with the crosse of syckenes diuerse other kindes of afflictions and aduersities the holy gooste doth as it were crucifie and mortifie vs to the world that we may lyue to Christ. And this worke he woorketh continually in vs and cesseth not vntil he hath wrought in oure hartes a perfecte faythe a perfect charitie and vntyl synne and all euell desyres be cleane at lengthe purged oute of vs by the death of our bodies And then we shalbe perfecte in all holines and cleane delyuered from all synne aduersitie and be heires of oure fathers kyngdome and hys true and most derely beloued children Wherefore good chyldren as heretofore you haue bene taught that we oughte to beleue in God the father that made vs and in God the sonne that redemed or boughte vs so you muste nowe learne to beleue in the holy goste that hathe hallowed vs and doth coÌ„tinually more and more renew

and make holy all those that beleue the gospell For he that beleueth in Iesus Christe that he is oure Lorde and oure redemer to him God gyueth the holy gost to make him holye and ryghtuouse As sayncte Paule witnesseth saiyng No man can cal Iesus lord but by the holy goste And for asmuch as now it hath ben plainelie declared vnto you after what sorte and manner the holy gooste doth sanctifie vs it is your part not onely to emprynt this lesson diligently in youre myndes but also to desier God with continuall and earnest prayers that he wyll vouchesafe more and more to sanctifie you And as muche as lyeth in you apply your selfes to heare godly sermons and gyue youre hartes to God lyke waxe apte and mete to receyue what thyng so euer it shal please him to prynt in you For he that is wyllynge and glad to lysten to godly sermons he that is studyous to learne the word of god wherin christ is preached w t a stedfast faith cleueth to y e promise of y e gospel â–ª he is made partaker of this SaÌ„ctificatioÌ„ and holynesse and of this so great comforte and euerlastyng saluation For God sayeth by his prophet Esaye My worde shall not returne to me in vayne And saynct Paule sayeth that the gospell is the power of God where wyth he wourketh the saluation of all them that beleue Nowe the rest that folowethe in the Crede is a shorte declaration of these thynges before rehersed For it foloweth in the Crede I beleue the holy catholycke churche that is to saye all godly and ChristeÌ„ men must beleue that the gospel or doctryne of goddes grace thorowe the merites of oure sauiour Iesus Christ is neuer in vayne published in the worlde or sowed abrode without fruit but euer there is founde some companye of men or some congregacion of good people whiche beleue the gospel and be saued And this coÌ„panie of men whiche beleueth the gospell although here vpoÌ„ earth thei be seuered in soÌ„dry places yet are they called one holy catholike or vniuersal churche of Christe that is to saie a multitude coÌ„gregation or companye of Christen people For this worde churche doth not here betoken a temple or churche buylded of tymber and stone but it signifieth a companye of men lyghtened with the spirite of Christe whiche do receaue the gospel and come together to heare gods wourde and to praye And this ChristeÌ„ churche is a coÌ„munyon of sainctes that is to saye all that be of this coÌ„munion or coÌ„pany be holy be one holy body vnder Christe their heed they be one holy congregation or assemble And this congregation receaueth of their hedde and Lorde Iesus Christe all spirituall riches and gyftes that perteyneth to the sanctification and making holy of the same bodye And these gostly treasuers be commen to y e hole body and to euery membre of the same For he that is vnfainedly a faythfull and Godly man is made partaker of these benefites And these are the sayde gyftes which be commeÌ„ to y e hole church of Christ and to euery membre of the same The first is that God the father that euerlastiÌ„g and endles maiestye is our most gentle mercyful father That God y e sonne is our redemer and mediatour betwene the father and vs. And that God the holy gost is y e commen sanctifier or halower of all theim y t haue a true faithe in God The second is the preaching of y e gospel thadministration of baptisme and the sacrament of the bodye and bloude of our Lorde Iesus Christ by the whiche we are made partakers of all the inheritaunce of heaueÌ„ of all the benefites of Christe The third is prayer The fourth is the crosse of affliction and aduersitie whiche God sendeth to all godly men to make theim to knowe him to proue therby trye their faith to mortifye their fleshe to make clene the corruption of the same And here I speake onely of the crosse which good men suffre For thafflictions of the vnfaithful and vngodly do rather hurt them then make them holy For inasmuch as their vnpatientnes is encreaced by such aduersitie thei be brought to more disperatioÌ„ and damnatioÌ„ Nowe it is very good for you to knowe these thinges that you may also knowe that there is nothyng in heaueÌ„ or erthe better for vs thaÌ„ is the true knowlege of God and that these excellent gyftes and benefites cannot be had but onely in the foresayde churche or coÌ„gregatioÌ„ and no where els But whan the true churche which is ruled by the holy gost the worde of God dothe promyse vs these so great riches and benefites we ought not to doute but that we haue alredye receaued them And when y e churche doth happoint and ordeine vs to be preachers and ministers of these most pretiouse treasures we must stedfastly beleue that God effectuously worketh with vs that he is present with vs and that he at all tymes doth strengthen vs agaynst the worlde and the deuyll and that he doth helpe vs to do all thynges accordyng to our callyng prosperously and with good successe Secondly we must beleue the remission of synnes Therfore next vnto this article I beleue the holy catholique churche the communion of saintes is added y e forgeuenes of synnes For where so euer the churche of Christ is there is frely offred that eternall comfort aboue all measure that is to say the fauore of God and remission of synnes And without that churche is no remission of synne Wherefore we must seke remission of synnes in the churche of Christ and desier absolution That when y e true churche by their ministers doth promyse vs remissyon of our synnes and here in erthe dothe absolue vs we may surely trust that in heaueÌ„ also before God we be absolued pardoned Thirdly We must beleue the resurrection of the fleshe wherefore after tharticle of the remission of synne foloweth next this article I beleue the rysing agayne of y e fleshe for among other ponyshmentes for originall syn layd vpon Adam his posterity we daily see this horrible paine that the goodly beawtiful bodye of man created to immortalitie must nedes ones be dissolued by deathe and brought to a filthye and stinckyng corse and graue that the tyranny of synne whiche so long as we liue rageth in our fleshe by our deathe may ceasse haue an ende as saint Paule saith vnto the Romanes For by deathe of the body cease all the desires concupiscences and rages of y e mynde whiche be against the wil and commaundementes of God There ceassith also all synnes against our neighbours as Ire enuie lechery couetuousnes pride and all ill affectyons and at the last day god shall rayse vs agayne froÌ„ death so that such infirmities and synnes shall no more be founde in vs but we shal be pure spiritual and immortal and lyke to the bright clere bodye of Christ. And that we

godly men be common to vs all For whan soeuer anye Godly man requireth any good thynge of God he also requireth the same for vs alone for no man oughte to praye for him selfe And this is a greate consolation for all Christian people For the scripture sayeth that the prayer of one iust man may do muche wyth God And therfore whan manye iust and godlye men do make their supplications vnto God with one accorde we may be sure that their prayers are herde And thys is the playne sense and exposition of this fourth petition Now good children I pray you diligently to remember these thynges that when you be asked thys question howe vnderstande you the fourth petition you may answere God doeth sufficientlye prouide for vs meate and lyuyng with out our desire neuerthelesse we desyre him to graunt vs that we maye knowe that we haue all thynges at his handes and that we may gyue to him due thankes for the same And yf further anye man wyll aske you what is mente by thys worde our dayly breade aunswere that by daylye breade is vnderstande all thynges necessarie for oure lyuynge as meate drynke clothe house lande cattel monye housholde stuffe a good wyfe obedyente chyldren trustye seruauÌ„tes good gouerners a wel ordered commen wealth commen peace and tranquilitie seasenable wether holsome aier health of body constant frendes honest neighboures and suche lyke thynges whereby we maye leade in this worlde a Godly and quiet lyfe Â¶ And forgyue vs oure trespaces as we forgyue them that trespace agaynst vs. YOu haue hearde howe we desyer of God oure father that for asmuche as he is the onelye and true maker of heauen and earth he wyll vouchsafe to preserue and nouryshe vs his children and that we ought to trust for this thing of no creature but of God only as you haue lerned in the firste article of oure Crede which intreateth of the creatioÌ„ Now foloweth the fifth petitioÌ„ in y t whiche we desyer God to giue vs al those thiÌ„ges y t we haue lerned in the seconde parte of oure Crede whiche speaketh of our redemption and teacheth vs howe by the passion death and resurrection of our Lorde Iesus Christe we be delyuered from synne death and hel that with ioye and myrthe we maye loke for that daye in the which he shal iudge both y e quicke and the dead The wordes of this peticion be these Forgyue vs our trespaces as we forgyue theym that trespace agaynste vs. To the intent good childreÌ„ that you maye the better vnderstande this petition you shal call to your remembraunce that lesson whiche you lerned a lytle before that is to saye that Christ hath promysed that he wyll gyue vs all thinges whiche we aske in faithe and true belefe Nowe true faith is grounded vpon the promyse of god and it is not buylded but vpon the fouÌ„dacion of his word Wherfore yf we wyll aske any thing in true belefe we must aske as the worde of God teacheth vs and we muste take suer holde of Gods promise declared in the scripture For it is not faithe to beleue oure owne phantasies or dreames of the whiche God hath nothynge spoken or taught As yf a man would beleue that by Goddes healpe he shoulde not be drouned although he leapte into the sea this were no faith but a teÌ„ptacioÌ„ of god a very heynous sinne commyng dowtles of the deuel who on this wise teÌ„pted our master Christ when he set him vpon the pinnacle of the temple in the holy cytie and said vnto him If thou be the sonne of God cast thy selfe downe But Christe refused so to do answered thus Yt is written Thou shalte not tempte thy Lorde God Nowe there is not in the whole scripture anye one promyse that God wyll helpe me yf I do any suche acte but yf we do suche thynges as God hathe commaunded vs he hathe made vs manye promyses that he wyll ayde and succour vs in al our necessities and troubles By the whiche promyses he hath declared his fatherly loue towardes vs intendyng therby to stirre and prouoke vs to runne vnto him in all oure cares and nedes Wherefore it is our bounden dutye to cal vpon his name in al our necessities to trust vpon hys promyses to put him as it were in remembraunce of them and ernestly to desier hym to performe y e same But amonge al other promyses this promyse is speciallye to be remembred where Christ promyseth thus Yf ye will forgyue men their trespaces my heauenly father also wyll forgyue you youre trespaces But yf you wyl not forgyue men their trespaces theÌ„ wyl not my heueÌ„ly father forgiue you In the whiche promyse Christe dothe not onely offer vnto vs remission of our synnes and suche thynges as apperteyne to euerlastyng lyfe but also he promiseth vs hereby peace and quietnes in this transitorye lyfe with concord and a louyng harte towarde our neyghboure And accordynge to this promyse Christe our master hath taught vs to pray after this sort Forgiue vs our trespaces as we forgiue them that trespace agaynst vs. For it were not reasonable nor agreyng to iustyce that we should require God to forgiue vs our trespaces agaiÌ„st him wheÌ„ we are not minded to forgyue our neighbours their offeÌ„ces against vs. Nor God would neuer heare vs yf we shoulde so praye For yf we haue causes why we wyll not forgyue our neighbors theÌ„ suerly God hath both mo more weightie causes wherfore he wil not forgyue vs. So that yf God were mynded to forgyue vs oure synnes yet yf we be not mynded to forgyue our neyghbors he wold stay and as it wer cal againe this his purpose by the reason of oure vncharitablenes and dissobedieÌ„ce as Christe hymselfe doth playnly teache vs by the example of the seruaunt whyche after he had hys dette forgyuen him was compelled to paye all the monye wherof before he was dyscharged by hys maysters pardon because he wold not forgyue his felow Wherefore good childreÌ„ accustome your selfs eueÌ„ from your tendre age gladly to forgyue them that haue offended you Be not desyrous to reuenge your awn quarels and theÌ„ youre heuenly father wil also forgyue you Yf you be angry synne not nor let not the sunne set vpon your anger For it is not possible that any man can trewlye beleue that God hath forgyuen him hys synnes when he hymselfe is not willyng to forgiue his neighbore Wherfore God our heueÌ„ly father dyd not entende to hurte or hindre vs when he sayde that he woulde not forgyue vs except we dyd forgyue other and yf we forgyue our neyghbors their offeÌ„ces that then he wil also forgyue vs. But God dyd knyt thys condytion to this promyse for our great welth and benefyte For vnder these wourdes ther lyeth hyde great coÌ„forte for troubled conscyences where vnto yf you wil lysten dilygently ye shal knowe the synguler goodnes of God and his fatherly loue towardes you It

is not vnknowen to God how harde a thynge it is for vs to beleue that God frelye and for his mere mercye wyll pardon vs whan we haue offended him Wherfore he hath added to his promyse this token whereby we might be assured that he hath forgyuen vs that is to saye when we forgyue our neighbors For although it be harde to forgyue our neyghbours their offeÌ„ces against vs yet more harde it is to beleue that God hath forgyuen vs. Let vs therfore lay aside al anger and dyspleasure and accustome our selues gladly to forgyue our neyghboures that thereby we maye the soner beleue that our Lorde God hath forgyuen vs. For God is muche more inclyned and redye to mercye then we mortal menne be Moreouer the forgyuyng of oure neyghboure Christe here in dothe not only stablyshe our faith y t our synnes be forgiueÌ„ of God but also it doth nouryshe peace concorde brotherly charitie For if we shuld not muche forbeare and forgyue one another but euery man shuld studye howe he mighte be reuenged of his neighboure for euerye matter eyther by force or elles by subtiltie then we shoulde neuer haue measure nor ende of chiding scoldynge layinge in watche one of an other deceauynge lawyng fightyng and suche lyke Then fare wel all quietnes peace concorde and good ordre And this reuengynge of oure selfes should greatly hurt vs both in oure bodye soule good name honore and ryches as experience dayly teacheth vs. For oftentimes we see that whyle a man goeth to lawe for two or thre crownes he spendeth twentye or thirthye And manye men be kylled themselues whyle they go aboute to stryke or wouÌ„d other Wherefore it is much better one of vs to forgyue an other then to prouoke and increace the anger and malyce one of another And although we lose part of our goodes thereby yet we shall haue this great wynnynge therby that God wil forgyue vs euen as we forgyue them that trespasse agaiÌ„st vs. And note wel good children that Christ doth not teache vs to saye forgyue vs oure grosse synnes but forgyue vs our dettes or trespaces For it is a greater benefyte to haue oure dettes and all offences forgyuen then to haue oure grosse synnes forgyuen vs. For that we proprely cal synne which we do directly agaiÌ„st gods commaundement But that is called dette or offence wheÌ„ we ought to do good do it not or do good vnperfitely although dyrectly we do no hurte to no man And we Christen men althoughe by baptisme we be made the chyldren of God receiue y e holy gost which doeth healpe vs to withstande all euil to do y t is good although we coÌ„mit no grosse sin nor breake the law by any outwarde acte yet we do not perfectely fulfyll gods commauÌ„dementes nor do al thinges whiche we ought to do And when we do not all thinges which we oughte to do then euer we be detters synners in some thyng But God forgyueth vs these dettes for Christes sake when we praye to him therfore and forgiue our neighbours for his sake And this is the cause why we can not be iustified or deliuered from syn death and hell by oure own workes For in asmuche as oure good workes be euer vnperfecte and haue nede of pardon therefore we must nedes be redemed by the passion death resurrectioÌ„ of Christ as it hath ben taught you in that part of y e Crede which intreateth of our redemption wherfore in as much as according to oure Crede we beleue that God for Christes sake hathe forgyuen vs all oure synnes and dettes we oughte also earnestly to praye y t he wil deale with vs accordynge to our faithe and forgyue vs our trespaces as we forgyue theim that trespace agaynst vs. And this is the playne vnderstaÌ„ding of this fifth petitioÌ„ whiche we dayly hourely ought to make to God And now I pray you good children that you wyll dilygentlye recorde the true meanyng of this petition And when you be asked this question howe vnderstande you the fifthe petitioÌ„ Answere and saye Herein we desyere that our heuenly father will not loke vpon oure synnes and for theim cast vs awaye For we haue not deserued those greate gyftes and grace whiche we desier at gods haÌ„des nor we be not worthye to haue the same but we desyer God that althoughe we dayly offende him deserue greuous punyshmentes for our synnes yet he of his mere grace mercye wyl heare our prayers and frely forgyue vs oure offences And we offer our selues for his sake froÌ„ the botome of our heartes to forgyue them that haue offended vs. Â¶ The syxte petition And suffer vs not to be led into temptacion NOwe you haue hearde how in the fyfte petition we desire God to giue vs all those thynges whiche oure Lord Iesus Christ hath deserued for vs by his passion deathe and glorious resurrection that is to say forgiuenes of our synnes and all therto belongynge euen as we forgyue them that haue offended vs as you haue learned in the seconde part of the Crede which intreateth of our Redemption Now therfore foloweth the syxt petitioÌ„ in the whiche we praye that God wyll gyue vs all those thinges whiche we haue learned in the .iii. parte of the Crede whiche intreateth of our Sanctification that is to saye we desyre that God will vouchesafe to sende vs the holye ghost whiche may assist vs in our continuall batell agaynste synne the fleshe the world and the deuel that in all temptations and skyrmishes with the same we may maÌ„fully withstande theim and ouercome theim For this we desyre when we say And suffer vs not to be led into temptation And to the intent that ye maye the better vnderstande this petition ye shall first dilygentlye learne this lesson that althoughe synne is forgyuen vs by Christ yet it is not whollye purged or dryuen oute of vs but synne yet sticketh fast in our flesh which doeth tempte and prouoke vs to do against Gods commaundementes For ye haue all redye lerned by the tenne commaundementes what synne is and what is very vngodlynes to y e intent ye may eschew it Also you haue herd in your Crede that God doth forgyue vs our synnes and doeth no more condempne vs for the same when we beleue in the son of God our sauiour Iesus Christe But yet neuertheles we feale the temptations of synne which cleueth to vs lyke glewe And that this is true euery one of you doth feale in your selues by dayly experience For when you grudge to do that thing whiche your parentes commaundeth you to do then synne tempteth you and prouoketh you to stoubbernes and disobedience towarde your father and mother But yelde not you to this temptacion but obey your father and mother as God hathe commaunded you Lykewise when you see other children haue any gay thing whiche pleaseth you so well that you woulde fayne haue the same then synne tempteth and

hertofore declared therfor our master christ which forbyddeth vs to vse many wordes in our prayers hath as it were knyt vp together in one ferdel al y e plages aduersities y t caÌ„ happen vnto vs in this worlde and hath taught vs to say this short prayer Good Lord delyuer vs from euel As though he shoulde saye thus Be not dyscoraged from praying although you perfectely knowe not all the kyndes of euels from the whiche you desyer to be delyuered but only saye these fewe wordes delyuer vs from euel and by and by your heuenly father knoweth froÌ„ what thynge he ought to delyuer you and wyl gladly do it Now good children you see howe good and merciful is God our heauenly father who so much loueth vs and hath so fatherlye a care for vs that he seeth what we lacke what euils he should deliuer vs frome before we begyn to aske And he requireth not y t we should vse many wordes but only that from the depenes of oure hartes we shoulde cal vpon him and do to him this honour that is to say to aske all thynges of him to take him for our only God and to truste assuredly y t he wil heare vs. Therfore good children lerne perfytely thys lesson that God wylleth and requireth of vs that we in all necessities and daunger that may chaunce vnto vs should cal of hym for helpe and to putte our trust and confidence in him alone and in no maÌ„ or creature besydes him For y e prophet Hieremye sayeth Cursed be he whiche doth put his trust in man maketh hiÌ„ his defeÌ„ce And althoughe meÌ„ do oftentimes helpe succour vs yet it is not men that do it but it is God that worketh these thinges by men as by his instrumentes whom he hath chosen for that purpose But when God wil not helpe vs then is ther no man that is able to delyuer vs. If we haue any wrong done vnto vs then yf it please God to succoure vs he doth it by his iudges and comen officers whome he hath ordeyned for that purpose But yf he be not mynded to delyuer vs then al the men in y e world can not helpe vs. Lykewyse when we be sycke yf goddes pleasure be not to make vs hole what can all phisicians medycynes auayle vs But yf he be willing to make vs hole again he worketh this thiÌ„g by phisitiaÌ„s and medicines whiche he hath or dened for y e same vse Our deuties is therfore in all our nedes to call vpon God to aske helpe of hym to confesse y t all goodnes coÌ„methe from hym and to make him onely the authour and chyefe gyuer of al the good thinges that we haue and to thanke him for the same Neuertheles we muste also gyue due honour to gods instruments and meanes by whom he worketh his benefites in vs. Forthermore good children marke dylygentlye thys lesson also that we be not taught to say in this petitioÌ„ kepe vs from euel but deliuer vs from euel And in desirynge God to delyuer vs from euel we do confesse as the truthe is in dede that as long as we lyue in this myserable worlde we be wrapped and subiect to all kyndes of euels that we be not able to delyuer oure selues there from And the wel and heade out of the which al these euyll do sprynge is original synne in the whiche we were conceiued and borne in oure mothers wombes whereby mans reason is so blynded that of hymselfe he can not knowe God nor his worde And mans will also by this synne is so poysened that he doth not obey the wyl of God nor keape his commauÌ„dements Now because mans reason is blynded it is easy for the deuel to led maÌ„ to all errores as Idolatry heresies wytchecraftes inchauntementes and to all kynde of superstitious and false doctrine And these offeÌ„ces God doth punish with diuerse and greuous plages as w t pryde enuye contencyon detraction slaunderyng lying raylyng trouble and vnquietnes of conscience feare and pensiuenes of the minde suche like which vices so tormeÌ„t gnaw our hartes that they dayly wast consume vs. And hereof ensue dyuerse dyseases sykenesses and infirmities and at lengthe death it selfe Also when mans wil is not ruled by gods lawe but foloweth his awne affections lustes then he runneth hedlonge into all kynde of grosse and horrible synne as to treason sedition adulteryes theft extorcion brybery begylyng and deceyuyng his neighbour to pryde enuye anger glotonye brawlyng fyghtynge and manslaughter And because God of his iustice can not suffer suche heinous synnes vnpunished therfore he suffereth y e deuil some time to infect y e aier some time to sturre vp greate and daungerous tempestes and stormes some tyme he permytteth hym to destroye oure houses catel and riches wyth fyre or water Agayne God suffereth hym some tyme to haue suche power ouer vs for our sinnes y t some he maketh to runne madde some he causeth to drowne theimselfes some to burne themselfes some to cut their owne throtes some hang theymselues For this is Satans chiefe studye to dryue meÌ„ to suche feare trouble anguishe of mind that thorow pensiuenes heuines of harte he maye brynge theym to desperation And this is his onely enteÌ„t and study to bring as many as he caÌ„ to euerlasting damnatioÌ„ Nowe you haue heard good children into how great and horrible euelles we be brought vnto by original synne so that euery momeÌ„t we be in daunger to be drowned with the ragyous floodes thereof Wherefore surely we haue moste nede coÌ„tinually to crie to our heauenly father desyryng him to deliuer vs from so great perels and euels For we can not offer vnto God a more acceptable sacrifyce then by callynge vpon his holye name to acknowlege him for oure God and to gyue him this praise that he it is whiche is bothe able and wyllynge to delyuer vs from all oure myseries Furthermore good children you shall yet lerne here another lesson worthye to be noted and remembred whiche is this that in this request we desier not God vtterly to destroye all those euels that do vexe trouble vs so to put theim cleare awaye whych for a tyme we muste suffre for our sinnes y t they mai remaine no longer in this worlde but we desyer God to deliuer vs froÌ„ the sayde euel that is to saye that after we haue suffered euel by some space of time in this life and haue ben proued and tryed by the fyre of aduersite that then wheÌ„ it shal seme good to our moste mercyfull father he wil delyuer vs from the sayd euyls that we peryshe not in them For seing that we haue brought our selues into these myseryes we muste patientlye suffer them for a tyme because they by punyshementes due for our sinne which we most worthely haue deserued And althoughe oure heauenly father doth most mercyefully forgyue vs our offences yet he dothe not take synne cleane awaye

but durynge thys lyfe we fyght agaynst synne vntyl we die and so be tryed and proued whether we loue him and his commauÌ„dementes better then oure owne wylles and pleasures Also oure mercyefull father layeth on oure backes diuerse afflictions and aduersities to pul downe our proud and hyghe stomakes and to mortifie our fleshe that we may be like oure brother Christe who by the crosse ouercame synne deathe and the deuyll and so entred into euerlastynge glorye So that in this petitioÌ„ we must lerne both wisedome and pacience wisdome to beware of synne whaÌ„ it prouoketh vs and in no wise to folow the same Pacience to suffer willyngly the crosse and suche afflictions as God shall sende vnto vs to pray god with feruent desier that he suffer vs not to perishe in the same but mercifullye to defende vs vntyll suche tyme as it shall please hym clearly to delyuer vs whiche shalbe when we shal dye and by Goddes power be raised agayne from death to lyfe and be delyuered from all maner of euels Therefore when we say in the Lordes prayer delyuer vs from euyll we chiefly desyre God to send vs a good deathe that then aboue all other tymes we may be delyuered from all euels For as muche as at that houre we be in the most daunger of all euels and temtations Wherfore it is moste necessarie for vs euen from our tender age to praye to oure Lorde that at that laste houre chiefly he wyll be good and gracious vnto vs delyueryng vs from all maner of euell So that death maye be to vs none euyll but a clere acquayntauÌ„ce frome al euels And this the lordes prayer we must euer ende with this word Amen Wiche is asmuche to saye as suerly I trust it shalbe so And it is not ynough to say Amen with our tongue only but also Amen muste be in oute harte and continew and tary there that is to saye we ought to beleue suerly and constantlye that our prayer is hearde and that oure heauenly father wil graunt vs oure petitions For so Christ hath promysed that what soeuer we aske the father in hys name it shalbe gyuen to vs. And for that intente Christe confirmeth this his promise w t an othe saying Amen Nowe you haue hearde good children the true and playne exposition of the seuenth and last petition whiche I praye you to place in your memories that when you be demaunded howe vnderstande you the seuenth petition you may redely answere Herein we generally desyre our heauenly father to delyuer vs froÌ„ all euell and perell bothe of body soule lande catell and riches And that when we shall ley on oure death bed he wyll than graunt vs a good houre that we may departe oute of thys vale of miserie in hys fauoure and from thys transitorie lyfe enter into life euerlastynge The whiche God graunte vs all Amen Â¶ A sermon of Baptisme OUre Lorde Iesus Christ good children â–ª in y e gospell of Iohn saith thus Except a man be borne agayne of y e water and the spret he can not enter in to the kyngdome of God Nowe we ought to direct our hole lyfe to come to the kyngedome of heauen For the Lorde sayth First seke the kyngdoÌ„ of god And you haue heard heretofore that we dayly make thys petition to god thy kingdoÌ„ come Wherfore it is very necessarie for vs to know how we must be borne againe what thys secoÌ„d birth is w tout the which we can not entre into the kingdoÌ„e of God But when we speake of a seconde birth you shal not so grosse lye vnderstande this sayinge as though a maÌ„ which is once borne should entre agayne into hys mothers wombe so be borne againe as he was before For it were great folyshenes so to thinke But here we meane of a seconde birthe which is spiritual wherby our inwarde man and minde is renewed by the holye ghost so that our hertes and myndes receaue newe desiers which they had not of theyr first birth or natiuitie And the seconde birth is by the water of Baptisme whiche Paule calleth the bathe of regeneration because oure synnes be forgyuen vs in Baptisme and the holy gost is powred into vs as into goddes beloued childreÌ„ so that by the power and wourkynge of the holye Ghost we be borne agayne spiritually and made newe creatures And so by baptisme we enter into the kingdome of God shalbe saued for euer yf we continewe to oure lyues ende in the faithe of Christe Wherfore good childreÌ„ coÌ„sidre diligently y e strength of baptisme and marke wel howe greate treasures and howe excellent benefites you receaued in youre baptisme that you maye thanke God for the same and comfort youre selfes by theim in all your temptations and endeuoure youreselfes faithfully to performe al thinges which you promised in your baptisme And that you mai do this y e better hear and learne the wordes of our master Christe by the whiche he dyd ordeyne and institute baptisme And oftentymes repete the same that you maye lerne them worde for worde wythout y e boke These be the wordes of our Lord Iesus Christ spoken to his dyscyples Go into the whole world and teache al nations baptise theÌ„ in the name of the father the sonne and the holi gost He that wyl beleue and be baptised shalbe saued But he that wyll not beleue shall be damned By these wordes oure Lorde Iesus Christe dyd institute baptisme wherby we be borne agayne to the kyngdom of God And you good childreÌ„ shall gyue diligence not onely to reherse these wordes but also to vnderstaÌ„d what christe ment by the same That when you be demaunded any questyon herein you maye bothe make a dyrecte answere and also in tyme to come be able to teache youre children as you your selues are nowe instructed For what greater shame can ther be then a man to professe him selfe to be a Christen man because he is baptised and yet he knoweth not what baptysme is nor what strength the same hathe nor what the dyppyng in the water doth betoken wher as all oure lyfe tyme we ought to kepe those promises which there we solemply made before God and man and all oure profession and lyfe oughte to agre to our baptisme Wherefore good children to thentent you may the better know the strength power of baptisme you shall first vnderstande that our lorde Iesus Christ hath instituted and annexed to the gospel thre sacrameÌ„ts or holy seales of his couenaÌ„t and lege made with vs. And by these thre gods ministers do worke with vs in the name and place of God yea God him selfe worketh with vs to confirme vs in our faith to asserten vs that we are y e lyuely membres of Gods trew churche and y e chosen people of God to whome the gospell is sent and that all those thinges belong to vs wherof the promises of the gospel make mentioÌ„ The first of

patiently suffre al dyseases aduersities whiche it shal please god to send you and than without dowte you shalbe saued Wherefore good childreÌ„ learne these thinges dilygentlye and when you be demaunded what is baptisme TheÌ„ you shal answer baptisme is not water alone but it is water inclosed and ioyned to the worde of God and to the couenaunte of Gods promyse And these be the wordes wherby our Lorde Iesus Christ did ordeine baptisme which be written in the last chapter of sainct Mathew Go and teache all nations baptisynge theym in the name of the father and the sonne and the holy ghost And when you shalbe asked what auayleth baptisme you shal answer Baptisme worketh forgyuenes of synne it delyuereth from the kyngdome of the deuel and from death giueth lyfe and euerlastyng saluation to all them that beleue these wordes of Christ promise of god which are wrytten in the laste chapter of sainct Marke his gospel He that wil beleue and be baptised shalbe saued But he that will not beleue shalbe damned Thirdly yf a man aske you how can water bryng to passe so greate thynges ye shall aunswer Uerely the water worketh not these thynges but the worde of God whych is ioyned to the water and fayth whiche dothe beleue the worde of God For without the worde of God water is water and not baptisme but when the worde of the lyuyng God is ioyned to the water then it is baptisme and water of wonderful holsomnes and the bath of regeneration through the holy gohst as saincte Paule writeth God saued vs by the bath of regeneratioÌ„ and renewyng of the holy ghost whom he powred vpon vs plenteously by Iesus Christ our sauiour that we beyng made rightuous by his grace maye be heyres of euerlastyng lyfe Fourthly Yf a maÌ„ aske you what doth the baptisynge in the water betoken aunswer ye it betokeneth that olde Adam with all synnes and euel desyers ought daylye to be kylled in vs by trewe contritioÌ„ and repentaunce that he may rise againe from death and after he is risen with Christ may be a new man a new creature and may liue euerlastyngly in God and before God in rightuousnes and holynes As saincte Paule wryteth saying All we y t are baptised are buried w t Christe in to death that as Christ rose agayne by the glorie of his father so we also should walke in newnes of lyfe Thus ye haue hearde good children what is ment by y e wordes of baptisme by the which we are borne again and made newe to euerlastynge lyfe Learne these thynges dilygentlye and thanke God who in Christ hath called you to be partakers of so large and ample benefites And expresse baptisme in your lyfe and baptisme shalbe the greatest comforte to you bothe in your lyfe tyme and also in youre death bed For by baptisme we be grafted into the death of Christe wherfore synne deathe or hell can not hurte vs but we shall ouercome all these thynges by fayth as Christe himselfe ouercame theym And so by this newe byrthe we shall enter into the kyngdome of God and lyfe euerlastynge The whiche God graunte vs all Amen Â¶ A sermon of the authoritie of the Kayes THe holye Apostle sainct Paul good children in the tenth chapiter of hys epistle to the Romaynes wryteth on this fashion Who so euer shal cal vpon the name of y e lord shall be saued But how shal they call on hym on whom they beleue not How shal they beleue on him of whome they haue not hearde Howe shall they heare without a preacher Howe shal they preach expcept they be sente By the whiche wourdes saynct Paule doeth euidently declare vnto vs two lessons The fyrst is that it is necessary to our saluation to haue prechers and ministers of Goddes mooste holy worde to instructe vs in the true fayth and knowlege of God The seconde is that preachers must not runne to this hyghe honore before they be called therto but they muste be ordeyned and appoynted to this office and sent to vs by God For it is not possible to be saued or to please God without fayth no maÌ„ can truely beleue in God by his owne wytte for of oure selfes we knowe not what we shoulde beleue but we must nedes heare Gods woorde taught vs by other Agayne the teachers except thei be called and sent can not frutfully teache For the seede of Goddes wourde doeth neuer brynge forth fruyt onles the Lorde of the haruest do gyue increase and by hys holye spirite do wourke with the sower But God doeth not worke with the preacher whom he hathe not sente as saynct Paule sayeth Howe shall they preache yf they be not sent Wherfore it is requisite that preachers should be called and sent of god and they must preache according to the authoritie and commission of God grauÌ„ted vnto them wherby they may strengthen mennes belefe and assure their consciences that God hath commauÌ„ded them to preache after this or that fashion For els euerie manne shoulde styll be in doubt and thinke after this sort Who knoweth whether thys be true whiche I heare the preacher saye who can tell whether God hath commaunded him to preach these thynges or no And in case he teacheth no thynge but truth yet I am not sure that God wyll wourke with me as the preacher promyseth Perchaunce these promises perteine to other and not to me These doubtes in the tyme of temptation might trouble mens myndes yf we were not assured that our Lorde Iesus Christ him selfe hathe both ordeyned and appointed ministers preachers to teache vs his holye wourde and to minister his sacramentes and also hath appoynted theym what they shall teache in his name and what they shall do vnto vs. Therfore he called them and sent them and gaue theÌ„ instructions what they should do and speake to vs in his name to the intente that we shoulde gyue sure credence vnto theyr wordes and beleue that god wyll worke with vs accordyng to his wordes by them spoken And he hath promised therfore y t what soeuer they shoulde bynde vpon earth shoulde be bounde in heaueÌ„ whatsoeuer they shuld lose vpon earth shuld be losed in heauen also Wherfore good children to the intente you maye stedfastlye beleue all thinges whiche god by his ministers doeth teache and promise vnto you and so be saued by your fayth learne diligently I prai you by what wordes our lord Iesus Christ gaue this coÌ„missioÌ„ coÌ„maundemeÌ„t to his ministers reherse theÌ„ here worde for word that so you may print theÌ„ in your memories and recite them the better when you come home The wordes of Christ be these Â¶ Our Lorde Iesus brethed on his Apostles sayd Receaue the holye gost whose synnes ye forgyue they are forgyuen vnto them And whose synnes you reserue they are reserued Now good childreÌ„ you shal employ your selfes not onely to reherse these wordes without boke but also to vnderstande

howe ye maye contynually abyde and growe in Christ the whiche thing is taught you in the vse of the Lordes supper Ye shall therefore dilygentlye learne the wordes by the whiche oure Lorde Iesus Christ did institute and ordeyne his supper that ye maye repet them word for worde and so prynt theÌ„ in your memoryes that you may beare them away with you home to youre fathers houses and there oftentymes reherse them And these be the wordes of oure sauioure Christe Our Lorde Iesus Christ the same nyghte that he was betrayed toke bread gyuyng thaÌ„kes brake it gaue it to hys disciples saide Take eate this is my bodye whiche is gyuen for you Do this in remembraunce of me Lykewyse he toke the cuppe also after he had supped giuyng thankes gaue it to them and sayd Drynke of this al ye This is my bloude of the new testamente whiche is shed for you for many for the forgyuenes of synnes Do this as often as ye drynke in remembraunce of me Nowe ye shall dilygentlye laboure not onely to say without boke these wordes of our sauiour Christe but also to vnderstande what oure Lorde Iesus Christe mente by the same that ye maye make answer when ye be asked any question herein and that also in tyme to come ye may be able to teache your children as ye youre selfes are now instructed For what greater dishonestye can ther be eyther in the sighte of God or man then to professe youre selues to be Christian people and to receaue the sacrameÌ„tes yet not to know what Christes sacrameÌ„tes be wherfore they wer ordeyned For saint Paul sayth y t he whiche eateth and drynketh the supper of the Lorde vnworthely doth eate and drynke his awne damnation Nowe therfore good children that ye may truely vnderstaÌ„de the wordes of the lordes holy supper and that ye receyue not this sacramente to youre owne damnation learne here dylygentlye that the true vnderstandyng and vse of y e Lordes supper standeth in two thynges The fyrste is to do that whiche our lord himself hath commaunded The seconde is to beleue y t which he hath promysed Of these two I wil speake in order wherto I pray you gyue good eare First our sauiour Christ taketh breade in his hand he giueth thaÌ„kes he breaketh it and gyueth it to his dysciples and sayeth Take eate Lykewyse he taketh the cup and sayeth Take drynke Wherfore we ought to obey those wordes to do that which our Lord commaundeth vs. For although Christ prescribeth no certen tyme when we ought to come together to his supper althoughe also he appoynte no certen noumber of dayes howe often in the yeare we ought to receaue this supper yet this is his holy godly wyl that at some tyme we shoulde receaue this sacrament And this to do is for oure great commoditie profite for elles our Lorde wolde not haue commaunded vs so to do who knoweth better theÌ„ we what helpe and comforte we haue nede of Wherfore if we wil be christes trew disciples then we must do as he himselfe commaundeth his discyples to do Let vs therefore go to this godly supper let vs eate drinke therof let vs not absteine froÌ„ the same w tout a great cause Secondarily Christ saieth of the breade this is my bodye and of y e cuppe he sayeth this is my bloud Wherefore we ought to beleue y t in the sacrament we receyue trewly the bodye and bloud of Christ. For God is almyghtye as ye hearde in the Crede He is able therefore to do all thynges what he wil. And as saint Paul writeth he calleth those thinges whiche be not as yf they were Wherefore when Christe taketh breade and saieth Take eate this is my body we ought not to doute but we eat his veray bodye And when he taketh the cuppe and sayeth Take drynke this is my blod we ought to thynke assuredly y t we drynke his veray blode And this we must beleue yf we wil be counted ChristeÌ„ meÌ„ And wher as in this perellous tyme certayne deceitful persons be founde in manye places who of very frowardnes wil not graunt that there is the body and bloude of Christe but denye the same for none other cause but that they cannot coÌ„passe by mans blynde reason howe this thinge shoulde be broughte to passe ye good children shall with all dilygence beware of suche persons that ye suffer not your selues to be deceaued by them For suche men surely are not trew Christyans nether as yet haue thei lerned the first article of y e Crede whych teacheth that God is almightye whiche ye good children haue alredy perfectely lerned Wherfore eschewe such erroneous opinions and beleue the wordes of our lord Iesus that you eate and drynke his veray body blode although mans reason can not comprehend how and after what maner y e same is ther present For the wysedome of reason must be subdued to the obedience of Christ as the apostle Paule teacheth Thirdly he sayeth that his body was gyueÌ„ to death for vs that his blod was shed for vs. Wherfore we muste beleue and confesse this thing that all we are conceaued and borne in syn as we haue learned in the ten commaundemeÌ„tes and chiefely in the two last We are therefore by nature the childreÌ„ of gods wrath shoulde be damned for euer yf Christ had not redemed vs by his holy passioÌ„ For he was made maÌ„ for vs and dyd all thinges for vs whiche we were bound to do and coulde not do that is to saye he fulfylled the lawe for vs and toke vpon hym all that crosse whiche we moste rightuously had deserued for our iniquities and offenses and he shed his bloude for vs that oure synnes might be forgyuen vs. All these thinges we oughte stedfastly to beleue Wherfore they be in a great errore whiche wyll make satisfaction for their synnes with fastyng prayer almes dedes and suche lyke good workes For althoughe we are bouÌ„de to do these good workes yet they be not a sufficient price raunsome or satisfaction for oure synnes but onely the death and bloude of our sauyoure Christ was a sufficient and worthy sacrifice to take away our synnes and to obteyne for vs forgyuenes of oure offenses as it is written in the seconde chapter of saincte Iohn his firste epystle Christ is that sacryfice that pacyfyeth Gods dyspleasure obteyneth pardon for oure synnes and not for our synnes onely but also for the synnes of all the worlde Fourthly Christ sayeth do this in the remembraunce of me Here also it is oure dutye to obey the worde of Christ and to do y t thing which he hath coÌ„mauÌ„ded vs to do Wherefore good children doubt not but ther is the bodye bloud of our Lorde which we receaue in the lordes supper For he hath sayed so and by the power of his worde hath caused it so to be Wherefore seyng Christ saieth do this as

often as ye do it in remeÌ„braunce of me it is euident herby that Christe causeth euen at thys tyme his bodye and bloude to be in the sacrament after that maner and fashion as it was at that tyme when he made his maundye with his disciples For elles we coulde not do that thyng whiche his disciples dyd But Christ hath commaunded vs to do the selfe same thing that his disciples dyd and to do it in the remembraunce of him that is to saye to receaue his bodye and bloude euen so as he himselfe did gyue it to his dysciples And let not the foulyshe talke of vnbeleuers moue you who are wont to aske this question Howe can the pryest or minister make the bodie and bloude of Christ To the whiche I answer that the minister doth not this of himself But Christ himselfe doth gyue vnto vs his fleshe blode as his wordes dothe euydeÌ„tly declare Nether let their argumeÌ„tes or reasons perswade you whiche say y t the sacrameÌ„t ought not to be receaued vnder both kyndes but vndre one kynde only For Christ gaue to his disciples both kindes and hath bydde vs that we also shoulde do the same And when he gaue the cuppe to his dysciples he added therto this commaundemeÌ„t in these expresse plaine wordes saying Drinke ye al of this Now we ought to obey god more then men We ought therefore to receaue the sacrament vnder both kyndes as Christe commaunded vs. And regarde not the gageling of theim that speake againste the vse of the sacrameÌ„tes vnder both kyndes sayinge It maketh no great matier whether ye receaue it vndre both kyndes or one alone y t it perteineth not to saluation to receiue it vnder both kindes But what shal I dispute long in this matier Take this for a coÌ„clusion that it is only laudable good to do that thinge whiche Christ hathe commaunded and not to swarue from the same So we ought to receaue this blessed sacrament in the remembraunce of Christ as saint Paule saieth that is to saye we ought to preache his death vntil he come againe For he wil suerely come againe and iudge bothe the quicke and y e deade as ye haue lerned in your Crede In the meane season we ought to remembre and preach his death that he hath redemed vs with his death and sheding of his most precious bloude purchased for vs forgyuenes of oure synnes And this we ought euer to haue in oure remembraunce that in no wyse we forget this his exceding great benefyte and that we seke not for remyssion of synnes by any other wayes or meanes then by fayth in Christe Nowe when we preache the death of the Lord and shewe that he hathe redemed vs thereby we ought also to call this to our remembraunce that he dyed not for vs onely but for all men that beleue in him And forasmuche as Christe loued al men so entierely that he dyed for theym we ought for Christes sake to loue our neyghbours for whom Christe hathe dyed For Christ sayeth All men shall knowe by thys token that ye be my disciples if one of you loue another And this is it that saincte Paule sayeth All we that be pertakers of one breade are one bodye and one breade As often therefore good children as you shal come to the Lordes table whiche ye shall vse to do when ye shall come to further yeares of discretion you shal seke the comforte of your consciences and do as sainct Paule saieth in these wordes Let a man examine himselfe and so let him eat of the breade and drynke of the cuppe For he that eateth or drinketh vnworthely eateth and drinketh his awne damnation because he maketh no dyfference of the Lordes bodye And when ye shal haue examined your selues ye shal fynde that ye are synners and that ye haue nede that Christ should giue his bodye for you and shede hys bloude for you And this to do is truly to examine and trye youre selues For sainct Paule saieth Yf we wold iudge our selues we should not be iudged of the Lord. But when we are iudged of the Lorde we are chasticed that we should not be dampned with the worlde For him that doth not acknowlege his faute God doeth iudge and chastice with dyuerse afflictions that at the length he maye cause him therby to confesse his fautes and repent him that his synnes may be forgyuen him Ye shal also examine yourselues whether ye be able to do y t Christ commaundeth and to beleue that Christ saith Furthermore ye shal make an inquirie in your conscyences whether you be gladde in youre harte to forgyue youre neyghboure his offences against you and to loue him hartely and vnfaynedly for Christes sake For when ye do thus then ye worthely receaue the body and bloud of Christ. And he that so receaueth it receaueth euerlastyng lyfe For he doth not only with his bodyly mouthe receaue the bodye and bloude of Christ but he doth also beleue the wordes of Christ wherby he is assured that Christes bodye was gyuen to death for vs that his bloude was shed for vs. And he y t this beleueth eateth and drynketh the bodye and bloude of Christ spiritually Of this Christ speaketh when he sayeth He that eateth my fleshe and drynketh my bloud abydeth in me and I in him And when we be planted in Christ then we maye come to this holy supper as often as we wyll that by this gostlye fode we may dayly more and more waxe stronger in our faith that Christe was gyuen to be the raunsome for our synnes and that he dwelleth in vs and we in him For seyng that we are planted in Christ by baptisme and are bound to grow and increase in him and to be made lyke vnto him it is not conuenieÌ„t that we shoulde onely haue a waueryng opinion that we dwell in Christe and growe in faith charitie but we muste haue a sure worde and worke of God to the whiche we maye leane in all temptations therby be assured that we do spiritually growe and increase in Christe And this worde and worke of God is set before our eyes in the Lordes supper For seyng oure sauioure Christ doth gyue vs his bodye to be oure meate and his bloude to be our drynke and thereby doth declare that he wil effectually dwel in vs strengthen and preserue vs to euerlastyng lyfe we may stedfastly beleue that Christ doth worke in vs and that he wil giue vs gostly strength and stedfastnes that we lyke grene braunches maye continew in the vyne and so be full of sappe and bryng forth good fruit And this is the meanynge and playne vnderstandynge of the wordes of the Lordes supper Wherefore learne them dilygently I pray you y t when ye be asked what is y e CoÌ„munioÌ„ or the lordes supper ye maye answer It is the trew body and true bloude of our Lorde Iesus Christe whiche was ordeyned by Christ

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