sonne of man be lifted vp that euery one which beleueth on hym may not perishe but haue euerlasting lyfe Ye seeke Iesus y t was crucified We preach Christ crucified Christ hys owne selfe bare our sinnes in hys body on the tree that wee being deliuered from sinne should liue vnto righteousnes By whose stripes ye were healed Dead After thys ixij. weekes shall Christ be flame and they shall haue no pleasure in hym When we were yet â—â—uâ—ers Christ dyed for vs. Christ died for our sinnes according to the Scriptures Buryed Hys grace was geueÌ„ hym with the condeumed First of all I deliuered vnto you that which I receaued how that Christ dyed for our sinnes agreing to the Scripture and that he was buryed Ioseph and Nicodemus tooke Iesus body and buried it in a new graue Hee descended into hell Thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell neither shalt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption Thou through the bloud of thy couenaunt shalt let the prisoners out of the pit wherin is no water O death I will be thy death O hell I will be thy destruction Christ hath once suffered for sins the iuste for the vniust to bryng vs to God and was killed as pertaynyng to the fleshe but was quickned in the spirite In which spirite hee also went and preached vnto the spirites that were in prison ¶ The fift Article THe thyrd day hee rose agayne from the dead ☜ The confirmations I layd me downe and slept and rose vp againe for the Lord sustained me After two daies shall he quicken vs and in the third day shall hee raise vs vp so that we shall liue in hys sight Ye slew the authour of lyfe whom God hath raised vp from the dead Iesus Christ our Lorde rose agayne from the dead Christ died for our sinnes rose agayne for our iustification Iesus Christ rose agayn y â— third day according to the Scriptures Remember that Iesus Christ of the seede of Dauid rose againe froÌ„ death according to my Gospell ¶ The sixt Article HE ascended into heauen and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father almightie ☜ The confirmations Hee ascended into heauen God is gone vp with a mery noyse and the Lorde with y â— sound of the trumpe Thou art gone vp on hie thou hast led captiuitie captiue and receaued giftes for men It came to passe as hee blessed them hee departed from them and was caryed vp into heauen Iesus was taken vp on hie and a cloude receaued hym vp out of their sight And while they looked stedfastly vp toward heauen as he went beholde two men stoode by them in white apparell which also said ye meÌ„ of Galile why stand ye gasing vp into heauen This same Iesus which is taken vp froÌ„ you into heauen shall so come as ye haue seene hym go into heauen WheÌ„ he went on hie he led captiuitie captiue and gaue giftes vnto men That hee ascended what meaneth it but that he also descended first into the lowest partes of the earth He y â— descended is euen the same also y â— ascended vp aboue all heauens to fulfill all thinges And sitteth on the right hand of God the father almightie ☜ The confirmations The Lord sayd vnto my Lord sit thou on my right hand vntill I make thine enemies thy fotestoole When the Lord had spoken vnto them he was receaued into heauen and is sitting on y â— right hand of God Christ is on y â— right hand of God and maketh intercession for vs. If ye be risen againe with Christ seke those things which are aboue where Christ sitteth on the ryght hand of God Christ hath by hys own person purged our sinnes sitteth on the right hand of the maiestie on hie ¶ The seuenth Article FRom thence hee shall come to iudge the quicke and dead ☜ The confirmations The Lord shall iudge y â— world with righteousnes and the people with equitie Read the xxv chapt of S. Mathewes Gospell The father hath committed all iudgement vnto the sonne because that all meÌ„ should honor the sonne as they honour the father Christ was ordayned of God to be iudge of quicke and dead We must all appeare before the iudgemeÌ„t seate of Christ that euery man may receaue the works of his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad Our conuersation is in heauen from whence we looke for a Sauiour euen the Lord Iesus Christ which shall chaunge our vile body that he may make it lyke vnto hys glorious body accordyng to the working wherby he is able to subdue all thinges vnto hym selfe The Lorde Iesus Christ shall iudge the quicke and the dead at his appearing in his kingdome God is ready to iudge y â— quicke and the dead ¶ The eight Article I beleue in the holy Ghost ☜ The confirmations The spirite of God moued vpon the face of the waters Take not thy holy spirite froÌ„ me When Christ was baptised the holy ghost came downe vpon hyâ— in the likenes of a doue Christ coÌ„maunded hys disciples to baptise in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy ghost The holy ghost shall reproue the world of sinne There are three which geue witnesse in heauen y â— father the sonne and the holy ghost and they three are one ¶ The ninth Article I Beleue the holy vniuersall congregation which is the fellowship of Sainctes ☜ The confirmations If he will not heare the congregation let him be vnto thee as an heathen man and as a Publicane Christ loued the congregation and gaue him self for it to sanctifie it and clensed it in the fountayne of water through y â— word to make it vnto him self a glorious congregation without spot or wrinckle or any such thyng that it should be holy and without blame I write these thinges vnto thee that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in the house of God which is the congregation of the liuing God the piller and ground of the truth All that beleued kept themselues together and had all thinges common and sold their possessions and goods and parted them to all meÌ„ as euery man had neede And they continued dayly with one accorde in the temple brake bread from house to house and dyd eate their meate together with gladnes and singlenes of hart praysing God The multitude of them that beleued were of one hart and of one soule Neither sayd any of them that ought of the thinges which he possessed was hys owne but they had all thinges coÌ„mon And great grace was with them all Neither was there any among them that lacked For as many as were possessors of landes or houses solde them and
is such see that ye eate not Neither fornicators neither adultrers neither weaklings neither abusers of theÌ„ selues with maÌ„kind shall inherite y â— kingdome of God Let vs not be defâ—â—ed with fornication as some of them were defiled with fornication and fell in one day xxiij thousand As for fornication all vncleannes let it not be once named amoÌ„g you as it becoÌ„meth sainctes or filthines or folishe talking or iesting which are not comly but rather giuing of thankes For this ye know y â— no whoremonger nor vncleane person hath any inheritance in the kingdome of Christ and of God This is the will of God euen your holines y t ye should abstaine from fornication that euery one of you should know how to keepe his vessell in holines honour and not in y â— lust of concupiscence as do the heathen which know not God Wedlocke is honourable among all men and the bed vndefiled As for whoremongers and adultrers God shall iudge them Whoremongers haue their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone ¶ The eight Commaundement THou shalt not steale ☞ The confirmations Ye shal not steale neither lie neither deale falsly one with an other Thou shalt not do thy neighbour wrong neither rob him violently neither shall thy workmans labour abide with thee till the morning Ye shall do no vnrighteousnes in iudgement in metyard in weight or in measure True balances and true waight shall ye haue I am the Lorde If thou sellest ought vnto thy neighbour or byest of thy neighbors hand ye shall not deceaue one an other If thy brother bee 〈◊〉 poore and fallen into decay with thee thou shalt relieue hym that he may liue with thee Thou shalt not geue hym thy money vppon 〈◊〉 nor lend him thy corne for increase Thou shalt not take vsury of hym or vauntage If one of thy brethreÌ„ among you be poore within any of thy gates in thy land which the Lorde God geueth thee thou shalt not haâ—den thy hart nor shut thyâ—e 〈◊〉 from thy poore brother but â—pen thine hand vnto him 〈…〉 The land shall neuer be without poore and therefore I commaund thee saying Thou shalt open thine hand vnto thy brother that is needie and poore in thy land Who so keepeth company with a theefe hateth hys owne soule Wo be to thee y â— spoylest for thou thy selfe shalt be spoyled Breake thy bread to the hungry and bring the poore waudring into thine house When thou seest a naked man â—ouer him and so shalt thou not despise thy fleshe The theefe is cursed of God all that he hath shall come to nought Shame and sorow goeth ouer the theefe Anna olde Tobies wife went dayly to the weauing worke and looke what liuing she coulde gette with the labour of her handes she brought it home And it happened that she tooke a kid and brought it home and wheÌ„ her husbaÌ„d heard it cry he said looke that it bee not stollen if it bee restore it agayne to the owners for it is not lawfull for vs to eate or touch any thing that is stollen Geue almes of thy goods and turne neuer thy fare froÌ„ the poore so shall it come to passe that the face of the Lord shall not be turned away from thee Be mercifull after thy power If thou hast much geue plentiously if thou hast little doe thy diligence gladly to geue of that little For so gatherest thou thy selfe a good reward in the day of necessitie For mercy deliuereth from all sinne and from death and suffereth not the soule to come in darkenes Beholde Lorde sayd Zacheus the halfe of my goods do I geue to the poore if I haue done any maÌ„ wrong I restore him foure folde Neither theeues neither pillers shall inherite y e kingdome of God Let hym y t stole steale no more but let hym rather labour with his haÌ„des y e thyng which is good that he may geue vnto him that nedeth ¶ The ninth Commaundement THou shalt not beare false witnes agaynst thy neighbour ☜ The confirmations Thou shalt not accept a vaine tale neither shalt thou put thy hand to the wicked to be an vnrighteous witnes If any vnrighteous witnes rise vp against a man to accuse hym of trespasse then both the men which striue together shal staÌ„d before the Lord before the priestes the iudges which shall be in those dayes and the iudges shall make diligent inquisition And if the witnes be found false and that he hath geuen false witnes agaynst hys brother then shall you do to him as he had thought to do to his brother and thou shalt put away euill froÌ„ thee Cursed be he y t taketh a reward to stay the soule of innocent bloud and all the people shall say Amen The Lord hateth a false witnes that bringeth vp lies A false witnes shall not remaine vnpunished and he that speaketh lies shall perishe A false witnes shall perishe but he that is a true man boldly speaketh that he hath heard Who so beareth false witnes agaynst hys neighbour he is a very club a sworde and a sharpe arrow The mouth that lyeth slayeth the soule Thou O Lord wilt destroy all them that speake lies In no wyse speake agaynst the worde of truth but be ashamed of thy lying Use not to make any maner of lie for y â— custome therof is not good A theefe is better then a maÌ„ that is accustomed to lie but they both shall haue destruction to heritage The two elders that bare witnes against Susanna were stoned to death Out of the hart come false witnesses and those defile a man Euill speakers shall not inherite the kingdome of God Put away lying and speake euery man truth vnto his neighbour for asmuch as we are members one of an other All lyers shall haue their part in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone ¶ The tenth Commaundement THou shalt not couet thy neighbours house thou shalt not couet thy neighbours wife nor his seruant nor hys maide nor hys Oxe nor his Asse nor any thing that is hys ☜ The confirmations Keepe thy hart with all diligeÌ„ce for therupon hangeth life God hateth an hart that goeth about with wicked imaginations Take heede that thou lust not in thy hart after the beautie of a straunge woman Euill thoughtes are abomination to the Lord. Who soeuer loketh on an other mans wife lusting after her hath committed adultery with her already in his hart Out of the hart procede euill thoughtes and those defile a man The cares of this world and the deceitfulnes of riches the lustes of other thinges choke the worde and make it vnfruitfull Take heede to your selues least at any tyme your hartes bee ouercome
Fyrst to put vs in remembraunce that hys body was broken and hys bloud shed for our redemption ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures The Lord Iesus the same night in the which he was betrayed toke bread and when hee had geuen thankes he brake it gaue it to his disciples saying Take ye eate thys is my body which is broken for you Thys doe ye in the remembrance of me After the same maner also he toke y ◠cup whē supper was done saying This cup is the new testament in my bloud This do as oft as ye drinke it in remēbrance of me For as oftē as ye shall eate this bread drinke of thys cup ye shall shew the Lords death till he come When they were eating Iesus tooke bread and when he had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to his disciples and sayd Take eate this is my body And he tooke the cup and thanked and gaue it them saying drinke ye all of thys For thys is my bloud which is of the new testament that is shed for many for the remission of sinnes As they did eate Iesus tooke bread and when hee had geuen thankes he brake it and gaue it to them and sayd Take eate thys is my body And he toke the cup and when he had geuen thankes he tooke it to thē and they all dranke of it and he sayd vnto them Thys is my bloud of the new testament which is shed for many He tooke bread and whē he had geuen thankes he brake it gaue vnto them saying This is my body which is geuen for you This do in the remēbraunce of me Likewise also when he had supped he tooke the cup saying This cup is the new testament in my bloud which is shed for you Secondly to stirre vs vp vnto thankesgeuing while we consider how precious great and inestimable benefites we haue receaued of God the father by the death of hys sonne as deliueraunce from Sathan freedome from the curse of the lawe forgeuenes of sinnes the fauour and good will of God quietnes of conscience the holy ghost righteousnes victory against sinne death and hell saluation and finally euerlasting life That we should not be vnthankfull but rather ioyfully burst out into all kinde of spirituall prayses lauding and magnifying God the father for these hys most hie and singular free giftes the Lord Christ did institute thys holy supper Therfore it is called of the aunciēt Doctors Sacramentum Eucharistiae i. the Sacrament of thankesgeuing ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures All that beleued continued daily with one accorde in y ◠temple and brake bread from house to house and did eate their meate together with gladnes singlenes of hart praysing God Is not the cup of thankesgeuing for y ◠which we geue thankes partaking of the bloud of Christ Is not y ◠bread which we breake partaking of the body of Christ Thirdly to put vs in remembraunce that as the bread which we eate at the Lordes table is made of many graines one loafe and the wine pressed together of sondry grapes is made one wine so we being many are one body wherof Christ is the head And because we all are one body we ought all to be beneficiall one to an other one to loue an other one to beare with an other one to wishe well vnto an other and one to doe for an other what soeuer we be able euen to the vttermost of our power as our head Christ for our health and for our saluation disdained not to bestow his very life and to suffer death euen the death of the crosse for our redemption And as we presently at the receauing of the holy mysteries of Christes body bloud do inioy through fayth in Gods promises all the benefites which Christ obtayned for vs by hys blessed death and glorious passion so lykewise ought they that be partakers of the Lordes table euery one according to hys habilitie at that present to be beneficiall to the poore members of Christ and somewhat to geue that may relieue thē euer after also whē occasion is geuen gladly to distribute vnto the needie some porcion of their goodes wherwith God hath endued them That thys was the custome in the Apostles tyme and in the Primatiue Church yea and long after till the Popishe Masse had driuen out of the Church the right vse of the Lordes supper it is euident enough by diuers testimonyes both of the holy Scriptures and of auncient historyes That we are all one body ☞ Probations out of the holy Scriptures As we haue many members in one body and all members haue not one office so we being many are one body in Christ and euery man among our selues one an others member We though we be many yet are one bread and one body in as much as we all are partakers of one bread As the body is one and hath many members and all the members of one body though they be many yet are but one body euen so is Christ. For by one spirite are we all baptised to make one body whether we bee Iewes or Gentiles whether we be bonde or free and haue all drunke of one spirite For the body is not one member but many c. Therefore if one member suffer all suffer with hym If one member be had in honour all members be glad also Ye are the body of Christ and members one of an other ¶ Of the distribution to the needie All that beleued kept thē selues together and had all thinges common solde their possessions and goods and parted them to all mē as euery man had neede Great grace was there with all them that beleued Neyther was there any among thē that lacked For as many as were possessours of landes or houses solde them and brought the price of the things that were solde and layde it downe at the Apostles feete And distribution was made vnto euery man according as he had neede Distribute vnto the necessitie of the Saintes Be ready to harbour As concerning the gathering for the Sainctes let euery one of you vpō some Sabbaoth day put aside lay vp what soeuer is meete c. It is not my minde that other be set at ease and ye brought into combrance but that there be equalnes now at this tyme and that your abundance may succour their lacke and that their abundaunce may supply your lacke that there may be equalitie agreing to that which is writtē He that had much had not the more abundaunce and he y t had litle had neuer the lesse c. Read the Chapter Of the ministring to y t Saintes it is but superfluous for me to write vnto you for I know the readines of your mind c. Yet this I say he that soweth little shall reape little and he y t soweth in geuing largely and freely shall reape