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which is the first poynt Â¶ The child The first is to put our whole confidence in God alone Â¶ The minister Howe may that thing be done Â¶ The childe We must first haue an assured knowledge that as he is almighty so he is all bountifull and parfitlie good Â¶ The minister And is that sufficient The first point of honoring God Â¶ The childe No. Â¶ The minister Shewe the reason Â¶ The childe For there is no worthines in vs why God should eyther shew his power to helpe vs or vse hys mercifull goodnes to saue vs. Â¶ The minister What is than further requyred Â¶ The childe This is requisite more that euerie one of vs be fully assured in his conscience that he is beloued of God that he will be both his father sauiour Â¶ The minister Howe shall we be assured hereof Â¶ The childe By his owne woorde wherin he vttereth moste playnlye vnto vs hys plentifull mercye in our sauiour Christ geueth vs vndoubted assurance of his louing mynd towardes vs. Â¶ The minister The foundacion of our faith Well then I perceiue that the very ground to come by a sure confydence in God is to know him in our sauiour Christ Â¶ The childe Yea truelye Â¶ The minister Then briefelye what is the effecte and substaunce of thys knowledge of God in Christe Â¶ The childe It is conteyned in the confession of the fayth vsed of all Christen men which is commonly called the Crede of the Apostles bothe because it is a compendyous and a briefe gatherynge of the articles of that faythe whiche hathe bene alwayes continued in Christes Churche and also because it was taken out of the pure doctrine of the Apostles Â¶ The minister Rehearse the same Â¶ The childe The Crede of the apostles I beleue in God the father almighty maker of heauen and earth And in Iesu Christ hys onely sonne our Lorde Who was conceyued by the holye Ghoste borne of the vyrgyn Marye Suffered passion vnder Ponce Pylate was crucifyed dead buried and desceÌ„ded into hell He rose agayne the thyrde daye from deathe He ascended into heauen and sytteth on the right hande of God the father almyghtye From thense he wil come to iudge the quicke and the dead I beleue in the holye goste The holy Churche vniuersall the communion of Goddes electe the forgeuenesse of synnes the rysing agayne of the bodyes and lyfe euerlastyng Â¶ The minister Sonday 3 To the intent that this confession maye be more particularely and playnely declared in to how many partes shal we deuyde it Â¶ The childe In to foure principall partes The Christian faith standeth in four pointes Â¶ The minister What be they Â¶ The childe The fyrste concerneth God the father The seconde parte is of the sonne of God our sauiour Christe wherein briefly also the whole story of our redempcion is rehearsed The thyrde is touchyng the holye goste The fourth coÌ„cerneth the holy Churche and Goddes free gyftes vnto the same Â¶ The minister Seing there is but one God what moueth thee to make rehearsal of God the father God the sonne and God the holye gost as if ther were thre gods Â¶ The childe As concerning the Trinitie Because that in the substance or nature of God wee haue to consider the Father as the fountayne beginning and originall cause of al thinges then secondarely his sonne who is hys euerlastyng wysedome thyrdly the holy ghoste who is his incoÌ„prehensible vertue and puissaunte myght which is exteÌ„ded and spred vpon all creatures and yet neuertheles remaineth alwayes wholy in hymselfe Â¶ The minister This is then the meanyng that there is no inconuenience at al to vnderstand seuerally and apart these three persons in the substaÌ„ce of God who notwythstandyng is one and not therby deuyded Â¶ The childe It is euen so Â¶ The minister Make rehearsal nowe of the fyrst parte of the Crede Â¶ The childe The first parte of the belief I beleue in God the father almighty maker of heauen and earth The minister Wherfore doest thou cal hym Father Â¶ The childe I call hym so hauyng respect to Iesu Christ who is the euerlastyng worde begotten of God before all worldes without begynning The fathe who beyng afterwardes openly shewed vnto the world was euidentlye approuued and declared to be hys sonne Now seing God is oure Sauioure Christes father it foloweth necessarilye that he is also our father Â¶ The minister What meanest thou by that thou callest hym Almightye Â¶ The childe In that I say he is Almightye what is ment by this word almighti I meane not that he hath a power which he doth not exercise but contrariwise that al creatures be in his haÌ„d and vnder his gouernaÌ„ce that he ordereth and dysposeth all thynges by hys vnsearcheable wisedome and prouidence that he ruleth the worlde as it pleaseth him and that continually he guydeth al thynges therin after hys own good pleasure The minister So then by thy saying the power of God is not ydle The power of god is not ydle nor vnoccupied but coÌ„tinually exercised so that nothyng is done but by hym or by his leaue and ordinaunce Â¶ The childe It is euen as you saye Â¶ The minister Sonday 4 Wherfore is that clause added therunto Maker of heauen and earth Â¶ The childe Because he hath made himselfe knowen vnto vs by his workes it is necessary for vs to seeke hym owt in theÌ„ Psal 14. Roma 1. For oure capacytye and the reache of oure vnderstanding is not sufficieÌ„te nor able to coÌ„prehende his diuyne substaunce but he hath made the world as a myrroure or glasse A glasse wherin we maye see God wherin we maye beholde his diuine maiestie in suche sorte as it is expediente for vs to knowe hym Â¶ The minister Doest thou not comprehende all creatures in these two wordes heauen and earth Â¶ The childe Yes verely they may righte well be vnderstanded in these two wordes seynge that all thinges be eyther heauenlye or earthlye Â¶ The minister And why callest thou God only by the name of creator or maker seynge that to order thinges and to conserue them alwayes in their state is a thynge of muche more importaunce then to haue for one tyme created them Â¶ The childe By thys worde Creator it is not onely meante that he dyd once create them hauyng no farther regarde to them afterwardes But we ought to vnderstand that as the worlde was made of him in the beginning euen so nowe he doth coÌ„serue the same vpholdeth the state of thinges so that heauen and earth with the reste of the creatures CoÌ„cerning the prouidence of God coulde not contynue in their estate if his power did not preserue them Moreouer seinge in this maner he dothe maintayne all thynges holdynge them as it were in his hand it must nedes folow that he hath the rule gouernance of all Wherefore in that that he is creator

sayeth that he was hanged on a tree to the intente that he myghte take vpon hym our curse Deu. 21. Gal. 3. and so dyscharge vs. for that kynde of deathe was accursed of God Â¶ The minister What is it not a greate reproche and dyshonoure vnto our Lorde Iesu to say that he was accursed and that before God Â¶ The childe No not a whit for he through hys almyghtye power by taking the curse from vs vnto hymselfe did in such sort make it voyde and of none effecte that he hymselfe neuertheles continued still so blessed that he was able to fulfyll vs also with hys blessynges Â¶ The minister Make an exposicioÌ„ of that that foloweth Â¶ The childe In so muche as deathe was a cursse or punyshement appointed vnto man for synne Christ euen in sufferinge death vainqueshed death therfore our sauiour Christ did suffer death and by suffering ouercame it And to the entent also to make it the more certaynly knowen vnto vs that his death was not a coloured or counterfaited thing it pleased hym also to be buryed after the common maner of other menne Â¶ The minister But it appeareth not that any profyte cummeth to vs by thys that Christe hathe wonne the victory of death seing that we it not withstanding cease not to dye Â¶ The childe The death of the faithfull is a right passage to life euerlasting That doth not hinder for the deathe of the faythfull is nowe nothing elles but a readye passage to a better lyfe Â¶ The minister It foloweth then necessarily hereof that we oughte in no wyse to be afrayde of deathe as though it were a dredefull thiÌ„g but rather it behoueth vs willingly to walke the trace of oure heade and capitayne Iesu Christ who hath walked and troden the same waye before vs not to the entente to leade vs to our destruction but to procure vs an euerlastynge sauegarde Â¶ The childe It is euen so Â¶ The minister Sonday 10 What is the sence of that clause whiche is putte to afterward as touchyng his descendyng into hell Â¶ The childe The vnderstaÌ„ding of this Christe went down into hel The ryghte meanynge therof is that Christ dyd not onelye suffre a naturall deathe which is a departyng and goyng asunder of the body and soule but also that his soule was in wooÌ„derfull dystresse beyng wofully pressed and enduring grieuous tormentes and as it were hellyke paynes Actes 2. which Sainct Peter calleth the sorowes or pangues of deathe Â¶ The minister For what consideration sustained he those paynes and in what sorte Â¶ The childe Becawse he presented hymselfe before God to be a sacryfice satisfactory and to make ameÌ„des in the behalfe of synners it was mete that as he did beare the wayght and burthen of our synnes so lykewyse he shoulde feele this horryble anguyshe and greuous tormente of conscience whiche synne bryngeth beyng in case as if God had vtterlye forsaken hym and ben haynously displeased agaynste hym And in verye deede he was brought to suche extremytye of anguyshe that he was dryeuen to crye my God my God Matt. 27. Mark 15. why haste thou forsaken me Â¶ The minister Why was God then angry with him Â¶ The childe Nay howbeit it was coÌ„ueniente that God shoulde punyshe hym in suche sorte Esa 53. 1. Peter 2. to veryfie aÌ„d performe the wordes of Esay the Prophet who saieth that he was beateÌ„ with the haÌ„de of his father for our sinnes aÌ„d that he dyd suffer the punishmente due to oure trangressyons Â¶ The minister But howe coulde it be that he was in suche dreadefull anguyshe as though God hadde vtterly forsaken hym seing he was God hymselfe Â¶ The childe We must vnderstande that he was in such destresse onlye as touchiÌ„ge his humanitye And to the intente that he myghte feele these panges in hys manhoode hys Godhead dyd in the meane tyme for a lytle space kepe it selfe close as if it had bene hydd that is to saye it dyd not shewe not vtter the mygh therof Â¶ The minister But how could thys be that Christe who is the health of the world could bee vnder such condemnacion Â¶ The childe He was not so vnder it that he shuld coÌ„tynewe in the same For he hath in suche wise felte these terrors whiche wee haue spoken of that he was not ouercome of the same but hath rather therby made battayll agaynst the power of hell to breake and destroye it Â¶ The minister Hereby then we see the difference betwene that anguish or vexacion of mynde whiche Christe dyd suffer The difference betwene the anguishe of Christes spirit and the conscience of the wicked and that whyche the impenytente synners dooe abyde whome God doth punyshe in hys terryble wrath for that verye payne whiche Christe sustained for a tyme the wycked must endure continually and that whych was vnto Christ but a goade as it were to prycke him is vnto the wycked in steade of a glaiue to wound them to death Â¶ The childe Trueth it is for oure sauyoure Christe notwithstandynge these vexations eueÌ„ in the myddes of his tormeÌ„tes did not ceasse to put a ful trust euermore in God but the damned synners do dispaire withoute al confydence in Goddes goodnes yea they stomake agaynste God in so muche that they blaspheme hys maiestye Â¶ The minister Sonday 11 Maye we nowe gather suffyciently of this that is sayed what fruite or profite coÌ„meth to vs by the death of Iesus Christe Â¶ The childe Yea very well The profite aÌ„d vertue of Christes death staÌ„deth in .iii. pointes and fyrste of all we see that it is a sacryfice wherwith he hath fully aunswared and satysfyed hys fathers iudgement in our behalfe and therby also he hath appaised Goddes wrath whiche worthely hanged ouer vs hath broughte vs into his fauoure againe SecoÌ„dlye that he shedde his bloud to purifie aÌ„d clense our soules from al maner of spottes fynally that he hath so cleane wyped awaye oure synnes through his precyous death that God wil neuer hereafter haue remeÌ„braunce of them to call vs to any reckoninge yea euenso that the obligation or hande wrytynge whiche was to be shewed forthe againste vs to oure coÌ„demnation is nowe cleane cancelled and vtterlye made voyde Â¶ The minister Haue we no other profite besydes this of his death Â¶ The childe Yes verely that is if we be true membres of Christe our olde man is crucyfyed and our fleshe is mortyfied to the ende that no euyll lustes or affections doe herafter beare rule in vs. Â¶ The minister Expound the article folowing Â¶ The childe 1. Peter 3. He rose the thirde daie froÌ„ death to lyfe wheriÌ„ he shewed that he had vaynquished gotteÌ„ the victorie of death and synne For through his resurrection he swalowed vp death he broke asoÌ„dre the chaines wherwith the deuill did holde vs in captyuitie fynally he destroied all hys power and kyngdome Â¶ The minister Tell me how many

examine theÌ„ selues following in their hartes the tenor of his wordes A CONFESSION OF OVR SYNNES FRAmed to our tyme out of the 9. chap. of Daniel O lord God which arte 1 Nehem. 1. b. Iob. 9.38.39.40 Psal 24.76.77.139 mightie and dreadeful thou that kepest couenant and shewest 2 Exod. 20. a. luk 7. g. mercie to theym that loue thee and do thy commaundementes 3 Gen. 3. b. rom 5. b. 1. Ioh. 1. d. Psal 32. c. 106. a we haue synned we haue offended we haue wickedly and stubburnely gone backe frome thy lawes and preceptes We wolde neuer 4 Ieu 26. c. Deu. 28. b. Iere. 26. a. 29. b. Nehem. 1. c. obey thy seruantes the Prophetes that spake in thy name to our kinges and princes to our forfathers and to all the people of our lande O lord 5 psa 11. b. lam .. d Iob. 4. d. 9. a. 25. b. rightuousnes belongeth vnto thee vnto vs perteyneth nothing but open shame as it ys come to passe this day vnto our miserable contry of Englande yea vnto all our nation whether they be farre or nere through all landes wherein they are scattered for the 6 offences that they and we haue committed against thee so that the 7 Psal 89. c. Ier. 26. b. 27. a. 7 Ieu 26. c. Deu. 27.28.30 curses and ponishmentes which are wryten in thy lawe are nowe powred vpon vs and thou hast perfourmed those wordes wher with thou didest menace vs and our rulers that gouerned vs in bringinge the same plagues vpon vs which before were threatened And yet notwithstandinge bothe they and we procede in our iniquitie and sease not to heape synne vpon synne How misrable it is to retorne to the olde vomitt For they which once were well instructed in the doctrine of thy gospel are nowe 8 2. pet 2. d. prou 26. b. Hebr 6 a. 10. e. gone backe frome the obedience of thy trueth and are turned agayne to that moste abhominable Idolatrie from the which they were once called by the lyuely preachinge of thy worde And we alas to this day do not earnestly repent vs of our former wickednes neither do we rightly 9 Psal 19. d. Deu. 31. d. 29. d. ezech 5. b. consider the heauynes of thy displeasure Suche is thy iuste iudgementes Ã² lord that thou 10 Rom. 1. d. ponishes synne by synne and man by his owne inuentions so that there can be no ende of iniquitie except thou 11 Esa 65. d. Rom. 10. c. preuent vs with thy 12 Eph. 2. â— b. vndeserued grace Therfore 13 Psal 85. a. Ierem. 31. c. conuert vs Ã² lord and we shal be conuerted for we do not offer vp our prayers trustinge in our 14 Titus 3. a. 2. Timoth. 1. b. owne rightuousnes but in thy manifolde mercies And althoghe thou haste once of thy especial grace deliuered vs from the miserable thraldome of error and blindnes and called vs many tymes to the swet 15 Gal. 4.5 a libertie of thy gospell which we notwithstaÌ„diÌ„ge haue moste shamefully abused in obeinge rather our owne 16 Gal. 5. b. c lustes and affections then the admonitions of thy 17 zachar 7. b. prophetes yet we beseche thee once agayne for thy 18 psal 23. a. 25. c nams sake to powre some comfortable droppe of thy accustomed mercies vpon vs 19 Psal 71. a incline thyne eares and open thyne eyes to beholde the greuous plagues of our contrie the continuall sorrowes of our afflicted bretherne and our wofull banishment let all people take hede by our example And let our afflictions and iuste ponishemente be an admonition and warninge to other nations emongest whome we are skattered that with all reuerence they may obey thy holy gospell lost for like contempte in the ende like or wourse 20 Matt. 11. c. 12. d. Luk. 10. c. plagues fall vpon theym Wherfore Ã² lord heare vs Ã² lord forgiue vs Ã² lord consider and tary not ouer longe but for thy deare sonne 21 Iohn 16. e. Iesus Christe sake be mercifull vnto vs and delyuer vs So shall it be knowen to all the worlde that thou onely arte the selfe same God that euer sheweth 22 psal 103.108 a 136. a. mercie to all suche as call vpon thy holy name AN OTHER CONfession for all states and tymes O Eternall God and moste mercifull father we confesse and acknowlage here before thy diuine maiestie that we are miserable 1 Rom. 3. c psal 14. b. synners 2 psal 51. a. conceyued and borne in synne and iniquitie so that in vs there is no 3 rom 7. d. goodnes For the 4 Gal. 5. c. fleshe euermore rebelleth against the spirite wherby we contynually transgresse thy holy preceptes and commaundementes and so purchase to our selues through thy iuste iudgement 5 Rom. 2. a. Iere. 3. g. Isa 40. b. death and damnation Notwithstandinge Ã² heauenly father forasmoche as we are displeased with our selues for the synnes that we haue committed against thee and do vnfeynedly repent vs of the same we moste humbly beseche thee for Iesus Christes sake to shewe thy mercie vpon vs to forgiue vs all our synnes and to increase thy holy spirite in vs that we 6 Col. 3. a. Rom. 6. a. Ephe. 4. c. 5. a 1. petr 2. a. acknowlaginge from the botome of our hartes our owne vnrightuousnes may from hensforth not onely mortifie our sinfull lustes and affections but also bringe forth suche fruites as may be agreable to thy moste blessed wyll not for the worthynes therof but for the 7 Rom. 5. a Hebr. 9. d. Eph. 2. d. merites of thy dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christe our onely sauyour whom thou hast already giuen an oblation and offeringe for our synnes and for whose 8 Ioh. 14. b. 16. c Math. 7. b. Iam. 1. a. sake we are certainly persuaded that thou wylt denye vs nothinge that we shall aske in his name accordinge to thy wyl For thy 9 Io. 3. d. Ro. 8. b. c. g. spirite doth assure our consciences that thou arte our mercifull father and so louest vs thy childrene through hym that nothinge is able to remoue thy heauenlye grace and fauor from vs to thee therfore Ã² father with the sonne and the holy ghoste be all honor and glorye worlde with owt ende So be it This done the people singe a Psalme all together in a playne tune which ended the minister prayeth for thassistance of Gods holy spirite as the same shall moue his harte and so procedeth to the sermon Vsinge after the sermon this prayer followinge or suche lyke A prayer for the whole estate of Christes churche ALMIGHTIE God and moste mercifull father we 1 1. pet 5. b. humbly submit our selues and 2 Nom. 26. a. Deu. 9. c. Iosu 7. b. fall downe before thy maiestie besechinge thee frome the botome of our hartes that this 3 Mat. 13. a. b. seede of

the lord thy god alwayes and thou the tyme shalt see To geue him thaÌ„kes with laude and praise For health restorde to thee Iudica me Deus Psal XLIII Th. St. Â¶ He prayeth to be delyuered from theym which conspire with Absolom to the ende that he might ioyfully prayse god in his holy coÌ„gregation IVdge and reuenge my cause o lord from them that euell be from wicked and deceyt full men o lord deliuer me For of my strenght thow art the god whye puttest thou me the fro and why walk I so heuyly oppressed with my foo verse 3 3 Sende oute thy lyghte aÌ„d eke thy trueth and leade me with thy grace Which may conduct me to thy hyll and to thy dwellynge place verse 4 4 Then shal I to the altare goe of God my Ioye and cheare And on my harp geue thaÌ„kes to thee O God my God moste deare verse 5 5 Why art thou than so sad my soule and fraitest thus in my brest Still truste in god for him to praise I holde it alwais best By him I haue delyuerance against all paynes and grief he is my god which doth alwais at need send me reliefe Deus auribus nostris Psal XLIIII Th. St. Â¶ A moste earnest prayer made in the name of the faythefull when they are afflicted by their enymyes for sustaynyng the quarell of godes worde accordyng to the exposition of S. Paul 8. rom OVr eares haue heard our fathers tell and reuerently recorde the wonderous workes that thou hast done in alder tyme o lord How thou dydst cast the gentiles out and stroid them with stroÌ„ge haÌ„d Plantyng our fathers in theyr place and gauest to them theyr land verse 4 4 They conquered not by sworde nor strength the land of thy beheste but by thy hande thy arme and grace becawse thou louedst theym beste verse 5 5 Thou art my kynge Ã² God that holpe suche Iacob in sondrye wyse verse 6 6 Led wyth thy power wee threw downe as dyd agaynste vs ryse verse 7 7 I trusted not in bowe ne sworde they could not saue me sounde verse 8 8 Thou keptst vs from our enmies rage thou didst our foes confound verse 9 9 And stil we boast of thee our God Selah and prayse thyne holy name verse 10 10 Yet now thou goest not with our host but leauest vs to shame verse 11 11 Thou madest vs flee before our foes and so were ouer troad our enmies robd and spoild our goods when we were sparst abroad verse 12 12 Thou haste vs giuen to our foes as shepe for to be slayne emongest the heathen euery where scatered we do remayne verse 13 13 Thy people thou hast solde like slaues and as a thinge of noght For proffit non thou hadst therby no gayne at all was soght verse 14 14 And to our neyghbours thou hast made of vs a laughing stocke And those that round about vs dwel at vs do grinne and mocke The state of gods children in this worlde verse 15 15 Thus we sarue for non other vse but for a common talke they mocke they scorne and nod their heads wher euer we goe or walke verse 16 16 I am ashamede continually to heare these wickedmen yea so I blushe that all my face with redd is couuered then verse 17 17 For why we heare such slaunderous wordes such false reports and lyes that death it is to see their wronges their threatenings and their cryes verse 18 18 For al this we forgot not thee nor yet thy couuenant brake verse 19 19 We tourne not backe our heartes from thee nor yet thy patthes forsake verse 20 20 Yet thou hast trode vs downe to duste where â€œ he meaneth emongs the infidells dennes of dragons be And couered vs with shade of death and great aduersitie verse 21 21 If we had our goddes name forgot and helpe of Idols soght verse 22 22 Wolde not god then haue tried this out For he dothe knowe our thoght verse 23 23 Nay nay for thy names sake Ã² lorde alwayes are we slayne thus As shepe vnto the shambles sente right so they deale with vs. verse 24 24 Vp Lord why slepest thou awake and leaue vs not for al verse 25 25 Why hydest thou thy countenaunce and dost forget our thral verse 26 26 For downe to dust our soule is broght and we now at last caste out belie like as it were glued vnto the grounde cleaueth faste verse 27 27 Rise vp therfore for our defence and helpe vs lord at neede we thee beseche for thy goodnes to rescue vs with speede Audite haec Psal XLIX Th. St. Â¶ The holy ghoste calleth all men to the consideration of maÌ„s life shewing theym not to be moste happy that are moste wealthy and therfore not to be feared but contrariwise he lifteth vp our myndes to consider how all thynges are ruled by godes prouidence who as he iudgeth these worldely mysers to euerlastyng tormentes so dothe he preserue his and will rewarde theym in the day of the resurrection 2. Thess 1. ALL people hearken and geue eare to that that I shall tell both hygh and lowe bothe riche and poore that in the world do dwell For why my mouth shall make discourse of many thinges right wyse In vnderstandyng shall my heart his study exercise he will treat of waighty matters and great importance 4 I wil enclyne myne eare to knowe the parables so darke and open al my doubtful speche in Metre on my harpe verse 5 5 Why should I feare afflictions or any carefull toyle or els my foes which at my heeles are prest my lyfe to spoyle verse 6 6 For as for such as riches haue wherin their trust is moste and they which of their treasure great them selues do bragge and boste The terme of mans lif is onely in gods handes verse 7 7 There is not one of theym that can his brothers deathe redeme or that can giue a price to god sufficient for hym verse 8 8 It is to great a price to pay none can therto attayne verse 9 9 Or that he might his lyfe prolong or not in graue remayne verse 10 10 They see wise men as well as foles subiecte vnto deathes handes and being dead straungers possesse their goodes their rentes theyr landes verse 11 11 Their care is to builde houses fayre The dreame aÌ„ immortalitie in this life althogh daily the see the contrary by experience and so determine sure To make theyr name ryghte great in earth for euer to endure verse 12 12 Yet shal no man alwaies enioye high honor welth and reste but shall at length taste of deathes cup as well as the brute beaste verse 13 13 And thogh they trie these folishe thoghtes to be moste lewde and vayne Solab their children yet approue their talke and in like synne remayne verse 14 14 As shepe into the folde are broght so shall they into graue Death shall them eate and in that day the iuste shall

that it was partly ordeined for the recreation and ease of seruauntes Â¶ The childe To thintente that they whiche be vnder the authoritye and power of others myght be released somewhat and lyghtened of theyr paynful laboures the whiche thyng also serueth to the furtheraunce of the common wealth for somuch as euery man hath iust cause to be the readyer willynglye to trauayle the other sixe days when they consider that they may take their rest in the seuenth Â¶ The minister Goe to then let vs nowe also see how this commaundement belongeth vnto vs. Â¶ The childe As touching the ceremony ther of Col. 2. The ceremoniall Sabbotâ— ys ended we haue nothing to do with it for the vse of al ceremonyes ceassed at the cumming of Christe who was the ende and substaunce of them Â¶ The minister How so Â¶ The childe For our old man vnto whome the ceremonies belonged is now crucifyed by the vertue of his death Rom. 6. through the merite of his resurrection we rise agayn into a newnes of lyfe Â¶ The minister What is there than in this comaundement that concerneth vs Â¶ The childe We are bounde to obserue the politique ordre appoynted in the churche for the hearyng of Goddes woorde for cumming together to make common prayers and for the ryghte vse of the sacramentes Â¶ The minister And dothe the fygure profytt vs no more Â¶ The childe Yes veryly for it leadethe vs to the trewth of that thing wherof the sabboth day is a figure which is that we being made the true meÌ„bers of Christe ought to leaue of from doing the woorkes of our owne will to commit our selues wholy vnto his tuicion gouernance Â¶ The minister Sonday 28 Lette vs come now to the seconde table Â¶ The childe HOnor thy father thy mother Â¶ The minister The 5 coÌ„maundement What doest thou meane by this woord Honour Â¶ The childe what honor is due to our superiours The meaning is that children are of duetye bounde to vse humble obedience and lowlynes towardes their father and mother bearynge a reuerente minde towardes them ready to assyst and ayde theÌ„ and willyng to doe after theyr commaundementes according to their dutie Â¶ The minister Proceade farther in thys commaundement Â¶ The childe God ioyneth also a promes to this commaundement sayng that thou maist leade a prosperous lyfe many yeares in the lande whiche the lord thy God hath geuen thee Â¶ The minister What is the meanyng of this promes Â¶ The childe That God will indue them with a long lyfe here in thys worlde whiche haue theyr father and mother in due reuerence Â¶ The minister How cummeth it to passe that god promiseth man to prolong hys life here in thys world as if it were a speciall benefite since this life present is so ful of al kynd of misery Â¶ The childe Though our lyfe here in thys world be neuer so full of wretchednes yet not with standing a long life A longe life is a blessing of God vnto the faithfull for somuche as god doth shew furth his fatherly affection towardes his in that they knowe they are vnder hys protection and defence Â¶ The minister May a man gather of the contrary parte that he who liueth not manye yeares is accursed of God Â¶ The childe No but rather it cummeth to passe manye tymes that oure lord taketh them soneste of all out of thys world shortenyng theyr lyfe whome he loueth most dearely Â¶ The minister Since he doeth thus It semeth that he keepeth not alwayes promesse Â¶ The childe Benefites of this worlde are promysed with coÌ„dicion Yes verelye for what promes soeuer god maketh vs touching the benefites of this world we ought to take it with this condicion so farfurth as it shal be expedient for the health of our soule For it were a meanes to haue the promes of god in smal reputacyon if the eyes of oure mynd wer not directed further then to coÌ„sidre onely the state of thys present lyfe Â¶ The minister And what is to be sayd of them that be disobedient vnto father and mother Â¶ The childe The ponyshement of childreÌ„ whyche disobey their parents God will not onely punish them with euerlasting payne in the day of iudgement but he wil execute also punishmente on theyr bodyes here in thys worlde eyther by shortnynge their life eyther by procuring them a shameful death either at the least a life most miserable Â¶ The minister Doeth not God speake expresly and namely of the lande of Canaan in thys promesse Â¶ The childe Yes verely as touching the children of Israel vnto whom the commaundement was first geuen but since it hath pleased god to receyue vs also into the noumbre of hys people Psal 14 Psal 88. Psal 3. we must take it in a more general significatyon so that in somuche as the whole earthe is the lordes we ought to acknowledge that what countreye soeuer we do inhabite god hathe geuen vnto vs the same for a dwellinge place Â¶ The minister Is there nothyng elles to be vnderstande in this commaundement Â¶ The childe Yes for notwithstandyng no mencion is made in it expresly but of the father and mother yet we must vnderstand in them al magistrates rulers superiours for so muche as there is one maner of consideracion of theym all Â¶ The minister What is that Â¶ The childe AS God hath geueÌ„ vnto them all theyr authoritie and preeminence and because there is no prerogatiue of superioritye neither of father nor mother neyther of prynce or ruler magistrate or maister neyther anye other offyce or tytle of preemynence Rom. 13. but suche as God hath ordeyned therfore they require al by one maner of reason theyr due obedience Â¶ The minister Sonday 29 Goe nowe to the sixt commaundement Â¶ The childe The .6 commaundement THou shalt do no murther Â¶ The minister Is there nothyng forbydden here but open murther Â¶ The childe Yes verelye for consideryng that it is god who geueth thys in commaundemeÌ„t the which hath chiefe regarde vnto oure heartes he doth not only geue vs a law to restrayne our outward dedes but principally to brydle the affections of oure mynde Â¶ The minister Thy meanynge is then that there is a certayne kinde of murther lying prieuelye in the heart the whiche is forbydden here of God Â¶ The childe It is euen so and that is a malicious hatred or rancour and a desyer to doe hurt vnto our neyghbour Â¶ The minister Is it inough then if we beare no hatred nor malice towardes any man Â¶ The childe No for in that that god forbyddeth hatred it is to be vnderstand also that he requireth of vs to loue all men that vnfeynedly from the bottome of the hearte procuryng by all meanes theyr welth Â¶ The minister Rehearse the seuenthe commaundement Â¶ The childe THou shalt not commit adultery The .7 CoÌ„maÌ„dement Â¶ The minister What is the summe and

parte what is the ryghte vsynge or receauyng of baptysme Â¶ The childe The ryght vse therof standeth in these two faith and repentauÌ„ce that is wherein the right vsing of baptisme standeth in that we be sure that we haue oure consciences cleansed in the bloude of Christe And in that we both feele in oure selues and make it knowen to others by oure woorkes that hys spirite abydeth in vs to mortyfye oure affections and desyres and so to make vs ready to doe the wyll of God Â¶ The minister Sonday 50 Seyng al thys is required in the ryght vsynge of baptisme how is it that lytle children be baptysed Â¶ The childe I dyd not meane that fayth repentaunce oughte alwayes to goe before the ministracion of this sacrament The baptisme of infantes for that is only requisite in them that be of age and discretion so that it is sufficienre if the lytle children shew forth the fruites of baptysme when they are come to sufficient age to knowe it Â¶ The minister How wylt thou proue that there is no inconuenience in thys doyng Â¶ The childe For in lyke maner circumcisyon was a sacrament of repentaunce Deu. 10. and. 30. Iere. 4. Rom. 4. as Moses the Prophetes doe wyttnes aÌ„d also a sacramente of fayth as sainct Paul teacheth and yet God dyd not debarre and exclude lytle chyldren from the receyuyng of the same Â¶ The minister No but arte thou able to proue sufficiently that there is as good reason they should be receiued to baptisme as that the other should be circumcised Â¶ The childe The promises whiche wer made to the Iewes only are nowe offered to al men Yea for the reason is largely as sufficienente for the same promyses whiche God dyd make in tyme past to hys chosen people of Israell are now extended with muche more euydente declaration into all coastes of the worlde Â¶ The minister And foloweth it therefor that we muste vse also the signe Â¶ The childe Yea if we wyll consyder the thynge effectually For Christ hath not made vs partakers of that grace which belonged in time paste to the children of Israel to the intente he woulde in vs dimynishe dimynishe it and deale it more sparyngly or that he woulde make it nowe more doubteful or lesse knowen than it was before but rather to the ende he would shew forth his goodnes not onely more euidentely but also more plenteouslye Â¶ The minister Doest thou coumpt then that if we dyd denye baptysme to lytle chyldren the grace and goodnes of God should be dymynished and darkened by the commynge of Christ Â¶ The childe Yea surely for we shoulde be by that meanes destytute of the expresse signe of Goddes bountyfull mercye towardes our children the which thing they that were vnder the lawe had in very dede this thing serueth highly to our comfort as to the stably shynge of the promes which hath bene made vnto vs from the begynning Â¶ The minister Thy minde is then that forsomuche as it pleased GOD in olde tyme to declare hymselfe to be the sauyoure yea of lytle children and that he thoughte it also good to seale hys fauorable promise in theyr bodyes by an outwarde sacramente and marke that therfore it is very good reason that ther be no lesse tokens of assuraunce after Christes comming since the self same promyse coÌ„tinuynge styll is reiterate and more openly vttered as wel by worde as dede Â¶ The childe Yea and moreouer it semeth a thyng worthy of notable reprehencyon if menne woulde doe so muche wronge vnto chyldren as to denye them the signe whiche is a thynge of lesse price since the vertue and substance of baptysme belongeth vnto them whiche is of muche hygher estimacion Â¶ The minister For what consideration ought we to baptise lytle children Â¶ The childe To what purpose children are baptised They are christened in token and wytnes that they are enherytours of the blessynge of God which is promised to the lynage of the faythfull to this ende that when they come to age they shoulde be instructed what the substaunce and meaning of baptisme is to profite them selues therby Â¶ The minister Sonday The 51. Let vs now speake of the Supper and firste what is the signyfycacion therof Â¶ The childe Our lord did ordaine it to put vs in assuraunce Of the lordes Supper that by the distribucioÌ„ of his body bloud oure soules are nouryshed in the hope of lyfe euerlastynge Â¶ The minister Why is it that our Lorde representeth vnto vs hys bodye by the breade and hys bloude by the wyne Â¶ The childe To sygnyfye vnto vs that euen what propertie the bread hath towardes our bodies to wete Christ offereth to vs his body by the bread and hys bloude by the wyne to feede sustayne them in this transytorye lyfe the selfe same propertye also his body hath touchiÌ„g our soules that is to nourishe and refresh them spirytually And in lyke maner as the wine dothe strengthen comfort and quicken the body of man euen so hys bloude is our ful ioye our comforth and spiritual strength Â¶ The minister Doeste thou meane that we must be in dede partakers of the bodye and bloude of the Lorde Â¶ The childe Yea verely I meane so The onely stay of our truste for since the whole truste and assuraunce of our health and saluacion doth consist in the obedience which he hath perfourmed vnto god hys father in that that God doth accept it take it as if it were oures in deede we must fyrste needes possesse him seeing that hys benefites doe not belong vnto vs vntill he haue firste geuen hymselfe vnto vs. Â¶ The minister Why did not Christ geue himselfe vnto vs what tyme he gaue himselfe to be crucified to the inteÌ„t that thereby we myght be brought into the fauour of God hys father and be deliuered from damnacion Â¶ The childe Yes but that doth not suffyce vnlesse we doe receiue hym withal in such sorte as we may feele in our consciences the fruicte and efficacye of his death and passion Â¶ The minister After what sorte we receiue Christe Is not faith the ready meanes to receyue Christ by Â¶ The childe Yes forsoth not onely by that that we belieue that he dyed rose again to delyuer vs from euerlasting death and to procure vs also euerlastyng lyfe but also by that that we feele by fayth that he dwelleth in vs and is ioyned with his membres to the end to make vs partakets of al his graces and benefites because we are vnto hym vnited and made all one Â¶ The minister Sonday 52 Haue we not Christe ioyned vnto vs so that we become partakers of hys benefytes by no other meanes than by hys Supper Â¶ The childe Yes verelye for we receyue Christ with the fruicion of his benefites 1. Cor. 1. at the preaching of the gospel as S. Paule witnesseth in that that our lord Iesu doeth promise

comonly do attribute our regeneratioÌ„ to hys 18 Rom. 10. b. 1. peter 1. a. resurrection for as by 19 Mat. 28. b. Act 10. f. 1. Cor. 15. c. rysinge agayn frome the graue the third day The third daie he rose againe frome deathe he 20 Ose 11. d. 1. Cor 15. g. 2. Cor. 13 b. conquered deathe euen so the victorie of our faith standeth in his resurrection and therfore without the one we can not fele the benefite of the other For as by death 21 Rom. 4. d. synne was taken awaye so our rightuousnes was restored by his resurrectioÌ„ And because he wolde 22 Ephe. 4. b. Ioh. 14. Ephe. 2. b. accomplishe all thinges and take possession for vs in his kingdome he 23 Mar. 16. d. Luk 24. g. Act. 1. b. 1. Cor. 15. b. ascended into heauen He ascended into heauen to enlarge that same kingdome by the aboundant power of his 24 luk 24. g. Ioh. 14. b. Act. 2. a. spirite by whome we are moste assured of his contynuall 25 rom 8. g. heb 9. f. 1. Ioh. 2. c. intercession towardes God the father for vs. And althoghe he be in 26 Act. 1. c. 3. c. heauen as towchinge his corporall presence where the father hathe nowe set him on his 27 Col. 3. a. rom 8. g. heb 1. a. 10.12 right hande And sytteth at the right hand of God the father almyghtie committinge vnto him the administratioÌ„ of all 28 Ephe. 1. d. philip 2. b. Col. 2. c. thinges aswel in heaueÌ„ aboue as in the earthe benethe yet is he 29 Matt. 28. d. present with vs his membres euen to the ende of the world in preseruinge and gouernynge vs with his effectuall power and grace who wheÌ„ all thinges are 30 Act. 3. c. fulfilled which God hath spoken by the mowth of all hys prophetes since the world began wyll come in the 31 Act 1. b. same visible forme in the which he asceÌ„ded Frome thense shal he come to iudge the quicke anâ— the dead with an vnspekable 32 Matt. 25. c. Philip. 3. d. Maiestie power and companye to separate the lambes frome the goates thelecte frome the reprobate So that 33 matt 24. c. Act. 10. f. 1. Cor. 15. c. 1. Thes 4. 2. Thes 1. 2. Tim. 4. a. none whether he be alyue theÌ„ or deade before shall escape his iudgement MOREOVER I beleue I beleue in the holie ghoste and confesse the holy ghoste 1 Matth. 3. d. 1. Ioh. 5. c. 1. pet 1. b. 1. cor 6. Ioh. 16. d. Act. 17. God equall with the father and the sonne whoe regenerateth and sanctifieth vs ruleth and guideth vs into all trueth persuadinge moste assuredly in our 2 consciences Rom. 8. c. gal 4. a. that we be the childrene of God bretherne to Iesus Christe and fellowe heires with him of lyfe euerlastinge Yet notwithstandinge it is not sufficieÌ„t to beleue that God is omnipotent and mercifull that Christ hath made satisfaction or that the holy ghoste hath this power and effect except we do 3 Abac. 2. a. rom 1. b. 10. c 1. Ioh. 3. d. applie the same benefites to our selues which are Gods 4 Ioh. 17. a. elect The holie catholike churche the communion of sainctes I beleue therfore and coÌ„fesse one holye 5 Matt. 16. c. Ioh. 10. a. Ephe. 5. b. rom 8. Can. 2. churche which as 6 Ephe. 1. d. Col. 1. d. 1. Cor. 12. c. membres of Iesus Christe thonely 7 Ephe. 4. d. heade therof 8 Ephe. 4. a. philip 3. d. Col. 2. a. coÌ„seÌ„t in faithe hope and charitie vsinge the giftes of God 9 Act. 2. g. 4. g rom 12. c. 1. cor 12. b. ephe 4. c. whether they be temporall or spirituall to the profit and furtherance of the same Whiche churche is not 10 RoÌ„ 111. a. sene to mans eye but onely knowen to God who of the loste sonnes of AdaÌ„ hath ordeyned some as 11 Rom. 9. e eph 1. a. b. vessels of wrathe to damnation and hathe chosen others as vessels of his mercie to be saued the whiche also in due tyme he 12 Rom. 8. eph 5. c. callethe to integritie of lyfe and godly conuersation to make them a glorious churche to him selfe But that churche which is 13 Matt. 18. c. 1. cor 13. b. visible and sene to the eye hathe three tokens or markes wherby it may be discerned First the 14 Matt. 28. d. rom 10. c. 2. Cor. 3.4 ephe 2. d. Ioh. 10. a. 2. tim 3. d. 2. peter 1. d. worde of God coÌ„teyned in the olde aÌ„d newe testament which as it is 15 Ephes 2. d. matth 17. c. Ioh. 10. a. b. aboue the autoritie of the same churche and onely 16 Ioh. 20. g. 2. tim 3. d. sufficient to instruct vs in all thinges concernynge saluation so is it left for 17 Ios 1. b. Ioh. 5. c. all degrees of men to reade and vnderstand For without this worde 18 Ephes 5. c. mat 15. b. neither churche concile or decree can establishe any point touching saluation The seconde is the holy 19 Matt. 26. c. 28. f. rom 4. a. Ephe. 5. f. sacrements to witt of Baptisme and the Lordes Supper which sacramentes Christ hathe left vnto vs as holie signes and seales of Gods promesses For as by Baptisme once receyued is signified that we aswel infants as others of age and discretion being 20 Rom. 5. b. Ephe. 2. a. Tit. 3. b. gal 3. c. rom 7. d. straungers froÌ„ God by originall synne are receyued into his familie and congregation with full assurance that althoghe this roote of synne lye hyd in vs. yet to the electe it shal not be 21 Rom. 4. a. Psal 31. a. imputed So the 22 1. Cor. 11. e. supper declareth that God as a moste prouident father doth not onely fede our bodies but also spiritually nurisheth our soules with the 23 Ioh. 6. d. graces aÌ„d benefites of Iesus Christ which the scripture calleth eatinge of his flesh and drinkinge of his bloode nether must we in the administratioÌ„ of these sacrameÌ„tes followe maÌ„s phaÌ„tasie but as Christ him self hath ordeyned so must they be ministred and by suche as 24 Heb. 5. b. Ioh. 3. d. by ordinarie vocatioÌ„ are therunto called Therfor whosoeuer reserueth and worshippeth these sacrameÌ„ts or contrariwyse contemneth them in tyme and place procureth to him self damnatioÌ„ The third marke of this church is 25 Matt. 18. b. luk 17. a. leui 19. d. Ecles 19. b. ecclesiasticall discipline which standeth in admonitioÌ„ and correction of fautes The finall ende wherof is excommunication by the consent of the churche 26 1. Cor. 5. a. determyned if the offender be obstinate And besides this ecclesiasticall censure I acknowlage to belonge to this church a politicall 27 Rom. 13. a. wisdome 6. a Tit. 3. a. 1.

estates before mentioned or els prayeth as the spirite of God shall moue his harte framinge the same accordinge to the tyme and matter which he hath intreated of And yf there shal be at any tyme any present plague famine pestilence warre or such like which be euident tokens of Gods wrath leu 26. d. Deu. 28. b. 3. kyngs 8. d 2. kyngs 24. c as it is our parte to acknowlage our synnes to be the occasion therof so are we appointed by the scriptures to giue our selues to mournynge fastinge and prayer as the meanes to turne awaye Gods heauie displeasure Therfore it shal be conuenient that the minister at suche tyme do not onely admonyshe the people therof but also vse some forme of prayer accordinge as the present necessitie requireth to the which he may appoint by a common consent some seuerall daye after the sermon wekely to be obserued THE order of Baptisme FIrst note that for asmoche as it is not permitted by Gods woord 1. Cor. 14. f. 1. Tim. 2. d. Matt. 28. d. The transgression of Gods ordinaÌ„ce is called iniquitie and Idolatrie and is compared to witchcrafte sorcerie 1. Sam. 15. o How dangerous also it is to enterprise any thinge rashely or without the warrant of Gods woorde thexaÌ„ples of Saul Oza Ozias Nadab and Abiu oght sufficiently to vvarne vs. 1. Sam. 13. c 2. Sam. 6. b. 2. Chro. 26. c. leu 10. a. Nom. 3. a. that wemen should preache or minister the Sacramentes and it is euident that the sacramentes are not ordeined of God to be vsed in priuat corners as charmes or sorceries but left to the congregation and necessarely annexed to Gods woord as seales of the same therfore the enfant which is to be baptised shal be broght to the churche on the day appointed to comen prayer and preachinge accompanied wyth the father and god father So that after the Sermon the chyld beinge presented to the minister he demaundeth this question DO you present this childe to be baptised earnestly desiring that he may be ingrafted in the mysticall bodye of Iesus Christ The answer Yea we require the same The minister procedeth THEN let vs coÌ„sider dearly beloued how almyghtie God hath not onely made vs his children by 1 rom 8. c. Gal. 4. a. Ephe. 1. a. 2. c. adoption and receiued vs into the fellowship of his churche but also hath promised that he wil be our 2 Gen. 17. a. Exod. 20. a. Deu. 7. b. Esa 59. d God and the God of our childreÌ„ vnto the thousand generation Whych thinge as he confirmed to his people of the olde testament by the sacrament of 3 Gen. 17. b. Rom. 4. b. circumcision so hath he also renewed the same to vs in his new testament by the sacrament of 4 Col. 2. e Gal. 3. d Act. 2. f baptisme doing vs therby to wyt that our infantes apperteyne to hym by couenaunt and therfore oght not to be defrauded of those holy signes and badges 5 Act. 10. g wher by his children are knowen from infidells and pagans Neither is it requisite that all those that receyue this sacramente haue the vse of vnderstanding and fay the but chiefelye that they be conteyned vnder the name of 6 Act. 2. 2. Cor. 7. c. gods people So that remission of synnes in the bloode of Christ Iesus doth appertaine to theÌ„ by Gods promise Which thing is most euident by 7 1. Cor. 7. c sainct Paul who pronounceth the childreÌ„ begotten and borne either of the parents being faythful to be cleane and holy Also our sauiour Christ admitteth 8 Mar. 10. b. mat 19. b. luk 18. c. psal 22. d children to his presence imbrasing and blessinge theim Which testimonies of the holy ghoste assure vs that infants be of the number of Gods people and that remission of synnes doth also apperteyne to theim in Christ Therfore wythout iniurie they can not be debarred from the common signe of Gods children Neither yet is this owteward action of suche necessitie that the 9 rom 4. b. Gal. 3. a. Iam. 2. d. Gen. 15. b. 17. b lacke therof shuld be preiudiciall to their saluation yf that preuented by deathe thei may not conueniently be presented to the church But we hauinge respect to that obedience which christians owe to the voice and ordinance of Christ Iesus who commanded 10 Mark 10. b. Matt. 28. d. to preache and baptise all wyth out exception do iudge theym onely vnworthy of any felowship wyth him who contemptuosly refuse suche ordinary meanes as his wisdome hath appointed to the instruction of our dull senses Furthermore it is euident that baptisme was ordeined to be ministred in the element of 11 matt 3. c. 1. Peter 3. d. 1. Ioh. 5. b. Cor. 10. a. water to teache vs that lyke as water outwardly dothe washe a way the fylthe of the bodye so inwardly dothe the vertue of Christs blood purge our sowles from that corruption and deadly poyson wherwith by 12 Ephe. 2. a. nature we were infected Whose venemous 13 rom 7 dreggs althogh they continewe in this our flesh yet by the merits of his deathe are not 14 rom 4. a. Gal. 3. a. psal 32. a. imputed vnto vs by cause the iustice of Iesus Christ is made 15 Rom. 6. a gal 3. d. Iudas Simon Magus Hymeneus Alexander Philetus ours by baptisme Not that we thinke any suche vertue or power to be included in the visible water or owtward action for many haue bene baptised and yet neuer inwardly purged but that our sauiour Christ who commanded baptisme to be ministred will by the power of his holy spirite effectually worke in the harts of his 16 Act. 2. g. 13. g. elect in tyme conuenient all that is ment and sygnified by the same And this the scripture calleth our 17 Eph. 3. a. 1. Cor. 12. b. Rom. 6. a. Coll. 2. b. regeneration which standeth chiefli in these two points in mortificatioÌ„ that is to say a resisting of the rebellious lustes of the flesche The fruit of baptisme standeth in two points mortificatioÌ„ and regeneration and in newnes of lyffe wherby we continually stryue to walke in that purenes and perfection wherwyth we are cladd in baptisme And althogh we in the iourney of this lyffe be 18 1. peter 5. b. Luk 22. d. Iob. 7. incumbred wyth many ennemies whych in the way assayle vs yet fyght we not wyth out fruite For this 19 Rom. 5. a. 1. Peter 1. a. Iam. 1. a. Ephe. 6. b. continuall battaill which we fight against synne deathe aÌ„d hell is a most infallible argumeÌ„t that God the father miÌ„dfull of his promise made vnto vs in Christ Iesu doth not only gyue vs motions and courage to resist theim but also assurance to 20 1. Cor. 15. g Osee 13. d. Heb. 2. d. Iob. 16. d. ouercome aÌ„d obteine victorie Wherfore dearly beloued it is not only of necessitie that we

Likewise after supper he toke the cuppe sayiÌ„ge This cuppe is the newe testameÌ„t or couenaÌ„t in my bloude doo ye this so ofte as ye shall drinke therof in remeÌ„brance of me For so ofte as you shal eate this bread and drinke of this cuppe ye shall declare the lordes deathe vntill his coÌ„minge Therfore whosoeuer shall eate this bread and drinke the cuppe of the lorde vnworthely he shal be giltie of the bodye and bloud of the lord Then see that euery maÌ„ proue aÌ„d trye hym selfe aÌ„d so let hym eate of this bread aÌ„d driÌ„ke of this cuppe for whosoeuer eateth or drinketh vnworthelye he eateth and drinketh his owne damnation for not hauinge due regarde and consideration of the lordes bodye THIS done the minister proceadith to the exhortation DEARELY beloued in the lorde forasmoch as we be nowe assembled to celebrate the holy communion of the body and bloud of our sauiour Christ let vs consider these woordes of S. Paule how he exhorteth all persons diligently to trye and examine theÌ„ selues before they presume to eate of that bread aÌ„d drinke of that cuppe For as the benefite ys great if with a truly penitent hart and liuely faith we receyue that holy sacrament for then we 1 Ioh. 6. g. spiritually eate the fleshe of Christ and drinke his bloude theÌ„ we dwell in Christ aÌ„d Christ in vs we be one with Christ and Christ with vs so is the dauÌ„ger great if we receyue the same vnworthely for then we be giltie of the bodye and bloud of Christ our sauiour we eate aÌ„d driÌ„ke our own daÌ„nation not considering the lordes bodye we kiÌ„dle godes wrath agaiÌ„st vs aÌ„d prouoke him to plague vs with diuerse diseases and sundry kindes of death Therfore if any of you be 2 Gal. 3. d. a blasphemer of God an hinderer or slaunderer of his worde an an adulterer or be in malice or enuie or in any other greuous cryme bewaylle your synnes and come not to this holy table lest after the takynge of this holy sacrameÌ„t the diuell entre into you as he entred into 3 Ioan. 13. â— Iudas and fill you full of all iniquities and bring you to destruction bothe of bodye and soule Iudge therfore your selues bretherne that ye be not iudged of the lorde 4 Matth. â— c. Titus 2. c. repent you truly for your synnes paste and haue a lyuely and stedfast fayth in Christ our sauiour 5 Act. 4. c Gal. 2. d sekinge onely your saluation in the merites of his death and passion from hensforth refusinge and forgettinge all 6 1. pet 2. a. 1. Cor. 14. d ephe 4. a. d malice and debate withfull purpose to liue in brotherly amytie and godlye conuersation all the dais of your lyfe And albeit we fele in ourselues muche frailtie and wretchednes as that we haue not our faith so perfite and constant as we ought being many tymes readye to distruste Godes goodnes through our corrupt 7 rom 7. d. nature and also that we are not so throughlye geuen to serue God neyther haue so feruent a zeale to set forth his glory as our duetye requireth felinge still such rebellion in our selues that we haue nede dayly to 8 Gala. 5. c fight against the lustes of our fleshe yet neuertheles seinge that our lorde hath dealed thus mercifully with vs that he hath printed his 9 Hebr. 8. d Iere. 31. f. Isa 59. d gospell in our hartes so that we are preserued from falling into desperatioÌ„ and misbeliefe and seing also he hath indued vs with a 10 Rom. 7. c. d phil 1. a. 2. Cor. will and desire to renownce and withstand our own affections with a longing for his righteousenes and the keping of his commaundementes we may be now right well assured that those defautes and manifolde imperfections in vs shal be no hinderance at all against vs to cause him not to accept and impute vs as worthie to come to his spirituall table For the ende of our comming thyther is not to make 11 luk 18. c. protestation that we are vpright or iuste in our liues but contrariwise we come to seke our life and perfection in Iesu Christ acknowledging in the meane tyme that we of our selues be the children 12 Ephes 2. a. luk 18. c. of wrath and damnation Let vs consider then that this sacrament is a singuler medicine for all poore sicke creatures a comfortable helpe to weake soules and that our lord requireth no other worthines on our parte but that we vnfaynedly acknowlege our noghtines and imperfection Then to the end that we may be worthy partakers of his merites aÌ„d moste comfortable benefits which 13 Ioan. 6. f. ys the true eatinge of his fleshe and drinkinge of his bloud let vs not suffer our mindes to wander aboute the consideration of these earthlie aÌ„d corruptible thynges which we see present to our eies and fele with our haÌ„des to seeke Christ bodely presente in theÌ„ as if he were inclosed in the breade or wyne Transsubstantiation TranselemeÌ„tatioÌ„ Transmutation and Transformation as the papistes vse them are the doctrine of diuells or as yf these elementes were tourned and chaunged into the substaunce of his fleshe and blood For the only waye to dispose our soules to receiue norishment reliefe and quikening of his substance is to lift vp our mindes by fayth aboue all thinges wordlye and sensible and therby to entre into heauen The true eatyng of Christ in the sacrament that we may finde and receiue Christ where he 14 1. Timo. 6. d dwelleth vndoutedlye verie God and verie man in the incomprehensible glorie of his father to whome be all praise honor and glorye now and euer Amen The exhortation ended the minister commeth doune from the pulpet and sitteth at the Table euery man and woman in likewise takinge their place as occasion best serueth Math. 26. c. Mark 14. c Luke 22. b 1. Cor. 11. e then he taketh bread and geueth thankes either in these woordes followinge or like in effect 1 Apoc. 5. c. O Father of mercye and God of all consolation seinge all creatures do knowlege and confesse thee as gouerner and lorde it becommeth vs the workemanship of thyne own handes at all tymes to reuerence and magnifie thy godli maiestie first for that thou haste created vs to thyne own 2 Gen. 1. d. Image and similitude but chieflye that thou haste deliuered vs from that euerlasting 3 Ephe. 2. b Gala. 1. a. Gen. 3. c. death and damnation into the which SataÌ„ drewe mankinde by the meane of synne from the bondage wherof neither man nor angell was 4 Act. 4. e. heb 1. d. Apoc. 5. a able to make vs free but thou Ã² lord riche in mercie and infinite in goodnes haste prouided our redemption to stande in thy onely and welbeloued sone whom of verie 5 Ioan. 3. c. loue thou didest giue to be made man lyke

of heauen earth it is he that by hys bountyfull goodnesse myghtye power and hyghe wisedome doth conducte and guide the whole order of nature It is he that sendeth raine and drought haile tempestes and fayre wether he seÌ„deth fertilite and barennes dearth and plentie health and sycknes to be shorte he hath all thynges at commaundement to do hym seruice at his owne good pleasure Â¶ The minister What saiest thou as touching the deuels and wicked persons be they also subiecte to hym and at hys commaundement Â¶ The childe Albeit that God dothe not guide them wyth his holy spirite Concernyng deuylles yet he doth brydell them in such sort that they be not able to styrre or moue without his permission and appointment yea moreouer he doth compel them to execute his will pleasure although it bee cleane agaynst theyr intent purpose Â¶ The minister To what purpose doth it serue thee to knowe this Â¶ The childe The knowledge hereof doeth wonderfully comforte vs for we might thinke our selues in a miserable case if the deuylles and the wycked had power to do any thynge contrary to Gods wil or appointment And moreouer we could neuer be quiete in our coÌ„sciences yf we shuld think our selues to be in theyr daunger The deuill hath no power but of God But forsomuche as we know that God brydeleth them fast and chayneth them as it were in a prison in suche wise that they can do nothing but as he permitteth we haue iuste occasion not onely to bee quiete in mind but also to receyue most confortable ioye since God hath promysed to bee our protectour and defender Â¶ The minister Sonday 5 Go to then lett vs come to the seconde parte of our beliefe The second parte of the beliefe Â¶ The childe And in Iesu Christe his onely sonne our Lorde Â¶ The minister What is bryeflye the effecte and substance of thys parte Â¶ The childe It is to acknowledge the sonne of God to be our sauiour and to vnderstand the meane wherby he hath redemed vs from death and purchased lyfe vnto vs. Â¶ The minister What sygnifyeth thys worde Iesus by whych thou namest hym Â¶ The childe It is as muche to saye as Sauyour This word Iesus Matt. 1. and thys name was geuen vnto him by the angell at Gods commandement Â¶ The minister What is that of more estimacion than if that name hadde bene geuen vnto hym by men Â¶ The childe Yea a great deale for since Goddes pleasure was that he shoulde be so named it geueth vs certayne knowledge that he is our very sauiour in dede Â¶ The minister What sygnifyeth then thys woorde Christe whiche foloweth after This word Christe Â¶ The childe This word Christe doth expresse more effectually his office and doth vs to wete that he was anointed of oure heauenlye father to sygnifye that he was ordeined to be a kynge Prieste and Prophete Â¶ The minister How hast thou the knowlege hereof Â¶ The childe By the scripture whiche doth suffyciently teache vs that anointynge dyd serue for these three offices or dignities the which be also attributed vnto hym in many places of the scriptures Â¶ The minister But what maner of oyle was it wherewith he was anointed Â¶ The childe It was no such material oile as we vse and as did serue in olde time to the ordeininge or institutioÌ„ of kynges Priestes and Prophetes but a farre more excellent oyle euen the grace of Gods holy spirite wherof the aunciente anointing in the olde testamente was a fygure Â¶ The minister What maner of kyngdom is that wherof thou speakest Â¶ The childe Thys kyngdome of Christe The kingdome o Christe is not earthly but spirituall the substaunce wherof doeth consist in Gods worde and in his holy spirite wherin is conteined both ryghteousnesse and lyfe euerlastynge Â¶ The minister And what is his Priesthoode Â¶ The childe It is an offyce and auctorytie to presente himselfe before God The pristhoode of Christe Heb. 7.8.9 10.13 to obtayne grace fauour for vs and to pacifye hys fathers wrath by offering vp the most acceptable sacryfyce of hym selfe vnto him Â¶ The minister Why callest thou hym a Prophete Â¶ The childe Bycause that he came downe into the worlde wherein Christ war a Prophete Esa 7. Hebr. 1. to brynge vnto vs the moste worthy ioyfull embassie or message of God his father to declare at large most euidently to the worlde his fathers wil and to finishe all reuelations and Prophecyes Â¶ The minister Commeth there any profite vnto thee by those names and dignities of Christe Â¶ The childe Yea they altogether belonge to our comfort and proffit For Christ did receiue all these of hys father to make vs partakers therof wherby we myghte euerye one receyue of hys fulnesse Â¶ The minister Declare thys thyng vnto me more at large Â¶ The childe He receiued the holy ghost in moste full perfection with all the giftes and graces of the same to bestowe them on vs and to distribute them vnto euerye one of vs in the measure and quantytye that God knoweth to be moste mete and expediente for vs and so by this meanes wee drawe oute of hym as if it were oute of a fountayne Christ is the fontayne of all goodnes all the spirituall gyftes that we haue Â¶ The minister To what vse doth the kyngdom of Christ serue vs Â¶ The childe To what vse the kyngdoÌ„e of Christ serueth vs. To set vs in libertie of conscience to lyue godly and holily that we beinge enriched with hys spirituall treasures and armed with his power may be able to ouercome the deuyll synne fleshe the worlde whych bee euery one pernycyous enemies vnto our soules Â¶ The minister What profite haue we of his priesthoode Â¶ The childe The profyte of Christes priesthoode Hebru vii viii.ix.x.xiii First by this meanes he is our mediator to bring vs into the fauour of God his father and againe hereby wee haue a fre entrye to come in and shewe oure selues boldely before God and to offre vp our selues with al that belongeth vnto vs for a sacrifice and in thys poynt we are felowes after a sorte of his priesthood Â¶ The minister The vtilitye of his office in that he is a Prophete is yet behynde The childe Since our lorde Iesu hath receyued this office to become the master and teacher of hys flocke the ende of this dignitie is wherfore Christ was a prophete to bring vs to the righte knowledge of god and of his trueth so that wee myght become Gods houshold scholers and of hys familye Â¶ The minister This is then it that a man may briefly gather of thy wordes that these thre titles or names of Christ do include thre sundry offices the which God hath geuen vnto his sonne to the entent to bestow the fruit profite of the same vpon his elect Â¶ The childe Ye saye truely Â¶ The minister Sonday

7 By what reason callest thou Christ the onely sonne of God synce God doth name vs also hys chyldren Â¶ The childe As touching that that we are Gods children we be not so borne neither doth it come of our nature but only by his fatherly adoption by grace in that that God doeth vouchesafe to accepte vs and take vs for his children now our Lord Iesus beyng begotten of one very substance with his father and beynge of the selfe same nature and godhead may euen of good ryght be called Gods onelye sonne for that there is none other that can clayme that tytle by naturall ryghte but he alone Â¶ The minister This is then the meaning that thys honour pertayneth peculiarelye vnto hym alone as vnto whome it belongeth by course naturall the whiche notwithstandinge he hath by free gyft of hys goodnes communicated vnto vs makyng vs partakers thereof in that we are becomen his own membres Â¶ The childe It is euen so and therfore in respect of that his communicatyng and alyaunce with vs the scripture calleth Christe in an other place the fyrste borne among many brethren Â¶ The minister What is the meanyng of that that foloweth Â¶ The childe It doth vs to wete after what sort the sonne of God was annoynted of hys father to becume our sauior that is to say he tooke vpon hym our flesh therin fulfilled al thinges necessarye for our redempcion according as they be here rehearsed Â¶ The minister What meanest thou by these two clauses Conceyued by the holye Ghoste Borne of the virgin Mary Â¶ The childe The meanyng thereof is Christ became very manne Psal 32 Mat. 1. Luke 1. that he was fashioned in the blessed virgins wombe takyng very substaunce and manhod of her own body that he myght therby become the seede of Dauid as the Prophetes hadde a longe tyme before sygnyfyed and yet notwithstandyng all thys was wroughte by the secrete and merueilous power of the holye goste with out the company of man Â¶ The minister Was it then nedefull that he shoulde take vpon hym oure very fleshe Â¶ The childe Roma 3. Yea verely for it was conuenient that mans transgression and his disobedience agaynste God shoulde be purged lyke wise by the nature of man And moreouer if Christe had not bene partaker of our very nature 1. Timo. 2 Hebr. 4. he had not bene a meete mediatoure to make vs at one and to ioyne vs together with God his father Â¶ The minister Than thys is thy saying that it behoued that Christ shoulde become very man to the ende he myghte execute the office of a sauiour in our shape and persone Â¶ The childe Christe hath perfourmed that which lacked in vs. Yea verely For we must borowe of him all that which is lacking in our selues for this our defaut cold not otherwise be recouered Â¶ The minister But for what cause was thys thyng wrought by gods holy spirite and not rather by the company of man according to the ordre of nature Â¶ The childe Because the seede of manne is of it selfe all to gether corrupted with synne it behooued that thys conception of Christ should be wroughte by the power of the holy goste Christe was conceiued by the spirit of God wherby our sauiour might be preserued from all corrupcyon of synne and replenysshed with all maner of holynes Â¶ The minister So then by these sayinges it is euidenly declared vnto vs that he whiche should purifye and clense other from fylthe of synne muste be hymselfe free and cleare from all spottes therof and euen from his mothers wombe dedicated kept holy vnto God in purenesse of nature so that he may not be giltie of that corrupcyon where with the whole stocke of man is generally infected Â¶ The childe That is the very meanyng of my woordes Â¶ The minister Sonday 8 How cummeth it to passe that he is our Lorde Â¶ The childe Euen by the ordinance of God himselfe Christ is our lord who also made hym our gouernor to the ende that he myght execute hys fathers kyngdom both in heauen and in earth and that he myght be heade and ruler bothe of Aungelles and of goddes faythfull people Â¶ The minister Wherfore speakest thou of his deathe immediatlye after hys birth leaueste out the whole story of hys lyfe Â¶ The childe For because there is nothyng mencioned or spoken of in our Cred but that whiche peculiarelye belongeth to the pyth and substance of our redemption Â¶ The minister Why is it not sayde playnely in one woorde that he dyed withoute anye speakynge of Ponce Pilate by whose iugement he suffered Â¶ The childe The mencion that is made of Ponce Pilate was not onelye for this consideracion to make the storye of Christes Passion to haue more euident assurance but also to declare vnto vs that his death hath taken a way our condemnacion Â¶ The minister How so Â¶ The childe Fyrst he suffered deathe to the ende to take a waye the payne that was due vnto vs that we might be therby clearely delyuered from the same Now for so muche as we were in faute and gyltie before gods iudgemente as wicked mysdoers Christ myndyng to take vpon him our persone and to bayle vs Christe was condemned to cleare vs. by susteyning all our miserie vouchsaued to shew hymselfe before yearthly iudges to be condemned by the sentence or iudgement of the same that therby we myght be giltlesse cleare before the iudgemente seate of oure heauenlye iudge hys father Â¶ The minister Notwithstanding Mat. 27. Luke 23. Pilate doth pronounce hym innocent and so by that he doeth not condemne hym as woorthye of deathe Â¶ The childe Pilate dyd bothe the one and the other Christe was coÌ„dened for vs. first he was pronounced innocente iust by the iudges owne mouth to sygnifye that he suffered not for hys owne deserte but for our trespaces And yet withal the same iudge dyd dyd geue solemnelye the sentence of deathe agaynst hym to testifye and expresse that he is our true pledge raunsome Christ was our raunsonne as he who also hath taken vnto hym oure condemnation to make vs quite and to deliuer vs from the same Â¶ The minister That is wel sayd for if he had bene a sinner in deede he had not bene meete to haue suffered death for the offences of other and neuerthelesse to the end that we myght be clearely quitte and delyuered by hys condemnacyon Esai 53. it was necessary that he should be taken and counted as a malefactoure or misdoer Â¶ The childe I meane no other thynge Â¶ The minister Sonday 9 Wher thou saist Christ suffred on the crosse was that kynde of deathe more auaylable and of more importaunce than if he had bene otherwyse put to deathe Christe toke vpon hymselfe the curse due vnto vs that we might be free Â¶ The childe Yea verely and touching that matter Sainct Paule

wayes this resurrection of Christe doeth profite vs Â¶ The childe Thre maner of ways the firste The benefyte and vertue of Christes death standeth in .iii pointes that we haue fully obtained to be ryghteous therby Secondly that his risinge froÌ„ death is asure gage and certaine assuraunce unto vs that we shall oÌ„ce ryse agayne into a lyfe without ende and moste glorious Thyrdely Rom. 4.6 1. Cor. 15. that if we be in dede truely partakers of his resurrection we ryse nowe in this present worlde in to a new kynde of lyfe addicted wholy to serue God and to leade an holye conuersation agreable to his wil and pleasure Â¶ The minister Sonday 12 Let vs goe forwarde to the reste Â¶ The childe He ascended vp into heauen Â¶ The minister Wente Christ vp into heauen in suche sort that he was no loÌ„ger abydinge in the yearth Â¶ The childe Yea Christ ascended into heaueÌ„ for whan he had performed whollye all thynges that were enioyned him by the commandement of his father and had accoÌ„plished all that was necessarie for our health it was not nedefulle that he shoulde remayne any longer in the worlde Â¶ The minister What profyte haue wee by hys ascension Â¶ The childe The Profytte of Christes ascension staÌ„dyth in two pointes We receyue double profyte thereby for since that our sauyoure Christe is entred into heauen in our name euen inlyke maner as he came downe from theÌ„ce for oure sakes onely he hath thereby made an open entrye into the same place for vs geuynge us withal an assured knowledge that the gate of heauen is nowe wyde open to receiue vs whych was before faste shutte through our synnes The seconde profite is that he sytteth there presente alwais in the syght of God the father to make intercessyon for us Rom. 6. Hebr. 7. and to be our aduocate to make answere for vs. Â¶ The minister But is oure sauioure Christ so gone out of the worlde that he is no more here with vs Â¶ The childe Matt. 28. No dowteles for he hymselfe sayeth the contrarye that is that he wyl be here presente with vs vnto the worldes ende Â¶ The minister Is it meant of his bodely presence that he maketh promise so to coÌ„tynue with vs Â¶ The childe No verelye Luke 24. Actes 1. for it is a nother matter to speake of hys body which was lyfte vp out of this worlde into heauen and to speake of hys godlye power whiche is spred abrode throughout the whole worlde Â¶ The minister Declare the meaniÌ„g of this senteÌ„ce He sytteth on the ryghte hand of God the Father Â¶ The childe The vnderstandyng of that is Matt. 28. to signifye that he hath receyued into his handes the gouernance of heauen and yearth whereby he is kynge and ruler ouer al thynges Â¶ The minister What signifieth this worde ryghthande and the fyttyng on the ryghthande whereof mention is here made Â¶ The childe It is a similitude or a maner of speache borowed of earthly Princes To sit on the right hande of God whiche are wonte to place on their right side suche as they substitute nexte vnder them to see to the execution of lawes and to supplye their roume and offyce in their steade Â¶ The minister Then thou meanest nothing els therby Ephe. 1. but that whiche S. Paule speaketh to the Ephesians that he was constitute and appointed head of the Churche set in authoritie aboue all powers Philip. 2. and that he hath receiued a name or dignitie passynge all other Â¶ The childe My meanynge is none other Â¶ The minister Goe forwarde to the residue Â¶ The childe Sonday 13 From thence he wil come to iudge the quycke aÌ„d the dead that is to saye he will come doune from heaueÌ„ and shewe himselfe visibly once agayne in iudgement euen in that shape Actes 1. wherin he was seen to ascend Â¶ The minister Seynge the iudgemente of God shal be in the ende of the worlde how maye that be whych thou saiest some shal be a lyue and other some shal be dead namely since also it is a thing most certainly oppointed vnto all men Hebr. 9. to dye once Â¶ The childe S. Paule maketh answer to this questioÌ„ himselfe saying that they which at that time shal be lefte on liue 1. Cor. 15. 1. Thes 4. shal be sodainly chaÌ„ged in a momeÌ„t of time to the end that their corruptible nature maye be altered and that they may receiue a newe body whiche shal be no more subiect to corruption Â¶ The minister Thy meaninge is then that this alteratioÌ„ or change shal be vnto them in steade of a death in somuche as it shal do a way abolyshe their former nature and make them ryse againe in a newe more glorious state Â¶ The childe It is euen so Â¶ The minister Doe we receyue any comfort by this that our sauiour Christ will come once to iudge the worlde Â¶ The childe Yea verely and that a synguler great comforte for we are taught certeynly that hys commyng at that tyme shal be onely for our saluation Â¶ The minister Wel then there is no cause why we shoulde be afrayde of the day of iudgement or wherfore we shoulde lothe the cummyng thereof Â¶ The childe No truely Christe shal both Iudge vs and aunswer for vs. forsomuch as we shall appeare before no other iudge but him who is our aduocate and hath taken vpon hym to defende our cawse Â¶ The minister Sonday 14 Let vs nowe come to the third parte Â¶ The childe That part coÌ„cerneth our fayth confidence in the holy goste The third parte of the crede Â¶ The minister And to what purpose doth it serue vs Â¶ The childe It doth vs to vnderstaÌ„d that euen as God hath first redemed vs Of the holy gost and his giftes geuen euerlasting health vnto vs in Iesu Christ eueÌ„ so it pleased hym to make vs partakers of these his graces aÌ„d benefites through his holy spirite Â¶ The minister How so Â¶ The childe In lyke maner as the bloud of Christe is the onelye thyng that pourgeth oure soules 1. Peter 1. eueÌ„ so the holy ghost must sprinkle aÌ„d moysten our coÌ„sciences with the same to make them pure and cleane Â¶ The minister Yet this needeth a more euident declaration Â¶ The childe It is no more to saye but that the holye spirite of God dwellyng in our heartes doth make vs feele the vertue and goodnes of our Lord Iesus Rom. 5. for it is he that doth open the eyes of our hearte to beholde gods benefites towardes vs he doeth seale and imprint his aboundante graces in our soules and this spirite doeth also regenerate vs and make vs new creatures in such sort Ephe. 1. that by his meanes we receiue to our most coÌ„fort al those giftes and benefites which be offered vnto vs so plentifully in Christ our sauiour Â¶ The minister Sonday 15

What foloweth now next Â¶ The chide The fourth part of our beliefe The fowerth part which is of the churche where it is sayde I beleue that there is a Catholique or uniuersal churche Â¶ The minister What is this Churche Â¶ The childe It is the felowship or congregation of them that belieue what the church is whom God hathe ordeyned and chosen unto life euerlasting Â¶ The minister Is it necessary that we beleue this artiticle Â¶ The childe Yea it is a thyng very necessarye onlesse we mynd to make Christes death vtterlye voyde and of none effect and to make all those thiÌ„ges superfluous aÌ„d to no purpose whiche we haue rehearsed alreadye for the church is the verye fruite that proceadeth of all Christes dooinges Â¶ The minister This is thaÌ„ thy sayiÌ„g that all which hither to hath bene declared For what purpose Christe suffered deathe doth touche the cause aÌ„d grownde of our saluatioÌ„ insomuche as God hath receiued vs into his fauoure by the meanes of our sauiour Iesus Christ hath stablished this grace in vs through his holy spirite But nowe the effect that cuÌ„meth of all this is declared vnto vs to geue the more euideÌ„t assurance therof Â¶ The childe It is euen so as you say Â¶ The minister What meanest thou by saying The holy churche Â¶ The childe I call the Churche holy in this sence because that those whoÌ„ God hathe chosen he iustifieth renueth vnto holynes aÌ„d innoceÌ„cy of lyfe to make his glory to shyne in theÌ„ Ephe 5. And also oure sauiour Christe hath saÌ„ctified his churche which he redemede to the ende it myght be glorious and without spot Â¶ The minister What meaneth this worde Catholique or vniuersall Â¶ The childe The meaning of this word catholique Ephe. 4. 1. Cor. 12. It serueth to put vs in remeÌ„braÌ„ce that as there is but one head of the righte beleuers eueÌ„ so it behoueth theÌ„ to be knit together in one bodye iÌ„ such sorte that there be not diuers churches but one churche alonely disê‘sed thorowout the whole worlde Â¶ The minister Declare as touchiÌ„g the communioÌ„ of sainctes Â¶ The childe The communioÌ„ of the faithfull That clause is putte to for a more playne declaration or setting furth of the vnitie and coupling together of the membres of Christes church Moreouer it doth vs to vnderstand that al the benefites that Christe hath geueÌ„ and all the good that he hathe done for his church belongeth to the profite and saluacion of euerye faithfull personne for so much as they haue all a common partaking together Â¶ The minister Sonday 16 But where thou namest the churche holye is the holinesse therof now alreadi vpright and perfecte Â¶ The childe No verely for it is in contynuall battayll so longe as we are in this world and laboreth alwaye vnder imperfectioÌ„ aÌ„d infirmities which shal neuer be cleane taken a way vntill we be al together coupled to our head Iesu Christ by whome we are perfitly sanctified and made holy Â¶ The minister Is there no other way to knowe this church but by beliefe or faithe Â¶ The childe Yes verely there is a church or coÌ„panye of Goddes people which may be sene to the eye forsomuch as God hath geueÌ„ outwarde tokens and SacrameÌ„tes by the whiche we may knowe the same But here in this place meÌ„cioÌ„ is made onely of the peculiar and chosen coÌ„pani of Goddes childreÌ„ whoÌ„ whom he hath chosen to euerlasting lyfe the whiche feloweshyppe cannot be perfectely discerned here by our sences nor by outward tokens Â¶ The minister What is there more Â¶ The childe Touchinge the forgiunes of sinnes I beleue the remission of our synnes Â¶ The minister What is the ryghte or proper signification of thys woord Remissyon Â¶ The childe It signifyeth properlye that God doeth freelye forgeue al the sinnes of them whiche beleue in hym in suche sorte that they shall neuer be called to any accounte neyther shall they make anye aunswere before Goddes iustice seate therby to receyue any punishement Â¶ The minister It is easy than to be gathered of this that we doe not merite or deserue by any satisfaction or amendes that we can make that God shoulde pardon our synnes Â¶ The minister Ye say true for oure sauiour Christ hath made the full payment himself and hath sustayned the payne due vnto the same for we of our parte be not able to make anie maner of recoÌ„pence but we are drieueÌ„ to seeke vpon God that of his mere liberalitie we may obtayne this benefyt frely Â¶ The minister Wherefore doest thou make mencion of remissyon immediatelye after that thou hast spoken of the churche Â¶ The childe Because that no manne can receyue forgeuenes of his sinnes vnles he be incorporated Ther is no remission of synnes without the body of the churche and ioyned in the felowshyp of Goddes people and so continue in the vnitie common partakynge of Christes benefites with the same hys bodye euen to th ende lyke a true membre of hys Churche Â¶ The minister By thys saying than without the churche ther is nothing but hel death and damnacion Â¶ The childe That is most certayne for all such as do deuide disseuer them selues from the body of Christe to the intente to make a sect and breake the vnitie therof are vtterly destitute of al hope to enioy euerlasting lyfe whiles they kepe themselues so diuided and a parte Â¶ The minister Sonday The 17 What foloweth more Â¶ The childe Of oure resurrection The rysyng agayne of the body and lyfe euerlasting Â¶ The minister Whereto serueth thys article in our beliefe Â¶ The childe It doeth vs to vnderstande that our ioye and felicitie consysteth not in anye thynge vpon earthe the which knowledge maye serue vs for two necessary purposes The firste it serueth to teache vs to passe through this transitory world as if it were through a strange countreye settyng litle by the thynges of thys worlde and not settyng oure affectyon on thynges of so vnstable continuaunce Then secondarily it putteth vs in couÌ„fort that although as yet we haue no full taste or enioying of the felicitie which our Lord god hathe freelye prepared for vs in our sauiour Christ that yet we oughte not for that to dyscourage our selues but paciently to wayte for hym vnto the tyme that he shall appere Â¶ The minister What shal be the maner of our resurrection Â¶ The childe Al they which be dead before that tyme shal then take theyr own bodyes agayn vnto them 1. Cor. 15. howbeit they shal be of a nother sorte or fashion that is to wete they shal be no more subiecte to death or corrupcion and yet notwithstanding they shal be of the selfe same nature and substaunce as before And suche as shal then remayne alyue God wyll rayse them vp maruelously and sodainely chaunge theyr bodyes in the twinklinge of an eye as we haue sayd before Â¶ The minister

Shall not the wycked be aswell partakers of thys resurrection as the faythfull Â¶ The childe Yes verely but they shal be in condycion or state farre vnlyke for the one that is to wete the faythfull Ihon. 5. Matt. 25. shall ryse agayne to euerlastynge ioye and felycitye the other to euerlasting death and damnacion Â¶ The minister Wherfore then is there not aswell mencion made of hell and death euerlastynge as of heauen and lyfe that endureth for euer Â¶ The childe Bycause the Crede is a bryefe summe of oure faith conteinynge in as fewe woordes as can be that that belongeth peculyerly to comfort the consciences of Goddes faythfull therfore Gods benefytes whiche he freely bestoweth vpon hys people be rehersed alonely without any mencyon of the wycked who are cleane shute oute of hys kyngdome Â¶ The minister Sonday 18 Since we haue the very foundacion grounde wher vpon our fayth is builded we maye wel gather hereof that this is the very ryghte fayth Â¶ The childe what a thynge liuely faith is Yea verely that is to saye it is a sure perswasion and a stedfaste knowledge of Gods tender loue to wardes vs accordynge as he hath playnlye vttered in his ghospell that he wylbe both a father and a sauyoure vnto vs through the meanes of oure Lorde Iesu Christe Â¶ The minister Is this fayth a thyng standynge in oure power eyther is it a free gyfte that God geueth at hys pleasure Â¶ The childe The scrypture teacheth vs that it is a speciall gyft of the holy gost and very experience doeth also confirme the same Â¶ The minister And why so Â¶ The childe For the feblenes of oure wyttes is suche that we can by no meanes attayne vnto the vnderstandynge of Gods wysedome and the secretes of his spirite the which thynges be opened and made knowen vnto vs by faythe and oure heartes are naturally inclyned to a certayne distruste or at lest avaine trust either in oure selues The holy gost doth lyghten our mindes or in other creatures but what tyme Gods spirite hath lyghtened our heartes and made vs able to vnderstaÌ„de Gods wyll the whiche thyng we can not attaine other wise thaÌ„ doth he arme vs also with a stedfaste coÌ„fydence in hys goodnes sealinge as it were and impryntyng the promises of euerlastynge healthe in our heartes Â¶ The minister What profyte commeth to vs through this faith whan we haue it Â¶ The childe It doeth iustifie vs before God This faith maketh vs sure of our righteousnes and maketh vs enherytours of euerlastynge lyfe Â¶ The minister Why theÌ„ is not a man iustyfyed through good workes if he lyue holylye and in the obedience of Goddes wyll Â¶ The childe If any manne were to be founde so perfecte as to leade his life vprightly before God suche a one myghte worthelye be called a ryghteous manne but forsomuche as we euerye one maye iustlie counte our selues wretched sinners in the syght of God we are of necessytye dryuen to seeke elles where for a worthynes to make answere for vs to Gods iudgemente Â¶ The minister Sonday 19 But be all our workes so disproued that they can meryte nothyng at all for vs before God Â¶ The childe Fyrst al suche workes as we do of our selues by the inclination of our owne nature Al mans woorkes be damnable vntill they be regenerate through godes sprite are vtterly corrupte Wherof it foloweth necessarily that they can not please god but rather do prouoke hys wrath and he condemneth them euery one Â¶ The minister Thys is then thy sayinge that vnto the tyme that God hath of his fauourable goodnes receyued vs to mercy we can doe no maner of thynge but synne Mat. 7 euen as an euell tree can brynge forth no fruite but that that is euyll Â¶ The childe It is euen so for although oure woorkes make a fayre shewe outwardely to mannes syghte yet withoute doubte they are wycked in Goddes syght forsomuch as the heart is naughte and vngracious vnto the whyche God chiefly hath respecte Â¶ The minister Hereby then thou doest conclude that it lyeth not in oure power to preuente God with our merytes and so to prouoke him to loue vs but muche rather contrarywyse we therby do styrre him to be more and more angry against vs. Â¶ The childe Yea surelye and therfore I saye that without any maner consyderacion of oure owne workes he doth accept and receyue vs into hys fauoure of hys mere lyberall goodnes bountyful mercy Titus 3 through the merites of our sauiour Christ accountyng hys righteousnes to be ours and for hys sake so forgettynge oure fautes that he wyl lay them no more to oure charge Â¶ The minister What meanest thou then that a man is iustyfied by his fayth Â¶ The childe Iustification or righteousnes is attributed vnto faythe for somuche as through beleuing that is receiuynge with an assurance of the heart the promyses of the ghospell we enter into possessyon of thys ryghteousnes Â¶ The minister Thys is bryfely thy meanynge that euen as God doth presente and offre thys ryghteousnes freelye vnto vs in hys gospell euen so the onely meane or way to receiue that excellente gyfte of GOD is faythe Â¶ The childe Yea forsoth Â¶ The minister Sonday 20 wel then after that god hath once receyued vs into hys fauour be not the workes which we doe through his grace of fayth and by the vertue or his spirite acceprable vnto him Â¶ The childe The good workes whiche procede onely of faythe Yeas verely because he doth of his free goodnes so accepte them and take them and not bycause theyr worthines doth deserue so to be estemed Â¶ The minister How is it that they be not worthy of themselues to be accepted since they be workes procedynge of the holy ghost Â¶ The childe Forsomuch as we cary alway some infirmitie of the fleshe about vs which wyl haue a stroke and a doing in al our workes wherby they are defyled Â¶ The minister By what meanes then are they made acceptable vnto God Â¶ The childe By the meanes of faith The way to do good workes to goddes plesure for through fayth a man is well assured in his conscience that God wyll not looke narowly vpon hys workes nor trie them by the sharpe rygoure of hys iustyce but that he wyl rather hyde the vnperfytnes the vncleane spottes that be in them with the vndefyled purenes of our sauiour Christ and so accoumpt them as perfecte Â¶ The minister May we saye then that a Christian manne is iustifyed by his workes after that God hath called hym or that he doeth meryte through them Gods fauour to the procurement of lyfe euerlastyng Â¶ The childe Psal 143. No verely but contrarywyse it is sayd that no manne lyuing shal be iustified in Gods syght and therefore it is oure dutie to praie that he do not enter into iudgemente with vs or cal vs to a coumpte Â¶ The minister

I signify therby that we may not occupye oure myndes in considering the outwarde or earthly sygnes Howe Christe oughte to be soght in hys sacramentes as though we would seke our health saluacion in theÌ„ neither may we ymagine that there is anie peculiare vertue inclosed or hidde in theÌ„ but contrariwise we do take the signe for an ayde or helpe to leade to directe our mindes straight into heauen to the intent that we maye there seeke our sauiour Christ al health and goodnes in him alone Â¶ The minister If faith then be required in the ministracion of them how may it be that they are ordeined geuen vnto vs to strengthen stablishe vs in the faith and to assure vs of gods promises Â¶ The childe It is not inough that faith be once begonne in vs for a tyme The sacrameÌ„tes be meanes to nouryshe our faith but we must styll nourishe it mayntaine it so that it may grow daily be encreased in vs. For the nourishement strength encrease therefore of our faythe God hath geuen vs the sacramentes conteining hys merciful promises the which thing Sainct Paule declareth Rom. 4. sayng that the vse of theÌ„ is to seale or-print the promises of God in our hartes Â¶ The minister But tell me is not thys a token of infidelitie whan the promyses of God be not sufficient of themselues to geue vs certayne assurance onlesse there be some visible sygne as an ayde ioyned vnto them Â¶ The childe Verely as ye say it is a token of a litle slender weake fayth yet of that sort the fayth of the most part of al the childreÌ„ of God is Godes children are not fully perfecte in this lyfe notwithstandyng they ceasse not therfore to be called faythfull albeit they haue not as yet attayned vnto the perfection thereof For so longe as we lyue in thys worlde there abydeth coÌ„tinually certayn remnauntes of vnbeliefe in oure fleshe therfore we must endeuour by al meanes continually to profit encrease in fayth Â¶ The minister Sonday 48 Howe many sacramentes be there in the churche of Christe Â¶ The childe How many sacramentes ther be Ther be but .ii. which be commune vnto all menne and whyche Christ hymselfe ordayned for hys whole faythfull flocke Â¶ The minister What be they Â¶ The childe The sacrament of Baptisme and the holy Supper Â¶ The minister In what poyntes doe they agree and wherin dyffer they the one froÌ„ the other Â¶ The childe Baptysme is as it were an entree into the felowshippe or congregation of God Of baptisme for it witnesseth certaynly vnto vs that wheras we were before straungers from God he doth now receiue vs into his family and houshoulde The Supper of the Lorde is a sure witnesse or testymonye vnto vs that God wyll nouryshe and refreshe vs with foode euen as a good master of a house studieth with paynefull dilygence to sustayne feede suche as be of hys houshoulde Â¶ The minister To the ende that we maye vnderstande them both somuch the better The signification of baptisme let vs consider them a parte one after another fyrste what is the ryghte sygnificacyon of Baptisme Â¶ The childe The significacion thereof standeth in .ii. poyntes fyrst our lord representeth vnto vs herin the remissyon of our synnes secondarely Ephe. 5 Rom. 6. oure regeneration or newe byrth in spirite Â¶ The minister Sonday 49 What similitude or agreablenes is there betwene water and those thynges whereby it maye be thoughte meete to represente them Â¶ The childe Fyrste the remission of synnes is a maner of washing The mistery of the water in Baptisme wherby oure soules are clensed from theyr fylthynes euen as the vnclenly fylthe of our body is washed a waye with water Â¶ The minister What saiest thou concerning the other poynt of regeneration Â¶ The childe Because the beginning of our regeneration standeth in the mortyfycation of our nature that is to say in the killyng of our affections and the ful accomplishynge of the same consisteth in that that we become newe creatures as touchinge our coÌ„uersacioÌ„ through the spirite of God therfore the water is powred vpon the head to sygnifye that we are dead or buryed Wherfore the water is powred on the head that in suche sorte that our risyng againe into a new life is therwithall fygured in that that the powring of the water is but a thing of a very shorte continuance and not ordeined that we shoulde be drouned herby Â¶ The minister Thou meanest not that the water is the thyng wher with oure soules be washed The water doth not clense vs but the blood of Christ onely 1. Ihon. 1.2 Peter 1. Â¶ The childe No for that belongeth to the bloude of oure sauioure Christ alone which was shed to the eÌ„de that al oure fylthe vncleÌ„nes myght be cleane wipt away that we myghte be counted pure and withoute spotte euen before God the whiche thinge then taketh effecte in vs what tyme oure consciences be sprinkled therwith by Goddes holy spirite but the sacramente doth testifye and declare it vnto vs. Â¶ The minister Why then meanest thou that the water standeth in no othet stead vnto vs but as a figure Â¶ The childe It is suche a figure as hath the veritie substaÌ„ce of that thing which it signifieth The water is not a bare sygne The promyse is ioyned to it ioyned vnto it for God is a true keper of hys promise deceaueth no man wherfore it is certaine that remission of synnes and newnes of lyfe is offered vnto vs in baptysme that we receiue the same there Â¶ The minister Is this grace receyued indifferently of all men Â¶ The childe No for dyuers through theyr peruerse minde and vnbeliefe do refuse this free offer wherby it standeth theÌ„ in no steade neuertheles the sacrament loseth not hys propertye for it offereth thys gyfte vnto them also albeit that none feele the comfort therof but onely the faithfull Â¶ The minister What thynge is that wherby our regeneracion is wrought in vs Â¶ The childe wherby we are renued in spirite By the death and resurrection of oure sauioure Christe for hys death standeth in this steade vnto vs that by it our olde Adam is crucified and our synnefull nature is as it were buried so that the affections and desires therof beare no more rule in vs. As touchynge the other part which is the newnes of lyfe to vse a newe conuersacion in obeying Goddes wyll and folowyng hys ryghteousnes that we obtayne by hys resurrection Â¶ The minister Howe is it that we obtayne thys grace in baptysme Â¶ The childe It is geuen vnto vs in that that Christ doth there garnish and decke our soules with the garmente of hys holy spirite if so be that we make not our selues vnworthy of hys promyses whiche be there geuen vnto vs. Â¶ The minister As touchyng our

and badges of our profession that is to say by them we protest openly that we are the people of God and make open profession of our christen relygyon Â¶ The minister What shall we then iudge of him that refuseth to vse them Â¶ The childe We ought not to count hym a christen mane for in so doing he refuseth to confesse or knowledge hymselfe to be a christian and what is that els but as it were couertly to refuse Christe Â¶ The minister Is it inough to receyue them bothe once onelye in oure lyfe tyme Â¶ The childe Baptisme was ordeyned to be receiued but once wherefore it is not lawfull to be christened again but it is other wise to be thought of the supper Â¶ The minister What is the reason therof Â¶ The childe How it is that we receaue the supper oftimes though we maye be but once baptysed This by baptysme God doethe brynge and receyue vs into his churche and when he hath once receyued vs he declareth also to vs by the supper that he wyll feede vs continually Â¶ The minister Sonday 55 To whome belongeth the minystracion of baptisme and of the Lordes supper Â¶ The childe Vnto them who haue taken charge to preach openly in the churche To whom the ministracion of the sacrameÌ„tes doe belonge for the preachyng of Goddes worde and the ministracion of the sacramentes be thynges ioynctely belongyng to one kynde of office Â¶ The minister Is there not a substancyal profe to be brought for thys Â¶ The childe Yes verely Mat. 28 for our Lorde geueth speciall charge to hys Apostles as well to baptyse as to preach and as touchyng the supper he geueth them iniunction to folowe hys exaumple nowe he did the parte of a minyster in that he gaue and distributed it to others Â¶ The childe The pastours who be the mynysters of the sacramentes ought they to receyue indifferently euery person that commeth Â¶ The childe As touchyng baptisme whoe oughte to he shut out froÌ„ the supper forsomuche as there be none in our tyme baptysed but lytle chyldren there oughte to be no choise vsed but as coÌ„cerning the supper the minister muste haue so muche dyscrecyon as to refuse to geue it to them that be vtterly vnworthy Â¶ The minister Wherfore Â¶ The childe Because that otherwyse the supper of the Lorde should be defyled and dishonored Â¶ The minister But yet our Lorde admytted Iudas to the holy supper notwithstanding his wickednes Â¶ The childe wherefore Iudas was admitted to the supper Yea for his wickednes was hytherto hyd aÌ„d albeit oure Lorde knewe it ryghte well yet was it not notoryous and knowen vnto men Â¶ The minister What waye is to be vsed then towardes the hipocrites Â¶ The childe The minister ought not to exclude aÌ„dshut oute them as vnworthy but he must tary vntill it shall please GOD to make their close wyckednesse knowen Â¶ The minister What if he hymselfe knowe or if he be prieuely aduertised of any suche Â¶ The childe That is not a sufficiente cause for him to denie them the supper vnlesse he haue the thinge tryed by suffyciente profe and ther with the iudgement of the congregacion Â¶ The minister Is it then meete to haue a polytyke order touchynge thys matter Â¶ The childe What els if the congregacion be wel ordered there muste be certayne appoynted to watche and take dyligente heede for suche opeÌ„ crimes as may be committed and they hauynge auctorytye ought in the name of the whole congregation to inhibite such as be by no meanes mete neither can be partakers therof withoute the dyshonoure of God and the offence of the faythfull The ende of the instruction of children in the fayth THE MANER TO EXAmine chyldren before they be admitted to the Supper of the lord Â¶ Fyrst the Minister asketh IN whome doest thow beleue Â¶ The childe answereth I beleue in god the father and in Iesus Christ his sonne and in the holy ghoste and loke to be saued by non other meanes Â¶ The minister The father the sonne and the holy ghost be they any more then one god Â¶ The childe No althogh they be distinct in persone Â¶ The minister What is the effect of thy fayth Â¶ The childe That god the father of our lord Iesus Christ and so by hym of vs all is the beginnynge aÌ„d principall cause of all thiÌ„ges the which he gouerneth in such sorte that nothinge can be done with owte his ordinance and prouidence Next that Iesus Christ his sonne came downe into this world aÌ„d accomplished all thinges which were necessary for our saluation And asceÌ„ded into heauen where he sitteth at the right haÌ„d of the father that is that he hath all power in heauen aÌ„d in earth And shall come agayne frome thence to iudge the whole world Forthermore that the holy ghoste is very god becawse he is the vertue aÌ„d power of god aÌ„d impriÌ„teth iÌ„ our hartes the ê“messes made vnto vs in Iesus Christ And fynally that the churche is sanctified and delyuered from their synnes through the mercies of god and shall after this life rise againe to lyfe euerlastinge Â¶ The minister Must we serue God accordinge as he hath commaunded or elles as mens traditions teache vs Â¶ The childe We most serue hym as he hath taught vs bi his word and coÌ„maundementes and not accordinge to the commaundementes of men Â¶ The minister Canst thow kepe gods commaundements of thy selfe Â¶ The childe No verely Â¶ The minister Who then doth kepe and fulfill theym in thee Â¶ The childe The holy ghoste Â¶ The minister When God then geuethe thee his holy ghoste caÌ„st thou parfytely obserue theym Â¶ The childe No not so Â¶ The minister Why God doth curse and reiect all such as do not in euery point fulfyll his commaundements Â¶ The childe It is true Â¶ The minister By what meanes then shalt thow be saued aÌ„d deliuered frome the curse of God Â¶ The childe By the death and passion of our lord Iesus Christ Â¶ The minister How so Â¶ The childe For becawse that by his death he hath restored vs to lyfe and recoÌ„ciled vs to God his father Â¶ The minister To whome doest thow make thy prayers Â¶ The childe I pray to God in the name of our lord Iesus Christ our aduocat and mediator referring all my prayers to that scope which Christ our sauiour hath left vs as a moste sufficient and absolute rule Â¶ The minister How many Sacraments are there in Christs Church Â¶ The childe Two Baptisme and the lords Supper Â¶ The minister What is ment by Baptisme Â¶ The childe First it signifieth that we haue forgiuenes of our synnes by the blood of Christ Secondly it setteth before our eyes our regeneration or newe spirituall birth Â¶ The minister What signifieth the Supper of the lord Â¶ The childe That by the spirituall eatinge and drinkinge of the body and bloude of our lord Iesus Christ our sowles are norished vnto lyfe

frome heauen of whome who so euer eateth shall lyue for euer and raigne with hym in glorie worlde without ende So be yt A Thankes geuinge after meales LEt all nations magnifie the lord Psal 117. let all people reioyce in praysinge and extollinge his great mercies For his fatherly kindnes is plentifully shewede forth vpon vs and the trewth of his promesse endureth for euer WE render 1 Col. 3. c. thaÌ„kes vnto thee Ã² lord God for the manifold benefites which we contynually receyue at thy bountefull hande not onely for that it hath pleased thee to feede vs in this present lyfe geuinge vnto vs all thinges necessarie for the same but especially because thow haste of thy free mercies 2 Rom. 8. c. Tit. 3. b. fashioned vs a newe into an assured hope of a farr better lyfe the which thowe hast 3 2. Tim. 1. b. declared vnto vs by thy holye gospell Therfore we humbly beseche the o heauenly father that thow wylt not suffer our affections to be so 4 1. Ioh. 2. â— entangled or rooted in these earthly and corruptible thinges but that we may alwayes haue our mindes directed to thee on 5 1. Tim. 2. b. high continually watchinge for the 6 1. Cor. 1. b comminge of our lord and sauyor Christ 7 Rom. 8. d what tyme he shall appeare for our full redemption to whom with thee and the holie ghost be all honor and glorie for euer and euer So be it Euenynge prayers O LORD God father euerlastinge and full of pitie we acknowledge and confesse that we be not 1 Luk. 15. d. 18. c worthie to lyft vp our eies to heauen muche lesse to present our selues before thy Maiestie with confidence that thow wilt heare our prayers and grawnt our requestes if we consider our owne deseruinges for our consciences do accuse vs aÌ„d our synnes witnes against vs aÌ„d we knowe that thow arte aÌ„ vpright iudge which doest not iustifie the sinners aÌ„d wicked meÌ„ but 2 Exod. 2. a. ponishes the fautes of all suche as transgresse thy commaundementes Yet moste mercifull father since it hath pleased thee to 3 Psal 50. c. commaunde vs to call on thee in all our troubles and aduersities promesinge euen then to helpe vs when we fele our selues as it were swalloued vp of death and 4 Psal 18. a desperation we vtterly renounce all worldely confidence and flee to thy soueraigne bountie as our onely stay and refuge besechinge thee not to call to 5 Psal 79. b. remembrance our manifold synnes and wickednes wherby we contynually prouoke thy wrath and indignation against vs neither our negligence and vnkindnes which haue neither worthely estemed nor in our lyues sufficiently expressed the swete comfort of thy gospell reueled vnto vs but rather to accept the obedience and death of thy sonne Iesus Christ who by offeringe vp his bodie in 6 Hebr. 9 10 sacrifice once for all hath made a sufficient recompence for all our synnes Haue mercie therfore vpon vs o lord and forgiue vs our 7 Psal 19. d offences Teache vs by thy holie spirite that we may rightlye waye theym and earnestly repent for the same And so muche the rather o lord becawse that the 8 Psal 58. a reprobate aÌ„d suche as thow hast forsakeÌ„ can not prayse thee nor call vpon thy name but the 9 Psal 5. e repeÌ„tinge harte the sorowfull minde the conscieÌ„ce oppressed 10 Psal 107. a hungringe and thirstinge for thy grace shall euer sett forthe thy prayse and glorie And albeit we be but 11 Psal 22. a. wormes and dust yet thow arte our creator and we be the worke of thy handes yea thow arte our 12 2. Cor. 6. b. father and we thy children thow arte our shepherde aÌ„d we thy flocke thow arte our redemer and we the people whom thow haste boght thow arte our God and we thyn enheritance 13 Ier. 10. b. Psal 6. a. Correcte vs not therfore in thyne anger Ã² lord neither accordinge to our desertes poneshe vs but mercifully chastice vs with a fatherly affectioÌ„ that all the world may knowe that at what 14 Eze. 18. d tyme so euer a synner doth repent hym of his synne frome the bottome of his hart thow wylt put away his wickednes owt of thy remembraÌ„ce as thow haste promesed by thy holy Prophete (.) This marke directeth vs to that part of the morninge prayer that is for thincrease of the gospell which also may be sayd here as tyme erueth Finally forasmoche as it hath pleased thee to make the night for man to rest in as thow haste ordeyned hym the day to trauell graunt o deare father that we may so take our bodely rest that our soules may contynually 15 Luke 12. e. watche for the tyme that our lord Iesus Christe shall appeare for our deliuerance owte of this mortall lyfe and in the meane season that we not ouercome by any 16 Mat. 6. b. tentations fantasies dreames or illusions may fully set our mindes vpon thee loue thee feare thee and rest in thee furthermore that our sleape be not 17 Luke 21. e. excessiue or ouermoche after the insaciable desires of our fleshe but onely sufficieÌ„t to content our weake nature that we may be better disposed to lyue in all godly conuersation to the glory of thy holy name and profett of our brethern So be it A PRAYER MADE at the first assemble of the congregation When the confessioÌ„ of our faithe and Whole orders of the church Was there red and approued O lord God almightie and father moste mercifull there is 1 3. king 8. c. none lyke thee in heauen nor in earthe which workest all thinges for the glorie of thy name and the comfort of thyne elect Thow dydst once make man ruler ouerall thy creatures and 2 Gen. 1. d. 2. b. placed hym in the garden of all pleasures but how sone alas dyd he in his felicitie 3 Gen. 3. d. forget thy goodnes Thy people Israell also in their wealth dyd euermore runne 4 Exod. 23. b. astray abusinge thy manifold mercies lyke as all fleshe contynually rageth when it hath gotten libertie and externall prosperitie But such is thy wisdome adioyned to thy mercies deare father that thow 5 Ezech. 18. g. sekest all meanes possible to brynge thy chyldrene to the sure sens and lyuely feelinge of thy fatherly fauor And therfore when prosperitie wyll not serue then sendest thow aduersitie graciously 6 Hebr. 12. a. Prouerb 7. a. correctinge all thy chyldren whome thow receyuest into thy howshold Wherfore we wretched and miserable synners render vnto thee moste humble and hartie thankes that yt hath pleased thee to call vs home to thy folde by thy fatherly correction at this present wheras in our prosperitie and libertie we dyd neglect thy graces offred vnto vs. For the which negligence aÌ„d many other greuous synnes wherof we now accuse our selues before thee thow mightest moste iustely haue gyuen vs vp to 7 Rom. 1. d reprobate mynds and induration of our hartes as thow haste done others But suche is thy goodnes Ã´ lord that thow semest 8 Esa 47. d. to forget all our offences and haste called vs of thy good pleasure frome all Idolatries into this Citie moste christianlye refourmed to professe thy name and to suffer some 9 Matth. 5. a. crosse emongeste thy people for thy trewth aÌ„d gospells sake and so to be thy 10 Luk 24. g. Acte 1. a. wytnesses with thy prophets and Apostles yea with thy dearely beloued sonne Iesus Christ our head to whome thow dost begynne here to fashon vs lyke that in his 11 1. Ioh. 3. a. glorie we may also be lyke hym when he shall appeare O lord God what 12 Psal 8. a. are we vpon whome thowe shuldest shewe this great mercye O moste louynge lord forgyue vs our vnthankefulnes and all our synnes for Iesus Christs sake O heauenly father increase thy holie spirite in vs to teache our hartes to crye 13 Gal. 4. a. Abba deare father to assure vs of our eternall election in Christ to reuele thy wyll more and more towards vs to confirme vs so in thy trewthe that we may lyue and dye therein and that by the power of the same spirite we may boldely gyue an accompts of our faith to all men with humblenes and mekenes that 14 1. Peter 3. c. where as they backbyte and slaunder vs as euyll doers they may be ashamed and once stopp their mowthes seinge our good conuersation in Christ Iesu for whose sake we beseche the o lord God to guyde gouerne and prosper this our enterprise in assemblinge our bretherne to prayse thy holie name And not onely to be here present with vs thy chyldrene 15 Math. 18. d. according to thy promesse but also mercifullie to assist thy like persecuted people our bretherne gathered in all other places that they and we consentinge together in one 16 Rom. 15. b. spirite and truethe may all worldly respectes set a part seke thy onely honor and glorie in all our and their assembles So be it 1. Cor. 3. No man can laye any other foundation then that which is layed euen Iesus Christe INTRATE PER ARCTAMVIAM Imprinted at Geneua by Iohn Crespin Anno. D. M.D.LVI the tenthe of february

shall come at lengthe to full perfectyon the whiche thynge shal be at the day of iudgement what tyme God alone shal be magnifyed and all creatures shall appeare lowe being subiecte vnto hys maiestye 1. Cor. 15. yea when he shall be euydentlye seene to be all in all thynges Â¶ The minister Sonday 40 In what sence prayest thou that Goddes wyll maye be doone Â¶ The childe I desyre that al creatures may be readye and willyng to obey hym in suche sorte The third request towching the accoÌ„plishement of gods wil that what soeuer is done may be plesant to hym Â¶ The minister Doest thou meane then that nothyng maye be done contrarye vnto hys wil and appoyntemente Â¶ The childe Oure request is not only that he wil bring al thinges to passe as he hath appoynted by hys vnsearcheable counsell and prouydence but that it may please hym also to beate downe all rebellion that euerye man maye with a cherefull courage applye hymselfe to hys will onelye Â¶ The minister In so doyng doe we not renounce and vtterly refuse our owne willes Â¶ The childe Yes forsooth and we pray not onelye that it maye please him to ouerturne make voide and bryng to naught suche desyres as be in vs repugnyng vnto hys pleasure Regeneracion but that he wyll also in suche sort fashion oure myndes a newe and so frame the affections or lustes of our heartes that the worke of our owne wyll beyng set a parte his spirite may worke suche a will in vs as may be in all poyntes agreable vnto hym Â¶ The minister Wherfore puttest thou vnto it In earth as it is in heauen Â¶ The childe Because the Angels which be hys heauenly creatures study nothyng How gods wil is done in heauen but quietly to please hym without anye mocion or thought to the contrary we desyre that the lyke may be done in the earthe and that al men may be framed vnto a lyke willyng obedience Â¶ The minister peti âˆ£ tion The fourth Come now to the second part what doest thou meane by the dayly bread which thou askest Â¶ The childe That word conteineth al thinges whereof we haue neede in this present life what is ment by our daily breade not onely as touchiÌ„ng meate driÌ„ke clothes but all maner of thynges that god knoweth to be expedient for vs in thys worlde wherby we maye haue the fruicion of hys benefites in quietnes Â¶ The minister Why beggest thou of god thy daylye nouryshement since he hath geuen a charge vnto al men to gette theyr liuing with the labour of theyr handes Â¶ The childe Albeit we are commaunded to trauaile and doe our endeuor yet the trueth is so that al our labour diligence and prouisioÌ„ that we can make is not able to procure vs a liuynge but the onely blessynge of God vpon our handes and trauayle whych prospereth the thinges we goe aboute in hys name moreouer thys is to be consydered that it is not meate or drynke that nourysheth vs notwithstandyng we be commaunded to make prouision for those thinges but the power of god mayntayneth our lyfe Deu. 8. and we vse them onelye as instrumentes Â¶ The minister Why callest thou it our bread since we desyre that it maye be geuen vs Â¶ The childe That cummeth of the onelye bountifulnes of God whose pleasure it was to name it oures albeit it is nothynge at al due vnto vs and agayn by thys woorde we are put in remembraunce not to desyre the bread that an other man hath trauailed for but to wyshe that oÌ„ly whiche we shal come by by honest lawful meanes agreeable to gods ordinaunce Â¶ The minister Why saiest thou this daye calling it our dayly breade Â¶ The childe wherefore we cal it daylie bread Those wordes do geue vs monicion to be contented and not to wyshe more then suffyseth for our necessitie Â¶ The minister Seeyng thys is a common prayer belongyng indifferently to all men howe is it that the ryche who haue prouided aboundaunce of goodes for a longe tyme maye make thys petycyon for one daye Â¶ The childe All men both ryche and poore muste vnderstande that what goodes soeuer they haue they can nothyng profyt them but so far forth as it pleaseth God to geue theÌ„ the vse thereof aÌ„d the enioyinge of them so that whan we haue plentye yet we haue nothyng onles he of hys goodnes geue vs also the fruicion and vse of the same Â¶ The minister Sonday The 42. What is conteyned in the fyfth requeste Â¶ The childe peti âˆ£ tion The .5 That it wyll please God to forgeue vs our trespasses Â¶ The minister Is there any man lyuyng so iuste that nedeth not to make this requeste Â¶ The childe No surely for our Lorde Iesus prescrybed thys forme of prayer to hys Apostels for the behofe of hys whole churche so then whosoeuer woulde exempte or priuilege hymselfe from the sayinge of this praier in so doing he refuseth to be of the company and felowship of Christes flocke in very dede the scripture doth playnly testifie that the moste perfecte manne that is Iob. 9. if he woulde allege one poynte to iustifye himselfe thereby before God shoulde be founde fautye in a thousande it is mete therfore that euery man haue a recourse coÌ„tinuallye vnto the wel of Gods mercy Â¶ The minister After what sort thinkest thou that our synnes be pardoned vs Â¶ The childe In what sort our synnes are forgeuen Euen as the very wordes of Christe doe sounde for somuch as our sinnes be as debtes by whiche we are holden fast bond vnder the daunger of euerlasting damnacion we make supplycacyon vnto GOD that he wyll of hys mere goodnesse pardon them Â¶ The minister Thou meaneste then that we obteyne forgeuenes of our synnes by the free mercye of God onely Â¶ The childe It is euen so for we can by no meanes make amendes for the leste faute that we haue commytted if God dyd not vse his bountifull lyberalytie towardes vs by for geuynge them frely euery one Â¶ The minister What profyte commeth to vs by that that we are pardoned of our sinnes Â¶ The childe Besydes that that we are delyuered therby from the paynes of hell we become as acceptable vnto God as if we were innocent and without al spot of vnryghteousnesse and also our consciences be surely perswaded that he beareth a tender fatherlye affection towardes vs whereby we attayne to euerlastynge healthe and felycytye Â¶ The minister When thou makest thy praier that he wyl pardon vs our offences euen as we pardon them which trespasse agaynst vs doest thou meane hereby that we meryte or deserue to haue oure synnes forgeuen in that that we forgeue other men theyr fautes Â¶ The childe No verely for by that meanes we shoulde not haue pardon of oure synnes Oure sinnes be pardoned freely freelye and for naught neither should the remyssyon of them be suffycientlye grounded vpon

the satysfaction which was made in the death of Christe as it oughte to be but in that that we forgette the wronges and damnages done vnto vs we folowe hys exaumple in gentlenes and meekenes And nowe to declare that we are his chyldren he hath geuen vs this as a marke or badge to be knowen by and to certyfye oure selues that we are so on the other parte also he doth vs to wete that we may loke for nothing at his iudgemente but extreme rigorouse handlynge if we wyll not as his chyldren shewe our selues ready to pardon and shew fauoure vnto them whiche be in debte daunger and faute towardes vs. Â¶ The minister whoÌ„ god refuseth to count as his children Thou meanest then that GOD here refuseth to take them for hys chyldren whiche cannot forget wronges and trespasses commytted against them to the entente they shoulde not thynke themselues to be partakers of that mercye and fauour whiche the faythfull doe loke for Â¶ The childe Yea verely and also to the ende that all men myght haue knoweledge that the selfe same measure whiche they meate vnto other shal be payed vnto them agayne Â¶ The minister Sonday 43 What is the nexte peticion Â¶ The childe peti âˆ£ tion The 6. Leade vs not into temptacion but delyuer vs from euyll Â¶ The minister Makest thou but one request of thys Â¶ The childe No for the seconde parte doth expounde the fyrst Â¶ The minister What is the pyth and substaunce of this peticion Â¶ The childe We desyre that God doe not suffer vs to fall to wickednes Roma 7 neyther permyt vs to be ouercome of the deuyll nor to be lead with the naughtye lustes of oure fleshe which continually warre againste vs but that he wyll geue vnto vs power to withstande them holdynge vs vp with hys hande and kepynge vs al wayes in hys sauegarde to be our protectour and guyde Â¶ The minister By what meanes is thys brought to passe Â¶ The childe What tyme God doeth guyde vs by hys holy spyryte therby causynge vs to loue goodnes and to hate euyll to seke after ryghteousnes and to flie from synne for he maketh vs by hys holy spyrite able to ouercome the deuyl synne and the fles he Â¶ The minister Hath euery man nede thus to be guyded Â¶ The childe 1. pet 5 Yea euery man for the deuyll watcheth continuallye for vs euen as a roaringe Lion ready to deuoute vs and we on the other parte be so feble and frayle that he woulde oute of hande ouercome vs if God dyd not bothe strengthen vs and geue vs the victoire Â¶ The minister What signifieth this woorde temptacyon Â¶ The childe The wilye guiles and subtyll assaultes of the deuyll what is temptacion wherewith he assaulteth vs and goeth aboute to entrap vs who knoweth full wel that we are naturally apte to be deceiued yea ready to deceyue our selues and our wyl is wholy bente to doe euyll and no whitte to doe good Â¶ The minister But wherfore requireste thou of God that he doe not induce and lead vs into euyl since that is an offyce belongynge peculiarly to the deuyll Â¶ The childe Euen as God of his infinite mercye doeth preserue hys faythful not sufferyng the deuyll to leade them oute of the waye neyther permyttynge that sinne haue the vpper hande of them so lykewise he doeth not onely geue vp caste of and withdraw his grace from suche as his pleasure is to punishe but also he delyuereth them to the deuyll commyttyng them vnto hys tyranny he strikethe theym with blindnes and giueth theym vp into reprobate myndes that they be come vtterly slaues vnto synne and subiect to all temptacions Â¶ The minister What meaneth the clause whiche foloweth for vnto thee belongeth the kingdom power and glorye worlde withouc ende Â¶ The childe It putteth vs agayne in remembraunce that oure prayers be grounded vpon God and vpon hys almyghtye power and goodnes and not in any thynge that is in vs since we of our selues be vnworthy once to open our mouthes to call vpon hym agayne we are taughte hereby to conclude or ende all oure prayers in the laudynge and praysyng of hys power and goodnes Â¶ The minister Sonday 44 Is it not lawefull for vs to aske any other petycyon or thyng then is here rehearsed Â¶ The childe Albeit we are not forbydden to vse other woordes and to frame them also after another sort yet there can no praier be acceptable vnto God vnlesse it be in effecte and sence framed after this which is vnto vs as it were a perfect rule wherby to praye as we oughte to doe Â¶ The minister The fowrth kinde of honoure due to godde It semeth nowe conuenyente tyme to come to the fourth poynte touchinge the honoure due vnto God Â¶ The childe We haue sayde already that it consysteth in acknowledgyng with the hearte and in confessyng with the mouth that God is the authour of all goodnes that thereby we maye mayntayne his glory Â¶ The minister Hath God set forth no rule to teache vs howe we shoulde do thys Â¶ The childe All the exemples in the scripture of lauding praysyng and thaÌ„kesgeuynge ought to be as rules and instructions vnto vs. Â¶ The minister Is there nothyng contayned in the Lordes prayer touching thys matter Â¶ The childe Yes verelye for in that we praye that his name maye be glorifyed we desire also that all hys workes maye be sene according as they be in dede excellente and prayse worthy iÌ„ such sorte that if he punisshe vs we may therby prayse the vprightnes of his iudgement if he pardon oure fautes we maye therby haue occasioÌ„ to magnifye his mercy when he performeth his promyse we maye acknoweledge him to be the infallyble trueth bryefelye we require that there be nothynge at all done wherein the bryghtnes of hys glorye be not shewed foorth vnto vs and this is to geue vnto hym the laude and prayse of al goodnes Â¶ The minister What conclusion may we gather of al that we haue hitherto spoken Â¶ The childe Verelye we may well conclude of thys the saying of Christ whiche is the trueth it selfe that this is life euerlastiÌ„g to know the verye liuing God and him whome he hath sent Ihon. 17. our sauiour Christe to know him I say to the end to rendre due honor vnto him what euerlasting lyfe is Mat. 1. that therby he may become vnto vs not onelye a Lorde and maister but also a father and sauiour wherby also we on the other parte may be his seruauntes his children and a people wholy consecrated to his glory Â¶ The minister Sonday 45 What is the meanes to come by a state so excellent Â¶ The childe He hath for the same purpose left with vs hys holy woorde Euerlasting life is offered ad presented vnto vs by gods worde which is vnto vs as it were an entree into the kyngdome of heauen Â¶ The minister Where shall

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