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A18162 The Catechisme in meter for the easier learnyng, and better remembryng of those prinples [sic] of our faithe, whiche wee ought moste familiarly to be acquainted withall / for the proofe of those thynges, which I have not quoted, I referre you to the vsuall catechisme ; onely in the margent I haue quoted those thynges which I haue added for plainnesse ; the verse will agree with moste of the tunes of the Psalmes of David, and it is deuided into partes, that eche parte maie be song by it self. T. R. 1583 (1583) STC 4800.3; ESTC S1222 7,173 28

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38. ● helpe the helplesse and to Christ some others to allure And these good workes by Gods precept must still be warrantable And flowe from faithe or els to God thei be abhominable Amongst these workes our praier is not the least whiche doeth auaile To strength my faithe exceadyngly for God * Tit. 1.2 who can not faile In pledge of loue doeth * Ioh. 16.24 bid me aske of hym in Christ with faithe And earnest importunitie what he by promise saieth That he will giue and I shall haue for me what maie be best And to that ende hath left to his this forme of true request OVt father which art in the heauens The Lordes prayer all praise to thee bee giuen Thy Church encrease thy will bee doen of vs as t' is in heauen Giue vs this daie that maie suffice our sinns to thee release As we in harte forgiue our foes and meane to liue in peace Lorde yeeld vs not to suares of sinne from Sathan sett vs free For kyngdome power and glorte is thine O Lorde so let it bee ¶ The somme of all THe Lawe be wraies my deadly woūd by sume whereof the cure The Creede doeth teache by Iesus Christ the Sacraments make sure That by that meanes I cured shal be the praier of the Lorde Confirmes Gods loue because he bids me aske and doeth accorde To graunt me ought that maie be good for me in any wise Like as a father to his child no needefull thyng denies ¶ Or els thus The sixt parte THe state of all mankinde to God mate be resembled well In some respects vnto a Prince and subiects that rebell The Lawe on treason death decrees and thei in warde are cast Till tyme of execution come but yet the Prince at last Of his free mercie doeth deuise those traitours to preserue And eke as tustice doeth hym binde not from the Lawe to swarue The Death that Lawe on treason setts his onely Sonne shall dye And he by this will rescue all that will be saued thereby This pardon sealed he proclaimes and bids them aske beside What thyng soeuer he maie giue it shall not be denied Of this free mercie some take heide whiche knowe the Princes trothe And faithfulnesse some others are to leaue their dungeon lothe And rather choose of traiterous harte to dye then for to take The grace so freely proffered them some others lewdly make This promise plaine of noue effecte as though it could not be That he should meane good soothe with thē that dealt so traiterouslie Or that his sonne would dye for them or if he did it might Suffice the sentence of the Lawe from death to set them quight The rest doe hope by other meanes though this be cleane neglected By pitie or their owne desarts that thei shal be accepted Of whiche at length none saued are but thei that flie vnto The Princes pardon all the rest their sentence vndergoe Euen so all we by sinne haue been ranke rebells to our God The Lawe pronounceth hell thereon and we haue here abode Vpon this yearth as t were in warde till execution daie But yet our God of his free grace hath found a wondrous waie To saue vs and performe his Lawe by yeeldyng vp to die His onely Sonne to be our pledge and able suretie To paie the debts of all the worlde here of the patent letter He hath by Scriptures giuen to vs and to confirme vs better He settes his Sacramentes thereto this pardon so to seale And farther bidds vs boldly aske and he will not repeale Our lawfull suits vpon his worde and promise some doe staie And claime his pardon knowyng sure that he will not vnsate His promise made some others like this yearthly dungeon well And for to dye thei spare not still moste lewdly to rebell Some others thinke it but a tale that God suche grace should showe To them that had deserued so ill and these doe make a mowe Of Christ his death the rest doe hope God will not be so rough Or by their good euill workes and toyes to please hym well enough But these shal be defeated all except those first alone That doe take hold of grace in Christ and onely staie thereon And as those faithfull subiects saued by trustyng to that grace Whiche Princes pardon offereth them cannot in any case But shewe their thankfull harte to Prince that dealt so graciousite And wholie for to please their kyng hereafter doe applie Themselues euen so the Christian saued by faithe in Christ his death Doeth consecrate hymself to God as long as life and breath Doeth last to serue hym saithfully that hath hym so deserued And by so deare a raunsome hath from death and hell preserued When you haue doen singyng so muche as you will it were good to adde that praied for the Churche of God in the 28. Psalme 9. verse Thy people and thyne heritage Lorde blesse guide and preserue Increase them lorde rule their harts that thei maie neuer swarue