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A68393	The forme of prayers and ministration of the sacraments, &c. vsed in the Englishe Congregation at Geneua and approued, by the famous and godly learned man, Iohn Caluyn.; Book of common order.	English Church (Geneva, Switzerland); Calvin, Jean, 1509-1564. Instruction et confession de foy. English.	1556 (1556)	STC 16561; ESTC S109631	153,918	420

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

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

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

verse 10 10 He is protector of the poore what tyme they be opprest He is in al aduersitie theyr refuge and theyr rest verse 11 11 Al they that knowe thy holy name therfore shall trust in thee For thou forsakest not theyr â€œ we seeke god other by prayer or by vpright and godly life sute in theyr necessitie verse 12 12 Sing psalmes therfore vnto the lord that dwelth in Syon hill Publys he among all nations his noble actes and wil. verse 13 13 For he is myndefull of the bloude of those that be opprest Forgettyng not thafflicted hart that seketh to hym for reste verse 14 14 Haue mercie lorde on me poore wretche whose enmys still remayne which from the gates of deathe art wont to rayse me vp agayne verse 15 15 In Syon that I might set foorth thy prayse with hearte and voyce And that in thy Saluacion lord my soule might still reioyce verse 16 16 The heathen sticke fast in the pit that they themselues preparde And in the net that they did set theyr owne feete fast are snarde The hebr willeth men to meditate diligently on this thinge 17 God sheweth his iudgement which were good for euery man to marke When as ye see the wicked man lie trapte in his owne warke verse 18 18 The wicked and the sinfull men goe downe to hel for euer And al the people of the worlde that will not God remembre verse 19 19 But sure the Lorde will not forget the poore mans griefe and payne The pacient people neuer looke for helpe of God in vayne verse 20 20 O lord aryse lest men preuayle that be of worldly might And let the Heathen folke receyue theyr iudgement in thy sight Lorde stryke such terrour feare and drede into the heartes of them That they may knowe assuredly they be but mortal men Domine vt quid recessisti Psal X. Th. Ster Â¶ He complayneth of the fraude rapine tirannye and all kindes of wronge which worddely men vse assignyng the cawse therof which was that wicked men being as it were dronke with wordelie prosperitie and therfore settyng aparte all feare and reuerence towardes god thynke they may doo all thynges without controwlyng Therfore he calleth vppon god to send some remedy agaynste these desperat euels And at length conforteth hym selff wirh hope of delyueraunce VVhat is the cause that thou o lord art now so far frome thyne and kepest close thy countynaÌ„ce from vs this troublous tyme The poore doth perish by the proud and wicked mens desire let them be taken in the craft that they themselues conspire verse 3 3 For in the lust of his owne hart thungodlie dothe delite so dothe the wicked praise hym self and dothe the lorde despite verse 4 4 He is so prowde that right and wronge he setteth all aparte nay nay there is no god sayth he for thus he thynketh in harte verse 5 5 Becawse his wayes do prosper still he dothe thy lawes neglecte and with a blaste dothe puffr agaynst suche as wolde hym correcte verse 6 6 Tushe tushe saithe be I haue no dreade leaste myne estate shoulde chaunge and why for all aduersitie to hym is very straunge He meaneth that wickednes is so farre ouergrowen that god most nedes now helpe or neuer 7 His mouth is ful of cursednes of fraude disceate and guile Vnder his tong doth mischief sit and trauayle al the whyle verse 8 8 He lyeth hid in waies and holes to sleay the Innocent Agaynst the poore that passe hym by his cruel eves are bent verse 9 9 And lyke a lyon prieuely lyeth lurking in his denne If he may snare them in hys nette to spoyle poore simple men verse 10 10 And for the nones ful craftely he crowcheth downe I say So are great heapes of poore men made by his strong power his pray verse 11 11 Tushe god forgetteth this saith he therfore may I be bolde His countenaunce is east asyde he doth it not heholde verse 12 12 Aryse O Lorde O god in whome the poore mans hope doeth rest Lift vp thyne hande forget not Lord the poore that be opprest verse 13 13 What blasphemy is this to thee lorde dost not thou abhorre it To heare the wicked in theyr heartes say tushe thou carst not for it verse 14 14 But thou seest all thys wickednesse and wel doest vnderstande That frendlesse and poore fatherlesse are left into thy hande verse 15 15 Of wicked and malicious men than breake the power for euer By the heathen he meaneth the hypocrites which gloried as if thei had bene of the churche That they with theyr iniquitie may perishe altogether verse 16 16 The lorde shall raigne for euermore as king and god alone and he will chase the heathen folke owte of his lande eichone verse 17 17 Thou hearest o lorde the poore maÌ„s plaite they re prayers and requeste they re hartes thou wilt confirme vntill thyne eares to heare be preste God helpeth when mans ayde ceaseth 18 To iudge the poore and fatherlesse and helpe them to theyr right That they may be no more opprest with men of worldly might In Domino confido Psal XI Th. Ster Â¶ This psalme contayneth two parties In the first Dauid sheweth how harde assaultes of tentacions he sustayned and in how great anguishe of mynde he was wheÌ„ Saul did persecute hym Then next he reioyseth that God sent hym succor in his necessitie declaryng his iustice aswell in gouernyng the good and the wicked men as the whole worlde I Trust in god how dare ye then say thus my soull vntill flee hence as fast as any foull and hyde you in youre hill Beholde the wicked bend their bowes and make theyr arrowes prest to shute in secrete and to hurt the sounde and harmles brest verse 3 3 Of worldlye hope all stayes were shroÌ„ke and clearely broght to noghte Alas the iuste and rightuous man what euell hathe he wroght verse 4 4 But he that in his temple is most holy and most hye And in the heauen hath his seate of royal maiestie All thinges are gouerned by Gods prouidence The poore and simple mans estate considereth in hys mynde And searcheth out ful narowly the maners of mankynde verse 5 5 And with a cherefull countenaunce the righteous man will vse But in his heart he doth abhorre al suche as mischiefe muse As in the distruction of Sodome and Gomorro 6 And on the synners casteth snares as thicke as any rayne fire and brymstone and whirle wyndes thicke appoynted for theyr payne verse 7 7 Ye see then how a ryghteous God doth righteousnes embrace And to the iuste and vpright man sheweth furth his pleasaunt face Saluum me fac Psal XII Th. St. Â¶ The Prophet lamenting the miserable estate of the people and the decay of all good ordre desiereth God spedely to send succor to his children Then comfortyng hym selff and othere with the assuraunce of Godes helpe he commendeth the constant veritie that god

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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