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A18174	A short catechisme, or playne instruction, conteynynge the su[m]me of Christian learninge sett fourth by the kings maiesties authoritie, for all scholemaisters to teache. To thys catechisme are adioyned the Articles agreed vpon by the bishoppes [and] other learned and godly men, in the last conuocatio[n] at London, in the yeare of our Lorde, M.D.LII. for to roote out the discord of of [sic] opinions, and stablish the agreme[n]t of trew religion: Likewyse published by the Kinges maiesties authoritie. 1553.; Catechismus brevis Christianae disciplinae summam continens, omnibus ludimagistris authoritate Regia commendatus. English.	Ponet, John, 1516?-1556, attributed name. aut	1553 (1553)	STC 4812; ESTC S119226	42,500	192

execute moste greuous punyshmente On the other side he that liueth accordynge to the rule of these lawes shal fynde both prayse and blysse and God also hys mercyful and boūtyfull good Lord. Master Thou haste shortlye sette out the. x. commaundementes Now then tell me how all these thinges that thou haste particularlye declared Christe hath in fewe wordes conteyned settyng●… forth vnto vs in a sūme the whole pyth of the law Scholer Wil you that I knit vp in a briefe abrydgement all that belongeth bothe to God to men Master ●…ea Scho. Christ sayeth thus Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God wyth al thy hart wyth all thy soule wyth all thy mynde and with al thy strength Thys is the greatest commaundement in the lawe The other is lyke vn ▪ to this Thou shal●… loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe Up ▪ on these two commaundemētes hang the whole law ▪ and the Prophetes Master I wyll nowe that thou tell me further what lawe is that whyche thou speakest of that whych we call the lawe of nature or some other besydes Scholer I remēber maister that I learned that of you longe ago that it was ingraffed by God in the nature of man whyle nature was yet sounde and vncorrupted But after the ētrā●… of synne although the wyse were somewhat after a sort ●…ot vtterly ignorant of that ●…yght of nature yet was it ●…y that tyme so hydde from the greatest part of mē that they scāt perceyued any shadow thereof Master What is the cause that god willed it to be written out in tables and that i●… should be priuatli appointed to one people alone Scholer I wyll shewe you ▪ By oryginal synn●… and euel custome the image of God in mā was so at the begynning darkened the iudgemēt of nature so corrupted that man him selfe doth no●… snfficiently vnderstād wha●… difference is betwene ho●… stye and dyshonestye rygh●… and wrong The bountyfull God thearefore myndynge to renewe that image in vs fyrst wrought this by y ● law wrytten in tables that wee myght knowe our selues therin as it were in a glasse behold the fylthe and spots of oure soule and stubborne hardnes of a corrupted hert that by thys meane yet acknowledgynge our synne perceiuing the weakenes of our fleshe and the wrathe of God fear●…ely bent agaynste vs for synne we myghte the ●…ore feruently long for oure ●…ior Christ Iesus which ●…y hys deathe and precious ●…prynklynge of hys bloude hath clensed and washed away our sinnes pacified the wrath of the almyghtye father by the holye breathe of hys Spirite createth newe hartes in vs and reneweth our mindes after the image and lykenesse of theyr Creator in true ryghteousnes holynes Whych thyng neither the iustyce of the lawe nor any sacrifices of Moses were able to performe And that no man is made ryghteous bi the law it is euidēt not onelye thereby that the ryghteous lyueth by fayth but also hereby that no mortal man is able to fulfyll all that the law of both the tables commaundeth For we haue hindraūces that striue agaynste the lawe as the weakenes of the fleshe frowarde appetite and lust naturally engēdred As for sacrifice cleansynges washinges and other ceremonies of the lawe they were but shadoes lykenesses images and figures of the trew and euerlastyng sacrifice of Iesus Christ done vppon the crosse By the benefit wherof alone all the synnes of all beleuers euen from the begynnynge of the worlde ▪ ar ●…ardoned by the onlye mercye of God and by no desert of ours Master I heare not yet why almyghty Gods wyll was to declare hys secrete pleasure to one people alone whi che was the Israelites Scholer Forsooth that had I almost forgotten I suppose it was not don for this entent as thoughe the lawe of the. x. commauudements dyd not belong generally to ail men for asmuche as the Lord our God is not onelye the God of the Iewes but also of the Gentiles but rather this was ment thearby that the true Messias whiche is our Christ myght be knowen at hys commynge into the worlde who muste nedes haue beene borne of that natiō and none other for true perfourmannce of the promise For the whych cause Gods pleasure was to appoynt out for hymselfe one certaine people holy sōdred from the rest and as it were peculiarly hys owne That bi this meane his diuine worde might be continually kept holy pure and vncorrupted Master Hitherto thou hast wel satisfied me deare sōne Now lette vs come to the Christian confession whych I wyll that thou playnlye reherse vnto me Scholer It shall be done I beleue in God the father al myghty maker of heauen and earthe And in Iesu Christ hys only sonne our Lorde whych was conceiued by the holy Gost borne of the virgin Mary Suffered vnder Pōce Pilate was crucified dead and buryed He went downe to hell the thyrde daye he rose agayne from the deade He went vp to heauen sytteth on the ryght hande of God the father almighty from thence shall he come to iudge the quycke and the dead I beleue in y ● holy gost I beleue the holy vniuersall church the communion of sayntes the forgeuenes of synnes the rysynge agayne of the flesh the lyfe euerlastynge Master All these my sōne thou hast rehersed generallye and shortelye Therefore thou shalt do wel to set out largelye all that thou hast spokē particularlye that I may playnly perceiue what thy belefe is concerning ech of them And fyrst I wolde heare of the knowledge of god afterward of the right seruing of hym Scholer I wil wyth a good wyl obey your plesure dear Maister as far as my simple wytte wyll suffer me Aboue all thynges we muste stedfastly beleue and holde that God almyghtye the father in the begynnyng of nothyng made fashyoned this whole frame of the world and al things what soeuer are conteined therin and that they all are made by the power of hys worde that is of Iesu Christe the sonne of God Which thing is sufficientlye approued by witnes of scriptures Moreouer that whē he had thus shapen all creatures he ruled gouerned saued them by hys bountie and liberall hand hath ministred yet also ministreth most largelye all that is needefull for mayntenaunce and preseruynge of oure lyfe that we should so vse them as behoueth myndeful and godlye chyldren Master Why dost thou call God father Scholer For two causes the one for that he made vs all at the beginning and gaue life vnto vs all the other is more weyghtye for that by hys holy spirit and by faith he hath begottē vs agayne makynge vs hys chyldren gyuing vs hys kyngdome and the enheritaunce of lyf●… euerlastynge wyth Iesu Christ hys owne trew and naturall sonne Master Seynge then God hath created all other thinges to serue man and made man to obey honour gloryfye him What canst thou say more of the

that shall receyue it euen as he hathe honoured doth honour hys father For he that honoureth him honoreth also the father of whiche he him self is a substantiall witnesse Maist. The end of the world ho●… scripture calleth the ful fyllynge parformaunce of the kyngdome and mistery of Christ and the renewing of all thynges For saythe ●…he Apostle Peter in his se●…ōd Epistle the third chapter We loke for a new heauen and a new earth according to the promise of God whearin dwelleth ryghteousnesse And it semeth reason that corruption vnstedfaste chaunge and synne wherunto the whole world is subiect shoulde at length haue an end Now bi what way and what fasshiō circumstaunces these thinges shal come to passe ▪ I would fayne heare the tell Scholer I will tell you as well as I can accordyng to the wytnesse of the same Apostle The heauens shall passe awaye like a storme ▪ ●… elementes shal melt awaye the earthe all the workes therein ▪ shall bee consumed wyth fyre as thoughe he shuld say as gould is wont to be fined so shal the whole world be purified with fire and be broughte to hys full perfection The lesser world whiche is man folowynge the same shall lykewyse bee delyuered from corruption and chaunge And so for mā this greater worlde which for hys sake was first created shall at lēgth be renewed be clad wyth another hew much more pleasaunt and beutifull Master What then remayneth Scholer The laste and generall dome For Christe shall come at whoes voice al the deade shall ryse againe ▪ perfecte and sound both in bodi and soule The whole world shall beholde hym sittynge in the Royall throne of hys Maiestie and after the examination of euerye mannes conscience the laste sentence shalbe pronoūced Then the chyldren of God shall bee in perfecte possessyon of that kingdome of fredome from death and of euerlastig life whyche was prepared for theim before the foundacyons of the world were layd And they shal reygne wyth Christe for euer But the vngodlye that beleued not shall be throwen frō thense into euerlastynge fyre appoynted for the deuyll and hys angelles Master Thou haste saide ynoughe of the agayn rising of the deade Nowe remayneth that thou speke of the holye churche whearof I would very fayne hear thy opinion Scholer I wil rehearse that in fewe words shortly whiche the holye scryptures set out at large and plentifulli ▪ Afroe that the Lorde God had made the heauen and erth he determined to haue for himself a most beautiful kyngdome and holy comō wealth The Apostles and the auncient fathers that wrote in Greeke called it Ecclesia in englyshe a congregation or assemble into the whych he hath admytted an infinite nōber of mē that should all be subiect to one king as their souereign and only one head hym we call Christe whythe is as mutch to say as anoynted ▪ For the hye byshoppes and kinges among the Iewes who in fygure betokened Christ whom the Lord annoynted with his holy spirite wear wont by Gods appointment at theyr consecration to haue materyall oile poured on them To the furnishyng of this common weale belonge all they as many as do truly feare honour cal vpon God whol ly applyeng theyr mynde to holy and godly lyuing and all those that puttynge all theyr hope trust in hym do assuredlye looke for the blisse of euerlastig lyfe But as many as ar in this faith stedfast ▪ weare forechosen predestinate apoynted out to euerlastig lyfe before the world was made Wytnesse hereof they haue wythin in theyr hartes the spirite of Christ the author earnest vnfailable pledge of theyr fayth Whych faith only is able to perceyue the misteries of God only bryngeth peace vnto the hart onli taketh hold on the righteousnes that is in Christ Iesus Master Doth then the spirite alone and fayth sleepe we neuer so soundlye or stād we neuer so recklesse slothfull so woorke all thynges for vs as without any help of our owne to carye vs idle vp to heauen Scholer I vse maister as you haue taughte mee to make a dyfference betwene the cause and the effectes ▪ The first principall moste perfect cause of oure iustifyenge and saluation is the goodnesse and loue of God wherby he chose vs for his before he made the worlde After that god graūteth vs to be called by the preachīg of y e Gospel of Iesus Christ when the spirit of the Lord is poured in to vs by whose guyding and gouernaunce we be led to settle our truste in God and hope forthe per formaunce of all hys promises With thys choyse is ioyned as companion th●… mortifyeng of the old man that is of our affectiō lust Frō the same spirit also tometh our sanctification the loue of God of our neighbour iustice and vpryghtnesse of life finally to say all in summe whatsoeuer is in vs ▪ or maye be done of vs pure honest true and good that altogether spryngeth out of thys most pleasaunt●… roote from this most plentyfull fountayne the goodnesse loue ●…hoyse and vnchaūgeable purpose of god He is the cause the rest are the fr●…tes and effectes ●…et ar also the goodnesse choise spirit of God and Christe himselfe causes conioyned and coupled ethe wyth other which mai be reckened amonge the principall causes of our saluation As ofte thearfore as we vse to saye that wee are made ryghteous and saued bi only faith it is meante theareby that fayth or rather truste alone doth lay hand vpon vnderstād and perceyue our righteousmakyng to be geuē 〈◊〉 of God freely that is to say ▪ by no desertes of oure own ▪ but by the free gra●…e of the almighti father ▪ Moreouer sayth doth engender in vs the loue of our neyghbour ▪ and sutch workes as god is pleased wyth all For if it 〈◊〉 a liuely true faith quik●… ned by the holy ghost she is the mother of all good sayinge and doynge By thy●… short tale is it euidēt whēce and by what meanes we attayne to be made righteous For not by the worthynesse of our deseruinges were we eyther heartofore chosen or long ago saued but by the only mercy of god and pure grace of Christ oure Lorde whearby we weare in hym made to those good workes that God hath apointed for vs to walke in And althoughe good woorkes can not deserue to make vs righ teous before god yet do thei so cleaue vnto faythe that neither can fayth be founde without thē nor good workes be any whear wythout faythe Master I lyke verye well thys shorte declaration of fayth and workes for Paul playnly teacheth the same But canst thou yet further depaint me out that cōgregacion whych thou callest a kingdome or comō weale of Christianes and so set it out before mine eyes that it may seuerally and playnly be knowen asonder frō eche other fellowshyppe of men

begynning and makyng of man Scholer Euen that whyche Moses wrote that God shaped the fyrste man of claye and put into hym soule and life thē that he cast Adam in a deade sleepe brought foorth a woman whome he drewe oute of hys syde to make her a companiō with hym of al his life wealth And therfore was man called Adam because he tooke hys beginning of the earth and the womā called Eue. because she was appoynted to be the mother of al liuīg Mast. What image is that after the lykenesse whereof thou sayest that man was made Scholer That is most absolute righteousnesse and perfect holynes whyche moste nearely belongeth to the ●…ry nature of God and mos●… clearely appeared in Christ our new Adā Of the whyche in vs thear scante are to be seen any sparcles Master What ▪ are ther sc●… to be seen Scholer It is true forsooth for they do not now so shi●… as they dyd in the begynning before mans fall for as much as man by the darknesse of synnes and myst of errours hath corrupted the bryghtnesse of thys image In suche sorte hath God i●… hys wrathe wreaked hym vpon the synful man Maister But I pray the tell me wherefore came it thus to passe ▪ Scholer I wyll shewe you When the Lorde God had made the frame of thys world he hym selfe planted a garden full of delyte and pleasure in a certaine place Eastward and called it Eden Wherein besyde other passynge fayre trees not far frō the myddes of the garden was thear one specially called the tree of lyfe and another called y ● tre of knowledge of good euell Herein the Lord of his singuler loue placed man and committed vnto hym the garden to dresse and looke vnto geuynge hym libertie to eate of the fruites of all the trees of paradyse except the fruite of the tree of knowledge of good euell The fruite of thys tree if euer he tasted he shoulde wythout fayle die for it But Eue deceyued by the deuell counterfetynge the shape of a serpent gathered of the forbidden fruite whych was for the fayrenes to the eye to be desyred for the sweetenesse in tast to be reached at and pleasaūt for the knowledge of good euell ▪ and she eate thearof and gaue vnto her housba●… to eate of the same For which doing they both immediatly dyed that is to say were not only subiect to the death of the bodye but also lost the life of the soule whyche is ryghteousnesse And foorthwith the image of God was defaced in thē and the most beautiful proportion of ryghteousnesse holynesse ▪ truth and knowledge of God was confoūded and in a maner vtterly blotted out Thear remayned the earthly image ioyned with vnrighteousnesse guyle fleshly mynde depe ignoraūce of godli and heauenly thinges Hereof grew the weakenes of our flesh●… ▪ hereof came thys corruptiō and disorder of lustes affectiōs hereof came that pestilence hereof came that seede and nurishmēt of sins wherwyth mankynd is infected and it is called synne originall Moreouer therby nature was so corrupted ouerthrowen that vnlesse the goodnes and mercye of almyghty God had holpē vs bi the medicine of grace euē as in bodi we are thrust down into al wretchedness●… of death so muste it needes haue bene that al mē of all sortes should be throwen into euerlasting punyshment and fyre vnquencheable Master Oh the vnthankefulnesse of men But what hope had our first parents and from thence fourth the rest whearby they wear releue●… ▪ Scholer When the Lorde God had both wyth words and dedes chastised Adam and Eue for he thrust them both out of the gardē wyth a most greeuous reproche he then cursed the serpent threatnynge hym that the tyme should one day come when the seede of the ●…omā should breake hys head After ward the Lord God stablyshed that same gloryous and most bountiful promise fyrst with a couenant made betwene hym and Abrahā by circumcision and in Isaac hys sonne then agayne by Moses last of all by the oracles of y e noble prophets Master What meaneth the serpentes head that seede that God speaketh of ▪ Scholer In the serpēts head lieth all his venim●… ●…d the whole pyth of hys lyfe and force Thearfore do I take the serpents head to betok●… the whole power and king dome or more truli the tirānie of the old serpe●…t the deuel The sede as saint ▪ Paul doth plainly teache is ▪ Iesus Christ the sonne of God very God and veri man cōceaned of the holy Gost engendred of the wombe and substaū●…e of Marie the blessed pure vndefiled maide and was so borne ●…ostred by her as other babes de sauinge that he was most far from all infection of synne Master All these founda●…ions that thou hast layed ar most ●…rew Nowe thearfore let vs go forwarde to those hys doinges whearin lie●… our salua●…ion and conquest agaynst that old serpent Scholer It shalbe done good Maister After that Christe Iesus hadde delyuered incharge to his Apostles that most ioyfull and in al pointes heauenlye doctryne the gospell whych in greeke is called Euangelion in Englysh good tidinges and had as by sealyng stablished the same wyth tokens and miracles innumerable whe●… of all hys lyfe was full at lēgth was he sore s●…urged mocked wyth pottyng sco●…nyng and spyttynge in hys face laste of all hys handes and ●…ete bored thorow with nayles and he fastened to a crosse Then he trulye dyed and was truly buryed that by hys moste sweete sacrifice he myghte pacifye his fathers wrath against mākynde and subdue hym by his death who had y e authoritie of deathe which was the deuel forasmuch not onlye the lyuinge but also the deade wear they in hell or elsse whear they all felt the power force of this death to whom lieng in prison as Peter sayeth Christe preached though dead in body yet relyued in Spirite The third daye after he vprose a gayne a lyue in bodye also and wyth manye notable profes the space of .xl. daies he abode among hys disciples eatyng and drynkyng with thē In whose syghte he was conueyed away in a cloud vp into heauen or rather aboue al heauēs wher he now sitteth at the ryght hand of God the father being made Lorde of all thinges be they in heauen or in earth kynge of all kynges our euerlasting onlye hee Bisshoppe our only attournye only mediatour onely●… peace maker betwene God and men Now sithēs that he is entred into his glorious maiestie by sendynge downe his holy spirit vnto vs as he promised he lighteneth our dark blyndnesse moueth ruleth teacheth cleanseth cōforteth and reioyseth our myndes and so will he styll continually do tyll the end of the worlde Master Well I se thou hast touched the chiefe Articles of our religion and hast set out as in a shorte abrydgement the Creede that thou diddest

although it do not bodylye touche the eye nor be presently wyth 〈◊〉 together hear in earthe yet is it present to the sight notwithstanding so large a distaunce of space betwen So Christes body which at his glorious going vp was cōueyed from vs which hath left the worlde and is gone vnto hys father is a greate way absent frō our mouth euen then when we receyue wyth our mouth the holye sacrament of his body and bloude Yet is oure fayth in heauen and beholdeth that sonne of righteousnesse and is presently together wyth him in heauen in sutch sort as the syghte is in heauen with the body of the sonne or in earthe the sonne wyth the syght And as the sonne is present to all thinges by hys light so is Christe also in hys godhead Yet neither can from the body the light of the sonne be sondred nor from hys immortall bodye the godhead of Christe We muste thearfore so say that Christes bodye is in some one place of heauē and hys godhead euerywhear that we neyther of hys godhead make a body nor of hys bodye a God Master I see my son th●…n art not ignorant after what sorte Christ is rightly sayd to be from vs in bodye and with vs in spirit But thy●… one thyng would I knowe of thee why Christ our lord is thus conueied awaye frō the syghte of oure eyes and what profit we take by his goyng vp to heauen Scholer The chefe cause the●… of was to plucke out of vs that false opinion whyche sometyme deceaued the Apostles theymselues that Christ should in earth visibly reigne as other kinges and rufflyng princes of the world This errour he minded to haue vtterly suppressed in vs and that we shuld thyncke hys kyngdome to consyst in hyer thynges Which thinge he thearfore thoughte fytter because it was more for our comoditie and profitte that some such kyngdome should be set v●… as the foundacions thearof should rest vpon our fayth Whearfore it was necessary that he shoulde be conueyed away from vs past perceyuing of all bodily sense that by thys meane oure faythe might be styrred vp and exercised to consyder hys gouernement and prouidence whom no syght of bodylye eyes can behold And forasmutch as he is not kyng of some one country alone but of heauē and earth of quick and dead it was moste conuenient that hys kingdome should be otherwyse gouerned then our senses may a●…teine vnto For ells he shold haue bene constrained some tyme to be caried vp to heauen sometyme to be dryuen downe to the earthe to remoue sometyme in to one countrey sometyme into another and lyke an earthly prynce to be caryed hether thether by dyuerse chaūge of chaunsable affayres For he could not be presētli with all at once vnlesse hys body weare so turned in to Godheade that he myght be in all or in many places together as Eutyches and certeyne lyke heretykes helde opinion Yf it so wear that he myghte be eche whear present with al at one verye instaunt time then wear he not man but a ghoste ▪ neyther shoulde he haue ▪ had a trewe bodye but a fantasticall whearof shoulde haue spronge foorth with a thowsād errors all whych he hath dispatched by carienge hys bodie vp whole to heauen In the meane season he ▪ remaynynge inuisible gouerneth his kingdōe and commen weale that is his church ▪ with soueraign wysdome and power It is for men to rule theyr commune weales by a certayne ciuile policie of men but for Christ and God by a heauē lye godlyke ▪ order But all that I haue hetherto sayde conteyneth but a small parcell of the profytte that we take by the caryenge vp of Christes body into heauen For ther ar many mo thinges that heare might be rehearsed whearof large store of fruite is to be gathered But specially this may not be left vnspoken that the be nefits are sutch so greate ▪ which come vnto vs by the deathe risynge agayne and goinge vp of Christ as no tonge eyther of men or angeles is able to expres And that you maye knowe my mynde hearein I wyll rehearse certayne of the chefe whearunto as it wear two principall poyntes the rest may be applyed I say therfore that both by these and other doings of Christ two cōmodities do growe vnto vs the one that al the thinges that euer he hath don ▪ for our profyt and behofe he hath done thē so that they be as well oure owne yf we will cleaue thearunto wyth stedfast and lyuely faith as if we had done them oure selues He was nailed to the crosse we wear also nayled with him and in him oure synnes punished ▪ He dyed was buryed we lykewyse with our sinnes are dead buried that in sutche sorte that all remēbraunce of our synnes is vtterly taken out of mynde He is risen again and we are also risen again wyth hym that is are so made partakers of hys rysyng againe and lyfe that from hensforth death hath no more rule ouer vs. For y ● same spirit is in vs that raised vp Iesus frō the deade Finallye as he is gone vp into heauenly glorye so are we lifted vp with hym Albeit that these thynges do not nowe appeare yet then shall they all be broughte to light whē Christ the light●… of the world shal shew him self in his glorye in whome all oure blisse is layde vp in store Moreouer by hys goyng vp are graūted vs the giftes of the holy ghost as Paule doth sufficiently witnesse Ephe. iiii The other commoditie which we take by the doinges of Christ is that Christe is set for an example vnto vs to frame our lyues thereaster Yf Christe hath bene deade if he hath bene buryed for sin he was so but ones If he be risen agayne if he be gone vppe to heauen he is but ones risen but ones gone vp Frō hensforth he dieth no more but lf neth with God reygneth in euerlastyng continuaūce of glory So if we be deade if we be buried to sin Howe shall we heare after lyue in the same If we be rysen again with Christ if by sted fast hope we lyue nowe in heauen with him heauenlye and godlye thinges not earthly and frail we ought to set oure care vpon And euen as hearetofore we haue borne the image of y ● earthli man so from henseforward lette vs beare the image of the heauenly As the Lord Christ neuer ceased to do vs good by bestowing vpō vs his holye spirite by garnyshinge his churche wyth so many notable giftes and by perpetual praying to his father for vs Lyke reason oughte to moue vs to ayd●… oure neyghboure wyth all our endeuoure to maintain as much as in vs lyeth the bond of charity And to honoure Christ our Lord and sauioure not wyth wythed tradicions and cold deuises of men but wyth heauenly honour spiritual in dede most fyt for vs that giue it hym