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A00387	A playne and godly exposytion or declaratio[n] of the co[m]mune crede (which in the Latin tonge is called Symbolum Apostolorum) and of the. x. co[m]maundementes of goddes law, newly made and put forth by the famouse clarke, Mayster. Erasmus of Roterdame, at the requeste of the moste honorable lorde, Thomas Erle of wyltshyre: father to the moste gratious and vertuous Quene Anne wyf to our most gracyous soueraygne lorde kynge Henry the. viii. Cum priuilegio.; Catechismus. English	Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536.; Marshall, William, fl. 1535.	1534 (1534)	STC 10504; ESTC S101698	157,733	357

some maner cause But yet the more true more alowed cause is this For that in the sacramentes by certayn visyble and sensyble tokens and sygnes there is infused an insensyble grace correspondente and agreynge to the exteriour and outwarde tokens and sygnes DIS Howe many sacramentes be there of this sorte and kynde M. Of the old fathers they are taughte vnto vs to be .vii. in nombre The .vii. sacramentes that is to wyte matrimony or wedlocke i. wedlocke by whiche we are borne to this worlde ii Baptyme Baptyme by which we are borne agayne to Chryste to which sacrament is ioyned Penaunce iii. Penaūce which is as it were another baptyme by which we are reconcyled to god but not nowe frely and all out for nought neyther are the woundes healed without starres iiii Confi●mation Holye anoyntyng by which the yong christen soldyer is cōfirmed and strengthed against the temptations of the dyuell with this sacramēt were they wonte to be fenced or armed whiche were of age inclynyng and leanynge towardes the ieoperdye and pareyll of synnynge that is to wyte after they were seuen yeres olde They were ● olde tymes vii yeres old afore they were confirmed A none after as waxyng yonge men they were roborated and made stronge vnto greate batayles with the sacramēt of the aultare v. sacrament of the aultre by whiche is quyckened and styrred vp in vs the vertue and lyuelynes of fayth and we are thorow the commemoratiō of that holy and blessed death enryched with plenteouse grace renewynge in a mysticall maner as farre forthe as is lawful that onely sacrifice by whiche we haue obtayned saluation Agayn because in the tyme of deathe is the laste wrestlynge vi Extreme ●●ction therfore is put to the extreme or laste v●ction by whiche eyther the syke man may recouer his helthe if it so please god or els he may with faith and good hope slepe in the lorde with these as it were with rewardes or gyftes the large benignite and liberalyte of Iesu dothe in the meane season comforte and encorage and harten his soldyers vntyll the tyme that the batayle or stryfe beyng fully ended they may be promoted to the stypende or wage of the heuenly lyfe vii Holy ordre There resteth or remayneth behynde holy ordre by whiche is gyuen auctorite to beare holy offyces to mynister holy thynges This sacrament maketh for the dignite and also the tranquillyte of the ecclesyasticall hierarchie for it is semely and accordyng that in the christen cōmune weale the ecclesyastical offyces shold not be assygned and appoynted to any maner men what so euer they be but that certayne able and mete persones therfore shold be chosen and pyked out to execute them neyther can there be any concord where no man doth obeye another but euerye man dothe clayme and chalenge vnto his owne fleshe auctorite to doo what he lyste Roma xii i. Cor. xii For sayncte Paule among the gyftes of the holy ghost doth recken the gyfte of gouernaunce DIS what grace is gyuen by euery one of the sacramentes By the sacr●mentes are graces gyuen as is here particularly declared of eche one of them wedlocke Ephe. v. MAG If any man shall receyue these sacramentes so as they ought to be receyued in due maner by the sacramente of matrimonye the prayer of the preste beynge put to is gyuen the gyfte of the spirite by which the husbonde maye loue the wyfe with chaste loue lykewyse as Christe loued the churche and that the woman agayne of her parte may loue and reuerence her husbonde as her lorde for Christes sake and that bothe of them maye teache and brynge vp theyr chyldren if it please god to sende them any with very greate dilygence in the christen faythe vertuouse lyfe Baptyme ☞ Of baptyme it is no nede to speake There is no mā but he knoweth that in that sacrament Rom. vi the old man doth perysh all synne beyng vtterly destroyd and kylled whether you call it originall or personall synne and that a newe man doth ryse beynge purged and clensed from all spottes of synnes thorowe faith in Christ Iesu whome Paule calleth a newe creature Gala. vi ii Cor. v. It was mete and conuenient that he whiche was ones borne agayne in Christe and clensed with the bloude of Christe shold not retourne ii Pet. ii Prouer. xxvi agayne in to the soyle of myre and durte but for asmuche as in many men charite is colde and fayth is faynte the goodnes of god hath graunted the remedye of penaunce Penaunce of which we shall a none haue occasion and mete place to speake Cōfirmatiō And because yong tendre age is more inclynynge and redy to vyce and vnthryftynes than to vertue and godlynes by holy confirmation that proclyuyte is minyshed and docilite or aptenes vnto vertue is encreaced and augmented that it sholde not be infected with vyces afore that it doth playnly know what vyce is Furthermore because after the age of .xvi. yeres the dyuell doth laye all his ordenaunce and vse all his engynes agaynst the soldyer of Christe Fyrste of fleshely luste of glotonye and other pleasures thā afterwardes of ambition and wrathe Sacrament● of the aulter He is than oftentymes amōg refreshed with strong meate and with heuenly drynke that he may be able with a stronge and bolde brest to receyue all the assaultes of the dyuell bearyng Christ hymselfe and his spirite in his breste In the olde tyme infātes receyued the sacrament of the auter forthwith after theyr baptyme In the old tyme they gaue the bodye and bloude of the lorde euen vnto yonge infantes forthwith after theyr baptyme That custome is chaunged and peraduenture it were expediēt that also the custome of certayne regiōs were chaunged in which confirmation is gyuen to infantes For asmuche as these two sacramentes are not of absolute necessyte so as baptyme is And therfore the mothers doo well to make haste vnto the sacrament of baptyme but those other two are gyuen more conueniently in theyr mete tyme and they are gyuen more profytably if to the sacrament be added also some lytle admonition or counsayll Holy ordre And to those which are chosen out to the mystical offices by the sacrament of ordre is augmented encreaced the gyfte of the holy ghoste to admynistre and execute worthily and accordyngly the offyce assygned put vnto them Lykewyse as we rede that ●ctes xiii the handes of the Apostles were layd on Paule and Barnabas that they myght go forth to the spredynge abrode of the gospell i. Timot. iiii And vpon Timothe handes was put on by the prestes as saynct Paule wy●nesseth wrytynge to hym This much to haue touched somewhat by the waye concernyng the sacramentes it is sufficient at this tyme. It foloweth in the Crede ☞ The remission or forgeuenes of synnes Noman dare

geuen to the soldyers as many as foughte vnder one and the same standerde and bannere whiche sometyme was a watcheworde sometyme it was without wordes and therfore of them it is called Symbolon Aphonon id est dumbe tokē without ony voyce or sounde And this was don to th ende that the soldyers whiche were all vnder one captayne sholde knowe eche other and that yf onye wolde attempte or goo a-about to worke ony gyle or dysceyte by this marke and token they myght haue perceyuyng and knowledge of hym D. These thyngꝭ haue you spoken very plainly clerely But I desyre long to here the conuenyence and agremente of the namꝭ that is to say why the Crede is called by this name symbolū or how this name agreeth to it How all the .iiii. significations of symbolū do agre vnto the crede MAG Thou seest that in baptisme the forehede of hym that is regenerat is merked or sealed with the fygure of the crosse And saynct Paule calleth the Corinthianes whiche had professed the gospell The sealyng of a vessell or of an epystel his epystle not wrytē forsoth with ynke in parchemente but in theyr hartes with the spyryte wiche spyryte is called the fynger of god ii Cor. iii. Luce. xi ii Cori. iiii The mynde that is ones thus sealed and marked to god it is not lawfull to breake vp or to open to the deuyll And the same Paule speaketh in this wise to the Corinthyans We haue this treasure in earthen vesselꝭ The mynde therfore of man thrugh baptysme is made the vessell of the holy ghost whiche vessell is sealed or marked with the sygnete of fayth ye moreouer Chryste hath sealed it with his one bloode And in the gospell Luce. xiiii our lorde compareth the kyngdome of heuen that is to The gage be longyng to a cōmune feast or bankette wytte the grace of the gospell vnto a wytte the grace of the gospell vnto a feaste royall vnto whiche all men of all nations are called Now who so euer hath professed Chryste in baptysme he hath geuen a gage to come to this noble feast so that it is not lawful for hym now to starte backe The tokē geuen betwen the spouse ● the sposesse Besyed this we do rede oftentymes that Chryste is called by the name of a spouse as the churche likewyse is called by the name of a spouse as in the mystycall cantycle and in the thyrde chapytour of Iohan ye more ouer the soule of e●he man in the professyon of the Faythe is wedded vnto Chryste her spouse saynct Paule declareth this wrytynge to the Corinthyanes ☞ I haue maryed you to one husbande that you shold shew your selues a chast virgine to Chryst. ii Cori. xi Therfore a token is geuen of bothe partyes that it can not be lawful for either other at ony tyme to go about a dyuorcement Chryste geueth the earnest or pledge of his spirite Man beleuynge with his harte to his iustificatyon and confessinge or knowledgyng with his mouth to his helth and saluacyon doth agayn of his part geue a tokē or pledge to Chryste Ephe. v. Great is the misterie as sayncte Paule saith of this mariage whiche is made knytte with a faste a sure vnlousable bonde betwen Chryste and the churche DI. I verely dyd wene euer vntyll this tyme that onely vyrgins ꝓfessynge the religious lyfe had ben wedded to Chryste MA. Forsoth they are agayn maried raither than maried in the ordre of spouses they are cheffe in preeminence beynge so muche the more nere to the spouse by howe muche they are more lyke vnto hym but in baptisme the soules euen of mariners also of carters and of shomakers are made the spousesses of Chryste It is all one spirit that is geuen to all them that beleue in Chrest of what estat or degree soo euer they be Poore rych hygh lowe all are one in Christe And it is all one and the same token that is geuen to all men as well to the vileste beggar as to the mightest kynge or prince that is And of this thynge doutles oughte those that are abiectes and out castes in the sighte of the worlde to take a certayne godly pride for that in such thynges whiche onely doth geue the verie true felicite and whiche do make men truely excellēte truly riche truly mighty and truly noble they are egall and matches to kyngꝭ and prynces be they neuer so ryche and great of power DI. you shewe here the meruailouse and wōderfull benignite and goodnesse of god MAG Whome can that moste meke and gentyl Lambe refuse or reiecte whiche Luc. xxiii whan the theffe hangynge on the crosse dyd professe forthwith dyd bydde hym to the brydall feaste and of a synne full person and blaphemouse agaynste hymselfe made hym parte taker with hym of his kyngdome DIS Forsoth all thynges agreeth meruailously well hetherto MAG The watcheworde or the badge of soldiers in warre Finally and laste of all they whiche are newe borne agayn by the holy bathe of baptisme they do professe the Euangelycall cheualrie or warre and do become seruauntes and soldiers vnder the immortall captayne Iesu Chryste and are boūden with his mylytare sacramentes and do receyue the gyfte or rewarde of the spirite So that it is a poynte of extreme vnfaithefullnes and also vnkyndenesse to forsake this capitayne and runne from hym to the tyraunte the deuille who do forsake Christ thi● capitayne Nowe all they do forsake hym not onely whiche do denye Chryste and doo runne vnto the turke or to the Iewes But also which with theyr hole herte mynde are geuen to the worlde worldly cōmodytes and pleasures For the ryghtuose man also falleth euen sēuen tymes in a daye But he ryseth anone agayn by the quycknes and strength of fayth whiche lyke fyere doth alwayes laboure vpwarde vnto heuenly thyngꝭ DIS Wolde god that spyryte wolde vouchesaffe to wryte in my herte to seale faste that whiche he hath wryten with a sure and an inuyolable Symbole or seale M. Wold god he wold vouchesaffe to cōmytte to thy harte and myne that inestymable treasure and that whiche he hath put layde vp in our hertꝭ to make sure and defende with his seale or marke DIS But we must than offre and geue to hym cleane parchemēte and a cleane vessell MAG ye euen this thinge also shall he hymselfe graūt vnto vs howe be it not without out owne helpe and workynge there vnto DIS O how happy and blessed a feaste is that whiche both in this worlde hath the ioye of a good and clerre conscience and from hence doth sende vs vnto the celestyall feaste MAG ye moreouer how happy and how blessed a maryadge is that whiche maketh vs one with god whome to cleue stycke faste vnto is moste hyghe syngulare felycyte D. But cheualry or warre is a name of laboure trauayle

ghoste whiche same symbole besyde this diffreth in many wordes bothe from this symbole and also from that symbole or crede whiche is songen in the masse whiche semeth to haue ben made in the synode holdē at Cōstantinople The same also is gathered of Tertulliā as of his boke made agaynste Praxea Agayn of the boke de virginibus velandis in the begynnyng Also in the boke de prescriptionibus hereticorum DIS Is ony of those thynges than superfluose whiche are added afterwardes MAG God forbydde But these thynges haue ben added and put to be cause of cōtentiouse and grosse persones that the speche sholde be more expresse and euidente ra●ther than fuller perfighter For whan thou hearest these wordes Qui conceptus est de spiritu sancto whiche was cōceyued by the holy ghost thou herest the profession and knowledgynge of the thirde persone Agayn whan thou herest passus est that Christ hath suffred thou vnderstondest also forth with the churche for whiche he dyd suffre For our lorde dyd nother suffre for aungelles whiche neded it not neyther for the deuilles whiche were fallne neuer to be repayred or restored agayn muche lesse thā dyd he suffre for beastꝭ Thou herest also the fountayne of all remission for neither baptisme neither the sacramē● of penaunce hath theyr efficacie and strength from ony where els than from the precyouse death of Christ. Also whā thou herest Tertia die resurrer●● a mortuis ascēdit in celos That he rose ●gayn from death assended into heuē thou seeste the rysynge agayn of the bodyes to be shewed which we do all loke for with sure and stedfaste hope For the heade raignynge in heuen wyll not suffre his membres to be vnperfyghte and lackyng theyr one halffe He rose agayn whole and perfyghte and so shall we al so ryse agayn whole and perfighte Last of all whan thou hearest Inde ventrus est iudicare viuos et mortos From thence shall he come to iudge the quycke and the deade this worde iudicare to iudge doth signifie shewe the dyuerse rewardes of good mē of wicked synners whiche after warde was sayde more planly by these wordes Et vitā eternam And the euerlastynge lyfe D. Why is this Crede called the sym●ol of the apostles why the commūe Crede is called the simbole of the Apostles M. That by this tytle it mighte be distincte and knowne from the other Symboles that is from the Symbol made in the councell holden at Nice From the symbol made in the coūcell holden at Constantinople from the symbol of Athanasiꝰ many other symbolꝭ of many other mēnes makyng it is very probable lykely that this was the fyrste symbole of all that euer was made And lykewise as in the olde tyme amōg those barbarouse symple truely knowynge no fraud or gyle euen in the greateste bargayns of all either there were no maner oblygations or endentures at all or els they were very shorte wrytyngꝭ and it was sufficiente to make a note in a paper I do frely geue or bequethe so many acres of londe to suche or suche a churche euen so as longe as the puryte and synceryte of the fayth was quycke and stronge in the myndes of men either there was no nede at all of this wrytynge or oblygacyon or els it was sufftciente for it to be comprehended in very few wordes The curiosite of philosophers the peruersite of heretikes gaue the occasion of makynge so many so lōg Credes The wicked curyosyte of philosophers and the peruersite of heretikes was the occasion of so many wordes and so many symboles to be brought in and euen lykewise as the crafte and subtyle falsehed of men hath ben the cause that in bargayns nowe a dayes there is nede of so many so longe instrumentes and wrytyngꝭ But in none of all the churches dyd the feruent loue of holynes and vertue and the synceryte of the faythe longer contynue in vigoure strength neither haue fewer heresyes nor more slowlye cropen in to ony congregation or churche than into the church of Rome wold god that the pleasures of this world had no more plētuosly flowen vnto it ye moreouer euen this selffe same Crede whiche sayncte Cipriane hath expounded and declared is somwhat shorter Credo in d●● pre oīpotēte Et in Iesu Christo filio eius vnico domino nostro qui natus es● de spiritu sancto ex Maria virgine Crucifixus sub Poncio Pito et sepultꝰ est Tertia die resurrexit Ascēdit in celos sedet ad dextrā patris Inde venturus iudicare viuos et mortuos Et in spiritu sctō sctām ceelestiā remissionem peccatorum Huius carnis resurrectionem thā this is of owers as we do saye it DIS I beseche you reherce it to me yf it shall be no payne or greffe to you MAG Herken than ☞ I beleue in god the father almyghty And in Iesu Christe his onely sonne our lorde whiche was borne by the holy ghoste of the virgine Marie was crucyfyed vnder Po●ce Pilate buryed He rose agayn the thyrde daye he ascēded to the heuens sytteth on the ryght hande of the father From thence shall he come to iudge the quycke the dede And in the holy ghoste I beleue the holy churche The remyssyon of synnes And the rysynge agayn of this body DIS I perceyue here many thynges to be lefte out and somewhat also to be added MAG And sayncte Ciprian doth not dissemble or hyde that for forth with in the fyrste artycle he doth shewe that specyally chefly in the churches of the easte is added I beleue in god the father almysthty vnuysyble and vnpassyble Agayn he sayth that addytion he wente downe into helle not to be hadde in the Symbole or Crede vsed in the churche of Rome lykewise agayn in that percelle the risynge agayn of this fleshe he confessethe and knowledgethe the pronowne this to be added in the churche of Carthago There do● wante somthynges nay raither they do not wante but are vnderstonden of other thynges whiche are expressed and sette out alredy Saynt Cipriane semethe not to adde this sentence The creature and maker of heuen and of earthe But he gathereth this of the Greke worde Pantocrator Pātocrator For this worde dothe not somuche sygnyfie one that is almyghty as it dothe sygnyfie one that holdeth all thynges and that rulethe all thynges whiche worde dothe not expresse and shewe that the worlde was created and made by god but it dothe telle vs and putte vs in knowledge and remembraunce that it is gouerned of god Nowe wolde he not gouerne the worlde that had ben created and made of another And for as muche as euen the very gentyles or paynymes by the informacyon and teachynge of poetes doo beleue that the world was created by god and seynge that also the boke of Genesis dothe inculcate and reherce the same thynge by so manye wordes they

it to be expedient for me if not that which he shall gyue me for this dāmage and losse is better than all wares Another man is payned and oppressed with sycknes and sendeth for an inchaunter the vertuose man saythe He is my lorde he is my father let hym scourge me euen as it shall please hymselfe so that he wyll acknowlege me for one of his sonnes and inheritoures of eternall felicite Breflye that man feareth but smally what so euer fearfull thyng is in this lyfe which doth truely feare hym that maye whan he is offended and displeased Math. x. send both body and soule into hellfyre He doth but lyghtly and smally hope for the commodites of this worlde whiche doth consydre and remembre that god after this transitorye and brefe lyfe doth promyse lyfe eternall And who is so madde that he wyll despyse or proudely disdayne any man if he do considre that hymselfe whole is lesse in comparison vnto that vnspeakeable magesty of god than is a gnatte in comparison to an elephant Or how can he despyse that man as vyle whom Christe no foolyshe merchaunt hathe vouchesafed to raunsome bye agayne with his owne bloude If it be a gaye and an excellent thyng to haue the beneuolence and fauoure of a prynce this is the prynce of princes If it be a daūgerouse thyng to runne into the displeasure wrath of a kyng this is the kyng of kynges and lord of all lordes Apo. xix Many men are sadde and heuye for that they are commen of a lowe a pore stocke or kyndred but fayth comforteth them agayn tellyng them that those men are truely noble gentlemen whome god dothe acknowledge for his sonnes and heyres of whome he is gladde to be called father Other agayne are made proude hyghmynded by the reason of theyr noble worshypfull auncesters but faythe shewethe them that there is one commune father of all men afore whome there is no dyfference betwen a prynce a page betwen a pore man a rych man betwen a bonde man a free man The more that euerye man is for vertuose lyuynge accepted in fauoure with hym the more noble the more myghty the more ryche he is This onely lord doth Christe shewe vnto vs whome we sholde worthily feare This onely father he doth shew to vs whome we sholde loue whome without any resystence gyueng many wordes agayn we sholde obey whome as sonnes not bastarde or goynge out of kynde we sholde countrefayte and folowe Be you saith Christ perfyte lykewyse as your heuenly father is perfyte Math. v. whiche causeth his sonne to ryse vpon bothe good and badde folke sendeth downe rayne both vpon the ryghtuose vnrightuose Those men that haue abundaunce and plentye of the cōmodites of this world as ryches honours nobilite power beaulty suche other thynges whiche are wonte to cause the mynde to swell and ware proude to them theyr pryde is anone tourned into feare if they do consydre to what lorde they are det●ers for all these thynges in whose handes power it lyeth whan so euer he lyste to take away frō vnkynd persones what so euer thynge he hath gyuen to kynde persons to whome they do know that accōptes must be gyuen of euery particulare thyng and of whome they maye here forthwith these wordes * why or wherof art thou proude thou that arte noughte but earthe a●d asches Why art thou so ioly and makest thou it so gaye with other byrdes fethers Why dareste thou despyse thy neyghboure as a vyle caytyfe which hath the same father and the same lord that thy selfe hast Why dost thou disdayne hym as a bondeman seynge that he is redemed and boughte with the same pryce for whiche thyselfe was raunsomed Why settest thou lyght by hym and despysest hym as pore of whom the father hath care and mynde which is the lord of all thynges Were they pore men to whome the Apostle wryteth i. Cor. iii. Al thynges are yours you are Christes owne Why doeste thou set hym at nought as pore which is ascribed and called to the inheritaunce of the eternall lyfe as wel as thyselfe yea and which peraduēture shall in this poynte be preferred haue preeminence afore the For in the gospell it is sayd agaynst ryche men of the pore men Luc● xvi that they may receyue you into theyr euerlastynge tabernacles or dwellynge places He whome thou kepeste vndre as a bondemā is thy felow seruaunt He whome thou despysest as vyle borne is thy brother he whome thou regardest not as beynge pore and frendeles hath aungelles minystrynge and doyng seruice to hym Thou beyng proude of the palace doste mocke and skorne the vyle homelye cotage of the pore man but for that pore man the cōmune father of you both hath buylded the palace of the whole worlde for his cause do the startes shyne for his cause do the celestial spheres or circles moue and tourne rounde for his cause dothe the earth bryng forth her frutes as wel as for the. After this maner hath one the same faythe caused and broughte to passe that neyther the prosperite of this worlde can cause vs to be wanton and proude neyther ●●uersite can make vs to despayre And who so euer dothe beleue that there is a god gouernynge all thynges that man beleueth that he is more present to eche one of vs than any man is present to hymselfe and that he doth more exactely and perfytly see and beholde the secrete corners of our harte than we do at none dayes see any body beyng set afore our eyes How than can it be but that man whether he be in darkenes or els in lyght or whether he be alone or els with many in company shall with much drede and muche reuerence so ordre his workes dedes leste there myght be any thynge that sholde offende and dysplease the eyes of his father and lord and also his iudge The whole world is the tēple of god This whole worlde is the temple of god in whiche he sytteth as hede and ruler If than it be so that we are ashamed in a temple of s●one to do any thynge vnhonest or vnsemely with how much more reuerence and drede oughte we to occupye our selfe in this temple There are dyuerse and sondrye dartes and weapons wherwith that tyraunte the dyuell goeth about to wounde vs but agaynst them all this onely shelde is sufficient * Credo in deum I beleue in god If he do stryke at the with the darte of pryde Pryde caste forth agaynste hym the shelde I beleue in god whiche howe greatly he dothe hate proude myndes he hath declared in Lucifer If he doth prycke the with wrathe to vengeaunce make aunswere wrathe I beleue in god whiche hath reserued and kept to hymselfe the auctorite and ryghte of doynge vengeaunce saying Rom. xii Deute xxxii Enuye Uengeaunce or ponyshement is myn and