the well out of the which al goodnes doth spryng and that all our care and labor also thy owne gyfts are vnlucky and noysome vnto vs except thou doo blesse them geue them increase Wherefore graunt vs to turne away our trust from all creatures and to put it onely in thée QV. ¶ Which is the fifte peticion AN. * Forgeue vs our dettes as we forgeue our detters That is for Christs blud sake lay not to our charge that are wretched sinners all our sins and that crooked frowardnes which cleueth in vs styl euen as we doo feele this wittnesse of thy grace in our hartes that we intende purpose stedfastly to forgeue vnfeignedly with our mind all them that haue hurte or gréeued vs or haue done vs any wrong QV. ¶ Which is the sixt peticion AN. * Lede vs not into temptacion But deliuer vs from euyl That is because we are so féeble weake of nature that we cannot one minute of an houre without help stand stedfastly and not be ouer throwne and our most greuous enemies the deuyl the world and our owne flesh vnsessably do fight against vs Thou O our almighty father hold vp and stay vs and strengthen vs by thy might of thy Holy ghoste that we fal not downe and bée ouercommed in this spirituall fight but so long we maye stoutly withstand them vntyll that we maye get at length the whole victory QVE ¶ How maketh he an end of this prayer AN. * For thine is the kyngdome the power and the glory for euer Amen That is to say we are all these thinges of thée because thou art both our kyng art almightye and both wyll and can geue al these things vnto vs and these thinges doâ— we therefore craue of thée that by them al â—onor glory worship should come vnto thy holy name and not to vs. QVE ¶ What meaneth this worde Amen AN. * That the matter is sure and ouâ— of all doubt and that my prayer is much more surely haâ—d of God then I doo feele iâ— my hart that I desyre it to be granted ¶ FINIS A Prayer of the repentant person taken out of the workes of Erasmus O Most high creator and 〈◊〉 of all thinges when as I cal to remeÌ„brance how greatly I haue stirred vnto anger thi maiesty with my sins I doe defye mine owne foolishnes When wey with my selfe how gentle liberal a father I haue forsaken I loth and crye out against mine vnkyndnes When I mark in how wretched a bondage I haue cast my selfe flyinge from such liberty and fréedome of the spirit that I had I doo condem my madnes and in alpoints mislyke my selfe Neither is there any other thing that appeareth before mine eyes but Hell fyre desperation while thy vnavoydable rightuusnes in punishiÌ„g of sin doth so mak my conscience affrayde But of the contrary part when I consider thy vnmesurable and infinite mercy which accordyng to the witnes of the Prophet passeth al thy works and whereby thou after a certaine maner art greater then thy selfe when as thou art gretest of al other by and by a certaine pleasaunt breath of hope doth refreshe my mynd agayne For why should I despayre to get forgeuenes of sinnes of him whiche so oft in the bokes of the Prophets doth fréely of hym self cal sinners to repentance crying that he wyl not haue the death of a sinner but that he should liue and furthermore because forgeuenes is alwayes in a redines to be graunted of thée to them that are penitent sory for their sinnes as thy only begotten son hath declared oft times by diuers lykenesses as by it of the loste péece of mony that was lost and founde agayne And of the Shep that was brought homâ— agayne on the mans shoulder But more euideÌ„tly by the similitude of the prodigal son whos image I do acknowledg ê‘fitly to be in me For most wickedly I haue left my most louing Father and haue wickedly wasted away his substaÌ„ce And while I folow thâ— lusts of my flesh and forget thy coÌ„mandementes I haue wrapped my selfe into the moste filthy bondage of siâ— am brought vnto extreme beggerlynes neither can I tel to whom I shuld flye for succor but vnto him from whome I ran away Let thy mercy receiue hym makynge supplication vnto thée whom thou hast hether to gentylly suffred goynge astraye I am vnworthy to lyfte vp mine eyes to thée béeinge in heauen or to call thée by the name of a father but I besech thée vouchsaue to turne thy eyes vnto mée for thy countinaunce maketh a dead sinner to lyue agayne and hym that is loste to come home agayne too repentance for I ought to thank thy loueyng countinance euen for that that I mislyke my selfe Thou hast vouchsafed to looke vpon me while I went a stray from thee For thou hast geuen me eyes to sée in what miserable state I was thou came forth and met mée and did breth into mée the memory desire of innocencie I beyng a bondman worthy all kynd of punishmeÌ„t desire not to be embraced kyssed of thée I desire not a long gowne and a ring the badges tokens of my olde dignitie which I haue cast away I make not supplicacion that thou should receiue me vnto the honor of thy Sonnes but it shall be innough for me yf that thou receiue me among the nuÌ„ber of the moste vile runnegate bondmen hauing their backs al ful of scars by iustly deserued often beating but at the least I may cleaue vnto thee with som part of thy seruants as in thy house are many dwellyng places It shall not gréeue mee to bée numbred in this lyfe among the vilest to bée tormented by repentaunce to bée made foule with wéepyng so that I be not departed from thée for euer I beséech thée father desyre thée thrugh the death of thy onely welbeloued sonne let mée haue thâ— spirit whiche may cleanse my harte anâ— strengthen mée with his grace that â— neuer fal backe agayne by foolish vnheedeâ— fullnes thither from whence I am called backe agayne by thy gentilnes So be it ¶ A TABLE OF THE contentes of this booke OF the only comforte both in this lyfe and at our departure 2. Of the wretchednes of man ibidem That we haue no frée wyll or choyse of our selues ibidem Of the wrath of God for our sinnes 3. Of the mercy of god ibidem Of the rightuusnes or streight punâ—shmeÌ„t of god ibidem Of the deliuerance of man ibidem Of satisfaction or makyng amends for sin ibidem Who is our meane or mediator 4. What faith is ibidem What things ar necessary to beleue 5. Of the créed or articles of our faith ibideÌ„ Of the prouidence of God. 6. Of the going downe of christ to hell 8. That onely faith iustifieth 11. Of the Sacraments 12. Of Baptisme ibidem Of the Lords supper 13. That Christ is not really bodily or fleshly in the supper 15. Of the keies of the kingdome of heauen 16. Wherfore we must doo good works 17. Of mortification or kyllyng or the olde man and of our fleshly lusts desires ibid The .x. commandements ibideâ— What is Idolatry Of inuocatian or callyng vpon saints for helpe ibideâ— Against the vse of Images That the commandements can not be kepte fully or perfytly Of prayer The exposition of the Lords prayer or Pater noster 2â— A prayer taken out of the workes of Erasmus Rot. ¶ FINIS Imprinted at London in the vpâ— end of Fléetlane by Richard Iohneâ— and ar to be sold at his Shop ioynyng to the Southwest Dore of S. Paules Church R. I.
The Cathechisme or maner to teach Children and others the Christian fayth Vsed in all the landes and dominions that are vnder the mighty Prince Frederike the Palsgraue of the Rhene Elector of the Empyre c. Translated out of Latin into Englysh by William Turner Doctor of Phisicke Easely to be vnderstanded and read aswell of the people of the North cuntry as others ¶ Imprinted at London by Richarde Iohnes dwellyng in the vpper end of Fléetlane 1572. A Cathechisme for Children QVESTION WHich is the onely comforte â—oth in lyfe and in death ANS ¶ That both concernyng my soule and my body whether I liue or I dye I am not mine owne but belong only vnto my most faithfull Lord and sauer Iesus Christ who with his precious blud moste fully makyng amendes for all my sinnes hath delyuered me from the power of the Deuyll and kéepeth mée so that without the wyll of my heauenly Father ther can not so much as an hâ—ire fall from my head Yea and further that all things must serue for my saluation wherfore he hath made mee sure of euerlastyng lyfe by his holy spirite maketh mée prompt and redy from henceforth to lyue accordyng to his wyll QVE ¶ How many thinges are néedfull for thée to know that thou mayst come by and enioy this cumforte that thou mayste both liue and dye blessedly AN. ¶ Thrée first how great my sinne and wretchednes is The second by what meanes I may be deliuered from my sin The thyrd is what thanks I owe vnto my Lorde God for my deliuerance ¶ The first parte of mans wretchednes or miserable state QVESTION BY what meanes shalt thou com by the knowledge of thy wretchednes AN. ¶ BY the law of God. QV. * What doth the lawe of God require of vs. AN. ¶ That doth Christ in a shorte sum teach vs Mathew .xxij. and Luke .x. Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy hart with all thy soule with all thy thought and with al thy strength This is the first and greatest coÌ„mandement And the second is lyke vnto this Thou shalt loue thy neighbor as thyne owne selfe And the whole law prophetes hang vpon these two commandements QV. Canst thou kéepe al these things ê‘fitly AN. No for I am ready disposed of nature to hate God and my neighbor QV. ¶ Did God then make man so vntoward crooked and so froward AN. * No for he made him good and vnto the likenes of his owne selfe that is endewed with trew rightuusnes holynes that he should rightly know god his maker and hartely loue him liue for euer with him to that end that he might loue and praise him QVE * Then from whence sprang vp this crooked frowardnesse of mans nature ANS ¶ Of the fall disobedience of our first Father and Mother Adam Eue by whoÌ„ our nature is so made crooked naughty that we al be concepued and borne in sin QV. * Are we then all so wounded that we be vtterly vnsufficient to do any good thing and disposed and ready to all vice wickednes AN. Yea surely except that we be borne agayne by the Holy ghost QV. * Doth not God then doo wronge to man whiles he requireth of him by the lawe to doo those thinges which he is not able to doo perfourme and fulfill AN. ¶ No for God made Adam so that he might fulfill those things but he at the entisment of the Deuyll and by his owne stubbornesse both spoiled himselfe and his after commers of those godly gifts QVE Doth God let go vnpunished such stubburnes and departing from him ANS * Nay he is by horible meanes angry both with our sinnes that are grafted in vs by nature also with them that we afterwardes worke and doo and the same he punisheth by his moste rightuus iudgement with present and euerlastinge punishmentes as he doth pronounce Cursed is euery man that abydeth not in all thynges that are written in the Booke of the Law that thou shuld kepe them QVE ¶ Then is not God also mercifull AN. He is in déede mercifull but so that he is also rightuus wherfore his rightuusnes requireth that it the is done against the moste highe maiestie of God shuld be punished with the greatest punishments both of soule and body ¶ The seconde parte of the deliuerance of man. QVESTION THen when as by the right iudgemeÌ„t of God we ar in danger both of euerlasting paines of suche that lasteth here but for a time is there yet any way or meanes wherby we may be deliuered from these paynes may be brought in fauour agayne with God AN. ¶ God wyl that we shall make amends or satisfaction vnto his rightuusnes wherfore we must néedes eyther by our selues or by some other content him QVE ¶ Can wée by our selues make amendes or satisfaction vnto him ANS ¶ By no meanes at all but rather from day to day do encrease our det QV. ¶ Can any creature in heauen or in earth whiche is only a creature make satisfaction recompence or amendes for vs and our sinnes AN. None at all For to begyn withal God wyl not punish that in any other creture which is due to be paid by man and moreouer it can not because it is nothyng but a creature abyde the wrath of God against sin and deliuer other from the same ¶ QVESTION ¶ What maner of man is to be soughtout to be our mediator and deliuerer AN. He which is in déede a very ryght man and perfitly rightuus and yet more mighty theÌ„ al creatures that is he which also is euen very trew God. QV. Why is it needefull that he should be a very man and perfitly rightuus ANS Because the rightuusnes of God requyreth that the same nature which hath sinned should pay make amends for sin But he that is a sinner can not pay and make amendes for other sinners QVE ¶ Why must he also be very God withall AN. That by his godly power he may abyde the burthen of Gods wrath in his flesh and maye gett agayne and restore vnto vs the rightuusnes and lyfe which we haue lost QVE ¶ Who is that mediator which is both very God and very man and perfitly rightuus withall AN. * Our Lord Iesus Christ which is made vnto vs the wisdome of God rightuusnes hallower and deliuerer QVE * How knowest thou this AN. ¶ By the Gospell which God dyd open in Paradise and afterward hath farther set it abroade by the Patriarches and prophets did darkly declare as it wer in a shaddow by the Sacrifices and other ceremonies of the lawe and last of al fulfilled by his onely begotten sonne QV. Then is saluation geuen by Christ to all men that perished in Adam AN. ¶ Not to all but onely to them that by a trew faith are graffted in him and receyue or be pertakers of his benefites or good déedes QV. * What is
faith AN. It is not onely a knowlege wherby I doo surely assent to all thinges which God hath opened to vs in his worde but also a sure trust kindled in my harte by the Holy ghost through the Gospell whereby I am at peace with God surely rekenyng with my selfe and iudgeyng that forgeuenes of sinnes euerlastyng lyfe rightuusnes was geueÌ„ not only to other but also to me that fréely by the mercy of God for the deseruing of Christ alone QV. * What are those thinges that a Christâ—n man must néedes beleue AN. * All thinges that are promised in the Gospel the sum whereof is contayned in the Creede or articles of our faith wherein is shortly conteyned as in a certayne shorte sum the cheif poyntes of the catholike and vndoubted faith of all Christians QVESTION ¶ What is the Créede ye speake of ANSVVER I Beleue in God the Father almighty maker of heauen earth And in Iesus Christe his onely begotten sonne our lord Which was conceyued by the holy gost borne of the virgin Mary Suffred vnder Pontius Pilate was crucified dead buried went downe into Hell. The thyrd day he rose agayne from the dead And went vp into heauen sitteth there at the right hand of god the Father almighty From thence shall he come to iudge the quicke the dead I beleue in the holy gost That ther is a catholike church A communion of Saints Forgeuenes of sinnes The rising agayne of the flesh And the lyfe euerlastyng Amen QVE Into how many partes is this Créede deuided AN. ¶ Into thrée partes the firste is of the euerlasting father and of our creation The seconde is of the sonne our redemption or deliuerance The thyrd is of the Holy gost and makyng of vs holy sauing vs from sinne QV. ¶ When as there is but one onely substance of God why namest thou three the father the son and the Holy gost AN. ¶ Because God hath so opened him self in his word that these thrée sundry persoÌ„s are that one trew euerlastyng God. ¶ Of the Father QVESTION WHat doest thou beleue when thou sayest I beleue in God the father almighty maker of heauen and earth AN. ¶ I doo beleue that the euerlastyng Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ which hath made of nothyng heauen and earth and althinges that are therein with his euerlastyng counsel prouision vpholdeth and gouerneth al the same for Christs sake is my God and my father and therefore so trust rest in him that I doo not doubt but he wyl prouide for me al thiÌ„gs nedful both for my soule and body and that he wil also tourne vnto my Saluation all the euyls and troubles that he layeth vpon me in this troublesome lyfe both because he can doo it as an almighty God and will do it as a gentil Father QV. ¶ What is the prouision or prouidence of God AN. The almighti power of god present in euery place whereby it holdeth vp as it were with his hand gouerneth heauen and earth and all creatures in so much that those things that grow vpon the earth rayne also faire wether and drines plentuusnes in bearing barrennes meat and drink health and sicknes ryches pouerti and to conclude all thinges fall and come vnto vs not without aduice or by chance but by his fatherly aduised counsell wyll and purpose QVE ¶ What profite haue we by this knowlege of the creatioÌ„ prouideÌ„ce of god ANS ¶ That in aduersitie we maye be pacient and in prosperytie thankfull and in time to come we maye haue a very good hope in God our moste faythfull Father knowing that there is nothyng that can drawe vs awaye from his loue for all creatures are so in his Power that withoute his wyll they can not onely doo nothynge but euen not so much as to stere or moue Of the Sonne QVESTION WWhy is the Son of God called Iesus that is the Sauer AN. * Because he saueth vs from al our sinnes as no saluatioÌ„ ought to be craued of any other so can there none be found in other but in him alone QV. * Then whether doo they beleue in the onely sauer Iesus which séeke happynes saluation of saints or of themselues or of any other thyng AN. * No For although they boast theÌ„selues and reioyce in him as their Sauer in their words yet for al that in very dedâ— they deny the only Sauer Iesus for either must Iesus not be a perfit Sauer or els al they that receaue him with a trew faith for a Sauer haue in their possessyon in hym all thinges necessary vnto saluation QV. * Why is he called Christus that is annoynted AN. * Because he was ordayned of the Father and was annoynted of the Holy gost the highest prophet and doctor which hath opened vnto vs the secret counsel and all the wyll of his father concerning our redemption deliuerance And the hye Preist who with one sacrifice or offring of his body and no mo hath bought vs agayne and continually maketh intercession to his Father for vs And a Kinge which gouerneth vs with his worde and his spirit and defeÌ„deth and kepeth the Saluation which we haue gotten by hym QV. ¶ But why art thou called a christian AN. Becaus through faith I am a meÌ„ber of â—esus Christ and am pertaker of his anointing â–ª so that I confesse his name geue my selfe vp vnto him to be a liuing offring of thankfulnes in this life to fight against sin Sathan with a fre and good conscience and afterwarde may hould enioy the euerlastiÌ„g kyngdoÌ„e with Christ ouer al cretures QV. ¶ For what cause is Christ called the onely begotten son of god wheÌ„ we are also the sonnes of God AN. * Because Christ is only the euerlastyng and natural son of the father euerlastyng and we are but sonnes chosen and taken vp of the Father of fauour for Christes sake QV. * Why callest thou hym our Lord ANS ¶ Because he byinge agayne our bodyes and soules from sinne not with Golde nor Siluer but with his precious bloud and deliuering them from all power of the deuyll hath claymed vs for his owne proper seruants belongiÌ„g vnto none other Lord or master QV. ¶ What beleuest thou when thou sayest he was conceiued by the holy ghost and borne of the virgin Mary AN. ¶ That the sonne of God which is and abydeth trew and euerlasting god hath taken the very trewe nature of man of the flesh and bloud of the virgin Marye by the workyng of the Holy ghost that he might be also with al the true seed of Dauid lyke vnto his Brethern in all thinges sauing onely in sinne QV. ¶ What profite takest thou of the holy conception and birth of Christ AN. That he is our meane or mediator and with his innocentnes perfite holines couereth my sinnes in the which I am conceiued to com into the sight of God.
QV. ¶ What beleuest thou when thou sayest he suffred AN. ¶ That he all the time of his lyf◠while he was here vpon earth but special◠at his last time dyd suffer the wrath of go◠against the sin of all mankynd that with his passion as one Sacrifice once for all should purchace mercy and should deliue◠both our bodies and our soules from euerlastyng damnation and get vs the grace o◠God and rightuusnes euerlasting lyfe QVE ¶ For what cause dyd he suffer vnder iudge Pilate ANS ¶ That he being innocent yet condempned before a ciuyll iudge might deliuer vs from the straight iudgement of God which we had deserued should haue suffred yf Christ had not suffred this sharp iudgement for vs. QV. ¶ Is there any other cause besyde way that he shuld rather suffer on the crosse then dye any other death AN. ¶ Yes there is one in déede for by this thing I am assured that he toke vpon himself the curse which was dew vnto me For the death of the Crosse was cursed of God. QV. * Why must Christ humble himselfe euen vnto the death AN. * Because that the iustice truth of God could not be contented swaged for our sinnes by ani other meanes but by the death of the son of God. QV. ¶ Why was he also berried AN. ¶ That therby he should haue sure witnesse that he was truely dead and not feynedly QVE But when as Christ dyed for vs why must we also dye ANS ¶ Our death is not a makynge of amendes for our sinnes but dyinge from Sinne and a goynge into euerlastynge lyfe QV. What profit doo we further receiue by the sacrifice and death of Christ AN. * That by the vertue of his death our old man is crucified kylled and berried with him that the euyl desires and lustes of the flesh should not afterward rayne in vs but that we shoulde offer our selues vnto him an offring of thanksgeueing QV. * Why is it further said he went downe into Hell AN. * That in my greuous temptations and assaltes I might stay◠and make sur◠my selfe by this comforte that my Lord◠Iesus Christ by vnspeakable veracious griefes painful troubles feares of mind into the which both before and most of all when he hanged on the crosse he was cas◠into hath deliuered me from the sorowfull griefe and paynes of Hell. QV. ¶ What profite haue we by the rysyng agayne of Christ AN. * Firste that by his rysinge agayne he ouercame death that he might make vs partakers of his rightuusnes which he had purchased vnto vs by his death Moreouer we are also styrred vp by his power vnto a new lyfe And the thyrde profite is that the resurrection of our head Christ is a Pleadge and a perfite assurance vnto vs that we shall ryse agayne in glory QVE How vnderstaundest thou this that he is gone vp into heauen AN. ‡ That Christ the Apostles lookyng on was taken vp from the earth into heauen yet styll is there for our sakes and wyl be vntyl he shall com againe to iudge the quicke and the dead QV. ¶ Shal Christ not then be with vs vntyll the end of the worlde as he hath promised AN. * Christ is true God and true man and so according vnto his mans nature he is not nowe vpon the Earth but after his Godly nature maiesty grace and Spirit he is neuer away from vs. QV. ¶ But whether by this meanes ar the .ij. natures of Christ pulled in sunder or no if Christes man hed be not where soeuer his Godhed is AN. ‡ Nay for when as the Godhead of Christ cannot be inclosed nor holden within any certaine compasse and is present in euery place it must néedes be a good argument that his Godhead is without the nature of his manhead which he hath taken vpon hym and reacheth farther and yet for all that it is fast in the same and abydeth personally ioyned therevnto QV. ¶ What fruite haue we by the goyng vp of Christ into Heauen AN. Fyrst that he maketh intercessiō for vs in heauen vnto the father Then that wee haue our flesh in heauen that therby we may be surely assured as by a sure pledge that hereafter he wil take vs that are his mēbers vnto him which is our head Thirdly that he sēdeth vnto vs his spirit ī the stede of a pledge betwene him and vs by whose strong workyng we seeke not earthly things that are aboue where he is sitting at the right hand of God. QV. ¶ Why is it further sayd that he is sitting at the right hand of God AN. * Because Christ therefore is gone vp in to heauen to shew that he is the head of the church by whome the father gouerneth all thynges QV. ¶ What profit is this glory of our head Christ vnto vs AN. * Fyrst that through his holy spirite he powreth into vs his members heauēly gyftes the next is that he shildeth and defendeth vs by his might agaynst all our enemies QV. ¶ What comfort hast thou by the commyng agayne of Christ to iudge the quicke and the dead AN. * That in all my persecutions and troubles I doo looke vp to heauen holdynge my head cherefully vp for the self same iudg which purposedly before dyd delyuer himselfe to the iudgement of God for me and hath taken away all curse from me which shall cast all his and my ennemies into euerlastyng payne shal bryng me with al other chosen persons into the heauēly ioys and euerlastyng glory ¶ Of the Holy ghost QVESTION WHat doest thou beleue of the holy gost AN * Firste that he is true and euerlastyng God with the euerlastyng father and the sonne Secondly that he is geuen vnto me that by true faith he maketh mée partaker of Christ and all his good déedes And thirdly comforteth mée and abydeth with me for euer QV. ¶ What is thy beléefe concernyng the holy and catholyke Church of Christ AN. * I beleue that the son of God doth gather from the beginnynge of the world vnto the end out of hole mankynd a chosē company by the spirit and the word agréeing together in a true faith and ▪ that h◠defendeth and saueth the same and that I am one liuely member of that company shal so abyde for euer QV. ¶ What meanest thou by the communion and felowshyp of saints AN. * Firste that all and euery one that beleueth ar in cōmon partakers of Christ and of all his good déedes as his members and partes of his body then that euery one man ought willyngly redely and chearefully to bestowe the gyftes which he hath receyued to the common profit and health of all men QV. ¶ What beleuest thou of the forgeuenes of sinnes AN. * That God for the satisfaction or mendes that Christ hath made he hath put out the remembrance that my sinnes and also of that my crooked wickednesse wherw t I must fight al
my lyfe time and that he wil fréely geue vnto me the rightuusnes of Christ so that I shall not come at any tyme to iudgement to be condemned QV. ¶ What comfort hast thou by the ryâ—sing agayne of the flesh AN. * That not only my soule after that it shal departe from the body shal straight way be taken vp vnto Christ her head but also that this my flesh raysed vp by this power of Christ shal be ioyned agayne vnto my soule and shall be made lyke vnto the glorius body of Christ QV. ¶ What comfort takest thou of the article of euerlastyng lyfe AN That for as much as I fele al redy the beginninge of euerlastynge lyfe in my hart it shall afterwarde come to passe that after this lyfe I shall come to full and perfite blessednes wherein I may prayse god foreuer which blessednes neither eye hath séene nor eare hath hard neither the thought of man is able to reach vnto QV. ¶ But when thou beleuest all these things what profit hast thou therby AN. ¶ That I am rightuus in Christ before God an heyre of euerlastyng lyfe QV. How art thou rightuus before god AN. * Onely by faith or beléefe in Iesus Christ in so much that although my conscieÌ„ce did accuse me that I haue sinned greuously agaynst all the commaundements of God and haue kepte perfitly neuer one of them and am also ready and disposed yet styll to al euyl yet for al that so that I can receiue all these good déeds of Christ by a true fayth of my mind the perfit satisfaction or ameÌ„ds makynge the rightuusnesse and holynesse of Christ is coumpted and geuen vnto mee by the only mercy of God euen as though I had neuer done any sin neither any spot should cleaue vnto me and furthermore as though I had fulfilled in mine own person the obedience which Christ hath fulfilled ê‘formed for me QV. ¶ Why doest thou hold that thou art made rightuus by faith alone AN. * Not because I doo please God with the worthynesse of my fayth but because the amendes makyng or satisfaction rightuusnes and holynes of Christe are my rightuusnes before God I can not take holde therof and apply the same vnto me by any other meanes then by fayth alone QV. ¶ Why can not our good workes be rightuusnes or at the leaste some parte of rightuusnes before God AN. * Because that rightuusnes that must stand faste before the iudgemente of God must be in all poyntes perfite and agreeing with the word of God al our good workes euen the most holy and perfectest workes that we doo in this lyfe are vnperfite and defiled with sinne QV. ¶ How doo our good works deserue nothynge when as God doth promise that be wyll geue a rewarde for them both in this lyfe and in the lyfe to come AN. * That reward is geuen not of deseruing but of fauour QV. ¶ Doth not this learning make meÌ„ to be careles Godlesse and of loose liuing AN. * No for it is not possible but that they that are grafted into Christ throught fayâ—h shall brynge foorth good and thankefull fruits ¶ Of the Sacramentes QVESTION THen séeing that only faith maketh vs pertakers of Christ and of good dedes from whence cometh this fayth AN. * From the Holy ghost who kindleth it in our harts through the preachynge of the Gospell and strengthneth the same by the vsing of the Sacraments QV. ¶ What are the Sacraments AN. * They ar holy signes and seals set before our eyes ordayned of god for that cause that by them he might open vnto vs and settle or confirme more largely the promyse of the Gospell that is to wyt he geueth fréely forgeuenes of siÌ„nes and lyfe euerlastyng not only to the number of beleuers but to euery one that beleueth for that onely sacrifice of christ which he made perfite vpon the crosse QV. ¶ Then whether do both the word and Sacraments looke to that ende that they may lead our faith vnto the sacrifice of christ fully ended on the crosse as vnto the grâ—und of our saluation AN. * It is so indéed for the holy Ghoste teacheth by the Gospell assureth vs by the SacrameÌ„ts that al our saluatioÌ„ standeth in the only sacrifice of christ offred for vs vpon the crosse QV. ¶ How many Sacramentes hath Christ ordayned in the new testament AN. Two. Baptisme the holy Supper ¶ Of Baptisme QVESTION HOw arte thou warned and assured in Baptisme that thou art partaker of that only Sacrifice AN. * Because Christ commaunded the outward washing putting to this promise that I am assurely washed by his bloud the holy gost from al my vncleanes of my soule that is from all my sinnes as I am outwardly washed with water wherby all the filthynes of the body is scowred away QV. ¶ What is it to be washed with the bloud and spirite of Christ AN. It is to receiue of God forgeuenes of our sinnes fréely for christes blouds sake which he shed for vs in his sacrifice vpon the crosse and also to be made new men by the Holy gost by his making of vs holy to be made members of Christ that thereby wée may dye from sinne more and more may lyue holily and vnblamedly QV. ¶ Where promised Christe that he wold so surely wash vs with his bloud and spirite as we are washed outewardly with the outwarde water of Baptisme ANS ¶ In the .xvi. of Sainct Marke where as he firste ordeyned Baptisme whose words are these Go and teach all nations and baptise them in the name of the father and of the son and of the holy Gost And he that wyll beleue and be baptised shall be saued but he that wyll not beleue shall be damned And this promise is rehersed agayne wher as the Scripture nameth Bapisme the bath of the new birth and washing away of sinnes QVESTION Is not the outward baptising with water the washing away of our sinnes AN. * It is not for onely the bloud of Christ maketh vs cleane from al sin QV. ¶ Then why doth the holy Ghost cal baptisme the bath of the new byrth and washing away of sin AN. * God not without a great cause speaketh so to wit not onely to teach vs that as the filthines of our bodies is scoured away with water so likewise are our sins washed and scowred away with the bloud Spirit of Christ but also much more that he might sicker and assure vs by this godly token and pledge that we are as surely washed from our sinnes inwardely by the inward washing as we are outwardly washed with the outward and seable water QV. ¶ Ought all young spechlesse children to be baptized AN. * Yea in any case for when as they belonge as well vnto the couenaunt or promyse and to the chyrch of god as they doo that are fully growne and are perfit men women and when as forgeuenes of sins and