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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

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thākes geuing and to be commended to the people of God ¶ Of ciuile Magistrates THe king of Englande is Supreame head in earth next vn der Christe of the churche of England and Ireland THe Byshoppe of Rome hathe no iurisdiction in th●…s realin of Englande THe ciuile magistrate is ordeined and alowed of god wher fore we must obey him not on ly for feare of punishment but also for conscience sake THe ciuile lawes may punyshe christen men with deathe for hainous greuous offences IT is lawfull for Christians at the commaundement of the ma gistrate to were weapons and to serue in lawfull warres Christian mennes gooddes are not commune THe riches gooddes of Christians are not commune as touchinge the righte title and possession of the same as certayn Anabapti●…es do fasly boast not withstanding euery man oughte of such thinges as he possesseth li berally to geue almes to the pore according to his hability ¶ Christian menne maye take an Othe AS we confesse that vayne rashe swearing is forbidden Christian men by our Lorde Iesu Christ his apostle Iames so we iudge that Christian religion doeth not prohibite but that ●… man may sweare when the Magistrate requireth in a cause of faythe and charitye so it be done according to the Prophetes teachynge in iustyce iudgemente and truthe The resurrectiō of the dead is not yet broughte to passe THe resurrecciō of the dead is not as yet brought to passe as though it only belonged to the soule which by the grace of Christ is raised from the death of synne but it is to be loked for at the laste day For then as Scripture 〈◊〉 most manifestly testifie to all that be dead theyr owne bodies ste she and bone shalbe restored that the whole mā may accordinge to hys workes haue other reward orpu nishment as he hath liued vertuoufly or wickedly The soules of them that depart this life doe neither die wyth 〈◊〉 the bodies nor sleape idly THey which say that the soules of suche as depart hence dooe sleepe beyng wythout al sence feling or perceiuing vntyl the day of iudgmente ▪ or affirme that the soules dye with the bodies and at the last day shalbe raised vp wyth the same do vtterly dissente from the righte belefe declared to vs in holye Scripture Heritikes called Millenarii THey that go aboute to renewe the fable of heretickes called Millenarii be repugnaunt to holy scripture and cast thē selues headlong into a Iewishe dotage ¶ Al men shall not be saued at the length THey also are worthy of condēnation who endeuout at thys tyme to restore the daūgerous opinion that al men be theineues so vngodly shal at length be saued whē they haue suffered paynes for theyr synnes a certayne tyme appoynted b●… Gods iustice The ende of the Articles ¶ A generall Confession to be sayd in the Morning AL mighty and most merciful father we haue erred and strayed from thy wayes like lost shepe We haue followed to mutche the deuises and desires of our owne hartes We haue offended agaynst thy holye la●…es Wee haue lefte vndone those thynges whyche we ought to haue done ●… we haue done those things whiche we ought not to haue done and ther is no health in vs but thou O Lord haue mercye vpon vs miserable offendours Spare thou them O God whych confesse theyr faultes Restore thou them that be ●…tent accordyng to thy prompses declared vnto mankynde in Christ Ieso our Lord. And graunt O most mercifull father for his sake that we may here 〈◊〉 li●…e a godly righteous and sober lyfe to the glorye of thy holy name Amen A prayer to be sayd in the Mornynge OMercifull Lord God he●…uenlye father I rēder most high laudes praise and thanks vnto the that thou hast preserued me both thys nyght and all the tyme and dayes of my lyfe hitherto vnder thy protection and hast suffered 〈◊〉 to liue vntill this present houre And I beseeche the hartely that thou wilt vouchesafe to receiue me this day and the residue of my whole lyfe from hence forth into thy tu●…ion ▪ rulyng and gouernyng 〈◊〉 with thy holy spirite that all maner of darkenesse of misbeliefe infidelitie and of carnal lu●… and affections may be vtterly chased and driuen oute of my hearte and that I may be iustified and saued both bodye and soule thorow ●… ryght and a perfect fayth and so walke in the light of thy most godlye truth to thy glorye and prayse and to the profyt and furtheraunce of my neighbour thorow Iesus Christ our Lorde and Sauiour Amen ¶ A Praiet to be saied of Children before they studie their lesson at schole OBlessed Lorde whiche arte the welspring of al wisdom and knowledge sithēs it hath pleased the of thy mercy to prouyde for me such meanes to be instructed in my tēder age as wherby I may haue knowledge to vse my selfe honestlye and to behaue my selfe godlye to leade the whole course of my life in thy holy seruice let it be thy pleasure also to illumynate my darke wyt and blynde vnderstandinge so that it may be able to receyue accordyngly the learning that shall be vttered refreshe thou my memorye yea imprinte thou it in my remembraūce that I may kepe it assuredlye dispose thou my hearte also 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and frame my wyll that ●…mape apply my minde to recei●…e it with such affec●…ion and feruente desire as it beho●…eth to to this end that the most happye occasyon which thou offerest vnto me do not pea●…ish through my vnth●…kfulnes and that these thinges may come to passe let it stād with thy gracoius pleasure to powre out thy holy spirit into my heart thy spirit I saye of vnderstanding of truth iudgment wisdō●… knowledge whe●…eby I may become apt to learne and my scholemaster not lese his payne in teachyug me and what study soeuer I apply my mynd vnto I may reduce ●… bryng it to the right end that is to glorif●… the in our sauiou●… Christ to who●…e wyth the and the holye ghost be all honoure and glorye for euer and euer Amen ¶ A Prayer for the Kinges Maiestye ALmightye God whose kingdome is euerlastyng and power infinit haue mercye vpon the whole congrega●…yon and so rule the heart of thy chose●… seruaunt Edward the sixth ou●… king and gouernoure that he knowyng whose myny●…er he is may aboue al thynges seeke thy honour and glory and y ● we his subiectes duly cōsidering whose authority he hath maye faythfullye serue honour and humbly obey him in the and for the according 〈◊〉 thy blessed woorde and 〈◊〉 Thorow Iesus Christ our Lord wh●… 〈◊〉 the and the holy ghost liueth and 〈◊〉 euer one God worlde wythout 〈◊〉 Amen ¶ A Prayer to be sayde at nyghte going to bed OMercifull Lorde God heauenly 〈◊〉 ther whether we sleepe or wake liue ordye we are alwayes thyne Whe●… fore I beseche the hartelye that thou wy●…●…ouchsafe to take care and charge of me not to suffer me to
away the sinnes of y ● world and sinne as Sainte Ihon sayeth was not in him But the rest yea although we be baptised and borne agayne in Christe yet wee offende in manye thynges and if we saye we haue no synne we deceiue our selues and the truthe is not in vs. ¶ Of sinne against the holy Ghoste EUerye deadly sinne willingly committed after Baptisme is not Sinne against the holye ghost and vnpardonable Wherefore the place for penitents is not to bee denied to suche as fall into sinne after Baptysme After wee haue receiued the holy ghoste we may depart from grace geuē and fall into synne and by the grace of God we may rise agayne and amende oure lyues And therfore they are to be condemned whych say they can nomore Synne as longe as they lyue heare or denie the place for penitents to such as truelye repente and amend their liues ¶ Blasphemy againste the holye Ghoste BLasphemye against the holye Ghost is when a man of malyce stubbournes of minde ▪ doeth rayle vppon the trueth of Goddes word manifestly perceiued and being enemye therunto persecuteth y ● same And because suche be guiltye of goddes cursse they entangle thē selues wyth a most greuous hainous crime wherupon this kinde of sin is called and affirmed of the Lord vnpardonable ¶ Of predestination and Election PRedestination to lyfe is the euerlastynge purpose of God wherby before the foundations of the worlde were layed he hathe constantlye decreed by hys owne iudgemente secreate to vs to delyuer frome cursse and damnation those whom he hath chosen oute of mankinde and to bryng them to euerlasting saluation by Christ as vessels made to honoure Whereupon suche as haue so excellēt a benefit of God geuen vnto them be called according to goddes purpose by his spi rite workyng in due season they throughe grace obey the calling thei be iustified freli thei be made sonnes by adoption thei be made like the image of Gods onlye begotten sonne Iesu Christe they walke religiously in good works and at length by Goddes mercy they attain to euerlasting felicity As the Godlye consideratyon of Predestination and our election in Christ is full of swete pleasaunt and vnspeakeable confort to godly parsons and such as fele in them selues the woorkynge of the spirite of Christe mortifying the workes of the flesh and theyr earthlye members and drawyng vp theyr mynde to high and heauenlye thinges aswel because it doeth greatly establyshe and confyrme theyr faythe of eternall saluation to bee enioyed throughe Christ as because it doth feruētly kindle their loue towards god So for curyous and carnall persones lacking the spirit of Christ to haue continuallye before theyr eyes the sentence of Goddes predestination is a most daūgerous downe fall whereby the Deuyll may thrust them either into despe racion or into a rechlesnesse of most vncleane liuing no lesse perilous then desperacyon Furthermore although the decrees of predestynation are vnknowen vnto vs yet we must receyue Goddes promyses in suche wyse as they be generallye settefourthe to vs in holye scrypture and in our doynges that wyll of God is to be folowed whiche we haue expressely declared vnto vs in the worde of God ¶ We must trust to obteine eternall Saluation onely by the name of Christ. THey also are to be had accur sed and abhorred that presume to say that euery man shalbe saued by the Lawe or sect whiche he professeth so that he be diligēt to frame hislife according to that lawe and the lighte of nature For holye Scripture dothe set out vnto vs only the name of Iesu Christe wherby men muste be saued ¶ All menne are bounde to kepe the Morall cōmaundemētes of the Law THe law which was geuē of god by Moses althoughe it binde not christian men as concerning the ceremonies and Rites of the same Neyther is it required that the ciuile Precepts and ordres of it shoulde of necessity be receiued in anye common we ale yet no manne be he neuer so perfecte a christian is exempte and loose from the Obedience of those commaundementes which are called Moral Wherfore they are not to be harke ned vnto who affirm that holy Scripture is geuen onlye to the weake and doo●… boaste them selfes continually of the spirit of whom they say they haue learned such thyngs as they teache although the same be most euidentlye repugnante to the holye Scripture ¶ Of the Churche THe visible Church of Christe is a congregatyon of faythefull menne in the whych the Pure word of god is preached and the sacramentes be duelye minystred accordinge to Christes ordynaunce in all those thynges that of necessitye are requisite to the same As the church of Ierusalem of Alexandria and of Antioch hathe erred So also the Churche of rome hath erred not only in their liuing but also in maters of their faythe ¶ Of the aucthoritie of the Churche IT is not lawful for the church to ordeine anye thynge that is contrarie to Goddes word writtē Neither may it so expoune one place of scripture that it be repugnante to an other Wherefore although the churche be a wytnesse and a keper of holy wrytte yet as it ought not to decree any thinge againste the same so besides the same ought it not to enforce any thinge to be beleued for necessity of Saluation ¶ Of the authority of generall Counsailes GEnerall counsailes maye not bee gathered together withoute the commaundemente and wyll of Prynces and whan they be gathered for as muche as they bee an assemblie of menne whereof all be not gouerned with the spirite ▪ and word of God they may erre ▪ and sometyme haue erred not only in worldly matters ▪ but also in thynges pertaynynge vnto God Wherefore thyngs ordeyned by them as necessarye to Saluation haue neither strēgth nor auctoritye onlesse it maye be declared that they be taken oute of holye scrypture ¶ Of Purgatorye THe Doctryne of Schole aucthoures concerning purgatorye Pardones Worshipping and adorocion aswel of Images as of reliques and also inuocation of Sainctes is a fond thyng vainly feigned and grounded vpon no warraunte of scripture but rather repugnante to the woorde of God ¶ No manne may minister in the Congregation except he be called IT is not lawfull for anye man to take vppon him the offyce of Publique preachinge or mynystringe the Sacramentes ▪ in the congregation before he be lawefullye called and sente to execute the same And those we oughte to iudge lawfully called and sente whiche be chosen called to thys worcke by menne who haue publique auctoritie geuen vnto them in the congregation to call and sende ministers into the Lordes vineyarde ¶ Men muste speake in the Congregation in such toung as the people vnderstandeth IT is moste semely and most agreable to the woorde of God that in the congregatyon nothynge be openlye readde or spoken in a tounge vnknowen to y ● people The whiche thynge saynt Paule did forbid except sōe were present that shuld declare y
pe●…ysh in the worc●…es of darckenes but to kindle the lyghte of thy ●…ountenaunce in my hearte that the godly knowledge maye daylye increase in me thorowe a ryghte and pure fayth and that I maye alwayes be ●…ounde to walcke and lyue a●…ter thy wyll and pleasure thorowe ●…sus Christe ou●…e Lord and Sanio●…re Amen Lorde into thy handes I commend my spryte thou haste Redemed me Lord God of truth ¶ IMPRYNted at 〈◊〉 ●…y 〈◊〉 Day dwelling ouer Alber●… gate beneth Say●…ct Marty●…s ☞ These Cathechismes are to bee ●…olde at h●… 〈◊〉 ▪ b●… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Coun●…uit in Che●…syde at the sygne of the 〈◊〉 ☞ ☞ ☜ Cum p●…iuilegio adimpri m●…ndum solu●… Al Christians shulde know their profession ▪ Teachyng by questyons ▪ Chyl●…rē to be taughte trew relygion Christiā re ligion Partes of Christiā re ligion What god is The 〈◊〉 and the gos pell The scriptures preserued frō the begynnyng The cre●…e called a ●…mbole ●…awes of the first table One God Images Takyug the name of God The Sabbat ●…awes of the seconde table Honour of Parentes Murther ●…duoutry ●…heft False wyt nesse Couetise of anothers The rewarde of y ● godly aud vngodly The sūme of the lawe by Christe The lawe of nature Ignorance brought i●… by corrup●…ion of nature Why the lawe was wrytten in tables None made righteous by y ● ●…awe Ceremonies of the law Sinnes for giuen by Christes death only Why the lawe was gyuen to one people The moral lawe commune to al The crede The ma●…uge and preseruation of the world Why wee cal God fa ther. The making of mā The names of Adam 〈◊〉 The image that man was made after Gods ymage defa ced in mā Origynall synne The meanes of 〈◊〉 tion Gods 〈◊〉 The Serpents head The seede of the woman ▪ Christes 〈◊〉 deathe ▪ refurreccion and ascension The spirite sēt downe The resurrection of Christe necessarie Christ gouernith his Church ab ●…ent God Christe is absent and presente in the worrd ▪ Christes 〈◊〉 cension Christes bo dily presēce Christe cōpared to y ● sonne Our profit by Christes ascenci●… Causes of Christes as c●…tion Christ do ing●…s for 〈◊〉 behofe Christiā ex ample of lyfe vnto vs. Donor of Christ. The end of ●… world The ●…ay of dome The resur rection The holly Church Who be of Christs churthe Causes of our iustification Iustification by fayth Irewe faithe and works vnseparate ▪ The churche Marks of the church Keies to bynde and loose The holly Ghost Why the holy goste is called holy Whearin resteth the holy gost●… sanctifica tion Communion of Sainctes Why the churche is called vniuersall Cōmuniō of saints Pa●…tes of godstrew inward ser uice The Sabbat Outward seruice of God What sacraments are The ministracion of baptysme The vse of the Lords supper The meaninge of baptisme The meaninge of y ● Lords sup per. The bread The wyne Howe we feede vpō Christes bodye and bloud Fayth the mouthe of the soule Offyce of Preachers Prayer The lords prayer Whether we maye vse anye other praier but the pa ter noster Nothyng in y ● lardes prayer hard to vn derstande What we gather of our father What is meant by whych are in heauen God is ech wheat God alwaye present to helpe vs. How goddes name is to be hal lowed Christes kingdome not yet per fect Christes kingdom Gods will to be done Our dayly bread What bread mea neth Epiousiō Daylye breade or supernaturall Why wee aske oure bread to be daylye Forgyuenes of trespasses Our couenant with god as we forgiue c Charitable forgiuenesse one to and ther ceaseth bram les The harmes of cōtencion Good not euell to be rēdred for euell Our weak nesse Temptation Whi this is added for thyne is y ● kingdome c. Fayth in prayer What to be asked in prayer ●…onest frame of lyfe Knoledge desier fear loue of God Christe●… benefites to vs. Godlessnesse Superstition hip●… crisie Charitie The name of brethrē The law of nature Measure another 〈◊〉 thy selfe Degrees of chariti Uices to be rooted out y ● vertues maye be planted in theyr place The blysse of the god lye