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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

Scholer I will proue howe well I can do it your pleasure is maister as I take it that I point ye out some certaine congregation that may be seene Master That it is in dede so it shal be good for y ● to do Scholer That congregation is nothing elsse but a certayne multytude of menne which wher soeuer they be professe the pure vprighte learning of Christ and that in such sort as it is faithfully set fourth in the holye testamēt by the Euangelists and Apostles whiche in al points are gouerned and ru led by the lawes statutes of theyr kinge and hye Byshoppe Christe in the bonde of charity which vse his ho lye misteryes that are commonlie called sacramentes with such purenesse simplicity as touchinge theire nature and substaunce as the Apostles of Christ vsed and left behinde in writing The marckes therefore of this churche are firste pure preachyng of the gospel thē brotherly loue out of which as members of al one body springeth good wyl of eche to other thirdlye vprighte and vncorrupted vse of the Lordes sacraments accordynge to the ordynaunce of the Gospell laste of all brotherlye correction and excōmunication or banishynge those out of the church that wyll not amend their liues This marcke the holye fathers tearmed discipline This is that same churche that is grounded vpon the assured rocke Iesus Christ and vpō trust in hym This is that same church which Paul calleth the piller and vpholding stay of truth To this church belōg the keies whearwyth heauen is locked and vnlocked for that is done by the ministration of the worde wherunto properly appertayneth the power to bynde and louse to holde for gylty and forgiue synnes So that whosoeuer beleueth the Gospell preached in thys church he shal be saued but whoso beleueth not he shal be dāpned Master Now wold I fain heare thy beliefe of the holy ghost Scholer I confesse him to be the thyrd person of the holy trinitie Andsith be is equal with the father the sonne of the verye same nature that he ought egally to bee worshipped with thē bothe Mast. Whi is he called holy Scholer Not onelye for hys owne holynesse but for that by hym are made holye the chosen of God and members of Christe And thearfore haue the scriptures termed him the spirit of sanctification or makyng holy Master Wherin consysteth thys sanctification Scholer Fyrste we be newe gotten by his inward motion And therfor said Christ we muste be newe borne of water and of the spirit Thē by his inspiration are we adopted as it wer bi choise made the chyldren of God For whych cause he is not causelesse called the spirit of adoption By his lyght are we lightened to vnderstand Gods misteryes By hys iudgemēt are sinnes pardoned and reteined By his power is the fleshe wyth her lustes kept downe tamed Bi his pleasure ar the manifold gyftes dealt amonge the holye Finallye by hys meanes shal our mortal bodies be relyued Therfore in the author of so great gifts we do not wythout a cause beleue honor cal vpō him ▪ Master Wel thou hast now said sufficiently of the holly ghost But thys woulde I heare of thee why it immediatelye foloweth that we beleue the holye vniuersall churche and the communiō of Sayntes Scholer These two thinges I haue alwai thoght to be most fitly coupled togither Because the felowshyppes and incorporacions of other men procede and be gouerned by other meanes policies but the church whyche is an assemble of men called to euerlastinge saluacion is bothe gathered together gouerned by the holy ghost of whom we euē now made mention Which thyng sith it can not be perceiued bi bodily sense or light of nature is by right and for good rea son heare reckened amonge thynges that are knowē by beleife And thearfore thys calling togither of the faith full is called vniuersall because it is bonde to no one speciall place For God thorowout al costes of y ● world hath them that worshyppe hym Whych thoughe they be far scattered a sonder by diuerse distāce of countries and dominions yet ar they members most nearlye ioyned of that same bodi wherof Christe is the heade and haue one spirit fayth sacramētes prayers forgiuenesse of sinnes and heauēly blisse common among them all and be so knyt with the bōd of loue that they e●…deuour thēselues in nothyng more than eche to help other and to build together in Christ. Master Seynge thou haste already spokē of the knowledge of god and his members I woulde also heare ▪ what is the true seruyce of God Scholer Fyrst we must consider that the right trewe knowledge of God is the principal and onli fundatiō of Gods seruyce The same knowledge fear doth foster and mayntayne whyche in scriptures is called the begynnyng of wisedōe Faith and hope are the proppes and staies whearupō leane all the rest that I haue rehearsed Furthermore charitie whych we call loue is lyke an euerlastyng bonde by the strayght knot wherof al other vertues be boūd in one together and theyr force encreased These be the inward partes of Gods seruice that is to say whyche consyst in the mynde Master What hast thou to say of the Sabbat or the ho ly dai which euē now thou madest mention of amonge the lawes of the firste table Scholer Sabbat is as much to sai as rest It was apoin ted for onlye honoure and seruice of God and it is a figure of that reast and quiet nes whiche they haue that beleue in Christe For oure trust in Christ doth set our myndes at liberty from all slauishe feare of the law sin deathe and hel assuring vs in the meane season that by him we please God that he hath made vs hys chyldren and heiers of his kingdome wherby thear groweth in our hartes peace and true quietnes of mind whiche is a certayn foretaste of y ● moste blessed quiet whiche we shall haue in hys kyngdome As for those thynges that are vsed to bee done on the sabbothe daye as Ceremonies and exercises in the seruyce of God they are tokens and wytnesses of thys assured truste And mete it is that faithfull Christiās on such daies as are apointed oute for holye thynges shold lay asyde vnholy your kes and gyue them selues earnestly to religion and ser uynge of God Master What be the parts of that outwarde seruynge God whyche thou saydest euen now dyd stand in certain bodily exercises which are also tokēs of the inward seruinge hym Scholer Fyrst to teache and heare the learnynge of the gospel thē the pure and naturall vse of the ceremonies and sacramentes last of all prayer made vnto God by Christe and in the name of Christ which without faile obteineth the holly ghoste the moste assured author of all trew seruynge God and vpryght religion Master Tell me what thou callest sacramentes Scholer

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