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A20262	A briefe & necessary instruction verye needefull to bee knowen of all housholders, whereby they maye the better teach and instruct their families in such points of Christian religion as is most meete. Not onely of them throughly to be vnderstood, but also requisite to be learned by hart of all suche as shall bee admitted vnto the Lordes Supper.	Dering, Edward, 1540?-1576.; More, John, d. 1592.	1572 (1572)	STC 6679; ESTC S114092	20,602	56

it is they are shut vp in blindnes and God hath couered them with a spirit of slomber they are set down in the counsels of the mockers despisers which say in much securitye where is the promise of his cōming O curssed law of liberty that hath so dulled their spirit And O bottomles pit and hel of whooredomes out of which such a stincking sauour cōtinually breatheth of Pluralities Totquots and al maner faculties and dronken dregs of popish abominations O Lord God we beseche thée multiply thy spirit yet more vpon thine anoynted chosen seruantes Leade them into the mydst of thy Sanctuary that they may drinke full of thy louing kindnes And enrich them so far wyth all thy blessinges that they may sée wyth thy Saintes what is the height the breadth the length the deapth and how vnsearchable is the ritches of thy glorye that hast alone immortalitie and dwellest in light which shall shine for euer That thy manyfolde mercies which thou hast multiplyed vnto them may be made perfect in that fulnes of spirit vntyl they shal say vnto themselues euen with the zeale of that noble Prophet and King I wyll not enter into the tabernacle of my house nor get vp into my bed I wil not suffer mine eyes to sleepe nor mine eyelyds to slumber vntyl I haue caused this land which thou hast blessed to spue out the surfetings of this deadly poyson O Lord God thou that art able bryng this good thing to passe let not our synnes seperate betwene vs and thy goodnes but open thine eares vnto our praiers and poure out thy compassions vpon vs that we our Rulers may all reioyce and syng together wyth thy Saintes in the Apocalips Allelu-iah saluation and glory power be to thée O Lord our God for true and righteous are thy iudgementes and thou hast condemned the great whoore which did corrupt the earth with her fornication And therfore make vs say continuallye Allelu-iah and her smoke let it ryse vp for euermore Amen Farewell good Christian Reader and forget not thy deutie to blesse them wyth thy prayer who haue blessed thée with libertye and helpe them to the gloryous triumphe of the Gospel of Christ who haue broken from thy neck the yoke of Antichrist that they may long rule with righteousnes with peace and with ioy in the holy Ghost whose gouernmēt hath made thée free from the bondage of Aegypt from the spiritual Baby lou from Pope and papacie which shame hath shadowed and shal at the last close it vp for euer From my Chamber the. 22. of Aprill 1572. Thyne in the lord vE D. Roma 8. 22. ¶ Euery creature groneth together and traueleth in payne vntyll this present and not onelye the creature but we also which haue the first fruites of the spirit euen we do sigh in our selues wayting for the adoption euen the redēption of our bodies ¶ A short instruction very necessary for all suche as shall be receiued to the Lordes Supper Question What is ●●e chiefest dutie of a Christian ●an 〈◊〉 this lyfe Aunswer ●he chiefest duty of man not ●●●●an onely but of all the creatu●es in the world in their nature is to set forth the glory of God. Question How shall we perfourme this dutie Answer To perfourme this duty it is necessary to know vnto what death we by our selues ar subiect What great saluatiō God of his free mercy hath geuen vnto vs throughe faith And what thankfulnes we owe vnto him for our deliuerance Question Tell me these thynges in order Fyrst what is syn and what doth it deserue Aunswer Synne is the breach of the law of God contayned in the ten commaundements and the reward of this synne is eternal death Question Rehearse the ten Commaundements Aunswer God spake these wordes sayd I am the Lord thy GOD whych brought thee out of the land of Egypt out of the house of bondage thou shalt haue none other Gods but me c. Question What meaneth this commaundement thou shalt haue none other Gods but me Aunswer The meaning of it is that I should acknowledge but one onely God that I shoulde honour and feare him that I should cleane vnto him that I should not do after the abominations of anye idolatrous people to worship stocks or stones that I ●●ould not harken to anye false Prophetes that teache their own fantasies and not the woord of God That I should not seeke to any Sorcerers Cōiurers Witches Soothsayers Charmers or any such But that I should harken vnto Christ alone and adde no thing to the woord which he hath spoken but put all my trust in God alone call vpon hym alone feare him alone and loue hym aboue all All this is contayned in thys fyrst commaūdement Thou shalt haue no other Gods but me Question What meaneth the second commaundement that we shall not make anye granen Image Aunswer The meaning of this is that we shoulde not thinke God to be lyke either man or woman or gold or syluer or anye manner creature that we should not woorshyp hym vnder the similitude of Sunne Moone or any other thyng what soeuer it be to how downe before it But onely in spirite and truth we must woorship God alone and beside him no other no Saint no Angell no creature And that the worshipping of God alone be not according to our fansies but onely as hym selfe hath commaunded in hys woord If in anye of these pointes we be faulty we haue broken this second commaundement Question What meaneth the third commaundement that we should not take the name of God in vayne Aunswere The meaning of it is that we shoulde not sweare falselye nor rashly nor in light matters but with feare and reuerence make mencion of the name of the Lorde our God in truth in iudgement and in righteousnes to the glorye of God or maintenance of brotherlye loue in which causes we must sweare by the name of God alone neither by heauen nor earth neither by booke Saint nor Angell nor any creature As for Masse Crosse Roode or suche other we ought so to detest suche manner Idols that they shoulde not once be named among vs But we should haue onely precious in our eies the glorious and fearfull name of the Lord our god This is to obey this thirde commaundement Question What meaneth the fourth commaundement Remember that thou keepe holye the Sabboth day Aunswer To keepe holye the sabboth day is to come together and with feare and reuerence to heare the word of God preached vnto vs to receaue his Sacramentes with fayth and with repentaunce to pray together with one heart and voyce to shewe in outwarde doyng our inwarde sabboth that we rest from sinne and wickednes that the spirit of God dwelleth in vs and wor keth in this lyfe the beginnyng of our euerlastyng

¶ A briefe necessary Instruction Uerye needefull to bee knowen of all Housholders Whereby they maye the better teach and instruct their Families in such points of Christian Religion as is most méete Not onely of them throughly to be vnderstood but also requisite to be learned by hart of all suche as shall bee admitted vnto the Lordes Supper 1572. ¶ To the Christian Reader IT shall not be necessary for me most louing brethren to shewe anye causes for mine own excuse why I haue attempted the setting forth of this little Catechisme as though I had rashly aduentured aboue that was méete to set forth any thing to be so common by my priuate aduise Or as though I had presumed aboue mine abilitye to become so general a teacher hauing my self so meane vnderstandyng For in these daies in which there is so great licentiousnes of printyng bookes as in déede it maketh vs all the worse who can blame it that hath any taste or sauer of goodnes be it neuer so simple if it had no other fruite yet this is great and plentyfull that in reading it we shoulde keepe our eyes from much godles and childish vanitie that hath now blotted so many papers We sée it all and we mourne for griefe so many as in spirite and truth do loue the lord What multitude of bookes full of all synne and abomination haue nowe filled the world No thing so childish nothing so vaine nothing so wanton nothyng so ydle whych is not both boldly printed and plausibly taken So that herein we haue fulfilled the wickednes of our forefathers ouertaken them in theyr syns They had their spiritual enchauntmentes in which they were bewytched Beuis of Hampton Guy of Warwike Arthur of the round table Huon of Burdeaux Oliuer of the Castle the foure sonnes of Amond and a great many other of such childish follye And yet more vanitie then these the witles deuices of Gargantua Howleglas Esop Robyn Hoode Adam Bel Frier Rushe the Fooles of Gotham and a thousand such other And yet of all the residue the most dronken imaginations with which they so defiled their Festiual and high holydaies their Legendawry theyr Saintes lyues their tales of Robyn Good-fellow and of manye other Spirites which Satan had made Hell had printed and were warranted vnto sale vnder the Popes priuiledge to kindle in mens hartes the sparkes of superstition that at last it might flame out into the fire of Purgatorie These were in the former daies the subtile sleightes of Satan to occupye Christian wyts in Heathen fansies And we as men that can not learne wisedom by anye examples to kéepe our selues from harme but as though the wickednes of our forefathers were not yet full we wyll make vp their measure and set vp Shrines to the woord of God and the wrytinges of all hys Saintes which our forefathers had cast out of all honor that their own dreames and illusions might be had in price To thys purpose I trow we haue multiplied for our selues so many new delightes that we might iustefy the idolatrous superstitiō of the elder world To this purpose we haue printed vs many bawdy songes I am lothe to vse such a lothsome woord saue that it is not fyt inough for so vile endeuours to this purpose we haue gotten our Songes Sonets our Pallaces of pleasure our vnchaste Fables and Tragedies and such lyke Sorceries moe then any man may recken Yea some haue ben so impudent as new borne Moabites which wallow in their own vomit and haue not bene ashamed to entitle their bookes The Court of Venus The Castle of Loue and manye such other as shamelesse as these O that there were among vs some zealous Ephesians that bookes of so great vanity might be burned vp The spirite of God wrought in them so mightely that they contemned the price of so great iniquitie in one Citie and at one fire they brought together the bookes valued to twoo thousand markes and burnt them al at once O happy light cleare as the Sun beames if we might sée the lyke in London that the chiefe streete might be sanctified with so holy sacrifice The place it selfe doth craue it and holdeth vp a gorgeous Idoll a fyt stake for so good a fire O Lord thou art able to woorke what thou wylt let vs sée this day that Iacob may reioyce and Israel may be glad So recompence thine enemies as they haue recompenced thée Of old they burnt the wrytings of thy Prophets and in their ages following they departed not from the synnes of their fathers but gaue the holy labours of thy Saintes vnto ashes nowe let vs sée the iust recompence of anger and make our good Rulers the instruments to execute thy iudgementes We haue now long inough played with our own fansies Lord rayse vp agayne thy word into honour that our eyes may be occupied in holy readinges And you deare Brethren that are yet in battail to fight against Satan pray and cease not that God alone maye be exalted in our daies that Satan may be troden vnder foote and that the woord of God the strong weapen of our strife may be geuen into the handes of all that their lyfe may be in safetie And be perswaded of this that there is no one thyng more enemy to the woord of God then these vaine and synfull imaginations of our owne vnbridled wits which haue now filled so many volumes And therefore I trust I can deserue no blame to aduenture the setting out of this short enstruction sithe my desire is only to aduance Gods glory and edefie hys poore Church that is yet so couered in darke ignorance when so many haue found leaue to spread abroad their labours that haue no other pleasure then offyn and wyckednes Now for that that I haue taken vpon mee to set forth vnto many this enstruction beare with me I beseche you and praye vnto God that we may all together hold the humblenes of mynde that was in Christ Iesu that we be not wise in our own conceits nor thincke of our selues aboue the which is conuenient but acknowledging the blindnes of our hart and the ignorance in which we are borne we may say with the most happy Apostle we haue nothing that we haue not receiued And of many other I do willyngly professe it I am the least but by the grace of God I am that I am and I trust hys grace is not in vayne in me But this that I here present vnto the Church of God I haue not done it alone but another faithfull labourer in the woorke of the Lord and a good brother in Christ Iesu whom God hath endued with great knowledge and blessed with much vnderstanding he hath taken the greatest paine and the greatest fruit must grow of his labours So that I haue not aduentured of my selfe but haue onely bene an helper of an other mans labour And the cause that hath mooued vs both is suche as