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A18162	The Catechisme in meter for the easier learnyng, and better remembryng of those prinples [sic] of our faithe, whiche wee ought moste familiarly to be acquainted withall / for the proofe of those thynges, which I have not quoted, I referre you to the vsuall catechisme ; onely in the margent I haue quoted those thynges which I haue added for plainnesse ; the verse will agree with moste of the tunes of the Psalmes of David, and it is deuided into partes, that eche parte maie be song by it self.	T. R.	1583 (1583)	STC 4800.3; ESTC S1222	7,173	28

The Catechisme in Meter for the eafier learnyng and better remembryng of those principles of our Faithe whiche wee ought moste familiarly to be acquainted withall For the proofe of those thynges whiche I haue not quoted I referre you to the vsuall Catechisme Onely in the margent I haue quoted those thynges whiche I haue added for plainnesse The verse will agree with moste of the tunes of the Psalmes of Dauid and it is deuided into partes that eche parte maie be song by it self ¶ Jmprinted at London by Robart Walley 1583. To the Christian reader mercie and peace in Christe HE that considereth the dulle vntowardnesse of our nature in learnyng of heauenly thynges the tediousnesse that easily creepeth vpon vs the scorne that many haue to teache and others to bee taught by their Pastors and Maisters the difficultie and infinite trauaile in teachyng and the small encrease of continuall labor with thē besides the diligence of the aduersaries in blastyng abroade their poison and how necessarily therefore the people of God are to be foreseasoned and confirmed with the cōterpoison of truthe against them shall easely perceiue this to bee no idle or vaine Poetrie but a needefull and Christian pollicie This is more then inough to the godly wise He that giueth encrease to the Planter and Waterer giue a blessyng here vnto that it maie spread it self to his glory and the encrease of his kingdome This Newyeres daie 1583. Thine in Christ T.R. G.S. To the Authour AMongest a number of Cathechismes which flie abroad I haue not reade any either for shortnesse more compendious or in matter more substantiall or in maner of stile more easie or for the capacitie of the simple more facile then this Metricall Cathechisine of yours whiche lately came to my handes whiche though it were sent by you to your familiar freendes as a testimonie to them of your good will beeyng at the firste farre from any purpose to haue it come to light or to bee published to others yet presumyng vpō your freendly acceptation of my good meaning I haue aduentured to put in printe that a worke so needefull for all should not bee made priuate to some fewe but communicated to many And I doubte not but that the good acceptyng of these firstlynges of your labours and the greate profite whiche this small booke shall bryng to the Churche of GOD will enbolden and animate you to proceede to the publishyng of greater matters For howsoeuer in humilitie you seeke to shrowde your self intra domesticos parietes carefully and painfully keepyng your self within the cōpasse of your owne charge yet you cannot so hide your rare and excellēt giftes I write without flaterie but that profitably thei breake for the to the aduaūcement of Gods kyngdome and greate benefite of his childrē And I would wishe suche is my desire to haue others profited as I my self haue been comforted and confirmed by you that as you haue been by preachyng the worde a fruitfull labourer in Gods vineyarde so you would vouchsafe also by writyng at your conuenient oportunitie to do good to many who though thei haue not seen you yet desire to bee partakers of the fruites of your labours You are better knowen then you surmise and more is expected at your handes then you imagine Employe your Talentes euery waie to the vttermost and applie your self to benefite not a priuate Congregation onely but the whole bodie of the Churche also so farre forthe as it shall seme good to your godlie wifedome I take not vppon me to directe you but I tell you what I wishe that the same benefite whiche I myself and other yoùr hearers haue receiued by your preaching might also by other your trauailes redounde to the comforte of them who neuer heard you Your louyng freend G.S. The first part WEE liue this life to learne to liue that is to knowe the waie To be discharged before the lorde for sinne at Iudgement daie Againe wee liue to honor God by care to doe his will And not in recklesse brutishe life our fancies to fulfill The waie to learne our true discharge is first our charge to knowe That is th'inditement of our sinne and our deserued woe The meanyng of Gods holie lawe indites me for my sinne The ten Commaundements And doeth pronounce the fearfull cursse that I deserue therein God did enioyne me by his lawe to haue no Gods but one That is to loue to feare to praie and trust to God alone Next that I doe deuise no (a) Leuit. 26.1 Exod. 32.4.8 VVe maie not make any signes as remembrance of Gods person for the signe cā not agree with the thyng signfied Abac. 2●8 but of his loue 〈◊〉 mercie iustice 〈◊〉 deliuerance ● we maie haue signes and remembrances as Gene. 28.18 signe or image of the Lorde Or any thyng to worship it but serue hym by his worde The third that bothe I thinke and speake of hym with reuerent feare In trifles not to make hym (b) God is made adge either by othe Heb. 6.16 or by lottes as in Cardes and Dice or in any other casuall triall of controuersies Prou. 16.33 Iudge by creatures not to sweare The fourth to rest one daie in seuen (a) Deut. 5.14.15 Gods workes to muse vpon And euery daie to rest from sinne (b) Heb. 49.10 whiche is our worke alone Next to ●●aye my par●●tes (c) For besides our naturall ●aren●es Magistrates are so called Iudg. 5. ● pastors 1. Tim. 1.2 Maister 1.2 King 25.12 Old men 1. Tim. 5.1 all whiche rule me in Gods steede And I as Parent rule and (d) Heb. 13.17 Gene. 18.19 teache my charge with carefull heede The sixt forbiddes my harte my hande or tong to wreke my spite And bids me saue by all these meanes the life of euery wight The seuenth condemnes bothe thought and deede and cause of wanton luste Commaundyng to suppresse it still or liue in wedlocke iuste The eighth to shun the stelth of harte of craft or wrongfull deede To labour with contented minde and helpe my brothers neede The nineth all falshoode doeth forbid in witnesse talke or thought To speake it or beleue it till redresse and truthe be sought The tenth condemnes bothe staine of birthe and * Rom. 7.23 firste deuise of sinne Though neither action nor consent nor (f) The first thoughtes of sinne are often tymes odions to the godly so sone as thei arise and yet thei be sinfull because thei are the wisedome of the flesh that is to saie enmitie against god Rom. 6.7 pleasure passe therein The seconde parte BY (g) she Law bewra●●th our imperfections this I see there can no fleshe this perfect lawe fufill And that in thought in word in deede I still offende Gods will And to my least vngodly thought Gods curse is due by right Whiche bryngs hell fire and wofull worme that gnawes bothe daie and night From these so euerlastyng paines no goods can

raunsome mee Nor worldly woe nor works of myne from hell can set me free And though our God be mercifull yet is he iuste and true And must of iustice punishe sinne with plagues by iustice due Whiche none is able to endure and saue hymself at length If he be but a * Iude. 6. creature and haue no greater strength Wherefore our Christe becommyng man Christ hath doen that for vs which we could not doe for our selues his Godhead ioyned thereto That he might compasse that for vs whiche we could neuer doe As man to take mans cause in hande and subiect be to woe As God to vanquishe Death and Hell and Sathan ouerthrowe And yet by this none saued are but that with faithe vnfainde Are sure Gods promise in his Christ shall firmely be maintainde This faithe is full beleef of harte Faithe vpon Gods promise stayed And by the holie spirite of God into my soule conuayed Whereby I knowe that all that Christ hath doen pertains to me And is myne owne as if my self thereof could worker be By this my faithe I see my sinns forgiuen and plagued also For I am quitte yet Christ for me this plague did vndergoe Thus God to me is mercifull and iuste in Christ his sonne And counts me also cleane and pure by that whiche Christ hath doen And this beleef of Gods free grace doeth frame my thankfull minde To serue my God with chearfulnesse that was to me so kinde This faithe the Creede containes in somnie whiche doeth vs all direct The Creede What to beleeue of God and of Gods Churche his deere elect The third parte TH' eternall God the father of Christ doeth all Christs members take To be his children with their hedde for Christ their Sauiors sake I beleue in God the father Againe this God Almightie is Almightie make● o● c. Heb. 1● 3 ' creatyng all of none And he in heauen in yearth and hell doeth gouerne all alone Of Christ the sonne of God and God And in Iesus Christ c. I stedfastly doe hold That he by holie Ghost conceiude did take our fleshly mold Conceiu●d Of Virgine pure Borne to bee our pledge and so was free from sinne And * Rom. 8.3 all his life performde Gods Lawe for vs that failde therein At length he was condemned Suffred and curst by hangyng on the Tree Frō Gods moste fearfull iudgement barre and curse to sette me free On crosse he suffred * c 1. Pet. 2.24 Math. 27.46 Crucified Dead Buried Descended hell and death Gods wrathe to pacifie And that as he was deade for sinne so I to sinne mate die From graue the third daie he arose Rose againe as conqueryng Death and Hell That I maie rise to vertue first and last in heauen to dwell He did ascende Ascended that so maie I and intercession still He makes for me * Heb. 10.14 alonely by his blood whiche he did spill His father hath endued hym Sitteth on the right hande bothe God and man with might To rule his Churche by his decrees and all the worlde with right And therefore I beleeue at length Shall come to iudge that Christ as Iudge shall come To quit his chosen Sheepe and damne the reste by righteous doome God holie Ghost I doe beleeue I beleeue in the holy Ghost doeth seale into my breast That Christ is myne and killyng sinne to vertue makes me prest The Father Sonne and holie Ghost I call them God all three And yet one God because his worde hath so sette doune to mee Gods Churche or flocke to persone place Holy Catho or tyme particularly Not tied is God knowes them all and loues them tenderly The same from Christ their hedde all gifts Communion of Sainctes of soule and bodie drawe In * Rom. 12.3 measure for to helpe the reste by Christian mercies lawe To these forgiuenesse of their sinnes Borgiuenesse in Christe his blood is giuen The raisyng of their fleshe from dust Resurrection Life euerlastyng and life with Christ in heauen The fourth parte OF this my faith by preachyng bredd by preachyng still I haue Encrease Sacramentes and by the Sacraments whiche Christ as earnest gaue Vnto his Churche whereby he bindes hymself to raunsome me And I by takyng binde my self his seruaunt for to be These are but twoo in Baptisme first the water is our signe 2. Sacramentes Baptisme and the Lordes Supper And in the Supper of the Lorde we haue the bread aud wine The water serues to teache that as Baptisme it washeth cleane our skinne So Christ his death doeth cleanse my soule from guilt and plague of sinne So I and all are Baptizde whiche with Christ to sinne are dead And rais d with hym in righteousnesse a better life to lead The bread and wine doe teache The Lords Supper that as without the naturall food Our thirst and hunger none can swage so * Math 11.28 nought but Christ his blood And suffryngs can refre she the settle with sinne opprest and pinde Whiche still doeth runne into dispaire till Christ doe come to minde But when with liuely stedfast faithe Ioh. 6.40 my Christ on crosse I see And all his hellishe wofull paines that he endured for mee Then is his fleshe my meate in deede Ioh. 6.47.54 his blood then doe I drinke If that my soule refreshed be when on his death I thinke What thyng can then this foode of soule more liuely represent Then foode of body bread and wine and so a Sacrament It is in deede in nature not transformde but vse alone Not fleshe of Christ but signifiyng that fleshe we feede vpon For if the bread be turnd to Christ in Godhead fleshe and bone By force of consecratyng wordes then Christ whiche is but * 1. Cor. 8.6 one Shalbe so many Christes (c) The last coūsell of Trens affirmeth that in euery peece of the consecrated host is whole Christ God and man and curseth all that denye it Cano. 3 de Sacamento Euch. as crummes were euer consecrated And of the substaunce of the bread Christes Godhead is created His manhood subiect to no * Luc. 24.39.40 sense no fleshe or bone shal bee So bothe his natures ouerthrowen by this wee plainly see To eate this foode I must prepare my soule by greef for sume And true desire in holinesse a newe life to be ginne Next faithe must teache me that my sinns in Christ haue full release And I with all men euen my foes in harte must be at peace The fift parte THis care is cheefly then required when I doe take this foode But yet I must frequēt the works that holie be and good Continually for though in Christ my full redemption lie I worke not for my self in deede yet God to glorifie And for to she we my thankfull harte to make my cassyng sure To * Isa