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A little catechism, that is to say, a short instruction touching christian religion, set…A little catechisme, that is to say, a short instruction touching christian religion, set…
A little catechism, that is to say, a short instruction touching christian religion, set forth by Theodorus Beza Minister of the Church of God in GenevaA little catechisme, that is to say, a short instruction touching christian religion, set forth by Theodorus Beza Minister of the Church of God in Geneua
London: printed by Hugh Singleton, 1578
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Q. 2. What doth this bread and this wine signify unto you?
Q. 2. What doth this breade and this wine signifie vnto you?
A. The bread signifieth to me, the body crucified for me, and the wine signifieth unto me, the blood shed out for me.
A. The bread signifieth to me, the bodye crucified for mee, and the wine signifyeth vnto mee, the bloudde shedde out for me.
Q. 3. To what end?
A. To testify unto me, & to assure me, that even as this bread & this wine, are ordained for y• maintenance and nourishment of this life, so our Lord Jesus Christ hath given his body & his blood for me, and giveth himself to me, to the end that from him, as from a fountain there may flow unto me eternal life.
A. To testifie vnto me, & to assure me, that euen as this bread & this wine, are ordeined for y maintenance and nourishment of this life, so our Lorde Iesus Christe hath giuen his body & his bloud for me, and giueth himselfe to mee, to the ende that from him, as from a fountaine there may flowe vnto me eternal life.