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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.
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.
Q. 4. Are this bread and wine our spiritual nourishment?
Q. 4. Are this bread and wine our spirituall nourishment?
A. No, but they signify unto us that from whence very eternal life it self proceedeth, that is to say, from him which hath suffered his death and passion to take away the cause of our death, that is to say sins, and to renew us unto eternal life, through a spiritual liveliness, which resteth and remaineth in him.
A. No, but they signifie vnto vs that from whence verye eternall lyfe it selfe proceedeth, that is to saye, from hym which hath suffered his death and passion to take away the cause of our death, that is to say sins, and to renue vs vnto eternall life, thorow a spiritual liuelines, which resteth and remaineih in him.