A little catechism, that is to say, a short instruction touching Christian religion set…A little catechisme, that is to saye, a short instruction touching Christian religion set…

A. To testify unto me, & to assure me that even as this bread & this wine, are ordained for the maintenance and nourishment of this life, so our Lord Jesus Christ hath given his body and his blood for me, & 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 ordeyned for the maintenance and nourishment of this life, so our Lord Iesus Christ hath giuen his body and his bloud for me, & giueth himselfe to me, to the ende that from him, as from a fountaine, there may flowe vnto me eternall life.

Qu. 4 Are this bread and wine our spiritual nourishment?

Qu. 4 Are this bread and vvine 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 yt from whence very eternall lyfe it selfe procedeth, that is to saye, from him which hath suffered his death and passion, to take away the cause of our death, that is to saye sinnes, and to renue vs vnto eternall life, thorow a spirituall liuelinesse, which resteth and remaineth in him.