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The catechism or manner to teach children the Christian religionThe catechisme or manner to teache children the Christian religion
The catechism or manner to teach children the Christian religion wherein the minister demandeth the question, and the child maketh answer. Made by the excellent doctor and pastor in Christs church, John Calvin.The catechisme or manner to teache children the Christian religion wherin the minister demandeth the question, and the childe maketh answere. Made by the excellent doctor and pastor in Christes churche, Iohn Caluin.
Geneva: printed by John Crespin, 1556Geneva: printed by Iohn Crespin, 1556
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.
¶ The minister Why? was God then angry with him?
¶ The child Nay, how be it it was convenient that God should punish him in such sort, 1to verify and perform the words of Isaiah the Prophet, who sayeth that he was beaten with the hand of his father for our sins and that ⟨p. 28⟩he did suffer the punishment due to our transgressions.
¶ The childe Nay, how beit it was cōueniente that God shoulde punyshe hym in suche sorte, 1to veryfie ād performe the wordes of Esay the Prophet, who saieth that he was beatē with the hāde of his father for our sinnes ād that ⟨p. 28⟩he dyd suffer the punishmente due to oure trangressyons.
¶ The minister But how could it be that he was in such dreadful anguish, as though God had utterly forsaken him, seeing he was God himself?
¶ The minister But howe coulde it be that he was in suche dreadefull anguyshe, as though God hadde vtterly forsaken hym, seing he was God hymselfe?