A19564:213
Catechismus, that is to say, a short instruction into Christian religion for the singular…Catechismus, that is to say, a shorte instruction into Christian religion for the synguler…
Catechismus, that is to say, a short instruction into Christian religion for the singular commodity and profit of children[n] and young people. Set forth by the most reverend father in God Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England and MetropolitanCatechismus, that is to say, a shorte instruction into Christian religion for the synguler commoditie and profyte of childre[n] and yong people. Set forth by the mooste reuerende father in God Thomas Archbyshop of Canterbury, primate of all England and Metropolitane
printed for Gwalter Lynne, 1548
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- 1mat xxvii. Mark. xv Luk. xxiii. John. xix.mat xxvii. Mark. xv Luk. xxiii. Iohn. xix.
I Declared unto you heretofore good children, that the Creed entreateth chiefly of three things, that is to say, of God the father that made the world, of God the son that redeemed the world, and of God the holy ghost that sanctifieth the world. And in the former sermon I taught you the high & heavenly philosophy, of the creation. ⟨image 144⟩Wherefore now I will utter unto you the great mystery of our redemption, which is contained in these words of the Creed. I believe in Jesus Christ his only begotten son / our Lord / which was conceived by the holy ghost / borne of the virgin Mary / suffered under Ponce Pilate / was crucified / dead and buried. He descended into hell. The third day he rose from death. He ascended to heaven. He sitteth on the right hand of God the father almighty. From thence he shall come to ⟨p. cxxii⟩judge the quick and the dead. In this second part of the Creed we may learn to know the second person in trinity, the son of god, Jesus christ our lord. And as in the first article ye have learned what benefits we receive of God the father to the sustentation & maintenance of this temporal & transitory life, so in this second part we shall learn to know, how great treasures and rich gifts we have received by the son of God Jesus Christ, to the attaining of the perfect & everlasting life. And here you may consider good children how great was the misery, & how horrible was the indignation of God which we were brought unto by Adam. So great it was, that neither gold nor silver nor any other thing was able to bye us