A19564:245
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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Therefore when we pray we may say thus. O God our father and the father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which art in heaven, I durst not of mine own head be so bold, to come unto thy most high and excellent majesty to desire any thing of thee, but thy well beloved son our Lord Jesus Christ hath commanded me so to do, and only in his name and at his commandment am so bold. Therefore if thou hear me, thou hearest thy dearly beloved son our Lord Jesus ⟨p. cxlvi⟩Christ. And if thou hear me not, then thou hearest not Jesus Christ him self, who hath sent me to thee, and hath commanded me to ask in his name. Of this prayer made in faith, speaketh saint John in his epistle saying. This trust we have in God, that when we ask any thing according to his will, he doth hear us.
Therefore when we praye we may saye thus. O God our father and the father of our Lorde Iesu Christ, which art in heuē, I durst not of myne awn head be so bold, to come vnto thy most highe and excellent maiestye to desyer any thyng of the, but thy welbeloued sonne our Lord Iesus Christ hath commaūded me so to do, and only in his name and at his commaū demente am so bolde. Therfore yf thou hear me, yu hearest thy dearly beloued sonne oure Lorde Iesus ⟨p. cxlvi⟩Christ. And yf thou heare me not, thē thou hearest not Iesus Christ him selfe, who hath sent me to the, and hath commaunded me to aske in his name. Of this prayer made in fayth, speaketh saincte Iohn in his epistle saying. This trust we haue in God, yt when we aske any thynge accordinge to his will, he doth heare vs.
Therefore we should steadfastly believe that God doth hear our prayer. For he that believeth not, he shall obtain nothing. And therefore Christ saith. If you believe, you shall obtain. And to the intent,1 that we should believe & surely think, that we be heard, he hath promised to grant what soever we ask in his name. And again to the intent that we should know and be sure, that we pray according to his will, he himself