A19564:362
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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Wherefore surely we have most need, continually to cry to our heavenly father, desiring him to deliver us from so great perils and evils. For we can not offer unto God a more acceptable sacrifice then by calling upon his holy name to acknowledge him for our God, and to give him this praise, that he it is, which is both able and willing to deliver us from all our miseries. Furthermore (good children) you shall yet learn here another lesson, worthy to be noted and remembered, which is this, that in this request we desire not God utterly to destroy all those evils, that do vex & trouble us, & so to put them clear away, ⟨image 231⟩(which for a time we must suffer for our sins) that they may remain no longer in this world, but we desire God to deliver us from the said evil, that is to say, that after we have suffered evil by some space of time in this life, and have ben proved and tried by the fire of adversity, that then (when it shall seem good to our most merciful father) he will deliver us from the said evils, that we perish not in them. For seeing that we have brought our selves into these miseries, we must patiently suffer them for a time, because they by punishments due for our sin, which we most worthily, have deserved. And although our heavenly father, doth most mercifully forgive us our offences, yet he doth not take sin, clean away, but during this life, we ⟨p. ccix⟩fight against sin, until we die, and so be tried and proved, whether we love him and his commandments, better then our own wills and pleasures. Also our merciful father layeth on our backs diverse afflictions and adversities, to pull down our proud and high stomachs, and to mortify our flesh, that we may be like our brother Christ, who by the cross, overcame sin, death, and the devil, and so entered into everlasting glory.
Wherefore surely we haue moste nede, cōtinually to crie to our heauenly father, desyryng him to deliuer vs from so great perels and euels. For we can not offer vnto God a more acceptable sacrifyce then by callynge vpon his holye name to acknowlege him for oure God, and to gyue him this praise, that he it is, whiche is bothe able and wyllynge to delyuer vs from all oure myseries. Furthermore (good children) you shall yet lerne here another lesson, worthye to be noted and remembred, whiche is this, that in this request we desier not God vtterly to destroye all those euels, that do vexe & trouble vs, & so to put theim cleare awaye,