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…

So that in this petition we must learn both wisdom and patience, wisdom, to beware of sin, wham it provoketh us, and in no wise to follow the same. Patience, to suffer willingly the cross and such afflictions, as God shall send unto us, & to pray god, with fervent desire, that he suffer us not, to perish ⟨image 232⟩in the same, but mercifully to defend us, until such time, as it shall please him clearly to deliver us, which shall be, when we shall dye, and by God's power be raised again from death to life, and be delivered from all manner of evils. Therefore when we say in the Lords prayer, deliver us from evil, we chiefly desire God, to send us a good death, that then above all other times we may be delivered from all evils.

So that in this petitiō we must lerne both wisedome and pacience, wisdome, to beware of synne, whā it prouoketh vs, and in no wise to folow the same. Pacience, to suffer willyngly the crosse and suche afflictions, as God shall sende vnto vs, & to pray god, with feruent desier, that he suffer vs not, to perishe ⟨image 232⟩in the same, but mercifullye to defende vs, vntyll suche tyme, as it shall please hym clearly to delyuer vs, whiche shalbe, when we shal dye, and by Goddes power be raised agayne from death to lyfe, and be delyuered from all maner of euels. Therefore when we say in the Lordes prayer, delyuer vs from euyll, we chiefly desyre God, to send vs a good deathe, that then aboue all other tymes we may be delyuered from all euels.

For as much as at that hour we be in the most danger of all evils and temptations. Wherefore it is most necessary for us, even from our tender age, to pray to our Lord, that at that last hour chiefly he will be good and gracious unto us, delivering us from all manner of evil. So that death may be to us none evil, ⟨p. ccx⟩but a clear acquaintance from all evils. And this the lords prayer, we must ever end with this word. Amen. Which is as much to say as surely I trust it shall be so. And it is not enough to say Amen with our tongue only, but also Amen must be in out heart, and continue and tarry there, that is to say, we ought to believe surely and constantly that our prayer is heard, and that our heavenly father will grant us our petitions. For so Christ hath promised, that what soever we ask the father in his name, it shall be given to us. And for that intent Christ confirmeth this his promise with an oath, saying Amen.