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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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And also God maketh all afflictions which he suffereth to be good and profitable unto him, as was the passion of Christ and not damnable, as it was to Judas, and diverse other ungodly parsons.
And also God maketh al afflictions whiche he sufferethe to be good and profitable vnto him, as was the passion of Christ and not damnable, as it was to Iudas, and dyuerse other vngodlye parsons.
By this which I have hitherto spoken, I trust you understand good children, wherefore baptism ⟨p. ccxix⟩is called the bath of regeneration, and how in baptism we be borne again and be made new creatures in Christ. The which doctrine you shall the better understand, if you consider in what condition you were, before you were baptised, and in what state you stand in, after your baptism.
By thys which I haue hetherto spoken, I trust you vnderstāde good children, wherfore baptisme ⟨p. ccxix⟩is called the bath of regeneratiō, and howe in baptisme we be borne agayne and be made new creatures in Christe. The whiche doctryne you shall the better vnderstande, yf you consider in what cō dition you were, before you were baptised, and in what state you stande in, after your baptisme.
First before we were baptised it is evident, that we were sinners, and he that is a sinner, can have no peace nor quietness of conscience before he come to Christ, so much he feareth God's wroth and everlasting damnation. But after that our since, in baptism be forgiven us, and we believe the promise of God, and so by our faith be justified, than our consciences be quieted, and we be glad and merry, trusting assuredly, that God is no more angry with us