A19564:407
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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
¶A sermon of the Communion or the Lords supper.¶A sermon of the Communiō or the Lordes supper.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
I am the true vine / and my father is the husband man. Every branch that beareth not fruit in me / he will ⟨p. ccxxxi⟩take away. And every branch that beareth fruit / he will prune / that it may bring forth more fruit. Now are ye clean / through the words which I have spoken to you. Dwell in me / and I will dwell in you. As the branch can not bear fruit of it self / except it grow in the vine / no more can ye / except ye abide in me. I am the vine / ye are the branches. He that abideth in me / & I in him / bringeth forth much fruit. For without ⟨image 263⟩me ye can do nothing.
I am the true vyne / and my father is the husbande man. Euerye braunche that beareth not fruyte in me / he wyll ⟨p. ccxxxi⟩take awaye. And euerye braunche that beareth fruyt / he wyll prune / that it maye bring forth more fruit. Now are ye cleane / thorowe the wourdes whych I haue spoken to you. Dwell in me / and I wyll dwel in you. As the braunche can not beare fruit of it selfe / excepte it growe in the vyne / no more can ye / excepte ye abid in me. I am the vine / ye are the braunches. He that abideth in me / & I in hym / bryngeth forthe muche fruite. For wythout ⟨image 263⟩me ye can do nothīg.
By these words our Lord Jesus Christ doeth teach us very plainly, how we be justified & saved before god. For as the branch of a vine, bringeth forth no fruit, except it abide in the vine, so we can not be righteous, except we abide in Christ. And as the branch of a vine, doeth not flourish, nor keep long his sap, but withereth away, & is cast into the fire, when it is cut from the vine, even so be we damned, and can not be saved, when we forsake our master Christ