A19564:415
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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¶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.
Wherefore eschew such erroneous opinions, and believe the words of our lord Jesus, that you eat and drink his very body & blood although mans reason can not comprehend how and after what manner the same is there present. For the wisdom of reason, must be subdued to the obedience of Christ, as the apostle Paul teacheth.
Wherfore eschewe such erroneous opinions, and beleue the wordes of our lord Iesus, that you eate and drynke his veray body & blode although mans reason can not comprehend how and after what maner ye same is ther present. For the wysedome of reason, must be subdued to the obedience of Christ, as the apostle Paule teacheth.
Thirdly he sayeth, that his body was given to death for us, & that his blood was shed for us. Wherefore we must believe and confess this thing, that all we are conceived and borne in sin, as we have learned in the ten commandments, and chiefly in the two last. ⟨image 268⟩We are therefore by nature the children of gods wrath, & should be damned for ever if Christ had not redeemed us by his holy passion For he was made man for us, and did all things for us, which we were bound to do, and could not do, that is to say, he fulfilled the law for us, and toke upon him all that cross which we most righteously had deserved, for our iniquities and offences, and he shed his blood for us, that our since might be forgiven us. All these things we ought steadfastly to believe. Wherefore they be in a great error, which will make satisfaction for their since, with fasting, prayer, alms deeds, and such like good works. For although we are bound to do these good works, yet they be not a sufficient price, ransom or satisfaction ⟨p. ccxxxvii⟩for our since, but only the death and blood of our saviour Christ, was a sufficient and worthy sacrifice, to take away our since, and to obtain for us forgiveness of our offences, as it is written in the second chapter of saint John his first epistle. Christ is that sacrifice that pacifieth Gods displeasure, & obtaineth pardon for our since, and not for our since only, but also for the since of all the world.