A19564:91
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.
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.
1[figure]
- 1Nume. xv
This commandment good children teacheth how we should behave our selves toward God in works. For when we have a mind to serve God and to show to him as to our Lord and maker the greatest pleasure that we can; then we must not chose by the advice of our own ⟨p. xxxi⟩imagination, nether this nor that work, but we must sanctify the sabbath day, it is to say employ & bestow it upon godly & holy works & business. And here note good children, that the Jews in the old testament were commanded to keep the Sabbath day, and they observed it every seventh day called the sabbath or saturday. But we Christen men in the new testament are not bound to such commandments of Moses law concerning differences of times, days and meats, but have liberty & freedom to use other days for our sabbath days, therein to hear the word God and to keep an holy rest. And therefore that this Christian liberty may be kept and maintained, we now keep no more the sabbath or saturday as the Jews do, but we observe the Sunday & certain other ⟨image 55⟩days, as the magistrates do judge it convenient, whom in this thing we ought to obey. And to the intent you may the better perceive such things as shall be spoken herein, consider I pray you how wonderful a commandment this is. When worldly lords & masters receive men into their service, they bid them not keep holy day, but they set them on work & appoint them diverse labours to be done for their service and behoof. But our Lord God doeth not so with us in this commandment. He biddeth not us to do neither this nor that work, he commandeth us not, to gad hither and thither on pilgrimage, to paint, gyl•e, or clothe saints images, to set up candles before them, nor to exercise any such feigned mans works and false honouring of God, (as the ⟨p. xxxii⟩