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A briefe inſtruction for all Families, to be brought vp in the knowledge of their duetie to God, and one to another: and to be taught in the hope of ſaluation in Chriſte Ieſus.

Deut. 6. 4. Heare (O Iſrael) the Lord thy God is Lord only: 6. And theſe wordes which I commaund thee this day, ſhall bee in thy heart. 7. And thou ſhalt rehearſe them continually vnto thy children, and ſhalt talke of them when thou tarrieſt in thy houſe, & as thou walkeſt by the way, and when thou lyeſt downe, and when thou riſeſt vp. Sperando ſpiro. Operando deſpero. S. S.

¶ Imprented at London, for William Ponſonby. 1583.

To the Church of God, in Walſingham, beloued in Chriſte, and called to be Saints: grace, mercy, and the hope of ſaluation, from God the Father, thorough Chriſt Ieſus his Sonne, be multiplyed vnto you.

AS your place hath beene before (my brethren) famous▪ or rather for Idolatry infamous: non tam nobilis, quàm nota, not ſo noble as notorious: ſo woulde I nowe, (if I were able) perſwade you, to redeeme, and purchaſe a new the loſſe of that long time ſo euilly ſpent: with the gain of greater knowledge, and more conſcionable practiſe, in old and young of that glorious Goſpell, which now thorough Gods mercies hath driuen away ignoraunce, enlightened your heartes, beegotten you to GOD, taught you his feare, and whereof you haue no farder hold, then at the Mat. 21. 33. will of the Lord. If Epheſus muſt redeeme the time ſpente in the honour of Diana, and Acts. 19. 28. diſhonour of God, which walking now in the Ephe. 5. 17. knowledge of his will: what price thinke you of repentaunce muſt VValſingham lay downe, to recouer the loſſe of thoſe daies, in the worſhip of an Idoll▪ and neglect of Gods ſeruice? If Adam be Gene. 3. 17▪ curſſed, for pleaſing his owne fancie, and diſpleaſing God: how ſharpe a curſſe thinke you, deſerued that ſerpent, that firſt Gene. 3. 4. enticed him herunto? If Iſrael did ſmart for Idolatrie, by whoring at 1. King. 12. Bethel: ſhall H • eroboam goe free, that moued them to ſinne? If the dayes of Ioſiah muſt 2. King. 23. mourne, for the time of his Fathers: what teares muſt Manaſſes ſhed that cauſed them to erre? And if all places in this land had neede to lament the filthie Idolatries of the former ages: how much more oughteſt thou (VValſingham) bewaile, that haſt reached foorth that Cup of poyſon to infect them with all? The braſen Serpent was ( • . King. 18. 4.) pouldred to duſt, as the inſtrument of the peoples fall: feare leaſt God in iudgement make thee as duſt, whiche haſt cauſed many to ſlumber in their ſinnes. The Temple, and houſe of that Idoll Baal was ( • . King. 10. 27) broken downe, and the Lord in his hoate diſpleaſure made thereof a place of vile vſe: thou haſt been the ſeat and throne of many Balimes. Feare thou, and repent: leaſt the Lord in his firie wrath, make of thy proude ſhrine of Satan, a poore and miſerable cottage. Thou haſt ſhaken the ſtate, and enchaunted the mindes of kings, and princes, with the banefull dregges of mens inuentions: Nowe nouriſhe the ſoules of thy children that are in thee, with that (Pet. 2. 2.) ſincere milke of Gods holy worde: thou haſt been the puddle to defile thouſandes, now become that ſame Betheſda (hn. 5. 2.) to heale thy ſelfe: thou haſt beene to Englande as the waters of ( • od. 15. 23.) Marah to Iſrael, now ſweeten thy ſelfe with the tree of life: thou haſt been to all inhabitants as the vnfruitfull water of (Kings. 2. 19.) Hiericho, now become ſeaſoned with the ſalt of grace: thou haſt by thy former filthineſſe, drawne many to Hel: repent thee of that, and now let thy (atth. 5. 16.) light ſhine foorth, to call many to God. To conclude, thou haſt been the very ( • ue. 16. 2.) foule cage of all hatefull and vglie birdes: now pray and labour that thou maieſt become the happie hauen, & ſafe harborough of all godlineſſe, and integritie of life.

Amen. Thine to doe thee good. S. S. Sperando ſpiro. Operando deſpero.
A briefe inſtruction for Families.

VVHo made you?

A. God. Ge. 1. 27. Pſa. 95. 7.

Q. What is God?

A. He is an heauenly ſpirit, almighty, & incōprehēſible. Apoc. 18. Ioh. 4. 24.

Q. How many gods are there?

A. There is but one God. Ephe. 4. 6. Eſay 44. 6.

Q. What are thoſe then that are ſet vp by men?

A. They are no Gods but vaine Idols, Pſal. 96. 5. 115. 4.

Q. How manie perſons are there?

A. Three. 1. Ioh. 5. 7. Ioh. 14. 26.

Q. By what name doe you call them?

A. God the father, God the ſonne, and God the holy Ghoſt. Mat. 28. 19.

Q. How are theſe one God, and yet three perſons?

A. They are one in ſubſtance, and three in perſons.

Q. What is the ſonne?

A. Ieſus▪ Chriſt both God and man. Ioh. 1. 1. 14.

Q. What is the holy Ghoſt?

A. A diuine ſubſtance proceeding from the Father, & the Son. Ioh. 14. 26. Act. 5. 4.

Q. What doe you attribute to the father?

A. The creation of me, and all the worlde. Math. 10. 29. Iohn. 5. 17.

Q. What vnto God the Sonne?

A. The redemption of me, and all mankinde. 1. Pet. 1. 18. 19.

Q. What vnto the holy Ghoſte?

A. The dayly worke of holyneſſe in mee. 1. Cor. 12. 3.

Q. Wherefore were you made?

A. To glorifie God, by doing of his will. Ephe. 2. 10.

Q. What briefe contents haue you of his will?

A. The ten Commandements. Mat. 19. 17

Q. Rehearſe them.

A. God ſpake theſe words, &c.

Q. What meaneth this preface?

A. I • ſhe weth me, yt theſe are the lawes of the eternal God, who both for his maieſty, & his mercy, ought to be obeied. De. 28. 1. 15. Q. What is the meaning of this firſt cōmandemēt: Thou ſhalt haue, &c? Herein doth God charg me, yt in no maner of way, I eſteeme more of any thing, then of him, or ſet by any ſo much, as by him. Hier. 17. 5. Leu. 14. 26.

Q. What is the meaning of this ſecond commandement? Thou ſhalt not, &c.

A. Herein I am forbidden, to make ye likenes of any creature that is in any place, either to worſhippe it, or God in it, or ſo much as to thinke the incomprehenſible maieſtie of the euerliuing GOD to be like vnto it. Deut. 4. 15. 16. 17. 18. Rom. 1. 22. 23. Eſa. 40. 18. 25.

Q. What is the meaning of theſe words? Thou ſhalt not bow. &c.

A. Here am I forbidden to worſhip, or in any religious manner to ſerue the work of other mens handes, or any of the creatures of God, though that I my ſelf neuer made thē. Exo. 23. 24. 25. Hie. 10. 5.

Q. What is the meaning of theſe words, For I the Lord thy God, &c.

A. Herein he threatneth puniſhment to the obſtinate, and mercy to the obedient. Deu. 29. 19. 20 Eſai. 1. 19.

Q. What is the meaning of this third cō mandement: Thou ſhalt not take, &c.

A. Herein am I ſtraitly charged, yt I doe not any way abuſe ye glorious maieſty of God, either in my cōmon talke, by ſwearing, curſing, or teſting, or in wicked practiſes: as cō • uring, witching, enchaūting, and ſuch like. Zach. 5. 3. 4. Leuit. 24. 14. 15. 16. Rom. 12. 14. Ephe. 4. Apoc. 21, 8.

Q. What is the meaning of this fourth commandement, Remēber thou keep?

A. Herein am I charged ye the day which ye Lord hath appointed for his ſeruice to be kept holy, be not by me either in ordinary buſines, & works, or in idle places & paſtimes prophaned: but ye therein I bee occupied in prayer, giuing of thāks, hearing of his word & the due receiuing of his ſacramēts, & alwayes to reſt frō ſinne. Hier. 17. 21. 22. Ro. 12. 12. 1. Theſ 5. 18 Eſay. 58. 13. Act. 20. 7. Heb. 4 10.

Q. What is the meaning of this fift commandement, Honor thy father, &c.

A. Herein doth God ſtraightly charge, ye all ſubiects to their gouernours, people to their miniſters, childrē to parents, ſeruants to maſters pupilles to their tutors, & other to their ſuperiours, giue all reuerence, obediēce, & duty: & theſe again in their callings to their inferiours, as by Gods worde they are bound. Leuit. 19. 32. Ro, 12. 7. 1. pet. 2. 13. 14. 17. 18. Col. 4. 1.

Q. What is the meaning of this ſixt commandement, Thou ſhalt not kill?

A. Herein God ſtraightly forbiddeth all kind of murder & hurt, either in hart, tong, or deed. Deu. 19. 6. Mat. 5. 22. Pſa. 109. 17. Deu. 19. 11. 12. 13. & cōmandeth that in all theſe three, we preſerue ye life & good name of our neighbour. Pro. 31. 8, Pſal. 7. 4.

Q. What is the meaning of this ſeuenth commandement. Thou ſhalt not?

A. Herein god forbiddeth al kind of filthines, either in thoght, word, or deed. 1. The. 4. 5. Col. 3. 8. Eph. 5. 5. and commandeth in all theſe three to liue vnſpotted. 1. Theſ. 4. 4.

Q. What is the meaning of this eight commandement: Thou ſhalt not &c?

A. Herein god forbiddeth all wrōgful poſſeſſiō, or hindering of other mens goods by any means. Le. 19. 11. Pr. 20. 23. & cōmādeth euery one to preſerue to the proper vſe of ye owner: and euery one to bee content with his eſtate. Exod. 23. 4. 5. Phil. 4. 11.

Q. What is the meaning of this nienth commandment: Thou ſhalt not beare &c?

A. Heerin God forbideth al lying, and diſſēbling: Pro. 19. 5. 9. & cōmādeth euery one to ſpeake ye truth frō his heart. Eph. 4. 25.

Q. What is the meaning of this tenth commandement: Thou ſhalt couet?

A. Heerein God forbiddeth euen the firſt beginnings & motions vnto ſinne: Act. 8. 22. Pro. 6. 18. and commaundeth al puritie & vprighnes of ye heart. Deut. 10. 16.

Q. What are you briefly taught in al theſe?

A. My dutie to God, and to my neighbor, Luke. 10. 27.

Q. Are you not ſtraightly bounde to doe the ſame'▪

A. Yes, moſt ſtraightly. Deut. 8. 1. Mat. 7. 12.

Q. And are you able of your ſelf ſo to do?

A. No, not any way. Rom. 7. 18.

Q. What is then the puniſhment for breaking of them?

A. Euerlaſting condemnation in hell fire: Deut. 27. 26. Mat. 5. 19.

Q. Why then, are all condemned?

A. No, a remnāt are ſaued. Mat. 7. 21. Ro. 11. 6.

Q. By whome?

A. By Ieſus Chriſt. Ioh. 3. 16. 1, Tim. 1. 15

Q. How hath he ſaued you?

A. In that he fulfilled the law. Ioh. 19. 30. and was put to death for mee. Ro. 5. 10.

Q. Who are thoſe remnant that ſhall bee ſaued?

A. They that truely repent and beleeue in him. Ioh. 3. 18.

Q. What is a true repentance?

A. It is a heartie ſorrowing for ſinnes paſſed, with a hope of pardon, and an earneſt purpoſe of amendment. Mat. 3. 8. 9. Ioel 23.

Q. What is a true beliefe?

A. It is a full aſſurance, and heartie perſwaſion, grounded on the promiſes of God, that Chriſt Ieſus is wholy mine, & I his. Heb. 11. 1. Gal. 3. 7. 8.

Q. Rehearſe the principles of your beliefe?

A. I beleeue in God, the father almightie, &c.

Q. What is ye meaning of this: I beleeue in God &c.

A. I doe heerein aſſure my ſelf, that ye god of all power, and creator of all things, is vnto me a prouident father. Pſa. 100. 2. & 23. 1. Act. 17. 28.

Q. What of this: and in Ieſus Chriſte his only ſonne our Lorde?

A. I doe heerein aſſure my ſelf, that Ieſus Chriſt is very God of his father, Ioh 1. 14. 1. Cor. 8. 6. & that he hath redeemed vs to be a people peculiar to himſelf. 2. Tit. 14. Act. 20. 28.

Q. What is the meaning of this: Which was conceaued by, &c.

A. Herein I aſſure my ſelfe that Chriſt Ieſus being conceiued not by mā which is ſinfull, but by the holy Ghoſt, is free frō ſinne. Ioh. 3. 6.

Q. What of this: Borne of the virgine Mary?

A. Heerein I beeleeue that Ieſus Chriſte is very man, and toke that fleſh of Mary, and yet ſhe a pure virgin. Eſay, 7. 14. Gal 4. 4. Rom. 1. 3. Ioh. 1. 14.

Q. What meane you by this: Suffered vnder Pontius Pilate?

A. Herein I beleeue that Ieſus Chriſt ſuffered many thinges at the handes of the Iewes, that man Pontius Pilat beeing 1. Pet. 2. 32. Mat. 27. 18.

Q. What meane you by this: Crucified, dead, and buried?

A. In this I doe beleeue, that he was nayled on a croſſe, and thereupon died, and in token of his death, he alſo was buried in the earth. Ioh. 19. 18. 30. 42. and all this was done, that he might deliuer mee from the curſe of God, and euerlaſting death. Gal. 3. 13. Rom. 8. 32.

Q. What meane you by this: Deſcended into Hell?

A. I doe beleeue heerein that he ſuffered all the torments of Hell, which were due to me for ſinne, and alſo was holden downe of the ſame death for ye ſpace of 2. daies, that he might get the victorie ouer it for euer. Pſal. 18. 5. 4. Act. 2. 24.

Q. What is ye meaning of this: The third day he roſe againe from &c?

A. I beleeue herein that Ieſus Chriſt hath ouercome death, and hell, and in token thereof did riſe out of the graue the third day after his paſſion, who alſo is the firſt fruites of our reſurrection: Mat. 28. 6. Col. 2. 13. 15. 1. Cor. 15. 4. 20.

Q. What is the meaning of this: Aſcended vp into heauen?

A. Heerin I beleeue, that Ieſus Chriſt after he roſe from death, did in the ſight of men go up into heauen, that through him wee alſo which are his members, might aſcend thyther. Mar. 16. 19. Ioh. 14. 19. and 2. 3.

Q. What meane you by this: ſitteth on the right hand of God?

A. I beleeue in this, that he now beeing in heauen, hath all glory, power and dominion giuen vnto him ouer all thinges: which is meant by ſitting at the right hand, Mark 16. 19. Ro. 8. 3. 4. Phil. 2. 9. 10. 11.

Q. What is the meaning of this: frō thēce he ſhall come to iudge &c.

Q. I beleeue in this, that Chriſt Ieſus ſhal come againe in bodie at the ende of the world, & ſhal cal to iudgemēt euery work bee it good or bad, both of thoſe which ſhall be liuing at his comming, & which ſhall bee dead before: Eccle. 12. 14. 2, Tim. 4. 1 Ioh. 5. 25.

Q. What beleeue you in this: I beleeue in the holy ghoſt, &c.

A. Herein I beleeue, that the third perſon in trinitie (the holy Ghoſte is God) and that hee is the worker of all the graces of God, in men, and ſanctifieth vs vnto all goodnes. Mat. 28. 19, Actes. 5. 3. 4. 1 Cor. 12. 3. 13.

Q. What do you meane by this: the holy Catholike Church:

A. I beleeue in this, that God by Chriſt Ieſus hath purchaſed to himſelfe, a congre gation, or flocke, profeſſing faith in his name, holy, and vnſpotted, which church is not now only included within ye boū • s of Iurie as afore time, but is general of euery nation and place whatſoeuer. Eph. 5. 25, 26. 27▪ Gal. 3. 28. Ephe. 2. 12.

Q. What meane you by this: Communiō of ſaints?

A. I beleeue herein, that there is & ought to bee a mutuall communicating in this holy fellowſhip, of ſuche thinges as they haue receiued from God, to the help one of another. Eſay. 2. 3. 1 Pet. 4. 10.

Q. What by this: forgiuenes of ſinnes?

A. I doe beleeue, that vnto them which are of this holy fellowſhip, there is through Ieſus Chriſte for all ſinnes forgiuenes to the repentante. Pſal. 103. 3. Actes. 10. 43.

Q. What meane you by this the reſurrection of the bodie?

A. I beleeue heerein, that my bodye which ſhall turne into duſt from whence it was taken: ſhall againe at the cōming of Chriſt, through him bee raiſed out of the graue, & ioyned with my ſoule. Ioh. 6. 39. 40.

Q. What is this: The life euerlaſting?

A. Herein I beleeue, that after this life, as many as die in the faith of Chriſte, ſhall riſe again to an eternall and happy life, whoſe ioyes no tongue can expres. Ioh. 3. 16. 1. Cor. 2. 9.

Q. Howe come you by this faith?

A. It is Gods gift. Ephe▪ 2. 8. Ioh. 6. 24.

Q. By what ordinarie meanes doth he giue it?

A. By the preaching of his moſt holy word Rom. 10. 17. Ioh. 8. 47

Q. What call you the word of God?

A. The Lawe, the preaching of the Prophets, the goſpel of Chriſt, and doctrine of the Apoſtles, conteined in the old and new Teſtament: Heb. 1. 1. Iohn. 6. 68 1. Pet. 1. 25.

Q. How is that faith ſealed vp in you?

A. By the due receiuing of the ſacraments. 1 Cor. 11. 26. Act. 2. 41.

Q. What is a Sacrament?

A. It is an inſtitution of the Lord, hauing an outwarde, and uiſible ſubſtaunce, repreſenting an inuiſible grace vnderſtood 〈1 page missing〉

Q. How did God deliuer this lawe vnto his ſeruant Moſes?

A. Written in two tables of ſtone.

Q. How many cōmandements are there in the firſt table?

A. Foure Commandements.

Q. What doo theſe foure cōmandements teach vs?

A. Our dutie towards God.

Q. How many Commandements are in the ſecond table?

A. Sixe Commandements.

Q. What doo theſe ſixe commandements teach vs?

A. Our dutie to our neighbour.

Q. VVhy is the dutie to God, ſet before the dutie to our neighbour?

A. Becauſe wee ſhould ſerue him aboue all things.

Q. And why art thou taught thy dutie to thy neighbour?

A. That it might be knowen whether I doe my dutie to God, or no.

Q. How many Cōmandemēts be there?

A. Ten.

Q. Which be they?

A. God ſpake theſe wordes and ſayd.

Q. Is this a commandement?

A. No. but a preface vnto them.

Q. What learneſt thou by theſe wordes then?

A. I learne that God was the author of them.

Q. So, then I perceiue thou doeſt confeſſe it to be Gods word?

A. Yea that doe I.

Q. VVhat doeſt thou gather in thoſe wordes? I am the Lord.

A. By this word, Lord, I gather that he is of power to puniſh the offenders.

Q. What comfort haue wee in theſe? which brought thée out of the lande of Egypt, out of the houſe of bondage.

A. I gather this comfort, that God is the deliuerer of me and all the faithfull from hell, as he deliuered Iſrael from Egypt.

Q. What doeſt thou learne by this commandement? Thou ſhalt haue none other Gods but me.

A. I learne hereby to reioyce onely in the Lorde God, and to reſt in him onelye.

Q. What ſhall we ſay of thoſe that truſt in Saintes and Angels, and make them as interceſſors to God for them? doe they fulfill this commandement?

A. They can not.

Q. How ſo?

A. Becauſe they reſt not onely in Ieſus Chriſt.

Q. In the ſecond commandement why doth God forbid the making of Images, and the likeneſſe of any other thing?

A. Becauſe they diſhonour him.

Q. In that he forbiddeth vs to knéele before them or to worſhip them: what would he haue vs to do?

A. To worſhip the Lord God onely and ſerue him.

Q. How ſhould he be worſhipped?

A. In ſpirite and in trueth.

Q. VVhy doth God call himſelfe a gealous God viſiting the ſinnes of the fathers?

A. To ſhew his anger againſt Idolaters

Q. What call you Idolaters?

A. Thoſe which maintaine ſuperſtitious doctrine.

Q. How doth the Lord promiſe to ſhewe himſelfe to ſuch as loue him, and endeuour themſelues to kéepe his commandements?

A. He will be mercifull to ſuch.

Q. What art thou commanded in the third commandement?

A. I am commanded reuerently to vſe the name of God, in all my doings that I goe about.

Q. What are you forbidden to doe?

A. All ſwearing, curſing and banning of any thing that he hath made.

Q. If a man or woman, whether it be, call God to record in a falſe matter: doth he vſe Gods name reuerently?

A. No, but calleth him to be his condēnor.

Q. How is the Sabboth day kept holy?

A. In hearing & learning the holy word of God.

Q. It is apparant that in this fourth cō mandement is expreſſed to kinds of labour, the one of the bodie, the other of the minde, the one earthly the other heauenly, are both theſe labours forbidden in this commandement?

A. No, but the one.

Q. VVhich is forbidden?

A. The bodely labour.

Q. Then thou confeſſeſt that the ſpirituall & heauenly labour ought to be done: what ſhould wee ſéeke for in this heauenly labour?

A. The kingdom of heauen and the righteouſneſſe thereof.

Q. What ſhall we ſay of thoſe that will not come at the Church to learne the way to heauen and to vnderſtande the right pointes of Gods lawe?

A. Such regarde not Gods commandement.

Q. In the fift cōmandement what meaneth this word honor?

A. To honour, is to obey, feare, relieue and ſerue.

Q. What meaneth this worde? father and mother.

A. By father and mother I vnderſtande all that haue any office or authoritie ouer vs.

Q. As how for example?

A. As the Prince ouer the people, the maieſtrates ouer the places where they rule, the miniſters ouer their charge or pariſh, the maiſters and dames ouer their ſeruants, fathers and mothers ouer their children.

Q. Doeſt thou hereby acknowledge that thoſe that are ouer others, ſhould teach them that are vnder them?

A. They ought to learne Gods word to ye end they might teach others ye ſame.

Q. Ought not the ſubiects, towneſmen, ſeruants, and children to be diligent in learning of Gods word?

A. Yea, if not, they diſobey Gods commandemet.

Q. VVhy is the promiſe of long life added to this commandement?

A. To encourage vs vnto the better performance of our dutie in obeying.

Q. In this ſixt commaundement, Thou ſhalt doe no murther, doth God onely forbid the outward act of murther, and not alſo the conſent vnto murther?

A. Yea, he forbiddeth the conſent vnto murther.

Q. Doth it forbid nothing elſe?

A. It alſo forbiddeth vs anger & malice.

Q. What doe thoſe that reuile, mocke & deſpiſe others be they neuer ſo ſimple?

A. Such doe alſo againſt this commandement.

Q. What ſay you of pride, ſurfetting and dronkennes, whether be they murther or not?

A. They be ye greateſt kind of murther.

Q. How ſo?

A. Becauſe they hurt the ſoule and doe great diſhonor to God which made vs to ſet forth his glorie.

Q. In the vij. commandement, Thou ſhalt not commit adulterie, what doth the Lord require at our hands?

A. To kéepe our bodies as fit veſſels for the holy Ghoſt to dwell in.

Q. Doth he only forbid the outward fact of whoredome and adulterie?

A. He forbiddeth vs the very thought and enticement to ſuch lewdnes, as well as the outward fact.

Q. What meaneth this eight commandement, Thou ſhalt not ſteale.

A. That I ſhould refraine from hurting any, by taking from them that which is theires.

Q. Doth this worde ſteale ſignify nothing but taking away and robbing?

A. Yea: if I kéepe from another that which he hath laboured for, I ſteale becauſe I giue him not his duetie.

Q. What are we commanded?

A. To liue a contented life.

Q. What ſhal we ſay of thoſe that kéepe the knowledge of Gods worde from the ſimple and ignorant, which Chriſt would haue to be taught?

A. Such alſo ſteale, becauſe they doe withhold the truth. Ioh. 10. 10.

Q. What art thou taught by this ninth commandement, Thou ſhalt not beare falſe witneſſe againſt thy neighbour?

A. I am taught to ſpeake nothing but truth, neither for the loue nor hatred of any.

Q. What doe you ſay of lyers, ſlaunderers, and ſuch as are buſie bodies, medling of ſuch thinges as they haue nothing to do withall.

A. Such regarde not this law of God.

Q. What is this tenth commandement, Thou ſhalt not couet thy neighbours houſe, wife, goodes, ſeruant, nor any thing els which is his?

A. It is a bridle vnto my minde.

Q. What learneſt thou to doe by it?

A. To refraine from wiſhing any thing at all to my neighbours hurt or hinderance, be it neuer ſo ſmall.

Q. VVhat is the ſhort ſunune and effect of the terme Commandements?

A. To loue God aboue all thinges, and my neighbour as my ſelfe..

Q. Art thou able to kéepe theſe commandements of thy ſelfe?

A. Of my ſelfe I am not able to kéepe the leaſt of the tenne, if I could tell which it were▪

Q. How ſhall we then ſatiſfie the lawe?

A. By Chriſt, for he hath fulfilled it fo • vs.

Q. Should we liue careles becauſe Chriſt hath fulfilled the lawe?

A. God forbid.

Q. VVhat muſt we doe then?

A. Learne to pray vnto the Lord God in the only name of his ſonne Chriſt Ieſus our Lord.

Q. How muſt it be then that we pray?

A. Thus, Our father which art in heauen, &c.

Q. Why doeſt thou call God father?

A. Becauſe by faith in Chriſt we be choſen for the children of God. Iohn. 1. 12.

Q. Why ſayeſt thou our father, and not my father.

A. Becauſe he is not only my father, but alſo the father of all the faithfull.

Q. Is God no where but in heauen?

A. Yes, he is in all places at once, and therefore in our Créede, we call him almightie.

Q. VVhy doth our maiſter Chriſt teach vs to ſay heauen?

A. Becauſe in praying we ſhould lift vp our mindes to heauen whether hee is gone before.

Q. VVhat deſire you in this petition? Hallowed be thy name.

A. Here we deſire God to giue vs grace that we may reuerently eſtéeme of his holy word which teacheth him vnto vs.

Q. What more doe we pray for?

A. That we might liue a holy life agréeable to his word.

Q. VVhat doth Chriſt teach vs to pray for, in this petition? Thy kingdome come.

A. That the loue of God might be amōg vs, and that his worde which teacheth him vnto vs, might fréely of vs be receaued.

Q. How ſhould this bee knowen, that Gods loue is among vs?

A. By this, if we haue loue one to an other.

Q. VVhat more are we taught?

A. VVe are alſo taught to pray for a patient wayting for of his comming to iudgment.

Q. Are we not alſo in this petitiō taught to pray for the encreaſe of faith?

A. Yea, for the more that our faith encreaſeth, the more doth Gods kingdom encreaſe.

Q. In that Chriſt teacheth vs to pray that Gods will may be done, in earth as it is in heauen: what doth he ſéeme to forbid?

A. In teaching vs ſo to pray, hee woulde not haue vs to ſéeke our owne wils, or to ſticke to our owne wiſedom.

Q. Then it foloweth yt we pray againſt pride, couetouſnes, extortion, vſury, bribery, exceſſe, dronkennes, whoredome, theft, lying & ſuch like vices, for theſe be the will of man, & contrarie to the will of God.

A. VVe doe ſo I confeſſe.

Q. If we pray againſt thoſe ſinners, and to be endewed with righteouſneſſe, and yet take a delight in them: what doe we?

A. Euen mocke with God, and ſo doe heape puniſhment vpon our ſelues for it.

Q. Becauſe I ſée this to be againſt mee, ſhould I not therefore pray?

A. If we ſhould not pray, we were the deſpiſers of his commandement. Mark. 14. 38.

Q. VVhat are we here taught to aſke? giue vs this day our daily bread.

A. All thinges neceſſarie to this preſent life.

Q. Why doth he teach vs to pray dayly for dayly bread?

A. Becauſe without his dayly bleſſing our food could giue ſmall nouriſhment vnto vs.

Q. What deſire ye in this petition: Forgiue vs our treſpaſſes.

A. Here I deſire his mercy: for vnleſſe he be pitifull vnto vs, we are readie to fall into vtter deſtruction.

Q. What meaneth the condition? As we forgiue them that treſpaſſe againſt vs.

A. Here we deſire, that it may bee his pleaſure to giue vs grace that we may be ready to pardon thoſe that haue offended vs.

Q. Why doe you ſay? Leade vs not into temptation?

A. Here we pray that God will not ſuffer vs to be ouercome of temptation: but that being for our profit or tryall, we might boldly bee ſtrengthened in him to abide that which his pleaſure is to lay vpon vs.

Q. Why is this added? For thine is the kingdome, the power and the glory for euer.

A. This doth teach vs to confeſſe that all rule and authoritie doth come from God, and ruleth all thinges according to his will.

A. VVhy ſayeſt thou, Amen, in the latter end of the prayer?

A. By that word I deſire the Lord God to grannt all thinges which before I prayed for.

Q. Tell me the effect in few wordes of all that thou haſt ſaide vpon the Lordes Prayer?

A. I deſire Gods grace to doe his will, and thinges neceſſarie both to body and ſoule.

A Prayer.

THe Lord giue vs grace to lay theſe thinges vp déepely in our harts, and alwaies to be mindfull of them, as it behooueth his true and faithfull Children in Chriſt Ieſus. So be it.

FINIS.