An ample declaration of the Christian doctrine. Composed in Italian by the renowned Cardinal: Card. Bellarmine. Translated into English by Richard Hadock D. of Diuinitie
         Bellarmino, Roberto Francesco Romolo, Saint, 1542-1621.
      
       
         
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             An ample declaration of the Christian doctrine. Composed in Italian by the renowned Cardinal: Card. Bellarmine. Translated into English by Richard Hadock D. of Diuinitie
             Bellarmino, Roberto Francesco Romolo, Saint, 1542-1621.
             Hadock, Richard.
          
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           AN
           AMPLE
           DECLARATION
           OF
           THE
           CHRISTIAN
           doctrine
           .
        
         
           
             COMPOSED
             IN
          
           Italian
           by
           the
           renowmed
           Cardinal
           :
           Card.
           BELLARMINE
           .
        
         
           Translated
           into
           English
           by
           RICHARD
           HADOCK
           D.
           of
           Diuinitie
           .
        
         
         
           PRINTED
           at
           ROAN
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         A
         DECLARATION
         OF
         THE
         CHRISTIAN
         DOCTRINE
         .
      
       
         
           For
           the
           vse
           of
           those
           that
           teach
           children
           ,
           and
           other
           vnlearned
           persons
           :
           Composed
           in
           forme
           of
           a
           Dialogue
           ,
           betweene
           the
           Maister
           and
           Scholar
           .
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           I.
           What
           Christian
           doctrine
           is
           ,
           and
           what
           are
           the
           principall
           parts
           thereof
           .
        
         
           
             SCHOLER
             .
          
           
             SEEING
             I
             do
             vnderstand
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             necessarie
             to
             saluation
             ,
             to
             know
             the
             Christian
             doctrine
             ,
             I
             desire
             you
             to
             declare
             vnto
             mee
             what
             this
             doctrine
             is
             .
          
        
         
           
             MASTER
             .
          
           
             The
             Christian
             doctrine
             is
             a
             briefe
             
             summe
             of
             all
             those
             thinges
             ,
             which
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             hath
             taught
             ,
             to
             shew
             vs
             the
             way
             of
             saluation
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             How
             many
             be
             the
             principal
             and
             most
             necessary
             parts
             of
             this
             doctrine
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Foure
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             the
             Creede
             ,
             the
             Pater
             noster
             ,
             the
             ten
             Commandements
             ,
             and
             the
             holy
             Sacraments
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             are
             there
             foure
             ,
             and
             neither
             more
             nor
             fewer
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Because
             there
             are
             three
             principal
             vertues
             ,
             Faith
             ,
             Hope
             ,
             and
             Charitie
             ,
             and
             Grace
             ,
             necessarie
             to
             saluation
             .
             And
             so
             ,
             the
             Creede
             is
             necessarie
             for
             Faith
             ,
             because
             it
             teacheth
             vs
             that
             which
             we
             haue
             to
             beleeue
             ;
             the
             Pater
             noster
             ,
             is
             necessary
             for
             Hope
             ,
             because
             it
             teacheth
             vs
             what
             wee
             haue
             to
             hope
             ;
             the
             ten
             Commandements
             are
             necessarie
             for
             Charitie
             ,
             because
             they
             teach
             vs
             what
             we
             haue
             to
             doe
             ,
             to
             please
             God
             ;
             the
             sacraments
             are
             necessarie
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             the
             Instruments
             of
             Grace
             ,
             by
             which
             those
             
             vertues
             are
             receiued
             and
             conserued
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             I
             would
             be
             glad
             you
             should
             giue
             me
             some
             similitude
             ,
             to
             vnderstande
             better
             ,
             the
             necessitie
             of
             these
             foure
             parts
             of
             Christian
             doctrine
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             S.
             Augustine
             giueth
             vs
             the
             similitude
             of
             a
             house
             :
             for
             as
             to
             make
             a
             house
             ,
             it
             is
             needfull
             first
             to
             place
             the
             fundation
             ,
             then
             to
             rayse
             the
             walles
             ,
             and
             last
             of
             all
             ,
             to
             couer
             it
             with
             the
             roofe
             ,
             and
             to
             doe
             these
             things
             there
             are
             some
             instruments
             necessarie
             :
             so
             to
             make
             in
             our
             Soules
             the
             building
             of
             saluation
             ,
             we
             haue
             need
             of
             the
             foundation
             of
             Faith
             ;
             the
             walles
             of
             Hope
             ;
             the
             roofe
             of
             Charitie
             ;
             and
             the
             instruments
             ,
             which
             are
             the
             most
             holie
             Sacraments
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           2.
           
           The
           declaration
           of
           the
           vsuall
           blessing
           with
           the
           signe
           of
           the
           Crosse
           .
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             BEfore
             wee
             come
             vnto
             the
             first
             part
             of
             this
             doctrine
             ,
             I
             would
             be
             glad
             you
             should
             giue
             mee
             some
             
             taste
             of
             those
             things
             which
             are
             to
             be
             beleeued
             ,
             declaring
             vnto
             mee
             in
             grosse
             and
             in
             summe
             ,
             the
             most
             necessarie
             mysteries
             that
             are
             conteined
             in
             the
             Creede
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             You
             haue
             reason
             ,
             and
             so
             I
             will
             doe
             .
             You
             must
             then
             know
             that
             the
             principall
             mysteries
             of
             our
             faith
             are
             two
             ,
             and
             both
             two
             are
             conteyned
             in
             the
             blessing
             that
             wee
             vse
             to
             make
             with
             the
             signe
             of
             the
             holie
             Crosse
             .
             The
             first
             mysterie
             is
             the
             Vnitie
             and
             trinitie
             of
             God
             :
             the
             second
             is
             the
             Incarnatiō
             &
             Passion
             of
             our
             Sauiour
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             meaneth
             the
             Vnitie
             and
             Trinitie
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             These
             are
             most
             high
             matters
             ,
             &
             by
             litle
             and
             litle
             are
             to
             be
             declared
             ,
             in
             the
             progresse
             of
             this
             doctrine
             :
             but
             for
             this
             time
             it
             shall
             suffice
             to
             learne
             the
             names
             ,
             &
             to
             vnderstād
             so
             much
             as
             you
             may
             .
             The
             Vnitie
             of
             God
             signifieth
             ,
             that
             besides
             all
             things
             created
             ,
             there
             is
             one
             thinge
             that
             hath
             
             not
             had
             beginning
             ,
             but
             hath
             alwaies
             been
             ,
             and
             euer
             shall
             bee
             ,
             and
             hath
             made
             all
             other
             thinges
             ,
             and
             maintaineth
             and
             gouerneth
             them
             ,
             and
             is
             aboue
             all
             ,
             most
             high
             ,
             most
             noble
             ,
             most
             glorious
             ,
             most
             potent
             ,
             absolutely
             Patrone
             of
             all
             thinges
             :
             and
             this
             is
             called
             God
             ,
             who
             is
             one
             onely
             ,
             because
             there
             can
             not
             bee
             more
             then
             one
             true
             Diuinitie
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             saye
             ,
             one
             onely
             Nature
             and
             Essence
             ,
             infinitely
             potent
             ,
             Holie
             ,
             good
             ,
             and
             so
             foorth
             .
             Yet
             notwithstanding
             this
             Diuinitie
             ,
             is
             founde
             in
             three
             persons
             ,
             which
             are
             called
             the
             Father
             ,
             the
             Sonne
             ,
             and
             the
             Holie
             Ghost
             ,
             which
             three
             persons
             are
             one
             onely
             God
             ,
             because
             they
             haue
             the
             selfe-same
             Diuinity
             and
             essence
             .
             As
             for
             example
             ,
             if
             three
             persons
             here
             in
             earth
             ,
             called
             Peter
             ,
             Paul
             ,
             &
             Iohn
             ,
             should
             haue
             one
             &
             the
             same
             soul
             ,
             &
             one
             &
             the
             same
             bodie
             ,
             they
             should
             be
             called
             three
             persōs
             ,
             because
             one
             is
             
             Peter
             ,
             an
             other
             Paul
             ,
             and
             an
             other
             Iohn
             :
             and
             yet
             they
             should
             be
             one
             man
             onely
             ,
             and
             not
             three
             men
             ,
             not
             hauing
             three
             bodies
             ,
             nor
             three
             soules
             but
             one
             bodie
             and
             one
             soule
             .
             This
             is
             not
             possible
             amongst
             men
             ,
             because
             the
             being
             of
             a
             man
             is
             dererminat
             &
             limited
             ,
             and
             therefore
             cannot
             be
             in
             many
             persons
             .
             But
             the
             being
             of
             God
             &
             his
             diuinitie
             is
             infinite
             .
             And
             there
             fore
             the
             selfe-same
             being
             ,
             and
             the
             selfe-same
             Diuinitie
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             may
             be
             ,
             and
             is
             found
             in
             the
             soone
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             Holie-Ghost
             .
             There
             bee
             then
             three
             persons
             ,
             because
             one
             is
             the
             Father
             ,
             another
             is
             the
             Sonne
             ,
             and
             the
             third
             is
             the
             Holie-Ghost
             .
             And
             yet
             they
             are
             one
             God
             onely
             ,
             because
             they
             haue
             the
             same
             Diuinitie
             ,
             the
             same
             being
             ,
             the
             same
             power
             ,
             wisedome
             ,
             goodnes
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             Tell
             me
             now
             what
             signifyeth
             the
             Incarnatiō
             &
             Passiō
             of
             our
             Sauiour
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             You
             are
             to
             know
             that
             the
             second
             
             Diuine
             person
             ,
             the
             which
             as
             wee
             haue
             said
             ,
             is
             called
             the
             Son
             ,
             besides
             his
             diuine
             being
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             before
             the
             world
             was
             created
             ,
             yea
             from
             all
             eternitie
             ,
             tooke
             the
             flesh
             &
             soule
             of
             man
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             our
             whole
             nature
             ,
             in
             the
             wombe
             of
             a
             most
             pure
             Virgin
             ,
             and
             so
             hee
             who
             was
             before
             only
             God
             ,
             came
             likewise
             to
             be
             Man.
             And
             after
             hee
             had
             conuersed
             with
             men
             thirtie
             and
             three
             yeares
             ,
             teaching
             the
             way
             of
             saluation
             ,
             and
             working
             many
             miracles
             ,
             in
             the
             ende
             hee
             suffered
             himselfe
             to
             be
             nayled
             vpon
             a
             Crosse
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             same
             dyed
             to
             satisfie
             God
             for
             the
             sinnes
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             :
             and
             after
             three
             daies
             he
             rose
             from
             death
             to
             life
             ,
             and
             after
             fourtie
             daies
             more
             ,
             ascended
             into
             heauen
             ,
             as
             wee
             shall
             shew
             in
             the
             declaration
             of
             the
             Creede
             :
             this
             is
             the
             Incarnation
             and
             Passion
             of
             our
             Sauiour
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             are
             these
             the
             principal
             
             mysteries
             of
             our
             Faith
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Because
             in
             the
             first
             ,
             is
             contayned
             the
             first
             beginning
             ,
             and
             last
             end
             of
             man
             :
             In
             the
             second
             ,
             the
             onely
             and
             most
             effectuall
             meanes
             to
             know
             the
             first
             beginning
             ,
             and
             how
             to
             attaine
             vnto
             the
             last
             end
             :
             &
             because
             in
             beleeuing
             and
             confessing
             these
             two
             mysteries
             ,
             we
             manifest
             our selues
             distinct
             from
             all
             the
             false
             Sectes
             of
             Gentils
             ,
             Turkes
             ,
             Iewes
             and
             Hereticks
             :
             and
             lastly
             ,
             because
             without
             beleeuing
             and
             confessing
             these
             two
             mysteries
             ,
             no
             man
             can
             be
             saued
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             How
             are
             these
             mysteries
             conteyned
             in
             the
             signe
             of
             the
             Crosse
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             We
             make
             the
             signe
             of
             the
             Crosse
             when
             we
             say
             :
             
               In
               the
               name
               of
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Sonne
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               ,
            
             and
             that
             in
             this
             forme
             ,
             putting
             the
             right
             hand
             vnder
             the
             forehead
             ,
             when
             we
             saye
             ,
             In
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Father
             :
             then
             vnder
             the
             breast
             ,
             when
             we
             say
             ,
             &
             of
             the
             Sonne
             :
             lastly
             ,
             
             frō
             the
             left
             shoulder
             vnto
             the
             right
             ,
             when
             we
             say
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             .
             And
             withall
             the
             word
             ,
             In
             the
             name
             ,
             doeth
             shew
             the
             vnitie
             of
             God
             :
             because
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             in
             the
             name
             ,
             and
             not
             in
             the
             names
             :
             &
             by
             the
             word
             name
             is
             also
             vnderstood
             the
             diuine
             power
             and
             authoritie
             ,
             which
             is
             one
             only
             in
             all
             the
             three
             persons
             .
             These
             words
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             of
             the
             Sonne
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Holie
             Ghost
             ,
             doe
             shew
             vnto
             vs
             the
             Trinitie
             of
             persons
             :
             The
             signing
             in
             forme
             of
             a
             Crosse
             ,
             representeth
             vnto
             vs
             the
             Passion
             ,
             and
             consequently
             ,
             the
             Incarnation
             of
             the
             Sonne
             of
             God
             :
             the
             passing
             from
             the
             left
             shoulder
             to
             the
             right
             ,
             and
             not
             from
             the
             right
             to
             the
             left
             ,
             signifyeth
             that
             by
             the
             Passion
             of
             our
             Sauiour
             ,
             we
             are
             transferred
             from
             sinne
             vnto
             grace
             ,
             from
             transitorie
             things
             vnto
             eternall
             ,
             from
             death
             to
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             To
             what
             purpose
             is
             this
             signe
             of
             the
             Crosse
             made
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             M
             
          
           
             First
             it
             is
             made
             to
             shew
             that
             wee
             are
             Christians
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             souldiers
             of
             our
             chiefe
             Emperour
             Christ
             ,
             because
             this
             signe
             is
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             an
             ensigne
             or
             liuerie
             ,
             which
             distinguisheth
             the
             soldiers
             of
             Christ
             ,
             from
             all
             the
             enemies
             of
             the
             Holie
             Church
             :
             to
             wit
             ,
             Gentils
             ,
             Iewes
             Turkes
             &
             Heretiks
             :
             besides
             this
             signe
             is
             made
             to
             call
             for
             Gods
             helpe
             ,
             in
             all
             our
             works
             :
             :
             because
             with
             this
             signe
             ,
             the
             most
             holie
             Trinitie
             is
             called
             to
             help
             by
             meanes
             of
             the
             passion
             of
             our
             Sauiour
             :
             and
             therefore
             good
             Christians
             vse
             to
             make
             this
             signe
             ,
             when
             they
             arise
             from
             bed
             ,
             whē
             they
             goe
             to
             sleepe
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             all
             other
             things
             ,
             which
             they
             haue
             to
             do
             ;
             finally
             this
             signe
             is
             made
             to
             arme
             vs
             against
             all
             temptations
             of
             the
             Deuill
             ,
             because
             the
             Diuel
             is
             a
             fraid
             of
             this
             signe
             ,
             and
             flyeth
             from
             it
             ,
             as
             malefactors
             doe
             ,
             when
             they
             see
             the
             signe
             of
             the
             officers
             of
             Iustice
             ,
             and
             often-times
             by
             meanes
             of
             this
             
             signe
             of
             the
             holie
             Crosse
             ,
             a
             man
             escapeth
             many
             dangers
             ,
             aswell
             spirituall
             as
             temporal
             ,
             when
             he
             maketh
             it
             with
             faith
             and
             trust
             of
             Gods
             mercy
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             merits
             of
             Christ
             our
             Sauiour
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           3.
           
           The
           declaration
           of
           the
           Creede
           .
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             NOwe
             comming
             to
             the
             first
             part
             of
             this
             doctrine
             ,
             I
             desire
             to
             learne
             the
             Creede
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             The
             Creede
             contayneth
             twelue
             parts
             ,
             which
             are
             called
             Articles
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             twelue
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             number
             of
             the
             twelue
             Apostles
             who
             composed
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             are
             these
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   1
                
                 I
                 Beleeue
                 in
                 God
                 the
                 Father
                 almightie
                 ,
                 Creator
                 of
                 heauen
                 and
                 earth
                 .
              
               
                 
                   2
                
                 And
                 in
                 Iesus
                 Christ
                 ,
                 his
                 onely
                 Sonne
                 our
                 Lord.
                 
              
               
                 
                   3
                
                 Who
                 was
                 conceiued
                 by
                 the
                 holie
                 Ghost
                 ,
                 borne
                 of
                 the
                 Virgin
                 Mary
                 .
              
               
                 
                   4
                
                 Suffered
                 vnder
                 Pontious
                 Pilate
                 ,
                 was
                 crucifyed
                 ,
                 dead
                 ,
                 and
                 buried
                 ,
                 
                 descended
                 into
                 Hell.
                 
              
               
                 
                   5
                
                 The
                 third
                 day
                 he
                 rose
                 again
                 from
                 death
                 .
              
               
                 
                   6
                
                 Ascended
                 into
                 heauen
                 :
                 si●●eth
                 at
                 the
                 right
                 hand
                 of
                 God
                 the
                 Father
                 almightie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   7
                
                 From
                 thence
                 hee
                 shall
                 come
                 to
                 judge
                 the
                 quicke
                 and
                 the
                 dead
                 .
              
               
                 
                   8
                
                 I
                 beleeue
                 in
                 the
                 Holie
                 Ghost
                 .
              
               
                 
                   9
                
                 The
                 holie
                 Catholike
                 Church
                 :
                 the
                 Communion
                 of
                 Saints
                 ,
              
               
                 
                   10
                
                 Remission
                 of
                 sinnes
                 .
              
               
                 
                   11
                
                 Resurrection
                 of
                 the
                 flesh
                 .
              
               
                 
                   12
                
                 Life
                 euerlasting
                 .
                 Amen
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               May
               it
               please
               you
               declare
               to
               mee
               the
               first
               article
               word
               by
               word
               .
               What
               signifyeth
               ,
               I
               beleeue
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               signifyeth
               ,
               I
               hold
               for
               certaine
               ,
               and
               for
               most
               true
               ,
               all
               that
               is
               contayned
               in
               these
               twelue
               articles
               :
               and
               the
               reason
               is
               this
               ,
               because
               the
               same
               God
               hath
               taught
               the
               holy
               Apostles
               these
               sentences
               ,
               and
               the
               holy
               Apostles
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               the
               Church
               doth
               
               teach
               them
               vs
               :
               and
               because
               it
               is
               impossible
               that
               God
               should
               saye
               that
               which
               is
               false
               ,
               I
               therefore
               beleeue
               these
               things
               more
               certainely
               ,
               then
               those
               I
               see
               with
               mine
               eyes
               ,
               and
               feele
               with
               my
               hands
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               meaneth
               :
               In
               God
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               meaneth
               that
               we
               ought
               to
               beleeue
               firmely
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               a
               God
               ,
               albeit
               we
               do
               not
               see
               him
               with
               corporal
               eies
               ,
               &
               this
               God
               is
               one
               only
               ,
               &
               therefore
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               in
               God
               ,
               and
               not
               in
               Gods.
               And
               you
               must
               not
               imagine
               that
               god
               is
               like
               to
               any
               corporal
               thing
               how
               great
               or
               faire
               so
               euer
               it
               be
               ,
               but
               you
               must
               thinke
               ,
               that
               God
               is
               a
               spiritual
               thing
               ,
               which
               euer
               was
               ,
               &
               foreuer
               shal
               be
               ,
               hath
               made
               the
               whole
               ,
               filleth
               the
               whole
               ,
               gouerneth
               the
               whole
               ,
               knoweth
               &
               seeth
               euery
               thing
               ,
               &
               finally
               ,
               what
               thing
               soeuer
               is
               represented
               vnto
               our
               eies
               ,
               or
               vnto
               our
               imagination
               ,
               you
               must
               say
               ,
               that
               this
               which
               now
               is
               represēted
               vnto
               me
               ,
               is
               not
               god
               
               because
               God
               is
               a
               thinge
               infinitelie
               better
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Wherefore
               is
               it
               said
               that
               God
               is
               a
               Father
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Because
               he
               is
               truly
               the
               Father
               of
               his
               onlie
               begotten
               Son
               ,
               of
               whom
               we
               shal
               speake
               in
               the
               second
               article
               ;
               and
               also
               because
               he
               is
               the
               Father
               of
               al
               good
               men
               ,
               not
               by
               nature
               but
               by
               adoption
               :
               and
               finally
               because
               he
               is
               the
               father
               of
               al
               creatures
               ,
               not
               by
               nature
               ,
               or
               by
               adoption
               ,
               but
               by
               creation
               :
               as
               we
               shal
               say
               hereafter
               in
               this
               same
               article
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Wherefore
               is
               he
               called
               Almighty
               !
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Because
               it
               is
               a
               proper
               title
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               albeit
               God
               hath
               manie
               proper
               titles
               ,
               as
               eternal
               ,
               infinite
               ,
               vnmeasurable
               and
               others
               ,
               yet
               in
               this
               place
               the
               most
               fit
               is
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               omnipotent
               ,
               because
               it
               may
               not
               seeme
               hard
               vnto
               vs
               to
               beleeue
               ,
               that
               hee
               hath
               made
               heauen
               and
               earth
               of
               nothing
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               words
               following
               is
               
               added
               .
               For
               that
               vnto
               him
               ,
               who
               can
               do
               al
               that
               he
               wil
               ,
               &
               thereby
               is
               omnipotent
               ,
               nothing
               can
               be
               hard
               .
               And
               if
               you
               should
               say
               vnto
               me
               ,
               God
               can
               not
               dye
               ,
               nor
               sinne
               ,
               and
               therefore
               it
               semeth
               not
               that
               he
               can
               do
               al
               things
               ,
               I
               would
               answere
               you
               ,
               that
               to
               dye
               or
               to
               sinne
               is
               not
               power
               but
               impotencie
               ,
               as
               when
               it
               is
               said
               of
               a
               most
               valiant
               soldier
               ,
               that
               hee
               can
               ouercome
               al
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               cannot
               be
               ouercome
               of
               anie
               ,
               it
               doth
               not
               preindicate
               his
               force
               to
               say
               ,
               that
               he
               cannot
               be
               ouercome
               ,
               because
               that
               he
               can
               be
               ouercome
               ,
               is
               not
               strēgth
               but
               weaknes
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               is
               signified
               by
               Creator
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               signifieth
               that
               God
               hath
               made
               al
               thinges
               of
               nothing
               ,
               and
               he
               alone
               can
               bring
               them
               againe
               vnto
               nothing
               .
               The
               Angels
               ,
               Men
               and
               also
               Diuels
               can
               make
               ,
               and
               vnmake
               some
               things
               ,
               but
               they
               can
               not
               make
               them
               otherwise
               ,
               then
               of
               some
               kinde
               of
               matter
               which
               was
               before
               ,
               neither
               
               can
               they
               vnmake
               thē
               but
               by
               changing
               them
               into
               some
               other
               thing
               ,
               as
               a
               Maison
               cannot
               make
               a
               house
               of
               nothing
               ,
               but
               he
               must
               haue
               stones
               ,
               lyme
               and
               wood
               :
               neither
               can
               he
               destroy
               it
               in
               bringing
               it
               to
               nothing
               ,
               but
               into
               stones
               ,
               dust
               ,
               wood
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               :
               so
               that
               God
               only
               is
               called
               &
               is
               a
               creator
               ,
               because
               he
               only
               hath
               no
               need
               of
               any
               matter
               to
               make
               all
               things
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Why
               is
               he
               called
               creator
               of
               heauē
               and
               earth
               :
               hath
               not
               God
               also
               made
               the
               ayre
               ,
               the
               water
               ,
               stones
               ,
               trees
               ,
               men
               and
               all
               other
               things
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               By
               heauen
               and
               earth
               ,
               is
               also
               vnderstood
               ,
               all
               that
               is
               in
               heauen
               and
               earth
               ,
               as
               he
               that
               saith
               :
               a
               man
               hath
               a
               bodie
               &
               a
               soule
               ,
               meaneth
               also
               that
               he
               hath
               al
               things
               belonging
               to
               a
               bodie
               ,
               as
               veines
               ,
               bloud
               ,
               bones
               ,
               sinewes
               and
               the
               rest
               :
               &
               all
               things
               belonging
               vnto
               a
               soule
               ;
               as
               vnderstanding
               ,
               will
               ,
               memorie
               ,
               internal
               and
               external
               senses
               ,
               and
               the
               rest
               :
               so
               that
               by
               heauen
               is
               
               vnderstood
               the
               ayre
               where
               birds
               vse
               to
               be
               &
               all
               things
               aboue
               ,
               where
               the
               clouds
               &
               the
               stars
               are
               :
               wherevpon
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               the
               birds
               of
               heauē
               ,
               the
               clouds
               of
               heauen
               ,
               the
               stars
               of
               heauen
               ,
               &
               finally
               the
               Angels
               .
               By
               the
               earth
               is
               vnderstood
               al
               that
               is
               compassed
               by
               the
               aire
               ,
               as
               the
               waters
               of
               the
               sea
               ,
               &
               of
               the
               riuers
               ,
               which
               are
               in
               the
               lower
               partes
               of
               the
               earth
               ,
               &
               also
               al
               liue
               creatures
               ,
               plants
               ,
               stones
               ,
               mettals
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               things
               which
               are
               found
               in
               the
               earth
               ,
               or
               in
               the
               sea
               :
               it
               is
               therefore
               said
               ,
               that
               God
               is
               creator
               of
               heauen
               &
               earth
               ,
               because
               these
               two
               are
               the
               principall
               parts
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               the
               one
               aboue
               ,
               in
               the
               which
               the
               Angels
               remaine
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               beneath
               ,
               in
               which
               men
               do
               dwel
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               two
               most
               noble
               creatures
               of
               all
               others
               ,
               the
               which
               also
               all
               others
               do
               serue
               ,
               as
               they
               are
               also
               bound
               to
               serue
               God
               who
               hath
               made
               them
               of
               nothing
               ,
               and
               placed
               them
               in
               so
               high
               estate
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             declaration
             of
             the
             second
             Article
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               DEclare
               vnto
               me
               now
               the
               second
               article
               ;
               what
               signifyeth
               :
               And
               in
               Iesus
               Christ
               his
               onely
               Sonne
               our
               Lord
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               same
               God
               omnipotent
               ,
               of
               whom
               wee
               haue
               spoken
               in
               the
               first
               article
               ,
               hath
               one
               true
               and
               naturall
               Sonne
               ,
               who
               is
               called
               Iesus
               Christ
               ,
               &
               that
               you
               may
               see
               in
               some
               sort
               howe
               God
               hath
               begotten
               this
               Sonne
               ;
               take
               the
               example
               of
               a
               looking-glasse
               ,
               whē
               one
               doth
               looke
               in
               a
               glasse
               ,
               presently
               he
               produceth
               an
               Image
               of
               himselfe
               ,
               so
               like
               as
               no
               difference
               can
               be
               found
               in
               so
               much
               as
               it
               is
               not
               onely
               like
               in
               shape
               ,
               but
               in
               moouing
               also
               :
               for
               that
               if
               the
               man
               mooue
               ,
               the
               Image
               wil
               also
               mooue
               ,
               and
               this
               Image
               being
               so
               like
               ,
               is
               not
               made
               by
               any
               labour
               ,
               neither
               is
               it
               long
               in
               making
               ,
               nor
               with
               instruments
               ,
               but
               in
               a
               moment
               ,
               and
               with
               one
               looke
               onely
               .
               In
               like
               manner
               ,
               you
               haue
               
               to
               thinke
               ,
               that
               God
               beholding
               him selfe
               ,
               with
               the
               eye
               of
               vnderstanding
               ,
               in
               the
               glasse
               of
               his
               Diuinitie
               ,
               doth
               produce
               an
               Image
               most
               like
               vnto
               him selfe
               .
               And
               because
               God
               hath
               geuen
               vnto
               this
               Image
               al
               his
               owne
               substance
               &
               his
               owne
               being
               (
               which
               wee
               can
               not
               do
               in
               beholding
               our selues
               in
               a
               glasse
               )
               therefore
               that
               Image
               is
               the
               true
               Sonne
               of
               God
               ,
               albeit
               our
               Images
               which
               wee
               see
               in
               glasses
               are
               not
               our
               sonnes
               .
               Hereof
               you
               must
               gather
               ,
               that
               the
               Sonne
               of
               God
               is
               God
               ,
               as
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               one
               the
               same
               God
               with
               the
               father
               ,
               seeing
               he
               hath
               the
               same
               substance
               that
               his
               Father
               hath
               :
               furthermore
               ,
               you
               haue
               together
               that
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               is
               not
               yonger
               then
               his
               Father
               ,
               but
               was
               alwaies
               as
               his
               father
               alwaies
               was
               because
               he
               was
               begotten
               by
               Gods
               only
               beholding
               himselfe
               ,
               and
               God
               hath
               alwaies
               beholden
               him-selfe
               .
               Lastly
               ,
               you
               haue
               togeather
               ,
               that
               the
               
               Sonne
               of
               God
               was
               not
               begotten
               ,
               with
               help
               of
               a
               woman
               ,
               nor
               in
               length
               of
               time
               ,
               nor
               in
               delight
               of
               concupiscence
               ,
               nor
               any
               other
               imperfection
               ,
               because
               ,
               as
               it
               hath
               bin
               said
               ,
               hee
               was
               begotten
               of
               the
               Father
               alone
               ,
               by
               the
               only
               beholding
               himselfe
               ,
               with
               the
               most
               pure
               eye
               of
               his
               diuine
               vnderstanding
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               doth
               it
               meane
               that
               this
               Son
               of
               God
               is
               called
               Iesus
               Christ
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               This
               name
               of
               Iesus
               signifyeth
               a
               Sauiour
               ,
               &
               Christ
               ,
               which
               is
               his
               surname
               ,
               signifyeth
               high
               Priest
               and
               king
               of
               all
               kings
               ,
               because
               ,
               as
               I
               haue
               told
               you
               ,
               in
               declaring
               the
               signe
               of
               the
               Crosse
               ,
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               became
               man
               ,
               to
               redeeme
               vs
               againe
               with
               his
               blood
               ,
               &
               to
               bring
               vs
               to
               eternall
               saluation
               .
               And
               so
               when
               hee
               became
               man
               ,
               he
               tooke
               this
               name
               Sauiour
               ,
               to
               shew
               that
               he
               was
               come
               to
               saue
               vs
               ,
               &
               he
               was
               honoured
               by
               his
               Father
               ,
               with
               the
               title
               of
               Highest
               Priest
               ,
               and
               Supreame
               
               King
               ,
               for
               that
               Christ
               doeth
               signifye
               all
               this
               ,
               and
               hereof
               wee
               are
               called
               Christians
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               reason
               that
               all
               men
               take
               off
               their
               caps
               ,
               or
               bowe
               downe
               when
               Iesus
               is
               named
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               done
               to
               other
               names
               of
               God
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               reason
               is
               ,
               because
               this
               is
               the
               proper
               name
               of
               the
               Sonne
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               all
               other
               names
               are
               common
               ,
               and
               againe
               ,
               because
               this
               name
               doth
               represent
               vnto
               vs
               how
               God
               humbled
               himselfe
               for
               vs
               ,
               in
               making
               himself
               man.
               Therefore
               we
               for
               gratitude
               bow
               our selues
               vnto
               him
               ,
               and
               not
               onely
               wee
               men
               ,
               but
               the
               Angels
               of
               heauen
               also
               ,
               and
               the
               diuels
               of
               hell
               ,
               doe
               bow
               to
               this
               name
               ,
               the
               one
               for
               loue
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               by
               force
               :
               for
               that
               God
               will
               ,
               that
               all
               reasonable
               creatures
               do
               bowe
               vnto
               his
               sonne
               :
               seeing
               that
               he
               hath
               abased
               himselfe
               ,
               for
               our
               loue
               to
               the
               death
               of
               the
               Crosse
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Wherefore
               is
               it
               saide
               ,
               that
               Iesus
               
               Christ
               our
               Lord
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Because
               he
               hath
               created
               vs
               ,
               together
               with
               his
               Father
               ,
               and
               so
               is
               our
               Master
               and
               Lord
               as
               his
               Father
               is
               .
               And
               moreouer
               ,
               for
               that
               by
               his
               trauels
               and
               Passion
               ,
               hee
               hath
               brought
               vs
               againe
               ,
               from
               the
               captiuitie
               of
               the
               Diuel
               ,
               as
               we
               shall
               say
               by
               and
               by
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             third
             Article
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               IT
               Followeth
               ,
               that
               you
               declare
               vnto
               me
               the
               third
               Article
               ,
               what
               it
               meaneth
               :
               who
               was
               conceiued
               by
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               ,
               borne
               of
               the
               Virgin
               Marie
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               In
               this
               Article
               is
               declared
               the
               new
               and
               merueilous
               maner
               of
               the
               Incarnation
               of
               the
               Sonne
               of
               God.
               You
               know
               ,
               that
               all
               other
               men
               are
               borne
               of
               father
               and
               mother
               ,
               &
               that
               the
               mother
               remaineth
               not
               a
               Virgin
               ,
               after
               the
               conceiuing
               and
               bringing
               foorth
               of
               a
               childe
               .
               But
               the
               Sonne
               of
               God
               intending
               to
               make
               him selfe
               Man
               ,
               would
               haue
               no
               Father
               in
               earth
               
               but
               a
               Mother
               onely
               :
               to
               wit
               ,
               the
               perpetuall
               and
               most
               pure
               Virgin
               Marie
               ,
               in
               whose
               wombe
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               (
               the
               third
               person
               in
               Trinitie
               ,
               one
               and
               the
               selfe-same
               God
               with
               the
               Father
               and
               the
               Sonne
               )
               by
               his
               infinite
               power
               ,
               formed
               of
               her
               moste
               pure
               blood
               ,
               the
               bodie
               of
               a
               most
               perfect
               childe
               :
               &
               at
               the
               same
               time
               created
               a
               most
               noble
               soule
               ,
               ioyning
               it
               to
               the
               same
               bodie
               :
               all
               which
               the
               Sonne
               of
               God
               vnited
               to
               his
               owne
               Person
               .
               And
               so
               Iesus
               Christ
               that
               before
               was
               onely
               God
               ,
               became
               man
               ,
               who
               as
               hee
               is
               God
               ,
               hath
               a
               Father
               without
               a
               Mother
               ,
               and
               as
               he
               is
               Man
               ,
               hath
               a
               Mother
               without
               a
               Father
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               would
               haue
               some
               example
               or
               similitude
               to
               vnderstand
               how
               a
               Virgin
               can
               conceiue
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               secrets
               of
               God
               must
               be
               beleeued
               ,
               although
               they
               be
               not
               vnderstood
               ,
               because
               God
               can
               do
               more
               thē
               we
               can
               easely
               vnderstand
               ,
               &
               therefore
               
               it
               is
               said
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Creed
               ,
               that
               God
               is
               omnipotent
               .
               Yet
               there
               is
               a
               fit
               example
               in
               the
               creation
               of
               the
               world
               .
               You
               know
               that
               ordinarily
               the
               ground
               doth
               not
               bring
               forth
               corne
               vnlesse
               it
               be
               plowed
               ,
               sowne
               ,
               watred
               with
               raine
               ,
               &
               warmed
               with
               the
               sunne
               ,
               and
               yet
               in
               the
               beginning
               ,
               when
               corne
               was
               first
               brought
               forth
               ,
               the
               earth
               being
               neither
               tilled
               nor
               fowne
               ,
               watred
               ,
               nor
               warmed
               (
               and
               so
               was
               a
               virgin
               in
               her
               kinde
               )
               suddenly
               ,
               by
               the
               only
               commandement
               of
               God
               almighty
               ,
               &
               by
               his
               powre
               it
               brought
               foorth
               corne
               :
               euen
               so
               the
               vnspotted
               wombe
               of
               the
               B.
               Virgin
               MARIE
               ,
               without
               companie
               of
               man
               ,
               at
               the
               only
               commandement
               of
               God
               ,
               by
               the
               worke
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               brought
               foorth
               that
               precious
               corne
               ,
               of
               the
               liuing
               bodie
               ,
               of
               the
               Sonne
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               If
               Iesus
               bee
               conceiued
               by
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               ,
               it
               seemeth
               that
               it
               may
               be
               said
               ,
               that
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               is
               his
               
               Father
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               man.
               
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               not
               so
               ;
               because
               to
               be
               a
               Father
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               sufficiēt
               to
               make
               a
               thing
               but
               it
               is
               necessarie
               ,
               that
               it
               be
               made
               of
               the
               substance
               of
               the
               maker
               :
               and
               therefore
               we
               say
               that
               the
               Maison
               is
               not
               the
               father
               of
               the
               house
               ,
               because
               he
               maketh
               it
               of
               stones
               ,
               and
               not
               of
               his
               proper
               substance
               .
               So
               the
               holie
               ghost
               hath
               made
               the
               bodie
               of
               the
               Sonne
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               he
               hath
               made
               it
               of
               the
               blood
               of
               the
               virgin
               ,
               &
               not
               of
               his
               own
               proper
               substance
               :
               and
               therefore
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               is
               not
               the
               Sonne
               of
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               ,
               but
               the
               Sonne
               of
               God
               the
               Father
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               God
               ,
               because
               hee
               hath
               his
               Godhead
               of
               him
               :
               and
               he
               is
               the
               Son
               of
               the
               B.
               virgin
               as
               he
               is
               man
               ,
               for
               that
               he
               hath
               mans
               flesh
               of
               her
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Wherefore
               is
               it
               said
               ,
               that
               the
               holie
               Ghost
               did
               this
               worke
               of
               the
               Incarnation
               ?
               Did
               not
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               the
               Sonne
               also
               concurre
               therein
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               That
               which
               one
               Diuine
               Person
               
               worketh
               ,
               the
               other
               two
               worke
               likewise
               the
               same
               ,
               because
               they
               haue
               one
               and
               the
               same
               power
               ,
               wisdome
               ,
               and
               goodnesse
               :
               yet
               notwithstanding
               the
               workes
               of
               power
               be
               attributed
               vnto
               the
               Father
               :
               those
               of
               wisdome
               ,
               vnto
               the
               Son
               :
               &
               those
               of
               loue
               ,
               vnto
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               :
               and
               because
               this
               was
               a
               worke
               of
               the
               highest
               loue
               of
               God
               towards
               mankinde
               ,
               it
               is
               therefore
               attributed
               vnto
               the
               holy
               ghost
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               would
               haue
               some
               example
               to
               vnderstand
               ,
               how
               all
               the
               three
               diuine
               Persons
               haue
               concurred
               to
               the
               Incarnation
               ,
               and
               yet
               the
               Sonne
               is
               onlie
               Incarnate
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Whē
               one
               man
               putteth
               on
               a
               garment
               ,
               &
               two
               others
               do
               help
               to
               cloth
               him
               ,
               three
               do
               then
               concur
               to
               the
               clothing
               of
               him
               ,
               &
               yet
               one
               only
               is
               clothed
               :
               so
               all
               the
               three
               diuine
               Persons
               concur
               to
               worke
               the
               Incarnation
               of
               the
               Sonne
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               onely
               the
               Sonne
               is
               incarnate
               ,
               and
               made
               man.
               
            
          
           
             
             
               S
               
            
             
               Wherefore
               is
               it
               added
               in
               the
               article
               :
               Borne
               of
               the
               Virgin
               Marie
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Because
               in
               this
               also
               there
               is
               a
               strange
               mysterie
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               Sonne
               of
               God
               came
               foorth
               of
               the
               wombe
               of
               his
               Mother
               ,
               at
               the
               end
               of
               the
               ninth
               moneth
               ,
               without
               paine
               or
               harme
               of
               his
               said
               Mother
               ,
               not
               leauing
               any
               signe
               there
               at
               all
               :
               euen
               as
               hee
               did
               when
               rising
               from
               death
               he
               went
               out
               of
               the
               close
               Sepulchre
               ,
               and
               when
               he
               entred
               and
               went
               foorth
               of
               the
               chamber
               ,
               where
               his
               Disciples
               were
               ,
               the
               doores
               being
               shut
               ,
               &
               there
               vpon
               it
               is
               saide
               ,
               that
               the
               mother
               of
               our
               Lord
               Iesus
               Christ
               was
               alwaies
               a
               Virgin
               ,
               before
               his
               birth
               ,
               in
               his
               birth
               ,
               and
               after
               his
               birth
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             fourth
             Article
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               VVHat
               meaneth
               that
               which
               followeth
               in
               the
               fourth
               article
               ?
               Hee
               suffered
               vnder
               Pontious
               Pilate
               ,
               was
               crucified
               ,
               dead
               &
               buried
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               This
               Article
               conteineth
               the
               most
               
               profitable
               mysterie
               of
               our
               redemption
               :
               and
               the
               summe
               is
               ,
               that
               Christ
               after
               he
               had
               conuersed
               in
               this
               world
               about
               thirtie
               three
               yeares
               ,
               and
               had
               taught
               with
               his
               most
               holy
               life
               ,
               his
               doctrine
               and
               his
               miracles
               ,
               the
               way
               of
               saluation
               ,
               was
               vnjustly
               caused
               by
               Pontius
               Pilate
               (
               who
               was
               gouernour
               of
               Iewrie
               )
               to
               be
               whipped
               and
               nayled
               vpon
               a
               Crosse
               ,
               vpon
               the
               which
               hee
               dyed
               ,
               and
               by
               certaine
               holy
               men
               was
               buried
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Concerning
               this
               mysterie
               ,
               there
               do
               occurre
               vnto
               me
               some
               doubts
               ,
               &
               I
               desire
               by
               you
               to
               be
               cleered
               of
               thē
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               I
               may
               be
               the
               more
               grateful
               vnto
               God
               for
               so
               great
               a
               benefite
               ,
               by
               how
               much
               I
               shall
               the
               better
               vnderstand
               it
               .
               Tell
               me
               then
               ,
               if
               Christ
               be
               the
               Sonne
               of
               God
               omnipotent
               ,
               how
               happened
               it
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               not
               deliuered
               by
               his
               Father
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               handes
               of
               Pilate
               ?
               Or
               rather
               ,
               if
               the
               same
               Christ
               be
               God
               ,
               wherefore
               did
               hee
               
               not
               deliuer
               himselfe
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Christ
               could
               if
               hee
               would
               haue
               deliuered
               himselfe
               by
               a
               thousande
               meanes
               out
               of
               the
               handes
               of
               Pilate
               .
               Yea
               more
               ,
               the
               whole
               world
               had
               not
               bin
               able
               to
               do
               him
               any
               euil
               ,
               if
               he
               had
               not
               bin
               willing
               :
               and
               this
               is
               clearely
               seene
               ,
               because
               he
               knew
               &
               foretolde
               vnto
               his
               Disciples
               ,
               that
               the
               Iewes
               would
               seeke
               to
               put
               him
               to
               death
               ,
               &
               that
               they
               would
               whippe
               him
               ,
               stone
               him
               ,
               and
               finallie
               kill
               him
               .
               Yet
               he
               did
               not
               hide
               himselfe
               but
               went
               to
               meete
               his
               enemies
               .
               And
               when
               they
               sought
               to
               take
               him
               ,
               and
               knew
               him
               not
               ,
               hee
               said
               vnto
               them
               himselfe
               ,
               hee
               was
               that
               man
               for
               whom
               they
               sought
               :
               at
               which
               time
               also
               ,
               they
               al
               faling
               backwards
               as
               dead
               mē
               ,
               he
               did
               not
               depart
               thence
               as
               he
               might
               haue
               done
               ,
               but
               expected
               &
               permitted
               them
               to
               recouer
               thēselues
               :
               &
               after
               ,
               he
               suffred
               him selfe
               to
               be
               taken
               ,
               bound
               ,
               &
               led
               like
               a
               meeke
               Lambe
               ,
               where
               they
               would
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               S
               
            
             
               For
               What
               cause
               did
               Christ
               ,
               being
               innocent
               suffer
               him selfe
               to
               be
               vniustly
               crucified
               and
               slaine
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               For
               manie
               reasons
               .
               But
               the
               principal
               reason
               was
               ,
               to
               satisfie
               vnto
               God
               for
               our
               sinnes
               .
               For
               you
               haue
               to
               know
               that
               the
               offence
               is
               measured
               according
               to
               the
               dignitie
               of
               him
               who
               is
               offended
               :
               and
               contrariewise
               the
               satisfaction
               is
               measured
               according
               to
               the
               dignitie
               of
               him
               who
               doth
               satisfie
               :
               as
               for
               example
               ,
               if
               a
               seruant
               should
               geue
               his
               Prince
               a
               blow
               ,
               it
               should
               be
               esteemed
               a
               most
               greeuous
               offence
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               greatnes
               of
               the
               prince
               :
               but
               if
               a
               prince
               should
               giue
               his
               seruant
               a
               blowe
               ,
               it
               were
               a
               smal
               matter
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               base
               estate
               of
               the
               seruant
               .
               And
               contrariwise
               ,
               if
               a
               seruant
               take
               off
               his
               cappe
               vnto
               his
               Prince
               ,
               it
               is
               but
               little
               esteemed
               ,
               but
               if
               the
               Prince
               should
               take
               off
               his
               ,
               vnto
               his
               seruant
               it
               would
               be
               a
               notable
               fauour
               ,
               according
               to
               
               the
               rule
               we
               speake
               of
               .
               Now
               because
               the
               first
               man
               ,
               and
               with
               him
               al
               we
               haue
               offended
               God
               ,
               who
               is
               of
               so
               infinite
               dignitie
               ,
               the
               offence
               did
               require
               infinite
               satisfaction
               :
               and
               because
               there
               was
               neither
               man
               nor
               Angel
               of
               so
               great
               dignitie
               ,
               therefore
               the
               Sonne
               of
               God
               came
               ,
               who
               being
               God
               and
               of
               infinite
               dignitie
               ,
               &
               hauing
               taken
               mortal
               flesh
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               flesh
               he
               submitted
               him selfe
               for
               the
               honour
               of
               God
               to
               the
               death
               of
               the
               Crosse
               ,
               and
               so
               satisfied
               with
               his
               paines
               for
               our
               faults
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               other
               cause
               is
               there
               ,
               for
               which
               Christ
               would
               suffer
               so
               bitter
               a
               death
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               To
               teach
               vs
               by
               his
               example
               ,
               the
               vertues
               ,
               of
               Patience
               ,
               Humilitie
               ,
               Obedience
               and
               of
               Charitie
               :
               which
               are
               foure
               vertues
               signified
               in
               the
               foure
               extreame
               parts
               of
               the
               Crosse
               :
               because
               greater
               patience
               can
               not
               be
               found
               ,
               then
               to
               suffer
               vniustly
               so
               
               ignominious
               a
               death
               :
               nor
               greater
               humilitie
               ,
               then
               for
               the
               Lord
               of
               all
               Lordes
               ,
               to
               submit
               him selfe
               to
               be
               crucified
               betwixt
               thieues
               :
               nor
               greater
               obedience
               ,
               then
               to
               be
               willing
               rather
               to
               die
               ,
               then
               not
               to
               fulfil
               the
               commandement
               of
               his
               Father
               :
               nor
               greater
               charitie
               ,
               then
               to
               yeeld
               his
               life
               ,
               to
               saue
               his
               enimies
               .
               And
               you
               must
               know
               ,
               that
               Charitie
               is
               more
               shewed
               in
               deedes
               ,
               then
               in
               wordes
               ,
               &
               more
               in
               suffering
               then
               in
               doing
               .
               And
               so
               Christ
               ,
               who
               would
               not
               only
               bestow
               vpon
               vs
               infinit
               benifits
               ,
               but
               suffer
               also
               ,
               &
               die
               for
               vs
               ,
               hath
               shewed
               that
               he
               loueth
               vs
               most
               ardently
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Seeing
               Christ
               is
               God
               and
               man
               ,
               as
               you
               saied
               before
               ,
               and
               it
               semeth
               that
               God
               can
               not
               suffer
               ,
               nor
               die
               ,
               how
               do
               we
               then
               say
               ,
               that
               he
               suffered
               and
               died
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Christ
               being
               God
               and
               man
               ,
               can
               suffer
               &
               not
               suffer
               ,
               die
               &
               not
               die
               :
               for
               in
               that
               he
               is
               God
               ,
               could
               neither
               suffer
               
               nor
               die
               :
               but
               as
               he
               is
               man
               ,
               he
               could
               both
               suffer
               and
               die
               :
               and
               therefore
               I
               ●old
               you
               ,
               that
               being
               God
               ,
               hee
               was
               made
               man
               ,
               to
               satisfie
               for
               our
               sinnes
               ,
               suffering
               the
               paines
               of
               death
               in
               his
               most
               holie
               flesh
               ;
               which
               he
               could
               not
               haue
               done
               ,
               if
               he
               had
               not
               been
               man.
               
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               If
               Christ
               haue
               satisfied
               his
               Father
               for
               the
               sinnes
               of
               all
               men
               :
               whence
               ●ommeth
               it
               ,
               that
               so
               many
               are
               damned
               ,
               &
               that
               we
               haue
               neede
               to
               doe
               penance
               for
               our
               sinnes
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Christ
               hath
               satisfied
               for
               the
               sins
               ●f
               all
               men
               :
               but
               it
               is
               necessarie
               to
               ap●lie
               this
               satisfaction
               in
               particular
               ,
               to
               ●his
               man
               and
               to
               that
               man
               ,
               which
               is
               one
               by
               faith
               ,
               by
               the
               Sacraments
               ,
               by
               good
               workes
               ,
               and
               particularlie
               by
               penance
               :
               &
               therefore
               we
               haue
               neede
               ●o
               do
               penance
               &
               other
               good
               works
               ,
               though
               Christ
               haue
               suffered
               ,
               and
               wrought
               for
               vs
               :
               And
               the
               cause
               that
               many
               are
               dāned
               or
               remaine
               enemies
               to
               God
               ,
               is
               for
               that
               either
               they
               wil
               not
               
               haue
               faith
               ,
               as
               Iewes
               ,
               Turkes
               ,
               &
               Heritikes
               :
               or
               because
               they
               wil
               not
               receiue
               the
               Sacraments
               ,
               as
               those
               that
               wil
               not
               be
               baptised
               ,
               or
               wil
               not
               confesse
               their
               sinnes
               ,
               or
               wil
               not
               do
               such
               penance
               as
               they
               can
               ,
               for
               their
               sins
               ,
               nor
               resolue
               to
               liue
               conformably
               to
               the
               law
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               would
               haue
               some
               example
               ,
               to
               vnderstand
               this
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Take
               the
               example
               of
               one
               ,
               which
               should
               take
               great
               paines
               ,
               and
               with
               sweate
               and
               labours
               should
               gaine
               so
               much
               money
               ,
               as
               were
               sufficient
               to
               pay
               al
               the
               debts
               of
               this
               citie
               ,
               and
               should
               put
               the
               same
               in
               a
               bank
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               it
               should
               be
               geuen
               vnto
               al
               such
               ,
               as
               should
               bring
               a
               warant
               from
               him
               :
               this
               man
               surely
               had
               satisfied
               for
               al
               ,
               somuch
               as
               lieth
               in
               him
               :
               &
               yet
               manie
               might
               remaine
               stil
               in
               debt
               ,
               for
               that
               they
               would
               not
               ,
               either
               for
               pride
               ,
               or
               for
               slouth
               ,
               or
               for
               some
               other
               cause
               ,
               demand
               his
               warant
               ,
               and
               carie
               
               it
               to
               the
               bank
               ,
               to
               receiue
               the
               money
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               signifieth
               ,
               He
               descended
               into
               hel
               ?
               and
               what
               doth
               hel
               signifie
               in
               this
               place
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Hel
               is
               the
               lowest
               &
               deepest
               place
               in
               this
               world
               :
               to
               wit
               ,
               the
               midle
               of
               the
               earth
               .
               And
               the
               Scripture
               in
               manie
               places
               ,
               putteth
               heauen
               as
               opposite
               vnto
               hel
               ,
               as
               the
               highest
               place
               vnto
               the
               lowest
               .
               But
               in
               this
               depth
               of
               the
               earth
               ,
               there
               are
               foure
               ,
               as
               it
               were
               ,
               great
               caues
               :
               one
               for
               the
               damned
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               deepest
               of
               al
               ,
               and
               so
               it
               is
               agreable
               ,
               that
               the
               proud
               Diuels
               ,
               and
               the
               men
               which
               imitate
               them
               ,
               be
               in
               the
               lowest
               place
               ,
               and
               furthest
               from
               heauen
               that
               can
               be
               .
               In
               the
               second
               caue
               ,
               which
               is
               something
               higher
               ,
               are
               those
               soules
               ,
               which
               suffer
               the
               paines
               of
               Purgatorie
               .
               In
               the
               third
               ,
               which
               is
               yet
               higher
               ,
               are
               the
               soules
               of
               those
               children
               ,
               that
               die
               with
               out
               Baptisme
               ,
               who
               do
               not
               suffer
               torments
               of
               fire
               ,
               but
               onely
               the
               
               perpetuall
               priuation
               of
               eternall
               felicity
               .
               In
               the
               fourth
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               highest
               ,
               remained
               the
               soules
               of
               the
               Patriarchs
               ,
               Prophets
               ,
               and
               other
               Holie
               men
               ,
               that
               dyed
               before
               the
               comming
               of
               Christ
               ;
               for
               albeit
               ,
               those
               holy
               soules
               had
               not
               any
               thing
               to
               be
               purged
               ,
               yet
               they
               could
               not
               enter
               into
               glory
               ,
               before
               Christ
               by
               his
               death
               had
               opened
               the
               gate
               of
               eternall
               life
               :
               &
               therefore
               they
               remained
               in
               that
               higher
               place
               ,
               called
               ,
               
                 the
                 place
                 of
                 holy
                 Fathers
              
               ,
               otherwise
               
                 Abrahams
                 bosome
              
               ,
               where
               they
               suffered
               no
               paines
               at
               all
               ,
               but
               enjoyed
               a
               sweete
               repose
               ,
               expecting
               the
               comming
               of
               our
               Lord
               with
               great
               joy
               .
               And
               so
               we
               read
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               that
               the
               soule
               of
               that
               poore
               beggar
               Lazarus
               ,
               was
               carried
               by
               an
               Angell
               to
               rest
               in
               the
               bosome
               of
               Abraham
               ,
               where
               hee
               was
               seene
               by
               the
               rich
               glutton
               ,
               who
               burning
               in
               flames
               of
               hell
               ,
               cast
               vp
               his
               eyes
               ,
               and
               saw
               Lazarus
               in
               a
               farre
               higher
               place
               ,
               remayning
               
               in
               great
               joy
               and
               consolation
               ,
               enjoying
               the
               fruits
               of
               his
               former
               patience
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Into
               which
               of
               these
               foure
               partes
               of
               Hell
               ,
               did
               Christ
               descend
               ,
               after
               his
               death
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               There
               is
               no
               doubt
               ,
               but
               hee
               descended
               into
               the
               place
               of
               holy
               Fathers
               ,
               and
               suddainely
               made
               them
               blessed
               ,
               &
               after
               led
               thē
               with
               him
               in
               to
               the
               kingdome
               of
               heauē
               :
               He
               made
               himselfe
               also
               seene
               vnto
               all
               the
               other
               parts
               of
               hell
               ,
               terrifying
               the
               Diuels
               ,
               as
               a
               victorious
               Triumpher
               :
               threatning
               the
               damned
               ,
               as
               a
               supreame
               Iudge
               ;
               comforting
               the
               soules
               in
               Purgatorie
               ,
               as
               their
               Aduocate
               and
               deliuerer
               .
               So
               that
               Christ
               descended
               into
               Hell
               ,
               as
               a
               King
               vseth
               sometimes
               to
               repaire
               into
               prisons
               to
               visite
               prisoners
               ,
               and
               to
               shew
               fauour
               to
               whom
               it
               pleaseth
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               If
               Christ
               was
               dead
               ,
               &
               his
               body
               did
               lye
               in
               the
               sepulchre
               ,
               then
               he
               did
               not
               
               whollie
               descend
               into
               hell
               ,
               but
               onely
               the
               soule
               of
               Christ
               :
               and
               how
               is
               it
               then
               said
               ,
               that
               Christ
               descended
               into
               hell
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Death
               had
               force
               to
               separate
               the
               soule
               of
               Christ
               from
               his
               body
               ,
               but
               it
               could
               not
               separate
               either
               the
               soule
               ,
               or
               the
               bodie
               from
               the
               Diuine
               person
               of
               the
               same
               Christ
               .
               And
               therefore
               we
               beleeue
               that
               the
               Diuine
               person
               of
               Christ
               ,
               remained
               with
               his
               bodie
               ,
               in
               the
               sepulcre
               ,
               &
               that
               the
               same
               person
               descēded
               with
               his
               soule
               into
               hel
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             fift
             Article
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               HOw
               is
               it
               true
               ,
               that
               our
               Lord
               rose
               from
               death
               the
               third
               day
               ,
               seeing
               that
               from
               Friday
               in
               the
               euening
               when
               he
               was
               buried
               ,
               vnto
               the
               night
               before
               Sunday
               ,
               when
               hee
               rose
               ,
               there
               wanteth
               of
               two
               whole
               daies
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               We
               doe
               not
               say
               ,
               that
               Christ
               rose
               after
               three
               whole
               daies
               ,
               but
               the
               third
               
               daye
               ,
               which
               is
               most
               true
               .
               For
               he
               was
               buried
               on
               Friday
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               first
               day
               ,
               though
               not
               a
               whole
               day
               ,
               and
               so
               hee
               remained
               in
               the
               Sepulchre
               all
               Saterday
               ,
               and
               a
               part
               of
               Sundaie
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               third
               day
               .
               For
               the
               natural
               day
               *
               beginning
               the
               night
               before
               at
               the
               setting
               of
               the
               Sunne
               ,
               the
               first
               houre
               after
               the
               Sunne-setting
               ,
               is
               the
               first
               of
               the
               day
               following
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               For
               what
               cause
               ,
               did
               not
               Christ
               rise
               streight
               after
               his
               death
               ,
               but
               would
               expect
               the
               third
               day
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Because
               he
               would
               shew
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               truely
               dead
               ,
               he
               would
               remaine
               there
               in
               the
               graue
               ,
               so
               long
               as
               sufficed
               to
               prooue
               this
               truth
               .
               Moreouer
               ,
               I
               would
               haue
               you
               considder
               ,
               that
               like
               as
               Christ
               liued
               amongst
               men
               ,
               thirtie
               three
               ,
               or
               thirty
               foure
               yeares
               :
               so
               hee
               would
               stay
               amongst
               the
               dead
               ,
               at
               
               least
               thirtie
               three
               ,
               or
               thirtie
               foure
               houres
               .
               For
               so
               many
               they
               are
               ,
               if
               you
               put
               together
               ,
               *
               one
               houre
               of
               Friday
               (
               for
               hee
               was
               buried
               an
               houre
               before
               Sunne-setting
               )
               twentie
               foure
               houres
               of
               the
               Saturday
               ,
               and
               eight
               or
               nine
               houres
               of
               Sunday
               .
               For
               he
               rose
               after
               midnight
               towards
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               morning
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Why
               is
               it
               said
               of
               Christ
               ,
               that
               hee
               rose
               ,
               and
               of
               other
               dead
               ,
               as
               of
               Lazarus
               ,
               and
               the
               Widdowes
               sonne
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               raysed
               from
               death
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               reason
               is
               ,
               because
               Christ
               being
               the
               Son
               of
               God
               ,
               rose
               of
               himself
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               by
               vertue
               of
               his
               God-head
               ,
               he
               reunited
               his
               soule
               to
               his
               bodie
               &
               so
               began
               to
               liue
               againe
               .
               But
               other
               dead
               men
               can
               not
               returne
               to
               life
               ,
               by
               their
               owne
               power
               .
               And
               therefore
               
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               they
               were
               raised
               by
               others
               .
               As
               we
               al
               at
               the
               day
               of
               Iudgment
               ,
               shal
               be
               raised
               by
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Is
               there
               anie
               other
               difference
               betwixt
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               Christ
               ,
               &
               of
               others
               ,
               which
               returned
               to
               life
               before
               him
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               There
               is
               this
               difference
               ,
               that
               the
               others
               rose
               mortal
               ,
               &
               therefore
               they
               died
               againe
               :
               but
               Christ
               rose
               immortal
               ,
               neither
               can
               he
               euer
               die
               anie
               more
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             sixt
             Article
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Now
               let
               vs
               come
               vnto
               the
               sixt
               article
               ,
               which
               is
               of
               the
               Ascension
               .
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               ,
               how
               long
               our
               Sauiour
               remained
               vpon
               earth
               ,
               after
               his
               Resurrection
               :
               and
               for
               what
               cause
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               He
               remained
               fourtie
               dayes
               ,
               as
               you
               may
               consider
               ,
               by
               numbring
               the
               dayes
               ,
               betwixt
               the
               feasts
               of
               his
               Resurection
               ,
               and
               Ascension
               .
               And
               the
               reason
               of
               his
               so
               long
               stay
               was
               ,
               because
               
               he
               would
               ,
               with
               manie
               &
               diuers
               apparitions
               ,
               establish
               the
               Mysterie
               of
               his
               most
               true
               Resurrection
               .
               For
               that
               the
               same
               seemeth
               as
               it
               were
               the
               most
               hard
               .
               And
               he
               that
               beleeueth
               it
               ,
               hath
               no
               difficultie
               to
               beleeue
               the
               rest
               .
               For
               he
               that
               riseth
               ,
               was
               certainly
               dead
               before
               :
               And
               he
               that
               was
               dead
               ,
               was
               first
               borne
               :
               And
               so
               he
               that
               beleueth
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               Christ
               ,
               findeth
               no
               labour
               in
               beleeuing
               his
               death
               ,
               and
               natiuitie
               .
               And
               likewise
               ,
               for
               so
               much
               as
               the
               earth
               is
               not
               a
               conuenient
               place
               for
               glorious
               bodies
               ,
               but
               heauen
               ,
               therefore
               he
               that
               beleueth
               the
               Resurrection
               of
               our
               Sauiour
               ,
               can
               easely
               beleeue
               his
               going
               vp
               into
               heauen
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               would
               know
               the
               cause
               ,
               wherefore
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               that
               Christ
               went
               vp
               into
               heauen
               ,
               and
               of
               his
               most
               holie
               Mother
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               that
               she
               was
               assumpted
               ,
               or
               taken
               vp
               into
               heauen
               ,
               &
               not
               that
               she
               ascended
               ,
               or
               went
               vp
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               reason
               is
               easie
               .
               For
               that
               Christ
               being
               God
               and
               man
               ,
               went
               vp
               into
               heauen
               ,
               by
               his
               owne
               powre
               ,
               as
               he
               also
               rose
               by
               his
               owne
               powre
               .
               But
               his
               Mother
               ,
               who
               is
               a
               meere
               creature
               though
               most
               worthie
               amongst
               all
               others
               ,
               was
               raysed
               from
               death
               ,
               and
               assumpted
               vnto
               the
               kingdome
               of
               heauen
               ,
               not
               by
               her
               owne
               power
               ,
               but
               by
               the
               power
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               meaneth
               .
               He
               sitteth
               at
               the
               right
               hand
               of
               God
               the
               Father
               Almightie
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               You
               must
               not
               imagine
               ,
               that
               the
               Father
               is
               on
               the
               left-hande
               of
               the
               Sonne
               :
               nor
               that
               the
               Father
               is
               in
               middest
               ,
               hauing
               his
               Sonne
               on
               the
               right-hand
               ,
               and
               the
               Holie-Ghost
               on
               the
               left
               corporally
               .
               For
               as
               well
               the
               Father
               as
               the
               Sonne
               ,
               according
               to
               his
               God-head
               ,
               and
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               ,
               are
               euery
               where
               .
               Neither
               can
               it
               be
               properly
               said
               ,
               that
               one
               is
               on
               the
               right-hand
               of
               an
               other
               :
               but
               to
               bee
               at
               the
               
               right
               hand
               in
               this
               article
               ,
               signifieth
               to
               be
               in
               equal
               height
               ,
               glorie
               ,
               and
               maiestie
               :
               because
               when
               one
               is
               side
               by
               side
               of
               an
               other
               ,
               one
               is
               not
               higher
               ,
               nor
               lower
               then
               the
               other
               .
               And
               to
               vnderstand
               this
               maner
               of
               speach
               ,
               the
               holie
               Scripture
               in
               the
               Psalme
               109.
               which
               beginneth
               :
               
                 Dixit
                 Dominus
                 Domino
                 meo
                 :
                 &c.
              
               doth
               once
               saye
               ,
               that
               the
               Sonne
               doeth
               sitte
               at
               the
               right
               hand
               of
               the
               Father
               :
               and
               an
               other
               time
               saith
               ,
               that
               the
               Father
               is
               at
               the
               right
               hand
               of
               the
               Sonne
               :
               instructing
               vs
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               in
               deed
               in
               equal
               height
               :
               as
               we
               haue
               said
               .
               So
               that
               Christ
               ,
               when
               he
               went
               vp
               into
               heauen
               ,
               ascended
               aboue
               all
               the
               Quyars
               and
               orders
               of
               the
               Angels
               ,
               &
               of
               the
               blessed
               soules
               .
               which
               he
               caried
               with
               him
               ,
               &
               ariued
               vnto
               the
               high
               throne
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               there
               stayed
               ,
               not
               going
               aboue
               his
               Father
               ,
               neither
               remayning
               vnder
               him
               ,
               but
               resting
               (
               as
               we
               may
               say
               )
               side
               by
               his
               father
               ,
               as
               
               equal
               with
               him
               in
               glory
               &
               greatnes
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Seeing
               Christ
               is
               God
               and
               man
               ,
               I
               would
               know
               ,
               if
               he
               sit
               at
               the
               right
               hand
               of
               the
               Father
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               God
               onlie
               ,
               or
               as
               he
               is
               also
               man
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Christ
               as
               he
               is
               God
               ,
               is
               equal
               to
               the
               Father
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               man
               ,
               he
               is
               lesse
               then
               the
               Father
               :
               yet
               for
               so
               much
               ,
               as
               Christ
               God
               and
               man
               ,
               are
               not
               two
               Christes
               ,
               nor
               two
               persons
               ,
               but
               one
               Christ
               onelie
               ,
               and
               one
               person
               onlie
               :
               therefore
               it
               is
               saide
               ,
               that
               Christ
               God
               and
               man
               ,
               sitteth
               at
               the
               right
               hand
               of
               the
               Father
               .
               And
               so
               the
               humanitie
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               his
               flesh
               and
               soule
               ,
               ●re
               in
               the
               throne
               of
               God
               ,
               on
               the
               right
               hand
               of
               God
               the
               father
               .
               Not
               by
               their
               proper
               worthines
               ,
               but
               because
               they
               are
               vnited
               to
               the
               person
               ,
               of
               the
               true
               and
               natural
               Son
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               would
               haue
               some
               similitude
               ,
               to
               vnderstande
               this
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Take
               the
               similitude
               of
               a
               kings
               robe
               :
               whē
               the
               king
               being
               vested
               with
               
               his
               purple
               robe
               ,
               sitteth
               in
               his
               royal
               throne
               ,
               &
               al
               the
               Princes
               of
               his
               kingdome
               sit
               below
               him
               ,
               the
               kings
               robe
               is
               in
               a
               more
               eminent
               place
               ,
               then
               the
               Nobles
               them selues
               are
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               in
               the
               selfe
               same
               throne
               with
               the
               King.
               And
               this
               is
               done
               not
               because
               the
               robe
               is
               of
               equal
               dignitie
               with
               the
               king
               ,
               but
               because
               it
               is
               ioyned
               to
               the
               King
               ,
               as
               his
               proper
               garment
               .
               So
               the
               flesh
               and
               the
               soule
               of
               Christ
               do
               sitte
               aboue
               al
               the
               Cherubims
               ,
               and
               Seraphims
               ,
               in
               the
               same
               seat
               with
               God
               :
               not
               by
               the
               dignitie
               of
               their
               owne
               nature
               ,
               but
               because
               they
               are
               vnited
               vnto
               God
               :
               not
               onely
               as
               the
               garment
               is
               vnto
               the
               king
               ,
               but
               in
               much
               nearer
               sorte
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               by
               personal
               vnion
               .
               As
               hath
               bene
               said
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             seuenth
             Article
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               FRom
               thence
               he
               shal
               come
               ,
               to
               iudge
               the
               quicke
               ,
               &
               the
               dead
               .
               When
               shall
               this
               comming
               of
               our
               Lord
               be
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               shal
               be
               at
               the
               end
               of
               the
               world
               :
               For
               you
               are
               to
               vnderstand
               ,
               that
               this
               world
               is
               to
               haue
               an
               end
               ,
               and
               to
               bee
               destroied
               with
               an
               inundation
               of
               fire
               :
               which
               wil
               burne
               all
               thinges
               vpon
               the
               earth
               .
               And
               there
               shal
               be
               no
               more
               dayes
               ,
               nor
               nights
               ,
               nor
               Mariages
               ,
               nor
               marchandise
               ,
               or
               anie
               of
               these
               things
               ,
               which
               you
               now
               see
               .
               So
               that
               ,
               in
               the
               last
               day
               of
               this
               world
               ,
               which
               no
               man
               can
               know
               ,
               how
               neere
               it
               is
               ,
               nor
               how
               long
               hence
               ,
               Christ
               wil
               come
               downe
               from
               heauen
               ,
               to
               make
               the
               general
               Iudgment
               .
               And
               these
               words
               ,
               From
               thence
               he
               shal
               come
               ,
               do
               forewarne
               vs
               ,
               not
               to
               beleeue
               anie
               that
               shal
               cal
               him selfe
               Christ
               ,
               or
               that
               would
               deceiue
               vs
               ,
               as
               Antichrist
               wil
               endeuour
               to
               do
               ,
               towards
               the
               end
               of
               the
               world
               .
               For
               that
               the
               true
               Christ
               ,
               wil
               not
               come
               forth
               of
               anie
               desert
               ,
               or
               obscure
               place
               ,
               but
               wil
               come
               from
               the
               highest
               heauen
               ,
               with
               so
               much
               glorie
               ,
               and
               maiestie
               ,
               as
               no
               man
               can
               
               doubt
               ,
               whether
               it
               be
               he
               or
               no.
               Like
               as
               when
               the
               Sun
               riseth
               ,
               it
               commeth
               with
               so
               much
               light
               ,
               as
               no
               man
               can
               doubt
               whether
               lt
               be
               the
               Sun
               or
               no.
               
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Wherefore
               do
               we
               say
               ,
               that
               he
               shal
               iudge
               the
               quicke
               and
               the
               dead
               ?
               shall
               not
               al
               men
               be
               dead
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               and
               all
               then
               rise
               againe
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               By
               the
               quick
               and
               the
               dead
               ,
               may
               be
               vnderstood
               ,
               the
               good
               which
               liue
               with
               the
               spirituall
               life
               of
               grace
               ,
               and
               the
               bad
               which
               are
               spiritually
               dead
               by
               sin
               .
               But
               it
               is
               true
               also
               ,
               that
               Christ
               will
               come
               to
               iudge
               the
               quicke
               and
               the
               dead
               corporally
               :
               because
               at
               that
               day
               many
               shal
               be
               dead
               ,
               and
               manie
               shall
               be
               found
               aliue
               :
               Who
               though
               they
               be
               liuing
               in
               that
               last
               daye
               ,
               and
               some
               also
               shall
               bee
               young
               ,
               or
               children
               ,
               yet
               all
               shall
               die
               in
               an
               instant
               ,
               and
               suddenly
               rise
               againe
               ,
               thereby
               to
               pay
               the
               debt
               of
               death
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               haue
               heard
               many
               times
               ,
               that
               whosoeuer
               dyeth
               in
               mortall
               sinne
               ,
               
               goeth
               presently
               vnto
               hell
               ,
               and
               whosoeuer
               dyeth
               in
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               ,
               goeth
               presently
               to
               Purgatorie
               ,
               or
               to
               heauen
               :
               how
               then
               are
               all
               to
               be
               judged
               ,
               the
               sentence
               being
               already
               giuē
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               At
               the
               death
               of
               euery
               one
               ,
               the
               particular
               judgement
               is
               giuen
               of
               that
               soule
               which
               departed
               from
               the
               bodie
               :
               but
               after
               ,
               at
               the
               last
               day
               ,
               there
               shall
               be
               an
               vniuersall
               judgement
               of
               the
               whole
               world
               .
               And
               this
               for
               manny
               causes
               .
               First
               ,
               for
               Gods
               honour
               ,
               because
               manie
               nowe
               seeing
               bad-men
               in
               prosperitie
               ,
               and
               good-men
               afflicted
               :
               imagine
               that
               God
               doeth
               not
               gouerne
               the
               world
               well
               .
               But
               at
               that
               time
               ,
               it
               shall
               be
               cleerly
               seen
               ,
               how
               God
               hath
               seene
               &
               noted
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               how
               with
               great
               justice
               ,
               he
               hath
               giuen
               vnto
               the
               bad
               ,
               some
               temporall
               prosperitie
               ,
               in
               recompence
               of
               some
               good
               works
               of
               theirs
               ,
               of
               smal
               momēt
               ,
               intending
               afterwards
               ,
               to
               giue
               them
               eternall
               paine
               ,
               for
               their
               mortall
               sins
               .
               
               And
               contrariwise
               vnto
               the
               good
               ,
               he
               hath
               geuen
               temporal
               affliction
               ,
               for
               punishmēt
               of
               some
               veniall
               sinnes
               ,
               or
               to
               geue
               them
               occasion
               ,
               &
               to
               make
               them
               do
               penance
               ,
               intending
               afterwards
               ,
               to
               reward
               them
               ,
               with
               an
               infinite
               treasure
               of
               glorie
               ,
               for
               their
               good
               workes
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               for
               the
               glorie
               of
               Christ
               ,
               because
               he
               being
               vniustly
               condemned
               ,
               and
               by
               manie
               not
               knowne
               ,
               nor
               honored
               as
               he
               ought
               to
               be
               ,
               it
               is
               reason
               there
               should
               be
               a
               day
               ,
               when
               al
               the
               world
               shal
               know
               him
               ,
               &
               honour
               him
               ,
               either
               by
               force
               ,
               or
               for
               loue
               ,
               as
               their
               true
               king
               &
               Lord
               of
               al.
               Thirdly
               ,
               for
               the
               glorie
               of
               the
               Saincts
               ?
               to
               the
               end
               it
               may
               be
               seene
               vnto
               all
               how
               God
               hath
               glorified
               them
               ,
               who
               were
               persecuted
               ,
               &
               vexed
               in
               this
               world
               .
               Fourthly
               ,
               for
               confusion
               of
               the
               proud
               enimies
               of
               God.
               Fiftly
               ,
               because
               the
               bodie
               shal
               haue
               sentēce
               together
               with
               the
               soule
               of
               glorie
               or
               of
               punishment
               eternal
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Of
             the
             eight
             Article
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               THE
               eight
               article
               saith
               :
               I
               beleeue
               in
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               :
               what
               signifieth
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Here
               is
               declared
               the
               third
               Person
               of
               the
               most
               Holie
               Trinitie
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               first
               article
               was
               declared
               ,
               the
               first
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               other
               sixe
               the
               second
               :
               so
               that
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               is
               not
               the
               Father
               ,
               nor
               the
               Sonne
               ,
               but
               a
               third
               Person
               ,
               which
               procedeth
               from
               the
               Father
               and
               the
               Sonne
               ,
               and
               is
               true
               God
               as
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               the
               Sonne
               ,
               yea
               the
               same
               God
               ,
               because
               he
               hath
               the
               same
               diuinitie
               ,
               which
               is
               in
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               Sonne
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               would
               haue
               some
               similitude
               of
               this
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Diuine
               matters
               ,
               can
               not
               be
               perfectly
               declared
               ,
               by
               any
               examples
               of
               created
               things
               ,
               &
               especially
               by
               corparal
               things
               .
               Notwithstanding
               take
               you
               the
               example
               of
               a
               lake
               ,
               which
               is
               deriued
               from
               some
               riuer
               ?
               as
               the
               
               riuer
               is
               deriued
               from
               some
               fountaine
               ,
               and
               yet
               al
               is
               one
               ,
               and
               the
               same
               water
               :
               so
               the
               eternal
               Father
               ,
               as
               a
               fountaine
               ,
               produceth
               the
               Sonne
               as
               a
               riuer
               :
               the
               Father
               and
               the
               Sonne
               ,
               as
               a
               fountaine
               and
               a
               riuer
               ,
               produce
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               as
               a
               lake
               :
               &
               yet
               the
               Father
               ,
               and
               the
               Sonne
               ,
               and
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               are
               not
               three
               Gods
               ,
               but
               one
               onlie
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Wherefore
               is
               the
               third
               Person
               in
               Trinitie
               called
               holie
               ghost
               ?
               Are
               not
               also
               al
               Angels
               ,
               and
               al
               the
               blessed
               soules
               ,
               spirits
               and
               holie
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               God
               is
               called
               the
               Holie
               spirit
               by
               excelencie
               ,
               because
               he
               is
               the
               chiefest
               spirite
               ,
               and
               most
               holie
               and
               author
               of
               al
               created
               spirites
               ,
               and
               of
               al
               holines
               .
               Like
               as
               a
               mongst
               mē
               ,
               ther
               are
               manie
               that
               are
               fathers
               and
               holie
               ,
               either
               by
               office
               ,
               or
               by
               goodnes
               of
               life
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               manie
               good
               Bishops
               ,
               or
               Priests
               ,
               or
               religious
               men
               :
               and
               yet
               there
               is
               none
               called
               Holie
               Father
               ,
               but
               the
               Pope
               :
               
               because
               this
               name
               belongeth
               vnto
               him
               alone
               by
               excellencie
               ,
               being
               the
               head
               of
               al
               other
               fathers
               ,
               and
               ought
               to
               be
               the
               most
               holie
               of
               al
               by
               goodnes
               of
               life
               ,
               as
               he
               is
               by
               office
               ,
               representing
               vnto
               vs
               the
               person
               of
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               If
               the
               name
               of
               holie
               ghost
               ,
               belong
               vnto
               God
               by
               excellencie
               ,
               wherefore
               is
               it
               onely
               attributed
               vnto
               the
               third
               Person
               .
               Is
               not
               the
               father
               also
               ,
               &
               the
               Sonne
               a
               spirit
               &
               holy
               by
               excellēcie
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               true
               .
               But
               because
               the
               first
               Person
               hath
               a
               proper
               name
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               the
               Father
               :
               &
               the
               second
               hath
               a
               proper
               name
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               the
               Son
               :
               to
               the
               third
               is
               left
               a
               commō
               name
               ,
               to
               distinguish
               him
               from
               the
               other
               two
               .
               And
               moreouer
               you
               are
               to
               know
               ,
               that
               when
               it
               is
               said
               of
               the
               third
               diuine
               Person
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               the
               holy
               ghost
               ;
               these
               two
               words
               make
               one
               name
               only
               .
               As
               whē
               a
               man
               is
               called
               
                 Ioannes
                 Maria
              
               ,
               they
               are
               one
               onely
               name
               ,
               though
               otherwise
               Iohn
               &
               Mary
               are
               commonly
               two
               names
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               meaneth
               it
               that
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               is
               painted
               in
               the
               forme
               of
               a
               Doue
               ,
               especiallie
               ouer
               Christ
               ,
               and
               our
               Ladie
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               You
               must
               not
               thinke
               that
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               hath
               a
               bodie
               ,
               or
               that
               he
               can
               be
               seene
               with
               corporall
               eyes
               :
               but
               he
               is
               painted
               so
               ,
               that
               we
               may
               knowe
               the
               effects
               ,
               which
               he
               worketh
               vpon
               men
               .
               And
               because
               the
               Doue
               is
               simple
               ,
               pure
               ,
               jealouse
               ,
               and
               fruitfull
               ,
               he
               is
               therefore
               painted
               ouer
               Christ
               and
               our
               Ladie
               ,
               to
               the
               ende
               we
               may
               vnderstand
               ,
               that
               Christ
               and
               our
               Ladie
               were
               full
               of
               grace
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               gifts
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               in
               particular
               of
               holy
               simplicitie
               ,
               puritie
               ,
               zeale
               of
               soules
               ,
               and
               spirituall
               fecunditie
               ,
               by
               the
               which
               they
               haue
               gained
               infinite
               children
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               all
               the
               faithfull
               ,
               and
               good
               Christians
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               meaneth
               it
               that
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               is
               painted
               ouer
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               in
               forme
               of
               fyerie
               tongues
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               M
               
            
             
               Because
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               ,
               tenne
               daies
               after
               the
               ascention
               of
               our
               Lord
               came
               vpon
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               and
               replenished
               them
               with
               knowledge
               ,
               with
               charitie
               ,
               and
               with
               eloquence
               ,
               teaching
               them
               to
               speake
               with
               all
               tongues
               ,
               to
               the
               ende
               they
               might
               be
               able
               to
               preach
               the
               Holy
               faith
               ,
               through
               the
               whole
               world
               .
               And
               in
               signe
               of
               these
               wonderfull
               effects
               ,
               he
               caused
               those
               tongues
               of
               fire
               to
               appeare
               :
               because
               the
               light
               of
               that
               fire
               ,
               doth
               signifie
               wisdome
               ,
               the
               heate
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               doth
               signifie
               charitie
               ,
               and
               the
               forme
               of
               a
               tongue
               signifyeth
               eloquence
               :
               and
               for
               that
               this
               was
               a
               most
               great
               benefite
               ,
               which
               God
               bestowed
               vpon
               his
               Church
               ,
               therefore
               we
               doe
               celebrate
               that
               great
               Feast
               ,
               called
               Penticost
               ,
               or
               the
               Feast
               of
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             ninth
             Article
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               VVHAT
               signifyeth
               that
               which
               is
               saide
               in
               the
               ninth
               article
               .
               The
               Holie
               Catholike
               
               Church
               :
               the
               communion
               of
               Saints
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Here
               beginneth
               the
               second
               part
               of
               the
               Creede
               .
               For
               the
               first
               parte
               belongeth
               vnto
               God
               ,
               the
               second
               vnto
               the
               Church
               the
               spouse
               of
               God.
               And
               as
               in
               God
               we
               beleeue
               one
               Diuinity
               ,
               and
               three
               Persons
               :
               so
               in
               the
               Church
               wee
               beleeue
               that
               there
               is
               one
               onely
               Church
               :
               and
               that
               it
               hath
               three
               principall
               graces
               :
               the
               first
               in
               the
               soule
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               remission
               of
               sinnes
               ,
               an
               other
               in
               the
               bodie
               ,
               which
               shal
               be
               the
               resurrection
               of
               the
               flesh
               :
               and
               the
               third
               in
               the
               soule
               and
               bodie
               together
               ,
               which
               shall
               be
               life
               eternall
               ,
               as
               we
               shall
               see
               in
               the
               articles
               following
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               May
               it
               please
               you
               declare
               vnto
               me
               ,
               the
               whole
               article
               word
               by
               word
               :
               &
               first
               what
               meaneth
               the
               Church
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               signifyeth
               a
               conuocation
               ,
               or
               congregation
               of
               men
               ,
               which
               are
               baptized
               ,
               and
               make
               profession
               of
               the
               faith
               ,
               and
               law
               of
               Christ
               ,
               vnder
               the
               obedience
               ,
               of
               the
               chiefe
               Bishop
               
               of
               Rome
               :
               and
               it
               is
               called
               Conuocation
               ,
               because
               wee
               are
               not
               borne
               Christians
               ,
               as
               we
               are
               borne
               Englishmen
               ,
               Italians
               ,
               French
               ,
               or
               of
               any
               other
               countrey
               :
               but
               wee
               are
               called
               Christians
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               wee
               enter
               into
               this
               congregation
               by
               baptisme
               ,
               which
               is
               as
               the
               doore
               of
               the
               church
               .
               And
               to
               be
               in
               the
               Church
               ,
               it
               doeth
               not
               suffice
               to
               bee
               baptized
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               needeful
               to
               beleeue
               and
               confesse
               the
               holie
               faith
               and
               law
               of
               Christ
               ,
               as
               the
               Pastors
               and
               Preachers
               of
               the
               same
               Church
               do
               teach
               vs.
               Neither
               doth
               this
               suffice
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               necessarie
               to
               obey
               the
               chiefe
               Bishop
               of
               Rome
               ,
               as
               Vicar
               of
               Christ
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               to
               acknowledge
               and
               hold
               him
               for
               chiefe
               Superiour
               and
               Vicar
               of
               Christ
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               If
               the
               Church
               be
               a
               congregation
               of
               men
               :
               how
               do
               we
               call
               those
               buildings
               Churches
               ,
               where
               Masse
               and
               other
               Seruice
               of
               God
               is
               said
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Because
               the
               faithfull
               ,
               which
               are
               
               the
               true
               Church
               ,
               are
               gathered
               together
               in
               those
               buildings
               ,
               to
               practise
               the
               exercises
               of
               Christians
               ,
               therefore
               those
               buildings
               are
               also
               called
               Churches
               :
               chiefly
               when
               they
               are
               dedicated
               ,
               and
               consecrated
               to
               the
               seruice
               of
               God.
               But
               we
               in
               this
               Article
               ,
               doe
               not
               speake
               of
               the
               Churches
               made
               of
               stone
               &
               wood
               ,
               but
               of
               the
               liuing
               Church
               ,
               which
               is
               ,
               the
               faithful
               baptised
               people
               ,
               and
               obedient
               vnto
               the
               vicar
               of
               Christ
               ,
               as
               hath
               been
               said
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Why
               is
               it
               said
               ,
               The
               Church
               ,
               and
               not
               the
               Churches
               seeing
               manie
               congregations
               of
               the
               faithful
               are
               founded
               in
               diuers
               parts
               of
               the
               world
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Because
               the
               Church
               is
               but
               one
               ,
               though
               it
               containe
               al
               the
               faithful
               ,
               which
               are
               dispersed
               through
               the
               whole
               world
               ,
               not
               only
               those
               which
               are
               now
               liuing
               but
               also
               those
               ,
               which
               haue
               ben
               from
               the
               beginning
               ,
               and
               shal
               be
               vntil
               the
               end
               of
               the
               world
               .
               
               And
               therefore
               it
               is
               not
               only
               called
               one
               but
               also
               Catholike
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               say
               vniuersal
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               extended
               to
               all
               places
               ,
               and
               to
               all
               times
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               For
               what
               reason
               ,
               is
               the
               Church
               called
               one
               onlie
               ,
               if
               it
               conteine
               so
               great
               a
               multitude
               of
               men
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               called
               one
               onelie
               ,
               because
               it
               hath
               one
               onlie
               head
               ,
               which
               is
               Christ
               ,
               and
               his
               one
               Vicar
               in
               earth
               the
               Bishop
               of
               Rome
               ?
               and
               againe
               ,
               because
               it
               liueth
               by
               one
               and
               the
               same
               spirit
               ,
               and
               hath
               one
               and
               the
               same
               law
               .
               As
               a
               kingdome
               is
               called
               one
               ,
               because
               it
               hath
               one
               onlie
               king
               ,
               and
               the
               same
               lawes
               ,
               though
               in
               that
               kingdome
               ,
               there
               be
               manie
               prouinces
               ,
               &
               manie
               more
               Cities
               or
               townes
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Wherefore
               is
               it
               saide
               ,
               that
               this
               Church
               is
               holie
               ,
               seeing
               there
               are
               manie
               wicked
               men
               in
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               called
               holie
               for
               three
               reasons
               :
               first
               ,
               because
               the
               head
               there
               of
               ,
               which
               is
               Christ
               ,
               is
               most
               holie
               :
               like
               as
               
               one
               that
               hath
               a
               fayre
               faice
               ,
               is
               said
               to
               be
               a
               faire
               man
               ,
               though
               he
               haue
               some
               crooked
               finger
               ,
               or
               some
               blot
               on
               his
               breast
               or
               shoulders
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               because
               all
               faithfull
               people
               are
               holy
               ,
               by
               faith
               and
               profession
               ,
               for
               they
               haue
               one
               moste
               true
               and
               diuine
               faith
               ,
               and
               make
               profession
               of
               the
               holie
               Sacraments
               ,
               and
               of
               a
               most
               iuste
               law
               ,
               which
               doth
               not
               command
               any
               thing
               ,
               but
               that
               which
               is
               good
               ,
               and
               forbiddeth
               nothing
               ,
               but
               that
               which
               is
               euill
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               because
               there
               are
               alwaies
               in
               the
               Church
               some
               assuredly
               good
               ,
               not
               onely
               by
               faith
               and
               profession
               ,
               but
               by
               vertues
               and
               maners
               also
               :
               Whereas
               among
               Iewes
               ,
               Turkes
               ,
               Heretiks
               and
               such
               like
               people
               ,
               who
               are
               out
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               none
               at
               all
               can
               truely
               be
               good
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               signifyeth
               the
               Communion
               of
               Saints
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               signifyeth
               ,
               that
               the
               body
               of
               the
               holie
               Church
               ,
               is
               in
               such
               sort
               vnited
               ,
               
               that
               of
               the
               good
               of
               one
               member
               all
               the
               rest
               doe
               participate
               :
               whereby
               how
               many
               soeuer
               there
               bee
               in
               farre
               countries
               ,
               though
               we
               do
               not
               knowe
               them
               ,
               yet
               their
               Masses
               ,
               diuine
               offices
               ,
               other
               prayers
               and
               good
               workes
               helpe
               vs
               also
               .
               And
               this
               Communion
               is
               not
               onely
               heere
               vpon
               earth
               ,
               but
               our
               Masses
               ,
               prayers
               and
               other
               good
               workes
               ,
               helpe
               those
               that
               be
               in
               Purgatorie
               :
               And
               the
               prayers
               of
               such
               ,
               as
               are
               in
               heauen
               helpe
               vs
               ,
               &
               the
               soules
               also
               in
               Purgatorie
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               If
               this
               be
               so
               ,
               it
               needeth
               not
               to
               pray
               for
               any
               in
               particular
               ,
               nor
               to
               procure
            
             
               Masse
               to
               be
               said
               for
               this
               or
               for
               that
               soule
               in
               Purgatorie
               ,
               seeing
               all
               good
               is
               common
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               not
               so
               :
               Because
               Masse
               ,
               praiers
               ,
               and
               other
               good
               workes
               ,
               though
               they
               be
               in
               some
               sort
               cōmon
               vnto
               al
               ,
               yet
               they
               help
               more
               such
               as
               they
               are
               done
               for
               in
               particular
               ,
               then
               others
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               shall
               wee
               say
               of
               such
               as
               are
               excommunicated
               ,
               
               do
               they
               also
               participate
               of
               the
               good
               workes
               of
               the
               faithfull
               ,
               or
               no
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               For
               this
               they
               are
               called
               excommunicated
               ,
               because
               they
               haue
               not
               the
               communion
               of
               the
               Saints
               ,
               for
               they
               are
               like
               bowes
               cut
               from
               the
               tree
               ,
               or
               like
               members
               separated
               from
               the
               bodie
               ,
               which
               do
               not
               enjoy
               the
               good
               humors
               ,
               that
               are
               spread
               amongst
               the
               other
               bowes
               ,
               and
               vnited
               members
               .
               And
               by
               this
               you
               may
               gather
               ,
               what
               account
               is
               to
               be
               made
               of
               excommunication
               ,
               seeing
               he
               cannot
               haue
               God
               for
               his
               Father
               ,
               that
               hath
               not
               the
               Church
               for
               his
               Mother
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Are
               then
               the
               excommunicated
               out
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               as
               the
               Iewes
               ,
               and
               other
               Infidels
               be
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               So
               it
               is
               :
               but
               there
               is
               this
               difference
               ,
               that
               the
               Iewes
               and
               Turkes
               are
               out
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               because
               they
               neuer
               entred
               in
               ,
               being
               neuer
               baptised
               ;
               the
               Heretikes
               ,
               which
               are
               baptised
               ,
               
               and
               haue
               lost
               their
               faith
               are
               out
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               gone
               foorth
               ,
               and
               fled
               away
               of
               themselues
               ,
               and
               therefore
               the
               Church
               enforceth
               them
               by
               diuers
               punishments
               ,
               to
               returne
               vnto
               the
               Holy
               faith
               :
               As
               when
               a
               sheepe
               flyeth
               from
               the
               fold
               ,
               the
               shepheard
               forceth
               him
               with
               his
               stafe
               to
               returne
               .
               But
               other
               excommunicated
               which
               haue
               baptisme
               and
               faith
               ,
               and
               did
               enter
               in
               ,
               and
               not
               goe
               out
               of
               themselues
               ,
               are
               driuen
               out
               by
               force
               .
               As
               when
               the
               shepheard
               driueth
               foorth
               an
               infected
               sheepe
               ,
               and
               leaueth
               the
               same
               a
               pray
               for
               the
               Wolfe
               .
               Yet
               true
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               Church
               driueth
               not
               out
               the
               excommunicated
               ,
               to
               the
               end
               they
               should
               euer
               remaine
               out
               ,
               but
               to
               the
               end
               they
               should
               repent
               of
               their
               disobedience
               ,
               and
               demaund
               to
               returne
               being
               humbled
               ,
               and
               so
               bee
               receiued
               againe
               into
               the
               bosome
               of
               their
               mother
               ,
               and
               to
               the
               communion
               of
               Saints
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Of
             the
             tenth
             article
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               VVHat
               is
               signified
               ,
               by
               the
               remission
               of
               sins
               ?
               which
               is
               the
               tenth
               article
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               first
               of
               those
               three
               principal
               benefites
               ,
               which
               are
               found
               in
               the
               Church
               .
               For
               which
               it
               is
               needful
               to
               know
               ,
               that
               al
               men
               are
               borne
               sinners
               ,
               and
               enimies
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               after
               increasing
               ,
               they
               passe
               from
               euil
               to
               worse
               ,
               vntil
               by
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               ,
               their
               sinnes
               be
               remitted
               ,
               and
               so
               become
               his
               friends
               ,
               and
               children
               .
               This
               grace
               which
               is
               so
               great
               ,
               is
               not
               found
               other
               where
               ,
               thē
               in
               the
               holie
               church
               .
               In
               which
               are
               the
               holie
               Sacramēts
               ,
               &
               namely
               Baptisme
               ,
               &
               Penance
               ,
               which
               as
               heauenlie
               medicins
               curemen
               of
               al
               spiritual
               diseases
               ,
               which
               are
               sinnes
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               pray
               you
               declare
               vnto
               me
               ,
               a
               little
               better
               ,
               how
               great
               this
               benifite
               is
               ,
               of
               remission
               of
               sinnes
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               In
               the
               world
               is
               not
               found
               ,
               a
               greater
               euil
               then
               sinne
               is
               :
               not
               onely
               for
               
               that
               al
               euills
               in
               this
               life
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               life
               to
               come
               ,
               do
               spring
               from
               it
               ;
               but
               also
               ,
               for
               that
               sinne
               is
               the
               cause
               ,
               that
               man
               becommeth
               an
               enemie
               to
               God.
               And
               what
               can
               be
               said
               worse
               ,
               then
               to
               be
               enimie
               vnto
               him
               ,
               who
               can
               do
               al
               that
               he
               wil
               ,
               and
               none
               can
               resist
               him
               :
               &
               who
               can
               defend
               him
               ,
               with
               whom
               God
               is
               angrie
               ?
               And
               contrariwise
               ,
               in
               this
               life
               a
               greater
               good
               can
               not
               be
               found
               ,
               then
               to
               be
               in
               grace
               :
               for
               who
               can
               hurt
               him
               ,
               whom
               God
               defendeth
               al
               things
               being
               in
               the
               hands
               of
               God
               ?
               Briefly
               you
               know
               ,
               that
               amongst
               corporal
               thinges
               life
               is
               most
               esteemed
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               the
               foundation
               of
               al
               other
               good
               things
               :
               and
               death
               is
               most
               abhorred
               because
               it
               is
               contrarie
               vnto
               life
               .
               So
               then
               seeing
               sin
               is
               the
               spiritual
               death
               of
               the
               soule
               ,
               and
               the
               remission
               of
               sin
               ,
               is
               the
               life
               of
               the
               same
               soule
               :
               you
               may
               easely
               consider
               ,
               how
               great
               a
               benefit
               is
               receiued
               ,
               in
               the
               church
               seeing
               in
               it
               only
               ,
               is
               the
               remission
               of
               sins
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Of
             the
             eleuenth
             article
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               VVHAT
               meaneth
               the
               resurrection
               of
               the
               flesh
               ?
               which
               is
               the
               eleuenth
               article
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               This
               is
               the
               second
               principal
               benefite
               of
               the
               Holy
               Church
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               last
               daye
               ,
               all
               those
               whose
               sins
               shall
               be
               remitted
               ,
               shal
               returne
               to
               life
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               And
               others
               which
               are
               out
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               or
               haue
               not
               remission
               of
               their
               sinnes
               ,
               shall
               not
               they
               returne
               also
               to
               life
               againe
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Touching
               naturall
               life
               ,
               all
               shall
               returne
               to
               liue
               ,
               as
               the
               good
               ,
               so
               the
               bad
               :
               but
               because
               the
               resurrection
               of
               the
               bad
               ,
               shall
               be
               for
               their
               perpetuall
               torment
               ,
               &
               not
               for
               any
               good
               to
               thē
               ,
               therefore
               that
               life
               of
               theirs
               ,
               is
               called
               rather
               a
               death
               ,
               then
               a
               true
               life
               ,
               &
               so
               the
               true
               resurrection
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               vnto
               life
               ,
               worthy
               to
               be
               desired
               ,
               shall
               not
               be
               of
               any
               ,
               but
               of
               the
               good
               ,
               which
               shall
               be
               found
               without
               sinne
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               would
               know
               ,
               if
               the
               same
               bodies
               ,
               which
               wee
               now
               haue
               shall
               rise
               ,
               or
               others
               like
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               There
               is
               no
               doubt
               ,
               but
               the
               same
               bodies
               shall
               rise
               ,
               because
               otherwise
               ,
               it
               should
               not
               be
               a
               true
               resurrection
               ,
               if
               the
               same
               should
               not
               rise
               ,
               which
               is
               fallen
               ,
               and
               that
               same
               returne
               to
               liue
               ,
               which
               is
               dead
               .
               And
               againe
               ,
               the
               resurrection
               is
               to
               the
               end
               ,
               that
               the
               bodie
               be
               partaker
               of
               the
               reward
               ,
               or
               punishment
               ,
               as
               it
               hath
               ben
               partaker
               of
               good
               workes
               or
               the
               sinnes
               :
               &
               there
               must
               be
               the
               same
               bodie
               ,
               because
               an
               other
               bodie
               should
               not
               merit
               either
               punishment
               or
               reward
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               How
               is
               it
               possible
               ,
               that
               bodie
               should
               return
               to
               liue
               ,
               which
               hath
               bin
               burned
               ,
               and
               the
               ashes
               scattered
               with
               the
               winde
               ,
               and
               cast
               into
               riuers
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Yes
               ,
               for
               God
               can
               doe
               that
               which
               seemeth
               to
               vs
               impossible
               .
               And
               there
               fore
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               in
               the
               beginning
               of
               the
               Creede
               ,
               that
               God
               is
               omnipotent
               .
               
               And
               if
               you
               consider
               that
               God
               hath
               made
               the
               heauen
               and
               the
               earth
               of
               nothing
               ,
               it
               will
               not
               seeme
               hard
               vnto
               you
               to
               beleeue
               ,
               that
               he
               can
               bring
               againe
               to
               the
               former
               state
               that
               which
               is
               turned
               into
               ashes
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               would
               know
               whether
               men
               shall
               returne
               to
               be
               men
               ,
               &
               wemen
               to
               bee
               wemen
               ,
               or
               rather
               all
               to
               one
               maner
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               necessarie
               to
               beleeue
               ,
               that
               the
               men
               shall
               be
               men
               ,
               &
               the
               wemen
               shall
               be
               wemen
               :
               because
               otherwise
               they
               should
               not
               be
               the
               same
               bodies
               ,
               that
               they
               were
               before
               ,
               and
               as
               I
               haue
               already
               told
               you
               ,
               they
               are
               to
               be
               the
               same
               ,
               albeit
               in
               the
               life
               to
               come
               ,
               there
               shal
               not
               be
               any
               more
               bringing
               forth
               of
               children
               ,
               nor
               husbands
               ,
               nor
               wiues
               yet
               there
               shall
               be
               diuersitie
               of
               men
               and
               wemen
               ,
               to
               the
               ende
               ,
               that
               euerie
               one
               enjoy
               the
               reward
               of
               their
               proper
               vertues
               ,
               which
               they
               haue
               exercised
               in
               their
               owne
               sexe
               ,
               and
               as
               it
               shall
               be
               a
               goodly
               sight
               to
               behold
               the
               glorie
               
               of
               Martyrs
               ,
               &
               of
               Confessors
               ,
               so
               shall
               it
               be
               to
               behold
               the
               glorie
               of
               the
               virgins
               ,
               and
               aboue
               all
               ,
               the
               Mother
               of
               our
               Lord.
               
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               pray
               you
               tell
               me
               ,
               in
               what
               age
               &
               stature
               we
               shal
               rise
               ,
               seeing
               that
               some
               doe
               die
               children
               ,
               some
               young-men
               ,
               others
               old
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Al
               shal
               rise
               in
               that
               stature
               ,
               and
               in
               that
               state
               which
               they
               had
               or
               were
               to
               haue
               ,
               at
               the
               age
               of
               thirty
               three
               years
               ,
               in
               the
               which
               our
               Lorde
               rose
               .
               So
               that
               the
               children
               shal
               rise
               so
               great
               as
               they
               should
               haue
               bene
               ,
               if
               they
               had
               arriued
               vnto
               thirtie
               three
               yeares
               :
               and
               the
               olde
               men
               shall
               rise
               in
               that
               flowre
               of
               age
               which
               they
               had
               ,
               when
               they
               were
               thirtie
               and
               three
               yeares
               olde
               .
               And
               if
               any
               in
               this
               life
               ,
               haue
               bene
               Blinde
               ,
               Crooked
               ,
               a
               Dwarfe
               ,
               or
               had
               anie
               other
               deformitie
               ,
               hee
               shall
               ryse
               whole
               ,
               sonnde
               ,
               and
               with
               all
               perfection
               .
               Because
               the
               workes
               of
               GOD
               are
               perfecte
               .
               And
               so
               
               in
               the
               resurrection
               ,
               which
               shal
               be
               his
               proper
               worke
               ,
               he
               wil
               correct
               the
               errors
               ,
               and
               defectes
               of
               nature
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             twelft
             article
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               VVHat
               signifieth
               ;
               Life
               euerlasting
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               last
               article
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               signifieth
               a
               complete
               felicitie
               of
               the
               soule
               and
               of
               the
               bodie
               .
               And
               this
               is
               the
               chiefe
               good
               ,
               and
               last
               end
               ,
               which
               wee
               gaine
               by
               being
               in
               the
               Church
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Tel
               me
               I
               beseech
               you
               in
               particular
               ,
               what
               goodnes
               shal
               there
               be
               in
               life
               euerlasting
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               I
               wil
               teach
               you
               this
               mysterie
               ,
               by
               a
               similitude
               of
               the
               thinges
               in
               this
               world
               .
               You
               know
               that
               here
               in
               earth
               ,
               we
               desier
               a
               bodie
               ,
               that
               is
               sound
               ,
               comelie
               ,
               nimble
               ,
               and
               strong
               :
               a
               soule
               that
               is
               wise
               ,
               prudent
               ,
               and
               learned
               ,
               touching
               the
               vnderstanding
               ,
               &
               ful
               of
               al
               vertues
               touching
               the
               wil
               :
               &
               besides
               these
               ;
               we
               desire
               exterior
               goods
               
               to
               wit
               ,
               riches
               ,
               honors
               ,
               powre
               ,
               and
               pleasures
               .
               Euen
               so
               is
               eternal
               life
               ,
               the
               bodie
               for
               health
               shal
               haue
               immortalitie
               ,
               with
               impasibilitie
               ,
               that
               is
               to
               say
               ,
               that
               nothing
               can
               harme
               it
               :
               for
               beautie
               it
               shal
               haue
               clearnes
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               it
               shal
               shine
               ,
               as
               the
               sun
               :
               for
               nimblenes
               it
               shal
               haue
               agilitie
               ,
               that
               in
               one
               moment
               ,
               it
               shal
               be
               able
               to
               moue
               from
               one
               side
               of
               the
               worlde
               to
               the
               other
               ,
               and
               from
               the
               earth
               to
               heauen
               ,
               without
               anie
               labour
               :
               for
               strength
               it
               shal
               haue
               such
               force
               ,
               that
               without
               eating
               ,
               drinking
               ,
               sleeping
               ,
               or
               other
               rest
               ,
               it
               shal
               be
               able
               to
               serue
               the
               spirit
               ,
               in
               al
               things
               that
               shal
               be
               necessarie
               ,
               neither
               shal
               it
               haue
               feare
               of
               anie
               thing
               .
               Touching
               the
               soule
               ,
               the
               vnderstanding
               shal
               be
               ful
               of
               knowledge
               ,
               for
               it
               shall
               behold
               the
               cause
               of
               al
               things
               ,
               which
               is
               God.
               The
               wil
               shal
               be
               ful
               of
               so
               much
               goodnes
               ,
               and
               charitie
               ,
               that
               it
               can
               not
               commit
               anie
               venial
               sinne
               .
               The
               riches
               shal
               be
               to
               want
               nothing
               ,
               hauing
               
               all
               things
               in
               God.
               Their
               honour
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               children
               of
               God
               ,
               equall
               to
               Angels
               ,
               for
               they
               shall
               be
               kings
               ,
               and
               spirituall
               Priests
               for
               euer
               :
               their
               power
               agreeable
               ;
               for
               together
               with
               God
               ,
               they
               shall
               bee
               Lordes
               of
               the
               whole
               world
               ,
               &
               be
               able
               to
               do
               all
               that
               they
               shall
               haue
               will
               to
               doe
               :
               for
               that
               they
               shall
               alwaies
               be
               conformable
               to
               the
               will
               of
               God
               ,
               which
               nothing
               can
               resist
               .
               Finally
               ,
               their
               delight
               shal
               be
               vnspeakeable
               ,
               because
               all
               their
               powers
               ,
               aswel
               of
               the
               soule
               as
               of
               the
               body
               ,
               shal
               be
               joyned
               vnto
               their
               proper
               objects
               .
               Whereof
               will
               arise
               a
               full
               contentment
               ,
               a
               most
               perfect
               peace
               neuer
               proued
               before
               ,
               a
               perpetuall
               gladnes
               ,
               joy
               ,
               and
               exultation
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               If
               euery
               one
               shall
               haue
               all
               these
               things
               ,
               &
               euery
               one
               shal
               be
               cōtented
               in
               one
               maner
               ,
               then
               shall
               not
               one
               be
               more
               blessed
               in
               heauē
               then
               an
               other
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Yes
               assuredly
               :
               For
               he
               who
               hath
               merited
               more
               in
               this
               life
               ,
               shall
               haue
               
               greater
               reward
               ,
               &
               shal
               be
               more
               happie
               :
               yet
               for
               al
               that
               ,
               there
               shal
               be
               no
               enuie
               ,
               nor
               any
               discontentment
               :
               because
               each
               one
               shal
               be
               filled
               ,
               according
               to
               their
               capacitie
               :
               &
               those
               which
               haue
               merited
               more
               ,
               shal
               be
               more
               capable
               ,
               &
               so
               shall
               haue
               more
               glorie
               .
               As
               for
               example
               :
               If
               a
               Father
               hauing
               manie
               children
               ,
               one
               greater
               then
               another
               ,
               according
               to
               their
               age
               ,
               should
               make
               to
               euery
               one
               of
               them
               ,
               a
               garment
               of
               cloth
               of
               gold
               ,
               proportionable
               vnto
               euery
               ones
               stature
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               doubt
               but
               that
               the
               greatest
               should
               haue
               the
               bigest
               garment
               ,
               &
               of
               greatest
               valew
               &
               yet
               euery
               one
               would
               remaine
               cōtented
               :
               neither
               would
               hee
               that
               were
               lesse
               ,
               desire
               the
               garment
               of
               him
               that
               were
               greater
               ,
               because
               it
               would
               no
               be
               so
               fit
               for
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               cause
               of
               this
               beatitude
               of
               heauē
               is
               called
               life
               euerlasting
               :
               shal
               not
               the
               damned
               liue
               for
               euer
               in
               hel
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Life
               properly
               is
               saide
               to
               bee
               in
               other
               
               those
               things
               which
               mooue
               of
               themselues
               .
               Whereupon
               in
               a
               certain
               maner
               ,
               the
               water
               of
               a
               fountaine
               is
               called
               Liue-water
               ,
               because
               it
               mooueth
               :
               and
               water
               of
               Pooles
               ,
               is
               called
               dead
               ,
               because
               it
               standeth
               still
               .
               So
               the
               blessed
               in
               heauē
               ,
               are
               said
               to
               haue
               eternal
               life
               ,
               for
               that
               they
               can
               worke
               all
               that
               they
               wil
               ,
               with
               all
               their
               inwarde
               ,
               and
               outwarde
               powers
               ,
               without
               any
               impediment
               .
               And
               they
               doe
               alwaies
               worke
               and
               exercise
               themselues
               as
               they
               most
               desire
               .
               But
               the
               damned
               in
               hell
               ,
               notwithstanding
               they
               liue
               (
               for
               they
               shall
               neuer
               bee
               consumed
               )
               yet
               they
               are
               said
               to
               haue
               eternall
               death
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               still
               tyed
               vnto
               the
               fire
               and
               torments
               ,
               and
               are
               enforced
               euer
               to
               suffer
               that
               which
               they
               would
               not
               :
               neither
               can
               they
               do
               anie
               thing
               ,
               that
               they
               would
               .
               So
               that
               the
               blessed
               in
               heauen
               enjoy
               all
               good
               ,
               without
               any
               mixture
               of
               euil
               :
               and
               the
               damned
               in
               hell
               ,
               do
               suffer
               all
               euill
               ,
               not
               being
               
               able
               to
               fulfil
               any
               of
               their
               desires
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               meaneth
               Amen
               ?
               which
               is
               put
               to
               the
               end
               of
               the
               Creede
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               meaneth
               ,
               so
               is
               the
               trueth
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               all
               that
               which
               hath
               been
               said
               ,
               is
               true
               and
               certaine
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           CHAP.
           IIII.
           The
           declaration
           of
           our
           Lords
           prayer
           .
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             I
             haue
             learned
             through
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             I
             am
             to
             beleeue
             :
             I
             desire
             that
             you
             now
             teach
             me
             what
             I
             am
             to
             hope
             for
             ,
             &
             desire
             ;
             &
             what
             meanes
             I
             may
             haue
             to
             obtaine
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Al
             that
             you
             demaund
             is
             conteyned
             in
             our
             Lords
             prayer
             ,
             which
             wee
             call
             the
             
               Pater
               noster
            
             :
             For
             in
             this
             praier
             is
             declared
             what
             thing
             is
             to
             be
             desired
             ,
             &
             of
             whom
             we
             are
             to
             demand
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             selfe-same
             prayer
             is
             the
             meanes
             to
             obtaine
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Which
             is
             our
             Lords
             prayer
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             It
             is
             this
             ,
             Our
             father
             which
             art
             in
             heauen
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             For
             what
             cause
             do
             you
             prefer
             the
             
             
               Pater
               noster
            
             ,
             before
             all
             other
             praiers
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             First
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             the
             most
             excellent
             of
             all
             ,
             being
             made
             by
             Christ
             himselfe
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             supreame
             wisdome
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             because
             this
             praier
             is
             shortest
             ,
             and
             so
             is
             easie
             to
             be
             learned
             and
             kept
             in
             memorie
             ,
             &
             with
             al
             ful
             of
             substance
             ,
             conteyning
             all
             that
             we
             ought
             to
             demand
             of
             God
             :
             thirdly
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             most
             profitable
             ,
             and
             effectual
             ,
             being
             made
             by
             him
             who
             is
             both
             our
             Iudge
             &
             our
             Aduocate
             ,
             &
             therefore
             knoweth
             better
             then
             any
             other
             ,
             how
             we
             ought
             to
             demaunde
             ,
             that
             we
             may
             obtaine
             .
             Fourthlie
             it
             is
             the
             most
             necessarie
             of
             all
             others
             ,
             in
             regard
             that
             all
             Christians
             are
             bound
             to
             know
             it
             ,
             &
             to
             repeate
             it
             euery
             day
             ,
             and
             therefore
             it
             is
             called
             the
             dailie
             praier
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             prayer
             to
             be
             said
             euery
             day
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Declare
             then
             (
             I
             pray
             you
             )
             those
             wordes
             :
             Our
             Father
             which
             art
             in
             heauen
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             M
             
          
           
             These
             few
             words
             are
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             a
             litle
             preface
             ,
             or
             a
             preparation
             to
             the
             praier
             .
             For
             in
             saying
             that
             God
             is
             our
             Father
             ,
             we
             take
             corage
             &
             confidèce
             ,
             to
             pray
             vnto
             him
             :
             in
             saying
             hee
             is
             in
             heauē
             ,
             we
             remember
             our selues
             ,
             that
             we
             ought
             to
             go
             vnto
             him
             with
             great
             feare
             &
             humilitie
             ,
             seeing
             he
             is
             notan
             earthly
             father
             ,
             but
             an
             heauēly
             :
             again
             ,
             saying
             he
             is
             a
             Father
             ,
             wee
             consider
             that
             he
             is
             willing
             to
             pleasure
             vs
             ,
             in
             that
             wee
             demaund
             ;
             in
             saying
             hee
             is
             in
             heauen
             as
             Lord
             &
             master
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             we
             vnderstande
             that
             he
             can
             do
             so
             much
             as
             he
             wil.
             Finally
             ,
             in
             saying
             he
             is
             a
             Father
             ,
             we
             remember
             that
             we
             are
             children
             of
             God
             ,
             &
             heires
             of
             heauen
             ,
             in
             saying
             he
             is
             in
             heauen
             ;
             &
             considering
             that
             we
             are
             on
             earth
             ,
             we
             remēber
             that
             we
             haue
             not
             the
             possession
             of
             our
             inheritance
             ,
             but
             that
             wee
             are
             pilgrims
             and
             trauellers
             ,
             in
             a
             land
             of
             our
             enemies
             ,
             and
             therefore
             stand
             in
             great
             neede
             of
             his
             helpe
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             S
             
          
           
             Declare
             (
             if
             you
             please
             )
             vnto
             mee
             all
             the
             words
             in
             particular
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             The
             worde
             Father
             ,
             albeit
             it
             belongeth
             to
             God
             ,
             as
             he
             is
             Father
             of
             all
             things
             by
             creation
             ,
             yet
             in
             this
             prayer
             ,
             it
             is
             vnderstood
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             hee
             is
             the
             Father
             of
             good
             Christians
             by
             adoption
             .
             It
             is
             true
             also
             that
             sinners
             may
             say
             vnto
             God
             ,
             Our
             father
             ,
             who
             desire
             to
             be
             conuerted
             to
             him
             ,
             &
             to
             become
             his
             childrē
             .
             And
             only
             those
             cannot
             truly
             saye
             ,
             the
             
               Pater
               noster
            
             ,
             who
             neither
             are
             ,
             nor
             desire
             to
             be
             the
             children
             of
             God
             ,
             not
             thinking
             at
             all
             of
             amending
             themselues
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             is
             it
             said
             ,
             Our
             Father
             ,
             and
             not
             my
             Father
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             It
             is
             said
             ,
             Our
             Father
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             wee
             may
             vnderstand
             that
             we
             are
             all
             brethren
             ,
             and
             as
             brethren
             ought
             to
             loue
             ,
             and
             be
             vnited
             together
             ,
             being
             the
             children
             of
             one
             &
             the
             same
             Father
             .
             It
             is
             also
             said
             ,
             Our
             Father
             ,
             to
             teach
             vs
             ,
             that
             a
             cōmon
             praier
             is
             better
             
             then
             a
             priuate
             ,
             and
             more
             profitable
             also
             vnto
             him
             that
             doth
             pray
             :
             for
             that
             whiles
             each
             one
             saith
             :
             Our
             Father
             ,
             euerie
             one
             prayeth
             for
             al
             ,
             and
             al
             pray
             for
             euerie
             one
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             is
             it
             said
             ,
             Which
             are
             in
             heauen
             ?
             is
             not
             God
             in
             al
             places
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             God
             is
             said
             to
             dwel
             in
             heauen
             ,
             not
             for
             that
             he
             is
             not
             in
             al
             places
             :
             but
             because
             heauen
             is
             the
             most
             noble
             part
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             in
             it
             doth
             appeare
             the
             greatnes
             ,
             powre
             ,
             and
             wisdome
             of
             God.
             Finally
             in
             it
             ,
             God
             vouchsafeth
             to
             be
             seene
             face
             to
             face
             ,
             of
             the
             Angels
             ,
             and
             blessed
             men
             .
             It
             may
             be
             also
             said
             ,
             that
             God
             is
             in
             heauen
             ,
             because
             he
             dwelleth
             in
             a
             perticuler
             manner
             ,
             in
             the
             Angels
             ,
             &
             in
             holie
             mē
             ,
             who
             are
             spiritual
             heauens
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Let
             vs
             now
             come
             vnto
             the
             first
             petition
             ,
             what
             meaneth
             :
             Hallowed
             be
             thy
             name
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Name
             in
             this
             place
             ,
             signifieth
             same
             and
             renoume
             ,
             as
             when
             we
             say
             
             that
             one
             hath
             a
             great
             name
             ,
             because
             he
             is
             knowne
             of
             manie
             .
             Or
             that
             he
             hath
             a
             good
             name
             ,
             or
             an
             euil
             name
             ;
             because
             he
             hath
             a
             good
             fame
             ,
             or
             an
             euil
             fame
             ,
             being
             knowne
             of
             manie
             and
             commended
             for
             good
             ,
             or
             discommended
             for
             bad
             .
             Wherefore
             to
             sanctifie
             the
             name
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             nothing
             els
             ,
             then
             to
             publish
             through
             the
             world
             the
             knowledge
             of
             God
             ,
             &
             to
             conserue
             it
             pure
             and
             holie
             in
             the
             hartes
             and
             mouthes
             of
             men
             ,
             as
             in
             it selfe
             it
             is
             .
             And
             because
             there
             are
             in
             the
             world
             manie
             infidels
             ,
             who
             know
             not
             God
             ,
             and
             manie
             euil
             Christians
             ,
             that
             blaspheme
             &
             curse
             him
             ,
             therefore
             those
             that
             are
             the
             children
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             haue
             zeale
             of
             the
             honour
             of
             their
             father
             ,
             do
             praie
             with
             great
             desire
             ,
             that
             his
             name
             may
             be
             sanctified
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             it
             be
             through
             the
             whole
             world
             knowen
             ,
             adored
             ,
             cōfessed
             ,
             praised
             &
             blessed
             ,
             as
             is
             conueniēt
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Seing
             wee
             desire
             ,
             that
             God
             bee
             
             knowen
             ,
             and
             praised
             of
             men
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             better
             to
             demand
             it
             of
             men
             ,
             thē
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Man
             is
             not
             able
             of
             him self
             ,
             neither
             to
             knowe
             ,
             nor
             to
             praise
             God
             ,
             &
             therfore
             we
             demand
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             he
             wil
             worke
             with
             his
             grace
             in
             that
             maner
             ,
             that
             the
             Infidels
             ,
             and
             other
             sinners
             may
             be
             conuerred
             ,
             &
             being
             conuered
             ,
             beginne
             to
             know
             &
             praise
             his
             holie
             name
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             is
             the
             prayer
             begune
             with
             demanding
             ,
             that
             the
             name
             of
             God
             be
             sanctified
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             We
             are
             bound
             to
             loue
             God
             aboue
             al
             things
             ,
             &
             more
             then
             our selues
             ;
             &
             therefore
             our
             first
             ,
             &
             most
             frequent
             desire
             ought
             to
             be
             of
             the
             glorie
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             for
             this
             cause
             were
             we
             created
             ,
             and
             endued
             with
             reason
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             we
             may
             know
             ,
             and
             praise
             God
             :
             wherein
             also
             doth
             consist
             our
             chifest
             good
             ,
             as
             we
             shal
             say
             here
             after
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Declare
             vnto
             me
             now
             the
             second
             
             petition
             :
             Thy
             kingdome
             come
             ,
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             In
             this
             petition
             ,
             in
             fit
             place
             we
             demand
             our
             owne
             saluation
             ,
             after
             that
             in
             the
             first
             we
             demanded
             the
             glorie
             of
             God
             ?
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             is
             to
             be
             vnderstood
             ,
             by
             the
             kingdome
             of
             God
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             The
             kingdome
             of
             God
             may
             be
             vnderstood
             three
             maner
             of
             waies
             :
             for
             we
             finde
             a
             kingdome
             of
             nature
             ,
             a
             kingdom
             of
             grace
             ,
             and
             a
             kingdome
             of
             glorie
             .
             The
             kingdome
             of
             nature
             is
             that
             ,
             where
             with
             God
             gouerneth
             al
             the
             creatures
             ,
             as
             absolute
             Lord
             of
             al
             things
             .
             For
             albeit
             peruerse
             men
             do
             euil
             ,
             and
             obserue
             not
             the
             law
             of
             God
             ,
             yet
             God
             doth
             raigne
             ouer
             thē
             ,
             for
             that
             when
             it
             pleaseth
             him
             he
             hindereth
             their
             disignmentes
             .
             And
             though
             he
             permit
             them
             sometimes
             to
             haue
             their
             desires
             ,
             afterwardes
             hee
             punisheth
             them
             seuerely
             :
             and
             there
             is
             none
             that
             can
             resist
             his
             wil
             ,
             nor
             that
             can
             do
             otherwise
             ,
             then
             he
             
             ordaineth
             or
             permitteth
             .
             The
             kingdome
             of
             grace
             is
             that
             ,
             wherewith
             God
             gouerneth
             &
             ruleth
             the
             soules
             ,
             &
             harts
             of
             good
             Christians
             ,
             giuing
             them
             spirite
             and
             grace
             to
             serue
             him
             willingly
             ,
             &
             to
             seeke
             his
             glorie
             aboue
             all
             things
             .
             The
             kingdome
             of
             glorie
             shal
             be
             in
             the
             other
             life
             ,
             after
             the
             day
             of
             iudgement
             :
             for
             that
             then
             God
             wil
             raigne
             with
             all
             the
             Saints
             ,
             ouer
             all
             things
             created
             ,
             without
             any
             resistāce
             For
             thē
             al
             the
             force
             of
             the
             diuels
             shal
             be
             taken
             away
             ,
             &
             also
             of
             al
             peruerse
             men
             ,
             who
             shal
             be
             shut
             vp
             in
             eternall
             prison
             of
             hel
             .
             In
             that
             time
             shal
             death
             also
             be
             extinguished
             ,
             &
             corruption
             ,
             with
             al
             the
             tentations
             of
             the
             world
             &
             of
             the
             flesh
             ,
             which
             now
             trouble
             the
             seruāts
             of
             God.
             So
             that
             shal
             be
             quiet
             &
             peaceable
             kingdome
             ,
             with
             secure
             possessiō
             of
             perfect
             &
             eternal
             felicity
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Which
             of
             these
             three
             kingdomes
             ●s
             spoken
             of
             ,
             in
             this
             petition
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Not
             of
             the
             first
             :
             for
             that
             is
             not
             to
             
             come
             ,
             but
             is
             now
             come
             .
             Neither
             of
             the
             second
             ,
             for
             that
             is
             spoken
             of
             in
             the
             first
             petition
             ,
             &
             is
             in
             a
             great
             part
             already
             come
             .
             But
             here
             is
             spoken
             of
             the
             third
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             come
             ,
             and
             is
             expected
             with
             great
             desire
             ,
             of
             al
             those
             that
             know
             the
             miserie
             of
             this
             life
             :
             &
             so
             in
             this
             petition
             we
             demand
             our
             chiefe
             good
             ,
             and
             the
             perfect
             glory
             of
             both
             soule
             and
             bodie
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             If
             the
             kingdome
             of
             God
             (
             which
             we
             desire
             may
             comequickly
             )
             shal
             begin
             after
             the
             day
             of
             Iudgment
             ,
             then
             we
             desire
             &
             demand
             that
             this
             world
             should
             speedely
             end
             ,
             &
             that
             the
             day
             of
             iudgement
             should
             come
             shortly
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             So
             it
             is
             :
             for
             thought
             the
             louers
             of
             the
             world
             can
             haue
             no
             worse
             newes
             ,
             then
             to
             heare
             the
             day
             of
             Iudgement
             named
             :
             yet
             the
             citiznes
             of
             heauen
             ,
             who
             liue
             now
             as
             pilgrimes
             ,
             and
             banished
             men
             here
             below
             in
             earth
             ,
             haue
             no
             other
             greater
             desire
             :
             Where
             vpon
             S.
             Augustin
             saith
             ,
             that
             like
             as
             
             before
             Christ
             came
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             al
             the
             desires
             of
             the
             Saincts
             of
             the
             ancient
             law
             ,
             were
             directed
             to
             the
             first
             comming
             of
             Christ
             :
             so
             now
             al
             the
             desires
             of
             holie
             men
             of
             the
             new
             law
             ,
             are
             directed
             to
             the
             second
             comming
             of
             the
             same
             Christ
             ,
             which
             wil
             bring
             vs
             perfect
             beatitude
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Let
             vs
             passe
             vnto
             the
             third
             petition
             .
             What
             do
             those
             wordes
             signifie
             :
             Thy
             wil
             be
             done
             ,
             in
             earth
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             in
             heauen
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             In
             these
             words
             is
             demanded
             grace
             ,
             to
             obserue
             wel
             the
             law
             of
             god
             .
             For
             that
             the
             eternal
             life
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             end
             of
             man
             being
             demanded
             in
             the
             second
             petition
             ,
             it
             was
             conuenient
             ,
             that
             the
             principal
             meanes
             to
             arriue
             vnto
             that
             end
             should
             be
             demanded
             next
             after
             :
             &
             this
             principal
             meanes
             is
             the
             obseruing
             of
             the
             commandements
             of
             God
             ,
             as
             our
             lord
             hath
             said
             :
             if
             thou
             wilt
             enter
             into
             eternall
             life
             :
             keep
             the
             commandements
             :
             &
             for
             so
             
             much
             as
             wee
             are
             not
             able
             of
             our selues
             ,
             to
             kepe
             all
             the
             commandements
             in
             such
             sorte
             as
             we
             ought
             ,
             therefore
             we
             demand
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             his
             wil
             be
             done
             by
             vs
             :
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             he
             geue
             vs
             grace
             to
             fulfil
             his
             wil
             ,
             in
             obeying
             wholly
             ,
             and
             in
             al
             things
             his
             holie
             commandements
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             I
             desire
             to
             know
             ,
             whether
             that
             besides
             the
             fulfilling
             the
             wil
             of
             God
             in
             obseruing
             the
             commandements
             ,
             we
             are
             bound
             also
             to
             conforme
             our
             willes
             with
             Gods
             wil
             ,
             when
             he
             sendeth
             vs
             tribulations
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             We
             are
             bound
             at
             the
             lest
             ,
             not
             to
             murmour
             ,
             nor
             to
             grudge
             at
             the
             prouidence
             of
             God
             :
             because
             al
             that
             he
             sendeth
             or
             permitteth
             ,
             he
             doth
             it
             to
             a
             good
             end
             :
             to
             wit
             ,
             to
             giue
             vs
             occasion
             of
             greater
             merite
             ,
             if
             we
             be
             good
             :
             or
             els
             to
             purge
             vs
             if
             we
             be
             bad
             ?
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             To
             what
             purpose
             is
             added
             :
             In
             earth
             as
             it
             is
             in
             heauen
             ;
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             To
             teach
             vs
             ,
             that
             we
             ought
             to
             
             endeuour
             to
             obey
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             obserue
             his
             holie
             commandements
             ,
             with
             that
             perfection
             ,
             promptnes
             &
             gladnes
             ,
             with
             which
             the
             Angels
             do
             obey
             in
             heauen
             :
             who
             neuer
             committed
             anie
             litle
             default
             in
             obseruing
             al
             the
             commandements
             of
             God.
             It
             may
             be
             also
             said
             that
             we
             desire
             ;
             and
             demaund
             ,
             that
             sinners
             ,
             signified
             by
             the
             earth
             ,
             may
             obey
             God
             ,
             as
             the
             Saints
             do
             obey
             him
             who
             are
             signified
             by
             heauen
             ,
             Or
             els
             that
             the
             whole
             Church
             ,
             signified
             by
             the
             earth
             may
             intirely
             obey
             God
             ,
             as
             Christ
             ,
             who
             is
             signified
             by
             heauen
             ,
             obeyd
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Let
             vs
             come
             vnto
             the
             fourth
             petition
             :
             what
             meaneth
             ,
             Geue
             vs
             this
             day
             our
             daylie
             bread
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             With
             great
             reason
             ,
             bread
             is
             demanded
             that
             mainteineth
             life
             ,
             after
             that
             grace
             hath
             been
             demanded
             ,
             which
             is
             life
             it selfe
             ,
             For
             that
             the
             first
             thing
             ,
             that
             anie
             one
             begining
             to
             liue
             desireth
             ,
             is
             food
             ,
             where
             with
             life
             is
             
             maintained
             .
             But
             you
             haue
             to
             vnderstande
             ,
             that
             in
             this
             prayer
             ,
             spirituall
             bread
             is
             principally
             demaunded
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             meate
             of
             the
             soule
             :
             and
             secondarily
             corporall
             bread
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             food
             for
             the
             body
             .
             And
             by
             spirituall
             bread
             ,
             is
             vnderstood
             the
             most
             holy
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             altar
             ,
             that
             is
             the
             celestial
             and
             diuine
             bread
             ,
             which
             merueilously
             nourisheth
             the
             life
             of
             the
             soule
             :
             &
             likewise
             the
             word
             of
             god
             is
             vnderstood
             ,
             which
             by
             preaching
             or
             reading
             of
             spirituall
             bookes
             ,
             helpeth
             no
             little
             to
             nourish
             the
             same
             life
             of
             the
             soule
             .
             Finally
             is
             vnderstood
             ,
             the
             inspiration
             of
             God
             ,
             prayer
             ,
             and
             euery
             other
             thing
             ,
             which
             helpeth
             to
             maintaine
             and
             increase
             grace
             in
             vs
             ,
             the
             which
             (
             as
             is
             saide
             )
             is
             the
             life
             of
             the
             soule
             .
             By
             corporall
             bread
             is
             vnderstood
             all
             that
             is
             needful
             vnto
             vs
             ,
             to
             maintaine
             the
             life
             of
             the
             bodie
             ,
             which
             is
             as
             an
             instrument
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             to
             do
             good
             workes
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             is
             it
             saide
             ,
             that
             this
             bread
             is
             ours
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             With
             great
             mysterie
             this
             bread
             is
             called
             ours
             ,
             for
             if
             we
             speake
             of
             the
             blessed
             Sacrament
             ,
             that
             is
             our
             bread
             ,
             because
             of
             our
             saluation
             it
             was
             formed
             by
             the
             holy
             ghost
             ,
             in
             the
             wombe
             of
             the
             blessed
             Virgin
             ,
             and
             in
             a
             certaine
             manner
             ,
             bakte
             in
             the
             Ouen
             of
             the
             holy
             Crosse
             ,
             &
             serued
             vp
             ,
             on
             the
             table
             of
             the
             Altar
             ,
             by
             the
             handes
             of
             Priests
             .
             And
             moreouer
             it
             is
             ours
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             the
             bread
             proper
             of
             the
             children
             ,
             and
             may
             not
             be
             giuen
             vnto
             dogges
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             to
             Infidels
             ,
             nor
             to
             those
             that
             are
             in
             mortall
             sinne
             .
             If
             wee
             speake
             of
             the
             doctrine
             ,
             wee
             call
             it
             our
             bread
             ,
             to
             witte
             ,
             that
             which
             is
             distributed
             by
             the
             true
             preachers
             ,
             vnto
             the
             children
             of
             the
             Holy
             Church
             ,
             and
             not
             the
             strange
             bread
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             that
             which
             al
             heretikes
             giue
             vnto
             their
             followers
             ,
             which
             is
             corrupt
             and
             pestiferous
             bread
             .
             But
             if
             
             we
             speake
             of
             corporall
             bread
             ,
             we
             defire
             that
             God
             will
             giue
             vs
             our
             owne
             bread
             ,
             and
             not
             that
             which
             belongeth
             to
             others
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             that
             he
             wil
             help
             vs
             in
             iust
             and
             lawfull
             gaines
             .
             And
             againe
             ,
             that
             he
             blesse
             our
             lands
             ,
             possessions
             ,
             and
             all
             our
             labours
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             ,
             that
             without
             injurie
             and
             fraud
             ,
             we
             may
             procure
             our
             liuing
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             is
             it
             saide
             ,
             that
             this
             bread
             is
             dailie
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             It
             is
             called
             dailie
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             saye
             ,
             bread
             for
             euerie
             daye
             ,
             for
             that
             wee
             desire
             not
             superfluous
             or
             curious
             things
             ,
             but
             simply
             that
             which
             may
             suffice
             for
             the
             daies
             refection
             :
             and
             as
             well
             for
             the
             soule
             as
             for
             the
             bodie
             ,
             especially
             knowing
             that
             wee
             are
             pilgrims
             ,
             and
             strangers
             in
             this
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherfore
             is
             it
             said
             :
             Giue
             vnto
             vs
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Because
             ,
             albeit
             we
             are
             willing
             to
             labour
             to
             haue
             bread
             ,
             as
             well
             spirituall
             as
             corporall
             ,
             yet
             wee
             know
             that
             our
             labours
             should
             all
             bee
             vaine
             ,
             if
             
             God
             concurred
             not
             with
             his
             grace
             :
             as
             we
             often
             see
             that
             how
             much
             soeuer
             men
             labour
             to
             sowe
             and
             reape
             ,
             yet
             dearth
             doth
             happen
             for
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             world
             .
             We
             demaund
             also
             ,
             that
             God
             giue
             vs
             our
             bread
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             he
             helpe
             vs
             to
             procure
             and
             gaine
             it
             ,
             but
             that
             he
             also
             blesse
             and
             sanctifie
             it
             ,
             when
             we
             vse
             it
             :
             that
             it
             may
             do
             vs
             good
             and
             be
             profitable
             both
             to
             soule
             and
             bodie
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             is
             annexed
             that
             worde
             this
             day
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             The
             word
             ,
             this
             day
             ,
             signifyeth
             the
             whole
             time
             of
             this
             temporal
             life
             ,
             and
             so
             we
             demand
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             during
             the
             time
             of
             this
             life
             he
             sustaine
             vs
             ,
             with
             spiritual
             and
             corporal
             bread
             vntill
             wee
             arriue
             vnto
             our
             heauenly
             cuntrey
             ,
             where
             we
             shall
             haue
             no
             need
             more
             of
             Sacraments
             of
             preachings
             ,
             nor
             of
             corporall
             foode
             .
             It
             may
             be
             also
             said
             ,
             that
             we
             demand
             of
             God
             that
             he
             giue
             vs
             to
             day
             this
             bread
             ,
             because
             
             wee
             will
             not
             bee
             solicitous
             for
             the
             morrow
             ,
             not
             knowing
             whether
             wee
             shall
             be
             liuing
             to
             morrow
             or
             no.
             And
             so
             our
             Lorde
             hath
             taught
             vs
             ,
             not
             to
             trouble
             our selues
             ,
             with
             things
             that
             be
             not
             present
             .
             So
             that
             we
             demand
             this
             daye
             ,
             the
             bread
             which
             is
             sufficient
             for
             this
             day
             :
             &
             that
             for
             the
             morrew
             ,
             we
             shal
             demand
             to
             morrow
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             There
             ariseth
             a
             new
             doubt
             to
             me
             ,
             of
             that
             which
             you
             haue
             saide
             :
             for
             if
             wee
             ought
             not
             to
             trouble
             our selues
             with
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             with
             that
             which
             is
             present
             they
             doe
             euill
             ,
             that
             make
             prouision
             of
             corne
             ,
             of
             wine
             ,
             and
             of
             other
             necessaries
             ,
             for
             the
             whole
             yeare
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Our
             Lord
             ,
             when
             he
             taught
             vs
             ,
             not
             to
             trouble
             our selues
             with
             things
             not
             present
             ,
             meant
             nothing
             else
             ,
             but
             to
             deliuer
             vs
             of
             superfluous
             cares
             ,
             which
             do
             greatly
             hinder
             prayers
             ,
             &
             other
             things
             of
             greater
             importance
             ,
             that
             belong
             vnto
             the
             gaining
             of
             eternal
             life
             .
             And
             therefore
             when
             the
             
             care
             for
             things
             to
             come
             ,
             is
             not
             superfluous
             :
             but
             necessarie
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             such
             prouision
             as
             you
             speake
             of
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             euil
             to
             think
             of
             that
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             come
             .
             Yea
             rather
             such
             a
             thought
             is
             not
             of
             the
             morow
             ,
             but
             of
             this
             day
             :
             for
             if
             we
             should
             not
             thinke
             of
             it
             vntill
             to
             morow
             ,
             we
             shuld
             not
             haue
             so
             fit
             time
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             The
             fift
             petition
             followeth
             :
             What
             meaneth
             ,
             And
             forgiue
             vs
             our
             debts
             ,
             as
             we
             also
             forgiue
             our
             debters
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             We
             haue
             already
             ,
             in
             the
             foure
             petitions
             that
             goe
             before
             ,
             demanded
             of
             god
             ,
             that
             he
             wil
             giue
             vs
             all
             things
             ,
             as
             wel
             eternall
             as
             temporal
             :
             now
             in
             the
             three
             following
             ,
             we
             demand
             ,
             that
             he
             wil
             deliuer
             vs
             frō
             al
             euil
             past
             ,
             present
             &
             to
             come
             :
             And
             so
             you
             see
             it
             is
             true
             which
             I
             said
             before
             ,
             that
             in
             this
             praier
             is
             contained
             al
             that
             we
             can
             desire
             .
             Wee
             demaund
             then
             in
             this
             petition
             ,
             that
             God
             deliuer
             vs
             from
             euill
             ,
             that
             is
             paste
             ,
             to
             witte
             ,
             from
             the
             sinnes
             which
             wee
             haue
             committed
             ,
             so
             
             for
             so
             our
             Lorde
             declared
             vnto
             the
             holy
             Apostles
             ,
             when
             he
             taught
             them
             this
             prayer
             ;
             that
             by
             debts
             they
             ought
             to
             vnderstand
             sinnes
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             For
             what
             cause
             are
             sinnes
             called
             debts
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             For
             three
             causes
             .
             First
             ,
             because
             euery
             man
             that
             sinneth
             ,
             remaineth
             debter
             to
             satisfie
             God
             for
             the
             injurie
             which
             he
             hath
             done
             him
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             because
             he
             that
             sinneth
             ,
             doth
             transgresse
             the
             law
             of
             God
             ;
             and
             because
             the
             same
             lawe
             promiseth
             rewarde
             to
             all
             that
             obserue
             it
             ,
             and
             punishment
             to
             him
             that
             doth
             not
             obserue
             it
             ,
             therefore
             he
             that
             obserueth
             it
             not
             ,
             remayneth
             debter
             to
             paye
             the
             penaltie
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             because
             each
             one
             of
             vs
             is
             bound
             to
             cultiuate
             (
             or
             manure
             )
             the
             vineard
             of
             his
             soule
             ,
             and
             to
             yeeld
             to
             God
             the
             fruite
             of
             his
             good
             workes
             .
             Therefore
             hee
             that
             doth
             not
             good
             workes
             ,
             &
             much
             more
             he
             that
             doth
             euil
             works
             ,
             insteed
             of
             good
             ,
             is
             debter
             
             to
             god
             ,
             who
             is
             the
             true
             lord
             of
             al
             vinyards
             :
             &
             because
             al
             we
             do
             often
             faile
             aswel
             in
             doing
             that
             we
             ought
             not
             ,
             as
             in
             doing
             that
             we
             ought
             :
             therfore
             it
             is
             cōuenient
             that
             oftentimes
             euery
             day
             we
             humbly
             desire
             of
             God
             that
             hee
             remit
             our
             debts
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             is
             it
             added
             ,
             as
             we
             also
             forgiue
             our
             debters
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Here
             likewise
             by
             debtes
             ,
             are
             vnderstood
             the
             offences
             iniuries
             ,
             which
             we
             receiue
             of
             ouer
             neighbours
             .
             And
             wee
             desire
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             hee
             will
             pardon
             our
             offences
             ,
             as
             wee
             pardon
             them
             ,
             that
             haue
             offended
             vs
             :
             for
             that
             like
             as
             he
             who
             pardoneth
             the
             offences
             receiued
             of
             his
             neighbour
             ,
             is
             more
             disposed
             to
             receiue
             pardon
             of
             his
             offences
             committed
             against
             God
             so
             contrariwise
             ,
             he
             that
             will
             not
             pardon
             the
             iniuries
             of
             his
             neighbour
             ,
             doth
             make
             himselfe
             vnworthie
             ,
             that
             God
             should
             pardon
             him
             .
             Finally
             ,
             in
             saying
             that
             we
             pardon
             the
             iniuries
             of
             our
             neighbours
             ,
             wee
             make
             knowne
             ,
             
             that
             mercie
             doth
             please
             vs
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             make
             account
             ,
             that
             to
             pardon
             is
             a
             magnanimous
             &
             a
             notable
             thing
             .
             To
             the
             ende
             that
             when
             we
             demande
             mercie
             of
             God
             ,
             he
             may
             not
             answere
             vs
             ,
             how
             wouldest
             thou
             that
             I
             should
             vse
             mercie
             towards
             thee
             ,
             seeing
             thou
             doest
             hate
             mercie
             towards
             others
             ?
             &
             how
             doest
             thou
             demand
             pardon
             of
             me
             ,
             seing
             thou
             esteemest
             pardoning
             as
             an
             act
             of
             a
             base
             minde
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Declare
             then
             vnto
             me
             ,
             I
             pray
             you
             the
             sixt
             petition
             .
             And
             leade
             vs
             not
             into
             tentation
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             In
             this
             petitiō
             is
             demanded
             help
             against
             euil
             to
             come
             :
             to
             wit
             ,
             against
             tentations
             ,
             which
             are
             occasions
             that
             make
             vs
             fall
             into
             sin
             .
             Here
             you
             haue
             to
             know
             that
             principally
             it
             is
             demanded
             ,
             that
             God
             permit
             vs
             not
             to
             bee
             vanquished
             &
             ouercome
             by
             tētations
             :
             &
             because
             tentatiōs
             are
             dangerous
             ,
             &
             the
             victorie
             doubtful
             ,
             therefore
             we
             demand
             also
             that
             God
             permit
             
             vs
             not
             to
             bee
             tempted
             ,
             chiefly
             when
             he
             seeth
             that
             the
             victorie
             shall
             not
             be
             ours
             ,
             but
             the
             diuels
             :
             &
             of
             this
             you
             are
             to
             draw
             an
             excellent
             lesson
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             the
             diuel
             cānot
             ouercome
             vs
             ,
             but
             also
             that
             he
             cānot
             so
             much
             as
             tempt
             vs
             ,
             if
             God
             doe
             not
             permit
             him
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             I
             doe
             not
             well
             vnderstande
             that
             speach
             :
             Lead
             vs
             not
             into
             tentatiō
             :
             for
             it
             may
             seeme
             to
             haue
             this
             sense
             ,
             that
             god
             vseth
             to
             lead
             men
             into
             tentatiōs
             and
             that
             we
             desire
             him
             not
             to
             do
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             To
             bring
             or
             lead
             into
             tentations
             whether
             it
             be
             to
             tempt
             to
             euil
             ,
             or
             to
             cause
             one
             to
             fall
             into
             sinne
             ,
             is
             proper
             to
             the
             diuel
             ,
             &
             pertaineth
             in
             no
             respect
             to
             God
             ,
             who
             greately
             hateth
             sinne
             .
             But
             after
             the
             manner
             of
             speaking
             in
             Holie
             Scripture
             ,
             when
             God
             is
             said
             to
             induce
             or
             leade
             into
             tentation
             ,
             it
             is
             nothing
             else
             ,
             but
             to
             permit
             that
             one
             be
             tempted
             ,
             or
             ouercome
             by
             tentation
             :
             so
             the
             sense
             of
             this
             petition
             
             is
             no
             other
             but
             as
             we
             haue
             said
             ,
             that
             knowing
             our
             owne
             weakenes
             &
             frailtie
             ,
             and
             on
             the
             othet
             side
             ,
             the
             subtiltie
             and
             force
             of
             the
             diuel
             ,
             we
             desire
             of
             God
             ,
             not
             only
             that
             he
             wil
             not
             permit
             vs
             to
             be
             ouerthrowne
             by
             temptations
             ,
             but
             also
             that
             he
             permit
             vs
             not
             to
             be
             tempted
             ,
             if
             he
             see
             not
             ,
             that
             we
             shall
             remaine
             victorious
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             The
             last
             petition
             remaineth
             :
             But
             deliuer
             vs
             from
             euill
             .
             What
             euill
             is
             spoke
             of
             in
             this
             petition
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             This
             last
             petition
             doth
             in
             parte
             confirme
             the
             former
             petitions
             ,
             and
             partly
             it
             addeth
             some
             things
             more
             .
             And
             therefore
             it
             saith
             :
             But
             deliuer
             vs
             from
             euill
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             I
             do
             not
             onely
             demand
             that
             thou
             remit
             vnto
             vs
             our
             sinnes
             past
             ,
             and
             defend
             vs
             from
             sins
             to
             come
             :
             but
             moreouer
             ,
             that
             thou
             deliuer
             vs
             also
             from
             all
             present
             euil
             .
             And
             marke
             well
             that
             our
             Lord
             with
             great
             wisdome
             teacheth
             vs
             ,
             to
             demand
             to
             be
             deliuered
             from
             all
             euill
             
             and
             commeth
             not
             to
             particulars
             ,
             as
             to
             pouertie
             ,
             sicknes
             ,
             persecutions
             ,
             &
             the
             like
             ,
             For
             that
             oftentimes
             it
             doth
             seeme
             vnto
             vs
             ,
             that
             a
             thing
             is
             good
             for
             vs
             ,
             which
             God
             doth
             see
             is
             euill
             .
             And
             contrariwise
             it
             seemeth
             to
             vs
             ,
             that
             a
             thing
             is
             euil
             ,
             which
             God
             seeth
             is
             good
             for
             vs.
             And
             therefore
             according
             to
             the
             instruction
             of
             our
             Lord
             ,
             we
             demand
             ,
             that
             he
             deliuer
             vs
             from
             all
             that
             which
             he
             seeth
             is
             euil
             for
             vs
             ,
             be
             it
             prosperitie
             or
             aduersitie
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             meaneth
             Amen
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             This
             is
             an
             Hebrew
             word
             ,
             &
             (
             as
             I
             haue
             already
             said
             vnto
             you
             )
             it
             signifyeth
             ,
             so
             be
             it
             :
             or
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             .
             And
             as
             in
             the
             end
             of
             the
             Creed
             Amen
             signifyeth
             so
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             so
             I
             beleeue
             :
             In
             like
             maner
             ,
             in
             the
             end
             of
             the
             
               Pater
               noster
            
             ,
             Amen
             signifyeth
             ,
             so
             be
             it
             ,
             so
             I
             desire
             ,
             and
             so
             I
             pray
             that
             it
             may
             be
             done
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Cap.
           V.
           The
           declaration
           of
           the
           Aue
           Maria.
           
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             NOw
             you
             haue
             declared
             to
             me
             the
             
               Pater
               noster
            
             ,
             I
             desire
             
             that
             you
             declare
             also
             ,
             the
             
               Aue
               Maria
            
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             I
             wil
             do
             it
             willingly
             ,
             for
             I
             desire
             that
             you
             be
             most
             deuout
             to
             our
             blessed
             Ladie
             .
             The
             
               Aue
               Maria
            
             in
             our
             vulgar
             tongue
             is
             this
             :
             Haile
             Marie
             ful
             of
             grace
             ,
             &c.
             
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             meaneth
             it
             ,
             that
             to
             the
             
               Pater
               noster
            
             ,
             the
             
               Aue
               Maria
            
             is
             ioyned
             ,
             rather
             then
             anie
             other
             prayer
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             For
             so
             much
             as
             we
             haue
             no
             aduocate
             nor
             intercessor
             with
             Christ
             ,
             more
             potent
             then
             his
             Mother
             ,
             therfore
             when
             wee
             haue
             said
             the
             praier
             ,
             which
             Christ
             hath
             taught
             vs
             ,
             we
             repaire
             also
             to
             his
             mother
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             she
             by
             her
             intercession
             ,
             may
             helpe
             vs
             to
             obtaine
             ,
             that
             we
             haue
             demanded
             ,
             in
             saying
             the
             
               Pater
               noster
            
             :
             like
             as
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             when
             we
             haue
             geuen
             a
             supplication
             to
             the
             Prince
             ,
             wee
             recommend
             the
             busines
             vnto
             the
             most
             potent
             that
             is
             in
             the
             court
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Who
             composed
             the
             
               Aue
               Maria
            
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             God
             himselfe
             hath
             composed
             it
             .
             
             For
             albeit
             hee
             taught
             it
             not
             by
             his
             owne
             mouth
             ,
             yet
             he
             taught
             it
             by
             the
             mouth
             of
             the
             Archangel
             Gabriel
             ,
             of
             S.
             Elizabeth
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Church
             .
             For
             those
             wordes
             ,
             Haile
             Marie
             full
             of
             grace
             ,
             our
             Lord
             is
             with
             thee
             ,
             blessed
             art
             thou
             among
             women
             :
             were
             spoken
             by
             the
             Archangel
             Gabriel
             ,
             but
             hee
             spake
             them
             as
             Gods
             embassadour
             ,
             &
             so
             hee
             spake
             them
             as
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             God
             spake
             them
             by
             the
             mouth
             of
             his
             Embassadour
             .
             Those
             other
             wordes
             :
             &
             blessed
             is
             the
             fruit
             of
             thy
             wombe
             ,
             Saint
             Elizabeth
             spake
             ,
             but
             she
             spake
             them
             whē
             she
             was
             replenished
             with
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             ,
             as
             the
             Euangelist
             Saint
             Luke
             testifyeth
             .
             Whereby
             it
             appeareth
             ,
             that
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             spake
             them
             by
             the
             mouth
             of
             S.
             Elizabeth
             .
             Al
             the
             rest
             ,
             holy
             church
             hath
             added
             ,
             which
             is
             gouerned
             &
             taught
             by
             the
             same
             holy
             ghost
             ;
             so
             it
             may
             welbe
             said
             that
             after
             the
             
               pater
               noster
            
             which
             christ
             taught
             vs
             by
             his
             owne
             mouth
             ,
             the
             
             
               Aue
               Maria
            
             is
             the
             most
             excellent
             prayer
             that
             can
             be
             found
             :
             being
             cōposed
             by
             the
             same
             God
             ,
             &
             taught
             vs
             by
             the
             mouth
             of
             his
             seruants
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Let
             vs
             come
             thē
             to
             the
             declaratiō
             Wherefore
             do
             we
             say
             ,
             Haile
             Marie
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             This
             is
             a
             salutation
             ,
             which
             we
             geue
             vnto
             her
             ,
             to
             shew
             that
             we
             are
             friendes
             and
             of
             acquaintance
             ,
             and
             therefore
             dare
             come
             to
             speake
             vnto
             her
             ,
             and
             we
             vse
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Angel
             ,
             for
             that
             we
             know
             that
             she
             is
             pleased
             to
             heare
             often
             that
             newes
             which
             the
             Angell
             brought
             her
             ,
             when
             hee
             spake
             the
             same
             wordes
             :
             and
             shee
             rejoyceth
             also
             ,
             that
             wee
             are
             mindefull
             thereof
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             are
             gratefull
             to
             God
             for
             so
             great
             a
             benefite
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             meaneth
             ,
             Full
             of
             grace
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             The
             grace
             of
             God
             worketh
             three
             principall
             effects
             in
             the
             soule
             .
             It
             wipeth
             out
             the
             sinnes
             which
             are
             as
             spottes
             that
             defile
             the
             soule
             :
             it
             adorneth
             the
             same
             soule
             with
             giftes
             and
             
             vertues
             :
             and
             finallie
             ,
             it
             in-ableth
             to
             doe
             meritorious
             workes
             ,
             gratefull
             to
             the
             diuine
             Majestie
             .
             Our
             Ladie
             is
             full
             of
             grace
             ,
             because
             touching
             the
             first
             effect
             ,
             she
             neuer
             had
             any
             spot
             of
             sinne
             ,
             neither
             Original
             nor
             Actuall
             ,
             neither
             mortal
             nor
             venial
             :
             Touching
             the
             second
             ,
             she
             had
             al
             the
             vertues
             &
             gifts
             of
             the
             holy
             ghost
             ,
             in
             the
             highest
             degree
             .
             Touching
             the
             third
             ,
             she
             did
             works
             so
             gratefull
             vnto
             God
             ,
             and
             so
             meritorious
             ,
             that
             she
             was
             worthie
             to
             be
             assumpted
             in
             bodie
             and
             soule
             aboue
             al
             the
             orders
             of
             Angels
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             It
             seemeth
             not
             that
             our
             Ladie
             had
             more
             grace
             then
             other
             Saints
             .
             For
             I
             haue
             often
             heard
             that
             S.
             Stephen
             &
             other
             Saints
             were
             full
             of
             grace
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             How
             much
             soeuer
             it
             is
             said
             of
             other
             Saints
             ,
             that
             they
             were
             full
             of
             grace
             ,
             yet
             our
             Ladie
             had
             most
             grace
             of
             them
             al
             :
             for
             that
             she
             was
             made
             by
             God
             capable
             of
             more
             grace
             ,
             then
             any
             other
             Saints
             :
             as
             for
             example
             if
             
             manie
             vessels
             one
             greater
             then
             an
             other
             were
             filled
             with
             balme
             ,
             al
             should
             be
             ful
             ,
             &
             yet
             in
             the
             greatest
             should
             be
             more
             balme
             ,
             then
             in
             the
             others
             .
             And
             the
             reason
             of
             this
             is
             ,
             because
             God
             doeth
             make
             men
             capable
             of
             more
             or
             lesse
             grace
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             offices
             which
             he
             geueth
             them
             .
             And
             for
             so
             much
             as
             the
             greatest
             office
             that
             hath
             been
             geuen
             to
             a
             meere
             creature
             ,
             was
             to
             be
             the
             Mother
             of
             God
             ,
             therefore
             our
             Ladie
             was
             made
             capable
             of
             ,
             &
             filled
             with
             more
             grace
             then
             anie
             other
             meere
             creature
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             meaneth
             ,
             Our
             Lord
             is
             with
             thee
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             this
             is
             an
             other
             singular
             praise
             of
             the
             blessed
             virgin
             which
             signifieth
             to
             vs
             that
             our
             Lord
             hath
             bene
             with
             our
             Ladie
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             her
             conception
             ,
             with
             a
             perpetual
             assistance
             ,
             gouerning
             her
             ,
             directing
             her
             ,
             and
             defending
             her
             .
             And
             hereof
             it
             commeth
             that
             she
             neuer
             committed
             
             anie
             sinne
             ,
             either
             in
             thought
             ,
             in
             worde
             ,
             or
             in
             deed
             .
             Wherevpon
             God
             hath
             not
             only
             adorned
             this
             most
             holy
             virgin
             with
             al
             graces
             ,
             but
             he
             would
             also
             remaine
             alwaies
             with
             her
             as
             guardian
             of
             so
             great
             a
             treasure
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             meaneth
             ,
             Blessed
             art
             thou
             among
             women
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             third
             praise
             ,
             which
             is
             geuen
             to
             our
             B.
             Ladie
             ,
             in
             which
             is
             declared
             ,
             that
             she
             is
             not
             only
             ful
             of
             al
             the
             graces
             ,
             which
             can
             belong
             to
             a
             virgin
             :
             but
             of
             those
             also
             which
             can
             belong
             vnto
             a
             wife
             ,
             and
             therby
             doth
             absolutly
             surpasse
             al
             other
             women
             ,
             which
             haue
             bene
             ,
             or
             shal
             be
             .
             The
             benediction
             of
             a
             married
             woman
             is
             fecunditie
             ,
             and
             this
             was
             not
             wanting
             to
             the
             blessed
             Virgin
             ,
             seeing
             shee
             hath
             brought
             foorth
             a
             childe
             ,
             which
             is
             more
             worth
             ,
             then
             a
             hundreth
             thousand
             Children
             .
             It
             may
             also
             be
             said
             ,
             that
             shee
             is
             a
             Mother
             of
             a
             verie
             great
             number
             of
             Children
             :
             for
             that
             
             all
             good
             Christians
             are
             brothers
             to
             Christ
             ,
             and
             consequently
             are
             childrē
             to
             our
             Ladie
             ,
             not
             by
             birth
             and
             nature
             ,
             in
             which
             maner
             only
             Christ
             is
             her
             childe
             :
             but
             by
             loue
             and
             motherlie
             affection
             ,
             which
             she
             had
             towards
             all
             .
             Whereupon
             she
             is
             worthely
             said
             to
             bee
             blessed
             amongst
             all
             women
             :
             because
             others
             had
             either
             the
             glorie
             of
             virginitie
             without
             fecunditie
             ,
             or
             the
             benediction
             of
             fecunditie
             without
             Virginitie
             :
             she
             only
             had
             joyntlie
             by
             a
             singuler
             priuiledge
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             honour
             of
             perfect
             virginitie
             ,
             with
             the
             benediction
             of
             the
             highest
             and
             most
             happie
             fecunditie
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             meaneth
             .
             And
             blessed
             is
             the
             fruit
             of
             thy
             wombe
             Iesus
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             This
             is
             the
             fourth
             praise
             ,
             which
             is
             giuen
             to
             our
             Ladie
             ,
             that
             she
             is
             not
             onely
             worthy
             of
             honour
             ,
             for
             that
             she
             hath
             in
             her selfe
             :
             but
             for
             that
             also
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             the
             fruit
             of
             her
             wombe
             .
             Because
             the
             praise
             of
             the
             fruite
             redoundeth
             
             to
             the
             tree
             ,
             and
             the
             glorie
             of
             the
             child
             redoundeth
             to
             the
             mother
             .
             And
             because
             Iesus
             is
             not
             onlie
             true
             man
             ,
             and
             blessed
             amongst
             men
             ;
             but
             is
             also
             God
             ,
             blessed
             aboue
             all
             things
             ,
             as
             S.
             Paul
             teacheth
             vs
             ,
             therefore
             his
             mother
             is
             not
             onely
             blessed
             amongst
             women
             ;
             but
             shee
             is
             blessed
             amongst
             all
             the
             creatures
             ,
             as
             well
             in
             earth
             as
             in
             heauen
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Declare
             vnto
             me
             I
             pray
             you
             that
             which
             remaineth
             of
             the
             
               Aue
               Maria.
            
             
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             In
             the
             words
             following
             ,
             the
             holy
             Church
             repeating
             the
             principall
             praise
             of
             our
             Ladie
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             bee
             the
             mother
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             so
             shewing
             ,
             that
             she
             can
             obtain
             of
             the
             same
             God
             what
             shee
             pleaseth
             ,
             desireth
             her
             to
             make
             intercession
             for
             vs
             ,
             who
             haue
             great
             need
             thereof
             being
             sinners
             ,
             &
             that
             she
             help
             vs
             while
             we
             liue
             ,
             and
             in
             particular
             ,
             at
             the
             poynt
             of
             death
             ,
             when
             we
             shal
             be
             in
             greatest
             danger
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             I
             would
             gladly
             know
             ,
             wherefore
             it
             
             ring
             to
             the
             
               Aue
               Maria
            
             ,
             three
             times
             in
             the
             day
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             at
             midday
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             euening
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             To
             the
             end
             we
             may
             vnderstand
             ,
             that
             we
             haue
             need
             to
             make
             recourse
             often
             to
             the
             helpe
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Saints
             :
             being
             in
             the
             middest
             of
             enemies
             visible
             &
             inuisible
             .
             And
             that
             we
             ought
             not
             to
             thinke
             it
             sufficient
             to
             haue
             recourse
             to
             the
             armour
             of
             praier
             in
             the
             beginning
             of
             our
             works
             but
             that
             we
             must
             do
             the
             same
             in
             the
             progresse
             and
             in
             the
             end
             .
             There
             is
             also
             an
             other
             mysterie
             in
             this
             ringing
             thrise
             to
             the
             
               Aue
               Maria.
            
             That
             is
             ,
             holie
             Church
             would
             haue
             vs
             continually
             to
             remember
             the
             three
             principal
             mysteries
             of
             our
             Redemptiō
             ,
             the
             Incarnation
             ,
             the
             Passion
             ,
             and
             the
             Resurrection
             .
             And
             therfore
             willeth
             that
             wee
             salute
             our
             B.
             Ladie
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             in
             memorie
             of
             the
             Resurrection
             of
             our
             lord
             :
             at
             midday
             ,
             in
             memorie
             of
             the
             passion
             :
             &
             at
             night
             ,
             in
             memory
             
             of
             the
             Incarnation
             .
             Because
             as
             we
             are
             certaine
             that
             our
             Lord
             was
             mayled
             on
             the
             Crosse
             at
             midday
             ,
             &
             rose
             in
             the
             morning
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             probably
             thought
             ,
             that
             the
             Incarnation
             was
             in
             the
             night
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Cap.
           VI.
           The
           declaration
           of
           the
           ten
           Commandements
           .
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             HAuing
             now
             vnderstood
             the
             Creede
             ,
             and
             the
             
               Pater
               noster
            
             with
             the
             
               Aue
               Maria
            
             :
             I
             desire
             that
             you
             would
             declare
             vnto
             mee
             the
             ten
             commandements
             of
             the
             law
             of
             God
             :
             for
             that
             this
             is
             the
             third
             principall
             part
             of
             the
             christian
             doctrine
             ,
             as
             you
             told
             me
             in
             the
             beginning
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             You
             haue
             reason
             to
             desire
             to
             learne
             ,
             &
             to
             vnderstand
             well
             the
             ten
             cōmandements
             of
             the
             law
             of
             god
             ,
             be
             cause
             that
             faith
             and
             hope
             without
             charity
             ,
             &
             without
             obseruing
             of
             the
             ●aw
             ,
             are
             not
             sufficient
             to
             saluation
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             is
             the
             cause
             ,
             that
             seing
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             &
             in
             the
             Church
             there
             are
             so
             
             many
             lawes
             and
             commandements
             ,
             this
             lawe
             of
             the
             Commandements
             is
             preferred
             before
             all
             the
             rest
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Many
             reasons
             may
             be
             alleadged
             concerning
             the
             excellencie
             of
             this
             law
             .
             First
             ,
             for
             that
             this
             law
             was
             made
             by
             God
             ,
             &
             written
             by
             himselfe
             ,
             first
             of
             all
             in
             the
             hearts
             of
             men
             ,
             &
             afterwards
             in
             twotables
             of
             stone
             :
             secondly
             ,
             because
             this
             is
             most
             ancient
             lawe
             of
             all
             others
             ,
             &
             as
             the
             fountain
             of
             all
             the
             rest
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             because
             this
             is
             most
             vniuersal
             law
             that
             is
             to
             be
             found
             :
             for
             it
             bindeth
             not
             onely
             Christians
             but
             Iewes
             also
             &
             Gentils
             :
             aswell
             men
             as
             wemen
             ,
             aswell
             rich
             as
             poore
             ,
             aswell
             Princes
             as
             priuate
             men
             ,
             aswell
             the
             learned
             as
             the
             ignorāt
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             because
             this
             law
             is
             immutable
             &
             cānot
             be
             taken
             away
             ,
             nor
             dispensed
             withal
             by
             any
             .
             Fiftly
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             necessary
             to
             euery
             one
             to
             saluation
             ,
             as
             our
             lord
             hath
             often
             taught
             vs
             ,
             in
             his
             holy
             gospel
             ;
             lastly
             ,
             bceause
             it
             was
             promulgat
             
             with
             greatest
             solemnity
             in
             mount
             Sinay
             with
             sound
             of
             Angelical
             trūpets
             with
             great
             thunder
             ,
             and
             lightning
             from
             heauen
             ,
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             al
             the
             people
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Before
             you
             come
             to
             the
             declaration
             of
             the
             commandementes
             in
             particular
             ;
             it
             would
             be
             gratful
             to
             me
             to
             vnderstand
             briefly
             the
             summe
             ,
             and
             order
             of
             them
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             The
             end
             of
             al
             the
             commandementes
             is
             the
             loue
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             of
             our
             neighbour
             :
             for
             they
             al
             teach
             vs
             ,
             not
             to
             offend
             God
             ,
             nor
             our
             neighbour
             :
             and
             for
             this
             cause
             they
             are
             diuided
             into
             two
             partes
             and
             were
             written
             (
             as
             I
             haue
             already
             said
             )
             in
             two
             tables
             of
             stone
             .
             The
             first
             part
             contayneth
             ,
             three
             commandementes
             ,
             which
             instruct
             vs
             of
             the
             bond
             wee
             haue
             to
             God.
             The
             second
             containeth
             seuen
             other
             precepts
             ,
             which
             teach
             vs
             the
             bond
             ,
             we
             haue
             to
             our
             neighbour
             .
             But
             you
             must
             know
             ,
             that
             albeit
             
             in
             one
             table
             there
             were
             no
             more
             then
             three
             precepts
             ,
             &
             in
             the
             other
             seauē
             :
             yet
             the
             two
             tables
             were
             equall
             ,
             and
             both
             full
             written
             :
             for
             the
             three
             first
             were
             written
             with
             more
             words
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             seauen
             with
             fewer
             :
             and
             so
             the
             seauen
             shorter
             precepts
             were
             equal
             touching
             the
             writing
             vnto
             the
             three
             longer
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             are
             the
             Commandements
             of
             the
             first
             table
             three
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Because
             they
             teach
             vs
             to
             loue
             God
             ,
             with
             hart
             ,
             with
             tongue
             ,
             &
             with
             worke
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Why
             are
             the
             commandementes
             of
             the
             second
             table
             seauen
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Because
             ,
             one
             teacheth
             vs
             to
             do
             good
             to
             our
             neighbour
             ,
             the
             other
             six
             teach
             vs
             to
             do
             him
             no
             euil
             .
             First
             in
             his
             person
             ,
             after
             in
             his
             honour
             ,
             lastly
             in
             his
             goodes
             .
             And
             that
             neither
             in
             thought
             ,
             worde
             ,
             nor
             deede
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Let
             vs
             now
             come
             vnto
             the
             commandementes
             them selues
             .
             And
             first
             
             shew
             mee
             the
             wordes
             where
             with
             they
             were
             writen
             by
             God
             in
             those
             tables
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             The
             wordes
             are
             these
             :
             I
             am
             the
             Lord
             thy
             God
             ,
             which
             brought
             thee
             forth
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             land
             of
             Egypt
             ,
             from
             the
             house
             of
             seruitude
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   1
                
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 haue
                 strange
                 Gods
                 in
                 my
                 sight
                 .
              
               
                 
                   2
                
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 take
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 thy
                 God
                 in
                 vaine
                 .
              
               
                 
                   3
                
                 Remember
                 that
                 thou
                 sanctifie
                 the
                 Sabbaoth
                 day
                 .
              
               
                 
                   4
                
                 Honour
                 thy
                 father
                 &
                 thy
                 mother
                 .
              
               
                 
                   5
                
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 murder
                 .
              
               
                 
                   6
                
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 commit
                 adultrie
                 .
              
               
                 
                   7
                
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 steale
                 .
              
               
                 
                   8
                
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 beare
                 false
                 witnes
                 against
                 thy
                 neighbour
                 .
              
               
                 
                   9
                
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 desire
                 thy
                 neighbours
                 wife
                 .
              
               
                 
                   10
                
                 Thou
                 shalt
                 not
                 couet
                 the
                 neighbours
                 goods
                 .
              
            
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             meane
             those
             wordes
             which
             
             goe
             before
             the
             commandementes
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             In
             those
             words
             are
             yelded
             foure
             reasons
             ,
             to
             shew
             that
             God
             can
             geue
             a
             law
             ,
             and
             that
             we
             are
             bounde
             to
             obserue
             it
             .
             The
             first
             reason
             is
             in
             the
             word
             ,
             I
             am
             the
             Lord
             ,
             because
             God
             being
             our
             chief
             and
             highest
             Lord
             ,
             who
             hath
             created
             vs
             of
             nothing
             ,
             he
             may
             doubtles
             geue
             vs
             a
             law
             ,
             as
             to
             his
             proper
             seruants
             .
             The
             second
             is
             in
             that
             word
             ,
             God
             ,
             because
             that
             word
             signifieth
             that
             our
             Lord
             is
             not
             only
             Lord
             (
             or
             Maister
             )
             but
             he
             is
             also
             supreme
             Iudge
             ,
             and
             gouernour
             ,
             and
             as
             such
             a
             one
             can
             geue
             a
             law
             ,
             and
             punish
             those
             that
             obserue
             it
             not
             .
             The
             third
             is
             in
             that
             word
             ,
             thine
             ,
             because
             besides
             the
             bond
             which
             we
             haue
             to
             obey
             God
             ,
             as
             seruants
             their
             maister
             and
             as
             subiects
             their
             Prince
             ;
             we
             haue
             an
             other
             bond
             ,
             by
             reason
             of
             the
             packt
             which
             God
             doth
             make
             with
             vs
             ,
             and
             we
             with
             him
             ,
             in
             holie
             Baptisme
             .
             For
             therein
             God
             taketh
             vs
             for
             his
             owne
             
             adopted
             children
             ,
             and
             we
             take
             him
             for
             our
             proper
             Father
             :
             as
             God
             also
             taketh
             all
             the
             faithfull
             for
             his
             particular
             people
             ,
             and
             the
             faithfull
             take
             God
             for
             their
             owne
             proper
             God
             and
             Lord.
             The
             fourth
             is
             in
             those
             wordes
             ,
             which
             brought
             thee
             forth
             out
             of
             the
             land
             of
             Egypt
             ,
             out
             of
             the
             house
             of
             seruitude
             ;
             for
             that
             besides
             so
             manie
             other
             bondes
             ,
             there
             is
             this
             of
             gratitude
             :
             for
             that
             God
             hath
             deliuered
             vs
             from
             the
             seruitude
             of
             the
             diuel
             &
             of
             sin
             ,
             which
             was
             signifyed
             by
             that
             seruitude
             of
             Egipt
             and
             of
             Pharao
             ,
             from
             the
             which
             the
             same
             God
             deliuered
             the
             people
             of
             the
             Iewes
             .
          
        
         
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Declare
               vnto
               mee
               now
               the
               first
               commandement
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               first
               Commandement
               containeth
               three
               parts
               .
               The
               first
               is
               ,
               that
               we
               ought
               to
               haue
               God
               for
               God.
               The
               second
               ,
               that
               we
               must
               not
               take
               any
               other
               thing
               for
               God.
               The
               third
               ,
               that
               wee
               must
               not
               make
               Idols
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               
               statues
               or
               Images
               ,
               taking
               them
               for
               Gods
               ,
               and
               that
               we
               must
               not
               adore
               the
               same
               Idols
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Declare
               vnto
               me
               the
               first
               part
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               God
               will
               be
               taken
               for
               that
               which
               he
               is
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               for
               true
               God
               ,
               which
               is
               done
               by
               exercising
               foure
               vertues
               towards
               his
               diuine
               Majestie
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               Faith
               ,
               Hope
               ,
               Charitie
               ,
               and
               Religion
               .
               Hee
               that
               beleeueth
               in
               God
               ,
               taketh
               God
               for
               God
               :
               because
               he
               taketh
               him
               for
               the
               chiefe
               veritie
               :
               and
               in
               this
               the
               Heretiks
               do
               sinne
               ,
               for
               they
               doe
               not
               beleeue
               in
               him
               .
               Hee
               that
               hopeth
               in
               God
               ,
               taketh
               God
               for
               God
               ,
               for
               that
               he
               holdeth
               him
               for
               most
               faithful
               ,
               most
               pittifull
               ,
               and
               also
               most
               potent
               ,
               confidently
               considering
               that
               he
               can
               ,
               and
               wil
               help
               him
               in
               al
               his
               necessities
               :
               &
               in
               this
               poynt
               those
               do
               sin
               ,
               that
               despaire
               of
               the
               mercy
               of
               god
               ,
               or
               do
               trust
               more
               in
               men
               ,
               thē
               in
               god
               ,
               or
               so
               much
               in
               mē
               as
               in
               God
               ,
               he
               that
               loueth
               god
               aboue
               all
               thinges
               ,
               taketh
               God
               for
               God
               ,
               for
               
               that
               hee
               taketh
               him
               for
               the
               chiefe
               goodnesse
               ,
               and
               in
               this
               poynt
               those
               do
               sin
               ,
               that
               loue
               any
               creature
               whatsoeuer
               more
               then
               god
               ,
               or
               equal
               with
               God.
               And
               much
               more
               doe
               they
               sin
               ,
               that
               hate
               God.
               Finallie
               ,
               whosoeuer
               adoreth
               god
               with
               greatest
               reuerence
               as
               the
               vertue
               of
               Religion
               teacheth
               vs
               ,
               taketh
               god
               for
               god
               :
               for
               he
               taketh
               him
               for
               the
               first
               beginning
               and
               author
               of
               all
               things
               ,
               and
               in
               this
               poynt
               they
               offend
               ,
               that
               beare
               small
               respect
               to
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               thinges
               consecrated
               vnto
               him
               ,
               as
               Churches
               ,
               hallowed
               vessels
               ,
               Priestes
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               ,
               and
               those
               also
               that
               honour
               men
               equally
               with
               God
               ,
               or
               more
               then
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Declare
               I
               praye
               you
               the
               second
               part
               of
               this
               commandement
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               In
               the
               second
               part
               God
               willeth
               and
               commandeth
               ,
               that
               wee
               take
               no
               created
               thing
               for
               God.
               And
               in
               this
               the
               Gentils
               offended
               in
               olde
               time
               ,
               who
               not
               knowing
               the
               true
               God
               ,
               did
               
               take
               and
               adore
               for
               God
               diuers
               creatures
               ,
               as
               the
               Sunne
               ,
               the
               Moone
               ,
               or
               some
               dead
               men
               .
               In
               the
               same
               Inchanters
               &
               Witches
               offend
               ,
               and
               al
               Sorcerers
               ,
               Negromancers
               ,
               and
               Soothsayers
               ,
               who
               gaue
               to
               the
               diuel
               of
               hell
               that
               honour
               which
               is
               due
               onely
               to
               God
               ;
               &
               some
               of
               them
               take
               him
               and
               adore
               him
               for
               their
               God
               ,
               and
               thinke
               by
               his
               meanes
               to
               fore-tell
               things
               to
               come
               ,
               or
               to
               find
               treasures
               ,
               or
               to
               attain
               vnto
               other
               their
               dishonest
               desires
               .
            
             
               For
               the
               diuel
               being
               deadly
               enemy
               to
               all
               mankinde
               ,
               deceiueth
               often
               this
               poore
               sort
               of
               people
               ,
               and
               with
               vaine
               hopes
               causeth
               thē
               to
               commit
               many
               sins
               ,
               &
               in
               the
               end
               to
               loose
               their
               souls
               and
               many
               times
               their
               bodies
               also
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Declare
               to
               me
               the
               third
               part
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               In
               the
               third
               parte
               ,
               God
               doeth
               command
               ,
               that
               not
               only
               we
               take
               not
               the
               things
               created
               by
               him
               for
               God
               ,
               as
               hath
               ben
               saide
               ,
               but
               that
               much
               lesse
               wee
               make
               to
               our selues
               any
               
               thing
               to
               take
               it
               &
               adore
               it
               for
               God.
               Wherein
               the
               Gentils
               offended
               ,
               who
               were
               so
               blinde
               ,
               that
               they
               made
               Idols
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               statues
               of
               Gold
               ,
               or
               of
               siluer
               or
               of
               wood
               ,
               or
               of
               stone
               ,
               and
               made
               it
               be
               thought
               that
               they
               were
               Gods.
               Chiefly
               because
               the
               diuels
               some-times
               entred
               into
               them
               ,
               and
               caused
               them
               to
               speake
               or
               to
               mooue
               themselues
               ,
               &
               so
               they
               sacrificed
               vnto
               them
               ,
               and
               adored
               them
               .
               And
               because
               the
               holy
               Martirs
               would
               not
               in
               any
               wise
               do
               the
               same
               ,
               they
               put
               them
               to
               death
               ,
               with
               moste
               cruell
               torments
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Is
               there
               any
               thing
               else
               in
               this
               commandement
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               There
               is
               annexed
               by
               God
               a
               terrible
               threatning
               ,
               to
               those
               that
               doe
               contrarie
               to
               this
               commandemēt
               ,
               &
               a
               great
               promise
               to
               those
               that
               obserue
               it
               .
               For
               after
               the
               giuing
               of
               the
               commandemēt
               ,
               God
               spake
               those
               words
               ,
               I
               am
               a
               jealous
               God
               ,
               who
               punish
               
               not
               only
               those
               that
               loue
               me
               not
               ,
               but
               their
               posteritie
               also
               ,
               vnto
               the
               fourth
               generation
               ,
               and
               shewe
               mercie
               to
               those
               that
               loue
               me
               ,
               vnto
               a
               thousand
               generations
               .
               Where
               ,
               marke
               well
               ,
               that
               our
               Lorde
               saith
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               a
               jealouse
               God
               ,
               to
               the
               ende
               wee
               may
               vnderstande
               that
               he
               can
               punish
               most
               grieuously
               ,
               because
               hee
               is
               God
               ,
               and
               that
               he
               will
               punish
               most
               grieuously
               ,
               because
               he
               is
               jealous
               of
               his
               honour
               ,
               and
               of
               justice
               ,
               and
               of
               right
               :
               and
               therefore
               cannot
               beare
               with
               impietie
               and
               iniquitie
               .
               Which
               is
               against
               those
               that
               sinne
               continually
               ,
               &
               yet
               liue
               merily
               ,
               as
               if
               God
               had
               no
               care
               therof
               .
               But
               by
               this
               you
               see
               God
               hath
               care
               ,
               &
               wil
               shew
               it
               when
               time
               is
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               meane
               thit
               ,
               that
               God
               punisheth
               such
               as
               do
               euil
               ,
               vnto
               the
               fourth
               generation
               :
               and
               giueth
               rewarde
               vnto
               those
               that
               doe
               well
               vnto
               a
               thousand
               generations
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               God
               punisheth
               vnto
               the
               fourth
               
               generation
               ,
               for
               that
               for
               the
               most
               part
               a
               man
               doth
               not
               liue
               longer
               then
               to
               see
               the
               children
               of
               his
               Nephewes
               ,
               or
               at
               the
               moste
               ,
               the
               Nephewes
               to
               his
               Nephewes
               ,
               &
               he
               will
               not
               punish
               others
               of
               his
               posteritie
               ,
               then
               the
               sinner
               himselfe
               may
               see
               .
               But
               in
               doing
               well
               ,
               God
               extended
               himselfe
               not
               only
               vnto
               the
               fourth
               generation
               ,
               but
               vnto
               a
               thousande
               ,
               if
               there
               were
               so
               manie
               .
               For
               that
               our
               Lord
               is
               more
               inclined
               to
               reward
               then
               to
               punish
               ,
               because
               that
               hee
               rewardeth
               ,
               is
               of
               his
               owne
               goodnesse
               ,
               and
               therefore
               hee
               doth
               it
               very
               willingly
               ,
               but
               that
               hee
               punisheth
               any
               ,
               it
               commeth
               of
               our
               sinne
               ,
               and
               therefore
               hee
               doth
               it
               as
               it
               were
               perforce
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               vrged
               by
               our
               peruersenesse
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Wherefore
               is
               this
               threat
               ,
               and
               this
               promise
               joyned
               to
               the
               first
               commandement
               onely
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Because
               this
               is
               the
               principall
               commandement
               ,
               &
               of
               more
               importance
               
               then
               the
               rest
               .
               Againe
               ,
               for
               that
               it
               is
               the
               first
               ,
               and
               so
               being
               spoken
               of
               the
               first
               ,
               it
               may
               be
               vnderstood
               also
               of
               the
               rest
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               how
               the
               honour
               which
               wee
               giue
               to
               Saints
               and
               their
               Reliques
               and
               Images
               ,
               is
               not
               against
               this
               commandement
               .
               For
               it
               seemeth
               ,
               that
               wee
               adore
               all
               these
               things
               ,
               seeing
               we
               kneele
               vnto
               them
               and
               praye
               vnto
               them
               as
               we
               do
               vnto
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               holie
               Church
               is
               the
               spouse
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               hath
               the
               holy
               Ghost
               for
               her
               master
               .
               And
               therefore
               there
               is
               no
               danger
               that
               she
               should
               be
               deceiued
               ,
               or
               that
               she
               should
               doe
               or
               teach
               others
               to
               do
               any
               thing
               that
               were
               against
               the
               commandements
               of
               God.
               And
               to
               come
               to
               the
               particular
               ,
               wee
               doe
               honour
               and
               call
               vpon
               Saintes
               ,
               as
               friends
               of
               God
               ,
               who
               can
               helpe
               vs
               with
               their
               merits
               and
               prayers
               before
               him
               :
               but
               wee
               doe
               not
               take
               them
               
               for
               gods
               ,
               neither
               adore
               them
               as
               God
               :
               neither
               importeth
               it
               that
               we
               knele
               ,
               because
               this
               reuerance
               is
               not
               proper
               to
               God
               alone
               :
               but
               is
               done
               also
               vnto
               creatures
               of
               high
               dignitie
               ,
               as
               to
               the
               Pope
               :
               and
               in
               manie
               places
               religious
               persons
               kneele
               vnto
               their
               Superiours
               So
               that
               it
               is
               no
               maruel
               if
               that
               be
               done
               vnto
               sainctes
               ,
               who
               raigne
               with
               Christ
               in
               heauen
               .
               which
               is
               done
               vnto
               some
               men
               in
               earth
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               But
               what
               shal
               we
               say
               of
               the
               Reliques
               of
               Saincts
               ,
               which
               vnderstand
               nothing
               :
               and
               yet
               we
               kneele
               and
               pray
               vnto
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               We
               do
               not
               pray
               to
               the
               Reliques
               which
               we
               know
               wel
               do
               not
               vnderstand
               :
               but
               we
               honour
               the
               holie
               Reliques
               ,
               as
               those
               which
               haue
               bin
               the
               instruments
               of
               the
               holy
               soules
               ,
               to
               do
               many
               good
               workes
               ,
               and
               shal
               againe
               in
               their
               times
               be
               liuing
               bodies
               ,
               and
               are
               to
               vs
               in
               the
               meane
               time
               deare
               pledges
               of
               the
               loue
               ,
               which
               the
               Saints
               
               did
               ,
               &
               do
               beare
               vnto
               vs.
               And
               therefore
               we
               doe
               praye
               ,
               before
               the
               same
               Reliques
               vnto
               the
               Saintes
               ,
               desiring
               them
               by
               these
               deare
               pledges
               which
               we
               keepe
               of
               them
               ,
               that
               they
               remember
               to
               helpe
               vs
               ,
               as
               wee
               remember
               to
               honour
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               The
               same
               perhaps
               may
               be
               said
               of
               Images
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               So
               it
               is
               ,
               for
               the
               Images
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
               of
               our
               Ladie
               ,
               &
               other
               Saints
               ,
               are
               not
               taken
               by
               vs
               for
               gods
               :
               &
               therefore
               they
               cannot
               be
               called
               Idols
               ,
               as
               those
               were
               of
               the
               Gentils
               :
               but
               they
               are
               holden
               for
               Images
               ,
               which
               make
               vs
               to
               remember
               our
               Lord
               ,
               our
               Ladie
               ,
               and
               other
               Saints
               :
               &
               so
               they
               serue
               such
               as
               cānot
               read
               in
               place
               of
               books
               .
               For
               that
               by
               Images
               they
               learne
               many
               mysteries
               of
               our
               holy
               faith
               :
               &
               the
               life
               and
               death
               of
               many
               Saints
               .
               And
               the
               honour
               we
               do
               vnto
               them
               ,
               we
               do
               it
               not
               because
               they
               are
               figures
               of
               paper
               or
               of
               mettal
               ,
               or
               because
               they
               are
               
               well-coloured
               &
               wel
               made
               :
               but
               because
               they
               represent
               vnto
               vs
               our
               Lord
               ,
               our
               Ladie
               ,
               or
               other
               Saints
               :
               and
               for
               that
               we
               know
               that
               the
               Images
               do
               not
               liue
               nor
               haue
               sense
               ,
               being
               made
               by
               the
               hands
               of
               men
               :
               we
               do
               not
               demand
               any
               thing
               of
               thē
               :
               but
               we
               pray
               before
               them
               ,
               vnto
               those
               whom
               they
               represent
               vnto
               vs
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               our
               Lorde
               ,
               our
               Ladie
               ,
               or
               other
               Saints
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               If
               Reliques
               and
               Images
               doe
               not
               vnderstād
               :
               how
               then
               do
               they
               worke
               so
               many
               miracles
               to
               such
               as
               doe
               recommend
               themselues
               vnto
               them
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               God
               worketh
               al
               the
               miracles
               :
               but
               he
               worketh
               them
               often
               by
               the
               intercession
               of
               Saints
               ,
               and
               chiefly
               of
               our
               blessed
               Ladie
               :
               &
               oftentimes
               he
               doth
               them
               vnto
               those
               ,
               who
               praye
               vnto
               the
               Sainctes
               before
               their
               Reliques
               or
               Images
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               hee
               vseth
               the
               Reliques
               and
               Images
               ,
               as
               instruments
               of
               such
               miracles
               ,
               to
               shew
               vnto
               vs
               ,
               that
               our
               deuotion
               towards
               
               the
               Saincts
               ,
               and
               towards
               their
               Reliques
               ,
               and
               Images
               ,
               doth
               please
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               When
               therefore
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               that
               one
               is
               recommended
               to
               such
               Reliques
               ,
               or
               such
               Images
               ,
               and
               hath
               receiued
               grace
               ,
               it
               is
               to
               be
               vnderstood
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               recommended
               to
               that
               Sainct
               ,
               to
               whom
               those
               Reliuques
               or
               Images
               pertaine
               :
               and
               that
               God
               ,
               by
               the
               intercession
               of
               that
               Sainct
               ,
               and
               by
               the
               meanes
               of
               those
               Reliques
               or
               Images
               ,
               hath
               done
               him
               that
               grace
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               So
               it
               is
               :
               and
               I
               am
               glad
               that
               you
               haue
               well
               vnderstood
               al
               that
               I
               haue
               said
               vnto
               you
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               would
               lastlie
               knowe
               for
               what
               cause
               ,
               God
               the
               Father
               is
               paynted
               like
               an
               old
               man
               ,
               and
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               like
               a
               Doue
               ,
               and
               the
               Angels
               like
               young
               men
               with
               wings
               ,
               seeing
               God
               and
               the
               Angels
               are
               spirits
               ,
               and
               haue
               no
               corporall
               figure
               ,
               which
               can
               bee
               drawen
               by
               Painters
               ,
               as
               pictures
               of
               men
               may
               be
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               M
               
            
             
               When
               God
               the
               Father
               is
               painted
               in
               forme
               of
               an
               old
               man
               ,
               and
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               in
               forme
               of
               a
               doue
               ,
               and
               the
               Angles
               in
               forme
               of
               young-men
               ,
               that
               which
               they
               are
               in
               themselues
               is
               not
               painted
               :
               because
               as
               you
               haue
               said
               ,
               they
               are
               spirits
               without
               bodies
               ,
               but
               that
               forme
               is
               painted
               ,
               in
               which
               they
               haue
               somtimes
               appeared
               .
               And
               so
               God
               the
               Father
               is
               painted
               like
               an
               old-man
               ,
               because
               he
               appeared
               in
               that
               forme
               in
               a
               vision
               to
               Daniel
               the
               prophet
               .
               And
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               is
               painted
               in
               forme
               of
               a
               doue
               ,
               because
               in
               that
               forme
               he
               appeared
               vpō
               Christ
               when
               he
               was
               baptised
               by
               Saint
               Iohn
               Baptist
               .
               And
               the
               Angls
               are
               painted
               in
               forme
               of
               yong
               men
               ,
               for
               that
               they
               haue
               somtimes
               so
               appeared
               .
               Moreouer
               you
               are
               to
               know
               ,
               that
               manie
               thinges
               are
               painted
               ,
               to
               make
               vs
               vnderstand
               ,
               not
               what
               they
               are
               in
               themselus
               ,
               but
               what
               properties
               they
               haue
               or
               what
               effecte
               they
               vse
               to
               worke
               .
               
               So
               it
               may
               be
               said
               ,
               that
               God
               the
               Father
               is
               painted
               in
               forme
               of
               an
               olde
               man
               ,
               to
               make
               vs
               vnderstand
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               most
               ancient
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               eternal
               ,
               &
               before
               al
               created
               things
               .
               And
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               is
               painted
               in
               likenes
               of
               of
               a
               doue
               ,
               to
               signifie
               the
               giftes
               of
               innocencie
               ,
               puritie
               ,
               &
               sanctitie
               ,
               which
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               worketh
               in
               vs.
               And
               the
               angels
               are
               painted
               like
               yong
               mē
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               alwaies
               ,
               faire
               &
               ful
               of
               strength
               :
               and
               with
               winges
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               readie
               to
               passe
               whyther
               it
               shal
               please
               God
               to
               send
               them
               :
               and
               with
               white
               garments
               ,
               and
               with
               holie
               stoales
               ,
               because
               they
               are
               pure
               ,
               and
               innocent
               ,
               and
               ministers
               of
               his
               diuine
               Maiestie
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             second
             commandement
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               LEt
               vs
               come
               to
               the
               second
               cōmandement
               :
               what
               meaneth
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               not
               take
               the
               name
               of
               God
               in
               vaine
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               In
               this
               cōmandement
               is
               handled
               
               the
               honour
               and
               dishonor
               of
               God
               touching
               wordes
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               honour
               is
               commanded
               ,
               and
               dishonour
               is
               forbidden
               .
               And
               this
               commandement
               :
               may
               be
               deuided
               into
               foure
               partes
               ,
               because
               God
               is
               honored
               ,
               or
               dishonored
               by
               wordes
               ,
               in
               foure
               sortes
               .
               First
               ,
               God
               is
               honored
               by
               naming
               him
               often
               with
               charitable
               affection
               :
               and
               is
               dishonored
               by
               often
               naming
               him
               to
               no
               good
               purpose
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               he
               is
               honored
               by
               an
               oath
               ,
               and
               he
               is
               dishonored
               by
               perjurie
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               he
               is
               honored
               by
               obseruation
               of
               vowes
               ,
               &
               dishonored
               by
               breaking
               of
               vowes
               once
               made
               .
               Fourthly
               ,
               hee
               is
               honored
               by
               calling
               vpon
               him
               and
               praising
               him
               ,
               and
               dishonored
               by
               blaspheaming
               and
               cursing
               him
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Declare
               to
               me
               the
               first
               part
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               In
               simply
               naming
               God
               ,
               as
               also
               our
               Ladie
               and
               other
               Saintes
               ,
               one
               may
               well
               doe
               an
               euil
               .
               For
               those
               that
               ●oue
               God
               much
               ,
               remember
               him
               
               often
               ,
               and
               often
               speake
               of
               him
               :
               and
               they
               do
               it
               with
               deuotion
               &
               affection
               ,
               as
               is
               seen
               in
               the
               Epistles
               of
               Saint
               .
               Paul
               ,
               where
               the
               holie
               name
               of
               Iesus
               Christ
               is
               very
               often
               read
               .
               For
               as
               S.
               Paul
               had
               Christ
               in
               his
               hart
               ,
               so
               he
               had
               him
               in
               his
               mouth
               .
               But
               there
               be
               others
               ,
               who
               of
               an
               euil
               custome
               ,
               whē
               they
               are
               angrie
               ,
               or
               when
               they
               iest
               ,
               not
               regarding
               what
               they
               say
               ,
               name
               God
               ,
               or
               some
               Saint
               ,
               because
               nothing
               els
               comes
               to
               their
               mind
               .
               And
               this
               is
               euil
               :
               for
               it
               is
               a
               kinde
               of
               tearing
               the
               most
               holie
               name
               of
               God.
               Which
               is
               to
               geue
               you
               an
               example
               ,
               though
               not
               equal
               )
               as
               if
               one
               hauing
               a
               pretious
               garment
               ,
               should
               weare
               it
               in
               all
               places
               and
               at
               al
               times
               ,
               not
               regarding
               the
               preciousnes
               thereof
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Declare
               nowe
               the
               second
               part
               ,
               which
               concerneth
               swearing
               ,
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               An
               oath
               or
               swearing
               is
               nothing
               els
               ,
               but
               to
               cal
               God
               as
               witnes
               of
               the
               truth
               .
               But
               that
               it
               be
               lawfully
               done
               
               three
               things
               ought
               to
               accompany
               it
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               truth
               ,
               justice
               &
               judgement
               ,
               as
               God
               himselfe
               doth
               teach
               vs
               ,
               by
               the
               mouth
               of
               the
               Prophet
               Ieremy
               .
               And
               as
               God
               is
               honored
               by
               an
               oath
               made
               with
               dew
               circumstances
               ,
               we
               professing
               therby
               ,
               that
               he
               seeth
               al
               things
               and
               is
               the
               soueraigne
               truth
               ,
               &
               defēder
               of
               the
               trueth
               :
               so
               by
               the
               contrary
               the
               same
               god
               is
               greatly
               dishonoured
               when
               an
               oath
               is
               made
               without
               truth
               or
               without
               iustice
               ,
               or
               without
               judgement
               :
               for
               he
               that
               so
               sweareth
               maketh
               shew
               that
               either
               God
               is
               ignorant
               of
               the
               matter
               ,
               or
               that
               hee
               is
               a
               friend
               of
               lying
               and
               of
               antiquitie
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Declare
               I
               pray
               in
               particular
               ,
               what
               is
               to
               sweare
               with
               truth
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               That
               one
               may
               sweare
               with
               truth
               it
               is
               necessary
               that
               he
               do
               not
               affirme
               with
               an
               oth
               any
               thing
               but
               that
               hee
               certainely
               knoweth
               to
               be
               true
               :
               and
               that
               he
               promise
               not
               with
               an
               oth
               any
               thing
               but
               that
               he
               will
               vndoubtedly
               
               performe
               .
               Whereupon
               they
               are
               periured
               ,
               and
               sinne
               greeuously
               ,
               that
               affirme
               with
               an
               oath
               such
               thinges
               as
               they
               know
               are
               false
               ,
               or
               do
               not
               know
               to
               be
               true
               .
               And
               in
               like
               maner
               ,
               those
               that
               promise
               by
               oath
               ,
               that
               which
               they
               meane
               not
               to
               fulfil
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               meaneth
               to
               sweare
               with
               iustice
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               meaning
               is
               ,
               that
               a
               man
               promise
               not
               with
               an
               oath
               ,
               to
               do
               anie
               thing
               ,
               but
               that
               which
               is
               lawful
               .
               And
               therfore
               they
               sinne
               most
               greeuously
               who
               promise
               with
               an
               oath
               ,
               to
               reuenge
               injuries
               ,
               or
               to
               do
               anie
               thing
               that
               displeaseth
               God.
               Neither
               ought
               they
               to
               obserue
               such
               promises
               :
               neither
               do
               they
               binde
               in
               anie
               sort
               .
               For
               no
               man
               can
               be
               bound
               to
               do
               euil
               ,
               for
               so
               much
               as
               the
               law
               of
               God
               bindeth
               vs
               that
               we
               must
               not
               do
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               meaneth
               to
               sweare
               with
               iudgement
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               meaning
               is
               ,
               to
               sweare
               with
               
               aduisement
               ,
               &
               maturely
               :
               cōsidering
               that
               it
               is
               not
               conuenient
               to
               call
               God
               to
               witnesse
               ,
               but
               in
               needful
               things
               of
               great
               importance
               ,
               and
               with
               much
               feare
               and
               reuerence
               .
               And
               therefore
               they
               offend
               ,
               that
               for
               euerie
               trifle
               ,
               yea
               playing
               &
               jeasting
               do
               sweare
               .
               Who
               by
               this
               euil
               custome
               of
               swearing
               often
               do
               easely
               incurre
               perjurie
               ,
               which
               is
               one
               of
               the
               greatest
               sinnes
               that
               can
               be
               committed
               .
               Whereupon
               aswell
               our
               Lord
               in
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               as
               S.
               Iames
               in
               his
               Epistle
               do
               command
               that
               wee
               do
               not
               sweare
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               without
               necessitie
               .
               And
               holie
               men
               doe
               yeelde
               the
               reasō
               thereof
               ,
               because
               an
               oath
               being
               inuented
               for
               remedy
               of
               the
               weaknes
               of
               a
               mans
               credit
               :
               for
               that
               men
               doe
               hardly
               beleeue
               one
               an
               other
               ,
               therfore
               an
               oath
               ought
               to
               be
               vsed
               ,
               as
               we
               vse
               a
               medicine
               ,
               which
               is
               not
               oftē
               to
               be
               taken
               ,
               but
               as
               seldome
               ,
               as
               well
               may
               be
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Declar
               then
               ,
               if
               you
               please
               ,
               the
               third
               part
               of
               this
               commandement
               ,
               
               which
               consisteth
               in
               vowes
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               A
               Vowe
               is
               a
               promise
               made
               to
               God
               of
               some
               good
               thing
               grateful
               to
               his
               diuine
               Majestie
               .
               Where
               you
               haue
               to
               considder
               three
               things
               .
               First
               that
               a
               Vowe
               is
               a
               promise
               ,
               and
               therefore
               it
               sufficeth
               not
               to
               the
               making
               of
               a
               Vowe
               to
               haue
               a
               purpose
               ,
               &
               much
               lesse
               a
               desire
               to
               do
               any
               thing
               :
               but
               the
               expresse
               promise
               is
               required
               ,
               either
               by
               word
               of
               mouth
               ,
               or
               at
               the
               least
               in
               heart
               .
               Againe
               you
               haue
               to
               consider
               ,
               that
               this
               promise
               is
               to
               be
               made
               to
               God
               ,
               to
               whom
               Vowes
               doe
               properly
               belong
               .
               And
               when
               you
               heare
               that
               a
               Vow
               is
               made
               to
               our
               Ladie
               ,
               or
               to
               other
               Saints
               ,
               you
               must
               vnderstande
               that
               the
               same
               is
               principally
               made
               to
               God
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               honour
               of
               our
               Lady
               ,
               or
               other
               Saints
               ,
               in
               whome
               God
               remaineth
               in
               a
               more
               particular
               maner
               and
               more
               excellently
               then
               in
               other
               creatures
               .
               So
               that
               a
               Vow
               made
               to
               a
               Saint
               is
               nothing
               else
               but
               a
               promise
               
               made
               vnto
               God
               ,
               to
               honour
               the
               memorie
               of
               such
               a
               Saint
               ,
               with
               some
               present
               :
               that
               is
               to
               honour
               God
               himself
               in
               his
               Saint
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               you
               haue
               to
               know
               ,
               that
               a
               Vow
               cannot
               be
               made
               but
               of
               a
               good
               thing
               ,
               and
               grateful
               to
               God
               ,
               as
               holy
               virginitie
               ,
               voluntarie
               pouertie
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               things
               .
               Wherfore
               he
               that
               should
               vowe
               to
               commit
               anie
               sinne
               ,
               or
               anie
               act
               not
               pertaining
               to
               the
               seruice
               of
               God
               ;
               yea
               or
               anie
               good
               thing
               ,
               which
               should
               hinder
               a
               greater
               good
               ,
               should
               not
               make
               promise
               of
               a
               thing
               grateful
               to
               his
               diuine
               Maiestie
               ,
               and
               therefore
               should
               not
               do
               him
               honour
               ,
               but
               dishonour
               ,
               and
               he
               should
               sinne
               against
               this
               second
               commandement
               .
               As
               he
               also
               sinneth
               greeuiously
               against
               the
               same
               commandement
               ,
               that
               maketh
               a
               vow
               and
               fulfilleth
               it
               not
               so
               soone
               as
               he
               can
               .
               For
               God
               commandeth
               in
               holie
               Scripture
               ,
               that
               whosoeuer
               maketh
               a
               vowe
               ,
               do
               not
               only
               remember
               to
               fulfill
               
               it
               ,
               but
               also
               that
               hee
               slacke
               not
               to
               do
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Declare
               to
               me
               the
               last
               part
               ,
               which
               treateth
               of
               the
               praise
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               of
               blasphemie
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               God
               commādeth
               in
               the
               last
               part
               of
               this
               seconde
               commandement
               ,
               that
               a
               man
               shal
               not
               blaspheame
               :
               but
               contrariwise
               ,
               that
               he
               praise
               &
               blesse
               his
               holy
               name
               .
               And
               first
               ,
               forasmuch
               as
               appertaineth
               to
               the
               praise
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               difficultie
               at
               all
               :
               being
               manifest
               that
               all
               good
               things
               comming
               vnto
               vs
               from
               God
               ,
               and
               all
               the
               works
               of
               God
               being
               full
               of
               wisdome
               ,
               of
               justice
               ,
               and
               of
               mercie
               ;
               it
               is
               reason
               that
               in
               all
               things
               he
               be
               praised
               ,
               and
               blessed
               .
               But
               touching
               blaspheamie
               ,
               it
               is
               necessary
               you
               know
               that
               blasphemy
               is
               nothing
               else
               ,
               but
               an
               injury
               done
               in
               wordes
               to
               God
               in
               himselfe
               or
               in
               his
               Saints
               .
               And
               there
               are
               found
               six
               sorts
               of
               blasphemies
               .
               The
               first
               ,
               when
               that
               is
               attributed
               to
               God
               ,
               which
               is
               false
               ,
               
               as
               that
               he
               hath
               hornes
               ,
               or
               like
               indignitie
               .
               The
               second
               ,
               when
               that
               is
               denied
               to
               God
               ,
               which
               belongeth
               to
               him
               ,
               as
               Power
               ,
               Wisdome
               ,
               Iustice
               ,
               or
               other
               excellences
               .
               As
               to
               say
               that
               God
               can
               not
               do
               ,
               or
               seeth
               some
               things
               ,
               or
               that
               he
               is
               not
               iust
               .
               The
               third
               ,
               whē
               that
               is
               tributed
               to
               any
               creature
               ,
               which
               is
               proper
               to
               God
               ,
               as
               if
               one
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               diuel
               knoweth
               the
               things
               that
               are
               to
               come
               ,
               or
               can
               worke
               true
               miracles
               .
               The
               fourth
               ,
               when
               one
               curseth
               God
               ,
               or
               our
               Ladie
               ,
               or
               other
               Saints
               .
               The
               fift
               ,
               when
               some
               members
               of
               Christ
               ,
               or
               of
               Saints
               are
               named
               ,
               to
               doe
               some
               injurie
               ,
               as
               if
               there
               were
               any
               things
               in
               them
               to
               bee
               ashamed
               of
               ,
               as
               be
               in
               vs.
               The
               sixt
               ,
               when
               one
               nameth
               some
               parts
               of
               Christ
               or
               of
               Saints
               ,
               to
               jest
               at
               them
               ,
               as
               to
               saye
               :
               To
               the
               bread
               of
               Christ
               :
               or
               of
               Saint
               Peter
               :
               or
               other
               like
               things
               :
               which
               the
               enuie
               of
               the
               diuel
               ,
               and
               the
               wickednesse
               of
               man
               hath
               found
               out
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               howe
               great
               the
               sin
               of
               blasphemie
               is
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               so
               great
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               in
               a
               maner
               the
               greatest
               of
               all
               other
               :
               which
               may
               be
               vnderstood
               by
               the
               pain
               that
               it
               meriteth
               .
               For
               that
               in
               the
               old
               Testament
               ,
               God
               commandeth
               ,
               that
               blasphemers
               should
               presently
               be
               stoned
               by
               al
               the
               people
               .
               As
               the
               ciuil
               lawes
               do
               also
               punish
               blasphemers
               with
               death
               .
               And
               S.
               Gregorie
               writeth
               that
               a
               litle
               child
               of
               fiue
               years
               old
               ,
               hauing
               learned
               to
               blaspheme
               God
               ,
               and
               not
               being
               corrected
               by
               his
               father
               ,
               died
               in
               his
               fathers
               lap
               ,
               and
               his
               soule
               was
               carried
               away
               by
               diuels
               (
               that
               appeared
               visibly
               )
               into
               hell
               fire
               .
               Which
               was
               neuer
               read
               to
               haue
               happened
               for
               any
               other
               sinne
               .
               Whereby
               wee
               may
               see
               what
               diligence
               ought
               to
               be
               vsed
               in
               auoyding
               so
               great
               an
               offence
               of
               his
               diuine
               Maiestie
               :
               &
               the
               auoyding
               of
               this
               sinne
               ought
               to
               be
               more
               easie
               ,
               seeing
               there
               is
               no
               commoditie
               nor
               
               pleasure
               gotten
               by
               it
               ,
               as
               by
               some
               other
               sin
               there
               is
               ,
               but
               the
               onely
               hurt
               which
               the
               sinne
               bringeth
               with
               it
               .
               And
               yet
               wee
               ought
               neuer
               to
               sinne
               ,
               though
               wee
               could
               gaine
               neuer
               so
               great
               cōmoditie
               or
               pleasure
               thereby
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             third
             Commandement
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               Haue
               vnderstood
               the
               two
               first
               commandements
               :
               now
               I
               desire
               that
               you
               wil
               declare
               to
               me
               the
               third
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               third
               commandemēt
               ,
               which
               is
               of
               keeping
               holie
               feasts
               ,
               is
               somthing
               differing
               from
               the
               others
               ,
               because
               al
               the
               others
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               the
               two
               that
               go
               before
               ,
               and
               the
               seauen
               which
               follow
               ,
               are
               wholy
               natural
               ,
               and
               bind
               not
               only
               Christians
               ,
               but
               Iewes
               and
               Gentils
               also
               :
               but
               this
               third
               is
               in
               part
               natural
               ,
               and
               bindeth
               all
               men
               ,
               &
               in
               part
               is
               not
               natural
               ,
               neither
               bindeth
               it
               al
               :
               for
               that
               to
               sanctifie
               the
               feasts
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               to
               haue
               some
               daies
               for
               holie
               ,
               &
               to
               be
               spent
               in
               holie
               works
               ,
               &
               chiefly
               in
               the
               seruice
               of
               God
               ,
               is
               a
               naturall
               precept
               :
               for
               that
               
               natural
               reason
               teacheth
               it
               to
               al
               men
               ;
               and
               so
               in
               al
               partes
               of
               the
               world
               some
               day
               is
               obserued
               festiual
               .
               But
               the
               ordaining
               of
               such
               a
               day
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               that
               it
               should
               be
               one
               ,
               rather
               then
               an
               other
               ,
               is
               not
               natural
               .
               And
               therefore
               with
               the
               Iewes
               the
               principal
               feast
               was
               Saturdaye
               ,
               with
               Christians
               it
               is
               the
               Sunday
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               For
               what
               cause
               did
               God
               command
               that
               the
               Iewes
               should
               obserue
               the
               Saturday
               ,
               rather
               then
               anie
               other
               day
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               There
               are
               two
               principal
               reasons
               .
               The
               first
               is
               because
               ,
               on
               the
               Saturday
               God
               finished
               the
               frame
               of
               the
               world
               :
               and
               therefore
               he
               would
               ,
               that
               day
               should
               be
               sāctified
               in
               memory
               of
               this
               great
               benefite
               ,
               of
               the
               creation
               of
               the
               world
               :
               Which
               serued
               also
               to
               conuince
               the
               error
               of
               certaine
               Philosophers
               (
               who
               said
               that
               the
               world
               had
               alwaies
               bene
               )
               for
               that
               celebrating
               the
               feast
               in
               memorie
               of
               the
               creation
               
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               it
               must
               needs
               be
               confessed
               that
               the
               worlde
               had
               a
               beginning
               .
               The
               second
               reason
               is
               ,
               because
               a
               man
               hauing
               caused
               his
               seruants
               ,
               and
               hand-maides
               ,
               and
               his
               cattle
               to
               worke
               and
               wearie
               themselues
               sixe
               daies
               of
               the
               weeke
               ,
               God
               would
               that
               the
               seauenth
               daye
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Saturday
               ,
               the
               same
               seruants
               &
               maides
               ,
               yea
               ,
               his
               Oxealso
               and
               Asse
               should
               repose
               ,
               and
               that
               masters
               should
               learne
               to
               bee
               pittifull
               towardes
               their
               laborers
               ,
               and
               not
               to
               bee
               cruell
               ,
               but
               to
               haue
               compassion
               also
               of
               their
               very
               bruit
               beastes
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               cause
               that
               we
               Christians
               do
               not
               obserue
               the
               Saturday
               ,
               as
               the
               Iewes
               doe
               ,
               seeing
               there
               is
               so
               good
               reason
               to
               obserue
               it
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               With
               great
               reasō
               god
               hath
               changed
               the
               Saterday
               into
               the
               Sunday
               ,
               as
               hee
               hath
               also
               done
               Circumcision
               into
               Baptisme
               ,
               the
               Paschal
               lambe
               ,
               into
               the
               blessed
               Sacrament
               ,
               &
               al
               other
               
               good
               thinges
               of
               the
               old
               Testament
               ,
               into
               better
               thinges
               in
               the
               new
               Testament
               .
               Wherefore
               ,
               if
               the
               Saturday
               was
               celebrated
               in
               memorie
               of
               the
               creation
               of
               the
               worlde
               ;
               because
               in
               that
               day
               the
               worke
               of
               the
               creation
               was
               ended
               :
               with
               more
               reason
               the
               Sunday
               is
               celebrated
               in
               memorie
               of
               the
               same
               creation
               :
               for
               that
               in
               the
               sunday
               the
               said
               creation
               was
               begune
               :
               and
               if
               the
               Iewes
               did
               geue
               to
               God
               the
               last
               day
               of
               the
               weeke
               ,
               then
               Christians
               do
               better
               ,
               who
               geue
               him
               the
               first
               .
               Moreouer
               vpon
               the
               Sunday
               ,
               memorie
               is
               made
               of
               three
               principal
               benefites
               of
               our
               Redemption
               .
               For
               Christ
               was
               borne
               on
               the
               sunday
               ,
               on
               sunday
               he
               rose
               ,
               and
               vpon
               Sunday
               he
               sent
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               to
               his
               Apostles
               .
               Finally
               the
               Saturday
               did
               signifie
               the
               repose
               which
               the
               holie
               soules
               had
               in
               Limbo
               :
               the
               Sunday
               signifieth
               the
               glorie
               which
               the
               holie
               souls
               haue
               now
               ,
               and
               the
               bodies
               shal
               haue
               hereafter
               
               in
               heauen
               .
               And
               therefore
               the
               Iewes
               did
               celebrate
               the
               Saterday
               ,
               because
               when
               they
               died
               they
               went
               to
               repose
               in
               Limbo
               :
               but
               christians
               celebrate
               the
               sunday
               ,
               because
               when
               they
               dye
               they
               go
               vnto
               the
               glorious
               blisse
               of
               heauen
               :
               which
               yet
               is
               vnderstood
               ,
               if
               they
               haue
               done
               wel
               according
               to
               the
               holie
               Law
               ,
               which
               God
               hath
               geuen
               them
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Is
               it
               necessarie
               to
               obserue
               other
               feastes
               besides
               the
               Sunday
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               necessarie
               to
               obserue
               manie
               other
               feasts
               ,
               as
               well
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
               as
               of
               our
               Ladie
               ,
               and
               of
               other
               Sainctes
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               al
               those
               which
               are
               commanded
               by
               holie
               Church
               .
               But
               we
               haue
               spoken
               in
               particular
               of
               the
               Sunday
               because
               it
               is
               the
               most
               ancient
               and
               oftner
               celebrared
               then
               anie
               other
               .
               As
               amongst
               the
               Iewes
               there
               were
               also
               manie
               feaste●
               ,
               but
               the
               most
               ancient
               ,
               most
               frequent
               ,
               and
               the
               greatest
               of
               al
               was
               the
               Sabboth
               .
               And
               therefore
               in
               
               the
               ten
               commādements
               there
               is
               not
               expresse
               mention
               made
               of
               anie
               ,
               but
               of
               the
               Sabbaoth
               ,
               to
               which
               ,
               as
               we
               haue
               said
               ,
               the
               Sunday
               hath
               succeeded
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               ought
               to
               be
               done
               ,
               to
               obserue
               the
               feastes
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Two
               things
               are
               necessarie
               :
               the
               first
               is
               ,
               to
               bstaine
               from
               seruil
               works
               :
               which
               are
               those
               ,
               that
               seruants
               and
               artificers
               ,
               are
               accustomed
               to
               do
               ,
               who
               labour
               most
               specially
               with
               their
               bodies
               .
               For
               those
               workes
               in
               which
               the
               vnderstanding
               doth
               principally
               labour
               ,
               cannot
               be
               called
               seruil
               ,
               though
               for
               helpe
               of
               the
               vnderstanding
               ,
               the
               tongue
               ,
               the
               hand
               ,
               or
               anie
               other
               corporal
               member
               be
               vsed
               .
               The
               second
               thing
               is
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               commanded
               feastes
               we
               are
               bound
               to
               be
               present
               at
               the
               holie
               Sacrifice
               of
               Masse
               .
               And
               albeit
               holie
               Church
               bindeth
               vs
               to
               no
               more
               :
               yet
               is
               it
               conuenient
               ,
               that
               we
               spend
               the
               whole
               day
               of
               the
               feast
               ,
               
               or
               the
               greatest
               part
               thereof
               ,
               in
               prayer
               ,
               and
               spiritual
               reading
               ,
               in
               visiting
               Churches
               ,
               in
               hearing
               sermons
               ,
               and
               in
               doing
               like
               holie
               exercises
               :
               for
               this
               is
               the
               end
               ,
               for
               which
               feastes
               were
               instituted
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               If
               seruil
               workes
               may
               not
               be
               done
               ,
               on
               the
               festiual
               dayes
               ,
               thē
               belles
               may
               not
               be
               rongue
               ,
               the
               table
               may
               not
               be
               made
               readie
               ,
               &
               much
               lesse
               meate
               be
               dressed
               ,
               for
               al
               these
               are
               seruil
               workes
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               commandement
               of
               not
               doing
               seruile
               works
               ,
               is
               vnderstood
               with
               two
               conditions
               .
               The
               first
               ,
               that
               they
               bee
               not
               necessary
               to
               mans
               life
               ,
               and
               therefore
               it
               is
               permitted
               to
               dresse
               meate
               ,
               to
               make
               ready
               the
               table
               ,
               and
               such
               like
               that
               can
               not
               bee
               done
               the
               day
               before
               .
               The
               second
               ,
               that
               they
               be
               not
               necessary
               for
               the
               seruice
               of
               God
               :
               for
               which
               it
               is
               allowed
               to
               ring
               the
               Bels
               ,
               and
               to
               doe
               other
               workes
               in
               the
               Church
               that
               cānot
               be
               done
               another
               day
               .
               And
               besides
               these
               conditions
               ,
               
               it
               is
               also
               lawfull
               to
               do
               seruile
               workes
               ,
               vpon
               the
               holie
               day
               ,
               when
               licence
               is
               granted
               by
               the
               Prelate
               for
               reasonable
               cause
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             fourth
             Commandement
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               THe
               fourth
               Commandement
               followeth
               ,
               which
               is
               of
               honoring
               our
               father
               and
               mother
               .
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               ,
               wherefore
               the
               commandement
               of
               honoring
               our
               father
               &
               mother
               ,
               is
               the
               first
               in
               the
               second
               table
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               commandements
               of
               the
               second
               table
               belong
               to
               our
               neighbour
               as
               those
               of
               the
               first
               belong
               to
               God.
               And
               because
               amongst
               all
               neighbours
               ,
               our
               father
               and
               mother
               are
               most
               neere
               to
               vs
               ,
               to
               whom
               wee
               are
               moste
               bounde
               ,
               as
               of
               whom
               wee
               haue
               our
               being
               and
               our
               life
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               foundation
               of
               all
               our
               temporall
               good
               thinges
               ,
               therefore
               with
               great
               reason
               the
               second
               table
               beginneth
               with
               the
               honour
               of
               our
               father
               and
               mother
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               is
               vnderstood
               by
               this
               honour
               which
               is
               due
               to
               our
               father
               and
               mother
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Three
               thinges
               are
               vnderstood
               ,
               helpe
               ,
               obedience
               ,
               &
               reuerence
               .
               First
               ,
               wee
               are
               bound
               to
               helpe
               &
               assist
               our
               father
               &
               mother
               in
               their
               necessities
               .
               And
               this
               helpe
               in
               holy
               Scriptures
               is
               called
               honour
               .
               And
               it
               is
               great
               reasō
               that
               children
               hauing
               receiued
               life
               of
               their
               father
               &
               mother
               ,
               should
               procure
               to
               preserue
               vnto
               them
               the
               same
               life
               .
               Further
               wee
               are
               bounde
               to
               obey
               our
               father
               &
               mother
               ,
               as
               S.
               Paul
               saith
               in
               all
               things
               in
               our
               Lorde
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               in
               all
               things
               which
               are
               conformable
               to
               the
               will
               of
               our
               Lord
               :
               for
               that
               when
               our
               father
               or
               mother
               commandeth
               vs
               any
               thing
               ,
               which
               is
               contrary
               to
               the
               wil
               of
               God
               ,
               then
               we
               must
               according
               to
               the
               commaundemente
               of
               Christ
               ,
               hate
               our
               father
               and
               mother
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               not
               obey
               or
               giue
               eare
               vnto
               them
               ,
               no
               otherwise
               then
               if
               they
               were
               
               our
               enimies
               .
               Finally
               we
               are
               bound
               to
               reuerence
               our
               father
               &
               mother
               in
               bearing
               them
               respect
               ,
               and
               honoring
               them
               in
               words
               ,
               &
               exterior
               behauior
               ,
               as
               is
               conuenient
               :
               &
               so
               great
               account
               God
               made
               of
               this
               in
               the
               olde
               testament
               ,
               that
               he
               commanded
               that
               who
               soeuer
               durst
               curse
               his
               father
               or
               mother
               ,
               should
               be
               killed
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               know
               not
               for
               what
               cause
               the
               law
               of
               God
               hath
               cōmanded
               the
               children
               that
               they
               should
               help
               their
               father
               &
               mother
               ,
               &
               to
               assist
               them
               :
               &
               hath
               not
               also
               commanded
               the
               fathers
               &
               mothers
               ,
               that
               they
               should
               helpe
               &
               succour
               their
               children
               ,
               especially
               whiles
               they
               are
               little
               &
               haue
               need
               of
               helpe
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Truely
               the
               bonde
               is
               reciprocall
               ,
               and
               all
               one
               ,
               betwixt
               the
               parents
               and
               the
               children
               .
               For
               euen
               as
               the
               childrē
               are
               bound
               to
               help
               ,
               to
               reuerence
               ,
               and
               to
               obey
               their
               parents
               :
               so
               the
               parents
               are
               bound
               to
               prouide
               for
               the
               children
               ,
               not
               only
               meate
               &
               clothes
               ,
               
               but
               also
               that
               they
               be
               taught
               and
               instructed
               .
               But
               the
               law
               of
               parents
               towardes
               their
               children
               ,
               is
               so
               naturall
               and
               ordinarie
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               no
               neede
               of
               any
               other
               written
               law
               ,
               to
               put
               Parents
               in
               mind
               of
               their
               bond
               towards
               their
               children
               .
               But
               contrariwise
               it
               is
               often
               seene
               ,
               that
               children
               are
               not
               answerable
               in
               loue
               towardes
               their
               parents
               .
               And
               therfore
               it
               was
               necessary
               to
               admonish
               them
               by
               this
               commandement
               of
               their
               dutie
               :
               neither
               is
               God
               contented
               with
               a
               bare
               commandement
               ,
               but
               hath
               adjoyned
               a
               promise
               ,
               and
               a
               threatning
               to
               make
               them
               obserue
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               would
               gladly
               know
               what
               promise
               and
               threatning
               that
               is
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Vnto
               this
               fourth
               commandemēt
               God
               adjoyneth
               these
               wordes
               ;
               that
               thou
               maist
               liue
               long
               vpon
               the
               earth
               .
               Meaning
               that
               those
               who
               honour
               their
               father
               and
               mother
               ,
               shall
               haue
               for
               rewarde
               to
               liue
               long
               :
               and
               those
               
               who
               do
               not
               honour
               them
               ,
               shall
               haue
               amongst
               other
               punishmēts
               ,
               this
               particular
               ,
               not
               to
               liue
               long
               .
               And
               it
               is
               a
               very
               iust
               punishment
               .
               For
               there
               is
               no
               reason
               ,
               thar
               he
               enioy
               long
               life
               ,
               who
               dtshonoreth
               those
               of
               whom
               he
               receiued
               the
               same
               life
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               There
               occurreth
               vnto
               me
               to
               demand
               ,
               whether
               this
               ,
               that
               hath
               been
               said
               of
               the
               father
               &
               mother
               ,
               be
               vnderstood
               also
               of
               other
               superriors
               ,
               who
               towardes
               vs
               haue
               the
               place
               of
               parents
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               very
               wel
               considered
               of
               you
               .
               For
               indeed
               this
               commandement
               ,
               is
               extended
               vnto
               al
               Superiors
               ,
               as
               wel
               Ecclesiastical
               as
               temporal
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             fifth
             Commandement
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               DEclare
               now
               if
               you
               please
               the
               fiifth
               commandement
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               This
               commandement
               chiefly
               forbiddeth
               murder
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               to
               kil
               men
               .
               For
               to
               kil
               other
               liuing
               things
               ,
               is
               not
               forbidden
               by
               this
               precept
               And
               
               the
               reason
               is
               ,
               because
               liuing
               things
               wen
               created
               for
               man
               ,
               and
               therefore
               where
               it
               is
               needeful
               that
               he
               serue
               himself
               of
               the
               life
               of
               those
               liuing
               creatures
               ,
               he
               may
               kil
               them
               :
               but
               one
               man
               is
               not
               created
               for
               an
               other
               man
               ,
               but
               for
               God
               ,
               and
               therefore
               one
               man
               is
               not
               maister
               of
               an
               other
               mans
               life
               :
               And
               so
               it
               is
               not
               lawfull
               for
               one
               man
               to
               kill
               an
               other
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Notwithstāding
               we
               see
               that
               Princes
               and
               Gouernours
               put
               thieues
               and
               other
               malefactors
               to
               death
               ,
               who
               neuerthelesse
               are
               men
               ,
               &
               it
               is
               not
               holden
               that
               they
               do
               euil
               herein
               ,
               but
               wel
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Princes
               and
               Gouernours
               that
               haue
               publique
               authoritie
               ,
               put
               malefactors
               to
               death
               ,
               not
               as
               masters
               of
               mens
               liues
               ,
               but
               as
               ministers
               of
               God
               ,
               as
               S.
               Paul
               saith
               .
               Because
               God
               willeth
               and
               commandeth
               that
               malefactors
               be
               punished
               &
               killed
               ,
               when
               they
               deserue
               it
               ,
               that
               good
               men
               may
               be
               safe
               ,
               and
               liue
               in
               peace
               .
               And
               for
               this
               purpose
               
               God
               hath
               geuen
               the
               sword
               into
               the
               handes
               of
               Princes
               and
               Rulers
               to
               do
               iustice
               ,
               in
               defending
               the
               good
               ,
               and
               chastising
               the
               bad
               .
               And
               so
               ,
               when
               by
               publique
               authoritie
               a
               malefactor
               is
               put
               to
               death
               ,
               it
               is
               not
               called
               murder
               ,
               but
               an
               act
               of
               iustice
               :
               and
               whereas
               the
               commandement
               of
               God
               saith
               :
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               kil
               ,
               it
               is
               vnderstood
               ,
               by
               thy
               priuat
               authority
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               haue
               heare
               a
               doubt
               ,
               whether
               this
               commandement
               forbiddeth
               a
               man
               to
               kil
               him selfe
               ,
               as
               it
               forbiddeth
               to
               kil
               an
               other
               ;
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Without
               all
               doubt
               this
               commandement
               forbiddeth
               to
               kil
               himselfe
               ,
               because
               no
               man
               is
               maister
               of
               his
               owne
               life
               ,
               man
               being
               made
               not
               by
               himself
               ,
               but
               by
               God.
               And
               therefore
               no
               man
               by
               priuat
               authoritie
               can
               take
               the
               life
               from
               himself
               .
               And
               if
               any
               holie
               men
               not
               to
               lose
               their
               faith
               ,
               or
               their
               chastitie
               ,
               haue
               killed
               them selues
               ,
               it
               is
               to
               be
               thought
               ,
               that
               they
               
               had
               particular
               ,
               and
               cleare
               inspiration
               from
               God
               to
               doe
               it
               ;
               which
               otherwise
               could
               not
               be
               excused
               frō
               most
               grieuous
               sinne
               .
               For
               that
               who
               killeth
               himselfe
               ,
               killeth
               a
               man
               ,
               and
               so
               committeth
               murder
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               sin
               principally
               forbidden
               in
               this
               fift
               precept
               of
               the
               lawe
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Wherfore
               do
               you
               say
               principally
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Because
               not
               only
               to
               kill
               is
               forbidden
               ,
               but
               also
               to
               hurt
               ,
               to
               beat
               ,
               or
               to
               doe
               anie
               other
               injurie
               whatsoeuer
               ,
               to
               the
               body
               &
               person
               of
               our
               neighbor
               .
               Yea
               Christ
               our
               Lord
               in
               the
               holie
               Gospell
               ,
               declaring
               this
               commandement
               ,
               forbiddeth
               also
               disdaine
               ,
               hatred
               ,
               rancour
               ,
               reuiling
               ,
               &
               other
               like
               passionat
               behauiour
               ,
               and
               speaches
               ,
               which
               vsually
               are
               the
               cause
               &
               roote
               of
               murders
               .
               And
               contrariwise
               ,
               willeth
               ,
               that
               we
               be
               meeke
               ,
               and
               curteous
               ,
               procuring
               peace
               and
               concord
               with
               all
               men
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Of
             the
             sixt
             Commandement
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               VVHat
               is
               contained
               in
               the
               sixt
               commandement
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               prohibition
               of
               adulterie
               is
               principally
               therein
               cōtained
               .
               Which
               is
               to
               sinne
               with
               an
               other
               mans
               wife
               .
               And
               for
               that
               ,
               next
               vnto
               life
               ,
               honour
               (
               or
               honestie
               )
               is
               most
               esteemed
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               therefore
               next
               after
               the
               commandement
               ,
               not
               to
               kill
               ,
               with
               great
               reason
               adulterie
               is
               forbid
               ,
               by
               which
               honestie
               is
               lost
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Wherefore
               doe
               you
               say
               ,
               principally
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Because
               in
               the
               ten
               commandements
               ,
               which
               are
               lawes
               of
               Iustice
               ,
               those
               sinnes
               are
               principally
               forbid
               ,
               by
               which
               injustice
               is
               more
               manifestly
               committed
               ,
               of
               which
               sort
               is
               adulterie
               .
               But
               besides
               this
               all
               other
               sortes
               of
               carnall
               sinnes
               are
               also
               secondarily
               forbidden
               :
               as
               sacriledge
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               sinne
               with
               a
               person
               consecrated
               to
               God
               :
               incest
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               sinne
               with
               
               those
               of
               our
               owne
               kindred
               ,
               deflowring
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               sinne
               with
               a
               virgin
               :
               fornication
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               sinne
               with
               a
               woman
               corrupted
               and
               single
               ,
               as
               a
               Widow
               or
               a
               harlot
               :
               and
               other
               sortes
               of
               sinnes
               more
               abhominable
               ,
               which
               ought
               not
               so
               much
               as
               to
               be
               named
               amongst
               Christians
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Albeit
               I
               doe
               beleeue
               that
               all
               is
               true
               ,
               which
               you
               haue
               saide
               ,
               yet
               I
               would
               be
               glad
               to
               vnderstand
               ,
               where
               vpon
               it
               is
               grounded
               ,
               that
               fornication
               is
               a
               sinne
               :
               for
               that
               he
               seemeth
               not
               to
               do
               any
               harme
               or
               injurie
               vnto
               any
               ,
               that
               committeth
               simply
               fornication
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               grounded
               in
               all
               lawes
               :
               in
               the
               law
               of
               Nature
               ,
               in
               the
               written
               lawe
               ,
               and
               in
               the
               law
               of
               Grace
               .
               In
               the
               lawe
               of
               nature
               it
               is
               found
               ,
               that
               the
               Patriarch
               Iudas
               would
               haue
               put
               to
               death
               a
               woman
               called
               Thamar
               ,
               who
               had
               bin
               his
               sonnes
               wife
               ,
               and
               being
               now
               widdow
               was
               founde
               with
               childe
               .
               Whereby
               it
               appeareth
               ,
               that
               in
               that
               
               time
               ,
               before
               the
               Law
               of
               Moses
               was
               giuen
               ,
               by
               the
               instinct
               of
               nature
               ,
               men
               did
               know
               that
               fornication
               was
               sinne
               .
               After
               in
               the
               lawe
               of
               Moses
               ,
               fornication
               is
               forbidden
               in
               many
               places
               .
               And
               in
               the
               Epistles
               of
               S.
               Paul
               ,
               wee
               reade
               many
               times
               ,
               that
               fornicators
               shall
               not
               enter
               into
               the
               glorie
               of
               heauen
               .
               Neither
               is
               it
               true
               ,
               that
               fornication
               doth
               no
               hurt
               nor
               injurie
               to
               anie
               .
               For
               it
               hurteth
               the
               same
               woman
               ,
               who
               thereby
               looseth
               her
               fame
               :
               it
               hurteth
               the
               childe
               which
               is
               borne
               a
               bastard
               :
               it
               doth
               injurie
               to
               Christ
               ,
               for
               we
               being
               all
               members
               of
               Christ
               ,
               hee
               that
               committeth
               fornication
               ,
               maketh
               the
               member
               of
               Christ
               ,
               the
               member
               of
               an
               harlot
               .
               Finally
               ,
               hee
               doth
               injurie
               to
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               ,
               for
               that
               our
               bodies
               are
               the
               temple
               of
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               ,
               and
               so
               he
               that
               defileth
               his
               bodie
               with
               fornication
               ,
               defileth
               the
               temple
               of
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Doth
               this
               sixt
               commandement
               
               forbid
               any
               other
               thing
               ,
               besides
               these
               kinds
               of
               sin
               ,
               which
               you
               haue
               named
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               forbiddeth
               also
               al
               other
               dishonesties
               ,
               which
               are
               as
               allurements
               to
               adultery
               ,
               or
               fornication
               :
               as
               lasciuious
               lookes
               ,
               vnchaste
               kissing
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               .
               And
               so
               our
               Lorde
               taught
               vs
               in
               in
               the
               holie
               Gospel
               ,
               where
               declaring
               this
               sixt
               Commandement
               he
               saith
               :
               Whosoeuer
               shall
               see
               a
               woman
               to
               lust
               after
               her
               ,
               hath
               already
               committed
               aduoutrie
               with
               her
               in
               his
               heart
               .
               And
               therfore
               it
               is
               necessarie
               to
               those
               that
               will
               flie
               from
               such
               sinnes
               ,
               to
               haue
               great
               care
               of
               their
               outwarde
               senses
               ,
               and
               especially
               of
               their
               eyes
               ,
               which
               are
               as
               doores
               whereby
               death
               of
               the
               soule
               entreth
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             seuenth
             Commandement
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               VVHat
               doth
               the
               seuenth
               cōmandement
               contain
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               containeth
               the
               prohibition
               of
               theeft
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               to
               take
               the
               goodes
               of
               an
               other
               againste
               the
               will
               of
               the
               
               owner
               .
               And
               so
               in
               right
               order
               ,
               theft
               is
               forbiden
               ,
               after
               murder
               and
               adulterie
               .
               For
               that
               amongst
               temporal
               ,
               or
               worldlie
               things
               next
               to
               life
               ,
               honour
               ,
               (
               or
               honestie
               )
               is
               estemed
               &
               then
               the
               goodes
               or
               riches
               of
               this
               world
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               How
               manie
               wayes
               is
               this
               seuenth
               commandement
               broken
               ;
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Two
               waies
               principally
               ,
               to
               which
               al
               others
               are
               reduced
               .
               The
               first
               way
               is
               by
               taking
               an
               others
               goods
               secretly
               ,
               and
               this
               is
               properly
               called
               theft
               .
               The
               second
               principal
               way
               is
               by
               taking
               an
               others
               goods
               openly
               ,
               and
               by
               force
               ,
               as
               robbers
               do
               by
               the
               highway
               :
               and
               this
               is
               called
               roberie
               .
               And
               albeit
               the
               commandement
               of
               God
               speaketh
               of
               the
               first
               ,
               saying
               :
               Thou
               shalt
               not
               steale
               ,
               yet
               it
               is
               vnderstood
               also
               of
               the
               second
               :
               for
               he
               that
               forbiddeth
               the
               lesse
               euil
               ,
               without
               doubt
               forbiddeth
               also
               the
               greater
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               be
               the
               sinnes
               which
               are
               reduced
               to
               theft
               and
               roberie
               ,
               and
               are
               
               for
               bid
               by
               this
               commandement
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               They
               are
               these
               .
               First
               al
               the
               frauds
               &
               deceipts
               which
               are
               vsed
               in
               buying
               &
               selling
               ,
               and
               other
               like
               bargaynes
               .
               And
               these
               are
               reduced
               to
               theft
               :
               because
               he
               that
               vseth
               such
               deceipts
               ,
               taketh
               secretly
               of
               his
               neighbours
               more
               then
               is
               due
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               al
               vsuries
               ,
               which
               are
               made
               by
               lending
               of
               money
               with
               couenant
               ,
               that
               it
               shal
               be
               restored
               with
               something
               more
               :
               And
               these
               are
               reduced
               to
               roberie
               ,
               because
               he
               that
               taketh
               vsurie
               ,
               exacteth
               manifestly
               more
               thē
               he
               hathlent
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               al
               the
               damages
               which
               are
               done
               to
               our
               neighbour
               ,
               though
               he
               that
               is
               the
               occasion
               thereof
               ,
               gaine
               nothing
               thereby
               :
               As
               when
               one
               burneth
               an
               other
               mans
               house
               .
               And
               this
               is
               reduced
               sometimes
               to
               theft
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               to
               roberie
               ,
               according
               as
               the
               harme
               is
               done
               secretly
               or
               manifestly
               .
               Fourthly
               ,
               he
               that
               payeth
               not
               that
               he
               is
               bouud
               to
               pay
               ,
               sinneth
               against
               this
               
               commandement
               ,
               as
               much
               as
               if
               hee
               should
               steale
               ,
               in
               that
               hee
               keepeth
               an
               other
               mans
               goods
               against
               the
               wil
               of
               the
               owner
               .
               Fiftly
               ,
               he
               sinneth
               against
               the
               same
               commandement
               ,
               and
               committeth
               theft
               ,
               that
               findeth
               any
               thing
               that
               an
               other
               hath
               lost
               ,
               and
               taketh
               it
               for
               himselfe
               :
               I
               say
               ,
               that
               an
               other
               hath
               lost
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               not
               sinne
               to
               take
               that
               which
               belonged
               to
               no
               bodie
               .
               As
               pretious
               stones
               which
               sometimes
               are
               found
               by
               the
               sea
               side
               .
               Sixtly
               ,
               it
               is
               reduced
               to
               theft
               or
               to
               robberie
               ,
               whē
               one
               appropriateth
               to
               himselfe
               anie
               thing
               which
               is
               common
               .
               For
               he
               that
               doth
               appropriate
               thinges
               that
               are
               common
               ,
               depriueth
               the
               communitie
               of
               such
               things
               as
               belong
               to
               the
               whole
               bodie
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               ,
               if
               theft
               be
               a
               great
               sinne
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               All
               mortall
               sinnes
               may
               bee
               called
               great
               ,
               for
               that
               they
               depriue
               a
               man
               of
               eternall
               life
               :
               but
               theft
               hath
               
               this
               propertie
               ,
               that
               it
               bringeth
               greatest
               euils
               with
               it
               :
               for
               we
               see
               that
               Iudas
               by
               the
               custome
               he
               had
               to
               steale
               ,
               appropriating
               to
               himselfe
               ,
               that
               was
               giuen
               him
               ,
               for
               the
               common
               vse
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
               and
               his
               holie
               Apostles
               ,
               it
               brought
               him
               in
               the
               ende
               to
               betray
               his
               owne
               most
               holie
               Master
               .
               And
               we
               see
               dailie
               that
               robbers
               sticke
               not
               to
               kill
               men
               ,
               whom
               they
               neuer
               did
               see
               before
               ,
               and
               to
               whom
               they
               haue
               no
               hatred
               nor
               enmitie
               ,
               onely
               for
               dedesire
               to
               take
               from
               them
               ,
               that
               more
               or
               lesse
               ,
               which
               they
               carry
               about
               thē
               :
               &
               God
               permitteth
               ,
               that
               cōmonly
               those
               which
               take
               frō
               other
               men
               ,
               enjoy
               it
               not
               long
               :
               as
               it
               fel
               to
               Iudas
               ,
               who
               hanged
               himself
               ,
               &
               al
               thieues
               ordinarily
               fal
               into
               the
               hands
               of
               justice
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             eight
             Commandement
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               VVHat
               doth
               the
               eight
               commandement
               containe
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Hitherto
               hath
               been
               spoken
               of
               injuries
               ,
               which
               are
               committed
               
               against
               our
               neighbour
               in
               deedes
               ,
               now
               follow
               the
               iniuries
               which
               are
               done
               by
               wordes
               .
               And
               therefore
               the
               eight
               commandement
               forbiddeth
               false
               witnes
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               most
               principal
               iniurie
               ,
               that
               is
               committed
               with
               wordes
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               would
               know
               ,
               whether
               it
               bee
               against
               this
               commandement
               ,
               when
               one
               speaketh
               that
               is
               false
               without
               harme
               to
               any
               man
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               One
               may
               speake
               that
               is
               false
               ,
               three
               maner
               of
               waies
               .
               First
               with
               damage
               to
               our
               neighbour
               ,
               as
               when
               one
               accuseth
               an
               other
               before
               the
               iustice
               ,
               that
               he
               hath
               stollen
               or
               killed
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               ,
               knowing
               that
               it
               is
               not
               true
               .
               And
               this
               is
               a
               wicked
               and
               pernitious
               lie
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               to
               helpe
               or
               excuse
               his
               neighbour
               ,
               as
               when
               one
               telleth
               a
               lie
               to
               saue
               an
               other
               from
               some
               danger
               .
               And
               this
               is
               called
               an
               officious
               lie
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               when
               one
               telleth
               a
               lie
               ,
               without
               either
               harming
               or
               helping
               any
               
               man.
               And
               this
               is
               called
               an
               idle
               lie
               .
               The
               first
               of
               all
               these
               three
               maners
               is
               properly
               forbidden
               by
               this
               commandement
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               not
               onely
               a
               false
               testimonie
               ,
               but
               vniust
               also
               ,
               &
               a
               most
               grieuous
               sinne
               .
               The
               other
               two
               maners
               ,
               albeit
               they
               contain
               not
               alwaies
               iustice
               ,
               and
               are
               not
               so
               grieuous
               sinnes
               ,
               as
               the
               first
               ,
               yet
               they
               are
               alwaies
               sinnes
               ,
               at
               the
               least
               venial
               .
               For
               that
               a
               lie
               ought
               not
               to
               bee
               tolde
               for
               any
               thing
               in
               the
               world
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Doth
               this
               precept
               containe
               any
               thing
               ,
               besids
               the
               prohibitiō
               of
               a
               lie
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               containeth
               the
               prohibition
               of
               three
               other
               sinnes
               ,
               which
               are
               committed
               by
               the
               tongue
               ,
               and
               in
               some
               sorte
               are
               reduced
               to
               false
               witnesse
               :
               which
               are
               ,
               Contumelie
               ,
               Detraction
               ,
               and
               Cursing
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               〈◊〉
               ●eante
               by
               Contumelie
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               A
               Contumelie
               is
               an
               iniurious
               worde
               ,
               spoken
               to
               the
               dishonour
               or
               
               discredite
               our
               neighbour
               .
               As
               if
               one
               saye
               to
               an
               other
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               ignorant
               or
               of
               litle
               wit
               ,
               base
               ,
               infamous
               ,
               or
               the
               like
               .
               And
               that
               this
               is
               a
               great
               sinne
               ,
               being
               spoken
               with
               an
               injurious
               meaning
               :
               our
               Sauiour
               declareth
               in
               the
               holy
               Gospel
               ,
               where
               he
               saith
               ,
               that
               he
               that
               calleth
               his
               brother
               foole
               ,
               shal
               be
               guiltie
               of
               hel
               fire
               .
               I
               said
               when
               it
               is
               spoken
               with
               an
               injurious
               minde
               :
               for
               when
               it
               is
               spoken
               in
               iest
               ,
               or
               to
               admonish
               ,
               or
               correct
               ,
               as
               sometimes
               a
               father
               speaketh
               to
               his
               childe
               ,
               or
               a
               master
               to
               his
               Scholar
               ,
               without
               meaning
               to
               iniurie
               him
               ,
               then
               it
               is
               not
               cōtumely
               ,
               nor
               any
               sin
               ,
               for
               most
               parte
               ,
               but
               sometimes
               it
               may
               be
               a
               venial
               sin
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               is
               detraction
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Detraction
               is
               to
               take
               away
               the
               fame
               of
               our
               neighbour
               in
               speaking
               euill
               of
               him
               .
               And
               this
               i●
               done
               either
               by
               speaking
               ill
               falsly
               ,
               or
               by
               telling
               some
               euill
               that
               is
               true
               ,
               but
               was
               secrete
               .
               Whereby
               our
               neighbour
               looseth
               
               the
               good-name
               which
               he
               had
               with
               them
               ,
               who
               did
               not
               know
               his
               sinne
               before
               .
               And
               this
               detraction
               is
               a
               very
               frequent
               sinne
               amongst
               men
               ,
               and
               very
               grieuous
               and
               dangerous
               ,
               because
               a
               mans
               name
               is
               more
               worth
               then
               his
               goods
               ,
               and
               by
               some
               it
               is
               more
               esteemed
               then
               life
               it selfe
               .
               And
               therefore
               it
               is
               a
               great
               wrong
               to
               make
               them
               loose
               it
               .
               And
               whereas
               it
               is
               an
               easie
               thing
               to
               find
               remedie
               for
               other
               losses
               ,
               a
               good
               name
               when
               it
               is
               lost
               ,
               is
               not
               recouered
               without
               great
               difficultie
               .
               And
               besides
               all
               this
               ,
               hee
               that
               by
               his
               detraction
               hath
               taken
               it
               away
               is
               bound
               to
               restore
               it
               .
               Wherefore
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               most
               profitable
               counsel
               ,
               to
               speake
               well
               alwaies
               of
               all
               men
               ,
               when
               it
               can
               be
               done
               with
               truth
               ,
               and
               when
               it
               can
               not
               ,
               then
               be
               silent
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               meaneth
               cursing
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Malediction
               or
               cursing
               is
               ,
               when
               one
               curseth
               his
               neighbour
               ,
               as
               by
               saying
               ,
               cursed
               be
               he
               ,
               or
               by
               vttering
               ,
               
               other
               sorts
               of
               maledictions
               against
               him
               ,
               as
               saying
               ,
               such
               an
               euil
               ,
               or
               such
               an
               one
               take
               thee
               .
               And
               this
               cursing
               is
               a
               most
               grieuous
               sin
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               spoken
               with
               hatred
               &
               with
               desire
               that
               such
               euils
               come
               vnto
               his
               neighbour
               in
               earneste
               .
               But
               when
               it
               is
               done
               ,
               without
               hatred
               or
               euill
               desire
               ,
               as
               in
               ieast
               ,
               or
               to
               make
               sporte
               ,
               or
               vppon
               some
               suddaine
               disdaine
               ,
               without
               regarde
               to
               that
               hee
               speaketh
               ,
               it
               is
               lesse
               euill
               ;
               yet
               it
               is
               for
               all
               that
               ,
               alwaies
               euill
               ,
               for
               that
               from
               the
               mouth
               of
               a
               Christian
               ,
               who
               is
               the
               sonne
               of
               God
               by
               adoption
               ,
               nothing
               ought
               to
               passe
               but
               benediction
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             ninth
             Commandement
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               VVHAT
               doeth
               the
               ninth
               Commandement
               contayne
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               contayneth
               the
               prohibition
               of
               the
               desire
               to
               haue
               thy
               neighbours
               wife
               .
               For
               that
               albeit
               in
               the
               
               sixt
               Commandement
               adulterie
               is
               forbidden
               :
               yet
               God
               would
               seueerely
               forbid
               the
               desire
               of
               adulterie
               ,
               to
               giue
               vs
               to
               vnderstād
               ,
               that
               these
               two
               are
               diuerse
               sinnes
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               It
               seemeth
               that
               in
               this
               Commandemēt
               the
               desire
               of
               adulterie
               ,
               which
               a
               woman
               committeth
               with
               the
               husband
               of
               an
               other
               woman
               is
               not
               forbidden
               ,
               but
               only
               the
               desire
               of
               adulterie
               ,
               which
               a
               man
               committeth
               with
               the
               wife
               of
               an
               other
               man
               ,
               seeing
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               not
               desire
               thy
               neighbours
               wife
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               not
               so
               .
               But
               the
               desire
               of
               adulterie
               is
               forbidden
               ,
               aswel
               of
               a
               woman
               ,
               as
               of
               a
               man
               :
               for
               albeit
               it
               is
               said
               ,
               thou
               shalt
               not
               desire
               thy
               neighbours
               wife
               :
               yet
               that
               is
               spoken
               vnto
               the
               man
               ,
               is
               vnderstood
               to
               be
               spoken
               also
               to
               the
               woman
               :
               because
               in
               the
               man
               as
               more
               notable
               ,
               is
               contained
               also
               the
               womā
               .
               And
               besids
               euery
               one
               knoweth
               that
               the
               adulterie
               of
               a
               woman
               ,
               is
               more
               
               infamous
               ,
               at
               leaste
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               the
               worlde
               then
               of
               a
               man
               :
               as
               the
               honestie
               &
               shamefastnes
               ,
               is
               also
               more
               commended
               in
               a
               woman
               ,
               then
               in
               a
               man.
               Seeing
               then
               it
               is
               forbidden
               to
               a
               man
               to
               desire
               an
               other
               mans
               wife
               ,
               without
               doubt
               it
               is
               also
               forbidden
               to
               a
               woman
               to
               desire
               an
               other
               womans
               husband
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               You
               haue
               saide
               before
               ,
               that
               where
               adulterie
               is
               forbidden
               ,
               all
               other
               carnall
               sinnes
               are
               also
               forbidden
               .
               I
               desire
               to
               knowe
               whether
               the
               same
               bee
               vnderstood
               of
               the
               desire
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               There
               is
               no
               doubt
               at
               all
               but
               that
               when
               the
               desire
               of
               adulterie
               is
               forbidden
               ,
               the
               desire
               also
               of
               fornication
               and
               of
               all
               other
               dishonesties
               ,
               is
               vnderstood
               to
               bee
               forbidden
               ,
               for
               that
               the
               same
               reason
               is
               of
               all
               these
               sinnes
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               would
               know
               whether
               euery
               desire
               of
               an
               other
               mans
               wife
               be
               sinne
               ,
               although
               there
               be
               no
               consent
               of
               the
               will
               to
               such
               a
               desire
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               M
               
            
             
               S.
               Gregory
               the
               Pope
               hath
               taugth
               vs
               ,
               that
               in
               an
               euill
               desire
               there
               are
               three
               degrees
               .
               The
               first
               is
               called
               suggestion
               ;
               the
               second
               delectation
               ;
               the
               third
               consent
               .
               Suggestion
               is
               when
               the
               diuell
               putteth
               into
               the
               minde
               a
               dishonest
               thought
               ,
               which
               is
               accompanied
               with
               a
               suddaine
               beginning
               of
               euill
               desire
               :
               and
               if
               to
               this
               suggestion
               ,
               there
               be
               resistance
               made
               presently
               ,
               so
               that
               it
               come
               to
               no
               delight
               ,
               a
               man
               doth
               not
               sin
               ,
               but
               merite
               before
               God
               :
               but
               if
               the
               suggestion
               passe
               to
               a
               sensuall
               delectation
               ,
               and
               there
               bee
               no
               consent
               of
               reason
               and
               will
               ,
               then
               a
               man
               is
               not
               without
               some
               veniall
               sinne
               :
               but
               if
               to
               the
               suggestion
               and
               delectation
               ,
               the
               consent
               of
               reason
               and
               will
               be
               annexed
               ,
               so
               that
               a
               man
               perceiue
               it
               and
               desire
               it
               ,
               and
               willingly
               remaine
               in
               such
               a
               desire
               &
               thought
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               mortall
               sinne
               ,
               and
               this
               is
               that
               which
               is
               properly
               forbidden
               in
               this
               commandement
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Of
             the
             tenth
             Commandement
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               VVHAT
               doth
               the
               tenth
               Commandement
               contayne
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               contayneth
               the
               prohibition
               of
               the
               desire
               of
               an
               other
               mans
               goods
               ,
               aswell
               immooueable
               ,
               as
               are
               his
               house
               and
               landes
               ,
               as
               mooueable
               ,
               such
               as
               money
               ,
               cattle
               ,
               fruits
               ,
               &
               other
               things
               And
               so
               is
               perfect
               iustice
               fulfilled
               ,
               when
               we
               doe
               injurie
               to
               our
               neighbour
               ,
               neither
               in
               worke
               nor
               in
               worde
               ,
               nor
               so
               much
               as
               in
               thought
               &
               desire
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               do
               maruel
               that
               God
               hauing
               forbidden
               murder
               ,
               adulterie
               ,
               and
               theft
               ,
               he
               doth
               not
               forbid
               the
               desire
               of
               murder
               ,
               as
               he
               forbiddeth
               the
               desire
               of
               adulterie
               ,
               and
               theft
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               reason
               is
               this
               ,
               because
               a
               man
               doeth
               not
               desire
               principally
               any
               thing
               ,
               but
               that
               which
               bringeth
               him
               some
               good
               ,
               at
               the
               least
               in
               apparance
               .
               And
               so
               hee
               desireth
               adulterie
               ,
               because
               it
               bringeth
               delight
               he
               desireth
               
               theft
               ,
               for
               that
               it
               bringeth
               profite
               :
               murder
               bringeth
               no
               good
               at
               all
               ,
               &
               therefore
               it
               is
               not
               desired
               for
               it selfe
               ,
               but
               only
               to
               attaine
               to
               adulterie
               ,
               or
               to
               theft
               ,
               or
               to
               some
               other
               his
               designements
               :
               for
               this
               cause
               ,
               though
               the
               desire
               of
               murder
               ,
               be
               a
               most
               grieuous
               sin
               ,
               yet
               God
               did
               not
               forbid
               it
               particularly
               :
               for
               that
               it
               might
               be
               vnderstood
               as
               forbidden
               ,
               when
               murder
               it selfe
               was
               forbidden
               .
               Besides
               ,
               hauing
               shut
               the
               doores
               to
               disordinat
               desires
               of
               delectation
               ,
               and
               of
               commodities
               ,
               consequently
               were
               shut
               vp
               also
               the
               desires
               of
               murder
               ,
               which
               for
               most
               part
               is
               not
               desired
               ,
               but
               to
               attayne
               to
               some
               commoditie
               ,
               or
               delight
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               would
               know
               ,
               for
               what
               cause
               the
               desire
               is
               neuer
               prohibited
               by
               humaine
               lawes
               ,
               as
               we
               see
               it
               is
               forbidden
               in
               this
               law
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               reason
               is
               manifest
               ,
               for
               that
               men
               ,
               although
               they
               bee
               Popes
               ,
               or
               Emperours
               ,
               do
               not
               see
               the
               harts
               ,
               but
               
               onely
               the
               exteriour
               things
               ,
               &
               therefore
               being
               not
               able
               to
               iudge
               the
               thoughts
               and
               desires
               ,
               much
               lesse
               can
               they
               punish
               them
               ,
               and
               so
               it
               is
               not
               conuenient
               they
               should
               busie
               themselues
               in
               forbidding
               them
               .
               But
               God
               that
               discerneth
               the
               harts
               of
               all
               men
               ,
               can
               punishe
               the
               euill
               thoughts
               and
               desires
               :
               and
               therefore
               he
               forbiddeth
               them
               in
               his
               holie
               law
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           Cap.
           7.
           
           The
           declaration
           of
           the
           precepts
           of
           the
           Church
           .
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             BESIDES
             the
             Commandements
             of
             God
             ,
             I
             would
             know
             if
             there
             bee
             any
             other
             to
             bee
             obserued
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             There
             are
             the
             precepts
             of
             Holie
             Church
             ,
             which
             are
             these
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   1
                
                 To
                 be
                 present
                 at
                 Masse
                 on
                 commanded
                 feasts
                 .
              
               
                 
                   2
                
                 To
                 fast
                 the
                 Lent
                 ,
                 the
                 foure
                 Imbre
                 weeks
                 ,
                 &
                 cōmanded
                 Eues
                 of
                 Feasts
                 .
                 
                 Also
                 to
                 abstaine
                 from
                 flesh
                 vpon
                 Friday
                 and
                 Saturday
                 *
                 .
              
               
                 
                   3
                
                 To
                 confesse
                 at
                 the
                 least
                 once
                 in
                 the
                 yeare
                 .
              
               
                 
                   4
                
                 To
                 receiue
                 the
                 B.
                 Sacrament
                 at
                 the
                 least
                 at
                 Easter
                 .
              
               
                 
                   5
                
                 To
                 pay
                 tithes
                 to
                 the
                 Church
                 .
              
               
                 
                   6
                
                 Not
                 to
                 solemnize
                 Marriages
                 in
                 times
                 ptohibited
                 ,
                 to
                 wit
                 ,
                 from
                 the
                 first
                 Sunday
                 of
                 Aduent
                 ,
                 vntill
                 the
                 Feast
                 of
                 the
                 Epiphanie
                 :
                 and
                 from
                 the
                 first
                 day
                 of
                 Lent
                 ,
                 till
                 the
                 Octaues
                 of
                 Easter
                 .
                 But
                 of
                 these
                 commandements
                 ,
                 I
                 will
                 say
                 no
                 more
                 now
                 ,
                 partly
                 ,
                 because
                 they
                 are
                 easie
                 ,
                 partly
                 for
                 that
                 of
                 the
                 Masse
                 ,
                 of
                 Confession
                 ,
                 and
                 Communicating
                 ,
                 as
                 also
                 of
                 Fasting
                 we
                 shall
                 speake
                 hereafter
                 ,
                 when
                 we
                 shal
                 declare
                 the
                 holy
                 Sacraments
                 of
                 the
                 Church
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Cap.
           VIII
           .
           The
           declaration
           of
           the
           Euangelicall
           Counsailes
           .
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             I
             Desire
             to
             know
             ,
             if
             besides
             the
             commandements
             of
             our
             Lord
             ,
             there
             be
             any
             counsels
             also
             of
             his
             ,
             to
             liue
             more
             perfectly
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             There
             are
             many
             most
             holy
             counsels
             and
             most
             profitable
             to
             obserue
             the
             commandements
             with
             more
             perfection
             :
             But
             there
             are
             three
             most
             principall
             ;
             voluntary
             pouertie
             ,
             chastitie
             ,
             and
             obedience
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherein
             consisteth
             the
             counsell
             of
             pouertie
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             In
             not
             hauing
             any
             thing
             proper
             ,
             all
             his
             goodes
             being
             giuen
             to
             the
             poore
             ,
             or
             put
             into
             the
             common
             ,
             which
             likewise
             hath
             giuen
             all
             to
             the
             poore
             .
             And
             this
             counsell
             Christe
             taught
             ,
             not
             onely
             in
             wordes
             :
             but
             also
             by
             his
             example
             .
             And
             after
             Christ
             ,
             the
             holy
             Apostles
             followed
             it
             ,
             as
             also
             all
             the
             first
             Christians
             ,
             who
             dwelled
             in
             Ierusalem
             ,
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             Primatiue
             
             Church
             :
             and
             finally
             al
             religious
             persons
             make
             vow
             to
             obserue
             this
             holie
             counsaile
             of
             voluntarie
             pouertie
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherein
             consisteth
             the
             counsaile
             of
             chastitie
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             In
             a
             resolution
             to
             be
             perpetually
             chast
             ,
             not
             only
             abstayning
             from
             all
             sortes
             of
             carnal
             sinnes
             ,
             but
             also
             from
             Mariage
             .
             And
             this
             coūsaile
             also
             our
             Lord
             taught
             by
             word
             and
             example
             .
             And
             our
             Ladie
             likewise
             obserued
             the
             same
             ,
             S.
             Iohn
             Baptist
             ,
             al
             the
             Apostles
             ,
             after
             they
             were
             called
             by
             Christ
             to
             the
             Apostleship
             .
             And
             al
             religious
             persons
             make
             particular
             vow
             hereof
             as
             also
             al
             Ecclesiastical
             men
             ,
             that
             take
             holie
             Orders
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Where
             in
             consisteth
             the
             counsaile
             of
             obedience
             ;
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             In
             renouncing
             our
             proper
             iudgment
             ,
             and
             proper
             wil
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             holie
             Gospel
             is
             called
             ,
             denying
             of
             a
             mans
             selfe
             ,
             and
             to
             subiect
             him selfe
             
             to
             the
             wil
             of
             his
             superior
             ,
             in
             al
             things
             that
             be
             not
             against
             God.
             And
             this
             counsaile
             likewise
             the
             Sauiour
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             taught
             not
             only
             in
             word
             ,
             but
             also
             by
             his
             example
             ,
             obeying
             in
             all
             thinges
             his
             eternall
             Father
             ,
             and
             submitting
             himself
             when
             he
             was
             a
             child
             to
             his
             mother
             ,
             and
             to
             S.
             Ioseph
             his
             supposed
             Father
             ,
             the
             spouse
             of
             our
             B.
             Lady
             ,
             albeit
             indeede
             he
             was
             not
             his
             Father
             ,
             being
             borne
             of
             a
             mother
             ,
             who
             was
             alwaies
             a
             Virgin.
             And
             this
             is
             the
             third
             counsaile
             ,
             to
             the
             vvhich
             all
             religious
             persons
             bind
             themselues
             by
             vowe
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             are
             there
             three
             principall
             counsailes
             ,
             and
             no
             moe
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Because
             these
             principall
             counsailes
             serue
             to
             take
             away
             the
             impediments
             of
             perfection
             :
             that
             consisteth
             in
             charity
             ,
             for
             the
             impediments
             are
             three
             ,
             to
             witte
             ,
             the
             loue
             of
             goods
             ,
             which
             is
             taken
             away
             by
             pouerty
             :
             the
             loue
             of
             carnall
             pleasures
             ,
             which
             is
             
             taken
             away
             by
             chastitie
             :
             &
             the
             loue
             of
             honour
             and
             power
             which
             is
             taken
             away
             by
             obedience
             .
             Moreouer
             ,
             because
             a
             man
             hath
             but
             three
             sorts
             of
             goods
             ;
             to
             wit
             ,
             a
             soule
             ,
             a
             body
             ,
             and
             his
             exterior
             wealth
             ,
             therefore
             giuing
             the
             exterior
             goods
             to
             God
             by
             pouertie
             ,
             his
             bodie
             by
             chastitie
             ,
             and
             his
             soule
             by
             obedience
             ,
             he
             maketh
             a
             Sacrifice
             vnto
             God
             of
             all
             that
             he
             hath
             ,
             and
             so
             disposeth
             himselfe
             to
             perfection
             of
             charitie
             ,
             in
             the
             best
             maner
             that
             in
             this
             life
             is
             possible
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Chap.
           IX
           .
           The
           declaration
           of
           the
           Sacraments
           of
           holie
           Church
           .
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             I
             HAVE
             learned
             through
             the
             grace
             of
             our
             Lorde
             ,
             the
             three
             principal
             parts
             of
             Christiā
             doctrine
             ,
             it
             remaineth
             that
             you
             declare
             vnto
             me
             the
             fourth
             ,
             which
             ,
             if
             I
             well
             remember
             ,
             contayneth
             the
             seauen
             Sacraments
             of
             the
             Church
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             This
             part
             of
             doctrine
             is
             also
             very
             profitable
             ,
             &
             therefore
             it
             is
             conueent
             
             that
             you
             learne
             it
             with
             great
             diligence
             .
             You
             must
             then
             know
             ,
             that
             in
             the
             holie
             Church
             there
             is
             a
             great
             treasure
             ,
             to
             wit
             these
             holie
             Sacraments
             ,
             by
             meanes
             whereof
             ,
             we
             receiue
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             ,
             we
             keepe
             it
             ,
             we
             increase
             it
             ,
             and
             when
             by
             our
             defalt
             wee
             lose
             it
             ,
             wee
             may
             recouer
             it
             again
             .
             I
             wil
             therfore
             declare
             vnto
             you
             what
             a
             sacrament
             is
             ,
             how
             many
             Sacraments
             there
             bee
             ,
             by
             whom
             they
             were
             instituted
             ,
             and
             some
             other
             fewe
             things
             :
             and
             after
             we
             will
             come
             to
             the
             declaration
             of
             euerie
             one
             of
             them
             in
             particular
             .
          
        
         
           
             S.
             
          
           
             Begin
             then
             I
             pray
             you
             ,
             to
             declare
             what
             a
             Sacrament
             is
             ,
             which
             I
             much
             desire
             to
             vnderstand
             .
          
        
         
           
             M.
             
          
           
             A
             Sacrament
             is
             a
             holy
             Mystery
             ,
             by
             which
             God
             bestoweth
             his
             grace
             ,
             and
             with
             all
             it
             representeth
             exteriorly
             the
             inuisible
             effect
             ,
             which
             grace
             worketh
             in
             our
             soule
             .
             For
             if
             wee
             were
             spirits
             without
             bodies
             ,
             as
             the
             Angels
             
             are
             ,
             God
             would
             giue
             vs
             his
             grace
             spiritually
             :
             but
             because
             we
             are
             composed
             of
             a
             soule
             and
             a
             bodie
             ,
             therefore
             our
             Lord
             condescending
             to
             our
             nature
             ,
             geueth
             vs
             his
             grace
             by
             means
             of
             certayn
             corporal
             actions
             ,
             which
             as
             I
             haue
             said
             ,
             together
             with
             certain
             exterior
             signes
             declare
             to
             vs
             the
             inward
             effect
             of
             grace
             .
             As
             for
             example
             holie
             Baptisme
             ,
             which
             is
             one
             of
             the
             Sacraments
             ,
             is
             done
             by
             washing
             the
             bodie
             with
             water
             ,
             and
             therwith
             calling
             vpon
             the
             most
             holie
             Trinitie
             .
             By
             means
             of
             which
             ceremonious
             washing
             ,
             God
             geueth
             his
             grace
             ,
             &
             putteth
             it
             in
             the
             soule
             of
             him
             ,
             that
             is
             baptised
             .
             And
             it
             instructeth
             vs
             ,
             that
             as
             that
             water
             washeth
             the
             bodie
             ,
             so
             grace
             washeth
             the
             soule
             &
             clenseth
             it
             from
             al
             sinne
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             If
             I
             haue
             wel
             vnderstood
             ,
             three
             conditions
             are
             requisit
             to
             the
             nature
             of
             a
             Sacrament
             :
             first
             ,
             that
             it
             be
             a
             ceremonie
             ,
             or
             as
             we
             would
             say
             ,
             an
             
             exterior
             action
             :
             the
             second
             ,
             that
             God
             by
             it
             giue
             his
             grace
             :
             the
             third
             ,
             that
             the
             same
             ceremonie
             haue
             a
             similitude
             with
             the
             effect
             of
             grace
             ,
             and
             so
             represent
             and
             signifie
             it
             exteriorly
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             You
             haue
             vnderstood
             it
             very
             wel
             .
             Now
             you
             haue
             to
             know
             further
             ,
             that
             these
             Sacraments
             are
             in
             al
             seauen
             ,
             &
             are
             called
             Baptisme
             ,
             Confirmation
             or
             Chrisme
             ,
             Eucharist
             ,
             Penance
             ,
             Extreame
             Vnction
             ,
             Order
             ,
             and
             Matrimonie
             .
             The
             reason
             wherfore
             they
             are
             seauen
             is
             this
             :
             for
             that
             God
             would
             proceed
             in
             giuing
             vs
             spiritual
             life
             ,
             as
             he
             vseth
             to
             proceed
             in
             giuing
             vs
             our
             corporal
             life
             .
             Touching
             corporal
             life
             ,
             first
             is
             needful
             to
             be
             borne
             ,
             secondly
             ,
             is
             needfull
             to
             grow
             ,
             thirdly
             ,
             is
             needfull
             to
             be
             nourished
             :
             fourthly
             when
             a
             man
             falleth
             sicke
             ,
             it
             is
             needful
             he
             vse
             phisicke
             :
             siftly
             ,
             when
             he
             must
             fight
             ,
             he
             hath
             need
             to
             arme
             himselfe
             :
             sixtly
             is
             needfull
             ,
             that
             there
             bee
             some
             to
             gouerne
             and
             rule
             those
             that
             are
             now
             
             borne
             &
             growne
             ;
             seuenthly
             ,
             is
             needfull
             there
             be
             some
             to
             multiplie
             mankind
             :
             for
             seeing
             those
             that
             are
             borne
             do
             die
             ,
             if
             others
             should
             not
             succeed
             ,
             mankinde
             would
             soone
             decay
             .
             So
             then
             touching
             the
             spiritual
             life
             ,
             first
             it
             is
             needfull
             that
             Gods
             grace
             bee
             borne
             in
             vs
             ,
             &
             this
             is
             done
             by
             baptisme
             :
             secondly
             ,
             it
             is
             needfull
             that
             the
             same
             grace
             increase
             and
             bee
             made
             strong
             :
             &
             this
             is
             done
             by
             Confirmation
             :
             thirdly
             ,
             is
             needful
             ,
             that
             it
             be
             norished
             and
             maintained
             ,
             &
             this
             doth
             the
             Eucharist
             worke
             :
             fourthly
             ,
             is
             needfull
             that
             it
             be
             recouered
             ,
             whenit
             is
             lost
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             done
             be
             the
             medicine
             of
             Penance
             .
             Fiftly
             ,
             is
             needfull
             that
             at
             the
             poynt
             of
             death
             ,
             a
             man
             arme
             himselfe
             against
             the
             infernal
             enimy
             ,
             who
             then
             ,
             more
             thē
             euer
             assalteth
             vs
             ,
             &
             this
             doth
             extreme
             Vnctiō
             worke
             :
             Sixtly
             ,
             is
             necessary
             that
             there
             be
             in
             the
             church
             such
             as
             may
             guid
             &
             gouerne
             vs
             in
             spiritual
             life
             ,
             &
             this
             is
             
             done
             by
             Orders
             .
             Seuenthly
             ,
             is
             needfull
             that
             there
             bee
             in
             the
             Church
             ,
             such
             as
             do
             multiplie
             mankinde
             ,
             and
             the
             number
             of
             the
             faithfull
             thereby
             ,
             and
             this
             is
             done
             by
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             Matrimonie
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Who
             found
             out
             ,
             and
             instituted
             so
             marueilous
             things
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             These
             Sacraments
             being
             so
             admirable
             ,
             could
             not
             be
             deuised
             otherwise
             then
             by
             diuine
             wisdome
             ,
             nor
             instituted
             by
             any
             other
             then
             by
             God
             ,
             who
             can
             giue
             vs
             grace
             :
             and
             so
             Christ
             our
             Lorde
             ,
             who
             is
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             deuised
             and
             instituted
             them
             .
             Moreouer
             all
             the
             Sacraments
             are
             as
             certaine
             condicts
             ,
             by
             which
             the
             vertue
             of
             Christs
             Passion
             is
             deriued
             vnto
             vs.
             And
             sure
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             none
             can
             bestow
             the
             treasure
             of
             Christs
             passion
             ,
             but
             in
             that
             maner
             and
             by
             those
             meanes
             ,
             which
             christ
             hath
             ordained
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             I
             would
             gladly
             know
             if
             in
             the
             time
             of
             the
             old
             Testament
             ,
             there
             were
             Sacraments
             ,
             
             and
             if
             they
             were
             so
             excellent
             as
             ours
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             There
             were
             many
             Sacraments
             in
             the
             olde
             Testament
             ,
             but
             they
             were
             different
             from
             ours
             in
             foure
             things
             .
             First
             ,
             those
             were
             moe
             in
             number
             thē
             ours
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             old
             law
             was
             harder
             then
             the
             new
             law
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             those
             were
             not
             so
             easie
             to
             be
             obserued
             as
             ours
             are
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             those
             were
             more
             obscure
             ,
             whereby
             fewe
             vnderstood
             what
             they
             signifyed
             :
             whereas
             ours
             haue
             so
             cleere
             signifycation
             ,
             that
             euery
             one
             may
             vnderstande
             them
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             those
             did
             not
             giue
             grace
             ,
             which
             ours
             do
             :
             but
             did
             onely
             figuratiuely
             foreshew
             and
             promise
             it
             .
             So
             that
             our
             Sacraments
             are
             much
             more
             excellent
             :
             being
             fewer
             ,
             more
             easie
             ,
             more
             cleere
             ,
             and
             more
             effectuall
             ,
             then
             those
             were
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             I
             would
             also
             know
             ,
             which
             amongst
             our
             seauen
             Sacraments
             is
             the
             greatest
             of
             all
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             M
             
          
           
             They
             are
             al
             great
             ,
             &
             euerie
             one
             of
             them
             hath
             some
             peculiar
             greatnes
             .
             The
             greatest
             of
             al
             is
             the
             most
             holie
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Eucharist
             ,
             for
             in
             it
             is
             contained
             the
             Author
             of
             grace
             ,
             and
             of
             al
             goodnes
             which
             is
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             ,
             yet
             touching
             the
             necessitie
             ,
             the
             most
             necessarie
             of
             all
             are
             Baptisme
             &
             Penance
             .
             In
             respect
             of
             the
             dignitie
             of
             those
             that
             can
             minister
             the
             Sacramentes
             :
             the
             more
             worthie
             are
             Confirmatiō
             ,
             &
             Order
             ,
             because
             these
             two
             Sacraments
             ,
             can
             not
             be
             geuen
             ordinarily
             ,
             but
             by
             a
             Bishop
             .
             In
             respect
             of
             the
             facilitie
             ,
             the
             most
             easie
             is
             Extreme
             Vnction
             ,
             because
             by
             it
             sinnes
             are
             remitted
             with
             out
             trouble
             of
             penance
             :
             touching
             the
             signification
             ,
             Matrimonie
             is
             the
             greatest
             ,
             because
             it
             signifieth
             the
             vnion
             of
             Christ
             with
             the
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           
             Of
             Baptisme
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               BEgin
               ,
               if
               you
               please
               ,
               to
               declare
               the
               first
               Sacrament
               :
               and
               first
               
               tel
               me
               wherefore
               is
               it
               called
               Baptisme
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               This
               name
               of
               baptisme
               is
               a
               greek
               word
               ,
               and
               it
               signifieth
               washing
               ,
               but
               holie
               Church
               vseth
               this
               greeke
               word
               because
               the
               word
               washing
               is
               to
               cōmon
               ,
               and
               is
               vsed
               euerie
               day
               in
               common
               thinges
               .
               And
               therefore
               to
               the
               end
               this
               Sacrament
               should
               haue
               a
               proper
               name
               ,
               and
               should
               be
               the
               better
               knowen
               ,
               and
               honored
               ,
               it
               is
               called
               Baptisme
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               things
               are
               necessarie
               to
               the
               Sacrament
               of
               Baptisme
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Three
               things
               at
               the
               least
               are
               necessarie
               ,
               &
               learne
               them
               wel
               ,
               because
               in
               certaine
               cases
               of
               necessitie
               ,
               as
               wee
               shal
               say
               hereafter
               ,
               euerie
               one
               may
               baptise
               :
               and
               therefore
               it
               is
               good
               that
               euerie
               one
               know
               how
               to
               do
               it
               .
               First
               is
               required
               true
               and
               naturall
               water
               ,
               which
               must
               be
               applied
               to
               the
               partie
               that
               is
               Baptised
               :
               Secondly
               ,
               at
               the
               same
               time
               when
               the
               water
               is
               vsed
               ,
               
               these
               wordes
               must
               be
               spoken
               :
               
                 I
                 Baptise
                 thee
                 in
                 the
                 name
                 of
                 the
                 Father
                 ,
                 &
                 of
                 the
                 Sonne
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Holie
                 Ghost
                 .
              
               Thirdly
               ,
               it
               is
               necessarie
               ,
               that
               the
               person
               that
               baptiseth
               haue
               intention
               to
               baptise
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               to
               giue
               the
               Sacrament
               which
               Christ
               hath
               instituted
               ,
               and
               which
               Holie
               Church
               vseth
               to
               giue
               ,
               when
               shee
               baptiseth
               .
               For
               if
               one
               had
               intention
               only
               to
               iest
               ,
               or
               to
               wash
               only
               the
               body
               of
               some
               foulenes
               ,
               hee
               should
               sinne
               most
               grieuously
               ,
               and
               it
               were
               no
               baptisme
               ,
               and
               so
               the
               poore
               soule
               were
               not
               baptised
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               effect
               worketh
               Baptisme
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               worketh
               three
               effects
               .
               First
               it
               reneweth
               a
               man
               perfectly
               ,
               giuing
               him
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               ,
               by
               which
               ,
               being
               before
               the
               childe
               of
               the
               diuel
               ,
               he
               becommeth
               the
               childe
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               of
               a
               sinner
               becommeth
               iust
               ;
               and
               it
               doth
               not
               only
               wash
               the
               soule
               from
               all
               spot
               of
               sinne
               ,
               but
               it
               deliuereth
               it
               also
               from
               all
               the
               paines
               of
               Hell
               ,
               and
               of
               
               Purgatorie
               .
               In
               so
               much
               ,
               that
               if
               one
               should
               die
               immediatly
               after
               Baptisme
               ,
               hee
               should
               goe
               directly
               into
               Heauen
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               had
               neuer
               committed
               sin
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               Baptisme
               leaueth
               in
               the
               soule
               a
               certain
               spiritual
               marke
               which
               cannot
               by
               any
               meanes
               be
               taken
               away
               ,
               by
               which
               it
               shall
               for
               euer
               be
               knowne
               ,
               yea
               also
               in
               those
               which
               goe
               to
               Hell
               ,
               that
               they
               receiued
               Baptisme
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               had
               been
               of
               the
               sheepe
               of
               Christ
               .
               As
               by
               the
               peculiar
               marks
               it
               is
               knowne
               in
               this
               world
               ,
               to
               whom
               slaues
               or
               cattle
               do
               belong
               .
               And
               this
               is
               the
               cause
               why
               Baptisme
               can
               not
               bee
               taken
               oftner
               then
               once
               :
               for
               it
               is
               neuer
               lost
               ,
               this
               effect
               thereof
               remayning
               for
               euer
               printed
               in
               the
               soule
               .
               Thirdly
               ,
               by
               Baptisme
               a
               man
               entreth
               into
               the
               Church
               ,
               and
               is
               partaker
               of
               all
               the
               benefits
               thereof
               ,
               as
               a
               childe
               of
               holie
               Church
               ,
               and
               maketh
               profession
               to
               bee
               a
               Christian
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               readie
               to
               obey
               those
               that
               in
               place
               
               of
               Christ
               gouerne
               the
               Church
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               To
               whom
               doth
               it
               belong
               properly
               to
               giue
               Baptisme
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               belongeth
               to
               a
               Priest
               by
               proper
               office
               ,
               and
               chiefely
               to
               those
               who
               haue
               charge
               of
               soules
               .
               But
               when
               a
               Priest
               can
               not
               be
               had
               ,
               it
               belongeth
               to
               a
               Deacon
               ,
               and
               in
               case
               of
               necessitie
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               when
               there
               is
               danger
               that
               the
               partie
               should
               die
               without
               Baptisme
               ,
               it
               belongeth
               to
               euery
               one
               ,
               aswell
               Priest
               as
               Lay-man
               ,
               as
               well
               man
               as
               woman
               :
               but
               alwaies
               order
               is
               to
               be
               obserued
               ,
               that
               a
               woman
               baptise
               not
               ,
               if
               a
               man
               may
               be
               had
               ;
               and
               that
               a
               Lay
               man
               baptise
               not
               ,
               if
               any
               Ecclesiastical
               person
               be
               present
               ;
               and
               amongst
               Ecclesiasticall
               ,
               alwaies
               the
               lesse
               must
               giue
               place
               to
               the
               greater
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               maruell
               that
               Baptisme
               is
               giuen
               to
               litle
               children
               scarce
               borne
               ,
               who
               do
               not
               know
               what
               they
               take
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               necessitie
               of
               Baptisme
               is
               so
               great
               ,
               that
               who
               dyeth
               without
               it
               ,
               or
               
               at
               the
               least
               ,
               without
               desiring
               it
               ,
               can
               not
               enter
               into
               heauen
               :
               and
               because
               litle
               infants
               ,
               are
               in
               great
               danger
               to
               die
               easely
               ,
               and
               can
               not
               at
               that
               age
               haue
               any
               such
               desire
               of
               Baptisme
               ;
               it
               is
               therefore
               necessarie
               to
               baptise
               thē
               with
               all
               speede
               that
               may
               be
               .
               And
               although
               they
               knowe
               not
               what
               they
               take
               ,
               the
               Church
               supplyeth
               the
               defect
               which
               by
               the
               godfather
               &
               godmother
               answereth
               and
               promiseth
               for
               them
               ,
               and
               this
               sufficeth
               :
               because
               as
               by
               the
               meanes
               of
               Adam
               wee
               are
               fallen
               into
               sin
               ,
               and
               into
               the
               offence
               of
               God
               ,
               not
               knowing
               any
               thing
               :
               so
               God
               is
               contented
               ,
               that
               by
               meanes
               of
               Baptisme
               ,
               and
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               we
               bee
               deliuered
               from
               sinne
               ,
               and
               turne
               into
               his
               grace
               ,
               yea
               though
               we
               know
               nothing
               thereof
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               meaneth
               godfather
               and
               godmother
               of
               whom
               you
               spoke
               ,
               and
               what
               is
               their
               office
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               To
               the
               administration
               of
               Baptisme
               ,
               
               by
               ancient
               custome
               of
               the
               Church
               ,
               concurreth
               a
               man
               who
               is
               called
               a
               godfather
               ,
               and
               also
               a
               woman
               ,
               who
               is
               called
               a
               godmother
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               an
               other
               father
               and
               mother
               in
               things
               pertayning
               to
               God.
               And
               these
               two
               ,
               or
               on
               of
               them
               holdeth
               the
               child
               ,
               whiles
               it
               is
               christned
               ,
               and
               answereth
               for
               it
               ,
               when
               the
               Priest
               demādeth
               of
               the
               child
               ,
               if
               it
               wil
               be
               baptised
               ,
               and
               if
               it
               beleue
               the
               Articles
               of
               the
               faith
               ,
               and
               other
               such
               like
               things
               .
               And
               after
               when
               the
               child
               groweth
               in
               yeares
               ,
               the
               godfather
               and
               godmother
               are
               bound
               ,
               to
               haue
               care
               to
               instruct
               it
               ,
               in
               matters
               ,
               of
               faith
               ,
               and
               in
               good
               maners
               ,
               if
               the
               father
               and
               mother
               be
               herein
               negligent
               .
               And
               moreouer
               it
               is
               to
               be
               noted
               ,
               that
               by
               Baptisme
               they
               become
               alyed
               by
               a
               spiritual
               affinitie
               ,
               to
               the
               partie
               that
               is
               baptised
               ,
               and
               to
               his
               father
               and
               mother
               ,
               as
               wel
               he
               that
               baptiseth
               ,
               as
               the
               godfather
               and
               godmother
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             Of
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             Confirmation
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               VVE
               haue
               spoken
               sufficiently
               of
               Baptisme
               ,
               tel
               me
               now
               ,
               I
               pray
               you
               ,
               what
               meaneth
               confirmation
               or
               Chrisme
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               second
               Sacrament
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               second
               Sacrament
               is
               called
               Confirmation
               ,
               because
               the
               effect
               therof
               is
               to
               confirme
               the
               baptised
               in
               faith
               ,
               as
               we
               shal
               say
               by
               and
               by
               .
               It
               is
               also
               called
               Chrisme
               which
               is
               a
               greeke
               word
               ,
               and
               signifieth
               vnction
               ,
               because
               in
               this
               Sacrament
               ,
               the
               forehead
               of
               the
               person
               that
               receiueth
               this
               Sacrament
               ,
               is
               anointed
               with
               holie
               Chrisme
               .
               For
               as
               in
               Baptisme
               the
               baptised
               is
               washed
               with
               water
               ,
               to
               signifie
               that
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               washeth
               his
               soule
               from
               all
               spot
               of
               sinnes
               :
               so
               in
               Chrisme
               the
               forehead
               is
               anointed
               ,
               to
               signifie
               that
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               anoynteth
               the
               soule
               ,
               &
               so
               comforteth
               and
               fortifieth
               it
               ,
               that
               it
               may
               fight
               against
               the
               diuel
               ,
               and
               confesse
               
               boldly
               the
               holy
               faith
               ,
               without
               feare
               of
               torments
               ,
               or
               of
               death
               it selfe
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               In
               what
               time
               ought
               this
               Sacrament
               to
               be
               receiued
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               ought
               to
               bee
               receiued
               ,
               when
               the
               childe
               is
               come
               to
               vse
               of
               reason
               ,
               because
               then
               hee
               beginneth
               to
               confesse
               his
               faith
               ,
               and
               hath
               need
               to
               bee
               confirmed
               and
               established
               in
               the
               grace
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Doth
               this
               Sacrament
               worke
               any
               thing
               else
               ,
               besides
               the
               fortifying
               of
               the
               soule
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               leaueth
               a
               caracter
               or
               marke
               fixed
               and
               printed
               in
               the
               soule
               ,
               which
               neuer
               can
               bee
               scraped
               out
               :
               &
               therefore
               this
               Sacrament
               can
               not
               bee
               receiued
               oftner
               then
               once
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               neede
               is
               there
               to
               imprint
               in
               the
               soule
               any
               other
               marke
               ,
               seing
               that
               of
               baptisme
               may
               suffice
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               This
               second
               caractar
               or
               marke
               is
               not
               imprinted
               without
               cause
               .
               For
               that
               by
               the
               first
               ,
               a
               mā
               is
               only
               knowen
               
               to
               be
               a
               Christian
               ,
               that
               is
               of
               the
               familie
               of
               Christ
               :
               but
               by
               this
               second
               ,
               it
               is
               knowne
               ,
               that
               he
               is
               a
               souldier
               of
               christ
               and
               therefore
               he
               carrieth
               in
               his
               soule
               the
               armes
               of
               his
               captaine
               ,
               as
               in
               the
               world
               ,
               souldiers
               carrie
               them
               on
               their
               garments
               ,
               &
               whosoeuer
               receiue
               this
               Sacrament
               ,
               and
               goe
               into
               hell
               ,
               shall
               haue
               the
               greater
               confusion
               ,
               for
               that
               euery
               one
               shall
               see
               ,
               that
               they
               made
               professiō
               of
               the
               souldiers
               of
               christ
               ,
               &
               are
               after
               so
               fowly
               reuolted
               from
               him
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             Sacraments
             of
             the
             Eucharist
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               MAY
               it
               please
               you
               declare
               to
               me
               nowe
               the
               third
               Sacrament
               :
               &
               first
               tel
               me
               what
               meaneth
               this
               word
               Eucharist
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               This
               is
               a
               greeke
               word
               also
               ,
               &
               it
               signifyeth
               ,
               gratefull
               memorie
               ,
               or
               thanks
               giuing
               .
               For
               in
               this
               Sacramēt
               ,
               memorie
               is
               made
               ,
               &
               thanks
               are
               giuen
               to
               God
               ,
               for
               the
               most
               excellent
               benefite
               ,
               of
               the
               holy
               Passion
               of
               our
               Sauiour
               ,
               and
               withall
               there
               is
               giuen
               
               the
               true
               bodie
               &
               bloud
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
               for
               which
               wee
               are
               bound
               to
               render
               perpetuall
               thanks
               to
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Declare
               to
               me
               more
               fullie
               all
               that
               is
               contained
               in
               this
               holy
               Sacrament
               ,
               that
               knowing
               the
               greatnes
               thereof
               ,
               I
               may
               the
               better
               honour
               it
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               Hoast
               which
               you
               see
               vpon
               the
               Altar
               ,
               before
               it
               be
               consecrated
               ,
               is
               nothing
               else
               but
               a
               litle
               bread
               ,
               made
               in
               forme
               of
               a
               thin
               Wáfer
               cake
               :
               but
               immediatly
               ,
               when
               the
               Priest
               hath
               pronounced
               the
               consecration
               ,
               there
               is
               present
               in
               the
               Hoast
               the
               true
               bodie
               of
               our
               Lord
               :
               and
               because
               the
               true
               bodie
               of
               our
               Lord
               is
               liuing
               ,
               and
               vnited
               to
               the
               Diuinitie
               ,
               in
               the
               person
               of
               the
               Sonne
               of
               God
               ,
               therefore
               together
               with
               the
               bodie
               is
               the
               blood
               also
               ,
               and
               the
               soule
               ,
               and
               the
               Deitie
               ,
               and
               so
               whole
               Christ
               ,
               God
               and
               man.
               In
               the
               same
               maner
               in
               the
               Chalice
               ,
               before
               the
               consecration
               ,
               there
               is
               nothing
               else
               but
               a
               litle
               wine
               with
               a
               litle
               
               water
               ,
               but
               suddenly
               the
               consecration
               being
               ended
               ,
               there
               is
               the
               true
               blood
               of
               Christ
               :
               and
               because
               the
               blood
               of
               Christ
               is
               not
               forth
               of
               his
               bodie
               ,
               therefore
               in
               the
               Chalice
               ,
               together
               with
               the
               blood
               ,
               are
               the
               body
               ,
               the
               soule
               ,
               and
               the
               Deitie
               of
               the
               same
               Christ
               ,
               and
               so
               whole
               Christ
               ,
               God
               ,
               man.
               
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               doe
               yet
               see
               ,
               that
               the
               Hoast
               after
               the
               consecration
               ,
               hath
               the
               figure
               of
               bread
               as
               before
               ,
               and
               that
               which
               is
               in
               the
               Chalice
               ,
               the
               figure
               of
               Wine
               ,
               as
               before
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               So
               it
               is
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               Hoast
               there
               remaineth
               the
               figure
               and
               also
               the
               colour
               ,
               and
               the
               taste
               of
               bread
               ,
               which
               was
               there
               before
               ,
               but
               not
               the
               substance
               of
               bread
               ,
               which
               was
               before
               .
               And
               so
               vnder
               the
               forme
               of
               bread
               ,
               there
               is
               not
               bread
               ,
               but
               the
               bodie
               of
               our
               Lorde
               .
               And
               the
               better
               to
               vnderstand
               this
               ,
               I
               wil
               giue
               you
               an
               example
               You
               haue
               heard
               that
               Lots
               wife
               was
               
               conuerted
               into
               a
               statute
               of
               salt
               :
               those
               that
               saw
               the
               statute
               ,
               did
               see
               the
               figure
               of
               Lot
               his
               wife
               ,
               which
               then
               was
               not
               any
               more
               Lots
               wife
               but
               vnder
               the
               figure
               of
               a
               woman
               was
               salt
               .
               As
               there
               fore
               in
               that
               conuersion
               ,
               the
               inward
               substance
               was
               changed
               ,
               &
               the
               outward
               shape
               remayned
               :
               so
               in
               this
               Mysterie
               ,
               the
               inward
               substance
               is
               changed
               from
               bread
               into
               the
               bodie
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
               the
               outward
               figure
               of
               bread
               remaining
               ,
               which
               was
               there
               before
               .
               The
               same
               also
               you
               are
               to
               vnderstand
               of
               the
               Chalice
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               the
               figure
               ,
               the
               taste
               ,
               the
               colour
               &
               the
               smel
               of
               wine
               :
               yet
               is
               there
               not
               the
               substance
               of
               wine
               ,
               but
               the
               blood
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
               vnder
               that
               forme
               of
               wine
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               It
               seemeth
               to
               me
               a
               great
               thing
               that
               a
               great
               body
               ,
               as
               that
               of
               our
               lord
               ,
               can
               be
               vnder
               so
               litle
               a
               forme
               as
               that
               of
               the
               consecrated
               Hoast
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               certainely
               a
               great
               thinge
               ,
               
               but
               the
               power
               of
               God
               is
               also
               great
               who
               can
               do
               greater
               things
               then
               we
               can
               vnderstand
               :
               and
               so
               Christ
               when
               he
               said
               ,
               in
               the
               holie
               gospel
               ,
               that
               God
               could
               make
               a
               camel
               ,
               which
               is
               a
               beast
               bigger
               thē
               a
               horse
               ,
               to
               passe
               through
               the
               eye
               of
               a
               nedle
               ,
               he
               added
               ,
               that
               with
               mē
               these
               things
               are
               impossible
               ;
               but
               with
               God
               al
               things
               are
               possible
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               would
               be
               glad
               to
               haue
               some
               example
               ,
               how
               the
               same
               bodie
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
               can
               be
               in
               so
               manie
               hostes
               as
               are
               in
               so
               many
               Altars
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               not
               needfull
               to
               vnderstand
               the
               wonders
               of
               God
               ,
               but
               it
               sufficeth
               to
               beleue
               them
               ,
               seeing
               we
               are
               certain
               that
               God
               cānot
               deceiue
               vs.
               Yet
               I
               wil
               giue
               you
               an
               example
               for
               your
               consolation
               .
               It
               is
               sure
               that
               our
               soule
               is
               but
               one
               &
               is
               whole
               in
               al
               the
               members
               of
               the
               body
               ,
               al
               wholly
               in
               the
               head
               ,
               al
               in
               the
               feet
               ,
               yea
               whole
               in
               euery
               litle
               part
               of
               our
               bodie
               ;
               what
               marueill
               is
               it
               then
               ,
               that
               God
               can
               make
               the
               body
               of
               
               his
               Sonne
               to
               be
               in
               many
               Hoasts
               ,
               seeing
               one
               and
               the
               same
               soule
               to
               bee
               whole
               &
               intire
               ,
               in
               so
               many
               &
               so
               diuers
               and
               distinct
               parts
               of
               the
               bodie
               ?
               It
               is
               read
               in
               the
               life
               of
               S.
               Anthonie
               of
               Padua
               ,
               that
               the
               same
               time
               hee
               was
               Preaching
               in
               a
               citie
               of
               Italie
               ,
               he
               was
               also
               by
               Gods
               power
               in
               Portugal
               ,
               to
               do
               some
               other
               good
               works
               .
               And
               if
               God
               could
               make
               Saint
               Anthonie
               ,
               to
               be
               in
               two
               places
               at
               one
               time
               ,
               so
               farre
               distant
               ,
               &
               that
               in
               his
               proper
               forme
               ,
               wherefore
               can
               he
               not
               make
               that
               Christ
               be
               present
               in
               manie
               Hoasts
               ,
               vnder
               the
               forme
               of
               the
               same
               Hoast
               ?
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Tel
               me
               ,
               I
               pray
               you
               ,
               if
               Christ
               depart
               from
               Heauen
               when
               he
               commeth
               into
               the
               Hoasts
               ,
               or
               remaineth
               he
               stil
               in
               Heauen
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               When
               our
               Lord
               beginneth
               to
               be
               present
               in
               the
               holie
               Hoast
               ,
               he
               departeth
               not
               from
               heauen
               ,
               but
               by
               diuine
               power
               ,
               hee
               is
               both
               present
               in
               Heauen
               and
               in
               the
               Hoast
               .
               Take
               the
               
               example
               of
               our
               soule
               :
               when
               one
               is
               a
               childe
               of
               few
               daies
               old
               ,
               and
               very
               little
               as
               you
               see
               ;
               and
               being
               measured
               ,
               is
               founde
               to
               bee
               but
               one
               Palme
               in
               length
               ,
               after
               increasing
               ,
               he
               becommeth
               double
               so
               bigge
               as
               he
               was
               before
               ;
               and
               so
               being
               measured
               ,
               he
               is
               aboue
               two
               Palmes
               .
               Now
               I
               demande
               of
               you
               ,
               if
               the
               soule
               which
               was
               first
               in
               one
               palme
               only
               ,
               hath
               left
               that
               palme
               to
               come
               into
               the
               second
               or
               no
               ?
               Sure
               it
               is
               that
               it
               hath
               not
               left
               it
               ,
               neither
               is
               it
               inlarged
               ,
               because
               it
               is
               inuisible
               ,
               so
               that
               without
               leauing
               the
               first
               ,
               it
               commeth
               also
               into
               the
               second
               :
               euen
               so
               our
               Lord
               leaueth
               not
               heauen
               to
               come
               into
               the
               Hoast
               ,
               neither
               leaueth
               the
               one
               Hoast
               to
               be
               in
               an
               other
               ,
               but
               he
               is
               present
               in
               Heauen
               &
               in
               all
               the
               Hoastes
               at
               once
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Now
               I
               haue
               learned
               that
               which
               is
               contained
               in
               this
               most
               holy
               Sacrament
               :
               I
               desire
               to
               know
               what
               things
               are
               requisite
               to
               receiue
               it
               worthely
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               M
               
            
             
               Three
               things
               are
               requuired
               ,
               the
               first
               is
               ,
               that
               the
               partie
               doe
               confesse
               himselfe
               of
               all
               his
               sinnes
               ,
               &
               procure
               that
               he
               be
               in
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               ,
               when
               hee
               goeth
               to
               communicate
               ,
               for
               that
               one
               of
               the
               causes
               ,
               wherefore
               this
               Sacrament
               is
               giuen
               to
               vs
               ,
               vnder
               the
               forme
               of
               bread
               ,
               is
               to
               the
               end
               we
               vnderstand
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               giuen
               to
               liuing
               men
               ,
               &
               not
               to
               dead-men
               ,
               to
               nourish
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               to
               increase
               it
               .
               The
               second
               thing
               is
               ,
               that
               wee
               be
               altogether
               fasting
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               at
               the
               least
               from
               midnight
               forward
               we
               haue
               taken
               nothing
               :
               no
               not
               somuch
               as
               a
               litle
               water
               .
               The
               third
               ,
               that
               we
               wel
               vnderstand
               what
               we
               do
               ,
               and
               that
               we
               haue
               deuotiō
               vnto
               so
               great
               a
               mysterie
               :
               &
               therfore
               this
               sacrament
               is
               not
               giuen
               to
               children
               ,
               neither
               to
               fooles
               ,
               neither
               to
               any
               other
               that
               hath
               not
               the
               vse
               of
               reason
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               How
               oftē
               ought
               we
               to
               cōmunicat
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               bond
               of
               holy
               Church
               is
               to
               
               communicate
               at
               least
               once
               a
               yeare
               ,
               &
               that
               at
               Easter
               .
               Yet
               it
               is
               conuenient
               to
               do
               it
               oftner
               ,
               so
               it
               be
               by
               the
               aduice
               of
               our
               ghostly
               father
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Declare
               now
               vnto
               mee
               ,
               the
               fruite
               which
               is
               gotten
               by
               this
               Sacrament
               ,
               and
               the
               ende
               for
               which
               it
               was
               instituted
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               For
               three
               causes
               :
               Christ
               our
               Lord
               hath
               instituted
               this
               most
               noble
               Sacrament
               .
               First
               ,
               that
               it
               should
               be
               the
               meate
               of
               soules
               :
               secondly
               ,
               that
               it
               should
               be
               a
               sacrifice
               of
               the
               new
               law
               :
               thirdly
               ,
               that
               it
               might
               be
               a
               perpetuall
               memorie
               of
               his
               Passion
               ,
               and
               so
               a
               most
               deare
               pledge
               of
               his
               loue
               towards
               vs.
               
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               effect
               doth
               it
               worke
               in
               respect
               it
               is
               the
               meate
               of
               soules
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               worketh
               that
               effect
               which
               corporall
               meate
               worketh
               in
               bodies
               ,
               &
               therfore
               it
               is
               giuen
               to
               vs
               in
               forme
               of
               bread
               :
               for
               like
               as
               bread
               conserueth
               naturall
               heate
               ,
               wherein
               the
               life
               
               of
               the
               bodie
               consisteth
               :
               so
               this
               most
               holie
               Sacrament
               ,
               when
               it
               is
               worthely
               receiued
               conserueth
               and
               increaseth
               charitie
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               life
               and
               health
               of
               the
               soule
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               effect
               doth
               it
               worke
               as
               it
               is
               a
               Sacrifice
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               reconsileth
               God
               vnto
               the
               world
               ,
               &
               obteyneth
               manie
               benifits
               ,
               not
               only
               for
               the
               liuing
               ,
               but
               also
               for
               the
               dead
               ,
               that
               are
               in
               purgatorie
               .
               You
               must
               vnderstand
               that
               in
               the
               old
               Testament
               they
               offered
               vnto
               God
               manie
               Sacrifices
               of
               beastes
               ,
               but
               in
               the
               new
               Testament
               in
               place
               of
               al
               those
               Sacrifices
               ,
               is
               succeeded
               the
               Masse
               ,
               in
               which
               by
               the
               hands
               of
               the
               Priest
               is
               offered
               vnto
               God
               ,
               the
               most
               acceptable
               Sacrifice
               of
               the
               bodie
               and
               bloud
               of
               his
               Sonne
               ,
               which
               was
               signified
               in
               al
               those
               sacrifices
               of
               the
               old
               Testament
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               effect
               worketh
               it
               ,
               as
               the
               memorial
               and
               pledge
               of
               the
               loue
               of
               
               our
               Lord
               towards
               vs
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               maketh
               vs
               mindful
               of
               so
               great
               a
               benifite
               ,
               and
               in
               flameth
               vs
               to
               loue
               him
               againe
               ,
               that
               hath
               loued
               vs
               so
               much
               .
               And
               therefore
               like
               as
               God
               in
               the
               old
               Testament
               ,
               would
               haue
               the
               Iewes
               not
               only
               to
               eate
               Manna
               ,
               which
               he
               sent
               them
               from
               Heauen
               ,
               but
               also
               haue
               them
               keep
               one
               vessel
               ful
               of
               the
               same
               ,
               in
               memorie
               of
               all
               the
               benefits
               he
               shewed
               them
               ,
               when
               he
               brought
               them
               out
               of
               Egipt
               :
               so
               Christ
               would
               that
               this
               most
               holie
               Sacrament
               ,
               should
               not
               only
               be
               eaten
               by
               vs
               ,
               but
               also
               that
               it
               be
               conserued
               on
               the
               Altar
               ,
               and
               sometimes
               carried
               in
               Procession
               ,
               that
               when
               soeuer
               we
               see
               it
               ,
               we
               may
               remember
               his
               infinite
               goodnes
               towards
               vs.
               But
               in
               particular
               the
               holie
               Masse
               is
               a
               briefe
               representation
               of
               the
               whole
               life
               of
               our
               lord
               ,
               that
               the
               same
               may
               stil
               remaine
               in
               our
               mindes
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               I
               would
               know
               how
               the
               Masse
               is
               a
               
               representation
               of
               the
               life
               of
               Christ
               ,
               that
               thereby
               I
               may
               become
               more
               deuout
               and
               attentiue
               ,
               when
               I
               am
               present
               thereat
               .
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               I
               wil
               declare
               it
               briefly
               .
               The
               Introitus
               (
               or
               beginning
               )
               of
               the
               Masse
               ,
               doth
               signifie
               the
               desire
               which
               the
               holie
               Fathers
               had
               of
               the
               comming
               of
               our
               Lord.
               The
               Keyrieleison
               signifieth
               the
               voice
               of
               the
               same
               Patriarches
               and
               Prophets
               ,
               demanding
               of
               God
               ,
               this
               comming
               of
               christ
               ,
               so
               long
               desired
               .
               
                 Gloria
                 in
                 excelsis
              
               ,
               signifieth
               the
               Natiuitie
               of
               our
               Lord.
               The
               prayers
               next
               following
               ,
               signifie
               his
               presentation
               &
               offering
               in
               the
               Temple
               .
               The
               Epistle
               ,
               which
               is
               reade
               at
               the
               lift
               end
               of
               the
               Altar
               ,
               signifieth
               the
               preaching
               of
               S.
               Iohn
               Baptist
               .
               Who
               inuited
               al
               men
               to
               Christ
               .
               The
               Gradual
               signifieth
               the
               conuersion
               of
               the
               people
               by
               the
               preaching
               of
               S.
               Iohn
               .
               The
               gospel
               ,
               which
               is
               read
               at
               the
               right
               end
               of
               the
               altar
               ,
               signifieth
               the
               preaching
               
               of
               our
               Lord
               ,
               which
               bringeth
               vs
               from
               the
               left
               hand
               vnto
               the
               right
               :
               that
               is
               ,
               from
               temporal
               things
               to
               eternall
               ,
               &
               from
               sinne
               to
               grace
               :
               lights
               also
               are
               carried
               ,
               &
               incense
               burned
               to
               signifie
               that
               the
               holie
               Gospel
               hath
               lightened
               the
               world
               ,
               &
               filled
               it
               with
               the
               good
               sauors
               of
               the
               glorie
               of
               God.
               The
               Crede
               signifieth
               the
               first
               conuersion
               of
               the
               holie
               Apostles
               ,
               and
               other
               Disciples
               of
               our
               Lord.
               The
               secret
               prayers
               after
               the
               Creede
               signifie
               the
               secret
               practises
               of
               the
               Iewes
               against
               Christ
               .
               The
               Preface
               ,
               which
               is
               songue
               with
               a
               lowd
               voice
               ,
               and
               endeth
               with
               
                 Osanna
                 in
                 excelsis
              
               ,
               signifieth
               the
               solemne
               enterance
               which
               Christ
               made
               into
               Ierusalem
               on
               Palme-sunday
               .
               The
               Canon
               signifieth
               the
               Passion
               of
               our
               Lord.
               The
               eleuation
               of
               the
               holie
               Hoaste
               and
               Chalice
               ,
               representeth
               to
               vs
               ,
               that
               Christ
               was
               eleuated
               vpon
               the
               Crosse
               .
               The
               
                 Pater
                 noster
              
               ,
               signifieth
               ,
               the
               praier
               of
               our
               Lord
               
               whiles
               he
               did
               hang
               on
               the
               Crosse
               :
               the
               breaking
               of
               the
               Hoast
               signifieth
               the
               wound
               made
               by
               the
               speare
               percing
               his
               side
               .
               The
               
                 Agnus
                 Dei
              
               ,
               signifieth
               the
               lamentation
               of
               the
               Maries
               ,
               at
               the
               taking
               downe
               of
               Christ
               from
               the
               Crosse
               .
               The
               communion
               of
               the
               Priest
               ,
               signifieth
               the
               burial
               of
               Christ
               .
               The
               Post-communion
               song
               with
               ioy
               ,
               signifieth
               the
               Resurrectiō
               .
               
                 Ite
                 missa
                 est
              
               ,
               signifieth
               the
               Ascēsion
               .
               The
               benediction
               of
               the
               Priest
               signifieth
               the
               comming
               of
               the
               Holie
               Ghost
               .
               The
               Gospel
               at
               the
               end
               of
               Masse
               ,
               signifieth
               the
               preaching
               of
               the
               holie
               Apostles
               ,
               when
               being
               filled
               with
               the
               holie
               Ghost
               ,
               they
               began
               to
               preach
               the
               Gospel
               through
               the
               whole
               world
               ,
               and
               so
               begane
               the
               conuersion
               of
               the
               Gentils
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             Penance
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               THERE
               followeth
               nowe
               the
               fourth
               Sacrament
               ,
               which
               is
               called
               Penance
               :
               declare
               therefore
               ,
               I
               
               pray
               you
               ,
               what
               this
               Sacrament
               is
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Penance
               signifieth
               three
               things
               .
               First
               it
               signifieth
               a
               certaine
               vertue
               by
               which
               a
               man
               repenteth
               himselfe
               of
               his
               sinnes
               ,
               and
               the
               contrarie
               vice
               is
               called
               impenitence
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               when
               a
               man
               wil
               not
               repent
               ,
               but
               wil
               perseuer
               in
               sinne
               .
               Secondly
               we
               cal
               penance
               the
               paine
               &
               affliction
               ,
               which
               a
               man
               taketh
               to
               satisfie
               to
               God
               ,
               for
               the
               euil
               he
               hath
               done
               ,
               And
               so
               we
               say
               that
               one
               doth
               great
               penance
               ,
               because
               he
               afflicteth
               himselfe
               much
               ,
               with
               fastings
               and
               other
               austeritie
               .
               Thirdly
               penance
               signifieth
               a
               Sacrament
               ,
               instituted
               by
               Christ
               to
               remit
               sinnes
               of
               those
               ,
               who
               after
               Baptisme
               haue
               lost
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               do
               againe
               repent
               the
               same
               ,
               and
               desire
               to
               returne
               into
               his
               fauour
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Wherein
               doth
               this
               Sacrament
               principally
               consist
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               In
               two
               things
               :
               in
               the
               confession
               of
               the
               sinner
               ,
               and
               the
               absolution
               of
               
               the
               Priest
               .
               For
               that
               christ
               hath
               made
               the
               Priest
               judges
               of
               sinnes
               committed
               after
               Baptisme
               ,
               and
               giuen
               them
               authoritie
               in
               his
               place
               ,
               to
               remitte
               them
               ,
               so
               the
               sinner
               confesse
               them
               ,
               and
               bee
               otherwise
               disposed
               as
               hee
               ought
               to
               be
               .
               So
               in
               this
               consisteth
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
               that
               like
               as
               the
               sinner
               confesseth
               his
               sinnes
               exteriorly
               ,
               and
               the
               Priest
               exteriorly
               pronounceth
               absolution
               :
               so
               God
               inwardly
               by
               meanes
               of
               those
               words
               of
               the
               Priest
               ,
               looseth
               that
               soule
               from
               the
               band
               of
               sinne
               ,
               with
               which
               it
               was
               tyed
               ,
               and
               restored
               it
               to
               grace
               ,
               and
               deliuereth
               it
               from
               that
               it
               had
               deserued
               ,
               to
               haue
               been
               cast
               head-long
               into
               hell
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               is
               necessarie
               for
               the
               receiuing
               of
               this
               Sacrament
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Three
               things
               are
               necessary
               ,
               Contrition
               ,
               Confession
               ,
               and
               Satisfaction
               ;
               Which
               are
               three
               parts
               of
               Penance
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               meaneth
               Contrition
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               M
               
            
             
               That
               the
               hard-hart
               of
               the
               sinner
               become
               soft
               ,
               and
               in
               a
               certaine
               manner
               ,
               breake
               it selfe
               with
               sorrowe
               ,
               for
               that
               it
               hath
               offended
               God.
               But
               in
               particular
               ,
               Contrition
               contayneth
               two
               things
               ,
               &
               the
               one
               sufficeth
               not
               without
               the
               other
               .
               First
               ,
               that
               the
               sinner
               be
               earnestly
               sorie
               for
               all
               his
               sins
               committed
               after
               Baptisme
               :
               &
               therefore
               it
               is
               necessarie
               to
               examine
               well
               ,
               and
               to
               consider
               all
               his
               actions
               ,
               and
               to
               be
               sorrowfull
               ,
               that
               he
               hath
               not
               done
               them
               according
               to
               the
               law
               of
               God.
               Secondly
               that
               the
               sinner
               haue
               firme
               purpose
               to
               sinne
               no
               more
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               meaneth
               confession
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               sinner
               must
               not
               be
               content
               with
               only
               contrition
               ,
               but
               he
               must
               go
               to
               the
               feet
               of
               the
               Priest
               ,
               as
               Magdalen
               went
               vnto
               the
               feete
               of
               Christ
               ,
               and
               confesse
               his
               sins
               with
               truth
               ,
               not
               adding
               nor
               diminishing
               ,
               nor
               mixing
               any
               lye
               ;
               with
               simplicitie
               ,
               not
               excusing
               himself
               ,
               nor
               laying
               the
               fault
               on
               
               others
               ,
               neither
               multiplying
               superfluous
               words
               ,
               with
               integritie
               ,
               vttering
               them
               all
               ,
               not
               leauing
               any
               thing
               for
               shamfastnes
               ,
               &
               telling
               the
               number
               of
               euery
               sorte
               ,
               and
               the
               circumstances
               which
               any
               way
               do
               agrauate
               the
               sinne
               ,
               so
               far
               as
               he
               can
               remember
               .
               Finally
               with
               shamefastnesse
               and
               humilitie
               ,
               not
               recounting
               his
               sinnes
               ,
               as
               if
               he
               tolde
               an
               historie
               ,
               but
               telling
               them
               as
               thinges
               deseruing
               shame
               ,
               and
               vnworthie
               of
               a
               Christian
               ,
               and
               humbly
               desiring
               pardon
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               meaneth
               satisfaction
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               That
               the
               sinner
               haue
               purpose
               to
               doe
               penance
               ,
               and
               therefore
               he
               must
               willingly
               accept
               that
               punishment
               which
               his
               ghostly
               father
               shal
               appoint
               him
               ,
               and
               performe
               it
               with
               speede
               ,
               considering
               that
               God
               doth
               him
               most
               high
               fauour
               ,
               in
               pardoning
               him
               the
               eternall
               paine
               of
               hell
               ,
               and
               is
               contented
               with
               a
               temporal
               paine
               ,
               much
               lesse
               then
               his
               sinnes
               haue
               deserued
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               S
               
            
             
               Tell
               mee
               now
               ,
               what
               fruit
               this
               Sacrament
               bringeth
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               We
               reape
               foure
               very
               great
               commodities
               by
               this
               Sacrament
               .
               The
               first
               is
               that
               which
               was
               saide
               euen
               now
               ,
               that
               God
               doth
               pardon
               vs
               the
               sinnes
               committed
               after
               Baptisme
               ,
               and
               doth
               change
               the
               eternall
               paine
               of
               hell
               ,
               into
               a
               temporall
               paine
               ,
               to
               bee
               suffered
               in
               this
               life
               ,
               or
               in
               Purgatory
               .
               The
               second
               ,
               that
               the
               good
               workes
               which
               wee
               had
               wrought
               ,
               during
               the
               time
               we
               were
               in
               grace
               ,
               and
               were
               lost
               by
               sin
               ,
               are
               restored
               to
               vs
               by
               meanes
               of
               this
               Sacrament
               .
               The
               third
               is
               ,
               that
               we
               bee
               loosed
               from
               the
               band
               of
               Excommunication
               ,
               if
               perhaps
               we
               were
               tyed
               therewith
               .
               For
               you
               must
               knowe
               that
               Excommunication
               is
               a
               most
               grieuous
               punishment
               ,
               which
               depriueth
               vs
               of
               the
               prayers
               of
               Holye
               church
               ,
               of
               lawfully
               receiuing
               the
               sacraments
               ,
               likewise
               of
               conuersing
               with
               faithful
               people
               ,
               &
               finally
               of
               holy
               
               buriall
               ,
               and
               from
               this
               so
               terrible
               a
               punishmēt
               ,
               wee
               are
               deliuered
               ,
               by
               the
               Sacrament
               of
               penance
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               authority
               ,
               which
               the
               Confessors
               haue
               of
               the
               Bishoppe
               or
               of
               the
               Pope
               .
               Albeit
               this
               absolution
               from
               Excommunication
               may
               also
               be
               geuen
               without
               the
               Sacrament
               ,
               by
               the
               Prelate
               ,
               though
               he
               be
               no
               Priest
               .
               The
               fourth
               and
               last
               fruit
               is
               ,
               that
               wee
               are
               made
               capable
               of
               the
               indulgences
               which
               the
               Popes
               do
               often
               geue
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               meant
               by
               indulgences
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M.
               
            
             
               Indulgence
               is
               a
               Liberty
               which
               God
               doth
               vse
               by
               meanes
               of
               his
               Vicar
               ,
               with
               his
               faithful
               ,
               by
               pardoning
               their
               temporall
               paine
               ,
               either
               all
               or
               some
               part
               ,
               which
               they
               were
               to
               suffer
               for
               their
               sinnes
               in
               this
               life
               ,
               or
               in
               purgatory
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               What
               is
               required
               for
               the
               gaining
               of
               Indulgence
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M.
               
            
             
               That
               a
               man
               bee
               in
               the
               grace
               of
               God
               ,
               and
               therefore
               he
               must
               confesse
               
               himself
               ,
               if
               he
               be
               in
               sin
               :
               &
               that
               he
               fulfil
               so
               much
               as
               the
               Pope
               appointeth
               ,
               when
               he
               granteth
               the
               Indulgence
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               Howe
               often
               is
               it
               necessary
               to
               receaue
               the
               Sacrament
               of
               Penance
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M.
               
            
             
               Holy
               Church
               commaundeth
               that
               euery
               one
               confesse
               ,
               at
               the
               least
               ,
               once
               in
               the
               yeere
               .
               But
               it
               is
               further
               necessarie
               to
               confesse
               euerie
               time
               that
               the
               partie
               will
               communicate
               ,
               if
               hee
               bee
               in
               mortall
               sinne
               .
               And
               likewise
               when
               he
               is
               in
               peril
               of
               death
               ,
               or
               goeth
               about
               any
               thinge
               wherein
               is
               danger
               he
               may
               die
               .
               And
               besides
               these
               ,
               it
               is
               verie
               well
               done
               to
               confesse
               often
               ,
               to
               keepe
               cleane
               a
               mans
               conscience
               ,
               especially
               for
               that
               hee
               that
               confesseth
               seldom
               can
               hardly
               do
               it
               well
               .
            
          
           
             
               S.
               
            
             
               There
               remaineth
               lastly
               ,
               that
               Idemaund
               of
               you
               what
               the
               workes
               bee
               ,
               that
               are
               gratefull
               to
               God
               to
               satisfie
               for
               sinnes
               .
            
          
           
             
               M.
               
            
             
               Al
               are
               reduced
               to
               three
               ,
               to-wit
               ,
               Prayer
               ,
               Fasting
               ,
               and
               Almes
               .
               For
               so
               
               the
               Angell
               Raphel
               taught
               Tobie
               ,
               The
               reason
               whereof
               is
               ,
               for
               that
               a
               man
               hauing
               a
               soule
               ,
               a
               body
               ,
               and
               externall
               goods
               :
               by
               prayer
               he
               offereth
               vnto
               God
               the
               goods
               of
               the
               soule
               ,
               by
               fasting
               ,
               the
               goods
               of
               the
               bodie
               ,
               by
               almes
               the
               externall
               goods
               .
               By
               prayer
               is
               vnderstoode
               the
               hearing
               of
               Masse
               ,
               saying
               of
               the
               seuen
               Psalmes
               ,
               the
               Offfice
               of
               the
               dead
               ,
               and
               other
               like
               things
               .
               By
               fasting
               is
               vnderstood
               all
               corporall
               austeritie
               ,
               as
               wearing
               of
               heare-cloth
               ,
               whipping
               ,
               lying
               on
               the
               ground
               ,
               pilgrimages
               ,
               and
               the
               like
               .
               By
               almes
               ,
               is
               vnderstood
               ,
               all
               other
               works
               of
               charitie
               ,
               &
               seruice
               done
               to
               our
               neighbour
               ,
               for
               the
               loue
               of
               God.
               
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               is
               required
               to
               fast
               aright
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Three
               thinges
               are
               required
               :
               to
               eate
               once
               only
               in
               the
               day
               :
               and
               that
               about
               midday
               ,
               and
               the
               longer
               it
               is
               deferred
               the
               better
               :
               and
               to
               abstaine
               from
               flesh
               ,
               and
               in
               Lent
               ,
               from
               egges
               ,
               and
               whit
               meates
               .
            
          
           
             
             
               S
               
            
             
               Whether
               is
               it
               better
               to
               make
               satisfaction
               our selues
               to
               God
               ,
               by
               these
               works
               ,
               or
               to
               take
               Indulgence
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               better
               that
               our selues
               satisfie
               by
               these
               wordes
               ,
               because
               by
               Indulgence
               is
               satisfied
               onely
               ,
               for
               the
               bond
               of
               paine
               ,
               or
               punishment
               ,
               but
               by
               these
               workes
               we
               do
               both
               satisfie
               ,
               and
               withall
               merite
               eternall
               life
               :
               but
               best
               of
               all
               is
               ,
               to
               vse
               both
               their
               helps
               ,
               satisfying
               our selues
               so
               much
               as
               wee
               can
               ,
               &
               withall
               taking
               Indulgences
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             extreame
             Vnction
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               VVHat
               is
               Extreame
               Vnction
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Extreame
               Vnction
               ,
               is
               a
               Sacrament
               ,
               which
               our
               Lord
               instituted
               for
               the
               sick
               .
               It
               is
               called
               Vnction
               ,
               because
               it
               consisteth
               in
               annoynting
               the
               sicke
               with
               holie
               Oyle
               ,
               and
               receyting
               ouer
               him
               certaine
               prayers
               .
               And
               it
               is
               called
               Extreame
               ,
               as
               being
               the
               last
               amongst
               the
               Vnctions
               ,
               which
               are
               vsed
               in
               the
               Sacramēts
               of
               the
               church
               .
               
               For
               the
               first
               vnction
               is
               giuen
               in
               Baptisme
               ,
               the
               second
               in
               confirmatiō
               ,
               the
               third
               in
               Priesthood
               ,
               the
               last
               in
               sicknes
               :
               &
               it
               may
               also
               be
               called
               extreme
               for
               that
               it
               is
               giuē
               at
               the
               end
               of
               the
               life
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               be
               the
               effects
               of
               this
               Sacrament
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               They
               are
               three
               .
               The
               first
               is
               remission
               of
               sins
               ,
               that
               remaine
               sometimes
               after
               the
               other
               Sacraments
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               those
               which
               the
               party
               did
               not
               remember
               or
               not
               know
               ,
               and
               which
               ,
               if
               he
               had
               knowen
               and
               remembred
               ,
               he
               would
               willingly
               haue
               repented
               ,
               and
               confessed
               them
               .
               The
               second
               is
               ,
               to
               cōsort
               the
               sicke
               ,
               &
               to
               make
               him
               stronger
               in
               spirite
               in
               that
               time
               ,
               when
               hee
               findeth
               himselfe
               oppressed
               with
               bodely
               infirmities
               ,
               and
               with
               temptations
               of
               the
               diuel
               .
               The
               third
               is
               ,
               to
               restore
               the
               health
               of
               the
               bodie
               ,
               if
               that
               be
               expedient
               for
               the
               eternal
               saluation
               of
               the
               same
               sicke
               person
               .
               And
               these
               three
               effects
               are
               signifyed
               by
               
               the
               oyle
               ,
               which
               is
               vsed
               in
               this
               Sacrament
               ,
               for
               that
               oyle
               refresheth
               ,
               strengthneth
               and
               healeth
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               At
               what
               time
               ought
               this
               Sacrament
               to
               be
               receiued
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               In
               this
               ,
               many
               doe
               commit
               great
               error
               ,
               who
               wil
               not
               take
               this
               Sacramēt
               but
               when
               they
               are
               in
               departing
               this
               life
               :
               for
               the
               true
               time
               to
               take
               it
               is
               ,
               whē
               the
               phisitions
               iudge
               the
               disease
               to
               be
               dangerous
               ,
               for
               when
               humane
               remedies
               seem
               to
               be
               insufficient
               ,
               the
               celestial
               remedies
               are
               chiefly
               to
               besought
               for
               .
               And
               so
               sometimes
               it
               hapneth
               ,
               that
               by
               the
               meanes
               of
               this
               holy
               oyle
               ,
               the
               sicke
               party
               doth
               recouer
               health
               ,
               therefore
               as
               this
               Sacrament
               ought
               not
               to
               bee
               demanded
               ,
               when
               there
               is
               no
               danger
               to
               die
               :
               so
               ought
               it
               not
               to
               be
               deferred
               so
               long
               ,
               till
               there
               bee
               no
               hope
               remaining
               .
               And
               this
               is
               the
               cause
               why
               holie
               oyle
               is
               not
               giuen
               to
               those
               that
               are
               put
               to
               death
               by
               justice
               ,
               because
               such
               are
               neither
               
               sicke
               ,
               nor
               haue
               hope
               of
               life
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             Order
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               VVHat
               is
               the
               Sacrament
               of
               Order
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               a
               Sacrament
               in
               whtch
               power
               is
               giuen
               ,
               to
               consecrate
               the
               most
               holie
               Eucharist
               ,
               and
               to
               minister
               the
               other
               Sacraments
               to
               the
               people
               :
               or
               to
               serue
               by
               proper
               offiee
               ,
               those
               that
               haue
               receiued
               such
               power
               .
               And
               it
               is
               called
               Order
               ,
               because
               there
               are
               manie
               degrees
               in
               this
               Sacrament
               ,
               one
               subordinate
               to
               an
               other
               .
               As
               Priests
               ,
               Deacons
               ,
               and
               other
               inferiors
               .
               But
               of
               these
               there
               is
               no
               neede
               to
               tell
               you
               any
               more
               ,
               seing
               this
               Sacrament
               doth
               not
               pertaine
               to
               all
               ,
               but
               only
               to
               men
               of
               yeares
               and
               learning
               ,
               who
               are
               not
               to
               learne
               the
               Christian
               doctrine
               ,
               but
               rather
               it
               belongeth
               to
               them
               to
               teach
               others
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             Marriage
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               VVHat
               is
               the
               Sacrament
               of
               Matrimonie
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               Sacrament
               of
               Matrimonie
               ,
               is
               the
               lawfull
               joyning
               of
               man
               and
               woman
               in
               holie
               wedlocke
               :
               which
               signifyeth
               and
               representeth
               the
               Vnion
               of
               Christ
               with
               his
               Church
               ,
               by
               the
               Incarnation
               :
               and
               the
               vnion
               of
               God
               with
               the
               soule
               by
               grace
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               effects
               worketh
               this
               Sacrament
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               First
               it
               giueth
               grace
               to
               the
               husband
               &
               the
               wife
               ,
               to
               comport
               thēselues
               wel
               ,
               &
               to
               loue
               each
               other
               spiritually
               ,
               as
               Christ
               loueth
               his
               Church
               ,
               and
               as
               God
               loueth
               a
               faithful
               &
               just
               soule
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               it
               conferreth
               grace
               ,
               to
               know
               and
               to
               desire
               to
               bring
               vp
               their
               children
               in
               the
               feare
               of
               God.
               Thirdly
               ,
               it
               produceth
               a
               bonde
               betweene
               the
               husband
               and
               the
               wife
               so
               straight
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               not
               possible
               to
               bee
               dissolued
               ,
               like
               as
               betweene
               Christ
               &
               his
               Church
               .
               And
               hereof
               it
               commeth
               that
               no
               bodie
               can
               dispence
               that
               the
               husband
               leaue
               his
               first
               wife
               ,
               &
               take
               
               an
               other
               ,
               neither
               that
               the
               wife
               leaue
               her
               first
               husband
               ,
               and
               take
               an
               other
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               is
               necessarie
               to
               the
               making
               of
               Mariage
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Three
               things
               are
               necessarie
               .
               First
               that
               the
               parties
               be
               without
               impediment
               to
               be
               ioyned
               together
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               that
               they
               be
               not
               kinsfolkes
               within
               the
               fourth
               degree
               ;
               that
               they
               haue
               no
               solemne
               vowe
               of
               chastitie
               ,
               nor
               the
               like
               .
               Secondly
               ,
               that
               in
               contracting
               of
               Matrimonie
               ,
               there
               be
               witnesses
               ,
               and
               that
               in
               particular
               ,
               the
               Curate
               or
               proper
               Pastor
               be
               present
               ,
               or
               (
               as
               wee
               cal
               him
               )
               the
               Parrish
               Priest
               .
               Thirdly
               that
               the
               consent
               of
               both
               parties
               be
               free
               ,
               not
               forced
               by
               any
               great
               feare
               ;
               &
               that
               it
               be
               expressed
               by
               wordes
               ,
               or
               some
               equiualent
               signe
               .
               And
               if
               anie
               of
               these
               three
               things
               shal
               be
               wanting
               the
               Mariage
               is
               not
               of
               force
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Whether
               is
               it
               better
               to
               take
               the
               Sacrament
               of
               matrimonie
               or
               to
               kepe
               virginitie
               ?
            
          
           
             
             
               M
               
            
             
               The
               Apostle
               S.
               Paul
               hath
               cleered
               this
               doubt
               ,
               hauing
               written
               ,
               that
               who
               ioyneth
               himselfe
               in
               Mariage
               doth
               wel
               ,
               but
               he
               that
               doth
               not
               ioyne
               himself
               ,
               but
               keepeth
               virginitie
               doth
               better
               .
               And
               the
               reason
               is
               ,
               because
               Mariage
               is
               a
               thing
               humane
               ,
               virginitie
               is
               Angelical
               .
               Mariage
               is
               according
               to
               nature
               ,
               Virginitie
               is
               aboue
               nature
               .
               And
               not
               only
               virginitie
               but
               widowhood
               also
               is
               better
               then
               mariage
               .
               Therefore
               whereas
               our
               Sauiour
               said
               in
               a
               parable
               ,
               that
               the
               good
               seede
               yelded
               in
               one
               field
               thirtie
               fold
               fruit
               ;
               in
               an
               other
               threescore
               ,
               in
               an
               other
               a
               hundred
               fold
               :
               the
               holie
               Doctors
               haue
               declared
               ,
               that
               the
               thirtie
               fold
               fruite
               is
               of
               Matrimonie
               ,
               the
               threescore
               fold
               of
               widowhood
               ,
               hundereth
               fold
               of
               virginitie
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Cap.
           X.
           Of
           vertues
           in
           general
           .
        
         
           YOv
           haue
           declared
           the
           foure
           principall
           partes
           of
           Christian
           Doctrine
           :
           I
           desire
           to
           know
           ,
           if
           there
           be
           any
           thing
           else
           to
           learne
           ?
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             The
             necessarie
             thinges
             to
             bee
             knowne
             ,
             are
             those
             foure
             which
             I
             haue
             already
             shewed
             you
             .
             But
             there
             be
             some
             other
             things
             profitable
             also
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             we
             pretend
             of
             obtayning
             eternall
             saluation
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             Vertues
             and
             Vices
             ,
             good
             workes
             and
             sinnes
             .
             For
             albeit
             wee
             haue
             spoken
             alreadie
             of
             these
             things
             in
             general
             ,
             in
             the
             declaration
             of
             the
             Creede
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Commandements
             ,
             yet
             it
             will
             be
             very
             profitable
             to
             speake
             of
             them
             more
             distinctly
             and
             in
             particular
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Tell
             me
             then
             what
             is
             vertue
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Vertue
             is
             a
             qualitie
             which
             is
             receiued
             in
             the
             soule
             ,
             and
             maketh
             a
             man
             good
             .
             For
             as
             science
             maketh
             a
             man
             a
             good
             Philosopher
             ,
             and
             art
             maketh
             one
             a
             good
             artificer
             :
             so
             vertue
             
             maketh
             a
             good
             man
             ,
             and
             causeth
             him
             to
             doe
             that
             which
             is
             good
             ,
             and
             that
             with
             facilitie
             ,
             readinesse
             and
             perfection
             .
             Whereas
             hee
             that
             hath
             not
             vertue
             ,
             though
             hee
             may
             sometimes
             do
             well
             ,
             yet
             he
             shall
             not
             doe
             it
             without
             difficultie
             and
             imperfection
             ,
             whereof
             to
             giue
             you
             some
             example
             ,
             vertue
             is
             like
             to
             art
             ,
             and
             practise
             .
             For
             you
             see
             one
             that
             hath
             art
             ,
             to
             play
             on
             the
             Citerone
             or
             Lute
             ,
             playeth
             both
             wel
             &
             with
             facilitie
             ,
             although
             he
             neuer
             look
             vpō
             the
             strings
             ,
             where
             as
             an
             other
             that
             hath
             not
             the
             art
             ,
             or
             hath
             not
             practise
             ,
             may
             well
             touch
             the
             strings
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             sounde
             ,
             but
             hee
             shall
             neither
             doe
             it
             readily
             nor
             so
             well
             .
             Euen
             so
             hee
             that
             hath
             the
             vertue
             (
             for
             example
             )
             of
             Temperance
             ,
             fasted
             with
             great
             facilitie
             and
             cheerefulnesse
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             needfull
             ,
             and
             hee
             fasteth
             perfectly
             ,
             expecting
             the
             conuenient
             houre
             ,
             and
             eating
             meates
             appoynted
             ,
             and
             
             once
             only
             ,
             but
             he
             that
             hath
             not
             this
             vertue
             ,
             or
             contrariwise
             is
             a
             glutton
             ,
             it
             seemeth
             a
             death
             to
             him
             to
             fast
             ,
             and
             if
             perhaps
             hee
             fast
             ,
             he
             can
             not
             well
             expect
             the
             due
             houre
             of
             dinner
             ,
             and
             after
             at
             night
             ,
             in
             place
             of
             a
             drinking
             as
             the
             custome
             is
             ,
             he
             will
             make
             so
             large
             a
             collation
             ,
             as
             wanteth
             little
             of
             a
             supper
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             How
             manie
             vertues
             be
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             The
             vertues
             are
             very
             manie
             :
             but
             the
             more
             principall
             ,
             &
             to
             which
             all
             the
             rest
             are
             reduced
             ,
             are
             seuen
             ,
             to
             wit
             the
             three
             Theological
             ,
             Faith
             ,
             Hope
             ,
             &
             Charitie
             ,
             &
             foure
             Cardinall
             ,
             Prudence
             ,
             Iustice
             ,
             Fortitude
             ,
             &
             Temperance
             :
             &
             according
             to
             this
             number
             ,
             there
             are
             seuen
             giftes
             of
             the
             Holie
             Ghost
             ,
             and
             the
             Euangelical
             Beatitudes
             ,
             which
             guide
             vs
             to
             the
             perfection
             of
             Christian
             life
             .
             There
             be
             also
             seuen
             workes
             of
             mercie
             corporall
             :
             &
             seuen
             spirituall
             .
             Of
             all
             which
             I
             will
             geue
             you
             a
             briefe
             instruction
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Chap.
           II.
           Of
           the
           Theologicall
           Vertues
           .
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             VVHat
             is
             faith
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Faith
             is
             the
             first
             of
             the
             Theological
             vertues
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             of
             those
             vertues
             which
             haue
             immediat
             relation
             to
             God.
             And
             the
             proper
             office
             of
             faith
             is
             ,
             to
             illuminate
             and
             eleuate
             the
             vnderstanding
             ,
             to
             beleue
             firmely
             all
             that
             God
             ,
             by
             his
             Church
             ,
             reueileth
             vnto
             vs
             :
             although
             it
             bee
             otherwise
             heard
             and
             aboue
             naturall
             reason
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             is
             the
             cause
             ,
             that
             wee
             must
             beleeue
             matters
             of
             faith
             so
             firmly
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             The
             cause
             is
             ,
             for
             that
             faith
             doth
             relie
             vpon
             infallible
             veritie
             ,
             for
             so
             much
             as
             all
             that
             faith
             proposeth
             vnto
             vs
             ,
             is
             reueiled
             from
             God
             ,
             &
             God
             is
             veritie
             it self
             .
             Wherefore
             it
             is
             impossible
             that
             ,
             which
             God
             sayeth
             ,
             should
             be
             false
             .
             And
             so
             when
             faith
             proposeth
             anie
             thing
             vnto
             vs
             ,
             which
             
             appeareth
             contrarie
             to
             reason
             ,
             as
             for
             example
             ,
             that
             a
             virgin
             should
             bring
             forth
             a
             child
             ,
             it
             is
             necessarie
             to
             consider
             that
             humaine
             reason
             is
             feeble
             ,
             &
             may
             easely
             be
             deceiued
             ,
             but
             God
             can
             not
             be
             deceiued
             nor
             deceiue
             vs.
             
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             is
             necessarie
             to
             be
             beleued
             ,
             by
             this
             vertue
             of
             faith
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             It
             is
             necessarie
             to
             beleue
             distinctly
             ,
             al
             the
             Articles
             of
             the
             Crede
             ,
             which
             before
             I
             haue
             declared
             .
             And
             specially
             those
             Articles
             ,
             whereof
             Feasts
             are
             kept
             ,
             euerie
             yeare
             in
             holie
             Church
             :
             as
             the
             Incarnation
             of
             our
             Lord
             ,
             the
             Natiuitie
             ,
             the
             Passion
             ,
             the
             Resurrection
             ,
             the
             Ascension
             ,
             the
             comming
             of
             the
             Holie
             Ghost
             ,
             &
             the
             most
             Holie
             Trinitie
             .
             Moreouer
             wee
             must
             be
             readie
             to
             beleeue
             ,
             al
             that
             shal
             be
             declared
             vnto
             vs
             ,
             by
             holie
             Church
             .
             And
             finally
             in
             all
             out
             ward
             behauiour
             ,
             to
             shunne
             and
             auoide
             those
             things
             ,
             which
             haue
             anie
             shew
             of
             infidelitie
             ,
             as
             to
             carrie
             the
             habit
             
             of
             a
             Turke
             ,
             or
             of
             the
             Iewes
             ,
             the
             eating
             of
             flesh
             on
             daies
             forbidden
             as
             Heretikes
             do
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             .
             For
             that
             it
             is
             necessarie
             ,
             to
             confesse
             the
             true
             faith
             ,
             not
             only
             in
             hart
             &
             with
             mouth
             but
             also
             with
             exterior
             deeds
             ,
             to
             shew
             our selues
             to
             dislike
             of
             all
             Sects
             ,
             that
             are
             contrary
             to
             holie
             Church
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             is
             hope
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Hope
             is
             the
             second
             Theological
             vertue
             ,
             so
             called
             ,
             because
             it
             also
             hath
             immediat
             relation
             to
             God.
             For
             as
             by
             faith
             we
             beleue
             in
             God
             ,
             so
             by
             hope
             ,
             we
             trust
             or
             hope
             in
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             is
             the
             office
             of
             Hope
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             It
             is
             to
             eleuate
             our
             mind
             to
             hope
             for
             eternall
             felicitie
             .
             And
             because
             ,
             this
             is
             so
             heigh
             a
             benefit
             ,
             that
             it
             was
             not
             possible
             to
             reach
             thereto
             by
             humaine
             abilitie
             ,
             therfore
             God
             geueth
             vs
             this
             supernaturall
             vertue
             ,
             that
             by
             it
             we
             may
             trust
             ,
             to
             attaine
             to
             so
             great
             a
             good
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Whereupon
             is
             this
             hope
             grounded
             ,
             
             and
             whereupon
             doth
             it
             relie
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             It
             is
             grounded
             ,
             and
             doth
             relie
             vpon
             the
             infinite
             goodnesse
             &
             mercie
             of
             God
             ,
             whereof
             wee
             haue
             most
             certaine
             signes
             :
             seeing
             hee
             hath
             giuen
             vs
             his
             owne
             Sonne
             ,
             and
             by
             his
             meanes
             adopted
             vs
             for
             his
             children
             ,
             and
             promised
             vs
             the
             inheritance
             of
             the
             kingdome
             of
             Heauen
             ,
             if
             we
             doe
             works
             cōformable
             to
             the
             dignity
             receiued
             ,
             &
             hath
             also
             giuen
             vs
             grace
             &
             sufficient
             help
             ,
             to
             do
             such
             works
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             is
             Charitie
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             third
             Theologicall
             vertue
             ,
             hauing
             immediat
             relation
             to
             God
             :
             by
             this
             vertue
             our
             soule
             is
             eleuated
             to
             loue
             God
             aboue
             all
             things
             .
             Not
             only
             as
             Creator
             &
             Author
             of
             al
             our
             natural
             good
             ,
             but
             also
             as
             the
             g●…
             of
             grace
             and
             of
             glorie
             ,
             which
             are
             supernaturall
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             I
             would
             know
             ,
             whether
             charitie
             be
             also
             extended
             vnto
             creatures
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Charity
             is
             properly
             extended
             vnto
             
             all
             men
             ,
             and
             to
             all
             things
             ,
             which
             God
             hath
             made
             .
             But
             with
             this
             difference
             ,
             that
             God
             is
             to
             bee
             loued
             for
             himselfe
             ,
             he
             being
             infinitly
             good
             ,
             &
             it
             is
             further
             extended
             ,
             to
             all
             other
             things
             ,
             which
             are
             to
             be
             loued
             ,
             for
             the
             loue
             of
             God.
             And
             in
             particular
             our
             neighbour
             ,
             our
             parents
             or
             frends
             are
             not
             onely
             to
             be
             vnderstood
             ,
             but
             also
             euerie
             man
             though
             he
             would
             be
             our
             enemie
             ,
             because
             euerie
             man
             is
             the
             Image
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             for
             the
             same
             is
             to
             be
             loued
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Is
             Charitie
             a
             great
             vertue
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             greatest
             of
             all
             others
             ,
             &
             it
             is
             so
             great
             ,
             that
             whosoeuer
             hath
             it
             ,
             can
             not
             lose
             his
             saluation
             if
             he
             first
             lose
             not
             charitie
             .
             And
             he
             that
             hath
             it
             not
             ,
             can
             by
             no
             meanes
             be
             saued
             ,
             though
             he
             had
             al
             the
             other
             vertues
             ,
             and
             gifts
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             Of
             the
             cardinall
             vertues
             .
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               VVHAT
               is
               Prudence
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               the
               firste
               of
               the
               
               foure
               Cardinal
               vertues
               ,
               which
               haue
               this
               name
               ,
               because
               they
               be
               principal
               vertues
               ,
               and
               as
               fountaines
               of
               all
               the
               other
               moral
               and
               humaine
               vertues
               .
               For
               that
               Prudence
               gouerneth
               the
               vnderstanding
               ,
               Iustice
               gouerneth
               the
               wil.
               Fortitude
               gouerneth
               the
               irascible
               power
               ,
               And
               Temporance
               gouerneth
               the
               appetite
               of
               concupiscence
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               is
               the
               office
               of
               Prudence
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               to
               shew
               the
               due
               end
               of
               euerie
               action
               ,
               &
               the
               conuenient
               meanes
               and
               all
               the
               circumstances
               ,
               to
               wit
               ,
               the
               time
               ,
               the
               place
               ,
               the
               manner
               ,
               &
               such
               like
               ;
               that
               the
               worke
               may
               be
               wei
               done
               in
               all
               points
               &
               perfectly
               .
               And
               therfore
               it
               is
               called
               the
               mystris
               of
               other
               vertues
               ,
               and
               is
               as
               salt
               to
               meats
               ,
               and
               as
               the
               sunne
               in
               the
               world
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               Which
               be
               the
               vices
               contrarie
               to
               Prudence
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Vertue
               consisteth
               in
               the
               middest
               ,
               and
               hath
               alwayes
               two
               contrarie
               
               vices
               ,
               which
               are
               in
               the
               extreames
               ,
               One
               vice
               contrarie
               to
               Prudence
               ,
               is
               Imprudence
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               inconsideration
               and
               rashnes
               :
               and
               it
               is
               in
               those
               ,
               that
               do
               not
               consider
               what
               they
               haue
               to
               do
               ;
               &
               so
               either
               they
               looke
               not
               to
               the
               true
               end
               ,
               or
               they
               vse
               not
               the
               true
               meanes
               .
               The
               other
               vice
               is
               subtiltie
               :
               or
               carnal
               pollicie
               :
               and
               it
               is
               in
               those
               that
               with
               great
               diligence
               think
               of
               the
               end
               ,
               &
               of
               the
               meanes
               ,
               but
               they
               direct
               al
               things
               to
               their
               priuat
               commoditie
               ,
               for
               the
               gaining
               of
               some
               worldlie
               benefit
               .
               And
               therfore
               they
               endeuour
               subtilly
               ,
               to
               deceiue
               their
               neighbour
               ,
               to
               bring
               to
               passe
               their
               busines
               to
               their
               owne
               purpose
               .
               But
               in
               the
               end
               it
               will
               appeare
               ,
               that
               such
               are
               most
               impudent
               ,
               losing
               the
               most
               soueraigne
               good
               ,
               for
               the
               loue
               of
               things
               of
               no
               impotence
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               is
               Iustice
               ,
               and
               what
               is
               the
               office
               therof
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Iustice
               is
               a
               vertue
               ,
               which
               geueth
               
               euery
               one
               that
               is
               his
               own
               :
               and
               so
               the
               office
               thereof
               is
               to
               make
               things
               iust
               ,
               &
               to
               put
               equalitie
               in
               humaine
               contracts
               :
               which
               is
               the
               foundation
               of
               quietnes
               &
               of
               peace
               .
               For
               if
               each
               one
               would
               be
               cōtent
               with
               his
               own
               ,
               &
               not
               couet
               that
               belōgeth
               to
               an
               other
               ,
               ther
               should
               neuer
               be
               war
               nor
               discorde
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               bee
               the
               vices
               contrarie
               to
               Iustice
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               They
               are
               two
               .
               One
               is
               Iniustice
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               when
               one
               taketh
               that
               which
               belongeth
               to
               an
               other
               ,
               or
               in
               cōtracts
               giueth
               lesse
               then
               he
               ought
               ,
               or
               taketh
               more
               then
               is
               due
               to
               him
               .
               The
               other
               is
               too
               much
               justice
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               whē
               one
               is
               too
               rigorous
               ,
               &
               wreasteth
               things
               by
               pretence
               of
               justice
               more
               seueerely
               then
               reason
               requireth
               .
               For
               in
               some
               cases
               ,
               it
               is
               necessarie
               ,
               that
               compassion
               bee
               mixed
               with
               justice
               .
               As
               if
               a
               poore
               man
               ,
               can
               not
               pay
               all
               he
               oweth
               presently
               ,
               without
               his
               great
               losse
               or
               damage
               ,
               it
               is
               a
               reasonable
               thing
               and
               
               just
               ,
               that
               he
               haue
               a
               litle
               time
               graunted
               him
               :
               and
               to
               denie
               him
               the
               same
               is
               to
               great
               rigour
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               is
               Fortitude
               ,
               and
               what
               is
               the
               office
               thereof
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               It
               is
               a
               vertue
               which
               maketh
               vs
               ready
               to
               ouercom
               al
               difficulties
               that
               would
               otherwise
               hinder
               vs
               frō
               doing
               wel
               :
               &
               it
               reacheth
               euen
               to
               suffering
               death
               ,
               whē
               it
               is
               necessary
               for
               the
               glorie
               of
               god
               ,
               or
               for
               performing
               our
               duty
               :
               &
               so
               al
               holy
               martirs
               haue
               triūphed
               ouer
               their
               persecutors
               ,
               by
               this
               vertue
               :
               &
               in
               like
               maner
               al
               valiāt
               soldiars
               ,
               which
               in
               iust
               wars
               haue
               made
               so
               great
               proofe
               of
               their
               valour
               ,
               haue
               become
               glorious
               by
               the
               same
               vertue
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               what
               be
               vices
               cōtrary
               to
               fortitude
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               They
               are
               cowardlines
               ,
               &
               audacious
               temeritie
               .
               For
               cowardlines
               maketh
               one
               to
               yeeld
               too
               easely
               ;
               Which
               cōmeth
               of
               the
               lacke
               of
               fortitude
               :
               &
               audatious
               temeritie
               ,
               maketh
               one
               put
               himselfe
               in
               danger
               ,
               when
               there
               is
               no
               
               need
               .
               Which
               (
               so
               to
               tearme
               it
               )
               is
               too
               much
               fortitude
               .
               And
               it
               deserueth
               no
               praise
               but
               blame
               ,
               and
               therefore
               is
               no
               vertue
               but
               a
               vice
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               is
               Temperance
               ,
               and
               what
               is
               the
               office
               thereof
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               Temperance
               is
               a
               vertue
               that
               bridleth
               sensuall
               delights
               ,
               &
               maketh
               a
               man
               to
               content
               himselfe
               ,
               with
               such
               pleasures
               ,
               and
               in
               that
               measure
               ,
               as
               reason
               alloweth
               .
            
          
           
             
               S
               
            
             
               What
               are
               the
               vices
               contrarie
               to
               Temperance
               ?
            
          
           
             
               M
               
            
             
               They
               are
               Intemperance
               ,
               and
               Insensibility
               .
               Intemperance
               is
               ,
               when
               one
               is
               too
               much
               giuen
               to
               delights
               ,
               and
               therefore
               committeth
               excesses
               in
               eating
               ,
               and
               such
               thinges
               as
               doe
               hurt
               both
               the
               soule
               and
               the
               bodie
               .
               Insensibilitie
               is
               ,
               when
               a
               man
               vseth
               the
               other
               extreame
               ,
               and
               so
               flyeth
               all
               pleasures
               ,
               that
               he
               wil
               not
               eate
               things
               necessarie
               for
               his
               health
               ,
               to
               auoyd
               that
               little
               delectation
               ,
               which
               conuenient
               
               meats
               doe
               naturally
               bring
               .
               But
               the
               vice
               of
               intēperance
               is
               much
               more
               common
               amongst
               men
               ,
               then
               the
               vice
               of
               insensibilitie
               .
               And
               therefore
               all
               holie
               men
               ,
               by
               word
               and
               example
               ,
               haue
               exhorted
               vs
               to
               fasting
               ,
               &
               to
               mortification
               of
               the
               flesh
               .
            
          
        
      
       
         
           Cap.
           XIII
           .
           Of
           the
           seauen
           gifts
           of
           the
           Holie
           Ghost
           .
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             VVHich
             be
             the
             seuen
             gifts
             of
             the
             Holie
             Ghost
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             They
             are
             those
             which
             the
             Prophet
             Isaie
             hath
             taught
             vs
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             Wisdome
             ,
             Vnderstanding
             ,
             Counsaile
             ,
             Fortitude
             ,
             Knowledge
             ,
             Pietie
             ,
             and
             the
             Feare
             of
             our
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Whereto
             do
             these
             gifts
             help
             vs
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             To
             attaine
             to
             the
             perfection
             of
             Christian
             life
             :
             For
             they
             are
             as
             the
             ladder
             ,
             by
             which
             wee
             clime
             vp
             ,
             from
             the
             state
             of
             sinne
             by
             diuers
             degrees
             ,
             euen
             to
             the
             highest
             of
             sanctitie
             .
             But
             you
             must
             knowe
             ,
             that
             the
             Prophet
             numbreth
             these
             steppes
             comming
             
             downwards
             .
             For
             he
             did
             see
             as
             it
             were
             a
             ladder
             which
             came
             from
             Heauen
             .
             Neuertheles
             we
             will
             recoont
             the
             ascending
             ,
             as
             going
             vpwards
             &
             ascending
             from
             earth
             to
             heauen
             .
             The
             first
             degree
             then
             is
             ,
             the
             Feare
             of
             our
             lord
             ,
             which
             doth
             terrifie
             a
             sinner
             ,
             whē
             he
             thinketh
             that
             he
             hath
             God
             almighty
             his
             enemiet
             the
             second
             degree
             is
             Pietie
             :
             For
             he
             that
             feareth
             punishment
             which
             God
             threatneth
             against
             a
             sinner
             ,
             beginneth
             to
             become
             godlie
             ,
             &
             desireth
             to
             obey
             and
             serue
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             worke
             his
             holie
             will
             in
             all
             things
             .
             The
             thirde
             degree
             is
             Knowledge
             ,
             for
             that
             hee
             vvho
             desireth
             to
             vvorke
             the
             vvill
             of
             God
             ,
             demaundeth
             of
             God
             that
             he
             will
             teach
             him
             ,
             his
             holie
             commandements
             ,
             &
             God
             partly
             by
             Preachers
             ,
             partly
             by
             books
             ,
             &
             partly
             by
             inwarde
             inspirations
             ,
             teacheth
             him
             all
             that
             is
             necessarie
             .
             The
             fourth
             degree
             is
             Fortitude
             ,
             for
             hee
             that
             knoweth
             ,
             and
             is
             willing
             in
             all
             
             thinges
             to
             serue
             God
             ,
             findeth
             many
             difficulties
             &
             tentatiōs
             of
             the
             world
             the
             flesh
             &
             the
             diuel
             .
             And
             therefore
             god
             at
             that
             time
             of
             need
             giueth
             him
             the
             gift
             of
             Fortitude
             ,
             that
             he
             may
             ouercome
             al
             difficulties
             .
             The
             fift
             degree
             is
             Counsell
             ,
             for
             when
             the
             diuell
             cannot
             preuaile
             by
             force
             ,
             he
             turneth
             himself
             to
             decepts
             ,
             and
             vnder
             pretence
             of
             good
             ,
             prouoketh
             the
             just
             man
             to
             fall
             :
             yet
             God
             doth
             not
             abandon
             him
             ,
             but
             giueth
             him
             the
             gift
             of
             Counsell
             ,
             by
             which
             he
             preuaileth
             against
             the
             deceipts
             of
             the
             enemy
             :
             the
             sixt
             is
             the
             gift
             of
             Vnderstāding
             ,
             for
             when
             a
             mā
             is
             wel
             exercised
             in
             actiue
             life
             ,
             and
             hath
             had
             many
             victories
             against
             the
             diuel
             ,
             god
             doth
             draw
             him
             &
             exalt
             him
             to
             contemplatiue
             life
             ,
             and
             with
             the
             gifte
             of
             vnderstanding
             ,
             maketh
             him
             to
             vnderstande
             and
             penitrate
             diuine
             Mysteries
             .
             The
             seauenth
             ,
             is
             the
             gift
             of
             Wisdome
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             cōplement
             of
             perfection
             
             For
             he
             is
             wise
             that
             knoweth
             the
             first
             cause
             of
             all
             thinges
             ,
             and
             according
             thereto
             ,
             formeth
             al
             his
             actions
             :
             which
             none
             can
             doe
             ,
             but
             hee
             that
             joyneth
             perfect
             charitie
             ,
             to
             the
             gift
             of
             vnderstanding
             .
             For
             by
             the
             vnderstanding
             he
             knoweth
             the
             first
             cause
             ,
             and
             by
             charitie
             ,
             hee
             directeth
             and
             disposeth
             all
             thinges
             vnto
             it
             ,
             as
             vnto
             the
             last
             ende
             .
             And
             because
             wisdome
             joyneth
             the
             affection
             to
             vnderstanding
             ,
             therefore
             it
             is
             called
             wisdome
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             
               sauorie
               knowledge
            
             ,
             as
             Saint
             Barnard
             teacheth
             vs.
             
          
        
      
       
         
           Cap.
           XIIII
           .
           Of
           the
           eight
           beatitudes
           .
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             VVHat
             are
             the
             eight
             beatitudes
             ,
             which
             our
             Lord
             taught
             vs
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             They
             are
             an
             other
             ladder
             to
             clime
             vnto
             perfection
             ,
             like
             vnto
             that
             of
             the
             gifts
             of
             the
             Holie
             Ghost
             .
             For
             that
             in
             seauen
             sentences
             ,
             are
             conteyned
             seauen
             degrees
             ,
             to
             arriue
             vnto
             beatititude
             .
             And
             lastly
             ,
             the
             eight
             doth
             
             geue
             vs
             a
             signe
             to
             know
             whether
             a
             man
             haue
             ascended
             vp
             these
             degrees
             or
             no.
             
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Declare
             vnto
             mee
             this
             ladder
             briefly
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             ,
             in
             the
             three
             first
             degrees
             ,
             teacheth
             vs
             to
             take
             away
             the
             impediments
             of
             perfection
             ,
             whereby
             we
             ascend
             vnto
             felicitie
             .
             The
             generall
             and
             ordinarie
             impediments
             are
             three
             ;
             the
             desire
             of
             goods
             ,
             of
             honors
             ,
             and
             pleasures
             .
             So
             Christ
             saith
             in
             the
             first
             degree
             ,
             that
             the
             poore
             in
             spirit
             are
             blessed
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             those
             who
             willingly
             dispise
             goods
             .
             In
             the
             second
             he
             saith
             ,
             that
             the
             meeke
             are
             blessed
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             those
             that
             geue
             place
             to
             all
             ,
             not
             resisting
             those
             ,
             that
             put
             themselues
             before
             ,
             and
             thrust
             them
             behinde
             .
             In
             the
             third
             he
             saith
             ,
             that
             those
             are
             blessed
             that
             weepe
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             those
             that
             seeke
             not
             the
             delights
             ,
             and
             pleasures
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             but
             attend
             to
             do
             penance
             ,
             and
             to
             
             be
             waile
             their
             sinnes
             .
             In
             other
             two
             degrees
             he
             teacheth
             vs
             the
             perfection
             of
             the
             actiue
             life
             ,
             which
             consisteth
             in
             fulfilling
             all
             that
             wee
             are
             bound
             vnto
             by
             iustice
             ,
             and
             by
             charitie
             .
             Therefore
             he
             saith
             in
             the
             fourth
             degree
             ,
             that
             those
             are
             blessed
             ,
             that
             hunger
             and
             thirst
             iustice
             .
             And
             in
             the
             fift
             he
             saith
             ,
             that
             the
             mercifull
             are
             blessed
             .
             In
             the
             last
             two
             ,
             he
             draweth
             vs
             to
             perfection
             of
             the
             contemplatiue
             life
             :
             and
             therfore
             he
             saith
             in
             the
             sixt
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             blessed
             ,
             that
             haue
             a
             cleane
             hart
             ,
             for
             they
             shall
             see
             God
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             they
             shall
             see
             him
             in
             the
             life
             to
             come
             ,
             in
             glorie
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             they
             shall
             know
             him
             by
             grace
             of
             contemplation
             :
             &
             in
             the
             seuenth
             he
             saith
             ,
             that
             the
             peaceable
             are
             blessed
             because
             they
             shal
             be
             called
             the
             children
             of
             God
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             blessed
             are
             they
             who
             hauing
             added
             perfect
             charitie
             ,
             to
             contemplation
             ,
             haue
             made
             al
             their
             repose
             in
             God
             ,
             and
             pacified
             all
             
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             shal
             be
             children
             of
             God
             ,
             like
             vnto
             their
             Father
             ,
             holie
             and
             perfect
             .
             In
             the
             eight
             sentence
             no
             new
             degree
             of
             perfection
             is
             contained
             ,
             as
             S.
             Augustine
             doth
             well
             say
             ,
             but
             there
             is
             declared
             a
             manifest
             signe
             ,
             to
             know
             if
             one
             be
             arriued
             to
             perfection
             :
             &
             this
             signe
             is
             to
             suffer
             willingly
             vniust
             persecutiō
             ,
             for
             the
             like
             as
             that
             gold
             is
             tried
             in
             the
             fornace
             ,
             so
             is
             a
             iust
             and
             perfect
             man
             in
             tribulations
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Chap.
           XV.
           Of
           the
           seuen
           Workes
           of
           mercie
           corporall
           ,
           and
           seuen
           spirituall
           .
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             IT
             remaineth
             that
             you
             declare
             to
             me
             the
             workes
             of
             mercie
             ,
             aswell
             corporall
             as
             spirituall
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             The
             workes
             of
             mercie
             corporall
             are
             seuen
             .
             Whereof
             we
             haue
             six
             in
             the
             holie
             gospel
             ;
             to
             wit
             ,
             to
             geue
             meate
             to
             such
             as
             haue
             hunger
             :
             to
             geue
             drinke
             to
             such
             as
             haue
             thirste
             ,
             to
             cloth
             the
             naked
             :
             to
             harbour
             pilgrims
             :
             to
             visite
             the
             sicke
             :
             to
             comforte
             the
             
             imprisoned
             .
             The
             seauenth
             worke
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             burie
             the
             dead
             ,
             holie
             Tobie
             hath
             taught
             vs
             ,
             and
             the
             Angel
             Raphael
             .
             The
             workes
             of
             mercie
             spiritual
             are
             also
             seuen
             ?
             to
             instruct
             the
             ignorant
             :
             to
             geue
             counsaile
             to
             the
             doubtfull
             :
             to
             comfort
             the
             afflicted
             :
             to
             correct
             such
             as
             erre
             :
             to
             pardon
             offences
             :
             to
             beare
             with
             other
             mens
             defects
             :
             and
             to
             pray
             to
             God
             for
             the
             quick
             and
             dead
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Is
             there
             anie
             cause
             that
             excuseth
             vs
             ,
             from
             the
             workes
             of
             mercie
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Three
             things
             may
             excuse
             vs.
             The
             first
             is
             when
             a
             man
             hath
             not
             the
             meanes
             to
             do
             them
             :
             and
             so
             that
             good
             Lazarus
             ,
             the
             poore
             begger
             ,
             of
             whom
             it
             is
             read
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             did
             no
             corporall
             workes
             of
             mercie
             ,
             because
             himselfe
             had
             need
             ,
             in
             a
             manner
             of
             all
             those
             workes
             ,
             and
             so
             was
             crouned
             for
             his
             patience
             .
             And
             this
             is
             the
             ordinance
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             the
             rich
             may
             saue
             themselues
             ,
             by
             shewing
             mercie
             ,
             
             &
             the
             poore
             by
             the
             way
             of
             patience
             ,
             and
             so
             he
             that
             hath
             not
             knowledge
             or
             prudence
             for
             himselfe
             ,
             is
             not
             bound
             to
             teach
             or
             giue
             counsaile
             to
             others
             .
             The
             second
             cause
             is
             ,
             when
             a
             man
             serueth
             God
             in
             a
             higher
             sorte
             ,
             then
             the
             actiue
             life
             is
             ,
             and
             by
             reason
             of
             that
             state
             ,
             hath
             no
             occasion
             to
             do
             manie
             workes
             of
             charitie
             ,
             so
             the
             holie
             Eremits
             ,
             that
             remayne
             inclosed
             in
             solitarie
             places
             ,
             or
             in
             their
             cels
             ,
             to
             contemplate
             heauenlie
             thinges
             ,
             are
             not
             bound
             to
             leaue
             that
             holie
             exercise
             ,
             and
             goe
             to
             seeke
             those
             ,
             to
             whom
             they
             may
             do
             workes
             of
             mercie
             .
             The
             third
             cause
             is
             ,
             when
             a
             man
             doth
             not
             finde
             anie
             that
             hath
             notorious
             need
             of
             his
             mercie
             :
             for
             that
             we
             are
             not
             bound
             to
             succor
             anie
             but
             those
             ,
             who
             can
             not
             help
             themselues
             ,
             or
             haue
             not
             others
             that
             will
             and
             can
             help
             them
             .
             True
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             perfect
             mercie
             doth
             not
             expect
             the
             time
             of
             the
             bond
             ,
             but
             is
             readie
             to
             succour
             in
             the
             best
             manner
             
             it
             can
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             it
             can
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             It
             seemeth
             to
             mee
             that
             all
             men
             may
             worke
             the
             last
             worke
             of
             mercie
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             praye
             to
             God
             for
             our
             neighbour
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             So
             it
             is
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             holie
             Eremits
             do
             also
             the
             works
             of
             mercie
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             pray
             to
             god
             that
             he
             giue
             his
             grace
             to
             al
             those
             that
             need
             it
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Chap.
           XVI
           .
           Of
           Vices
           and
           sins
           in
           generall
           .
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             IT
             is
             nowe
             time
             that
             you
             teach
             mee
             ,
             what
             vice
             and
             sinne
             is
             ,
             to
             flie
             from
             it
             :
             like
             as
             you
             haue
             instructed
             me
             in
             vertues
             and
             good
             works
             ,
             to
             obtaine
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Sinne
             is
             nothing
             else
             but
             a
             voluntarie
             committing
             ,
             or
             omitting
             against
             the
             lawe
             of
             God
             :
             where
             you
             haue
             to
             consider
             ,
             that
             three
             things
             are
             required
             to
             a
             sinne
             .
             First
             ,
             that
             there
             be
             some
             act
             committed
             ,
             or
             omitted
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             doe
             and
             worke
             a
             thing
             forbidden
             ,
             or
             not
             to
             doe
             a
             thing
             commanded
             .
             As
             for
             example
             ,
             
             to
             blaspheame
             is
             a
             committing
             ,
             not
             to
             heare
             Masse
             is
             an
             omission
             .
             Secondly
             is
             required
             ,
             that
             this
             committing
             ,
             or
             omitting
             be
             against
             the
             law
             of
             God
             :
             for
             that
             the
             law
             of
             God
             is
             the
             rule
             of
             well-working
             :
             like
             as
             the
             arte
             of
             a
             Maison
             ,
             is
             the
             rule
             of
             making
             a
             Wall
             well
             :
             And
             therefore
             as
             a
             Maison
             is
             not
             a
             good
             Maison
             ,
             and
             maketh
             not
             a
             Wall
             well
             ,
             when
             he
             worketh
             not
             according
             to
             art
             :
             so
             a
             man
             liueth
             not
             well
             ,
             and
             is
             not
             a
             good
             man
             ,
             when
             hee
             followeth
             not
             the
             law
             of
             God.
             And
             by
             the
             lawe
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             not
             only
             vnderstood
             ,
             that
             which
             he
             hath
             giuen
             by
             himselfe
             ,
             as
             the
             ten
             commandements
             are
             ,
             but
             that
             also
             ,
             which
             he
             giueth
             vs
             by
             his
             vicar
             in
             earth
             ,
             the
             Pope
             his
             holines
             ,
             and
             other
             superiors
             ,
             aswell
             spirituall
             as
             temporal
             :
             because
             al
             are
             the
             ministers
             of
             God
             ,
             &
             haue
             authoritie
             frō
             him
             :
             thirdly
             ,
             is
             required
             ,
             that
             cōmitting
             ,
             or
             omitting
             be
             voluntarie
             :
             for
             
             whatsoeuer
             is
             done
             without
             consent
             of
             the
             will
             ,
             is
             no
             sinne
             .
             As
             for
             example
             ,
             if
             one
             blaspheme
             when
             he
             sleepeth
             ,
             or
             hath
             not
             the
             vse
             of
             reason
             ,
             or
             probably
             knoweth
             not
             ,
             that
             such
             a
             word
             is
             blasphemie
             :
             in
             such
             a
             case
             a
             man
             sinneth
             not
             :
             because
             there
             is
             no
             consent
             of
             the
             will.
             
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             I
             haue
             vnderstood
             ,
             what
             sinne
             is
             ,
             now
             tell
             me
             what
             vice
             is
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Vice
             is
             an
             euill
             habite
             ,
             or
             an
             euil
             custome
             of
             sinning
             ,
             procured
             by
             often
             sinning
             .
             Whereof
             commeth
             ,
             that
             a
             nan
             sinneth
             more
             easely
             :
             and
             with
             more
             boldnes
             and
             alacritie
             .
             As
             (
             for
             example
             )
             we
             do
             call
             one
             a
             blasphemer
             ,
             or
             a
             gamester
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             woont
             to
             blaspheme
             ,
             or
             vseth
             gamming
             .
             So
             that
             to
             blaspheme
             is
             a
             sin
             ,
             &
             to
             be
             a
             blasphemer
             is
             a
             vice
             .
             And
             so
             we
             may
             say
             of
             al
             the
             other
             sinnes
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Is
             sinne
             a
             great
             euil
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             It
             is
             the
             greatest
             euil
             that
             can
             be
             found
             .
             Yea
             rather
             ,
             it
             onlie
             is
             absolutly
             
             euill
             ,
             &
             displeaseth
             God
             more
             then
             any
             thing
             else
             ,
             which
             appeareth
             by
             this
             ,
             that
             God
             spareth
             not
             to
             destroy
             &
             loose
             the
             most
             noble
             things
             that
             hee
             hath
             ,
             to
             punish
             finne
             .
             If
             a
             Prince
             had
             a
             vessell
             of
             siluer
             ,
             or
             of
             gold
             most
             fayre
             and
             most
             precious
             ,
             and
             finding
             in
             it
             some
             stincking
             liquore
             ,
             should
             be
             so
             displeased
             there
             with
             ,
             that
             he
             should
             breake
             it
             &
             cast
             it
             into
             the
             bottome
             of
             the
             Sea
             ,
             you
             would
             doubtles
             say
             ,
             that
             Prince
             had
             a
             wounderfull
             great
             hate
             againste
             that
             liquore
             .
             So
             God
             hath
             made
             two
             most
             precious
             vessels
             :
             one
             of
             siluer
             ,
             which
             is
             man
             ,
             &
             one
             of
             gold
             which
             is
             an
             Angell
             .
             And
             for
             that
             hee
             hath
             found
             this
             stincking
             liquore
             of
             sin
             ,
             in
             the
             one
             and
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             he
             hath
             broken
             them
             ,
             and
             cast
             into
             the
             bottome
             of
             hell
             to
             perpetuall
             miserie
             ,
             all
             those
             Angels
             that
             sinned
             ,
             and
             daily
             casteth
             into
             the
             same
             place
             of
             perdition
             ,
             all
             those
             men
             that
             die
             in
             their
             
             And
             once
             for
             the
             sins
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             he
             brought
             vpon
             it
             the
             Deluge
             ,
             and
             drowned
             all
             ,
             except
             Noe
             and
             his
             familie
             that
             liued
             justlie
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Howe
             many
             sorts
             of
             sinnes
             bee
             there
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Sinne
             is
             of
             two
             sorts
             .
             For
             one
             is
             called
             Original
             sinne
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             Actuall
             .
             And
             actual
             sinne
             is
             likewise
             of
             two
             sorts
             ;
             one
             mortal
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             veniall
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Cap.
           XVII
           ,
           Of
           Originall
           sinne
           .
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             VVHat
             is
             original
             sinne
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Originall
             sinne
             is
             that
             in
             which
             we
             are
             borne
             :
             and
             it
             commeth
             vnto
             vs
             by
             succession
             frō
             our
             first
             father
             Adam
             .
             For
             you
             haue
             to
             know
             ,
             that
             when
             God
             made
             the
             first
             man
             ,
             and
             the
             first
             woman
             ,
             called
             Adam
             and
             Eue
             ,
             he
             gaue
             them
             seuen
             gifts
             .
             First
             ,
             he
             gaue
             them
             his
             grace
             ,
             by
             which
             they
             were
             iuste
             ,
             and
             the
             friends
             of
             God
             ,
             &
             his
             adopted
             children
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             he
             gaue
             them
             great
             
             knowledge
             ,
             how
             to
             doe
             well
             and
             to
             shunne
             euill
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             he
             gaue
             them
             obedience
             of
             the
             flesh
             to
             the
             spirite
             ,
             that
             it
             should
             not
             be
             mooued
             to
             vnlawful
             desires
             against
             reasō
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             hee
             gaue
             them
             promptnes
             and
             great
             facilitie
             to
             do
             well
             ,
             and
             to
             flie
             euill
             ,
             and
             but
             one
             most
             easie
             commandement
             to
             obserue
             .
             Fiftly
             ,
             hee
             freed
             them
             from
             all
             labour
             ,
             and
             feare
             .
             For
             the
             earth
             brought
             foorth
             fruites
             sufficient
             for
             mans
             life
             of
             it self
             :
             neither
             was
             there
             any
             thing
             that
             could
             hurt
             man
             :
             Sixtly
             ,
             hee
             made
             them
             immortall
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             neuer
             haue
             dyed
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             not
             sinned
             .
             Seauenthly
             ,
             hee
             would
             after
             some
             time
             haue
             translated
             thē
             into
             Heauen
             ,
             to
             such
             an
             eternal
             and
             glorious
             life
             ,
             as
             Angels
             haue
             .
             But
             the
             first
             man
             and
             woman
             ,
             inueigled
             by
             the
             Diuell
             ,
             did
             not
             obserue
             that
             commandement
             ,
             and
             so
             they
             sinned
             against
             God
             ,
             and
             thereby
             lost
             
             those
             seuen
             giftes
             ,
             which
             I
             spoke
             of
             .
             And
             because
             God
             gaue
             them
             those
             giftes
             ,
             not
             only
             for
             them selues
             ,
             but
             also
             for
             all
             their
             posteritie
             ,
             therefore
             they
             lost
             them
             ,
             for
             themselues
             and
             for
             vs
             all
             :
             and
             made
             vs
             partakers
             of
             their
             sinne
             ,
             and
             of
             all
             their
             miseries
             :
             as
             we
             should
             haue
             bene
             of
             all
             their
             graces
             ,
             and
             other
             benefites
             ,
             if
             they
             had
             not
             sinned
             .
             This
             then
             is
             Original
             sinne
             ,
             an
             emnitie
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             a
             priuation
             of
             his
             grace
             ,
             with
             which
             priuation
             wee
             are
             borne
             .
             Whereof
             proceedeth
             ignorance
             ,
             euil
             inclinations
             ,
             difficultie
             to
             do
             well
             ,
             and
             facilitie
             to
             do
             euill
             ,
             the
             paine
             &
             trauel
             to
             prouide
             to
             liue
             ,
             the
             feares
             and
             periles
             in
             which
             we
             remaine
             ,
             most
             certaine
             death
             of
             the
             bodie
             ,
             &
             also
             eternall
             death
             in
             hell
             ,
             if
             before
             we
             dye
             ,
             we
             be
             not
             deliuered
             of
             sinne
             ,
             &
             returne
             not
             into
             the
             sauour
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             remedie
             haue
             wee
             against
             
             this
             Originall
             sinne
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             It
             is
             already
             saide
             before
             ,
             that
             the
             remedie
             is
             the
             Passion
             &
             death
             of
             Christ
             our
             Lorde
             .
             For
             so
             God
             would
             that
             hee
             that
             should
             satisfie
             for
             the
             sinne
             of
             Adam
             ,
             should
             bee
             himselfe
             without
             sin
             :
             and
             the
             same
             was
             God
             and
             man
             ,
             and
             so
             hee
             was
             infinitely
             acceptable
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             did
             obey
             ,
             not
             in
             an
             easie
             thing
             ,
             as
             that
             was
             ,
             which
             was
             commanded
             to
             Adam
             ,
             but
             in
             a
             most
             hard
             thing
             ,
             as
             was
             the
             ignominious
             death
             of
             the
             Crosse
             .
             And
             this
             remedie
             is
             applyed
             to
             vs
             by
             holie
             Baptisme
             ,
             as
             hath
             bin
             saide
             .
             And
             albeit
             God
             doth
             not
             straight-waies
             render
             vnto
             vs
             ,
             all
             those
             seauen
             gifts
             ,
             yet
             he
             hath
             restored
             to
             vs
             ,
             the
             most
             principall
             which
             is
             his
             grace
             ,
             by
             meanes
             whereof
             ,
             we
             are
             made
             iust
             ,
             the
             friends
             and
             children
             of
             God
             and
             heires
             of
             Heauen
             .
             The
             other
             gifts
             shal
             be
             restored
             vnto
             vs
             hereafter
             with
             great
             increase
             in
             
             the
             other
             life
             ,
             if
             we
             behaue
             our selues
             well
             in
             this
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Cap.
           XVIII
           .
           Of
           mortal
           and
           veniall
           sinne
           .
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             DEclare
             vnto
             me
             now
             ,
             what
             is
             actuall
             sinne
             ,
             and
             how
             one
             is
             mortall
             and
             an
             other
             veniall
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Actuall
             sinne
             is
             that
             which
             wee
             commit
             by
             our
             owne
             will
             ,
             when
             wee
             are
             come
             to
             the
             vse
             of
             reason
             .
             As
             to
             steale
             ,
             to
             kill
             ,
             to
             sweare
             falsely
             ,
             and
             such
             like
             things
             ,
             contrarie
             to
             the
             law
             of
             God.
             And
             it
             is
             mortal
             sinne
             ,
             when
             it
             depriueth
             vs
             of
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             life
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             &
             maketh
             one
             worthie
             of
             eternal
             death
             in
             hell
             .
             It
             is
             veniall
             sinne
             ,
             when
             it
             displeaseth
             God
             ,
             but
             not
             so
             much
             that
             it
             depriueth
             vs
             of
             his
             grace
             and
             meriteth
             punishment
             ,
             but
             not
             eternall
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             How
             shall
             I
             know
             ,
             whether
             the
             sin
             be
             mortal
             or
             venial
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             To
             know
             when
             a
             sinne
             is
             mortall
             ,
             you
             must
             obserue
             two
             rules
             ,
             one
             
             is
             ,
             that
             the
             sinne
             be
             contrarie
             to
             the
             charitie
             or
             loue
             of
             God
             ,
             or
             of
             our
             neighbour
             .
             The
             other
             ,
             that
             it
             bee
             with
             full
             consent
             of
             the
             will.
             For
             when
             either
             of
             these
             two
             things
             is
             wanting
             ,
             it
             is
             not
             mortall
             but
             veniall
             .
             And
             a
             sinne
             is
             then
             said
             to
             bee
             a-against
             charitie
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             against
             the
             lawe
             in
             a
             matter
             of
             weight
             ,
             as
             when
             it
             is
             a
             sufficient
             offence
             to
             breake
             friendship
             :
             but
             when
             it
             is
             in
             a
             small
             matter
             ,
             such
             as
             ordinarilie
             breaketh
             not
             friendship
             :
             It
             is
             not
             then
             against
             charitie
             :
             but
             is
             said
             ,
             not
             to
             be
             according
             to
             charitie
             .
             And
             so
             such
             as
             commonly
             breaketh
             friendship
             is
             against
             the
             law
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             against
             charitie
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             end
             of
             the
             law
             ,
             such
             as
             commonly
             breaketh
             not
             frendship
             ,
             is
             not
             against
             the
             law
             ,
             but
             not
             acording
             to
             the
             law
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             not
             against
             charitie
             ,
             but
             not
             according
             to
             charitie
             .
             Take
             an
             exāple
             to
             steale
             a
             great
             quantitie
             of
             money
             ,
             
             is
             a
             mortal
             sinne
             :
             because
             it
             is
             against
             the
             law
             of
             God
             ,
             being
             in
             a
             matter
             of
             weight
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             iudgement
             of
             most
             men
             sufficient
             to
             breake
             frendship
             ,
             and
             so
             is
             against
             charitie
             :
             but
             to
             steale
             a
             farthing
             ,
             or
             a
             pinne
             ,
             or
             a
             like
             thing
             ,
             is
             not
             a
             mortall
             sinne
             ,
             but
             a
             venial
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             in
             a
             small
             matter
             :
             which
             although
             it
             be
             not
             according
             to
             charitie
             ,
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             against
             charitie
             :
             because
             it
             is
             not
             a
             thing
             that
             in
             reason
             can
             breake
             frendship
             .
             In
             like
             manner
             we
             may
             say
             of
             being
             voluntarie
             .
             For
             when
             a
             thing
             is
             against
             the
             law
             ,
             in
             a
             matter
             of
             weight
             ,
             and
             fully
             ,
             voluntarie
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             mortall
             sinne
             :
             but
             if
             it
             be
             not
             fully
             voluntarie
             ,
             as
             if
             one
             haue
             a
             thought
             ,
             or
             a
             sodaine
             desire
             to
             steale
             ,
             or
             to
             kill
             ,
             or
             to
             blaspheme
             ,
             and
             presently
             perceiueth
             his
             error
             ,
             before
             he
             fully
             consent
             with
             his
             will
             ,
             it
             is
             only
             a
             veniall
             sin
             .
             Therefore
             a
             man
             must
             stand
             vpon
             his
             gard
             ,
             and
             presently
             as
             he
             is
             aware
             
             of
             an
             euil
             thought
             ,
             or
             desire
             ,
             he
             must
             driue
             it
             away
             ,
             before
             they
             geue
             consent
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Chap.
           XIX
           .
           Of
           the
           seuen
           Capitall
           sinnes
           .
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             I
             Desire
             now
             to
             know
             ,
             which
             be
             the
             most
             principall
             sinnes
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             I
             may
             flie
             them
             with
             more
             diligence
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Some
             sinnes
             are
             more
             principal
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             as
             fountaines
             or
             roots
             of
             others
             ,
             and
             therefore
             called
             capital
             ,
             and
             these
             are
             seuen
             .
             Others
             are
             more
             principall
             for
             that
             they
             are
             more
             hard
             to
             be
             pardoned
             ,
             and
             are
             called
             sins
             against
             the
             Holie
             Ghost
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             six
             .
             Finally
             there
             are
             others
             more
             principall
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             more
             manifestly
             enormious
             ,
             and
             against
             all
             reason
             ,
             and
             therfore
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             that
             they
             crie
             for
             reuenge
             to
             Heauen
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             foure
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Which
             are
             the
             Capitall
             sinnes
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             They
             are
             these
             ,
             Pride
             ,
             or
             (
             as
             
             others
             call
             it
             )
             Vainglorie
             ,
             Couetousnes
             ,
             Lecherie
             ,
             Enuie
             ,
             Glutonie
             ,
             Anger
             and
             Sloath.
             
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             are
             they
             called
             capitall
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             They
             are
             not
             called
             capitall
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             mortal
             :
             for
             many
             sins
             are
             mortall
             ,
             and
             are
             not
             capitall
             ,
             as
             blasphemie
             and
             murder
             ;
             and
             many
             capital
             ,
             which
             are
             not
             alwaies
             mortal
             as
             gluttony
             ,
             anger
             &
             sloath
             .
             But
             they
             are
             called
             capitall
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             heads
             of
             many
             others
             ,
             which
             proceed
             from
             them
             ,
             as
             branches
             from
             the
             roote
             ,
             and
             riuers
             from
             the
             fountaines
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             is
             Pride
             ,
             what
             sinnes
             doth
             it
             bring
             forth
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             the
             remedie
             against
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Pride
             is
             a
             sinne
             ,
             by
             which
             a
             man
             thinketh
             himself
             to
             be
             more
             then
             he
             is
             ,
             and
             so
             preferreth
             himselfe
             aboue
             others
             ,
             not
             willing
             to
             haue
             others
             a
             boue
             him
             nor
             equall
             with
             him
             .
             The
             
             sinnes
             which
             it
             produceth
             ,
             are
             vaine
             glorie
             ,
             and
             vaunting
             of
             him selfe
             ,
             contending
             with
             others
             ,
             discorde
             ,
             disobedience
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             .
             The
             remedie
             is
             to
             attende
             with
             all
             diligence
             to
             holiehumilitie
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             to
             know
             that
             a
             man
             is
             nothing
             of
             him selfe
             &
             that
             al
             we
             haue
             ,
             is
             the
             gift
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             thinke
             that
             others
             are
             better
             then
             wee
             ,
             and
             therefore
             to
             esteeme
             our selues
             lesse
             then
             others
             ,
             in
             minde
             to
             submit
             our selues
             to
             all
             ,
             &
             outwardly
             to
             honor
             all
             others
             according
             to
             their
             degrees
             .
             It
             helpeth
             also
             to
             consider
             ,
             that
             pride
             maketh
             a
             man
             like
             the
             diuel
             ,
             and
             that
             it
             pleaseth
             God
             highly
             :
             whereupon
             it
             is
             written
             ,
             that
             God
             resisteth
             proude
             men
             ,
             and
             boweth
             himselfe
             to
             humble
             men
             :
             he
             confoundeth
             the
             proud
             and
             exalteth
             the
             humble
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             is
             Couetousnesse
             ,
             what
             are
             the
             sinnes
             which
             come
             of
             it
             ,
             and
             the
             remedie
             against
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
           
             M
             
          
           
             Couetousnesse
             is
             a
             disordinate
             affection
             towards
             riches
             ,
             and
             it
             consisteth
             in
             three
             things
             .
             First
             in
             desiring
             the
             goods
             of
             others
             ,
             not
             being
             contente
             with
             his
             owne
             .
             Secondly
             in
             desiring
             more
             then
             is
             sufficient
             and
             not
             willing
             to
             giue
             the
             superfluous
             to
             the
             poore
             ,
             as
             we
             are
             bound
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             in
             louing
             those
             goods
             ,
             wee
             haue
             too
             much
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             our
             owne
             ,
             and
             not
             superfluous
             .
             And
             this
             appeareth
             when
             a
             man
             is
             not
             found
             readie
             to
             loose
             his
             goodes
             ,
             in
             a
             case
             that
             is
             necessarie
             ,
             for
             the
             honour
             of
             God.
             And
             therefore
             Sainte
             PAVL
             saith
             ,
             that
             couetousnesse
             is
             (
             in
             some
             sort
             )
             Idolatrie
             ,
             for
             that
             the
             couetous
             man
             preferreth
             his
             goods
             before
             God
             ,
             seeing
             hee
             is
             contented
             rather
             to
             loose
             God
             then
             his
             goods
             .
             The
             sinnes
             then
             which
             proceed
             of
             couetousnesse
             are
             manie
             ,
             as
             Theft
             ,
             Robrie
             ,
             deceipts
             in
             buying
             and
             selling
             ,
             crueltie
             towards
             the
             poore
             ,
             &
             other
             
             like
             :
             the
             remedy
             is
             to
             exercise
             our
             selus
             in
             the
             vertue
             of
             liberalitie
             ,
             considering
             that
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             wee
             are
             trauellers
             and
             pilgrims
             :
             and
             that
             therefore
             it
             is
             much
             better
             for
             vs
             ,
             not
             to
             load
             our selues
             with
             goods
             ,
             but
             to
             deuide
             them
             ,
             with
             our
             fellow
             trauellers
             ,
             who
             may
             carrie
             them
             vnto
             our
             countrey
             :
             and
             so
             being
             in
             part
             disburdened
             ,
             we
             may
             make
             our
             voyage
             more
             easely
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             is
             Lecherie
             ,
             what
             sinnes
             doth
             it
             bring
             forth
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             the
             remedie
             against
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Leacherie
             is
             a
             disordinate
             affection
             towards
             cardinall
             pleasures
             &
             delights
             .
             The
             sinnes
             which
             proceed
             from
             it
             ,
             are
             Blindnes
             of
             minde
             ,
             Temeritie
             and
             Inconstancie
             ,
             as
             also
             Adulterie
             ,
             Fornication
             ,
             dishonest
             words
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             vncleannesse
             .
             The
             remedie
             is
             to
             be
             well
             exercised
             in
             fasting
             ,
             in
             prayer
             ,
             &
             in
             flying
             euil
             cōpany
             :
             because
             these
             are
             the
             means
             
             to
             keepe
             chastitie
             :
             and
             aboue
             all
             for
             men
             not
             to
             trust
             thēselues
             ,
             for
             their
             owne
             vertue
             &
             holines
             ,
             but
             to
             stand
             aloofe
             from
             dangers
             ,
             and
             to
             keepe
             well
             their
             senses
             ,
             considering
             that
             the
             most
             strong
             Sampson
             ,
             the
             most
             holie
             Dauid
             ,
             and
             the
             most
             wise
             Salomon
             ,
             were
             deceiued
             with
             this
             vice
             ,
             and
             fel
             into
             great
             blindnes
             of
             mind
             ,
             &
             chiefly
             Salomō
             ,
             who
             was
             brought
             to
             adore
             al
             the
             Idols
             of
             his
             cōcubins
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             is
             Enuie
             ,
             what
             sinnes
             doe
             come
             of
             it
             ,
             &
             what
             remedie
             is
             there
             against
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Enuie
             is
             a
             sinne
             ,
             by
             which
             one
             is
             displeased
             at
             the
             good
             of
             an
             other
             :
             for
             that
             it
             seemeth
             to
             diminish
             his
             owne
             greatnes
             .
             Where
             you
             haue
             to
             consider
             ,
             that
             when
             the
             good
             of
             an
             other
             displeaseth
             you
             ,
             for
             that
             he
             is
             not
             worthy
             to
             haue
             it
             ,
             or
             because
             hee
             vseth
             it
             not
             well
             ,
             it
             is
             no
             sinne
             .
             Likewise
             ,
             when
             you
             are
             displeased
             ,
             that
             you
             also
             haue
             not
             the
             good
             ,
             which
             
             others
             haue
             ,
             and
             chiefly
             vertue
             ,
             deuotion
             ,
             and
             the
             like
             goodnes
             ,
             this
             also
             is
             no
             sinne
             ,
             but
             rather
             is
             a
             holie
             and
             commendable
             emulation
             .
             But
             when
             it
             displeaseth
             you
             ,
             that
             an
             other
             hath
             some
             goodnesse
             ,
             because
             it
             seemeth
             to
             you
             that
             it
             darkneth
             your
             glorie
             ,
             and
             you
             would
             that
             he
             had
             it
             not
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             he
             were
             not
             your
             equal
             or
             your
             better
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             sin
             of
             Enuie
             .
             And
             it
             bringeth
             forth
             many
             sins
             ,
             as
             peruerse
             iudgemente
             ,
             ioy
             of
             an
             other
             mans
             euill
             ,
             murmuring
             ,
             and
             detraction
             .
             For
             that
             the
             enuious
             seeketh
             to
             diminish
             the
             good
             name
             of
             his
             neighbour
             .
             And
             finally
             ,
             sometimes
             it
             induceth
             to
             commit
             murder
             :
             as
             Cain
             did
             ,
             who
             for
             enuie
             killed
             his
             brother
             :
             and
             the
             Iewes
             for
             enuie
             procured
             the
             death
             of
             our
             Lord.
             The
             remedie
             ,
             is
             to
             be
             exercicised
             in
             brotherlie
             charitie
             ,
             &
             often
             to
             thinke
             that
             Enuie
             hurteth
             more
             him
             that
             enuieth
             ,
             then
             him
             that
             is
             
             enuied
             .
             For
             that
             the
             enuious
             afflicteth
             and
             fretteth
             himselfe
             inwardly
             ,
             and
             oftentimes
             God
             doth
             exalt
             him
             that
             is
             enuied
             ,
             by
             that
             means
             by
             which
             the
             enuious
             would
             haue
             abased
             him
             .
             So
             wee
             see
             that
             the
             diuel
             for
             enuie
             caused
             man
             to
             lose
             the
             terrestrial
             Paradise
             ,
             &
             god
             by
             that
             occasion
             wrought
             ,
             that
             christ
             came
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             &
             so
             gaue
             vs
             the
             celestial
             paradise
             :
             The
             brothers
             of
             the
             patriarch
             Ioseph
             ,
             sold
             him
             for
             enuie
             ,
             and
             God
             by
             that
             occasion
             brought
             to
             passe
             ,
             that
             Ioseph
             became
             lord
             of
             his
             brothers
             .
             Saul
             for
             enuie
             persecuted
             Dauid
             ,
             &
             God
             caused
             Saul
             to
             lose
             the
             kingdome
             &
             gaue
             it
             to
             Dauid
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             is
             Gluttonie
             ,
             what
             sinnes
             produceth
             it
             ,
             and
             what
             is
             the
             remedie
             against
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Gluttonie
             is
             a
             disordinate
             appetite
             of
             eating
             &
             drinking
             :
             which
             cōsisteth
             in
             taking
             more
             meate
             then
             is
             conuenient
             ,
             in
             seeking
             too
             pretious
             
             meates
             ,
             in
             desiring
             forbidden
             meats
             ,
             as
             flesh
             on
             the
             Friday
             and
             Saturday
             ,
             in
             not
             exspecting
             the
             houre
             of
             eating
             on
             fasting
             daies
             ,
             and
             finally
             in
             eating
             with
             too
             great
             desire
             &
             eagernesse
             .
             The
             sinnes
             which
             come
             of
             gluttonie
             ,
             are
             obscuritie
             of
             vnderstanding
             ,
             vaine
             mirth
             ,
             and
             babling
             ,
             And
             often
             of
             Gluttonie
             ,
             commeth
             Leacherie
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             sinnes
             which
             proceed
             thereof
             .
             The
             remedie
             is
             to
             attende
             vnto
             temperance
             and
             abstinence
             ,
             which
             helpe
             both
             the
             soule
             and
             the
             bodie
             .
             And
             in
             particular
             it
             is
             most
             profitable
             to
             consider
             ,
             that
             the
             delight
             of
             gluttony
             is
             very
             short
             and
             often
             leaueth
             behinde
             it
             long
             paines
             of
             the
             stomacke
             ,
             of
             the
             head
             ,
             and
             other
             like
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             is
             anger
             ,
             what
             sinnes
             doth
             it
             bring
             ,
             and
             what
             remedie
             is
             there
             against
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Anger
             is
             a
             disordinate
             desire
             of
             reuenge
             .
             But
             you
             must
             knowe
             that
             
             moderat
             &
             ordinate
             anger
             is
             good
             .
             Whereupon
             the
             Psalme
             saith
             :
             Bee
             you
             angrie
             and
             sinne
             not
             .
             And
             S.
             Basil
             saith
             ,
             that
             anger
             is
             like
             to
             a
             dogge
             ,
             which
             is
             good
             when
             he
             barketh
             against
             enemies
             ,
             but
             more
             whē
             he
             hurteth
             friends
             .
             The
             disorder
             of
             anger
             consisteth
             in
             three
             thinges
             .
             First
             ,
             in
             desire
             to
             be
             reuenged
             of
             him
             that
             deserueth
             it
             not
             ,
             and
             that
             hath
             not
             offended
             vs.
             Secondly
             ,
             in
             desiring
             to
             reuenge
             by
             priuate
             authoritie
             ,
             for
             that
             to
             punish
             and
             to
             vse
             reuenge
             against
             malefactors
             ,
             doth
             not
             belong
             to
             any
             ,
             but
             to
             Superiors
             ,
             as
             to
             the
             Prince
             ,
             or
             Magistrate
             .
             And
             for
             so
             much
             as
             God
             is
             the
             Supreame
             Prince
             ,
             he
             saith
             ,
             that
             to
             him
             reuenge
             principally
             belongeth
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             in
             reuenging
             for
             hatred
             ,
             and
             not
             for
             zeale
             of
             justce
             ,
             and
             in
             exceeding
             in
             the
             maner
             ,
             &
             in
             other
             circumstances
             .
             The
             sinnes
             which
             come
             of
             disordinate
             anger
             ,
             are
             contentions
             ,
             injourious
             
             words
             ,
             furious
             behauior
             ,
             outragious
             actions
             ,
             as
             of
             mad-men
             :
             for
             immoderat
             anger
             is
             like
             to
             madnesse
             .
             The
             remedie
             is
             to
             be
             exercised
             in
             the
             vertues
             of
             meekenesse
             ,
             and
             of
             patience
             ,
             considering
             the
             examples
             of
             holie
             men
             and
             of
             Christ
             himselfe
             ,
             who
             by
             supporting
             and
             suffering
             ,
             haue
             triumphed
             more
             gloriouslie
             then
             worldly
             men
             do
             by
             endeuoring
             to
             be
             reuenged
             of
             their
             enemies
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             is
             Sloath
             ,
             what
             sinnes
             produceth
             it
             ,
             &
             what
             is
             the
             remedie
             against
             it
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Sloath
             is
             called
             in
             Greeke
             Acidia
             ,
             &
             signifyeth
             tediousnes
             ,
             loathsomnes
             ,
             and
             griefe
             to
             doe
             well
             .
             And
             it
             is
             a
             mortal
             sinne
             ,
             when
             one
             giueth
             &
             taketh
             loathsomnes
             to
             do
             well
             ,
             &
             is
             displeased
             for
             that
             he
             is
             bound
             to
             obserue
             the
             cōmandements
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             to
             walke
             in
             the
             way
             of
             vertue
             .
             The
             sinnes
             which
             he
             produceth
             ,
             are
             light
             esteeming
             the
             commaundements
             :
             
             easelie
             yeelding
             him selfe
             to
             vices
             :
             desperation
             of
             wel-doing
             :
             hatred
             and
             dislike
             of
             such
             as
             would
             draw
             or
             force
             a
             sinner
             to
             leaue
             sinne
             and
             to
             take
             a
             good
             way
             .
             The
             remedie
             is
             ,
             neuer
             to
             be
             idle
             ,
             to
             read
             good
             bookes
             ,
             to
             consider
             the
             great
             reward
             which
             God
             promiseth
             to
             those
             that
             are
             diligent
             and
             obseruing
             his
             commandements
             ,
             and
             the
             eternall
             and
             intollerable
             punishments
             ,
             which
             is
             prouided
             for
             the
             negligent
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Cap.
           XX.
           Of
           the
           sinnes
           against
           the
           Holie
           Ghost
           .
        
         
           VVHat
           &
           how
           many
           be
           the
           sinnes
           against
           the
           Holie
           Ghost
           ?
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             They
             are
             sixe
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             despaire
             of
             our
             saluation
             :
             presumption
             to
             bee
             saued
             without
             merits
             :
             to
             impugne
             the
             knowen
             truth
             :
             enuie
             at
             an
             other
             mans
             grace
             :
             obstinacie
             in
             sinne
             :
             and
             finall
             impenitence
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             are
             they
             called
             sinnes
             
             against
             the
             Holie
             Ghost
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Because
             they
             are
             committed
             vpon
             meere
             malice
             ,
             and
             speacially
             the
             third
             ,
             which
             is
             of
             all
             other
             properly
             a
             sinne
             against
             the
             Holie
             Ghost
             :
             that
             is
             ,
             when
             a
             man
             knoweth
             the
             truth
             ,
             and
             yet
             will
             obstinatly
             hold
             ,
             and
             proue
             that
             it
             is
             not
             true
             .
             To
             sin
             of
             malice
             is
             said
             to
             be
             against
             the
             Holie
             Ghost
             :
             because
             goodnes
             is
             attributed
             to
             the
             Holie
             Ghost
             ,
             which
             is
             contrarie
             to
             malice
             :
             like
             as
             to
             sinne
             of
             ignorance
             ,
             is
             said
             to
             be
             against
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             whome
             wisdome
             is
             atributed
             :
             and
             sinning
             of
             frailtie
             is
             said
             to
             be
             against
             the
             Father
             ,
             to
             whom
             power
             is
             attributed
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             What
             haue
             these
             sinnes
             proper
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             They
             haue
             this
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             not
             pardoned
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             nor
             in
             the
             other
             ,
             as
             our
             Lord
             admonisheth
             vs
             in
             the
             Gospel
             .
             Which
             yet
             is
             thus
             vnderstood
             :
             that
             they
             are
             hard
             to
             be
             pardoned
             :
             because
             seldom
             &
             hardly
             
             those
             that
             fal
             into
             these
             sinnes
             ,
             come
             to
             true
             repentance
             :
             like
             as
             when
             wee
             say
             :
             a
             disease
             is
             incurable
             ,
             we
             will
             not
             for
             all
             that
             say
             ,
             it
             can
             not
             be
             cured
             by
             anie
             meanes
             :
             but
             that
             it
             is
             seldome
             cured
             ,
             or
             that
             ordinarily
             it
             is
             not
             cured
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Chap.
           XXI
           .
           Of
           sinnes
           that
           crie
           vnto
           Heauen
           .
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             HOw
             manie
             are
             they
             ,
             &
             what
             bee
             the
             sinnes
             ,
             which
             crie
             vnto
             Heauen
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             They
             are
             four
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             wilful
             murder
             :
             carnall
             sinnes
             against
             nature
             :
             oppression
             of
             the
             poore
             ,
             and
             chiefly
             of
             orphans
             ,
             and
             widowes
             :
             and
             to
             defraud
             workmen
             of
             their
             wages
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherefore
             is
             it
             said
             ,
             that
             they
             crie
             to
             Heauen
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Because
             the
             iniustice
             of
             these
             sinnes
             is
             so
             maniefest
             ,
             that
             it
             can
             not
             be
             couered
             or
             hidden
             by
             anie
             means
             .
          
        
      
       
         
         
           Chap.
           XXII
           .
           Of
           The
           foure
           last
           things
           .
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             I
             Would
             haue
             some
             general
             document
             to
             flie
             sinne
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             The
             wise
             man
             saith
             ,
             Remember
             thou
             the
             last
             things
             ,
             and
             thou
             wilt
             neuer
             sinne
             .
             The
             last
             things
             are
             foure
             ,
             Death
             ,
             the
             Generall
             Iudgement
             ,
             Hell
             ,
             and
             Heauen
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             Wherfore
             are
             these
             foure
             things
             called
             the
             last
             ?
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Because
             death
             is
             the
             end
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             the
             last
             thing
             which
             is
             to
             happen
             in
             this
             world
             .
             Finall
             iudgement
             is
             the
             last
             of
             all
             the
             iudgments
             ,
             that
             are
             to
             be
             geuen
             :
             and
             therfore
             there
             is
             no
             appealing
             from
             it
             .
             Hell
             is
             the
             last
             euil
             ,
             that
             melefactours
             are
             to
             haue
             ,
             and
             they
             are
             to
             remaine
             therin
             for
             euer
             ,
             without
             possibilitie
             euer
             to
             change
             .
             Heauen
             is
             the
             last
             good
             ,
             which
             the
             good
             are
             to
             haue
             ,
             &
             they
             are
             neuer
             to
             lose
             it
             .
          
        
         
           
             S
             
          
           
             I
             would
             haue
             some
             considerations
             ,
             to
             exercise
             my self
             in
             these
             last
             
             things
             ,
             for
             that
             remembring
             my self
             often
             of
             them
             ,
             I
             should
             neuer
             sinne
             ,
             as
             the
             wise
             man
             saith
             whom
             you
             alleaged
             .
          
        
         
           
             M
             
          
           
             Concerning
             death
             ,
             you
             may
             consider
             these
             four
             points
             .
             First
             ,
             that
             death
             is
             most
             certaine
             ,
             and
             none
             can
             escape
             it
             .
             The
             second
             ,
             that
             the
             houre
             of
             death
             is
             vncertaine
             ,
             and
             manie
             die
             when
             they
             least
             thinke
             of
             it
             .
             The
             third
             ,
             that
             in
             death
             all
             the
             designments
             of
             this
             life
             do
             end
             :
             and
             then
             the
             vanitie
             of
             the
             world
             appeareth
             .
             The
             fourth
             ,
             that
             at
             their
             death
             euerie
             one
             repenteth
             the
             euill
             he
             hath
             done
             ,
             and
             the
             omission
             of
             good
             ,
             which
             he
             might
             haue
             done
             :
             &
             therfore
             it
             is
             great
             folie
             to
             do
             that
             ,
             wherof
             we
             are
             sure
             to
             repent
             vs.
             Touching
             Iugement
             ,
             you
             may
             consider
             these
             points
             .
             First
             ,
             that
             the
             iudgement
             shal
             be
             geuen
             of
             a
             most
             important
             matter
             ,
             to
             wit
             ,
             of
             the
             chiefest
             good
             ,
             or
             the
             greatest
             euil
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             
             it
             shal
             be
             geuen
             by
             the
             highest
             Iudge
             who
             knoweth
             all
             things
             ,
             and
             whom
             none
             can
             resist
             .
             Thirdly
             ,
             it
             shall
             bee
             geuen
             in
             the
             presence
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             where
             none
             can
             hide
             themselues
             .
             Fourthly
             ,
             there
             wil
             be
             no
             hope
             to
             flie
             the
             sentene
             ,
             or
             the
             execution
             of
             Gods
             Iustice
             .
             Concerning
             Hell
             ,
             consider
             that
             it
             is
             large
             ,
             long
             ,
             high
             and
             deepe
             .
             Large
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             conteyneth
             all
             the
             paines
             that
             can
             bee
             imagined
             .
             Long
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             are
             eternall
             .
             High
             ,
             for
             that
             they
             are
             all
             most
             bitter
             in
             the
             highest
             degree
             .
             Depe
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             all
             absolute
             paynes
             ,
             without
             mixture
             of
             anie
             sort
             of
             consolation
             .
          
           
             Concerning
             Heauen
             ,
             consider
             in
             like
             maner
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             large
             ,
             for
             that
             it
             conteyneth
             all
             the
             goodnes
             that
             can
             be
             imagined
             ,
             and
             more
             also
             then
             we
             can
             imagine
             or
             desire
             .
             It
             is
             long
             ,
             because
             all
             those
             Beatitudes
             are
             eternal
             .
             It
             is
             high
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             most
             
             high
             and
             noble
             ,
             It
             is
             deepe
             ,
             because
             they
             are
             pure
             good
             without
             any
             mixture
             of
             euill
             .
             And
             here
             you
             may
             adde
             ,
             that
             the
             commodities
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             haue
             no
             one
             of
             these
             conditions
             :
             for
             that
             they
             are
             few
             ,
             short
             ,
             little
             ,
             and
             alwaies
             mixed
             with
             vexations
             ,
             and
             troubles
             of
             mind
             .
             And
             likewise
             the
             euils
             of
             this
             world
             are
             few
             ,
             short
             ,
             litle
             ,
             and
             alwaies
             tempered
             with
             some
             consolation
             .
             Wherupon
             you
             are
             to
             conclude
             ,
             that
             all
             those
             haue
             truly
             lost
             their
             wittes
             ,
             that
             for
             loue
             of
             the
             commodities
             of
             this
             life
             ,
             or
             for
             feare
             of
             present
             tribulations
             ,
             lose
             the
             happines
             ,
             or
             fall
             into
             the
             euils
             ,
             of
             the
             world
             to
             come
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
             A
             Table
             of
             the
             Chapters
             ,
             and
             principall
          
           contents
           of
           this
           booke
           .
        
         
           VVHat
           Christian
           Doctrine
           is
           ,
           and
           what
           are
           the
           principall
           partes
           thereof
           .
           pag.
           1
        
         
           
             The
             declaration
             of
             the
             vsuall
             blessing
             with
             the
             signe
             of
             the
             Crosse
             .
             5
          
           
             The
             declaration
             of
             the
             Creede
             13
          
           
             And
             first
             of
             the
             first
             Article
             .
             20
          
           
             Of
             the
             second
             .
             20
          
           
             Of
             the
             third
             24
          
           
             Of
             the
             fourth
             .
             29
          
           
             Of
             the
             fifth
             40
          
           
             Of
             the
             sixt
             .
             43
          
           
             Of
             the
             seauenth
             .
             44
          
           
             Of
             the
             eight
             .
             53
          
           
             Of
             the
             ninth
             ,
             57
          
           
             Of
             the
             tenth
             .
             68
          
           
             Of
             the
             eleuenth
             .
             64
          
           
             Of
             the
             twelfth
             .
             71
          
           
             The
             declaration
             of
             our
             Lords
             prayer
             .
             77
          
           
             The
             declaration
             of
             the
             Aue
             Maria.
             105
          
           
             The
             declaration
             of
             the
             ten
             command
             .
             111
          
           
             And
             first
             ,
             of
             the
             first
             commandement
             .
             117
          
           
             Of
             the
             second
             .
             130
          
           
             Of
             the
             third
             .
             145
          
           
             Of
             the
             fourth
             148
          
           
             Of
             the
             fifth
             .
             152
          
           
             Of
             the
             sixt
             .
             156
          
           
             Of
             the
             seuenth
             .
             159
             
          
           
             Of
             the
             eight
             .
             147
          
           
             Of
             the
             ninth
             .
             253
          
           
             Of
             the
             tenth
             ,
             168
          
           
             Declaratiō
             of
             the
             precepts
             of
             the
             church
             .
             201
          
           
             Declaration
             of
             Euangelical
             counsell
             .
             276
          
           
             Declaration
             of
             the
             Sacramēts
             of
             the
             church
             .
             279
          
           
             Of
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             Baptisme
             215
          
           
             Of
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             Confirmation
             .
             293
          
           
             Of
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Eucharist
             .
             294
          
           
             Of
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             Penance
             .
             241
          
           
             Of
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             Extreme
             Vnctiō
             .
             217
          
           
             Of
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             Order
             .
             220
          
           
             Of
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             Matrimonie
             .
             220
          
           
             Of
             vertues
             in
             generall
             258
          
           
             Of
             the
             Theologicall
             vertues
             231
          
           
             Of
             the
             cardinall
             vertues
             221
          
           
             Of
             the
             seauen
             gifts
             of
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             .
             237
          
           
             Of
             the
             eight
             Beatitudes
             .
             240
          
           
             Of
             the
             seauen
             works
             of
             mercy
             corporall
             &
             spirituall
             .
             253
          
           
             A
             declaration
             of
             vices
             &
             sins
             in
             general
             .
             284
          
           
             Of
             mortall
             and
             venall
             sinne
             .
             254
          
           
             Of
             Original
             sinne
             259
          
           
             Of
             the
             seuen
             capital
             sinne
             .
             296
          
           
             Of
             the
             sinnes
             against
             the
             Holie
             Ghost
             .
             243
          
           
             Of
             sinnes
             that
             crie
             to
             heauen
             .
             270
          
           
             Of
             the
             foure
             last
             things
             .
             312
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A07972-e790
           
             *
             Likewise
             beginning
             the
             day
             at
             mid-night
             ,
             our
             Sauiour
             rising
             ,
             as
             he
             did
             ,
             after
             mid-night
             rose
             the
             third
             day
             .
          
           
             *
             Counting
             the
             day
             to
             end
             at
             Sunne-setting
             .
             Or
             if
             you
             count
             to
             midnight
             ,
             there
             was
             more
             of
             Fridaye
             and
             some
             part
             of
             Sunday
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A07972-e12490
           
             *
             Fridaye
             is
             also
             Fasting
             daye
             ,
             where
             custome
             so
             bindeth
             ,
             as
             it
             doth
             in
             England
             .