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IN whome doest thow beleue?
I beleue in god the father, and in Iesus Christ his sonne, and in the holy ghoste:
and loke to be saued by non other mea¦nes.
The father, the sonne, and the holy ghost, be they any more then one god?
No, althogh they be distinct in persone.
What is the effect of thy fayth?
That god the father of our lord Iesus Christ, (and so by hym of vs all) is the be∣ginnynge ād principall cause of all thīges: the which he gouerneth in such sorte, that nothinge can be done with owte his ordi∣nance, and prouidence. Next, that Iesus Christ his sonne, came downe into this world, ād accomplished all thinges which were necessary for our saluation. And ascē¦ded into heauen, where he sitteth at the right hād of the father, that is, that he hath all power in heauen ād in earth. And shall come agayne frome thence to iudge the whole world. Forthermore that the holy ghoste is very god, becawse he is the vertue ād power of god, ād imprīteth ī our hartes the {pro}messes made vnto vs in Iesus Christ. And fynally that the churche is sanctified, and delyuered from their synnes through the mercies of god, and shall after this life
rise againe to lyfe euerlastinge.
Must we serue God accordinge as he hath commaunded, or elles as mens tradi∣tions teache vs?
We most serue hym as he hath taught vs bi his word and cōmaundementes, and not accordinge to the commaundementes of men.
Canst thow kepe gods commaunde∣ments of thy selfe?
No verely.
Who then doth kepe and fulfill theym in thee?
The holy ghoste.
When God then geuethe thee his holy ghoste cāst thou parfytely obserue theym?
No, not so.
Why? God doth curse and reiect all such as do not in euery point fulfyll his com∣maundements.
It is true.
By what meanes then, shalt thow be saued, ād deliuered frome the curse of God?
By the death and passion of our lord Ie∣sus Christ.
How so?
For becawse that by his death, he hath restored vs to lyfe, and recōciled vs to God his father.
To whome doest thow make thy prayers?
I pray to God in the name of our lord Iesus Christ our aduocat and mediator, re∣ferring all my prayers to that scope, which Christ our sauiour hath left vs as a moste sufficient and absolute rule.
How many Sacraments are there in Christs Church?
Two, Baptisme, and the lords Supper.
What is ment by Baptisme?
First it signifieth that we haue forgiuenes of
our synnes by the blood of Christ. Secon¦dly it setteth before our eyes our regenera¦tion or newe spirituall birth.
What signifieth the Supper of the lord?
That by the spirituall eatinge and drin∣kinge, of the body and bloude, of our lord Iesus Christ, our sowles are norished vnto lyfe euerlastinge.
What do the bread and wyne represent, in the lordes Supper?
This, that as our bodies are norished ther∣with: so our sowles are susteyned, and no∣rished with the vertue of Christs body ād bloode, not that they are inclosed in the breade and wyne, but we muste seeke Christ in heauen in the glorie of God his father.
By what meanes may we attayne vnto hym there?
By faith, which gods spirite worketh in our hartes, assuringe vs of Gods promis∣ses made to vs in his holy ghospell.