hart is necessarie to the gud gyding of our toung. Brekaris of the aucht command ar wrang spekars in jugement quhidder thai be judgis, accusaris, witnessis, procuratours or advocatis. Also lyaris, flateraris, bakbitars, heiraris of bakbyting. Quha interpretis ony uthir mannis wordis or deidis to the worst part. Quha dissimulis to schaw the veritie, quhen and quhair thai suld schaw it. The punitioun of thame that brekis the aucht command, and the reward of thame that keipis the same. CAP. XXIV. The rycht keping of the nynt and tent commandis is to have ane cleir ee and ane clein hart, quhair is declarit the cleir ee of our intentioun to God, and also the cleir ee of our intentioun to be had to our nychtbour. The descriptioun of ane clein hart. The descriptioun of ane foule hart. CAP. XXV. Quhat is the cause that carnal concupiscence remanis in our flesche eftir Baptyme, quhair is gevin four rewlis or lessonis, that techis how we suld dant our flesche fra all unlauchfull lustis and desyris. The punitioun of thame that brekis the twa last commandis, and rewardis of the keparis. CAP. XXVI. Of the rycht use of the law or ten commandis of God, declarit plainely be foure familiar exempillis drawin fra the haly scripture. THE CONTENTIS OF THE SECUND PARTE QUHILK IS THE EXPOSITIOUN OF THE XII. ARTIKILS OF THE CREDE. CAP. I. Ane introductioun to the Crede contenand ane declaratioun of the necessitie of our christin faith. Of twa sortis of faith, ge Quha breikis these twa last neral and special. commandis. That our carnal concupiscence is to us na dedelie synne, sa lang as we consent nocht with ane deliverit mynd to the delectatioun or deid of the sam. How general faith is necessarie, bot nocht sufficient to our salvatioun. That special faith (that workis throw lufe) is baith necessarie and sufficient to our salvation. That the special faith suld be loiffit and luffit for mony excellent operations, quhilk it workis in christin men and wemen. The Crede is devidit into iii. principal partis according to the faith, quhilk we aucht to have in the blissit Trinitie, the Father, the Sonne, and the Halye Spreit, thre personis and ane God. CAP. II. That ilkane christin man and woman suld have in thair awin self ane special faith. How the artikillis of the crede can nocht be comprehendit be natural reasone. That to trow in God pertenis to the special faith of ane christin man. How thair is goddis be false nominatioun. How thair is goddis be participatioun of Gods auctorite and Gods grace. How thair is but ane levand and eternal God be trew nature, and properteis of the Godhed. That sum knawlege is gevin to us of the maist excellent majestie of God. That our saviour Jesus Christ is only the sonne of God be natural and eternal generatioun. men and wemen ar sonnis or barnis of God be the grace of adoptioun. Of the gret confidence quhilk we aucht to have in the help and providence of our eternal father almychty God. How the foundatioun and ground of all our faith, is to trow sickirly that God is almychty. How thai trow nocht fermely that God is almychtye, quhilk denyis that the precious body and blud of our salviour Christ is really present in the haly sacrament of the Altar: That be this word creatioun we suld also understand the conservatioun, provisioun, protectioun and governans quhilk God hes of all his creaturis. CAP. III. The sence of the first artikil of the Crede. Morall lessonis of vertew gadderit of the first artikil of the Crede. The first lessone is to ken God be his creatouris. The secund lessone is to gife thankis to God, because that he hes gevin to us all his creatouris. The thrid lessone is to have pacience, because all adversitie That all faithful and gud cummis of God. The fourt lessone is to use all creatouris to the plesour of God. CAP. IV. The secund part of our Crede contenis vii. artikils pertenand to the faith quhilk we aucht to have in our salviour Christ. This word Jesus, quhilk is the propir name of our salviour, excellis all names of all creatouris, in significatioun, vertew and majestie. This word Christ betakins the maist excellent dignitie and office of our salviour, quharby he is our hie king and hed bischop. Our salviour Jesus Christ is the only sonne of God be eternal generatioun. All faithfull gud men ar sonnis of God be grace of adoptioun. How the halye spreit beris witnes to our spreit, that we ar the sonnis of God. That Jesus Christ is our lord be doubil rycht, baith be resone of creatioun and also of redemptioun. How we suld be the exempil of the glorious virgin Mari consave and beir the word of God. CAP. V. We suld trow in the sonne of God. How the haly spreit was workar of the blissit incarna tion. Declaratioun of the blissit nativitie of our salviour. Of the perpetual virginitie of the glorious lady Christis mother. How the glorious virgin was the begynning of our salvatioun. That be the blissit incarnation of Christ we ar mekil inducit to ane ferme faith, we are liftit up in our hoip, our cherite and lufe of God. hartis ar kyndlit in fervent CAP. VI. Ane exhortatioun to heir devoitly the artikill of the passioun of Christ. Quhat paynis our salviour tholit for our redemptioun. Quha was Judge to him, quhat kynd of dede tholit he for us. Quhat fruit or profite gat we be the meritis of his passioun. That his berissing was ho norabil. The sentence of the fourt artikil. Morall lessones of vertew gadderit of the fourt artikil of the crede. Exempil of perfite lufe and cheritie. How mony distinct partis rycht hand of God the father or placis is in hel? Quhom deliverit our salviour out of hell. Moral lessonis gadderit of the fift artikil of the crede. We suld hoip fermely in the help of our salviour. We suld leir to consave the feir of God. CAP. VIII. That our salviour raise fra almychty. The sentence of the sevint artikil of the crede. Morall lessonis gadderit of the sevint artikil of the crede. How profitabil was til us the ascentioun of our salviour. CAP. X. Quha sall be judge in the day of the extreme judgment. Quha sal be judgit in the the dede be his awin mycht day of extreme judgement. and powar. That our salviour raise to ane lyfe immortal and glorious. Quhy he raise the thrid daie. The sentence of the saxt artikil of the crede. Morall lessonis of vertew gadderit of the saxt artikil of the crede. Be the exempil of our salviour we suld ryse spiritually. We suld nocht differre our spiritual resurrectioun. We suld ryse to ane new lyfe. Quhen we ar ryssing, we suld nocht dee agane, be committing dedlie synne. Quhairof sal all men and wemen be judgit? Of all deidis, of all wordis, of all thochtis. The sentence of this artikil. Ane moral lessone, that we suld leir to feir the extreme judgement of God. CAP. XI. That the haly spreit is trew God. That the haly spreit is giffar of all halynes. That syndry names of the haly spreit, declaris syndry operatiouns of the samyn spreit. The sentence of the nynt artikil. CAP. XII. That the haly kirk is callit the mistike bodye and spouse of Christ, and also the new citie of Hierusalem. The sentence of the tent artikil. Quhat is the halye catholyk kirk, and quha ar memberis of it? Of the glore of the saule, quhilk is untelabil. In hevin we sall fulfil the command of lufe perfitly. Of the ded eternal, quhairto all evil men and wemen apon domis day sall be condemnit. THE Quha ar outtith the haly THRID PART OF THE CATECHIS, kirk. CONTENTIS OF THE QUHILK IS DECLARATIOUN OF Of the unitie of halye THE SEVIN SACRAMENTIS. kirke. Quhat is communioun of sanctis. Quha ar private the communioun of sanctis. That remissioun of original synne is gettin be faith and the sacrament of Baptyme. That remissioun of actual syn is gettin be faith and the sacrament of Pennance. That pennance is the gift of God, and thairfor we suld ask it at God in our daily prayar. Quha gettis remissioun of synnis fra God. CAP. XIII. That the resurectioun of bodeis sal be general. That all men and wemen sall ryse to ane lyfe immortal. Of the gloir of the bodeis. that sall be gevin till all gud men and wemen. CAP. I. First of all we exhort the christin pepil to tak tent to the declaratioun of the sevin sacramentis becaus thai ar spiritual wellis of grace. The hail nowmer of the sacramentis. The diffinitioun of ane sacrament of the new testament is declarit. CAP. II. Syndre causis of the institutioun of the sacramentis. Sensibil takins of Christis religioun. Instrumentis of grace and of our salvatioun. Tha war ordanit also for our humiliatioun, instructioun and spiritual exercitioun. That ane sacrament is constitute or maid of twa principal partis, the tane is ane |