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your parochionaris out of blynd and dangerous ignorance, and to bring thame to knawlege of thai thingis that belangis to thair salvatioun. And thairfor everilk sonday and principal halydaie, quhen thair cummis na precheour to tham to schaw thame the word of God, to have this Catechisme usit and reid. to thame in steid of preching, quhil God of his gudnes provide ane sufficient nowmer of catholyk and abil precheouris, quhilk sal be within few yeiris as we traist in God, to quhom be honour and glore for evir. Amen.

ANE TABIL OF ALL THE PRINCIPAL MATERIS AND COMMON PLACIS ORDOURLY INTRAITTIT AND

FIRS

DECLARIT IN THE FOURE PARTIS

OF THIS PRESENT CATECHIS.

IRST the prologe declaris compendiously, how necessare it is to al christin men and wemen to ken thair awin miserabil stait quhairin thai leif, and agane to ken the gret gudnes of God towart thame, and al thai thingis quhilk belangis to thair christindome, schawand ane convenient cause of the setting furth of this present Catechis.

THE CONTENTIS OF THE FIRST PART, QUHILK IS OF THE TEN COMMANDIS.

CAP. I.

Quhat is the law or command of God?

How we suld observe the commandis to the plesour of God.

CAP. II.

temporal, spiritual, and eternal, aganis the brekaris of the commandis of God.

CAP. III.

Promis of rewardis temporal, spiritual, and eternal, maid to the keparis of Goddis commandis.

CAP. IV.

Quhairin standis the trew knawlege of God quhilk he requiris of us all in the beginning of the first command?

That the beginning of the trew service of God is to feir him.

CAP. V.

Ane declaratioun of the twa

principal vertewis callit Faith and Hoip, quhairwith we aucht to serve God in our hartis, quhilk service he requiris of

Comminatiouns of paynis us in the first command.

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Quha brekis thair haly dais? Uthir halydais to be kepit by the sonday.

Comminatiouns of paynis aganis the brekaris of the haly dayis, with promis of rewardis to the keparis of the samyn.

CAP. XIV. Expositioun of the command of lufe, quhilk we aw to our nychtbour.

How we suld lufe our self and sa our nychtbour with ane honest and haly lufe, with ane trew and unfenyet lufe, with ane constant and perseverent lufe, with the ordour of cheritie.

CAP. XV.

Quha is our nychtbour? Of the lufe quhilk we aw to our ennymye.

How we suld lufe our nychtbouris persone, and het his evil conditiouns.

Quhat thingis movis a man to lufe his nychtbour as him self?

CAP. XVI.

Thre maner of fatheris, natural, spiritual and temporal.

Of honour, lufe and obediens dettit til our natural fatheris.

Of the honour, lufe and obedience dettit till our spiritual fatheris.

dettit till our temporal fatheris.

Of obedience dettit till our prelatis.

The rycht keping of the fourt command.

Quha breikis the fourt command, with punitioun of the breikaris, and reward of the keparis.

CAP. XVII.

The expositioun of our salviour, maid to the fift command.

That the law of God is spiritual.

How it is nocht ane thing to be crabit at our brotheris persone, and to be crabit at our brotheris falt.

Of lesum crabitnes necessare till Judgis, Maisteris, and officeris.

fift command, is to forbeir The rycht keping of the slauchter, and all occasiouns of the samyn, and to be til our nychtbouris persone pacient, kind, liberal, and mercyful.

Thai breik the fift command that slais ony man or woman in thair hart be wraith, malice, hettret or consent to the samyn.

Or that slais ony man with thair toung be counsale or command.

Or with thair deid be writ

Of honour, lufe and obediens ing or violence by the ordour

of justice. And be unmercyfulnes, quhen thai may saif thair nychtbouris lyfe with help and supply and will nocht.

Temporall Judgis kepand the ordoure of Justice, in slaing of misdoars synnis nocht aganis the fift command. Temporall Judgis synnis grevously in twa pointis.

The punitioun of the brekaris of the fift command, and promis of rewardis maid to the keparis of it.

CAP. XVIII.

The expositioun of our salviour maid to the saxt command.

The rycht keping of the saxt command is to forbeir all kindis of lechorie and also all occasiouns of the same. And that ilk man suld leive ane chast lyfe according to his stait.

Of the chastitie of mariage, wydohed, and virginitie.

Brekaris of the saxt command ar all adulteraris, deflouraris of virginis, ravissaris of wemen. Incesteous personis. Committaris of the syn aganis nature. Simpil fornicatouris and provokaris to the synne of lechorie.

CAP. XIX.

Declaratioun of temporal

paynis aganis adulterars and al uthir lechorus personis.

That blindnes of the hart is the dochtir of lechorie.

Comminatioun of paynis eternal aganis al lecherous men and wemen.

Special rewardis promissit til all thame quhilk leivis ane chast lyfe.

CAP. XX.

The rycht keping of the sevint command is to geve almous. To len without okkir. And ilk a man to wyn his awin leiffing with sum convenient labour according to his stait.

Brekaris of the sevint command ar these. Reffaris, resettaris of theft and reft.

Princis that favouris theivis or reffaris.

Jugis quhilk for lufe of rewardis dois ony thing by the ordour of justice.

Patronis of beneficis, quhilk for lufe of warldly geir promotis ony man to ane benefice of the kirk.

Committaris of sacrilege. Hurtaris of the common weil for lufe of thair singlar weil.

Usuraris.

Defraudaris of waigis fra servandis or labouraris.

Strikars of unlesum counye.
Merchandis that usis un-

lesum wais of bying and selling.

All kind of craftis men that usis ony falset or unlesum Iwais in thair craft.

All kind of beneficit menne quhilk dois nocht thair office, nother spendis the geir of thair benefice conforme to the word of God and lawis of haly kirk.

Gentilmen that gettis and kepis ony heretage be wrangous wais.

Takaris of ouir mekil mail or farme, to the herschipe of the tenentis.

CAP. XXI.

Also thai synne aganis the sevint command that committis symonye.

Quhat is symonye? How monye maner of wais may symonye be committit?

How mony maner of wayis may justice be pervertit be judgis and men of law?

Lykwais thai synne that fyndis ony uthir mens geir and restoris it nocht agane to the awner. Quha sa wil nocht pay thair dettis.

Quha sa wil nocht pay thair teindis.

Executouris of testamentis that dois nocht thair dewty in fulfyllyng of the deidis

last will.

raris that begylis the seik and hurt men, takand wagis fra thame largely, quhen thai can do thame na gud.

Potegareis that sellis corruppit drogaris.

Also how it is Gods command to mak restitutioun of all wrangous geir.

Comminatioun of paynis aganis the brekaris of the sevint command.

CAP. XXII.

Promis of rewardis to the keparis of the sevint command, quhair it is declarit largely how God rewardis all thame that giffis almous to thair powar for Goddis saik, with rewardis temporal, spiritual and eternal.

CAP. XXIII.

The rycht keping of the aucht command is to speik al our wordis to the plesour of God and profit of our nychbour.

That to the gud gyding of our toung thre thingis ar

necessare.

Discretioun, quhilk is comparit to ane bridil of a hors and also to ane rother of a schip.

Consideratioun of gret skaith that cummis of ane evil toung,

Medicinaris and Chirurge- also that reformatioun of our

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