The Lay Folks' Catechism, or the English and Latin versions of Archbishop Thoresby's Instruction for the People Together with a Wycliffite adaptation of the same, and the corresponding canons of the council of Lambeth. With introduction, notes, glossary, and index, by the late Thomas Frederick Simmons ... and Henry Edward Nolloth |
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 | The Lay Folks' Catechism, or the English and Latin versions of Archbishop Thoresby's Instruction for the People |  |
Þe þrydde þyng of þe sex to know god almyȝti
ys þe seuyn sacramentys / of holy chirche þat he geuys
þorwȝ prelatys. and oþer prestys þat haue power þerto./
Of whyche seuen þe fyrste fyue eche man cristyn
owe lawfully to take aftyr þat he old ys./
And tuo ly in here wil þat resseyuit hem.
The fyrste sacrament of þe seuyn ys oure bapteme
þat we take furst. whan we be-come cristyn.
in whiche byrthe. boþe þe fyrst syn þat we be born yn.
and al maner oþer synnys ar waschyn a-way ;
þat we be fowlyd yn ; er þat we yt take.
And þe trewþe of holy chirche ys takyn þeryn.
withowtyn whiche no man þat is sinful in sowle may be sauyd.
And to þis sacrament fallyþ foure þynges
yf it schal ryȝtful be take as holy chirche techys./
On ys ryȝt seyyng and scharp of wordys
þat hym owys for to say þat gyfys þis sacrament þe whiche ar these.
I baptize þe In þe name of þe fadyr. and þe sone. and þe holy gost./
Anoþer is þat yt be don only in watyr
For noon oþer lycour ys lefful þerfore.
The þrydde ys. þat he þat ȝeuys þis sacrament
be in wyl and wyt for to ȝeue yt.
ys þe seuyn sacramentys / of holy chirche þat he geuys
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Of whyche seuen þe fyrste fyue eche man cristyn
owe lawfully to take aftyr þat he old ys./
And tuo ly in here wil þat resseyuit hem.
The fyrste sacrament of þe seuyn ys oure bapteme
þat we take furst. whan we be-come cristyn.
in whiche byrthe. boþe þe fyrst syn þat we be born yn.
and al maner oþer synnys ar waschyn a-way ;
þat we be fowlyd yn ; er þat we yt take.
And þe trewþe of holy chirche ys takyn þeryn.
withowtyn whiche no man þat is sinful in sowle may be sauyd.
And to þis sacrament fallyþ foure þynges
yf it schal ryȝtful be take as holy chirche techys./
On ys ryȝt seyyng and scharp of wordys
þat hym owys for to say þat gyfys þis sacrament þe whiche ar these.
I baptize þe In þe name of þe fadyr. and þe sone. and þe holy gost./
Anoþer is þat yt be don only in watyr
For noon oþer lycour ys lefful þerfore.
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be in wyl and wyt for to ȝeue yt.
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