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[fol. 5’.]
A Brefe Dialoge, bitwene a Christen Father and
his stobborne Sonne, whom he=wolde 1 fayne
brynge to the right vnderstondynge of a Christen
mans lyvynge.
ABove all pleasure and worldely delyte (dere Sonne) to
here Nor too rede the pure worde off God, semeth to me a
thynge moste swete, plesaunt and amiahle with oute compareson
to the comforte and dyreccion of a Christen man. The sonne.
Thynkest thou thy sylfe then a Christen man? The Father.
God forbid eis. So. Where by knowest thou that? The Fa. Because
thorowe the commaundmentes of God I knowledge my
sylfe a synner. And agayne through his godly promesses, and
that by the merites of Christ, I doute nott but that I am one
of goddis chosen children. For christ hath cleansed me from
synne with his death. So. Thou sayst well, but wherin consisteth
the lyfe of a Christen man, teil me. Fa. In a stedfast faythe
towardes God, and pure love withouten simulacion toawades 2 a
mannis neghbour. So. What callost thou fayth? Fa. It is a
lyvely and stedfast perswasion of the mynde, wherby ffol. 5’’.j
we dou[t] not but that the promeses of God are geven vnto
vs by Christ, as it is evidently declared in oure crede. So. I
praye the rehearce this crede, vnto me. Fat. I beleve in God
the father almyghty, maker of heven and of ertb, and in Jesus
Christ his only begotten sonne, oure lorde. whiche is conceved
by the holy gost, borne of Mary the virgyn, whiche soffered
vnder Pons Pilate, was crucified, deade, and buried, descended
doune to hell, the thyrde day rose agayne from deeth, ascended
vp into heven, and sitteth on the ryght hond of God the father
almyghthy. From whence he shall comme to iudge bothe quycke
and deade. I beleve in the holy gost, an holy Christen churche,
the Company of saynctes, and remission of synnes, the rysinge
agayne of the flesshe, and the lyfe everlastynge. Amen.
1 he wolde. 2 towardes.
