A Short Catechism, Title page – Printer to the reader
A ſhort Catechiſme, wherein are briefely laid downe the fundamentall Principles of Chriſtian RELIGION. Needfull to be knowne of all ſuch as come to the Lords Table. Whereunto is added Morning and Euening Prayer for a Family.
The ſecond Edition, corrected and inlarged.
HEB. 5. 12.
When for the time yee ought to bee teachers, ye hauehave need againe that one teach you which be the firſt Principles of the Oracles of God.
LONDON Printed by Io. Beale, 1616.
❧The Printer to the Reader.
Good Reader,
THou haſt here again theſe ſhort Principles of Religion publiſhed for thy good. I hauehave the opinion of others, whoſe iudgements I hauehave iuſt cauſe to reuerence, concerning the ſoundnes of them. And I doubt not but thou thy ſelfe, if thou ſhalt throughly obſerue and weigh them, wilt find abundance of matter couched in few wordes. The fewer and briefer that the Principles bee, the ſooner are they learned by heart, & the more firmelie are they retained in memory. They way eaſily be by word of mouth enlarged and amplified by any that hath anie competent meaſure of knowledge. The texts of Scripture whereunto the Reader was referred before only by quotations in the margent, are now expreſlie ſet downe directlie againſt the wordes, that thou maieſt more readilie ſee the proofs, and compare the Principles and proofes together. There are alſo added two Praiers, fit to bee vſed morning and euening in a familie, by ſuch as cannot pray without ſome ſuch helps. Theſe formes of Praier, were gathered out of ſuch Praiers as the Authour of theſe Principles hath at diuers times vſed, by one that hath oft heard him All âre publiſhed for thy good▪ Farewell.