426 Wolf 



[fol. 5\] 



A ßrefe Dialoge, bitwene a Christen Father and 



his Stobborne Sonne, whom he=wolde ^ fayne 

 brynge to the right vnderstondynge of a Christen 



mans lyvynge. 



ABove all pleasure and worldely delyte (dere Sonne) to 

 here or too rede the pure worde ofF God, semeth to me a 

 thynge moste swete, plesaunt and ainiable with oute compareson 

 to the comforte and dyreccion of a Christen man. The sonne. 

 Thvnkest thou thv sylfe then a Christen man? The Father. 

 God forbid eis. So. Where by knowest thou that? The Fa. Be- 

 cause thoi'owe 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 

 svnne 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 siraulacion toawades^ a 

 mannis neghbour. So. What callest thou fayth? Fa. It is a 

 lyvely and stedfast perswasion of the mynde, wherby [fol. 5''.] 

 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 erth, 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 coiüme to iudge bothe quycke 

 and deade. I beleve in the holy gost, an holy Christen churche, 

 the Company of sayuctes, and remission of synnes, the rysinge 

 agayne of the flesshe, and the lyfe everlastynge. Amen. 



' he wolde. - towardes. 



