…awes of the seconde table.
Transition to the Second Table
The Master affirms the Scholar's recitation of the first table and directs the discussion toward the duties of charity and love in the second table, which the Scholar then acknowledges.
Master. Very well. Now you've rehearsed for me the laws of the first table, which contain, in summary, the knowledge and true service of God. Go on and tell me what the duties of charity are, and of our love toward other people. Scholar. Do you ask me, Master, what I think of the other part of the law, which is commonly called the second table?1
Read the original English
Master. Uerye well. Nowe haste thou rehearsed vnto me the lawes of the fyrst table: wherein is, in a summe, conteyned the knowledge, & true seruyee of God. Go forward and tell me, which be the dutyes of charitye, and oure loue towarde men.
Scholer. Dooe you aske me (maister) what I thinke o… the other parte of the lawe, whiche is commonly called the second table?
Notes
- 1 ↩Source has a truncated span 'thinke o… the other parte'; neighboring catechetical sense and ordinary Early Modern idiom support restoring 'of' ('what I think of the other part').
John Ponet's Short Catechisme (1553) companion
Rule yourself daily, not just on retreat
Chosen Portion turns the mirror into a daily practice — a short reading and examining question each morning before you lead anyone.
Chosen Portion makes the mirror daily: the ruler-formation questions this collection preserves become a two-minute morning examination in the app.
- A daily formation reading drawn from centuries of counsel to those in authority
- One pointed examination question a day — two minutes, before the meetings start
- Track your practice over weeks and watch the examined life become a habit