A Short Catechisme, or Playne Instruction (1553)
The Master's Invitation
The Master acknowledges the Scholar's grasp of the Creed and announces further questioning.
Master. Well, I see you've covered the chief Articles of our religion, and have set out, as in a short abridgment, the Creed that you rehearsed. Now therefore I'll ask you questions on certain points.
The Scholar's Willing Response
The Scholar humbly accepts the Master's proposal, asking for deeper instruction and reinforcement.
Scholar. Do as you please, Master: for you can instruct me more thoroughly in those things I don't fully understand; and remind me of what I've forgotten; and imprint more deeply in my mind such things as haven't taken firm hold there.
Read the original English
Master. Well, I se thou hast touched the chiefe Articles of our religion, and hast set out, as in a shorte abrydgement, the Creede, that thou diddest rehearse. Now therfore I wyll demaunde the questiōs of certain pointes.
Scholer. Do as shall please you Maister: for ye maye more perfectlye instruct me, in those thinges that I do not throughly vnderstand: and put me in remembrāce of that I haue forgottē: and printe in my mynde deeper, suche thynges, as haue not taken stedfast hold thearin.
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