Nothyng in y• lardes prayer hard to vn derstande.
Nothing Hidden in the Lord's Prayer
The Master asks whether the Lord's Prayer contains anything dark or hard to understand, and the Scholar affirms that there is nothing obscure because Christ intended it to be plain and necessary for all.
Master. Do you think, then, that there's nothing dark in it, nothing hidden, nothing hard to understand?1 Scholar. Nothing at all. For Christ didn't want anything in it to be obscure or beyond our understanding, especially since it belongs to everyone equally and is as necessary for the unlearned as for the learned.23
Read the original English
Master. Thinkest thou then that there is in it nothynge …arcke, nothynge hidde, nothyng hard to vnderstād?
Scholer. Nothing at al. For neither was it Christes plesure, that there shuld be any thynge in it dareke or farre from our capacity, specyally sithe it belongeth egally to all, and is as necessarye for the lewd as the learned.
Notes
- 1 ↩Source reading "nothynge …arcke" is damaged; rendered as "nothing dark" from the likely form "darcke/dareke", supported by the chapter title and the next section's "dareke".
- 2 ↩Normalized reading takes source 'dareke' as 'dark', matching the Master's preceding question about anything dark, hidden, or hard to understand in the Lord's Prayer.
- 3 ↩Early Modern 'lewd' here means unlearned or lay, not sexually immoral; rendered 'unlearned' to preserve the contrast with 'the learned'.
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