Christes kingdome not yet per fect. / Christes kingdom.
The Master's Encouragement
The Master commends the Scholar's previous answer and invites him to continue.
Teacher. You've spoken very well. Go on.1
Longing for Christ's Perfect Kingdom
The Scholar explains the petition for Christ's kingdom to come, describing its present incompleteness and the hope for its full realization.
Scholar. In the second part we ask that his kingdom come.2 For we don't yet see all things in subjection to Christ: we don't yet see the stone hewn from the mountain without human hands, which completely crushed and brought to nothing the image that Daniel describes, so that Christ alone—the only rock—may obtain and possess the dominion of the whole world granted him by his Father.3 Antichrist has not yet been slain. For this reason we long for it and pray that it may at last come to pass and be fulfilled: that Christ may reign with his saints according to God's promises; that he may live and be Lord in the world according to the decrees of the holy Gospel—not according to the traditions and laws of men, nor the pleasure of worldly tyrants.
Read the original English
Master. Thou hast sayd berye well proceede.
Scholer. In the second parte we require that hys kyngedome come. For we see not yet all thynges in subiection to Christe: we see not the stone he wed offrō the moūtayne wythoute woorke of mā, which all to brosed and brought to nought y• image whiche Daniell, desc…iueth, that the onlye rocke Christe may obtayn and possesse the dominiō of the hole world, graūted him of his father. Antichrist is not yet slayne. For thys cause do we longe for, and praye that it may at length come to passe and be fulfylled, that Christe may reign with his sainctes, accordinge to Gods promises: that hee maye lyue and bee Lorde in the worlde, accordynge to the decrees of the holye Gospell: not after the traditions and lawes of mē nor pleasure of worldlye tyrauntes.
Notes
- 1 ↩Source 'berye well' read as 'very well' (Early Modern spelling).
- 2 ↩Early modern 'require' here means petition/ask for (Lord's Prayer petition sense), not modern 'demand as obligatory'.
- 3 ↩Normalized reading reconstructs print/OCR damage: 'he wed'→'hewed'; 'offrō'→'off from'; 'moūtayne'→'mountain'; 'mā'→'man'; 'all to brosed'→'altogether/completely crushed'; 'y• image'→'the image'; 'desc…iueth'→'describeth'; 'dominiō'→'dominion'; 'hole'→'whole'; 'graūted'→'granted'.
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