Whi this is added: for thyne is y• kingdome. &c.
Whi this is added: for thyne is y• kingdome. &c.
Master. Because yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen. Why did it please Christ to close our prayer with this clause at the end?1 Scholar. Partly to declare our firm trust that we will obtain everything we asked for before. For there is nothing that, if asked in faith, he is not able or willing to give—he who rules and governs all things, who can do all things, who is adorned with endless glory.2 When we recite these things about God our Father, there's no reason left to doubt or suspect that we'll be refused. Partly by saying this, we teach ourselves how fitting it is to bring our requests to God, since no one else shines with such radiant glory, and no one has such vast dominion or such great power as to be able to stop him from giving what he has appointed according to his pleasure, or to take away what he has already given us.3 And there is no evil of ours so great that it cannot be put away by his exceedingly great power, glory, and wisdom.
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Master. Because thyne is the kyngdome power and glorye for euer. Amen. Why was it Christes pleasure to knytte vp our prayer, with this clause in the ende,
Scholer. Partly that we shuld declare our assured trust, to obtayne al things, that we before haue required. For there is nothynge whyche, if it be asked with faithe, he is not able or not willing to geue, who ruleth & gouerneth all thynges, who is able to doo all thynges, who is garnyshed wyth endlesse glorye.
These thynges when we rehearse, of God oure father, there remaineth no cause to dout, or suspect, that we shal receaue, denyall. Partlye by so saying, we teache our selues, how mete it is, to make our sute to God, sithe besyde hym, none glistreth with so shining glory, none hath dominion so large, or force so great, to be able to stay him from geuing that he hathe appoynted according to his pleasure, or to take awaye that he hath already geuen vs. And there is no euell of oures so great that may not be put awaye by his exceadynge greate power, glorye and wysdome.
Notes
- 1 ↩Source 'knytte vp' (knit up) means to conclude or bring to a close; rendered as 'close' rather than a more archaic 'knit up'.
- 2 ↩Source 'garnyshed wyth endlesse glorye' rendered as 'adorned with endless glory' (arrayed/clothed in glory).
- 3 ↩Early Modern 'sute' rendered as 'requests' (petition/suit); 'mete' as 'fitting'; 'stay him' as 'stop him'.
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