of thy faithful children, through Jesus vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then shall the Minister take each Person to be baptized by the Right Hand; and placing him conveniently by the Font, according to his discretion, shall ask the Godfathers and Godmothers the name; and then shall dip him in the water, or pour water upon him, saying,

I baptize thee in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

of thy grace, and faith in thee: In crease this knowledge, and confirm this faith in us evermore. Give thy Holy Spirit to these Persons; that being now born again, and made Heirs of everlasting salvation arough our Lord Jesus Christ, they may continue thy Servants, and attain thy promises, through the same Lord Jesus Carist thy Son; who liveth and reigneta win nee n the unity of the same Hov Sar, everlastingly Amen.

Then, a. starrzag up, the Minister shall use this Exhortation following; speaking to the Godfathers and Godmothers first.

Then shall the Minister say, WE receive this Person into the Congregation of Christ's Flock, and do sign him Here the Mi- with the sign of nister shall make the Cross; in FORASMUCH as these Persons a Cross upon the token that hereperson's forehead. after he shall not to renounce the devil and all his be ashamed to werks, to believe in God, and to confess the faith of Christ crucified, serve him; ye must remember, that and manfully to fight under his ban- it is your part and duty to put them in ner, against sin, the world, and the mind, what a solemn vow, promise, devil; and to continue Christ's faith-and profession they have now made ful soldier and servant unto his life's before this Congregation, and espe end. Amen. cially before you their chosen Wit

The same Rule, as to the Omission nesses. And ye are also to call upon of the sign of the Cross, is to be ob- them to use all diligence to be rightly served here, as in the Baptism of In-instructed in God's holy Word; that fauts.

T Then the Minister shall say, SEEING now, dearly beloved brethren, that these Persons are regenerate, and grafted into the body of Christ's Church; let us give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits, and with one accord make our prayers unto him, that they may lead the rest of their life according to this beginning.

so they may grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; and live godly, righteously, and so berly, in this present world.

And then speaking to the baptized Persons, he shall proceed and say, AND as for you, who have now by

Baptism put on Christ, it is your part and duty also, being made the Children of God and of the light, by faith in Jesus Christ, to walk answerThen shall be said the Lord's Pray-ably to your Christian calling, and as er, all kneeling. becometh the children of light; re

OUR Father, who art in Heaven, membering always, that Baptism reHallowed be thy Name; Thy presenteth unto us our profession; Kingdom come; Thy Will be done which is, to follow the example of on Earth, as it is in Heaven; Give our Saviour Christ, and to be made us this day our daily bread; And for-like unto him; that as he died, and give us our trespasses, as we forgive rose again for us, so should we, who those who trespass against us; And are baptized, die from sin, and rise lead us not into temptation; But de-again unto righteousness; continually liver us from evil. Amen. mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living.

WE yield the humble thanks, O heavenly Father, that thou hast

It is expedient that every Person thus baptized should be confirmed by the Bishop, so soon after his Baptism as conveniently may be; that so he ma admitted to the Holy Communion

Whereas necessity may require the baptizing of Adults in private houses, in consideration of extreme sickness; the same is hereby allowed in that case. And a convenient number of persons shall be assembled in the house where the Sacrament is to be perforined. And in the exhortation, Well-beloved, &c. instead of these words, come hither desiring, shall be inserted this word, desirous.

If there be occasion for the Office of Infant Baptism and that of Adults at the same time. the Minister shall use the exhortation and one of the prayers next following in the Office for Adults; only, in the exhortation and prayer, after the words, these Persons, and these thy Servants, adding, and these Infants. Then the Minister shall proceed to the questions to be demanded in the cases respectively. After the immersion, or the pouring of water, the prayer shall be as in this service; only, after the words, these Persons, shall be added, and these Infants. After which the remaining part of each service shall be used; first that for Adults, and lastly that for Infants.

If any persons, not baptized in their Infancy, shall be brought to be baptized before they come to years of discretion to answer for themselves. it may suffice to use the Office for Public Baptism of Infants; or, in case of extreme danger, the Office for Private Baptism; only changing the word Injant, for Child, or Person, as occasion requireth.

A CATECHISM;

THAT IS TO SAY,

An Instruction, to be learned by every Person before he be brought to be confirmed by the Bishop.

Question. WHAT is your name?

Ans. N. or M. Quest. Who gave you this name? Ans. My Sponsors in Baptism; wherein I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an in-) heritor of the kingdom of Heaven. Quest. What did your Sponsors then for you?

Ans. They did promise and vow three things in my name: First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh; Secondly, that I should believe ail the Articles of the Christian Faith; And thirdly, that should keep God's holy will and cornmandments, and walk in the same all the days of my life.

Quest. Dost thou not think that thou art bound to believe, and to do, as they have promised for thee?

Ans. Yes verily; and by God's help so I will: And I heartily thank our heavenly Father, that he hath called. me to this state of salvation, through Jesus Christ our Saviour: And

pray unto God to give me his grace, that I may continue in the same unto my life's end.

Catechist. Rehearse the Articles of thy Belief.

I

Answer.

Believe in God the Father Al mighty, Maker of heaven and earth:

And in Jesus Christ his only Son our Lord; Who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, Born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius P late, Was crucified, dead, and bu ried; He descended into Hell; The third day he rose from the dead; He ascended into Heaven, and sitteth on the right hand of God the Father Al mighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy Catholic Church; The Commu nion of Saints; the forgiveness of sins; The resurrection of the body, And the life everlasting. Amen.

Quest. What dost thou chiefly learn in these Articles of thy Belief? An First, I learn to believe in

God the Father, who hath made me, and all the world.

VII.Thou shalt not commit adultery. VIII. Thou shalt not steal. Secondly, in God the Son, who IX. Thou shalt not bear false wit hath redeemed me, and all mankind.ness against thy neighbour. Thirdly, in God the Holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me, and all the people of God.

Quest. You said that your Sponsors did promise for you, that you should keep God's commandments: Tell me how many there are. Ans. Ten.

Quest. Which are they?

Answer.

THE same which God spake in the twentieth chapter of Exodus, saying, I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

I. Thou shalt have none other gods

but me.

X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet the neighbour's wife, nor his servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.

Quest. What dost thou chiefly learn by these commandments?

Ans. I learn two things; my duty towards God, and my duty towards (my neighbour.

Quest. What is thy duty towardsGod? Ans. My duty towards God is, to believe in him; to fear him; and to love him with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my soul, and with all my strength; to worship him; to give him thanks; to put my whole trust in him; to call upon him; to honour his holy Name and his Word; and to serve him truly all the days of my life.

Quest. What is thy duty towards thy neighbour?

II. Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image, nor the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them :) Ans. My duty towards my neighFor I the Lord thy God am a jealous bour is, to love him as myself, and to God, and visit the sins of the fathers do to all men as I would they should upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and show mercy unto thousands in them that love me, and keep my commandments.

III. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: For the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

do unto me: To love, honour, and succour my father and mother: To honour and obey the vil Authority: To submit myself to all my governors, teachers, spiritual pastors, and masters: To order myself lowly and reverently to all my betters: To hurt nobody by word or deed: To be true and just in all my dealings: To bear IV. Remember that thou keep holy no malice nor hatred in my heart: To the Sabbath-day. Six days shalt thou keep my hands from picking and steallabour, and do all that thou hast to ing, and my tongue from evil speakdo; but the seventh day is the Sab-ing, lying, and slandering: To keep bath of the Lord thy God. In it thou my body in temperance, soberness, shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: Wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.

and chastity: Not to covet nor desire other men's goods; but to learn and labour truly to get mine own living, and to do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me.

Catechist. My good child, know this, that thou art not able to do these things of thyself, nor to walk in the Commandments of God, and to serve him, without his special Grace, which thou must learn at all times to

V. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the Lord thy God giv-call for by diligent Prayer: Let me

hear therefore, if thou canst say the Lord's Prayer.

OUR

Answer.

UR Father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed be thy name; Thy Kingdom come; Thy will be done on Earth, as it is in Heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil. Amen.

Quest. What desirest thou of God in this Prayer?

Ans. I desire my Lord God, our neavenly Father, who is the giver of all goodness, to send his grace unto me and to all people; that we may worship him, serve him, and obey Lira, as we ought to do: And I pray auto God, that he will send us all things that are needful both for our souls and bodies; and that he will be merciful unto us, and forgive us our sins; and that it will please him to save and defend us in all dangers both of soul and body: and that he will keep us from all sin and wickedness, and from our spiritual enemy, and from everlasting death: And this I trust he will do of his mercy and goodness, through our Lord Jesus Christ; and therefore I say, Amen: So be it. Question.

How
OW many Sacraments hath
Christ ordained in his Church?
Ans. Two only, as generally neces-
sary to salvation; that is to say,

Land of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost.

Quest. What is the inward and spiritual grace?

Ans. A death unto sin, and a new birth unto righteousness: For being by nature born in sin, and the chil dren of wrath, we are hereby made the children of grace.

Quest. What is required of persons to be baptized?

Ans. Repentance, whereby they for sake sin; and Faith, whereby they steadfastly believe the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament. Quest. Why then are Infants baptized, when by reason of their tender age they cannot perform them? Ans. Because they promise thein both by their sureties; which promise, when they come to age, themselves are bound to perform. Quest. Why was the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ordained?

Ans. For the continual remembrance of the sacrifice of the death of Christ, and of the benefits which we receive thereby.

Quest. What is the outward part or sign of the Lord's Supper?

Ans. Bread and Wine, which the Lord hath commanded to be received. Quest. What is the inward part or thing signified?

Ans. The Body and Blood of Christ, which are spiritually taken and reBaptism, and the Supper of the Lord.ceived by the faithful in the Lord's Quest. What meanest thou by this word Sacrament?

Ans. I mean an outward and visible sign of an inward and spiritual grace, given unto us; ordained by Christ himself; as a means whereby we receive the same, and a pledge to assure Ls thereof.

Quest. How many parts are there in L Sacrament?

Ans. Two; the outward visible sign, and the inward spiritual grace. Quest. What is the outward visible siga or form in Baptism?

Ans. Water; wherein the person is baptized, In the name of the Father,

Supper.

Quest. What are the benefits whereof we are partakers thereby ?

Ans. The strengthening and refreshing of our souls by the Body and Blood of Christ, as our bodies are by the bread and wine.

Quest. What is required of those who come to the Lord's Supper? Ans. To examine themselves, whether they repent them truly of their former sins; steadfastly purposing to lead a new life; have a lively faith is God's mercy, through Christ, with sh thankful remembrance of his death and be in charity with all men.

The Minister of every Parish shall diligently upon Sandays and Holy Days, or on some other convenient occasions, openly in the Church, in struct or examine so many Children of his Parish, sent unto him, as he shall think convenient, in some part of this Catechism.

And all Fathers, Mothers, Masters, and Mistresses shall cause sir

Children, Servants, and Apprentices, who have not learned their Cate chisin, to come to the Church at the time appointed, and obediently to hear, and to be ordered by the Minister, until such time as they have learned all that is here appointed for them to learn.

So soon as Children are come to a competent age, and can say the Creea, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments, and can answer to the other questions of this short Catechism, they shall be brought to the Bishop.

And whensoever the Bishop shall give knowledge for Children to be brought unto him for their Confirmation, the Minister of every Parish shall either bring, or send in writing, with his hand subscribed thereunto, the Names of all such Persons within his parish, as he shall think fit to be presented to the Bishop to be confirmed.

THE ORDER OF

CONFIRMATION,

OR

Laying on of Hands upon those who are baptized, and come to years cl Discretion.

Upon the Day appointed, all that ledging' yourselves bound to believe are to be then confirmed, being pla-and to do all those things which ye then ced and standing in order before the undertook, or your Sponsors then unBishop; he, or some other Minister dertook for you? appointed by him, shall read this preface following: TO the end that confirmation may

And every one shall audibly answer

Lord;

I do.
Bishop.

OUR help is in the name of the Ans. Who hath made heaven and earth,

Bishop Blessed be the name of the Lord;

Ans. Henceforth, world without

Bishop. Lord hear our prayer; Ans. And let our cry come unto thee.

be ministered to the more edifying of such as shall receive it, the Church hath thought good to order, that none shall be confirined, but such as can say the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Command ments; and can also answer to such other Questions, as in the short Cate-end. chisin are contained: Which order is very convenient to be observed; to the end that children, being now come to the years of discretion, and having learned what their Godfathers and Godmothers promised for them in Baptism, may themselves, with their own mouth and consent, openly before the Church ratify and confirm the same; and also promise, that, by the grace of God, they will ever more endeavour themselves faithfully to observe such things, as they, by eir own confession, have assented

Bishop. Let us pray. ALMIGHTY and everliving God,

who hast vouchsafed to regener ate these thy servants by Water and the Holy Ghost, and hast given unt them forgiveness of all their sins; strengthen them, we beseech thee, O Lord, with the Holy Ghost, the Comforter; and daily increase in them thy manifold gifts of grace; the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and ghostly strength, the spirit of knowledge and true godliness and fill them, O Lord, with the spirit of thy holy fear, now and for ever. Amen.

Then all of them in order kneeling before the Bishop, he shall lay his