towards us and that we are very members incorporate in the mystical body of thy Son, which is the blessed company of all faithful people; and are also heirs, through hope, of thy everlasting kingdom, by the merits of the most precious death and passion of thy dear Son. And we most humbly beseech thee, O heavenly Father, so to assist us with thy grace, that we may continue in that holy fellowship, and do all such good works as thou hast prepared for us to walk in, through Jesus Christ our Lord to whom, with thee, in the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. Then shall be said or sung:

GLORY be to God on high, and on earth peace, goodwill towards men. We praise thee, we bless thee, we worship thee, we glorify thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great glory, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty.

We also glorify thee, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ; Lamb of God, Son of the Father, that takest away the sins of the world, and sittest at the right hand of God the Father.

For thou art holy, thou art the Lord; thou, O Christ, art most high in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Then the Bishop or Presbyter shall let them depart with this Blessing.

THE peace of God which passeth all understanding keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord and the blessing of God Almighty be amongst you, and remain with you always. Amen.

Collects fit to be said after the Communion, before the Blessing; or at other times, at the discretion of the Minister.

ASSIST us mercifully, O Lord, in these our supplications and prayers, and dispose the way of thy servants towards the attainment of everlasting salvation; that among all the changes and miseries of this mortal life, we may ever be defended by thy most gracious and ready help, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

O ALMIGHTY Lord, and everlasting God, vouchsafe, we beseech thee, to direct, sanctify, and govern both our hearts and bodies in the ways of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments: that through thy most mighty protection, both here and ever, we may be preserved in body and soul, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

GRANT, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that the words which we have heard this day with our outward ears, may through thy grace be so grafted inwardly in our hearts, that they may bring forth in us the fruit of good living, to the honour and praise of thy name, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ASSIST us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help: that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, the fountain of all wisdom, who knowest our necessities before we ask, and our ignorance in asking: We beseech thee to have compassion upon our infirmities; and those things which for our unworthiness we otherwise dare not, or for our blindness we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us, for the worthiness of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

ALMIGHTY God, who hast promised to hear the petitions of them that ask in thy Son's name: We beseech thee mercifully to incline thine ears to us,

that have made now our prayers and supplications unto thee: and grant that those things which we have faithfully asked according to thy will, may effectually be obtained, to the relief of our necessity, and to the setting forth of thy glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Note, That the Communion is to be celebrated every Lord's Day; and all the faithful are to frequent it constantly, unless sickness, or other just and urgent occasions, hinder them.

THE MINISTRATION OF BAPTISM AND

CONFIRMATION.

When any Children, or grown Persons, are to be baptized, timely notice shall be given to the Bishop, or Presbyter: that so due care may be taken for their examination, whether they be sufficiently instructed in the principles of the Christian Religion, and willing to submit to the laws of the Gospel; and that they may be exhorted to prepare themselves with prayers and fasting for the receiving of this holy mystery: for which duties the time before Easter is particularly proper.

And if they should be found fit, they shall be baptized after this

manner.

DEARLY beloved: Forasmuch as all men are sinners, and they that are in the flesh cannot please God, but commit many actual transgressions; and that

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our Saviour Christ saith, None can enter into the kingdom of God, except he be regenerate, and born anew, of water and of the Holy Ghost: I beseech you to call upon God the Father, through our Lord Jesus Christ, that of his bounteous goodness he will grant to these persons that which by nature they cannot have; that they may be baptized with water and the Holy Ghost, and received into Christ's holy Church, and be made lively members of the same. Then shall the Priest say,

Let us pray.

(And here all the Congregation shall kneel.) ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who of thy great mercy didst by thy Son our Saviour Christ appoint Baptism, as the laver of regeneration, and the means of admission into thy holy Church, and as an ordinance for the mystical washing away of sin: We beseech thee for thine infinite mercies, that thou wilt mercifully look upon these thy servants; wash them, and sanctify them with the Holy Ghost, that they, being delivered from thy wrath, may be received into the ark of Christ's Church; and being stedfast in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in charity, may so pass the waves of this troublesome world,