A upon himself) that he will renounce the devil and all his works, and constantly believe God's holy Word, and obediently keep his commandments. The Minister shall then demand I demand therefore, this Child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and the sinful desires of the flesh, so that thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them? Answer. I renounce them all ; and, by God's help, will endeavour not to follow, nor be led by them. Minister. Dost thou believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith, as contained in the Apostles' Creed ? Answer. I do. Minister. Wilt thou be baptized in this Faith? Answer. That is my desire. Minister. Wilt thou then obediently keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the same all the days of thy life? Answer. I will, by God's help. I Then shall the Minister say, MERCIFUL God, grant that LMIGHTY, everliving God, the old Adam in this Child may be so buried, that the new man may be raised up in him. Amen. Grant that all sinful affections may die in him, and that all things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in him. Amen. Grant that he may have power and strength to have victory, and to triumph, against the devil, the world, and the flesh. Amen. Grant that whosoever is here dedicated to thee by our office and ministry, may also be endued with heavenly virtues, and everlastingly rewarded, through thy mercy, o blessed Lord God, who dost live, and govern all things, world without end. Amen. whose most dearly beloved Son Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of our sins, did shed out of his most precious side both water and blood; and gave commandment to his disciples, that they should go teach all nations, and baptize them In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; Regard, we beseech thee, the supplications of thy congregation ; sanctify this Water to the mystical washing away of sin; and grant that this Child, now to be baptized therein, may receive the fulness of thy grace, and ever remain in the number of thy faithful children; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Then the Minister shall take the Child into his hands, and shall say to the Godfather's and Godmothers, Name this Child. And then, naming it after them, he shall dip it in the Water discreetly, or shall puur Water upon it, saying, I baptize thee In the Name Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Then the Minister shall say, WE receive this Child into the congregation of Christ's flock ; and do *sign him with * Here the Minister the sign of the shall make a Cross Cross, in token upon the Child's fore. head. that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against sin, the world, and the devil; and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end. Amen. If those who present the Infant shall desire the sign of the Cross to be omitted, although the Church knows no worthy cause of scruple concerning the same, yet, in that case, the Minister may omit that part of the above which follows the Immersion, or the pouring of Water on the Infant. SEE I Then shall the Minister say, Then, all standing up, the Min ister shall say to the Godfathers EEING now, dearly beloved and Godmothers this Exhortation brethren, that this child is following: regenerate, and grafted into the body of Christ's Church, let us F; ORASMUCH as this Child give thanks unto Almighty God hath promised by you his sure ties to renounce the devil and all for these benefits; and with one his works, to believe in God, and accord make our prayers unto to serve him; ye must remember, him, that this Child may lead the that it is your parts and duties to rest of his life according to this see that this Infant be taught, so beginning. soon as he shall be able to learn, Then shall be said, all kneel what a solemn vow, promise, and ing, profession, he hath here made by you. And that he may know these OUR UR Father, who art in hea things the better, ye shall call ven, Hallowed be thy Name. upon him to hear Sermons; and Thy kingdom comé. Thy will be chiefly ye shall provide, that he may done on earth, As it is in heaven. learn the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, Give us this day our daily bread. and the Ten Commandments, and And forgive us our trespasses, As all other things which a Christian we forgive those who trespass a ought to know and believe to his gainst us. And lead us not into soul's health; and that this Child temptation; But deliver us from may be virtuously brought up to evil. Amen. lead a godly and a Christian life; Then shall the Minister say, remembering always, that Bap tism doth represent unto us our WEn yield their hearty thanks: profession; which is, to follow the most merciful example of our Saviour Christ, it hath pleased thee to regenerate and to be made like unto him; this Infant with thy Holy Spirit, that, as he died, and rose again for to receive him for thine own Child us, so should we, who are baptized, by adoption, and to incorporate die from sin, and rise again unto him into thy holy Church. And righteousness; continually mortihumbly we beseech thee to grant, fying all our evil and corrupt afthat he, being dead unto sin, and fections, and daily proceeding in living unto righteousness, and all virtue and godliness of living. being buried with Christ in his death, may crucify the old man, I Then shall he add, and say, and utterly abolish the whole body YE) TE are to take care that this made Child be brought to the Bipartaker of the death of thy Son, shop to be confirmed by him, so he may also be partaker of his soon as he can say the Creed, the resurrection; so that finally, with Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Comthe residue of thy holy Church, mandments, and is sufficiently inhe may be an inheritor of thiné structed in the other parts of the everlasting kingdom; through Church-Catechism set forth for Christ our Lord. Amen. that purpose. PRIVATE BAPTISM OF CHILDREN, IN HOUSES. I The Minister of every Parish shall often admonish the People, that they defer not the Baptism of their Children longer than the first or second Sunday nert after their birth, or other Holy Day falling between, unless upon a great and reasonable cause. ( And also they shall warn them, that without like great cause and necessity, they procure not their Children to be baptized at home in their houses. "But when need shall compel them so to do, then Baptism shall be administered as followeth, First, let the Minister of the Parish (or, in his absence, any other lawful Minister that can be procured) with those who are present, call upon God, and say the Lord's Prayer, and so many of the Collects appointed to be said before in the Form of Public Baptism, as the time and present exigence will suffer. And then, the Child being named by some one who is present, the Minister shall pour Water upon it, saying these words: I baptize thee In the Name er do afterwards live, it is expedi ent that it be brought into the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Church, to the intent that if the Amen. Minister of the same Parish did himself baptize that Child, the Then the Minister shall give Congregation may be certified of thanks unto God, and say, the true Form of Baptism, by E yield thee hearty thanks, him privately before used. In WE which case he shall say thus: most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thee to regenerate I CERTIFY, you, that accord, due this Infant with thy Holy Spirit, to receive him for thine own Child Order of the Church, at such a by adoption, and to incorporate time, and at such a place, before him into thy holy Church. And divers witnesses, I baptized this humbly we beseech thee to grant, Child. that he, being dead unto sin, and But if the Child were baptized living unto righteousness, and by any other lawful Minister, being buried with Christ in his then the Minister of the Parish death, may crucify the old man, where the Child was born or and utterly abolish the whole body christened, shall examine whether of sin; and that, as he is made the same hath been lawfully done. partaker of the death of thy Son, And if the Minister shall find, by he may also be partaker of his re the answers of such as bring the Child, that all things were done surrection; so that finally, with the residue of thy holy Church, as they ought to be; then shall he not christen the Child again, he may be an inheritor of thine but shall receive him as one of everlasting kingdom ; through the flock of true Christian People, Christ our Lord. saying thus: the Child so baptized is lawfully And let them not doubt, but that I CERTIFY you, that in this and sufficiently baptized, and Amen. cording unto due order, concernought not to be baptized again. ing the baptizing of this Child; Yet nevertheless, if the Child, who is now by Baptism incorpowhich is after this sort baptized, rated into the Christian Church : OTR Father, who art in hea for our Lord Jesus Christ doth not suaded of the good will of our deny his grace and mercy unto heavenly Father, declared by his such Infants, but most lovingly Son Jesus Christ, towards this doth call them unto him, as the Infant, let us faithfully and deholy Gospel doth witness to our voutly give thanks unto him, and comfort on this wise. say the Prayer which the Lord himself taught us. Then the Minister shall say as follows: or else shall pass on to the questions addressed to the ven, Hallowed be thy Name. Sponsors. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be Hear the words of the Gospel, done on earth, As it is in heaven. written by St. Mark, in the Give us this day our daily bread. tenth Chapter, at the thirteenth And forgive us our trespasses, As Verse. we forgive those who trespass a gainst us. And lead us not into TI HEY brought young chil temptation; But deliver us from dren to Christ, that he should evil. Amen. touch them; and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. Then shall the Minister demand But when Jesus saw it, he was the name of the Child; which much displeased, and said unto being by the Godfathers and God. them, Suffer the little children to mothers pronounced, the Minister shall say as follows. come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Child, renounce the devil and Whosoever shall not receive the all his works, the vain pomp and kingdom of God as a little child, glory of the world, with all covethe shall not enter therein. And ous desires of the same, and the he took them up in his arms, put sinful desires of the flesh, so that his hands upon them, and blessed thou wilt not follow, nor be led them. by them? 1 After the Gospel is read, the Answer. I renounce them all ; Minister shall make this brief and, by God's help, will endeaExhortation upon the words of vour not to follow, nor be led by the Gospel. them. B ELOVED, ye hear in this Minister. Dost thou believe Gospel the words of our Sa all the Articles of the Christian viour Christ, that he commanded the children to be brought unto Faith, as contained in the Apo stles' Creed ? him ; how he blamed those who Answer. I do. would have kept them from him ; how he exhorteth all men to follow Minister. Wilt thou then obetheir innocency. Ye perceive how, diently keep God's holy will and by his outward gesture and deed, commandinents, and walk in the he declared his good will toward same all the days of thy life? them; for he embraced them in Answer. I will, by God's help. his arms, he laid his hands upon them, and blessed them. Doubt Then the Minister shall say, ye not therefore, but earnestly W! E receive this Child into believe, that he hath likewise fa- the congregation of Christ's vourably received this present In- flock ; and do fant; that he hath embraced him * sign him with . Here the Minister with the arms of his mercy; and, the sign of the shall make a Cross as he hath promised in his holy Cross, in token upon the Child's fore head. Word, will give unto him the that hereafter blessing of eternal life, and make he shall not be ashamed to conhim partaker of his everlasting fess the faith of Christ crucified, kingdom. and manfully to fight under his Wherefore, we being thus per- banner, against sin, the world, and the devil; and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end. Amen. The same Rule is to be observed here, as to the Omission of the sign of the Cross, as in the Public Baptism of Infants. Then shall the Minister say, YE brethren, that this Child is 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 this Child may lead the rest of his life according to this beginning. Then shall be said, all kneeling, WE yield the hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with thy Holy Spirit, to receive him for thine own Child by adoption, and to incorporate him into thy holy Church. And humbly we beseech thee to grant, that he being dead unto sin, and living unto righteousness, and being buried with Christ in his death, may crucify the old man, and utterly abolish the whole body of sin; and that, as he is made partaker of the death of thy Son, he may also be partaker of his resurrection; so that finally, with the residue of thy holy Church, he may be an inheritor of thine everlasting kingdom ; through Christ our Lord. Amen. 1 Then, all standing up, the Min ister shall say to the Godfathers and Godmothers this Exhortation following. as Child he may learn the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments, and all other things which a Christian ought to know and believe to his soul's health; and that this Child may be virtuously brought up to lead a godly and a Christian life ; remembering always, that Baptism doth represent unto us our profession; which is, to follow the example of our Saviour Christ, and to be made like unto him; that, as he died, and rose again for us, so should we, who are baptized, die from sin, and rise again unto righteousness; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living. ( Then shall he add, and say, E are to take care that this Child be brought to the Bishop to be confirmed by him, so soon as he can say the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments, and is sufficiently instructed in the other parts of the Church-Catechism set forth for that purpose. But if they who bring the Infant to the Church do make such uncertain Answers to the Minister's Questions, as that it cannot appear that the Child was baptized with Water, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, (which are essential parts of Baptism,) then let the Minister baptize it in the Form before appointed for Public Baptism of Infants ; saving that at the dipping of the Child in the Font, he shall use this Form of words : IF. F hath promised by youthis Suites thou art not already baptized, N. I baptize thee in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. 1 If Infant Baptism, and the receiving of Infants baptized in private, are to be at the same time, the Minister may make the Questions to the Sponsors, and the succeeding Prayers, serve for both. And again, after the immersion, or the pouring of Water, and the receiving into the Church, the Minister may use the remainder of the Service for both. ties to renounce the devil and all his works, to believe in God, and to serve him; ye must remember, that it is your parts and duties to see that this Infant be taught, so soon as he shall be able to learn, what a solemn vow, promise, and profession, he hath here made by you. And that he may know these things the better, ye shall call upon him to hear Sermons; and chiefly ye shall provide, that |
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