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Then fhall the Priest take one of the children by the right hand, the others being brought after him; and as he walketh towards the Baptistery or Font, be fhall fay,

THE Lord vouchfafe to receive you into his holy houshold, and to keep and govern you always in the fame, that ye may have everlasting life. Amen.

When they are all come with the People to the Baptiftery or Font, which is then to be filled with pure water, the Prieft shall speak to the Sponfors on this wife.

DEarly beloved, ye have brought thefe children here to be baptized, ye have prayed that our Lord Jefus Chrift would vouchfafe to receive them, to release them of their fins, to fanctify them with the Holy Ghoft, to give them the kingdom of hea ven and everlasting life, Ye bave heard alfo, that our Lord Jefus Chrift hath promised in his Gospel, to grant all these things that ye have prayed for; which promise he for his part will moft furely keep and perform. Wherefore after this promife made by Christ, thefe infants muft alfo faithfully for their parts, promife by you who are their fureties, that they will renounce the devil and all his works, and conftantly believe God's holy word, and obediently keep his commandments. I demand therefore,

Then fhall the Prieft demand of each Sponfor feverally looking towards the Weft,

D OST thou in the name of this child renounce

the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous defires

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of the fame, and the carnal defires of the flesh, fo that thou wilt not follow them nor be led by them?

Then the Sponfor holding the child in one arm, shall ftretch out the other hand, and fay aloud,

I renounce them all.

Then the Sponfor fhall turn to the Eaft, and the Prieft Shall proceed thus.

Doft thou affociate thy felf to Chrift, and enter into covenant with him?

And the Sponfor lifting up the hand and eyes towards heaven, shall answer,

I do.

Pr. Doft thou believe in God the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth?

And in Jefus Chrift his only begotten Son our Lord? And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghoft; born of the Virgin Mary; that he suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; that he went down into Hades, and alfo did rise again the third day; that he afcended into heaven, and fitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; and from thence fhall come again at the end of the world to judge the quick and the dead?

And doft thou believe in the Holy Ghoft; The Holy Catholick Church; The communion of Saints; The remiffion of fins; The refurrection of the flesh; And everlasting life after death?:

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And the Sponfor lifting up the hand and eyes towards heaven, fhall answer,

All this I ftedfastly believe.

Pr. Wilt thou be baptized in this faith?

And the Sponfor bowing fhall answer,

That is my defire.

Pr. Wilt thou then obediently keep God's holy will and commandments, and walk in the fame all the days of thy life?

And the Sponfor lifting up the hand and eyes towards heaven, fhall answer,

I will.

Then the Priest asking the Sponfor the name, fhall anoint the child with the Holy Oil, making the fign of the Cross upon it's forehead, breast, and palms of the hands, and faying,

N. the fervant of God is anointed with Holy Oil, and figned with the fign of the Cross, in token that hereafter he may not be ashamed to confefs the faith of Chrift crucified, but may have courage and ftrength to fight manfully under his banner against fin, the world, and the devil, and to continue Chrift's faithful foldier and fervant unto his life's end. Amen.

And thus fhall it be faid and done to each Sponfor and child feparately; after which the Prieft fhall fays

Merciful God, grant that the old Adam in thefe children may be fo buried, that the new man may be raised up in them. Amen.

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Grant that all carnal affections may die in them; and that all things belonging to the Spirit may live and grow in them. Amen.

Grant that they may have power and strength to have victory, and to triumph against the devil, the world, and the flesh. Amen.

Grant that they being here dedicated to thee by our office and miniftry, may alfo be endued with heavenly vertues, and everlastingly rewarded, through thy mercy, O bleffed Lord God, who doft live, and govern all things, world without end. Amen.

Then the Priest hall confecrate the water, faying, WE bless thee, we glorify thee, O Lord God Almighty, the Father of the only-begotten God; we give thee thanks for that thou haft fent thy Son to be made Man for us and for our falvation, and for that he vouchsafed during his incarnation to be obedient in all things, to preach the kingdom of heaven, the remiffion of fins, and the refurrection of the dead. We also adore thee, O thou onlybegotten God the Son, and give thanks to thee, and through thee to the Father, for that thou didft fubmit to fuffer death upon the cross for all men, appointing the baptifm of regeneration as the type or fymbol thereof. We farther praise thee, O God, thou Lord of the universe, through the name of Christ, in the Holy Ghoft, for that thou didst not utterly caft off mankind, but at different feasons didit exercise different difpenfations of thy providence over them. At first thou gavest to Adam in Paradife that Paradife for an habitation of pleasure, and on account of thy providence didst lay a command upon him; which when he had tranfgreffed, thou didft juftly expel him; yet in thy goodness thou

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didst not abandon and reject him, but didst instruct and chastise his pofterity in various manners, and at laft didft fend thy Son to be made Man for the fake of men, and to take upon him all the paffions of human nature, fin only excepted. Do thou therefore, O Lord God, look down from heaven, and fanctify here the Prieft is to make the fign of the cross over the water this water; give it grace and power, that they who are to be baptized therein, according to the command of thy Christ, may be crucified with him and die with him, may be buried with him, and rise again with him to the adoption which cometh by him, that fo they may die unto fin and live unto righteoufnefs, through Jefus Chrift our Lord; by whom and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghoft, all honour and glory be unto Thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen.

Then Shall the Priest take each child into his bands, and dip it in the water three times, once at the diftinct name of each Perfon of the Blessed Trinity, faying,

N. the servant of God is baptized In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Then fhall the children be cloathed in white garments, and the Priest fhall fay,

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Ake thefe white garments for a token of the inno cency, which by God's grace is given you in the holy mystery of baptism, and for a fign whereby ye are admonished fo long as ye live, to give your felves to innocence of living: And may ye bring them forth without fpot before the tribunal of our Lord

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