¶ The same rule, as to the omission of the sign of the cross, is to be observed here as in the baptism of infants.

Then the minister shall say,

SEEING now, dearly beloved brethren, that these persons are regène. rate, 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.

Then shall be said the Lord's prayer, all kneeling. OUR 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.

WE yield thee humble thanks, O heavenly Father, that thou hast vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of thy grace, and faith in thee : Increase 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 through our Lord Jesus Christ, they may continue thy servants, and attain thy promises, through the same Lord Jesus Christ thy Son; who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the same Holy Spirit, everlastingly. Amen.

¶Then all standing up, the minister shall use this Exhortation following; speaking to the godfathers and godmothers first :

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ORASMUCH as these persons have promised in your presence, to renounce the devil and all his works, to believe in God, and to serve him; ye must remember, that it is your part and duty to put them in mind, what a solemn vow, promise, and profession they have now made before this congregation, and especially before you their chosen witnesses. And ye are also to call upon them to use all diligence to be rightly instructed in God's holy word; that so they may grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; and live godly, righteously, and soberly, in this present world.

And then speaking to the baptised 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 answerably to your christian calling, and as becometh the children of light, remembering always that baptism representeth 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 baptised, die from sin, and

Hse again unto righteousness; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living.

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It is expedient that every person thus baptised should be confirmed by the bishop, so soon after his baptism as conveniently may that so he may be admitted to the holy communion.

¶ Whereas necessity may require the baptising 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 performed. 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 baptised in their infancy, shall be brought to be baptised before they come to years of discretion to answer for themselves, it may suffice to use the office for publick baptism of infants; or, in the case of extreme danger, the office for private baptism; only changing the word infant, 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 ?

Answ. N. or M.

Quest. Who gave you this name?

Answ. My sponsors in baptism; wherein I was made a member of Christ, the child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven. Quest. What did your sponsors then for you ?

Answ. 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; Secendiy, that I should believe all the articles of the christian faith; And thirdly, that I should keep God's holy will and commandments, 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?

Answ. 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 I 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.

Answer.

I BELIEVE in God the Father almighty, 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 Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried; 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 almighty; From thence he shall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; The holy catholic church; The communion 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? Answ. First I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath made me, and all the world.

Secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed me, and all mankind. 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. Answ.

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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.

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: For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the sins of the fathers 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.

ÍV. Remember that thou keep holy the sabbath day. Six ys shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventhay is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: In it thou shalt do n man of work; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man serant, an thy maid servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is withn thy ates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the and al that in them is, and rested the seventh day: Wherefors the Lo- blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.

V. Honour thy father and thy mother, at thy days may be in the land which the Lord thy God givet1 thee.

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IX. Thou shalt not be false witness against thy neighbour.

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X. Thou shalt not ovet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbors 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? Answ. I learn two things; my duty towards God, and my duty towards my neighbour.

Quest. What is thy duty towards God?

Answ. 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.

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Answ. My duty towards my neighbour is, to love him as myself, and to do to all men as I would they should do unto me: To love, honour, and succour my father and mother: To honour and obey the civil 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 no body by word or deed To be true and just in all my dealings: To bear no malice nor hatred in my heart : To keep my hands from picking and stealing, and my tongue from evil speaking, lying, and slandering: To keep my body in temperance, soberness, 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

a times to call for by diligent prayer: Let me hear, therefore, if thy cansi say the Lord's prayer.

Answer.

Ou Fathe, who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name; Thy kingdomcome; Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven: Give us this cay arily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation ; Bueliver us from evi

Amen.

Quest. What desirest tu of God in this prayer?

Answ. I desire my Lord God, our heavenly 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 him, as we ought to do: And I pray unto God, that he wil 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 wil 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 fron. 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 many Sacraments hath Christ ordained in his church?

Answ. Two only, as generally necessary to saivation; that is to say, baptism, and the supper of the Lord.

Quest. What meanest thou by this word Sacrament?

Answ. 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 us thereof.

Quest. How many parts are there in a sacrament?

Answ. Two; the outward visible sign, and the inward spiritual grace. Quest. What is the outward visible sign or form in baptism? Answ. Water; wherein the person is baptised, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

Quest. What is the inward and spiritual grace?

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

Quest. What is required of persons to be baptised?

Answ Repentance, whereby they forsake sin; and faith, whereby they steadfastly believe the promises of God made to them in that

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Quest. Why then are infants baptised, when by reason of their tender age they cannot perform them?