CONTENTS. The Ministration of Public Baptism of Infants The Ministration of Private Baptism of Children The Ministration of Baptism to such as are of Riper Years The Form of Solemnization of Matrimony The Order for the Visitation of the Sick A Prayer for Persons troubled in Mind or in Conscience A Prayer which may be said by the Minister, in behalf of all For a sick Person who has been very wicked For a Person suddenly injured or taken severely ill Page A Litany and Commendatory Prayer for a Sick Person A Prayer for a Sick Person at the point of departure The Collects throughout the Year A Form of Prayer and Thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the inestimable Blessings of Religious and Civil Liberty; to be used Yearly on the Fourth day of July Prayers suitable to be used in State Legislatures, Congress, A form of Prayer and Thanksgiving, to be used on days of Thanksgiving appointed by the Civil Authority Collects to be used during the prevalence of Asiatic Cholera Prayers for various occasions. A Prayer to be used on visiting Seminaries of Learning A Prayer to be used at any Missionary Meeting, in connec- tion with one or more of the prayers in the Friday's Medi- tations and Devotions for the Clergy A Prayer to be used, with others from the Liturgy, on the THE MINISTRATION OF PUBLIC BAPTISM OF INFANTS, TO BE USED IN THE CHURCH. The People are to be admonished, that it is most convenient that Baptism should not be administered but upon Sundays and other Holy-days, or Prayer-days. Nevertheless (if necessity so require) Baptism may be administered upon any other day. There shall be for every Male Child to be baptized, when they can be had, two God-fathers and one God-mother; and for every female, one God-father and two God-mothers; and Parents shall be admitted as Sponsors, if it be desired. When there are Children to be baptized, the Parents or Sponsors shall give knowledge thereof, before the beginning of Morning Prayer, to the Minister. And then the God-fathers and God-mothers, and the People with the Children, must be ready at the Font, either immediately after the last Lesson at Morning Prayer, or else immediately after the last Lesson at Evening Prayer, as the Minister, by his discretion, shall appoint. And the Minister coming to the Font (which is then to be filled with pure Water) and standing there, shall say, Hath this Child been already baptized or no? ¶ If they answer, No; then shall the Minister proceed as followeth. are conceived and born in sin; and 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 mercy, he will grant to this Child that which by nature he cannot have; that he may be baptized with Water and the Holy Ghost, and received into Christ's holy Church, and be made a living member of the same. A ¶ Then shall the Minister say, Let us pray. LMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy great mercy, didst save Noah and his family in the Ark from perishing by water; and also didst safely lead the children of Israel, thy people, through the Red Sea, figuring thereby thy holy Baptism; and by the Baptism of thy well-beloved Son Jesus Christ in the river Jordan, didst sanctify water, to the mystical washing away of sin; we beseech thee, for thine infinite mercies, that thou wilt mercifully look upon this Child; wash him, and sanctify him with the Holy Ghost; that he, being delivered from thy wrath, may be received into the Ark of Christ's Church; and being steadfast in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in charity, may so pass the waves of this troublesome world, that finally he may come to the land of everlasting life; there to reign with thee, world without end, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. A T Or this. LMIGHTY and immortal God, the aid of all who need, the helper of all who flee to thee for succour, the life of those who believe, and the resurrection of the dead; we call upon thee for this Infant, that he, coming to thy holy Baptism, may receive remission of sin, by spiritual regeneration. Receive him, O Lord, as thou hast promised by thy well-beloved Son, saying, Ask, and ye shall have; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: So give now unto us who ask; let us who seek, find; open the gate unto us who knock; that this Infant may enjoy the everlasting benedic |