moft humbly befeeching thee to granty that by the merits & death of thy Sonne Jefus Chrift, and through faith in his bloud,we(and all thy

Then the priest or the bishop, if he be prefent,
Shall let them depart with this bleffing.

derfanding, keep your hearts and mindes "He peace of God which paffeth all unwhole church) may obtain remiffion of our finnes, and all other benefits of his paffion, in the knowledge and love of God, and of his And here we offer and prefent unto thee, O Sonne Jefus Chrift our Lord: and the bleffing Lord, our felves, our fouls and bodies, to be a of God Almightie, the Father, the Sonne,and reafonable, holy, and lively facrifice unto thee, the holy Ghoft, be amongst you, and remain humbly befeeching thee, that all we which be with you alwayes. Amen. partakers of this holy communion, may be fulfilled with thy grace and heavenly benedi. ation. And although we be unworthie through our manifold finnes, to offer unto thee any facrifice: yet we beseech thee to accept this our bounden dutie and service, not weighing our merits, but pardoning our offences, through Jefus Chrift our Lord; by whom, and with whom, in the unitie of the holy Ghoft, all honour and glorie be unto thee, O Father Almightie, world without end. Amen.

¶Or this.

ALmightie and everlafting God, we moft
Aheartily thank thee, for Gat thou doft

Collects to be faid after the offertorie, when there is no communion, every fuch day one. And the fame may be faid alfo as often as occafion fhall ferve, after the collects either of morning and evening prayer, communion, or letanie, by the difcretion of the minister. mercifully, O Lord, in thefe our

Afupplications and prayers, and difpofe

the way of thy fervants towards the attainment of everlasting falvation, that among all the changes and chances of this mortall life, they may ever be defended by thy moft gram cious and readie help, through Chrift our

Lord. Amen.

vouchsafe to feed us, which have duly recei-Almightie Lord and everlasting God,

vouchsafe we beseech thee, to direct, fanctifie, and govern both our hearts and bo dies in the wayes of thy laws, and in the works of thy commandments, that through thy moft mightie protection, both here and ever, we may be preferved in body and foul, through our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift. Amen.

Rant we beseech thee Almightie God,that

food of the most precious bodie and bloud of thy Sonne our Saviour Jefus Chrift, and doft affure us thereby of thy favour and goodneffe toward us, and that we be verie members incorporate in thy myfticall bodie, which is the bleffed companie of all faithfull people, and be alfo heirs through hope of thy everlafting the word's which we have heard this day kingdome, by the merits of the most precious with our outward cares, may through thy grace death and paffion of thy deare Sonne: we death and paffion of thy deare Sonne: we now moft humbly befeech thee, O heavenly be fo grafted inwardly in our hearts, that they Father, fo to affift us with thy grace, that we may bring forth in us the fruit of good living, may continue in that holy fellowship, and do to the honour and praife of thy name, through all fuch good works as thou haft prepared for Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. us to walk in, through Jefus Chrift our Lord; to whom with thee and the holy Ghost, be all honour and glorie world without end. Amen.

Then fhall be faid or fung,
Lorie be to God on high, and in earth
Gpeace, good will towards men. We praife

thee, we bleffe thee,we worship thee,we glori

Revent us, O Lord, in all our doings, with

thy moft gracious favour, and further us with thy continuall help, that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorifie thy holy name, and finally by thy mer cie obtain everlasting life, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

fie thee, we give thanks to thee for thy great Amightie God the fountain of all wif

fore we ask, and our ignorance in asking, we befeech thee to have compaffion upon our infirmities, and those things which for our unworthinefle we dare not, and for our blindnes we cannot ask, vouchsafe to give us, for the worthineffe of thy Sonne Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

glorie, O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almightie, O Lord the onely begotten Sonne Jefu Chrift, O Lord God, Lambe of God, Sonne of the Father, that takeft away the finnes of the world, have mercie upon us. Thou that takest away the finnes of the world, have mercie upon us. Thou that takeft away the finnes of the world, receive our prayed Thou that fitteft at the right hand of God Aheare the petitions of them that ask in

the Father,have mercie upon us: for thou onely art holy, thou onely art the Lord, thou one ly OChrift, with the holy Ghoft, art moft igh in the gloric of God the Father. Amen.

Lmightie God, which haft promised to

thy Sonnes name, we beseech thee mercifully to encline thine cares to us, that have made now our prayers and fupplications unto thee, and grant that thofe things which we have

faithfully

faithfully asked according to thy will, may effectually be obtained, to the relief of our neceffitie, and to the fetting forth of thy glorie, through Jefus Christ our Lord,

Upon the holy-dayes (if there be no communion) shall be faid all that is appointed at the communion, untill the end of the homily,concluding with the generall prayer (for the whole eftate of Chrifts church militant here in earth) and one or moe of these collects before rehearsed, as occafion fhall ferve.

And there shall be no celebration of the Lords Supper,except there be a good number to communicate with the priest,according to his difcretion.

And if there be not above twentie perfons in the parish, of difcretion to receive the communion, yet there fhall be no communion, except foure or three at the least communicate with the priest.

And in cathedrall and collegiat churches, where be many priests and deacons, they shall all receive the communion with the minifter every funday at the leaft, except they have a reasonable caufe to the contrarie.

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And to take away the fuperftition,which any perfon bath or might have in the bread and wine, it shall fuffice that the bread befuch as is ufually to be eaten at the table with other meats, but the best and purest wheat bread that conveniently may be gotten. And if any of the bread or wine remain, the curate shall have it to his own use.

The bread and wine for the communion,fhall be provided by the curate and the churchwardens,at the charges of the parish, and the parifh fhall be difcharged of fuch fummes of money, or other duties, which bitherto they have payed for the fame by order of their houfes every funday.

And note that every parishioner shall communicate at the least three times in the yeare,of which Easter to be one;and fhall alfo receive the facraments, and other rites, according to the order in this book appointed. And yearly at Eafier, every parishioner shall reckon with his parfon, vicar, or curate, or his or their deputy or deputies,& pay to them or bim all ecclefiafticall duties, accuftomably due then, and at that time to be payed.

The ministration of baptifme to be used in the church.

It appeareth by ancient writers, that the facrament of baptifme in the old time was not commonly miniftred, but at two times in the yeare, at Easter and whitfuntide. At which times it was openly miniftred in the prefence of all the congregation. which cuftome now being grown out ofufe (although it cannot for many confiderations be well restored again) it is thought good to follow the fame, as neare as conveniently may be. wherefore the people are to be admonished, that it is most convenient that baptifme should not be miniftred but upon fundayes and other holydayes,when the most number of people may come together, as well for that the congregation there prefent may teftifie the receiving of them that be newly baptized, into the number of Chrifts church, as alfo because in the baptifme of infants, every man prefent may be put in remembrance of his own profeffion made to God in his baptifme. For which caufe alfo it is expedient that ba ptifme be miniftred in the English tongue. Nevertheleffe (if neceffitie fo require) children may at all times be baptized at home.

when there are children to be baptized upon the funday or holy-day,the parents fhall give knowledge over night, or in the morning afore the beginning of morning prayer, to the curate. And then the godfathers,godmothers, and people, with the children,must be readie at the font, either immediately after the laft Leffon at morning prayer, or else immediately after the last leffon at evening prayer, as the curate by his difcretion fhall appoint. And then standing there, the priest fhall ask whether the children be baptized or no. If they answer, No: then shall the priest fay thus,

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Early beloved, forafmuch as all
men be conceived and born in
finne, & that our Saviour Chrift
faith, None can enter into the
kingdome of God, except he be

regenerate and born anew of water and of the holy Ghoft: I beseech you to call upon God the Father, through our Lord Jefus Chrift, that of his bounteous mercie he will grant to thefe children that thing,which by nature they cannot have, that they may be baptized with water and the holy Ghoft, and received into Chrifts holy church, and be made lively mem bers of the fame.

Then fhall the priest say, Let us pray. of thy great mercie didft fave Noah Lmightie and everlafting God, which and his family in the ark from perishing by water, and alfo didft fafely lead the children of Ifrael thy people through the Red fea, figuring thereby thy holy baptifme, and by the baptifme of thy welbeloved Sonne Jefus Chrift, didft fanctifie the floud Jordan,

and

Mak 10.13.

and all other waters, to the myfticall washing
away of finne: We befeech thee for thine in-
finite mercies, that thou wilt mercifully look
upon thefe children, fan&ifie them and wash
them with the holy Ghoft, that they being
delivered from thy wrath, may be received in-
to the ark of Chrifts church, and being kedfaft
in faith, joyfull through hope, and rooted in
charitie, may fo paffe the waves of this trou-
blefome world, that finally they may come to
the land of everlafting life, there to reigne
with thee world without end, through Jefus
Christ our Lord. Amen.

Lmightie and immortall God, the aid of

А Aali that need, the helper of all that flee

to thee for fuccour, the life of them that be-
leeve, and the refurrection of the dead: we call
upon thee for thefe infants, that they coming
to thy holy baptifme, may receive remiflion
of their finnes by fpirituall regeneration. Re-
ceive them, O Lord, as thou haft promifed by
thy welbeloved Sonne, faying, Ask, and you
fhall have ; feek, and you fhall finde;knock,and
it fhall be opened unto you. So give now unto
us that ask: let us that feek, finde: open the
gate unto us that knock, that these infants
may enjoy the everlafting benedi&tion of thy
heavenly washing, and may come to the eter
nall kingdome, which thou haft promifed by
Christ our Lord. Amen.

to

Then fhall the priest fay,
Heare the words of the gofpel written by
Saint Mark in the tenth chapter.
A Chrift that he should touch them:
Ta certain time they brought children
and his difciples rebuked thofe that brought
them. But when Jefus faw it,he was difpleafed,
and faid unto them, Suffer little children to
come unto me,and forbid them not, for to fuch
belongeth the kingdome of God. Verily 'I fay
unto you, Whofoever doth not receive the
kingdome of God as a little childe, he fhall
not enter therein. And when he had taken
them up in his arms, he put his hands upon
them, and bleffed them.

After the gospel is read, the minister fhall
mak this brief exhortation upon the words
of the gospel.

For our Saviour Chrift, that he commanded
Riends, you heare in this gofpel the words
the children to be brought unto him: how he
blamed those that would have kept them from
him: how he exhorted all men to follow their
innocencie. You perceive how by his outward
gefture and deed, he declared his good will to-
ward them. For he embraced them in his
arms, he laid his hands upon them,and bleffed
shem. Doubt ye not therefore, but earnestly

beleeve, that he will likewife favourably re ceive these prefent infants, that he will embrace them with the arms of his mercie, that he will give unto them the bleffing of eternall life, and make them partakers of his everlafting kingdome. Wherefore, we being thus perfwaded of the good will of our heavenly Father toward thefe infants, declared by his Sonne Jefus Chrift,and nothing doubting but that he favourably alloweth this charitable work of ours, in bringing these children to his holy baptifme, let us faithfully and devoutly give thanks unto him, and say,

A Father, we give thee humble thanks, that

Lmightie and everlafting God, heavenly thou haft 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 thefe infants, that they may be born again, and be made heirs of everlafting falvation, through our Lord Jefus Chrift, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the holy Spirit, now and for

ever. Amen.

Then the priest shall speak unto the godfa thers and godmothers on this wife,

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there children here to be baptized, ye Elbeloved friends, ye have brought have prayed that our Lord Jefus Chrift would vouchsafe to receive them, to lay his hands their finnes, to give them the kingdome of upon them, to bleffe them, to release them of heaven, and everlafting life. Ye have heard an his golpel, to grant all these things that yo alfo that our Lord Jefus Chrift hath promifed have prayed for, which promife he for his part will molt furely keep and perform. Wherefore after this promife made by Chrift, these infants must also faithfully for their part promife by you that be their furettes, that they will forfake the devil and all his works, and conftantly beleeve Gods holy word, and obe diently keep his commandments.

Then fhall the priest demand of the godfathers and godmothers thefe questions follow ing.

Doft thou forfake the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, will defires of the fleft, fo that thou wilt nos with all covetous defires of the fame, the carfollow nor be led by them?

Anfæer.

I forfake them all.

Baptize thee in the name of the Father, Land of the Sonne, and of the holy Ghoft. Amen.

holy Ghoft, born of the virgin Mary, that he N.
fuffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified,
dead and buried, that he went down into hell,
and alfo did rife again the third day, that he
afcended into heaven, and fitteth at the right
hand of God the Father Almightie, and from

Then the prieft fhall make a croffe upon the childes forehead, faying,

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thence he fhall come again at the end of the receive this childe into the congregaWi

world to judge the quick and the dead? And doft thou beleeve in the holy Ghoft, the holy catholick church, the communion of faints,the remiffion of finnes, the refurrection of the flesh, and everlasting life after death?

Answer.

All this I ftedfaftly beleeve.

Minifter.

Wilt thou be baptized in this faith?
Answer.

That is my defire.

Then fhall the priest say, Mercifull God, grant that the old Adam in these children may be fo buried,that the new man may be raised up in them. Amen.

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Grant that all carnall 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 ftrength to have victorie, and to triumph against the devil, the world, and the flesh. Amen.

Grant that whosoever is here dedicated to thee by our office and minifteric, may also be endued with heavenly vertues, and everlaftingly rewarded, through thy mercie, O bleffed Lord God, who doft live and govern all things world without end. Amen.

tion of Chrifts flock, and do figne him with the figne of the croffe,in token that hereafter he thall not be ashamed to confeffe the faith of Chrift crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against finne, the world, and the devil, and to continue Chrifts faithfull fouldier and servant unto his lives end. Amen.

Lmightie everliving God, whofe moft A dearly beloved Sonne Jefus Chrift, for the forgiveneffe of our finnes, did fhed out of his moft precious fide both water and bloud, and gave commandment to his difciples, that they Thould go teach all nations, and baptize them in the name of the Father, the Sonne, and of the holy Ghoft: regard, we beseech thee, the. fupplications of thy congregation, and grant that all thy fervants which fhall be baptized in this water, may receive the fulneffe of thy grace, and ever remain in the number of thy faithfull and elect children, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then the priest shall take the childe in his bands, and ask the name: and naming the childe,fball dip it in the water,fo it be difcreetly and warily done, faying, N. Baptize thee in the name of the Father, Land of the Sonne,and of the holy Ghost.

Amen.

And if the childe be weak, it shall fuffice to poure water upon it, faying the forefaid words.

Then fhall the priest fay,

Seeing
Ecing now, dearly beloved brethren, that
thefe children be regenerate,and grafted in-
to the bodie of Chrifts congregation, let us
give thanks unto God for thefe benefits, and
with one accord make our prayers unto Al-
mightie God, that they may lead the rest of
their life according to this beginning.

Then fhall be faid,

¶ Our Father which art in heaven, &c.

Then shall the priest fay,

Ee yeeld thee heartie thanks, moft mer cifull Father,that it hath pleafed thee to regenerate this infant with thy holy Spirit, to receive him for thine own childe by adoption, and to incorporate him into thy holy congregation: and humbly we beseech thee to grant, that he being dead unto finne, and living unto righteousneffe, and being buried with Chrift in his death, may crucifie the old man, and utterly abolish the whole bodie of finne, that as he is made partaker of the death of thy Sonne, fo he may be partaker of his refurre&tion: fo that finally, with the refidue of thy holy congregation, he may be inheritour of thine everlafting kingdome, through Christ our Lord. Amen.

At thelaft end the priest calling the godfathers and godmothers together, fhall fay this exhortation following.

fed by you to forfake the devil and all his works, to beleeve in God, and to serve him: you must remember that it is your parts and duties to fee that these infants be taught, fo foon as they shall be able to learn, what a folemn vow, promife, and profeffion they have made by you. And that they may know these things the better, ye fhall call upon them to heare fermons, and chiefly you fhall provide that they may learn the creed, the Lords prayer,

Orafmuch as thefe children have promi.

and the ten commandments in the English tongue; and aH other things which a Chriftian man ought to know and beleeve to his fouls health, and that these

children

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Of them that are to be baptized in private houses in time of neceffity, by the minister of the parish, or any other lawfull minister that can be procured.

The papours and curates fall often admonish the people, that they deferre not the baptifme of infants any longer then the funday, or other holyday next after the childe be born,unlesse upon a great and reasonable caufe declared to the curate, and by him approved.

And also they shall warn them, that without great caufe and neceffitie they procure not their children to be baptized at home in their houses. And when great need fhall compell them so to do, then baptifme fhall be adminiftred on this fashion.

First, let the lawfull minifter, and them that be prefent, call upon God for his grace, and fay the Lords prayer, if time will fuffer. And then the childe being named by fome one that is prefent, the faid lawfull minifter shall dip it in water, or poure water upon it, saying these words.