And note, That every Parishioner shall communicate at the least three times in the year, of which Eafter to be one. And yearly at Eafter every Parishioner ball reckon with the Parfon, Vicar, or Curate, or bisor their Deputy, or Deputies, and pay to them or him all Ecclefiaftical Duties, accustomably due, then and at that time to be paid, After the Divine Service ended, the Money given at the Offertory fhall be difpofed of to fuch pious and charitable uses, as the Minifter and Churchwardens fhall think fit. Wherein if they disagree, it shall be difpofed of as the Ordinary fhall appoint. Hereas it is ordained in this Office for the Administration W or the Lord's Supper, that the Communicants thould "receive the fame kneeling; (which Order is well meant for a fig"nification of our humble and grateful acknowledgement of the "benefits of Christ therein given to all worthy Receivers, and "for the avoiding of fuch profanation and diforder in the holy Communion, as might otherwife enfue:) Yet, left the fame "kneeling fhould by any Perfons, either out of ignorance and infirmity, or out of malice and obftinacy, be mifconftrued and depraved; It is hereby declared, That thereby no Adoration is "intended, or ought to be done, either unto the Sacramental "Bread or Wine there bodily received, or unto any Corporal "Prefence of Chrift's natural Flesh and Blood. For the Sacra"mental Bread and Wine remain ftill in their very natural fub*ftances, and therefore may not be adored, (for that were Ido. "latry, to be abhorred of all faithful Chriftians:) And the natural "Body and Blood of our Saviour Chrift are in Heaven, and not "here; it being against the truth of Chrift's natural Body, to be "at one time in more places than one." The MINISTRATION of PUBLICK BAPTISM of INFANTS, THE People are to be admonished, that it is most convenient, that Bap- ¶When there are Children to be baptized, the Parents shall give knowledge G2 And And the Priest coming to the Font (which is then to be filled with pure H baptized, or no? If they answer No: Then fall the Priest proceed as followeth DE Early beloved, forafmuch as all men are conceived and born in fin, and that our Saviour Chrift faith, None can enter into the kingdom of God, except he be regenerate and born anew of water and of the Holy Ghoft; I befeech you to call upon God the Father, through our Lord Jefus Chrift, that of his bounteous mercy he will grant to this Child that thing which by nature be cannot have; that be may be baptized with Water and the Holy Ghoft, and received into Chrift's holy Church, and be made a lively member of the fame. Then fhall the Prieft fay, Let us pray. Almighty and everlasting God, who of thy great mercy didft fave Noah and his family in the ark from perifhing by water; and alfo didft fafely lead the children of Ifrael thy people through the Red Sea, figuring thereby thy holy Baptifm, and by the Baptifm of thy well beloved Son Jefus Christ in the river Jordan, didft fanctify water to the myftical wathing away of tin; We befeech thee for thine infinite mercies, that thou wilt mercifully look upon this Child; wash bim and fanctify bim with the Holy Ghoft, that be being delivered from thy wrath, may be received into the ark of Chrift's Church; and being stedfaft in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in charity, may fo pafs the waves of this troublefome world, that finally ke may come to the land of everlasting life; there to reign with thee world without end, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen. the aid of all that need, the Lmighty and immortal God, helper of all that flee to thee for fuccour, the life of them that believe, and the refurrection of the dead; We call upon thee for this Infant, that be coming to thy holy Baptifm, may receive remiffion of bis fins by fpiritual regeneration. Receive bim, O Lord, as thou haft promifed by thy well-beloved Son, faying, Afk, and ye fhall have; feek, and ye fhall find; knock, and it fhall be opened unto you So give now unto us that afk; let us that feek, find; open the gate unto us that knock; that this Infant may enjoy the everlafting benediction of thy heavenly washing, and may come to the eternal kingdom which thou haft promised by Christ our Lord. Amen. Then shall the People ftand up, and the Prieft fhall say, Hear the words of the Gofpel written by Saint Mark, in the tenth Chapter, at the thirteenth Verfe. TH HEY brought young children to Chrift, that he should touch them: and his difciples rebuked thofe that brought them. But when Jefus faw it, he was much difpleafed, and faid unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of fuch is the kingdom of God. Verily I fay unto you, Whofoever fhall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. After After the Gospel is read, the Then shall the Priest speak unto the Godfathers and Godmothers on this vise. baptized, ye have prayed that DEarly beloved, ye have this Child here our Lord Jefus Chrift would vouchfafe to receive bim, to release him of bis fins, to fanctify him with the Holy Ghoft, to give him the kingdom of hea ven, and everlafting life. Ye have heard alfo that our Lord Jefus Chrift hath promised in his Gofpel to grant all these things that ye have prayed for: which promife he for his part will moft furely keep and perform. Wherefore after this pro mife made by Chrift, this Infant must also faithfully for his part, promife by you that are bis Sureties (until he come of ageto take it upon himself) that be will renounce the devil and all his works, and conftantly believe God's holy Word, and obediently keep his commandments. our Chrift, that he commanded the children to be brought unto him; how he blamed thofe that would have kept them from him; how he exhorteth all men to follow their innocency. Ye perceive how by his outward gefture and deed he declared his good will toward them; for he embraced them in his arms, he laid his hands upon them, and bleffed them. Doubt ye not therefore, but earnestly believe, that he will likewife favourably receive this prefent Infant; that he will embrace him with the arms of his mercy; that he will give unto bim the bleffing of eternal life, and make him partaker of his everlasting kingdom. Wherefore we being thus perfuaded of the good will of our heavenly Father towards this Infant, declared by his Son Jefus Chrift; and nothing doubting, but that he favourably al-DOST thou, in the Name of loweth this charitable work of A God, heavenly Father, we give thee humble thanks, that thou haft vouchfafed 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 WHoly Spirit to this Infant, that be may be born again, and be made an heir of everlasting falvation, through our Lord Jefus Chrift, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen. I demand therefore, this Child, renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of the world, with all covetous defires of the fame, and the carnal defires of the flesh, fo that thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them? Anfwer. I renounce them all. Minifter. D OST thou believe in God that he afcended into heaven, and fitteth at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; and from thence hall 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 fleth and everlafting Life after death? Anfw. All this I ftedfaftly be lieve. A whore mort dearly belov: Lmighty everliving God, ed Son Jefus Chrift, for the for givenefs of our fins, did thed out of his moft precious fide both water and blood; and gave commandment to his difciples, that they should go teach all nations, and baptize them, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft: Regard, we beseech thee, the fupplications of thy Congregation; fanctify this Water to the myftical washing a way of fin; and grant that this Child now to be baptized therein, may receive the fulnefs of thy grace, and ever remain in the number of thy faithful and elect children, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen. Then the Prieft fhall take the Child into bis bands, and fhall Jay to the Godfathers and Godmothers, Name this Child. Ard then naming it after them (if they shall certify him that the Child may well endure it) be, fhall dip it in the Water dif creetly and warily, faying, I baptize thee, In the N. Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft. Amen. But if they certify that the Child is weak, it fall fuffice to pour water upon it, faying the aforefaid words, N. Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft. Amen. I baptize thee, In the Then fball the Prieft fay, * to the congregation of Here the Chrift's flock; and pries all make do fign bim with a Crefs upon the Child's forehead. the fign of the te thail not be ashamed to conCrofs; in token that hereafter fefs the faith of Chrift crucified, and and manfully to fight 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.. Then fhall the Prieft fay, SE Eeing now, dearly beloved brethren, that this Child is regenerate, and grafted into the body of Chrift's Church, let us give thanks unto Almighty God for thefe 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 fall be faid, all kneeling, heaven, hallowed be thy Name; thy kingdom come; is in heaven: Give us this day thy will be done in earth, as it our daily bread; And forgive us our trefpaffes, as we forgive them that trefpafs against us; And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil, Amen. Then fall the Prieft fay, 7E yield thee hearty thanks, it hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with thy Holy Spirit, to receive bim for thine own Child by adoption, and to incorporate bim into thy holy Church. And humbly we befeech thee to grant, that be being dead unto fin, and living unto righteoufnefs, and being buried with Chrift in his death, may crucify the old man, and utterly abolish the whole body of fin; and that as be is made partaker of the death of thy Son, be may alfo be partaker of his refurrection; fo that finally with the refidue of thy holy Church, be may be an inheritor of thine everlasting kingdom, through Christ our Lord. Amen." ¶ Iben at standing up, the Priest fhall jay to the Gefathers and Godmetbers this exhortation fol lowing. Orafmuch as this Child hath ties, to renounce the devil and all his works, to believe in God, and to ferve him; ye must remember that it is your parts and duties to fee that this Infant be taught, fo foon as be fhall be able to learn what a folemn vow, promife, and profeffion be hath here made by you. And that he may know these things bim to hear Sermons, and chiefthe better, ye shall call upon shall learn the Creed, the Lord's all other things which a ChriPrayer, and the Ten Commandments in the vulgar tongue, and ftian ought to know and believe to his foul's health; and that this Child may be virtuously brought up to lead a godly and a Chriftian life; emembering always that Baptifm doth reprefent unto us our profeffion, which is to follow the example made like unto him; that as he died, and rofe again for us, fo fhould we who are baptized, die from fin, and rife again unto righteoufnefs; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godlinefs of living. YE Then fhall be add, and say, E are to take care that this Child be brought to the Buhop to be confirmed by him, fo foon as he can fay the Creed, the Lord's Prayer, and the Ten Commandments in the vulgar tongue, and be further inftructed in the Church Catechifm fet forth for that purpose, |
