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HE Curates of every Parish shall often admonish the People that they defer not the Baptifm of their Children longer than the first or fecond Sunday next after their Birth, or other Hol-day falling between; unlejs upon a great and reasonable cause, to be approved by the Curate,

And also they shall warn them, that without like great Cause and Neceffity, they procure not their children to be Baptized at home in their houses. But when need shall compel them fo to do, then Buptijm shall be administered on this fabion:

First, let the Minifler of the Parish (or in his abfence, any other lawfid Minifter that can be procured) with them that are prefent, call upon God, and fay the Lords Prayer, and fo many of the Collects appointed to be jaid before in the Form of Public Baptifm, as the time and prefent exigence will Juffer. And then, the Child being named by fome one that is prefent, the Minifier fall pour Water upon it, faying these words:

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I baptize thee in the Name of the Father, and of the . Son, and of the Holy Ghoft. Amen.

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Then all kneeling down, the Minifter fhall give thanks unto God, and fay E yield thee hearty thanks, moft merciful Father, that it hath pleafed thee to regenerate this Infant with thy Hoy Spirit; to receive bim for thine own Child by adop tion, and to incorporate him into thy Holy Church. And we humbly befeech thee to grant, that as he is now made Partaker of the death of thy fon, to be may be alio of his Refurrection; And that finally, with the refidue of thy Saints, be may inherit thine everlafting Kingdom, through the fame thy Son Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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And let them not doubt, but that the Child so baptized, is lawfully and fufficiently baptized, and ought not to be baptized again. Yet nevertheless, if the Child, which is after this fort baptized, do afterward live, it is expedient that it be brought into the Church, to the intent that if the Misifter of the fame Parish did himself baptize that Child, the Congregation may be certified of the true Form of Baptifm, by bim privately before used. In whith Cafe he shall say thus,

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Certify you, that according to the due and prefcribed Order of the Church, at fuch a time, and at fuch a place, before divers witneffes, I baptized. this Child.

But if the Child were baptized by any other lawful Minifter; then the Minister of the Parish where the Child was born or chriftened, shall examine and try whether the Child be lawfully baptized, or no. In which cafe, if thofe that bring any Child to the Church, do answer that the fame Child is already baptized, then shall the Minifter examine them further, Jaying,

Y whom was this Child baptized?

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Who was prefent when this Child was baptized? Because fome things effential to this Sacrament may happen to be omitted, through fear or hafte, in fuch times of extremity, therefore I demand further of you,

With what Matter was this Child baptized?
With what Words was this Child baptized?

And if the Minifter fell find by the Anfiers of fuch as bring the Child, that
all things were done as they ought to be; then shall not be Chriften the
Child again, but shall receive bim as one of the Flock of true Chriftian
People, Jaying thus,

Certify you, that in this cafe all is well done, and according unto due order, concerning the baptizing of this Child; who being born in original fin, and in the wrath of God, is now by the laver of Regeneration in Baptism, received into the number of the children of God, and heirs of everlafting life: For our Lord Jefus Chrift doth not deny his grace and mercy unto fuch Infants, but most lov. ingly doth call them unto him, as the holy Gofpel doth witnefs to our comfort on this wife:

The Gospel. S. Mark x. 13. SHEY brought young children to Chrift, that he fhould touch them; and his difciples rebuked thofe that

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brought them. But when Jefus faw it, he was much dif pleafed, 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 shall 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 bleffed them.

After the Gospel is read, the Minifter shall make this brief Exhortation upon the Words of the Gospel:

Beloved, ye heat in this Gospel the words of our Sa

viour Chrift, that he commanded 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 innocency. Ye perceive how by his outward gesture 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 hath likewife favourably received this prefent Infant that he hath embraced him with the arms of his mercy, and (as he hath promifed in his holy Word) will give unto him the bleffing of eternal life, and make him partaker of his everlafting kingdom. Wherefore we being thus perfuaded of the good will of our heavenly Father declared by his Son Jefus Chrift towards this Infant; let us faithfully and devoutly give thanks unto him, and fay the Prayer, which the Lord himfelf taught us:

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UR Father which art in heaven; Hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day 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.

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give thee humble thanks, that thou haft vouchfafed to call us to the knowledge of thy grace and faith in thee: Increafe this knowledge, and confirm this faith in us evermore, Give thy Holy Spirit to this Infant, that he being

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born again, and being made an heir of everlafting falvation, through our Lord Jefus Chrift, may continue thy fervant, and attain thy promife, through the fame our Lord Jefus Christ thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.

Then all the Prieft demand the Name of the Child; which being by the Godfathers and Godmothers pronounced, the Minifter fhall Jay,

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OST thou in the Name of this Child renounce the devil and all his works, the vain pomp and glory of this 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?

Anfw. I renounce them all.

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OST thou believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth?

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And in Jefus Chrift his only-begotten Son our Lord? And that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost; born of the Virgin Mary; that he 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 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 Ghost, the Holy Catholick Church; the Communion of Saints; the Remiffion of fins; the Refurrection of the Flefh; and everlasting life after death?

Anfw. All this I ftedfaftly believe.

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Then ball the Prieft fay.

E receive this Child into the Congregation of Chrifts Here the Priest fall flock, and do fign him with the make a Crofs upon the fign of the Crofs, in token that Childs forehead. hereafter be fhall not be afhamed to confefs the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against fin, the world, and the devil; and to continue Chrits faithful foldier and fervant unto bis lifes end. Amen.

Then fhall the Prieft fay,

Eeing now, dearly beloved brethren, that this Child is by

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Church, let us give thanks unto Almighty God for thefe benefits, and with one accord make our prayers unto him, that be may lead the reft of his life according to this beginning.

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Then fhall the Priest fay.

E yield thee moft hearty thanks, moft merciful Father, that it hath pleafed thee to regenerate this Infant with thy Holy Spirit, to receive him for thine own Child by adoption, and to incorporate him into thy holy Church. And humbly we beseech thee to grant, that be being dead unto fin, and living unto righteoufnefs, and being buried with Chrift in his death, may crucify the oldman, and utterly abolish the whole body of fin; and that as he is made partaker of the Death of thy Son, he may also be partaker of his refurrection; fo that finally with the refidue of thy Holy Church, he may be an inheritor of thine everlating Kingdom, through Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then all Aanding up, the Minifter fhall make this Exhortation to the Godfa thers and Godmothers.

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Orafinuch as this Child hath promised by you his fureties, 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 bath here made by you. And that be may

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