...Rom. ii. 4. y Psalm cxxx. 4. unto you, who having been " signed with the " sign of the cross," will not be ashamed to " confess the faith of Christ crucified,...banner against " sin, the world, and the Devil, and to con" tinue Christ's faithful soldiers and servants " unto your lives' end." To such only do these precious...

...the servant of God, and attain his promise, &c. And, after some more ceremony, the priest said : " We receive this child into the congregation of Christ's flock, and do sign her with the sign of the cross," &c. Then the priest, pretending to the company that the infant is,...

...well be offended with it : but it is, as the Liturgy expresses it, " a token that hereafter the child shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified : " and, if it serve to impress the minds of the sponsors in that light, it is well : if it do not, the fault...

...grow in him." In Baptism, the child is received into the congregation of Christ's flock, and receives the sign of the cross, " in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess Christ crucified, and manfully to fight, under his banner, against sin, the world, and the devil, and...

...expression is made use of — " I sign thee with the sign of the cross, in token that hereafter thou shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ...his banner against sin, the world and the devil, and continue Christ's faithful servant and soldier to your life's end." This is the respect the Protesting...

...you to renounce every evil and sinful way; to be pure in thought and word, as well as in action ; " to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully...and the devil ; and to continue Christ's faithful soldiers and servants unto your life's end." * These are not idle words of mere form and ceremony ;...

...expression is made use of — " I sign thee with the sign of the cross, in token that hereafter thou shalt not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified,...his banner against sin, the world and the devil, and continue Christ's faithful servant and soldier to your life's end." This is the respect the Protesting...

...and devoted as a follower of Jesus, " not to be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, but manfully to fight under his banner against Sin, the...continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto your life's end." O what must be your condemnation if you become a deserter from his camp, a renegade...

...thereby made a child of God, and enlisted in the service of Christ ; and is signed with the sign of His cross, in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith ; and this in a form most edifying and B 5 affecting, and intended to engage the prayers of the whole...

...holy sacrament of baptism, and signed with the sign of the cross in token that hereafter they will not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully fight under his banner against sin, the world, and the devil, have a name to live while they are dead,...