ALMIGHTY and everlasting Ans. I do. heavenly Father, we

Quest. Wilt thou be baptized

give thee humble thanks, for that in this Faith? thou hast vouchsafed to call us to

Ans. That is my desire.

the knowledge of thy grace, and

Quest. Wilt thou then obedient

faith in thee: Increase this know-ly keep God's holy will and com ledge, and confirm this faith in us mandments; and walk in the same evermore. Give thy Holy Spirit all the days of thy life?

to these Persons, that they may be
born again, and be made Heirs of
everlasting salvation, through our
Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and
reigneth with thee and the Holy
Spirit, now and for ever. Amen.

Then the Minister shall speak to the
Persons to be baptized on this wise.

Ans. I will, by God's help.

T Then shall the Minister say,

MERCIFUL God, grant that

the old Adam in these Persons may be so buried, that the new man may be raised up in them. Amen.

Grant that all sinful affections may die in them, and that all things WELL-BELOVED, who are belonging to the Spirit may live and come hither desiring to receive grow in them. Amen.

holy Baptism, ye have heard how Grant that they may have power the Congregation hath prayed, that and strength to have victory, and our Lord Jesus Christ would vouch- to triumph against the devil, the safe to receive you and bless you, world, and the flesh. Amen. to release you of your sins, to give Grant that they, being here dediyou the kingdom of heaven, and cated to thee by our Office and everlasting life. Ye have heard Ministry, may also be endued with also that our Lord Jesus Christ hath heavenly virtues, and everlastingly promised in his Holy Word, to rewarded, through thy mercy, grant all those things that we have blessed Lord God, who dost live prayed for; which promise he, for and govern all things, world withhis part, will most surely keep and out end. Amen.

perform. Wherefore, after this pro- A I LMIGHTY, everliving God, mise made by Christ, ye must also whose most dearly beloved faithfully, for your part, in the pre- Son Jesus Christ, for the forgive sence of these your witnesses, and ness of our sins, did shed out of his this whole Congregation, promise most precious side both water and and answer to the following Ques-blood; and gave commandment to tions. his disciples, that they should go The Minister shall then demand of teach all nations, and baptize them the Persons to be baptized as follows; in the name of the Father, and of the Questions being considered as ad the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; dressed to them severally, and the regard, we beseech thee, the supAnswers to be made accordingly. plications of thy Congregation DOST thou renounce the devil sanctify this water to the mystical and all his works, the vain pomp washing away of sin; and grant that the Persons, now to be bap-. and glory of the world, with all covetous desires of the same, and tized therein, may receive the fulthe sinful desires of the flesh; so in the number of thy faithful chilness of thy grace, and ever remain that thou wilt not follow, nor be led by them?

Question.

Ans. I renounce them all; and, by God's help, will endeavour not to follow, nor be led by them.

Quest. Dost thou believe all the Articles of the Christian Faith, as contained in the Apostles' Creed?

dren, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then shall the Minister take each Person to be baptized by the Right Hand; and placing him conveniently by the Font, according to his discre tion, shall ask the Godfathers and Godmothers the name; and then shav

dip him in the water, or pour water again, and made Heirs of everlast
upon him, saying,

NI baptize thee in the name of
the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Then shall the Minister say,

ing salvation, through our Lord

Jesus Christ, they may continue thy Servants, and attain thy promises, through the same Lord Jesus Christ thy Son; who liveth and reigneth

WE receive this Person into the with thee, in the unity of the same Congregation of Christ's Holy Spirit, everlastingly. Amen.

Then, all standing up, the Minister shall use this Exhortation following; speaking to the Godfathers and Godmothers first.

Here the Mi- Flock, and do* sign T nister shall make him with the sign a Cross upon of the Cross; in tothe persons fore- ken that hereafter head. he shall not be ORASMUCH as these Persons ashamed to confess the faith of have promised, in your preChrist crucified, and manfully to sence, to renounce the devil and all fight under his banner, against sin, his works, to believe in God, and to the world, and the devil; and to serve him; ye must remember, that continue Christ's faithful soldier it is your part and duty to put them and servant unto his life's end. in mind, what a solemn vow, proAmen. mise, and profession they have now The same Rule. as to the Omission made before this Congregation, of the sign of the Cross, is to be ob- and especially before you their served here, as in the Baptism of chosen Witnesses. And ye are also to call upon them to use all dili

Infants.

T Then the Minister shall say, gence to be rightly instructed in SEEING now, dearly beloved God's holy Word; that so they may brethren, that these Persons are grow in grace, and in the knowregenerate, and grafted into the ledge of our Lord Jesus Christ; body of Christ's Church; let us give and live godly, righteously, and thanks unto Almighty God for these soberly, in this present world. benefits, and with one accord make our prayers unto him, that they may lead the rest of their life according

to this beginning.

And then speaking to the baptized
Persons, he shall proceed and say,

AND as for you, who have now
by Baptism put on Christ, it

¶ Then shall be said the Lord's Pray-is your part and duty also, being made the Children of God and of

er, all kneeling.

OUR Father, who art in heaven, the light, by faith in Jesus Christ, Hallowed be thy Name; Thy to walk answerably to your Chris Kingdom come; Thy Will be done tian calling, and as becometh the on Earth, as it is in Heaven; Give children of light; remembering us this day our daily bread; And always, that Baptism representeth forgive us our trespasses, as we for- unto us our profession; which is, give those who trespass against us; to follow the example of our SaAnd lead us not into temptation;viour Christ, and to be made like But deliver us from evil. Amen. unto him; that as he died, and rose WE vield thee humble thanks, again for us, so should we, who are O'heavenly Father, that thou baptized, die from sin, and rise hast vouchsafed to call us to the again unto righteousness; continuknowledge of thy grace, and faith ally mortifying all our evil and in thee: Increase this knowledge, corrupt affections, and daily proand confirm this faith in us ever-ceeding in all virtue and godliness more. Give thy Holy Spirit to of living.

these Persons; that being now born

¶ It is expedient that every Person thus baptized should be confirmed by the Bishop, so soon after his baptism as conveniently may be; that so he may be admitted to the Holy Communion.

Whereas necessity may require the baptizing of Adults in private houses, in consideration of extreme sickness; the same is hereby allowed in that case. And a convenient number of persons shall be assembled in the house where the Sacrament is to be performed. And in the exhortation, Wellbeloved, &c. instead of these words, come hither desiring, shall be inserted this word, desirous.

If there be occasion for the Office of Infant Baptism and that of Adults at the same time, the Minister shall use the exhortation and one of the prayers next following in the Office for Adults; only, in the exhortation and prayer, after the words, these Persons and these thy Servants, adding, and these Infants. Then the Minister shall proceed to the questions to be demanded in the cases respectively. After the immersion, or the pouring of water, the prayer shall be as in this service, only, after the words, these Persons, shall be added, and these Infants. After which the remaining part of each service shall be used; first that for Adults, and lastly that for Infants.

If any persons, not baptized in their Infancy, shall be brought to be baptized before they come to years of discretion to answer for themselves, it may suffice to use the Office for Public Baptism of Infants; or, in case of extreme danger, the Office for Private Baptism; only changing the word Infant, for Child, or Person, as occasion requireth.

CATECHISM;

THAT IS TO SAY,

An Instruction, to be learned by every Person before he be brought to be confirmed by the Bishop.

Question.

WE
WHAT is your name?
Ans. N. or M.
Quest. Who gave you this name?
Ans. My Sponsors in Baptism;
wherein I was made a member of

And I pray unto God to give me his grace, that I may continue in the same unto my life's end.

Catechist. Rehearse the Articles of thy Belief.

Christ, the child of God, and an I

inheritor of the kingdom of Heaven.

Answer.
BELIEVE in God the Father
Almighty, Maker of heaven and

Quest. What did your Sponsors earth: then for you?

And in Jesus Christ his only Son Ans. They did promise and vow our Lord; Who was conceived by three things in my name: First, the Holy Ghost, Born of the Vir that I should renounce the devil gin Mary, Suffered under Pontius and all his works, the pomps and Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and vanity of this wicked world, and buried; He descended into hell; all the sinful lusts of the flesh; The third day he rose from the Secondly, that I should believe all dead; He ascended into heaven, the Articles of the Christian Faith; and sitteth on the right hand of And thirdly, that I should keep God the Father Almighty; From God's holy will and command-thence he shall come to judge the ments, and walk in the same all the quick and the dead." days of my life.

I believe in the Holy Ghost; The Quest. Dost thou not think that holy Catholic Church; The Comthou art bound to believe, and to munion of Saints; The forgiveness do, as they have promised for thee? of sins; The resurrection of the Ans. Yes, verily; and by God's body, And the life everlasting. help so I will: and I heartily thank Amen.

our heavenly Father, that he hath

Quest. What dost thou chiefly called me to this state of salvation, learn in these Articles of the Bethrough Jesus Christ our Saviour:lief?

Ans. First, I learn to believe in the seventh day: Wherefore the God the Father, who hath made Lord blessed the seventh day, and me, and all the world. hallowed it.

Secondly, in God the Son, who V. Honour thy father and thy hath redeemed me, and all man-mother, that thy days may be long kind. in the land which the Lord thy God

Thirdly, in God the Holy Ghost, giveth thee. who sanctifieth me, and all the peo- VI. Thou shalt do no murder. ple of God.

VII. Thou shalt not commit

Quest. You said that your Spon-adultery. sors did promise for you, that you should keep God's commandments: Tell me how many there are?

Ans. Ten.

Quest. Which are they?
Answer.

VIII. Thou shalt not steal. IX. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his THE same which God spake in servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, the twentieth chapter of Exo-nor his ass, nor any thing that is his. lus, saying, I am the Lord thy God, Quest. What dost thou chiefly who brought thee out of the land learn by these commandments? of Egypt, out of the house of bon- Ans. I learn two things; my duty dage. towards God, and my duty towards I. Thou shalt have none other my neighbour. gods but me.

Quest. What is thy duty towards

II. Thou shalt not make to thy-God? self any graven image, nor the Ans. My duty towards God is, likeness of any thing that is in hea- to believe in him; to fear him; and ven above, or in the earth beneath, to love him with all my heart, with or in the water under the earth. all my mind, with all my soul, Thou shalt not bow down to them, and with all my strength; to wornor worship them: For I the Lord ship him; to give him thanks; to thy God am a jealous God, and put my whole trust in him; to call visit the sins of the fathers upon upon him; to honour his holy Name the children, unto the third and and his Word; and to serve him fourth generation of them that hate truly all the days of my life. me; and show mercy unto thou- Quest. What is thy duty towards sands in them that love me, and thy neighbour?

keep my commandments.

Ans. My duty towards my neighIII. Thou shalt not take the bour is, to love him as myself, and name of the Lord thy God in vain. to do to all men as I would they For the Lord wilt not hold him should do unto me: To love, guiltless that taketh his name in honour, and succour my father and vain. mother: To honour and obey the IV. Remember that thou keep civil Authority: To submit myself holy the Sabbath-day. Six days to all my governors, teachers, shalt thou labour, and do all that spiritual pastors, and masters: To thou hast to do; but the seventh order myself lowly and reverently day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy to all my betters: To hurt no body God: In it thou shalt do no man- by word or deed: To be truc and ner of work, thou, and thy son, and just in all my dealings: To bear thy daughter, thy man-servant, and no malice or hatred in my heart: thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and To keep my hands from picking the stranger that is within thy and stealing, and my tongue from gates. For in six days the Lord evil speaking, lying, and slander! made heaven and earth, the sea, ing: To keep my body in tempeand all that in them is, and rested rance. soberness, and chastity:

Not to covet nor desire other men's Quest. What meanest thou by goods; but to learn and labour this word Sacrament?

as a means

truly to get mine own living, and Ans. I mean an outward and to do my duty in that state of life visible sign of an inward and spiriunto which it shall please God to tual grace, given unto us; ordained call me. by Christ himself; Catechist. My good child, know whereby we receive the same, and this, that thou art not able to do a pledge to assure us thereof. these things of thyself, nor to walk Quest. How many parts are in the commandments of God, and there in a Sacrament? to serve him, without his special Ans. Two; the outward visible Grace, which thou must learn at all sign, and the inward spiritual times to call for by diligent Prayer. grace. Let me hear, therefore, if thou canst say the Lord's Prayer?

Answer.

Quest. What is the outward visible sign or form in Baptism?

Ans. Water; wherein the per

OUR Father, who art in Heaven, son is baptized. In the name of Hallowed be thy Name; Thy the Father, and of the Son, and of Kingdom come; Thy Will be done the Holy Ghost.

on Earth, as it is in Heaven; Give Quest. What is the inward and us this day our daily bread; And spiritual grace?

forgive us our trespasses, as we Ans. A death unto sin, and a forgive those who trespass against new birth unto righteousness: For us; And lead us not into tempta- being by nature born in sin, and tion; But deliver us from evil. the children of wrath, we are hereAmen. by made the children of grace.

Quest. What desirest thou of God in this Prayer?

Quest. What is required of persons to be baptized?

Ans. I desire my Lord God, our Ans. Repentance, whereby they heavenly Father, who is the giver forsake sin; and Faith, whereby of all goodness, to send his grace they steadfastly believe the prounto me and to all people; that we mises of God made to them in that may worship him, serve him, and Sacrament.

obey him, as we ought to do: And Quest. Why then are Infants 1 pray unto God, that he will send baptized, when by reason of their us all things that are needful both tender age they cannot perform for our souls and bodies; and that them?

he will be merciful unto us, and Ans. Because they promise them forgive us our sins; and that it will both by their sureties; which proplease him to save and defend us in mise, when they come to age, themall dangers both of soul and body; selves are bound to perform. and that he will keep us from all Quest. Why was the Sacrament sin and wickedness, and from our of the Lord's Supper ordained? spiritual enemy, and from everlast-Ans. For the continual remem ing death: And this I trust he will brance of the sacrifice of the death do of his mercy and goodness, of Christ, and of the benefits which through our Lord Jesus Christ; we receive thereby. and therefore I say, Amen: So Quest. What is the outward par be it. or sign of the Lord's Supper? Ans. Bread and Wine, whica HOW, many Sacraments hath the Lord hath commanded to be

Question.

Christ ordained in his Church? received. Ans. Two only, as generally ne- Quest. What is the inward part cessary to salvation; that is to say, or thing signified? Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord.

Ans. The Body and Blood of Christ, which are spiritually taken