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Grant that they being here dearcated to thee by our Office and Ministry, may also be endued with heavenly virtues, and everlastingly rewarded, through thy mercy, O bleffed Lord God, who doft live and govern all things, world without end. Amen.

be fhall not be an amed to confefs the faith of Christ crucified, 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.

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whofe most dearly beloved Son Jefus Chrift, for the forgiveness of our fins, did fhed out of his moft precious fide both water and blood, and gave commandment to his difciples, that they fhould go teach all nations, and baptize them, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; Regard, we beseech thee, the fupplications of thy congregation: fanctify this water to the myftical washing away of fin: and grant that the perfons now to be baptized therein, may receive the fulness of thy grace, and ever remain in the number

of thy faithful and elect children, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

Then fhall the Prieft take each perfon to be baptized by the right band, and placing him conveniently by the Font, according to his difcretion, shall afk the Godfathers and Godmothers the Name; and then fhall dip bim in the water, or pour water upon him, faying,

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¶ Then shall the Priest say, Eeing now, dearly beloved brethren, that thefe perfons are regenerate, and grafted into the body of Chrift's Church, let us give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits, and with one accord make our prayers unto him, that they may lead the rest of their life according to this beginning.

Then fhall be faid the Lord's
Prayer, all kneeling.

UR Father which art in
heaven, Hallowed be thy
Name; Thy kingdom come;
it is in heaven: Give us this
Thy will be done in earth, as
day our daily bread; And for-
our trefpaffes, as we
give us
forgive them that trefpafs a-
gainst us; And lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from
evil. Amen.

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WE yield thee humble

thanks, O heavenly Fa ther, that thou haft vouchsafed to call us to the knowledge of thy grace, and faith in thee; Increafe this knowledge, and confirm this faith in us ever

more. Give

of the Son, and of the Holy

Ghoft. Amen.

Then fall the Prieft fay,
TE receive this perfon in

born again, and made heirs of
thefe perfons, that being now
everlasting falvation, through
our Lord Jefus Chrift, they may
continue thy fervants, and at-

WErective congregation of tain thy promifes, through the

Priest ball make

Here the Christ's flock; and a Crofs upen the do* fign him with Perfon's forebead. the fign of the Crofs; in token that hereafter

fame Lord Jefus Chrift thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the fame Holy Spirit everlastingly. Amen.

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Then all Anding up, the Priest fhall ufe this Exhortation following Speaking to the Godfa thers and Godmothers firft. Orafmuch thefe have

And then speaking to the new baptized Perfons, he shall proceed, and fay,) AND as for you, who have Fromised in your prefence Chrift, it is your part and duty

to renounce the devil and all his works, to believe in God, and to ferve him; ye muft remem. ber that it is your part and duty to put them in mind what a folemn vow, promife, and profeffion they have now made before this congregation, and especially before you their chofen witneffes. And ye are alfo to call upon them to ufe all diligence to be rightly inftructed in God's holy Word, that so they may grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and live godly, righteously, and foberly in this prefent world.

by Baptism,

alfo, being made the children of God, and of the light by faith in Jefus Chrift, to walk anfwerably to your Christian calling, and as becometh, the children of light: remembering always that Baptifm reprefenteth unto us our profeffion; which is to follow the example of our Saviour Chrift, and to be 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 godliness of living.

It is expedient that every Perfon, thus baptized, fhould be confirmed By the Bishop, fo foon after his Baptifm as conveniently may bez that fo be may be admitted to the Holy Communion.

If any Perfons not baptized in their Infancy, fhall be brought to be baptized before they come to years of difcretion to answer for themfelves; it may fuffice to use the Office for Publick Baptifm of Infants, or (in cafe of extreme danger) the Office for Private Baptifm, only changing the word (Infant) for (Child or Perfon) as occafion requiretb.

A CATECHISM; that is to say, an Inftruction, to be learned of every Perfon, before he be brought to be confirmed by the Bishop. Question.

is your Name?

WAnwer, N. or M.
Queft. Who gave you this
Name?

Anfwer. My Godfathers and Godmothers in my Baptifm; wherein I was made a member of Chrift, the Child of God, and an inheritor of the kingdom of heaven.

Queft. What did your Godfathers and Godmothers then for you?

Anjw. They did promise and vow three things in my name :

First that I fhould renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanity of this wicked world, and all the finful lufts of the flesh. Secondly, that I fhould believe all the Articles of the Chriftian Faith. And thirdly, that I fhould keep God's holy Will and Commandments, and walk in the fame all the days of my life.

Queft. Doft thou not think that thou art bound to believe, and to do, as they have promifed for thee?

Anfw.

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Anfwer.

I Believe in God the Father and mighty, Maker of heaven and earth:

And in Jefus Chrift his only Son our Lord Who was conceived by the Holy Ghoft, born of the Virgin Mary, Suffered under Pontius Pilate, Was crucified, dead, and buried; He defcended into hell; The third day he refe again from the dead; He afcended into heaven, And fitteth on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; From thence he fhall come to judge the quick and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Ghoft; The holy catholick Church; The Communion of Saints; The Forgiveness of fins; The Refurrection of the Body; And the Life everlafting. Amen.

Surft. What doft thou chiefly learn in thefe Articles of thy belief?

Anfw. First, learn to believe in God the Father, who hath made me, and all the world.

Secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed me, and all mankind.

Thirdly, in God the Holy Ghoft, who fanctifieth me, and all the elect people of God.

Queft. You faid that your Godfathers and Godmothers did promife for you, that you mould keep God's command

ments Tell me how many there be?

Anfw. Ten..

Quest. Which be they?
Anfaver.

in the twentieth Chapter of HE fame which God fpake Exodus, faying, I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the houfe of bondage.

I. Thou fhalt have none other gods but me.

II. Thou shalt not make to

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the likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor worship them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, and visit the fins of the fathers upon the chil dren, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and hew mercy unto thoufands in them that love me, and keep my commandments.

III. Thou shalt not take the Name of the Lord thy God in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his Name in vain.

IV. Remember that thou keep holy the Sabbath day. Six days fhalt thou labour, and do all that thou haft to do: but the feventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: In it thou fhalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy fon and thy daughter, thy man-fervant, and thy maid-fervant, thy cattle, and the ftranger that is within thy gates. For in fix days the Lord made heaven and earth, the fea, and all that in them is, and refted the feventh day: wherefore the Lord bleffed the feventh day, and hallowed it.

V. Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be

long

long in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

VI. Thou shalt do no murder. VII. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

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

X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's houfe, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his fervant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is his.

Quest, What doft thou chiefly learn by thefe commandments? Anf. I learn two things: My duty towards God, and my duty towards my neighbour.

Queft. What is thy duty towards God?

Anfw. My duty towards God is to believe in him, to fear him, and to love him with all my heart, with all my mind, with all my foul, and with all my ftrength; to worship him, to give him thanks, to put my whole truft in him, to call upon him, to honour his holy Name and his Word; and to ferve him truly all the days of my life.

Queft. What is thy duty towards thy Neighbour?

Anf. My duty towards my Neighbour is to love him as myfelf, and to do to all men, as I would they fhould do unto me. To love, honour, and fuccour, my father and mother, To honour, and obey the King, and all that are put in authority under him. To fubmit myself to all my governors, teachers, fpiritual paftors and mafters. To order myself lowly and reverently to all my betters. To hurt no body by word or deed. To be true and just in all my dealings. To bear no malice nor hatred in my heart. To

keep my hands from picking and ftealing, and my tongue from evil fpeaking, lying and flandering. To keep my body in temperance, fobérnefs, and Chaftity. Not to covet nor defire other men's goods; but to learn and labour truly to get mine own living, and to do my duty in that ftate of life, unto which it fhall please God to call me.

Catechift. My good child, know this, that thou art not able to do these things of thyfelf, nor to walk in the commandments of God, and to ferve him, without his fpecial grace, which thou must learn at all times to call for by diligent Prayer. Let me hear therefore if thou canst fay the Lord's Prayer?

Anfwer.

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.

UR Father which art in

Queft. What defireft thou of God in this Prayer?

Anfwer. I defire my Lord God our heavenly Father, who is the giver of all goodnefs, to fend his grace unto me, and to all people, that we may worship him, ferve him, and obey him, as we ought to do. And I pray unto God that he will fend us all things that be needful both for our fouls and bodies; and that he will be merciful unto us, and forgive us our fins; and that it will pleafe him to fave and defend us in all dangers ghoftly and bodily; and that he will

keep

keep us from all fin and wicked.. nefs, and from our ghoftly ene my, and from everlasting death. And this I truft he will do of his mercy and goodness, through our Lord Jefus Chrift. And therefore I fay, Amen. So be it.

Queftion.

How many Sacraments hath

Chrift ordained in hisChurch? Aufzo. Two only, as generally neceffary to falvation; that is to fay, Baptifm, and the Supper of the Lord.

Quest. What meanest thou by this word Sacrament?

Anfw. I mean an outward and vifible fign of an inward and fpiritual grace, given unto us, ordained by Chrift himself, as a means whereby we receive the fame, and a pledge to affure us thereof.

Queft. How many parts are there in a Sacrament?

Anfw. Two the outward vifible fign, and the inward fpiritual grace.

Queft. What is the outward vifible fign, or form in Baptifm? Anfw. Water wherein the perfon is baptized, In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghoft. Queft. What is the inward and fpiritual grace?

Anfw. A death unto fin, and a new birth unto righteoufnefs: for being by nature born in fin, and the children of wrath, we are hereby made the children of grace.

Queft. What is required of perfons to be baptized?

Anfw. Repentance, whereby they forfake fin and Faith, whereby they ftedfaftly believe the promises of God made to them in that Sacrament.

Queft. Why then are Infants baptized, when by reafon of their tender age they cannot perform them?

Anfw. Because they promife them both by their Sureties: which promife, when they come to age, themselves are bound to

perform.

ueft. Why was the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper ordained?

Anfw. For the continual remembrance of the facrifice of the death of Chrift, and of the benefits which we receive thereby.

Queft. What is the outward part, or fign of the Lord's Supper?

Anfw. Bread and Wine, which the Lord hath commanded to be received.

Queft. What is the inward part, or thing fignified?

Anfw. The Body and Blood of Chrift, which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper.

Queft. What are the benefits whereof we are partakers thereby?

Anfw. The ftrengthening and refreshing of our fouls by the Body and Blood of Chrift, as our bodies are by the bread and wine.

Quest. What is required of them who come to the Lord's Supper?

Anfw. To examine themfelves, whether they repent them truly of their former fins, ftedfaftly purpofing to lead a new life; having a lively faith In God's mercy through Christ, with a thankful remembrance of his death; and be in charity with all men.

The Curate of every Parifh fhall diligently upon Sundays and Holydays, after the fecond Leffon at Evening Prayer, openly in the Church inftruct and examine fo many Children of bis Parish fent unto him, as be fball think convenient, in some part of this Catéchism.

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