S. B.

mediately after the Blessing, reverently con- B. A. sume the same.

(t) Add the following rubrics:

And, Note, That every Communicant should
receive the Communion, at the least, three
times in the year, of which Easter to be one.
There shall be no Celebration of the Lord's
Supper, except there be a convenient number
to communicate with the Priest, according to
his discretion.

And even though there be not above twenty
persons in the Parish of discretion to receive
the Communion, yet there shall be no Cele-
bration, except three (or two at the least)
communicate with the Priest.*

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RESOLUTION XIII.

Resolved: That the following changes. be made in

THE MINISTRATION OF

PUBLIC BAPTISM OF INFANTS,

TO BE USED IN THE CHURCH,

and that the proposed alterations be made
known to the several Dioceses, in order
that they may be severally adopted in
the next General Convention, in accordance
with the provisions of Article VIII of the
Constitution.

(a) Add to the rubric immediately before 269 the first Exhortation the words, the People

*Here will follow the rubric and the two Exhortations transferred 266-269 to this place under the provisions of part (i).

S. B. all standing until the Lord's Prayer: so B. A. that the rubric will read as follows:

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If they answer No: then shall the Minister
proceed as followeth, the People all standing
until the Lord's Prayer.

(b) Alter the first sentence of the rubric
before the Gospel, so that it shall read:-
¶ Then the Minister shall say as followeth: or
else shall pass immediately to the questions
addressed to the Sponsors.

The rubric will then read as follows:

Then the Minister shall say as followeth: or
else shall pass immediately to the questions
addressed to the Sponsors; But, Note, that
in every Church the intermediate parts of the
Service shall be used, once at least in every
month (if there be a baptism), for the better
instructing of the People in the grounds of
Infant Baptism.

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(c) Print the Amen at the end of the 271 Prayer" Almighty and everlasting God, heavenly Father," &c., in Roman type, to indicate that the Prayer is to be said by Minister and People, and also make the corresponding change in the Office of 283 Adult Baptism.

RESOLUTION XIV.

Resolved: That the following changes be made in

THE MINISTRATION OF

PRIVATE BAPTISM OF CHILDREN

IN HOUSES,

S. B. and that the proposed alterations be made B. A. known to the several Dioceses, in order that they may be severally adopted in the next General Convention, in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII of the Constitution.

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(a) Omit from the first rubric all after
the word Children: so that the rubric will
read as follows:-

¶ The Minister of every Parish shall often
admonish the People, that they defer not the
Baptism of their Children.

(b) In the second rubric change they
(third word) to he and omit like: so that
the rubric will read as follows:

:

And also he shall warn them, that without
great cause and necessity, they procure not
their Children to be baptized at home in their
houses. But when need shall compel them so
to do, then Baptism shall be administered as
followeth.

(c) Change the wording of the First
Prayer of Thanksgiving, so that what fol-
lows the words "incorporate him into thy
holy Church," shall read:-

And we humbly beseech thee to grant, that as he is now made partaker of the death of thy Son, so he may be also of his resurrection; and that finally, with the residue of thy Saints, he may inherit thine everlasting kingdom; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

The Prayer will then read as follows:

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S. B. WE yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful B. A. Father, that it hath pleased thee to regen- 275 erate this Infant with thy Holy Spirit, to receive him for thine own Child by adoption, and to incorporate him into thy holy Church. And we humbly beseech thee to grant, that as he is now made partaker of the death of thy Son, so he may be also of his resurrection; and that finally, with the residue of thy Saints, he may inherit thine everlasting kingdom; through the same thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

(d) In the rubric after the Thanksgiving, 276 insert between the words in which case and the words he shall say the words all standing, and add to the form of certification which follows the rubric the words:

Who is now by Baptism incorporated into the Christian Church: for our Lord Jesus Christ doth not deny his grace and mercy unto such Infants, but most lovingly doth call them unto him, as the holy Gospel doth witness to our comfort.

so that the rubric and form of certification
will read as follows:-

And let them not doubt, but that the Child so
baptized is lawfully and sufficiently baptized,
and ought not to be baptized again. Yet nev-
ertheless, if the Child, which is after this sort
baptized, do afterward live, it is expedient that
it be brought into the Church, to the intent that
if the Minister of the same Parish did him-
self baptize that Child, the Congregation may
be certified of the true Form of Baptism, by
him privately before used: In which case, all
standing, he shall say thus:-

S. B.

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CERTIFY you, that according to the due B. A. and prescribed Order of the Church, at such a time, and at such a place, before divers witnesses, I baptized this Child, who is now by Baptism incorporated into the Christian Church: for our Lord Jesus Christ doth not deny his grace and mercy unto such Infants, but most lovingly doth call them unto him, as the holy Gospel doth witness to our comfort.

(e) Omit from the second form of certification the words on this wise, and from the rubric that follows it the words or else shall pass on to the questions addressed to the Sponsors: so that the form of certification and the rubric following it will read as follows:

I

CERTIFY you, that in this case all is well
done, and according unto due order, con-
cerning the baptizing of this Child; who is
now by Baptism incorporated into the Christian
Church; for our Lord Jesus Christ doth not
deny his grace and mercy unto such Infants,
but most lovingly doth call them unto him, as
the holy Gospel doth witness to our comfort.
¶ Then the Minister shall say as followeth.

RESOLUTION XV.

Resolved: That the following changes be made in

THE MINISTRATION OF

BAPTISM TO SUCH AS ARE OF RIPER YEARS,
AND ABLE TO ANSWER FOR THEMSELVES,

and that the proposed alterations be made.
known to the several Dioceses, in order