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Holy Spirit, to maintain a more vigorous Defence againft Satan and his Devices. Shower down thy Graces and Bleffings upon all my Relations, [on my Father and Mother, on my Brethren and Sifters] on all my Friends, and give thy holy Angels Charge over them, to protect them from all Sin and Danger. Make me diligent in the Duties of my Calling, and that in all the Changes and Chances of this Life, I may abfolutely submit to thy Divine Providence. Let thy Bleffing be upon my Actions, and let thy Wisdom direct my Intentions, that fo the whole Courfe of my Life, and the principal Designs of my Heart, may be ordered by thy Governance to do always that is righteous in thy Sight, through Jefus Chrift, our Lord. Amen. See Pfal. 4. 16. 17. 23.86.

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HE Bleffing of God defcend upon me, and all belonging to me, and dwell in my Heart for evermore; and bless Amen. my going out and my coming in now and for ever.

EVENING PRAYER.

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ET my Prayer, O Lord, be fet forth as Incenfe, and

Pial. 141. 2. O Lord our Heavenly Father, Almighty and Everlasting God, whofe Glory the Heaven of Heavens cannot contain, look down from the Throne of thy Majefty, and behold thy unworthy Servant, proftrate at the Feet of thy Mercy, humbly confeffing unto thee the VaHere name particular Sins nity and Sinfulness of my whole and Failings of the Day. Life; efpecially the Omiffions and Commiffions of my Duty this Day, wherewith I have fo lately offended thine infinite Majefty and Goodness, and fo grievously wounded my own Soul: Of thefe and all other my Tranfgreffions, I most earnestly repent, and am heartly forry for thefe my Mifdoings; the Remembrance of them is grievous unto me, the Burthen of them is intolerable: Have Mercy upon ne, most merciful Father, for thy Son Jefus Chrift's Sake, forgive me all that is past, and accept of thefe my Prayers and

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Supplications, thro' the Merits and Mediation of the fame, our Mediator and Redeemer. And altho' I am unworthy, thro' my manifold Sins and Iniquities, to offer unto thee any Sacrifice of Praise and Thanksgiving, yet I befeech thee to accept of this my bounden Duty, my unfeigned Thanks for all thy Goodnefs and loving KindHere name parnefs to me and all Mankind, purely pro- ticular Bleffings ceeding from thy Bounty, and wholly in- and Mercies. tended for my Good, and particularly for preferving me this Day in the midst of fo many Dangers incident to my Condition, and from fo many Calamities as are due to my Sins. Thou art my Creator, O my God, and Protector; thou art the ultimate End of my Being, and fupreme Perfection of my Nature; under the Shadow of thy Wings is perpetual Repofe, and from the Light of thy Countenance flows eternal Joy and Felicity, to whom be Glory and Honour, World without End. Amen.

And thou, O Lord, by whom Kings reign, and Princes decree Juftice, blefs our moft gracious Sovereign Lord King George, their Royal Highneffes George Prince of Wales, the Duke, the Princeffes, and all the Royal Family: All my Relations, Friends, and kind Benefactors; let

Here name parthy Providence fuccour them and theirs ticular Perfons. from all Evil and Danger, and do thou reward them sevenfold into their Bofom, for all the Good they have done or faid of me. Be pleafed likewise, O Lord, (in whofe Hands are the Iffues of Life and Death) to fuccour, help and comfort all that are in Danger, Neceffity and Tribulation, all that labour under any bodily pain or Especially thofe Sickness, Temptation, or are difturbed in for whom our PrayMind, relieve fuch according to their fe- ers are defired. veral Neceffities, giving them Patience under their Sufferings, and a happy Iffue out of all their Afflictions. Subdue in me the evil Spirit of Wrath and Revenge, and dif pofe my Heart patiently to bear Reproaches and Wrongs, and to be ready not only to forgive, but alfo to do Good for Evil, that all Men may know that I am Chrift's Difciple. And finally, O Lord, fince thou haft ordained the Day to labour in, and the Night to take our Reft, as I

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praise thee for the Mercies of the Day, fo I humbly beg the Continuance of thy gracious Protection over me this Night. Let thy holy Angels pitch their Tents about my Bed, that being fafely delivered from all Perils and Dangers of this Night, and comfortably refreshed with mo derate Sleep, I may be enabled to difcharge the Duties of my Calling, and faithfully to perfevere in Holiness and Pureness of Living all the Days of my Life, to thy Honour and Glory, thro' our only Mediator and Advocate, Jefus Christ our Lord. Amen. Our Father, &c.

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Will lay me down in Peace, and take my Reft, for it is thou, Lord, only that maketh me to dwell in Safety; and into thy Hands I recommend my Spirit, my Soul, and my Body, for thou baft redeemed me, O Lord, thou God of Truth.

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The Miniftration of PUBLICK BAPTISM of Infants, to be used in the Church.

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HE People are to be admonished, that it is most convenient that Baptifm fhould not be administered but upon Sundays, and other Holy-days, when the most number of People come together: as well for that the Congregation there prefent may teftify the receiving of them that be newly baptized into the number of Chrift's Church; as aljo because in the Baptifm of Infants, every man prefent may be put in remembrance of his own Profeffion made to God in bis Baptifm. For which cause also it is expedient that Baptism be ministered in the Vulgar Tongue. Nevertheless (if necessity so require) Children may be baptized upon any other day.

And note, That there fhall be for every Male-Child to be baptized, two Godfathers and one Godmother and for every Female, one Godfather and truo Godmothers.

When there are Children to be baptized, the Parents fhall give knowledge thereof over night, or in the Morning before the beginning of Morning Prayer to the Curate. And then the Godfathers and Godmothers, and the People, with the Children, must be ready at the Font, either immediately after the laft Lefon at Morning Prayer, or elfe immediately after the laft Leffon at Evening Prayer, as the Curate by his difcretion fhall appoint. And the Prieft coming to the Font (which is then to be filled with pure Water) and Banding berz, full fag,

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ATH this Child been already baptized, or
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If they answer No: Then fall the Prieft proceed as followweth.
Early beloved, forafmuch as all men are conceived and

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born in fin, and that our Saviour Chrift faith, None can enter into the kingdom of God, except he be regenerate and born anew of Water and of the Holy Ghoft; I beseech you to call upon God the Father, through our Lord Jefus Chrift, that of his bounteous mercy he will grant to this Child that thing which by nature be cannot have, that he may be baptized with Water and the Holy Ghost, and received into Chrift's holy Church, and be made a lively mem↳ ber of the fame.

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ing by water, and alfo didft fafely lead the children of Ifrael thy people through the Red fea, figuring thereby thy holy Baptifm, and by the Baptifm of thy well-beloved Son Jefus Chrift in the river Jordan, didft fanctify Water to the mystical washing away of fin; We befeech thee for thine infinite mercies, that thou wilt mercifully look upon this Child; wash him and fanctify him with the Holy Ghoft; that be being delivered from thy wrath, may be received into the ark of Chrift's Church; and being ftedfaft in faith, joyful through hope, and rooted in charity, may fo pafs the waves of this troublesome world, that finally be may come to the land of everlafting life; there to reign with thee world without end, through Jefus Chrift our Lord. Amen.

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Lmighty and immortal God, the aid of all that need, the helper of all that flee to thee for fuccour, the life of them that believe, and the refurrection of the dead; We call upon thee for this Infant; that be coming to thy holy Baptifm, may receive remiffion of bis fins by fpiritual regeneration. Receive him, O Lord, as thou haft promised by thy well-beloved Son, faying, Afk, and ye fhall have; feek, and ye, fhall find; knock, and it fhall be opened unto you: So give now unto us that afk; let us that feek, find; open the gate unto us that knock; that this Infant may enjoy the everlasting benediction of thy heavenly washing, and may come to the eternal kingdom which thou haft promifed by Christ our Lord. Amen.

Then fball the People ftand up, and the Prieft fball fay, Hear the words of the Gofpel written by Saint Mark, in the tenth Chapter, at the thirteenth Verfe:

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HEY brought young children to Chrift, that he fhould touch them; and his difciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jefus taw it, he was much difpleafed, 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 fhall 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.

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