...child as an immortal being. They are, in short, equivalent to the words which just preceded them : " We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...it hath pleased thee to regenerate this infant with thy'Holy Spirit, to receive b.im for thine own child by adoption, and to incorporate him into thy holy...

...175, note (<>}. In the prayer after Baptism, every child is expressly declared to be regenerated : " We yield thee hearty " thanks, most merciful Father,...and " to incorporate him into thy holy Church." And in the Office of private Baptism it is unreservedly stated, that he 'ris now by the laver of regeneration...

...baptism is a saving ordinance. "Seeing now, dearly beloved brethren, that this child is regenerate." "We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...thee to regenerate this infant with thy Holy Spirit, "f * For the popish character of the English church service at large, in the estimation of the first...

...having children registered. After signing the child with the sign of the cross, the priest says, " We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful father, that it hath pleased the* to regenerate this infant with thy holy spirit. to receive it for thine own by adoption, andio...

...soul unto everlasting life." " Seeing now, dearly beloved brethren, that this child is regenerate." " We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...to regenerate this infant with thy Holy Spirit."* 3. That baptism is a saving ordinance. " When the prayer is done, the bishop, with the priests present,...

...us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. Amen. ^f Then shall the Minister say, WE yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thee to receive this Infant into the Christian Church by baptism; and humbly \ve beseech thee to grant, that...

...thanks uulo God, and say, WE yield thec hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thec to regenerate this Infant with thy holy Spirit, to...incorporate him into thy holy Church. And humbly we beseech thee^to grant, Uiat he, being dead unto sin, and living unto righteousness, and being buried with Christ...

...God, grant that the old Adam in this Child may be so buried that the new man may be raised up in him, We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...thee to regenerate this Infant with thy Holy Spirit, And humbly we beseech thee to grant that he being dead unto Sin, ...... BAPTISM OF SUCH AS ARE OF RIPER...

...be made an heir of everlasting Salvation, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Then the Priest shall say, We yield thee hearty thanks most merciful Father,...pleased thee to regenerate this infant with thy Holy Ghost, to receive him for thine own child by adoption, and to incorporate him into thy holy Church....

...of the Son, and of the Holy. Ghost. T Then the Minister shall groe thanks unto God, and say, TS/'E yield thee hearty thanks, ' " most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thee to regenerate ¡hit Infant with thy holy Spirit, to receive him for thine own Child by adoption, and to incorporate...