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An account of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persuasions appointedAn accompt of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persvvasions appointed
An account of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persuasions appointed by His Sacred Majesty, according to letters patent, for the review of the Book of common prayer, &c.An accompt of all the proceedings of the commissioners of both persvvasions appointed by His Sacred Majesty, according to letters patent, for the review of the Book of common prayer, &c.
London : s.n., 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Prayer before the Imposition of hands.
Who hast vouchsafed to regenerate these thy servants by Water and the Holy Ghost, and hast given unto them the forgiveness of all their sins.
This supposeth that all the Children who are brought to be Confirmed, have the Spirit of Christ, and the forgiveness of all their sins: Whereas ⟨p. 27⟩a great number of Children at that age, having committed many sins since their Baptism, do show no evidence of serious Repentance, or of any special saving grace: And therefore this Confirmation (if administered to such) would be a perilous and gross abuse.
This supposeth that all the Children who are brought to be Confirmed, have the Spirit of Christ, and the forgiveness of all their sins: Whereas ⟨p. 27⟩a great number of Children at that age, having committed many sins since their Baptism, do shew no evidence of serious Repentance, or of any special saving grace: And therefore this Confirmation (if administred to such) would be a perillous and gross abuse.