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A petition for peace with the reformation of the liturgy, as it was presented…
A petition for peace with the reformation of the liturgy, as it was presented to the right reverend bishops, by the divines appointed by His Majesties commission to treat with them about the alteration of it.
London printed : s.n., MDCLXI 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.
Quest. Do you present and dedicate this Child unto God, to be baptized into this Faith, and solemnly engaged in this Covenant unto God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, against the Flesh, the Devil, and the World?
Quest. Do you present and dedicate this Childe unto God, to bee baptized into this Faith, and solemnly ingaged in this Covenant unto God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, against the Flesh, the Devil, and the World?
Ans. It is my desire (or) I do present and dedicate him for this end.
Quest. Do you here solemnly promise, that if God continue it with you, till it be capable of Instructions, you will faithfully endeavour to acquaint this Child with the Covenant in which he was here by you engaged and to instruct and exhort him to perform this Covenant, as ever he looks for the blessings of it, or to escape the curses and wrath of God: that is, That he renounce the Flesh, the World, and the Devil, and live not after them; And that he believe in this One God, in Three Persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, his Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier; That he resign himself to him as his absolute Owner, and obey h•m as his Supreme Governor, and love him as his most gracious Father, hoping to enjoy him as his Felicity in Endless Glory.
Quest. Do you here solemnly promise, that if God continue it with you, till it bee capable of Instructions, you will faithfully indeavour to acquaint this Childe with the Covenant in which hee was here by you ingaged and to instruct and exhort him to perform this Covenant, as ever hee looks for the blessings of it, or to escape the curses and wrath of God: that is, That hee renounce the Flesh, the World, and the Devil, and live not after them; And that hee beleeve in this One God, in Three Persons, the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, his Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier; That hee resign himself to him as his absolute Owner, and obey hm as his Supream Governour, and love him as his most gracious Father, hoping to injoy him as his Felicity in Endless Glory.