Reliquiæ Baxterianæ, or, Mr. Richard Baxters narrative of the most memorable passages of his…

and therefore we desire that the two first Interrogatories may be put to the Parents to be answered in their own Names, and the last propounded to the Parents or Pro-parents thus, Will you have this Child Baptized into this Faith? The Questions. | Doest thou forsake, &c. | Doest thou believe, &c. | Wilt thou be Baptized, &c. | The second Prayer before Baptism. | May receive remission of Sins by spiritual Regeneration. | This expression seeming inconvenient, We desire it may be changed into this; May be regenerated and receive the Remission of Sins. In the Prayer after Baptism. | That it hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant by thy holy Spirit. | We cannot in Faith say, that every Child that is baptized is regenerated by God's Holy Spirit; at least it is a disputable point, and therefore we desire it may be otherwise expressed. After Baptism. | Then shall the Priest make a Cross, &c. | Concerning the Cross in Baptism, we refer to our 18th General. Of Private Baptism. WE desire that Baptism may not be administered in a private place at any time, unless by a lawful Minister, and in the presence of a competent Number: That where it is evident that any Child hath been so baptised, no part of the Administration may be reiterated in public, under any Limitations: And therefore we see no need of any Liturgy in that Case. ⟨p. 328⟩Of the Catechism. Catechism. | Exception. 1 Quest. What is your Name, &c. 2 Quest. Who gave you that Name? | WE desire these three first Questions may be altered; considering that the far greater number of Persons Baptized within these Twenty years last past, had no Godfathers or Godmothers at their Baptism: The like to be done in the seventh Question. Ans. My Godfathers and my Godmothers in my Baptism. | 3 Quest. What did your Godfathers and Godmothers do for you in Baptism? | 2 Ans. In my Baptism, wherein I was made a Child of God, a Member of Christ, and an Inheritor of the Kingdom of Heaven. | We conceive it might be more safely expressed thus; Wherein I was visibly admitted into the number of the Members of Christ, the Children of God, and the Heirs (rather than Inheritors) of the Kingdom of Heaven. Of the Rehearsal of the Ten Commandments. | We desire that the Commandments be inserted according to the New Translation of the Bible. 10 Ans. My Duty towards God is to believe in him, &c.

and therefore we desire that the two first Interrogatories may be put to the Parents to be answered in their own Names, and the last propounded to the Parents or Pro-parents thus, Will you have this Child Baptized into this Faith? The Questions. | Doest thou forsake, &c. | Doest thou believe, &c. | Wilt thou be Baptized, &c. | The second Prayer before Baptism. | May receive remission of Sins by spiritual Regeneration. | This expression seeming inconvenient, We desire it may be changed into this; May be regenerated and receive the Remission of Sins. In the Prayer after Baptism. | That it hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant by thy holy Spirit. | We cannot in Faith say, that every Child that is baptized is regenerated by God's Holy Spirit; at least it is a disputable point, and therefore we desire it may be otherwise expressed. After Baptism. | Then shall the Priest make a Cross, &c. | Concerning the Cross in Baptism, we refer to our 18th General. Of Private Baptism. WE desire that Baptism may not be administred in a private place at any time, unless by a lawful Minister, and in the presence of a competent Number: That where it is evident that any Child hath been so baptised, no part of the Administration may be reiterated in publick, under any Limitations: And therefore we see no need of any Liturgy in that Case.