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The grand debate between the most reverend bishops and the Presbyterian divines appointed by…
The grand debate between the most reverend bishops and the Presbyterian divines appointed by His Sacred Majesty as commissioners for the review and alteration of the Book of common prayer, &c. : being an exact account of their whole proceedings : the most perfect copy.
London printed : 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 Imposition of hands.
Who hast vouchsafed to regenerate these thy servants by water and the holy Ghost, and hast given them the forgiveness of all their sins.
Who hast vouchsafed to regenerate these thy servants by water and the holy Ghost, and hast given them the forgivenesse of all their sins.
This supposeth all the Children who are brought to be confirmed, 1have the Spirit of Christ, and the forgiveness of all their fins: whereas a great number of Children of 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 all the Children who are brought to be confirmed, 1have the Spirit of Christ, and the forgivenesse of all their fins: whereas a great number of Children of that age having committed many sins since their Baptism, doe shew no evidence of serious repentance, or of any speciall saving grace: And therefore this confirmation (if administred to such) would be a perillous and gross abuse.
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