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Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in…
Ratio disciplinae fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A faithful account of the discipline professed and practised; in the churches of New-England. : With interspersed and instructive reflections on the discipline of the primitive churches. : [Seven lines from Ezekiel]
Boston: printed for S. Gerrish, 1726
Title page typeset from the transcription.
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.
But in the Churches of New-England such a Liberty is neither practised nor approved. In their Baptisms, the Pastors, pouring of Water with his Hand, on the Face of the Person before him, confines himself to the Words of the Institution. ⟨p. 76⟩Prefacing the Christian Name of the Person, [or saying, This Person (or Infant) whose Name is, [so or so,] I Baptise, or, [especially if it be an Adult Person, I baptise thee,] in [or, into] the Name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Upon this the Pastor annexes another short Prayer, wherein he commends the Infants, (if they be such) with their Parents, or the Persons baptised, unto the Mercies of GOD, in the New Covenant, now sealed unto them. He prays for the Mercies of the Covenant; particularly, that Application of the Blood of Sprinkling, and that Effusion of the Spirit of Grace, and that Portion in the Resurrection of the Just, whereof Baptism is to the Faithful, a Token for Good: And such a part in the Heavenly City, as God has prepared for them to whom He will be their GOD. He subjoins Petitions, that they, (and all) may as they grow up, remember also the Duties of the Covenant. And the Petitions on this Occasion put up for the Young People of the Flock, that they may be mindful of their Baptismal Engagements, and become shining Examples of Early Piety, are sometimes very flaming and Pathetical.
Some few, instead of this latter Prayer, do give the Parents a brief Admonition to bring up their Children in the Nurture and Admonition of the Lord. Be sure, if an Adult Person be baptised, an Admonition, has been sometimes, thought very agreeably to accompany the latter Prayer.
Some few, instead of this latter Prayer, do give the Parents a brief Admonition to bring up their Children in the Narture and Admonition of the Lord. Be sure, if an Adult Person be baptised, an Admonition, has been sometimes, thought very agreeably to accompany the latter Prayer.