The Book of Common Prayer: and The Scottish LiturgyEpiscopal Church in Scotland
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The Book of Common Prayer: and The Scottish Liturgy
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_Then shall the Priest demand the Name of the Child; which by the
Godfathers and Godmothers pronounced, the Minister shall say_,
Dost thou, in the name of this Child, renounce the devil and all
his works, the vain pomp and glory of this world, with all covetous
desires of the same, and the carnal desires of the flesh, so that
thou wilt not follow nor be led by them?
_Answer_. I renounce them all.
_Minister_.
Dost thou believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and
earth?
And in Jesus Christ his only-begotten Son our Lord? And that he was
conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; that he
suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried;
that he went down into hell, and also did rise again the third
day; that he ascended into heaven, and sitteth at the right hand
of God the Father Almighty; and from thence shall come again at the
end of the world, to judge the quick and the dead?
And dost thou believe in the Holy Ghost; the holy Catholic Church;
the Communion of Saints; the Remission of sins; the Resurrection
of the flesh; and everlasting life after death?
_Answer_. All this I stedfastly believe.
_Minister_.
Wilt thou then obediently keep God's holy will and commandments,
and walk in the same all the days of thy life?
_Answer_. I will.
_Then the Priest shall say_,
We receive this Child into the Congregation of Christ's flock,
and do * sign _him_ with the Sign Of Cross, in token that hereafter
_he_ shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified,
and manfully to fight under his banner against sin, the world, and
the devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant
unto _his_ life's end. Amen.
[Margin Note:] * _The Priest shall make a Cross upon the Child's
forehead_.
_Then shall the Priest say_,
Seeing now, dearly beloved brethren, that this Child is by Baptism
regenerate and grafted into the body of Christ's Church, let us
give thanks unto Almighty God for these benefits, and with one
accord make our prayers unto him, that _he_ may lead the rest of
_his_ life according to this beginning.
_Then shall the Priest say_,
We yield thee most hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it
hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with thy Holy Spirit,
to receive _him_ for thine own Child by adoption, and to incorporate
_him_ into thy holy Church. And humbly we beseech thee to grant
that _he_ being dead unto sin, and living unto righteousness, and
being buried with Christ in his death, may crucify the old man,
and utterly abolish the whole body of sin; and that, as _he_ is
made partaker of the death of thy Son, he may also be partaker of
his resurrection; so that finally, with the residue of thy holy
Church, he may be an inheritor of thine everlasting kingdom; through
Jesus Christ our Lord. _Amen_.
_Then, all standing up, the Minister shall make this exhortation
to the Godfathers and Godmothers_.
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