...as regenerate, without usurping the sole prerogativeof God. Wherefore the Church of England says, ' is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him." Of baptism, the deluge was the type. And baptism, again, prefigures the resurrection-life, 'a death...

...of God ;— that although, when baptized, thanksgivings were made on her account in these words ; " We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...to regenerate this infant with thy Holy Spirit;"— and that although she has been taught to repeat this sentence of the Church Catechism ; " In my baptism,...

...us. And }ead us not into temptation ; but deliver OB from evil. Amen. Toon shall the Priest nay, W o| 3 x a y u t _ hӂ A 2 + P!O a oJ 5 j Yo A Z $M s Ihi- int'niit with thy Holy Spirit, to receive him far thine own child by adoption, and to incorporate...

...lead the rest of his life according to this beginning. Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed, &.c. We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...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...

...letter to Mr. Charles Wesley, September 20, 1762 :— " Truly you are a pleasant casuist. What ! ' It hath pleased thee to regenerate this infant with...adoption, and to incorporate him into thy holy Church.' Does all this signify nothing more than being taken into the visible Church? " How came you to think...

...direction, say over myriads of infants, " Wo yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it has pleased thee to regenerate this 'infant with thy Holy Spirit, to receive him for thy own child," &c. And in her catechism she teaches all children to say, as soon as they can speak,...

...great goodness, to take unto himself the soul of our dear brother ;" the other, where it is written, " We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world ;" and then let, not only every clergyman,...

...Christian life." — Office of Public Baptism. [NB Mr. Milner was a minister of the church of England.] " We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...to regenerate this infant with thy Holy Spirit."— Office of Public Baptism. " Seeing now, dearly beloved brethren, that this child is, by baptism, regenerate."...

...knowledge of which is essential to confirmation and communion. After baptism the priest shall say, ' We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this infant by thy Holy Spirit.' At confirmation the biilwp shall say, 'Almighty and everlasting God, who hast...

...ascend before the throne the prayer of devout thanksgiving; the song of joyful praise ; even " we give thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thee to call this, our dear brother, and fellow-soldier, from the toils and trials of the church militant on...