...exceptional mode being that of aspersion. Our rubric lays down this rule : " And then he (the minister) shall dip it " in the water discreetly and warily . . ....weak, it shall suffice to " pour water upon it." The reason for this concession can be easily apprehended, for that which might in other climates be harmless,...

...the Second, 1662, directs: " (If they shall certify him that the child may well endure it) he shall dip it in the water discreetly and warily. . . . But...child is weak, it shall suffice to pour water upon it. " That immersion was aa rigidly required by the Church in England before the Reformation, appears,...

...di=upon it, saying the foresaid words, erectly and warily, saving , Jf. I I baptize," &c. baptize, &o. But if they certify that the child is weak, it shall suffice to pour water upon it, saying the foresaid words : N. I baptize," Ac. It will be seen that trine immersion was completely...

...saying, I baptize thee In the Name of • the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. f Sut if they certify that the Child is weak, it shall suffice to pour water upon it, saying theforesaid words, N1 baptize thee In the name of • the Father, and of the Son, and of the...

...warily, after he " has been certified that the child may well endure it." If, on the other hand, " they certify that the child is weak, it shall suffice to pour water upon it." In the service for Private Baptism, the sole direction is that "the minister shall pour water upon...

...the Rubric next after the one which we last considered, prescribes that " if they (the Godparents) certify that the child is weak it shall suffice to pour water upon it, saying," &c. " The weakness of the Rubric (says a judicious annotator) may justly be assumed without...

...Rubric. " N. I baptize thee In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen." But if they certify that the Child is weak, it shall suffice to pour water upon it, saying the aforesaid words. 2. In the Private Baptism of Infants, the following occurs : — First...

...well endure it, the priest shall dip it in the water discreetly and warily. . . . But, if they shall certify that the child is weak, it shall suffice to pour water on it." § So Bingham, xi. u, 5 ; citing Cyprian, Ep. 69. Observe that the original Greek verb baptize,...

...the minister to "dip the child in the water discreetly and warily," but adds that "if they certify the child is weak, it shall suffice to pour water upon it." Indeed, I incline to think that the practice, now general, of only "pouring water upon it," is due...

.... dip him in the water, or pour water upon him ;" that for the Baptism of infants runs : "He shall dip it in the water discreetly and warily." " But...is weak, it shall suffice to pour water upon it," &c.] (31-33) 9. On what warrant then do we substitute "pouring on water'1'1 for dipping in water ?...