The FORM of

Confecrating the MILK and HONEY for the Baptized.

When the Milk and Honey for the Baptized are to be confecrated, the Deacon immediately after the Nicene Creed in the Euchariftick Service, shall bring a proper quantity of Milk and Honey mixed together in a decent vessel to the Bishop, who shall place it upon the Altar; and then turning to the People, he shall fay,

The Lord be with you.

Anfw. And with thy spirit.

Then shall the Deacon fay to the People,

Let us pray.

Then the People shall kneel down; and the Bishop turning to the Altar, and standing before it, shali fay the following prayer.

Almighty God, who didst bring thy chosen people into a land flowing with milk and honey, a figure of the spiritual land of rest, thy holy church; and who hast taught us as new-born babes to defire the fincere milk of thy word: Bless Here the Bishop is to make the fign of the cross over the Milk and Honey these thy creatures of Milk and Honey;

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Honey; and grant that all those who after baptifm shall taste thereof, may be adopted into thy family, may preserve their baptifmal innocence, and may at length be fed with that blessed milk and honey, which floweth for ever in the heavenly Jerufalem, the city that is above, through thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ our Lord; by whom and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, all honour and glory be unto Thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen.

Then the People shall rise, and the Deacon Shall carry the confecrated Milk and Honey into the Vestry, or to some other convenient place.

Note, every Priest must take care to apply to the Bishop for confecrated Milk and Honey, who shall upon fuch their application furnish them therewith,

The ORDER of

CONFIRMATION,

OR,

Laying on of hands upon those that are baptized.

'At the time appointed, all that are to be then confirmed, being placed, the Adults and the Sponsors with the children in their arms standing in order before the Bishop, he shall begin the office thus. Bishop. Our help is in the name of the Lord; Anfw. Who hath made heaven and earth. Bish. Bleffed be the name of the Lord: Anfw. Henceforth world without end. Bish. The Lord be with you. Answ. And with thy spirit,

Then shall the Deacon say to the People, Let us pray.

Here all shall kneel down except the Bishop, who shall proceed, Saying,

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Lmighty and everliving God, who hast vouchsafed to regenerate these thy servants by Water and the Holy Ghost, and haft thereby given unto them remiffion of all their fins: Send down from

heaven, heaven, we beseech thee, O Lord, thine Holy Ghost the Comforter upon them; and daily increase in them thy manifold gifts of grace, the spirit of wifdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and ghostly strength, the spirit of knowledge and true godliness, and fill them with the spirit of thy holy fear now and ever. Sign them, O Lord, and mark them to be thine for ever, by the virtue of thy beloved Son's holy cross and paffion. Mercifully confirm and strengthen them with the inward unction of thy Holy Ghost unto everlasting life. Amen.

Then the People rifing, and the Adults to be confirmed and the Sponsors with the children in their arms, kneeling in order before the Bishop, (though it be Sunday or between Easter and Pentecost,) he shall anoint them feverally with the Holy Chrism or Ointment, making the fign of the cross upon their forehead, and saying,

N. the fervant of God is fealed with the seal of the Cross, and anointed with Holy Ointment, as an emblem of the inward unction of the Holy Spirit, In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.

Then the Bishop shall lay his hands upon the person's head, and fay,

DEfend, O Lord, this thy child [or this thy fervant] with thy heavenly grace, that he may continue thine for ever, and daily increase in thy Holy Spirit more and more, until he come unto thine everlasting kingdom. Amen.

'And thus shall the Bishop do to every person that is to be confirmed, one after another; after which done, the Deacon shall turn to the People and fay, Let us attend.

Then shall the Bishop say the following prayer. O Lord God, who art unbegotten and without fuperiour; thou Lord of all, who hast made the sweet favour of the knowledge of the gospel to go forth among all nations: Do thou now grant that this Chrism may be effectual in these baptized children, [or persons,) that the sweet savour of thy Christ may remain firm and stable in them, and that they dying with him in his death, may rise again with him in his refurrection, and live together with him; by whom and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, all honour and glory be unto Thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen.

Then shall the Bishop say to the People, The peace of the Lord be always with you. Anfw. And with thy spirit.

Then shall the Deacon say to the People, Let us pray.

And all kneeling down, except the Bishop, be mall fay the Lord's prayer, the People repeating it after bim.

OUR Father, who art in heaven; Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this

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