...this beginning." Immediately after follows the Lord's Prayer, and then this thanksgiving and prayer, " We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...it hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with the Holy Spirit, to receive him far • Mr. Wheatly, of the Ministration of Public Baptism. Sect 3d....

...this beginning." Immediately after follows the Lord's Prayer, and then this thanksgiving and prayer, " We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...it hath pleased thee to regenerate this Infant with the Holy Spirit, to receive him for Mft Wbeatly, of UN Minutritkm of Public Baptism. Sect. 3d. thine...

...of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Then, all kneeling down, the minister shall gire thankt unto God, saying, WE yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this iniant with thy Holy Spirit, to receive him for thine own child hy adoption, and to incorporate him...

...synonymous with regeneration, or inseparable from it : and thus they are satisfied in using the words, ' We ' yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father, ' that it hath pleased thee to regenerate this in' fant with thy Holy Spirit,' &c. 1 Probably far too much is assumed in this case ; at least, far...

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...and to the testimony." * " Seeing now, dearly beloved brethren, that this child is regenerate,*&c." "We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...regenerate this infant with thy holy Spirit, &c." Book of Common Prayer. Before examining the evidence of Scripture in regard to the nature of this religions...

...into the body of Christ's church, &c/ And the thanksgiving, which immediately follows, begins thus, * We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...thee to regenerate this infant with thy Holy Spirit/ Unless therefore the expression, ' it hath pleased God to regenerate' is synonymous with the expression,...

...of the Holy Ghost. Amen. Then, all kneeling down, the Minister shall give thanks unto God, saying, WE yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...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 we...

...predestinate of Calvin, we know, because the Priest is commanded in all cases alike, after Baptism to say " We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...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." P. 26....

...thanks to Almighty God for these benefits." The following form of thanksgiving is then presented. " We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...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." The ritual...