...child as an immortal being. They are, in short, equivalent to the words which just preceded them : " We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...it hath pleased thee to regenerate this infant with thy'Holy Spirit, to receive b.im for thine own child by adoption, and to incorporate him into thy holy...

...baptism is a saving ordinance. "Seeing now, dearly beloved brethren, that this child is regenerate." "We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...thee to regenerate this infant with thy Holy Spirit, "f * For the popish character of the English church service at large, in the estimation of the first...

...175, note (<>}. In the prayer after Baptism, every child is expressly declared to be regenerated : " 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...

...soul unto everlasting life." " Seeing now, dearly beloved brethren, that this child is regenerate." " We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...to regenerate this infant with thy Holy Spirit."* 3. That baptism is a saving ordinance. " When the prayer is done, the bishop, with the priests present,...

...Child may lead the rest of his life according to this beginning. IT Then shall be said, all kneeling, 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 humbly...

...God, grant that the old Adam in this Child may be so buried that the new man may be raised up in him, We yield thee hearty thanks, most merciful Father,...thee to regenerate this Infant with thy Holy Spirit, And humbly we beseech thee to grant that he being dead unto Sin, ...... BAPTISM OF SUCH AS ARE OF RIPER...

...be made an heir of everlasting Salvation, through our Lord Jesus Christ. Then the Priest shall say, We yield thee hearty thanks most merciful Father,...pleased thee to regenerate this infant with thy Holy Ghost, to receive him for thine own child by adoption, and to incorporate him into thy holy Church....

...Others on the baptism of a child feel themselves authorized in saying, without any qualification, " 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." Such...

...and of the Holy Ghost. Amen, Then, all kni iceling down, the minister shall give t 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...

...doctrine of our Church. The same doctrine appears also in our Liturgy : of Baptism, in these words, WE YIELD THEE HEARTY THANKS, MOST MERCIFUL FATHER,...THEE TO REGENERATE THIS INFANT WITH THY HOLY SPIRIT', &c. and of the Eucharist, more obscurely intimated in these words, that our sinful badies may BE MADE...