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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A36061	A directory for the publique worship of God, throughout the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland together with an ordinance of Parliament for the taking away of the Book of common-prayer, ... die Jovis, 13. Martii, 1644 / ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that this ordinance and directory bee forthwith printed and published.	England and Wales. Parliament. Ordinance of Parliament for the taking away of the Book of common prayer.; Westminster Assembly (1643-1652)	1644 (1644)	Wing D1545; ESTC R210506	26,872	96

and liberty To turne the chiefe and most usefull heads of the Sermon into some few Petitions and to pray that it may abide in the heart and bring forth fruit To pray for preparation for Death and Judgement and a watching for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ To intreat of God the forgivenesse of the iniquities of our holy things and the acceptation of our spirituall sacrifice through the merit and mediation of our great High-Priest and Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ And because the Prayer which Christ taught his Disciples is not only a Pattern of Prayer but it selfe a most comprehensive Prayer we recommend it also to be used in the Prayers of the Church And whereas at the Administration of the Sacraments the holding Publique Fasts and dayes of Thanksgiving and other speciall occasions which may afford matter of speciall Petitions and Thanksgivings It is requisite to expresse somewhat in our publike Prayers as at this time it is our duty to pray for a blessing upon the Assembly of Divines the Armies by Sea and Land for the defence of the King Parliament and Kingdome Every Minister is herein to apply himselfe in his Prayer before or after his Sermon to those occasions but for the manner he is left to his liberty as God shall direct and inable him in piety and wisdome to discharge his duty The Prayer ended let a Psalme be sung if with conveniency it may be done After which unlesse some other Ordinance of Christ that concerneth the Congregation at that time be to follow let the Minister dismisse the Congregation with a solemne Blessing THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS And first Of BAPTISME BAPTISME As it is not unnecessarily to be delayed so is it not to be administred in any case by any private person but by a Minister of Christ called to be the Steward of the Mysteries of God Nor is it to be administred in private places or privately but in the place of Publique Worship and in the face of the Congregation where the people may most conveniently see and heare and not in the places where Fonts in the time of Popery were unfitly and superstitiously placed The Child to be Baptized after notice given to the Minister the day before is to be presented by the Father or in case of his necessary absence by some Christian friend in his place professing his earnest desire that the Child may be Baptised Before Baptisme the Minister is to use some words of Instruction touching the Institution Nature Use and ends of this Sacrament shewing That it is Instituted by our Lord Jesus Christ That it is a Seale of the Covenant of Grace of our Ingrafting into Christ and of our Vnion with him of Remission of Sins Regeneration Adoption and Life eternall That the Water in Baptisme representeth and signifieth both the bloud of Christ which taketh away all Guilt of Sinne Originall and Actuall and the sanctifying virtue of the Spirit of Christ against the Dominion of Sin and the Corruption of our sinfull Nature That Baptizing or sprinckling washing with water signifieth the cleansing from sin by the Bloud and for the Merit of Christ together with the Mortification of sin and rising from sin to Newnesse of life by virtue of the Death and Resurrection of Christ That the Promise is made to Beleevers and their seed and that the seed and posterity of the faithfull born within the Church have by their birth interest in the Covenant and right to the Seale of it and to the outward Priviledges of the Church under the Gospell no lesse then the Children of Abraham in the time of the Old Testament the Covenant of Grace for substance being the same and the Grace of God and the consolation of Beleevers more plentifull then before That the Sonne of God admitted litle children into his presence imbracing and blessing them saying For of such is the Kingdome of God That children by Baptisme are solemnly received into the bosome of the visible Church distinguished from the world and them that are without and united with Beleevers and that all who are baptized in the Name of Christ doe renounce and by their Baptisme are bound to fight against the Devill the World and the Flesh That they are Christians and foederally holy before Baptisme and therefore are they Baptized That the inward Grace and virtue of Baptisme is not tyed to that very moment of time wherein it is administred and that the fruit and power thereof reacheth to the whole course of our life and that outward Baptisme is not so necessary that through the want thereof the Infant is in danger of Damnation or the Parents guilty if they doe not contemne or neglect the Ordinance of Christ when and where it may be had In these or the like Instructions the Minister is to use his own liberty and godly wisdome as the Ignorance or Errours in the Doctrine of Baptisme and the Edification of the people shall require He is also to admonish all that are present To looke back to their Baptisme to repent of their sins against their Covenant with God to stirre up their faith to improove and make the rigbt use of their Baptisme and of the Covenant sealed thereby betwixt God and their soules He is to exhort the Parent To consider the great mercy of God to him and his child To bring up the child in the knowledge of the grounds of the Christian Religion and in the nurture and admonition of the Lord and to let him know the danger of Gods wrath to himselfe and child if he be negligent Requiring his solemne promise for the performance of his duty This being done Prayer is also to be joyned with the word of Institution for sanctifying the water to this spirituall use and the Minister is to pray to this or the like effect That the Lord who hath not left us as strangers without the Covenant of Promise but called us to the priviledges of his Ordinances would graciously vouchsafe to sanctifie and blesse his owne Ordinance of Baptisme at this time That he would joyne the inward Baptisme of his Spirit with the outward Baptisme of water make this Baptisme to the Infant a Seale of Adoption Remission of Sin Regeneration and Eternall Life and of all other Promises of the Covenant of Grace That the Child may be planted into the likenesse of the Death and Resurrection of Christ and that the body of sin being destroyed in him he may serve God in newnesse of life all his dayes Then the Minister is to demand the Name of the Child which being told him he is to say calling the Child by his Name I Baptise thee in the Name of the Father of the Son and of the Holy Ghost As he pronounceth these words he is to Baptize the Child with water which for the manner of doing it is not only lawfull but sufficient and most expedient to be by powring or sprinckling of the water on the face of

the Child without adding any other Ceremony This done he is to give thanks and pray to this or the like purpose Acknowledging with all thankefulnesse that the Lord is true and faithfull in keeping Covenant and Mercy That hee is good and gracious not onely in that hee numbreth us among his Saints but is pleased also to bestow upon our children this singular token and badge of his love in Christ That in his truth and speciall providence hee daily bringeth some into the bosome of his Church to be partakers of his inestimable benefits purchased by the blood of his dear Son for the continuance and increase of his Church And praying That the Lord would still continue and daily confirm more and more this his unspeakable favour That he would receive the Infant now baptized and solemnly entred into the household of Faith into his Fatherly tuition and defence and remember him with the favour that he sheweth to his people That if he shall be taken out of this life in his Infancy the Lord who is rich in mercy would be pleased to receive him up into glory and if he live and attain the years of discretion that the Lord would so teach him by his word and spirit and make his Baptisme effectuall to him and so uphold him by his Divine power and grace that by faith he may prevail against the devil the world and the flesh till in the end he obtain a full and finall victory and so be kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation through Jesus Christ our Lord. ¶ Of the celebration of the Communion or Sacrament of the LORDS Supper THe Communion or Supper of the Lord is frequently to be celebrated but how often may be considered and determined by the Ministers and other Church-Governours of each Congregation as they shall finde most convenient for the comfort and edification of the people committed to their charge And when it shall be administred we judge it convenient to be done after the morning Sermon The Ignorant and the Scandalous are not fit to receive this Sacrament of the Lords Supper Where this Sacrament cannot with conveniency be frequently administred it is requisite that publike warning be given the Sabbath day before the administration thereof and that either then or on some day of that weeke something concerning that Ordinance and the due preparation thereunto and participation thereof be taught that by the diligent use of all meanes sanctified of God to that end both in publique and private all may come better prepared to that heavenly Feast When the day is come for administration the Minister having ended his Sermon and Prayer shall make a short Exhortation Expressing the inestimable benefit we have by this Sacrament together with the ends and use thereof setting forth the great necessity of having our comforts and strength renewed thereby in this our pilgrimage and warfare How necessary it is that we come unto it with Knowledge Faith Repentance Love and with hungring and thirsting souls after Christ and his benefits How great the danger to eat and drink unworthily Next he is in the Name of Christ on the one part to warn all such as are Ignorant Scandalous Profane or that live in any sin or offence against their knowledge or conscience that they presume not to come to that holy Table shewing them That he that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh judgement unto himself And on the other part he is in especiall manner to invite and encourage all that labour under the sense of the burden of their sins and fear of wrath and desire to reach out unto a greater progresse in Grace then yet they can attain unto to come to the Lords Table assuring them in the same Name of ease refreshing and strength to their weak and wearied souls After this Exhortation Warning and Invitation the Table being before decently covered and so conveniently placed that the Communicants may orderly sit about it or at it The Minister is to begin the action with sanctifying and blessing the elements of Bread and Wine set before him the Bread in comely and convenient vessels so prepared that being broken by him and given it may be distributed amongst the Communicants The Wine also in large Cups having first in a few words shewed That those elements otherwise common are now set apart and sanctified to this holy use by the word of Institution and Prayer Let the words of Institution be read out of the Evangelists or out of the first Epistle of the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians Chap. 11. verse 23. I have received of the Lord c. to the 27. verse which the Minister may when he seeth requisite explaine and apply Let the Prayer Thanksgiving or Blessing of the Bread and Wine be to this effect WIth humble and hearty acknowledgement of the greatnesse of our misery from which neither man nor Angel was able to deliver us and of our great unworthinesse of the least of all Gods mercies To give thanks to God for all his benefits and especially for that great benefit of our Redemption the love of God the Father the sufferings and merits of the Lord Jesus Christ the Son of God by which we are delivered and for all means of Grace the Word and Sacraments and for this Sacrament in particular by which Christ and all his benefits are applied and sealed up unto us which notwithstanding the deniall of them unto others are in great mercy continued unto us after so much and long abuse of them all To professe that there is no other name under Heaven by which we can be saved but the Name of Jesus Christ by whom alone we receive liberty and life have accesse to the throne of Grace are admitted to eat and drink at his own Table and are sealed up by his Spirit to an assurance of happinesse and everlasting life Earnestly to pray to God the Father of all mercies and God of all consolation to vouchsafe his gracious presence and the effectuall working of his Spirit in us and so to sanctifie these Elements both of Bread and Wine and to blesse his own Ordinance that we may receive by Faith the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ crucified for us and so to feed upon him that he may be one with us and we with him that he may live in us and we in him and to him who hath loved us and given himself for us All which he is to endeavour to performe with suitable affections answerable to such an holy Action and to stir up the like in the people The Elements being now sanctified by the Word and Prayer The Minister being at the Table is to take the Bread in his hand and say in these expressions or other the like used by Christ or his Apostle upon this occasion According to the holy Institution command and example of our blessed Saviour Jesus Christ I take this Bread and having given thanks I break it and give