AP ,PENDIX. and land, for the defence of the king, parliament, and kingdom; ) every minifter is herein to apply himfelf in his prayer, before or after fermon, to thofe occafions ; but for the manner, he is left to his liberty, as God lhall direCl: and enable him, in piety and wifdom to difcharge his duty. . The prayer ended, let a pfalm be fung, if with conveniency it may be done. After which (unlefs fome other ordinance of Chrift, that concern. eth the congregation at that time, be to follow), let the minii1er difmifs the congregation with a folemn bleffing. The adminifiration of the facraments. And firft, if baptijin. BAPTISM, as it is not unneceffitrily to be delayed, fo it is not to be adminiftered in any cafe by any private perfon, but by ami– ni iter of Chrift, called to be the fieward of the myfieries of God. Nor is it to be adminiftered in private places, or privately, but in the place of public worfhip, and in the face of the congregation, where the people may mofi conveniently fee and hear, an~not in the pla– ces where fonts, in the time of popery, were unfitly and fuperflitioufly placed. The child to be baptized, after notice given to the minifier the day be– fore, is to be prefented by the father, or (in cafe of his nece1fary abfence ), by fome chriflian friend in his place, profeffing his earnefi defire that the child may be baptized. Before baptifm, the minifler is to ufe fome words of infirudion, touching the inftitution, nature, ufe, and ends of this facrament: Shew.:. ing:. That it is inflituted by our Lord Jefus Chrifl; that it is a feal of the ~· covenant of grace, of our ingrafting into Chrifi, and of our union '' with him, of remifllon of fins, regeneration, adoption, and life eter– " nal. That the water in baptifm reprefenteth and fignifieth, both " the blood of Chrift, which taketh away all guilt of fm, original and " aCl:ual; and the fanCl:ifying vertue of the fpirit of Chrifl: againfi: the " dominion of fin, and the corruption of our finful nature: That bap– " tizing, or fprinkling and wafhing with water, fignifieth the cleanfing " from fin by the blood, and for the merit of Chrifi, togeiher with " the mortification of fin, and riling from fin to newnefs of life, by " vertue
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