...flock,*and > в„, л, PTÍM do sign him with the sign of the *"•<• Cross, in token that hereafter hi' shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ...continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto hit life's end. Amen. f Then shall flte Priest say, SEEING now, dearly beloved brethren, that tfiit...

...nature; he is " signed with the sign of the cross, in token that he shall not be ashamed to acknowledge the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight...his banner against Sin, the World, and the Devil." Would that every parent, and every Godfather and Godmother, who brought a child to the baptismal font,...

...endued with strength from on high, may I never be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ erucified, and manfully to fight under His banner against sin, the world, and the devil. O Thou almighty Being, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful ereatures, he...

...mark the baptized child with the sign of the cross) to say, that we do so " in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ...Christ's faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end ;" we are also directed to pray in the subsequent petition to God, *' that this child may lead the...

...perseverance in well-doing, are indispensible, in order ' boldly to confess the faith of Christ cruci' fied, and manfully to fight under his banner ' against sin,...continue Christ's faithful soldier and servant ' unto our life's end.'3 Now because these things are indispensable, and because we ' have no strength ' in...

...Christ's flock,* and do sign him with the sign of the cross, in token that hereafter he shall not he ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his hanner, against sin. the world, and the devil, and to continue Christ'..4 faithful soldier and servant...

...compact of our baptism, if it be our great desire to prove ourselves " good soldiers of Jesus Christ, and manfully to fight ' under his banner, against sin, the world, and the devil," then will Christ himself go forth with us to battle : then shall our prayers for succour, be answered...

...that we should not hereafter be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, but should manfully fight under his banner against sin, the world, and the devil, and continue Christ's faithful soldiers and servants to our lives ends.' A ceremony, whatever fault may...

...congregation of Christ's flock, 1 and do sign him with the sign of the cross, in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ...faithful soldier and servant .unto his life's end. Amen. Then shall the Priest say, SEEING now, dearly beloved brethren, that this child is regenerate and grafted...

...the congregation of Christ's flock, is signed with the sign of the Cross, in token that hereafter he shall not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ...faithful soldier and servant unto his life's end. " All this is performed, by the ministers of our religion, on the faith and pledge of the child's sureties...