2. What Foundation have you in Scripture for the Practice of Confirmation?

A. The Example of the Apoftles. Ats viii. 17.—xix. 6. Who laid their Hands on thofe that had been baptized, "that they might receive the Holy "Ghoft."

Heb. vi. 1, 2. The laying on of Hands is reckoned among thofe Principles of the Doctrine of Chrift, from whence his Difciples may go on unto Chriftian Perfection.

2. Does the Bishop then give the Holy Ghoft now, as the Apostles did then, by their laying on of Hands?

A. We do not fay, that the Apostles gave the Holy Ghoft; they laid on their Hands, and God gave the Holy Spirit to thofe on whom they laid them. And fo we hope, that by the fervent Prayers of the Bishop and the Church, they on whom he now lays his Hands fhall alfo receive the Holy Ghoft, if they do but worthily prepare themselves for it,

2. Is there any Promife of God on which to build fuch an Hope?

A. Chrift has declared, that God will give the Holy Spirit to them that afk him: And it fo, we have more Reafon to hope, that he will give his Holy Spirit, when he

is fo earnestly and folemnly afked of him by the Paftors of his Church, whom he has appointed not only to pray for, but to bless his People.

A PRAYER to be faid by a Child Morning and Evening,

Lord my God, who art Lord of Heaven and Earth, the Father of Mercies, and the God of all Confolation; I defire to adore and praise thy Goodness expreffed towards me, who am lefs than the leaft of all thy Mercies; for my Creation, Preservation, and all the Bleffings of this Life: but above all, I defire to praise thy Name, for thy wonderful Love in Christ Jesus my Lord; for the Means of Grace which through him theu haft placed me in the Poffeffion of; and thofe Hopes of Glory which, by the Covenant which thou waft graciously pleased to feat with me at my Baptism, thou haft confirmed to

me.

O make me, I beseech thee, duly fenfible of the Value of thy Favour; and accordingly to be defirous of it: And to this End, make me always mindful of that folemn Vow which I made at my Baptism; and give me Grace to refift the feveral Temptations of the Devil, the World, and my own corrupt Nature. Poffefs me with a Hatred of all my former Breaches of

this facred Obligation, and to take Care to walk more cautiously for the Time to come. Purify my Heart from all vain Thoughts and Defires: Keep my Tongue from Evil-fpeaking, Lying and Slandering, and my Body in Temperance, Sobernefs and Chastity; and in every respect let my Converfation be as becometh the Gofpel. Keep me by thy Power, through Faith, unto Salvation.

Enlarge and bless the holy Catholic Church with more abundant Peace and Purity: Pardon the Sins of the Nation I live in, and make us a holy People, zealous of good Works. Blefs the King, and all that are put in Authority under Him. Blefs the Minifters of thy holy Word and Sacraments: Blefs all my Relations and Benefactors, and forgive all my Enemies.

Take me into thy Protection this Day, (or Night.) It is Thou only, Lord, that makest me to dwell in Safety. But whether I fleep or wake, live or die, let me be found thine own, to thy eternal Glory, and my everlafting Salvation, through Jefus Chrift; in. whofe bleffed Name and Words I fum up my imperfect Prayers; faying, Our Father, &c.

PRAYERS

FOR THE USE OF

SCHOOLS.

A Morning Prayer to be used by the Mafters or Miftreffes, and Scholars.

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Raifed be the Lord, from the rifing up the Sun to the going down of the fame. Thou art our God, and we will Praife Thee: Thou art our God, and we will Thank Thee.

Thou haft made us after thine own Image; Thou daily preferveft and provideft for us: Thou haft redeemed us by the precious Blood of thy dear Son; Thou haft given us thy holy Word for our Direction, and promifed thy holy Spirit for our Affiftance: Thou haft raifed up to us Friends and Benefactors, who have taken Care of our Education and Inftruction; thou haft brought us together again this Morning, to teach and to learn that which may be profitable to us.

For thefe and all thy Favours Spiritual and Temporal, our Souls do blefs and magnify thy holy Name, humbly beseeching Thee to accept this our Morning Sacrifice of Praife and Thankf giving, through Jefus Chrift our Lord.

And do Thou, O Lord, who haft fafely brought us to the Beginning of this Day, defend us in the fame by thy mighty Power; and grant that this Day we fall into no Sin, neither run into any Kind of Danger; but that all our Doings may be ordered by thy Governance, to do always that which is righteous in thy Sight, through Jefus Christ our Lord.

Particularly we beg thy Bleffing upon our prefent Undertaking. Prevent us, O Lord, in all our Doings, with thy moft gracious Favour, and further us with thy continual Help, that in these and all our Works, begun, continued, and ended in Thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy Mercy obtain everlasting Life, through Jefus Chrift our Lord.

We humbly acknowledge, O Lord, the great Imperfection and Disorder both of our Minds, and of our Lives; that we are unable to help ourfelves, and unworthy of thy Affistance: But we beseech Thee, through the Merits of our bleffed Redeemer, to pardon our Offences, to enlighten our Understandings, to strengthen our Memories, to fanctify our Hearts, and to guide our Lives. Help us, we pray Thee, to learn and to practise those Things which are Good, that we may become serious Christians, and useful in the World; to the Glory of thy great Name, the Satisfaction of those who have fo kindly provided for our Souls and Bodies, and our own prefent and future Well-being.

Blefs and defend, we beseech Thee, from al