THE FORM OF CONSECRATING THE

OIL FOR BAPTISM.

When the Oil for Baptism is to be consecrated, the Deacon, imme

diately after the Nicene Creed in the Eucharistic Service, shall bring a proper quantity of sweet Oil of Olives in a decent vessel to the Bishop, who shall place it upon the Altar; and then, turning to the People, he shall say,

The Lord be with you ;
Answ. And with thy spirit.

Then shall the Deacon say to the People,

Let us pray.

Then the People shall kneel down ; and the Bishop, turning to

the Altar, and standing before it, shall say the following

Prayer. O ALMIGHTY God, Father of Christ, and King of every sensible and intelligent being, sanc † tify [Here the Bishop is to make the sign of the Cross over the Oil :] this Oil in the name of the Lord Jesus ; and grant it spiritual grace and efficacious power, that it may be subservient to the remission of sins, and may be a strengthening preparation for Baptism: that they who shall be anointed therewith, being freed from all ungodliness, may become worthy of 188 CONSECRATION OF THE MILK AND HONEY. initiation, according to the command of thine onlybegotten Son Jesus Christ our Lord ; through whom glory, honour, and adoration be to thee, in the Holy Ghost, world without end. Amen.

Then the People shall rise, and the Deacon shall carry the con

secrated Oil into the Vestry, or to some other convenient

place. Note, Every Priest must take care to apply to the Bishop for con

secrated Oil ; who shall, upon such their application, furnish them therewith.

THE FORM OF CONSECRATING THE

MILK AND HONEY

For the Baptized.

When the Milk and Honey for the Baptized are to be consecrated,

the Deacon, immediately after the Nicene Creed in the Eucharistic Service, shall bring a proper quantity of Milk and Honey mixed together in a decent vessel to the Bishop, who shall place it upon the Altar ; and then, turning to the People, he

shall say,

The Lord be with you ;
Answ. And with thy spirit.

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Then shall the Deacon say to the People,

Let us pray:

Then the People shall kneel down; and the Bishop, turning to the

Altar, and standing before it, shall say the following Prayer. O ALMIGHTY God, who didst bring thy chosen people into a land flowing with milk and honey, a figure of the spiritual land of rest, thy holy Church; and who hast taught us as new-born babes to desire the sincere milk of thy word: Bl tess [Here the Bishop is to make the sign of the Cross over the Milk and Honey :] these thy creatures of Milk and Honey: and grant that all those who after Baptism shall taste thereof, may be adopted into thy family, may preserve their Baptismal innocence, and may at length be fed with that blessed milk and honey which floweth for ever in the heavenly Jerusalem, the city that is above, through thine only-begotten Son Jesus Christ our Lord ; by whom and with whom, in the unity of the Holy Ghost, all honour and glory be unto thee, O Father Almighty, world without end. Amen.

Then the People shall rise, and the Deacon shall carry the con

secrated Milk and Honey into the Vestry, or to some other convenient place.

Note, Every Priest must take care to apply to the Bishop for con

secrated Milk and Honey ; who shall, upon such their application, furnish them therewith.

THE ORDER OF CONFIRMATION,

Or, Laying on of Hands upon those that are Baptized. At the time appointed, all that are to be then Confirmed, being

placed, the Adults and the Sponsors with the children in their arms standing in order before the Bishop, he shall begin the Office thus.

Bishop. Our help is in the name of the Lord :
Answ. Who hath made heaven and earth.
Bish. Blessed be the Name of the Lord :
Answ. Henceforth world without end.
Bish. The Lord be with you:
Answ. And with thy spirit.

Then shall the Deacon say to the People,

Let us pray.

Here all shall kneel down except the Bishop, who shall proceed,

saying :

ALMIGHTY and everliving God, who hast vouchsafed to regenerate these thy servants by water and the Holy Ghost, and hast thereby given unto them remission of all their sins: Send down from heaven, we beseech thee, O Lord, thine Holy Ghost the Comforter upon them; and daily increase in them thy manifold gifts of grace, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and ghostly strength, the spirit of knowledge and true godliness, and fill them with the spirit of thy holy fear now and ever. Sign them, O Lord, and mark them to be thine for ever, by the virtue of thy beloved Son's holy cross and passion. Mercifully confirm and strengthen them with the inward unction of thy Holy Ghost unto everlasting life. Amen.

Then the People rising, and the Adults to be Confirmed, and the

Sponsors with the Children in their arms, kneeling in order before the Bishop, (though it be Sunday, or between Easter and Pentecost,) he shall anoint them severally with the holy Chrism or Ointment, making the sign of the Cross upon their forehead, and saying :

N. the servant of God, is sealed with the seal of the Cross, and anointed with Holy Ointment, as an emblem of the inward unction of the Holy Spirit, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.